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New-York tribune., 1913-06-19
CUSTOMS INQUIRY HERE
Secretary McAdoo Hopes to
Make New York Model Port.

Washington. June ls.-Secretary Nc
Adoo appointed a commission Of statls-
tcians to-day TO investigate the account
lug. administrative methods and proceed
urc of the customs service at New York
CITY. He announced that this action was
not the result Of suspected fraud or
maladministration," but was designed 10
make New York a model port for the
whole customs service.
The commission, appointed at the re-
quest Of John Purroy Mitchell. the new
Collector. includes several members OF
the governments efficiency and economy
commission. which goes out Of office on
July /. The commission is as follows:
Frederick \. Cleveland. Francis Oakley.
Ernest &. Meyer. Robert Won Reutlingcr
julius j. Pallay, Eliza W. Proctor, OF
the efficiency and economy commission;
John l.. Pultz. Richard G. Harrison and
Edgar Y. O'Daniel. all OF New York city.
New-York tribune., 1913-06-19
TRY TO STIR UP TOXIC AJAIN

Toxic, June ls-Posters calling "A mass
meeting for tomorrow and bearing the
headline Give Ne Liberty or Give Ne
Death-Patrick Henry" were posted to-
day by agitators on some walls in the
vicinity Of the United States Embassy
and at other points in the japanese capi-
tai
The organizers Of the meeting declare
that their object Is 10 secure a more de-
termined diplomatic attitude against the
United States.
New-York tribune., 1913-06-19
MAKE ISSUE OVER MARITIME
Operators Seek to Show He
'Prejudged the Case"

Charleston, W. Va. June lS-Tho Sen
ate committee closed its inquiry in
Charleston tonight for the present aud
started for Wa ShiuEtou. where the mine
strike investigation viii be resumed in a
few weeks. request from the oper-
ators that a subcommittee return later
was taken under advisement
At Washington a controversy over the
attitude of Senator MARITIME in the in
vestisation is expected. The operators
attorneys to-day asked that following
the clash between Senator MARITIME and
Quinn Morton. an operator, which all
but came 10 blows they be allowed 10
place in the record certain newspaper
articles 10 show that MARITIME had pre-
judged the case one Of the articles
was statement purporting 10 com"
from Senator MARITIME. and reproduced in
fac-simile Of his Handwriting. setting
forth that Senator MARITIME would
rather sweep the streets than earn his
money AS the West Virginia coal opel
ators do The inquiry committee Will
probably lay the MARITIME matter before
the fun Senate Committee on Education
and Labor.
Walter Belk, for a time in charge -
the Paint creek mine guards. was asked
to-day while witness.
Isn't il true that fifteen or twenty
armed men connected with your agency
have been iu this room throughout this
investigation2
u couldn't say as to that" answered
Beik
Operators counsel denied that detec-
tives had been hired 20 shadow those
connected with the Investigation
A general strike Of 1900 miners in the
New River coal held viii be called next
week. according 10 Thomas Haggerty. q
member Of the international miners
New-York tribune., 1913-06-19
ADMITS CRAGAN0UR LOST
G. Bower Ismay Discontinues
Legal Proceedings.

London, June lS.-C. Bower lsmdy,
the owner Of Craganour. the disqu1li-
fed winner Of the Derby. was granted
to-day in the Chancery Division an IN
term injunction until Friday, restrain
ing the stewards Of the Jockey club
and the Stockholders from parting with
the funds in their hands on tie
ground that Craganour was entitled to
be declared the winner Of the race.
It later became known, however. that
Mr. Ismay had decided 10 discontinue
the proceedings TO obtain a permanent
Injunction. and the hearing set down
for Friday, consequently, will not take
place.
New-York tribune., 1913-06-19
FOUR EDITORS ARRESTED
Criminal Libel in Three Seattle
Newspapers Alleged.

Seattle. June 1S.-f'our editors were
arrested to-day on indictments returned
last night by a special grand jury.
Colonel Alden J. Blethen. editor of The
Seattle Tines" and his son, Clarence B.
Rlethen. managing editor. are charged
with having crimnally lbelled Joseph
Jarvis. a socialist agtator by printing an
article alleging that he had absconded
with party funds
Star" is charged with having crimnalIy
libelled a county official during the grand
jury investigation OF charges against the
County Commissioners. ,
Edward Clayson, sr., editor OF ne
Patriarch !" a weekly paper. is accused or
having crminally libelled the judges or
the Superior Court by making attacks on
their character.
New-York tribune., 1913-06-19
BAR RESUMES COHALAN CASE
Connolly Again Witness Before Asso-
ciation's Grievance Committee.

The investigation by the grievance COM
mite OF the Bar Association Of John A.
Connclly's charges that the Victor Heat
ing Company was forced 10 pay Supreme
Court Justice Cohalan 50 per cent Of all
tho profits OF it's contract with the city
was resumed yesterday when Mr.. Con-
nelly appeared as a witness before the
committee.
Aside from members Of the committee
o,d tho witness no one was allowed I'm
the room where the examination was
held. Mr.. Connolly was In conference
for a little more than two hours. and
after the meeting Of the committee ended
no and members Of the committee de-
clared that the rules Of the Bar Associa-
lion kent them from discussing the meet
ing.
New-York tribune., 1913-06-19
.. S. COMMISSIONERS IN BERLIN
agricultural Experts Terminate Com
prehensive Tour of Germany.

Berlin. June lS-The vanguard OF the
American Commission on Agricultural
orgahization, Cooperation and Rural
.redlts. consisting Of about forty mem
pers arrived here this morning and the
o'hers are expected tonight They had
.lade tour of Germany. starting from
Suiich and visiting Stuttgart. Baden
nsoen Frankfort on the Main, Leipsic
sna other important centres.
me oifcial programme in the German
'4pital begins tomorrow with a recep-
"oh IN the Prussian House of Lords
'Noer the auspices OF the German official
ommittee. Three days are to be deyot-
- % the inspection of the agrarian insu-
.'uons having their headquarters in Ber-
In
New-York tribune., 1913-06-19
AGED HARVARD GRAD. DEAD
The Rev. j. I. T. Coolidge, Old
est Alumnus, Passes Away.

Cambridge. Mass. June l8.-Harvard's
Oldest graduate, the Rev. J. /. y. Cool
idgc. died in the midst of commencement
festivities tonight. after two weeks OF
illness from pneumonia. He was ninety
five wears old and was graduated from
Harvard I'm 1898.
Mr.. Coolidge's wife died the first Of the
month. soon after the celebration Of their
seyenty-ffth wedding anniversary.
New-York tribune., 1913-06-19
GERMAN FIRMS FAIL
Frankfort Bankers and Magde-
burg Brokers Go Under.

Berlin, June lS-The real estate ana
banking firm OF Wiesbaden & Bauer, or
Frankