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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29
Asserts Chief Tried to
Boost Favorite Who
Was Rejected.
"CORK LEG" MEN
IN DEPARTMENT
Surgeons Answer Statement That
Armless Fire Fighters Get
Promotion.

Frank Gallagher. president of the Mu-
nicpal Civil Service Commission. yesterday
characterized the charges made by John
Kenlon. Fire Chief that the Civil Ser
vice Commissions surgeons had passed
men with cork legs and without arms
for promotion in the Fire Department
as prepostcrous. He said. moreover, that
the Fire Chiefs criticism was doubtless
due To Kenlon's failure to have a favorite
appointed i'm spite of physical disabilities
discovered by the examiners.
II think | see what is behind this said
Mr.. Gallagher. I'm the'last examinations
a man named Duffy, who had failed TO
pass the surgeons. came to me and pro-
tested that his condition would not In
tcrfere with his duties, and he begged me
to rule in his favor. Kenlon then wrote
to me, making strong recommendation
i'm the mans favor. but I wrote TO the
Fire Chief that the man could not be
passed. This man was in condition. the
surgeons reported, that a sudden strain
might cause his death in five or six hours.
And yet this was the man that the Fire
Chief wanted promoted"
lnlS talk dDOut men Win Nooh'h VI
cork legs is "A sort Of comic tradition.
said one OF the officers in the medical
department. "If IL has any basis in ,fact
have been unable to discover it
II was said on good authority yesterday
that prior to the last examination for pro-
motion in the Fire Department one OF the
candidates had declared to one OF the
Municipal Civil Service physicians that
he chad pull enough to get through In
spite Of his disqualification.
Commissioner Gallagher asserted that
he regarded kenlon as good Fire Chief
but that his attempting to criucise the
work Of surgeons was the height Of alb
surdity.
What does Kenlon know about physl-
cal examinations" commented the Com
missioner Here We have been trying
10 adopt a just standard by which fire
fighters could be measured. and he sets
M his Judgment against surgical experts
in a way that tends to bring discredit
on civil service regulation"
The surgeons who conduct the civil ser
vlce examinations are DR.. James p. War
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29
SECRETARY OF WAR
At LEVERS OF PEACE
Garrison Works Big
Dredge ScOoping Out
Hudson River Channel.
URGES 5O-FOOT CUT
FROM N. Y. PIER LINE
Inspects New Jersey Shore to
Prime Himself for Hearing
on Wider FairWay.

Iindley NJ. Garrison. Secretary Of War,
for FIVE minutes yesterday afternoon act
sd as engineer Of the biggest steam lift
dredee In the country, TO satisfy his
christ for knowledge and also 10 show his
versatility. The dredge is off West 18th
street. and is daily lifting out huge chunks
of earth 10 make way for the 1.c0-foot
pier which the city is building at that
point. 1t has a capacity Of sixteen cubic
yards-something like twenty tons-at
each bite.
The Secretary Of War, who was on an
inspection of the New Jersey pier line
was passing near the place in the police
boat Patrol. when Mayor Kline and Dock
Commissioner Smith, who were in the
marty. suggested TO the Secretary that he
look at the Improvement, and he quickly
acouiesced Boarding the huge dredge Mr.
Garrison Inspected every piece Of the ma
cbinery. and after watching the engineer
operste the levers for few minutes he
thought he would like to try il himself.
He did. too. and he handled the huge ma
chine like a veteran, which the fuH-to-
the-brim shovels seemed to prove.
The Secretary of War made the inspec-
tion of the New Jersey pier lines in an
ticipation of the hearing at WASHINGTON
on Wednesday next for a change in their
locations The New York Harbor Board
has recommended a reduction of the line
running from Bulls Ferry to WeehaW-
ken on an average of 90 feet and an
increase i'm the pier line from Bull
Ferry. 10 Edgewater that will approximate
no feet. There is considerable opposition
10 the plan on the part Of the New Jer-
sey Harbor Board. which has recommend
ed the increased frontage only.
Mr.. Garrison asked innumerable ques-
t;ons and so primed himself with tacts
that II will be mighty hard TO put any
thing over on him at the hearing. The
main point that the Harbor Board has IN
mind is the maintenance Of a width OF
about three thousand feet in the river at
these points. With this in mind the sec
rotary offered the suggestion that II might
he feasible TO chop off 30 feet from the
New York pier line from I'D street 70
l2otb street. Colonel Black, Of the Har-
Dor Board, said he had no objections ana
the plan may be carried out.
The marty started from Pier on the
Patrol went up the New York side OF the
river as far as both street and came PACK
on the New Jersey side. after which MI
Garrison was taken to the 42d street pier.
He will attend the Army and Navy loot
ball game to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29
HIS MAIL GOES TO JAIL
So Does Youth Who Sent
Dope" to Friend Inside.

II YOU are thinking OF sending some
dope 10 any friends YOU may have in
Jail you'll have To find a clever way Of
doing H. because Postofiice Inspectors
William A. Kenyon and r. J. Polli.t Will
get YOU II YOU don't
\ young man. who said BE was Frank
Chessman. OF No. 3l6 West 18th street.
sent some 10 a friend In the saltwater
tMInnJ state prison the other day. pasted
in between the leaves OF some magazines.
His friend was William MriIale, Convict
No 3.g.3 and yesterday Chcssman was ar
rested and held under $3.50 bond for eN-
animation on the charge. lie may get two
FEARS Imprisonment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29
HUNT CASH THAT FOYE HAD
Sheriff Seeks Money Traced to
Alleged Forger.

Two more warrants of attachment were
served yesterday by the Sheriffs office in
an effort to recover the money which IT Is
alleged James L. Foye, now in the
Tombs obtained on stolen stocks. So far
$4,000 in cash and checks has been re-
covered.
The attachments were served yesterday
by Deputy Sheriff Metzger on the Harri-
man National Bank. and the Waldorf
Astoria, where counsel for the Corn EX-
change National Bank, of Philadelphia,
thought he might have some money on
deposit Ii was not ascertained. how
ever, that Foye had money al either OF
these places.
An effort is also being made TO trace
about 5000 in cash which it is under
stood Foye had in his possession before
he left Philadelphia, just before his ar
rest in this city.
When Foye was searched he had 500
I'm cash and a certified check for 5000.
These have been attached at Police Head
quarters by the Sheriff.
Deputy Sheriff Winters served foye IN
the Tombs yesterday with an attachment
in favor OF Charles T, Brown & co. for
Sl07,O o)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29
NO HELP FOR II PL0ODERS
Flatbush Avenue Escalator
Plan Is Rejected.

The Public Service Commission has
received an advance report. II was an
nounced yesterday, against installing an
escalator At the Flatbush avenue ele-
waited station in Brooklyn. Many re-
quests had been made for the escala-
tor, and Clifton W. Wilder. the cleo
trical engineer of the commission, was
assigned to investigate conditions.
lie reported that the Fulton street
elevated railroad is a part Of the New
York Municipal Railway Corporations
system to be operated under the dual
system contracts. and that in accord
ance with those contracts IL will soon
be equipped with a third track. This
will necessitate the abandonment OF the
present station at Flatbush avenue. \
new station will have to be erected
there, and if the escalator was built
now II would soon have to be aban-
doued
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29

basse, Of No. $50 Washington avenue,
Brooklyn, and DR.. Henry p de Forest,
of No. $50 West 47th street, Manhattan.
Surgeons in the Fire Department are in
accord with the stand taken by Drs.
Warbasse and de Forest on the question
Of certain disabilities.
The fire chiefs remarks were made be-
fore group OF newly appointed firemen.
He said yesterday that he had not in
tended to start a controversy, and that
his views had not grown out of the fall
ure TO have favorite appointed. He
merely differed with the Civil Service
Commissioners on general principles, and
it was his conviction that they passed
men who ought not TO pass, and failed TO
pass those who deserved It,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29
WIFE UPHOLDS COURT
Actress Insists EX-Eusband
Pay Alimony Arrears.

Mrs Gertrude Wood Plat, known on
the stage as Gertrude Wood, is stickier
Tor principle She just hates TO see an
order Of the Supreme Court violated
Therefore she appeared there yesterday
10 ask that Eben Ezekial Plat, from
"hom she obtained a divorce, be punished
ior contempt Of court in failing TO pay
her 800 In arrears Of alimony.
Mrs Plat stated that the amount which
sne seeks TO collect would only help
pay for her gasolene," but that she de-
"snded II as a matter OF principle.
last LAST summer Mrs. Minnie Elizabeth
"n'nie obtained the annulment OF her
srriage 10 Plat on the ground that
'Nen he married her his first wife had
V' obtained her divorce. Mrs. Platt was
a. oohging witness for Mrs. Winnie In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29
CITY CAN'T SEE TAXI BOOKS
Court Order May Hasten Trial
of New Cab Ordinance.

The Appellate Division handed down a
decision yesterday which may result In
bringing to an early trial the action
which the Yellow TaXicab Company has
brought TO have the new taxicab ordi-
nance declared unconstitutional.
The decision revoked an order obtained
by the Corporation Counsel TO examine
the books of the company TO dctermipe
the accuracy OF the statement that the
company would have TO do business at
"A loss under the new law. The court
decided that the city had no right TO the
information until offered for evidence at
the trial. The order obtained by the city
stood i'm the way of the trial. because the
Corporation Counsel sought the informa-
ton to use I'm his case.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29
PHONE TRUST, HE ADMITS
Engineer Tells Commission
Company Has Monopoly Here

4. D WEIGH. an engineer in the employ
OF the New York Telephone company
admitted at a hearing of the Pubic ser
vice Commission OF the Second Dls'lct
on the reduction OF telephone rates th"'
his corpany has a monopoly of the teie-
nbona business in New York CITY IN
ias he said. there were approximately
"a ooo telephones I'm the city. This year
The number exceeds 10000. He said that
the reason why the rates had remained
the same when the business mad oouoleu
was because Of expense of canvassing LOT
new business.
Mr. WEIGH went on TO say that this
costly solicitation Of new business aC-
counted for the growth OF the New 1orh
companv. as compared with that OF the
Chicago Telephone Company, which had
spent relatively little in searching lo'
new trade. Mr.. WEIGH said Si5,OO.0OO was
an spproximate estimate of the com
pany's gross revenues In New YORK STATE
He denied that an increase in rates hau
gone into effect in Syracuse after the
C,ntral New York Telephone Company
had been absorbed BY the New YORK
eenpany.
The standard Of comparison upon
which the complainants, the Douglas koO-
inson, Charles 5. Brown Company and the
Globe Realty Company, base their demand
for reduction Of rates is the scale in force
in Chicago where the charge for equip
ment is eliminated and the actual cost
is about 2Iz cents per call, or about half
the average cost in this city.
Proof was adduced showing that the
Western Electric Company. which, it was
said. could furnish equipment cheaper
than the New York company. Is con-
tolled by the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29
KISS COST HIS LIBERTY
Youth Who Tried to Salute
Nurse Held in Court.

Accused of trying to kiss ii nurse en-
ployed at the Rivercrest Sanatorfum'
Frederick Hether. OF No. 80 Grand ave-
nue.. Astoria, was arrested yesterday az
ternoon at the Astoria Heat Light ana
Power Company plant at Casino Beach
Miss Rose Hevert eighteen years old.
nurse at the sanatorum, said she was
on her way TO the ssnatorlum Wednes-
day night. when Hether. who was on the
same trolley car. tried to firt with her.
After she left the car. she said, he pur-
sued her and. throwing his arms around
her. tried to kiss her. She cried for help
and Hether fed
Hether was held by Magistrate Leach
in $1,000 bail for examination
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29
SLOWER RESIGNS;
MYSTERY DEEPENS
Continued from first page.

to. Two years ago he was transferred
to the Department Of Parks. since
which time he has been performing
services which were really those of A
deputy commissioner.
''On the 10th Of November last he
was designated by the Mayor as acting
Commissioner for a period Of thirty
days to clear up official matters then
pending which had accumulated during
the absence OF Commissioner Slower.
The present appointment is for the re-
mainder Of the term"
Friends Of the missing Commissioner
had had his pictures distributed among
the moving picture theatres throughout
the country. as "A means of locating
him. The pictures were released
Thanksgiving Day. The former Park
Commissioner left his office, in the Ar
senal in Central Park, October Is. at
$50 p. m. bound for luncheon. Three
letters and telegram were received
from him during his mysterious alb
scnce. They came from Philadelphia,
but bore no address.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29
Boy Killed by Auto.

Andrew Abt, nine years old. Of No. s
Remsen avenue. Elmhurst. Queens, was
killed by an automobile yesterday. The
car was operated by Harry J. Parks, Of
No "a Hanover street Elmhurst, the
owner.
The accident took place while Abt was
walking with his little sister on Dry Har-
bor Road. She escaped injury.
Parks told Coroner Schaefer that the
boy ran directly In front OF the machine.
We was djs0hS~s-d
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29
Bow Dies from Burns.

Joseph Donohue. jr. four years old. Of
No. ll22 Lebanon street. The Bronx,
whose clothing caught fire on Thanksgiv-
ing Day as he was playing about a bon
fire. died yesterday in Lebanon Hospital
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29
Admits She Robbed Rockefeller

Mrs Evelyn Rutherford, who pleaded
Guilty Of the theft of s2,iOO worth of cou-
mons of the Southern Pacific Railroad the
nroperty OF John ID. Rockefeller was re-
leased under a suspended sentence yes
terday by Judge Grain in General ses-
sions. She was employed I'm the bond de-
nartment of the Offices OF the railroad
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29
Caused MIDDLE in Board.

If Mr.. StOver had returned. relations
In the Park Board would have been so
strained il was doubtful if they would
not have developed into an open breach.
Resentment was felt because he had
tied up contracts by his absence and
had ignored the board members in
leaving in the way he did.
Mr.. La ROche's appearance at the
Park Department i'm the middle of the
Slower regime. and at time when
there was much criticism Of business
management. led To the belief that he
was sent there on the orders of Mayor
Gaynor He has been mentioned as a
possible Park Commissioner in the next
administration.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-06-13
NEW TROUSERS LEAD TO WOE
Motorman Falls Downstairs In Hall
way "Dresslns Room"-Gets
Damages Of $125.

Chicago.-A new suit Of clothes al.
most led to the death Of Martin F.
Barry, TOT South Forty-fourth court.
Limping and holding his hand to his
back. he appeared before Judge Mar
tin.
Wishing to visit his mother in Iowa
in some Of the glory ascribed to Solo
mon, he first Joined q 'suit club" He
drew suit and went to the tailor
shop.
Later he made a second visit to the
shop to try on his new suit. The
coat and the vest caused no difficulty.
He could see they had the correct
lines without Inconvenience. But he
wished to try on the trousers. There
vas no vacant room for the accommo-
dation Of particular customers. So
the tailor showed Barry into a dark
hallway to disrobe.
No sooner had Barry thrust his
right foot into the right leg Of his
pew trousers than he lost his balance.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-06-13
"The Lawn in Landscape Art. "

II the landscape gardener had but
one feature to work with, he would
most certainly choose the lawn 1t
constitutes the solid foundation upon
which the ornaments of the superstruc-
ture are imposed Unobstructiye in
itself, it is taken for granted by the
man in the street, and it's Importance.
aye, it's very presence, Is overlooked.
The usefulness of greensward in
making nature more beautiful and
restful Is particularly impressed upon
the sojourner in hot or dry climates.
Take most of our own southern states
for instance, and in most localities 1t
is practically impossible to grow good
lawns. The long, hot, dry summers
and the impoverished soils discourage
the grass and the possessor Of fine
lawn is the proudest person on the
street. Every weed Is carefully re-
moved, the grass is kept short and is
rolled and watered with patience and
regularity.
Even then they cannot be sure Of a
lawn, and this is one of the main rea-
sons for the high board fences OF Dixie
Land. Most every yard has it's pro-
tecting fence, as much to hide the
nakedness of the soil as to keep out
trespassers. 1t takes fair shoulders
to wear low cut gowns and fences
prosper most where lawns are poor.
A yard without lawn to finish 1t
off is as barren of beauty as parlor
without rug or carpet. Other fea-
lures strike the vision more promi-
nently and really impress the observ.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-06-13
CITY GETS MODEL CHARTER
Cleveland, O., 10 to Abolish All Party
Elections and Have Recall
System.

Cleveland, O.-Non-partisan elec-
ttons. with the absolute abolition of
political parties. as far as municipal
affairs are concerned. is assured to
Cleveland In the terms of the new
city charter. which has been COM
pleted. Experts declare the proposed
charter is model.
Nominations by petition instead OF
by primaries and the preferential sys-
tenn of voting in elections are to be
leading features Of the new govern
mental system of the city.
1t Is aimed to simplify election ma
chinery and give the greatest possible
expression to the will of the voters,
who not only are to have their first
choice for each office counted. but
their second and other choices az
well.
The mayor and twenty-six members
of the council are the only city off,
cials who are to be elected under the
new charter. All the others are ap-
pointive. Candidates for the elective
positions are to certify their names
backed by the signatures Of voters to
the board Of elections and be placed
upon a non-partisan ballot, carrying
no party designations of any kind.
and on which the names are to be ro-
tated.
There are to be three columns In
which cross marks indicating the will
Of the voter may be made. These will
be headed. First choice" Second
choice" and "other choices" Each
voter may mark his first and second
choice for each office, and then may
designate as many other choices" as
he sees fit. II no candidate for office
receives majority Of the first choice
votes, then the second choices are to
be counted with the first choices II
no one has a majority of both first
and second choices. the "other
choices" are to be added. and major
ity Of all reckoned in determining the
victor.
The recall is to apply to all elective
officials. The mayor may be recalled
upon the petition of $4,000 voters, and
councilman may be recalled upon
the petition of 600 of his voting con.
stituents.
The mayor and councilmen are
elected for two-year terms.
The mayor is to have the veto. but
it is to be nullified to a large extent
by the provision that any measure
may be passed by the council over the
veto by majority vote.
Ordinances may be initiated by peti.
tions which contain the names of 5000
voters.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-06-13
Must One Have Measles7

Is there still the belief that children
must have measles at some time OF
other? remember looking with awe
at a boy of twelve who never had
measles. For l, of ten, who had been
deliberately pu: to sleep with a meas.
ley relative of mine. must have
measles and get them over" And
really enjoyed the experience of be.
ing treated with the consideration to
which the boy Of ten was unaccus
toned. for, on my soul, don't believe
I had measles at all But L had all the
raspberry vinegar wanted!-London
Chronicle.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-06-13
House Plants in Summer.

When the hot weather OF summer Is
at hand, we must not permit our out
of-door activities to cause US to neg
lect our house plants.
The best place for grown folks. chill
dren and all living things during the
summer is outdoors, where the sun
shine and the fresh air can strengthen
and heal, making ready for the next
winter season.
OF course, the closer to natural con-
ditions they are during the normal
growing season, the better growth the
plants will secure and the finer plants
We will have for the house next win
ter.
When danger from late frosts has
surely passed. take less expensive
plants, the geranium. the foliage
plants and others Of their kind, and
transplant them. Put them in good,
rich, deep, loamy beds If you can. or
in window boxes II the beds are una
vailable. Give them lots of sunshine.
SO that the stalks and foliage will grow
rank and strong.
In transplanting, spade up the bed
to a depth of at least foot, pulverize
the soil finely. mixing in fine. WELL
plants in the ground half an inch
deeper than they were In the pots.
Pack the earth firmly about them after
setting. 1t will do no harm to remove
some Of the old earth, but the roots
cannot be pruned or broken of to any
great extent, unless you prune back
the foliage to an equal extent.
Water the plants as soon as they
are set, and water them, every other
day, at least doing the watering when
the sun is not hot.
II it is desired to have the Towering
plants bloom early and profusely,
pinch of the ends Of half the
branches, SO that the energy Of the
plant will go to the flowers. Most
people prefer to postpone the bloom.
ing period until winter, however. and
this can be accomplished by pinching
of the flower buds during the sum.
mer, as soon as they appear. The re.
suit will be heavy growth Of stalk
and leaf during the growing season.
and profuse blooms during the winter
indoors.
Tropical and semi-tropical plants,
such as palms, cacti and rubber plants.
usually are too expensive to risk on
the lawn, and 1t is well to change the
earth in their pots and place them In
sunny position on the porch. Ferns
should have cool, shady damp loca.
ton during the summer.
If your plants have to be kept in the
house, water frequently and beware OF
plant lice and red spider. The former
attach themselves to the stems and
under the surface of the leaves. Spray
them with tobacco water. Plain wa.
ter sprayed on daily will help the
plant and drive the red spiders away
in very short length Of time.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-06-13

He fell down stairs leading to a cellar
and lay bruised, crumpled heap on
a hard cement floor, one foot in his
new trousers and one in the old
Fifty-six days passed before Barry
could take up his work as a motor
man, and his visit to his mother in
Iowa was postponed. He nursed his
back and his grievance until he ap-
peared in court craving $1,000 in dam
ages from the tailor.
The jury returned verdict award
ing Barry $125.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-06-13

A woman plays the game Of love
to win; q man plays It for pastime.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-06-13

tain that the colonel would be elected
president that he made a wager with
James Gillespie. Democrat o. Pitts.
burg. that Roosevelt would beat VIII.
son. The loser must walk from Port.
land, Me-. to Portland. Oregon. lead.
ing behind him the animal emblema,i1
of the victorious party. The wager
also includes the stipulation that the
loser must call on the president OF
the United States.
Anderson started from Portland,
Me-, March 4. He does not have to
finish until March 4. 1914.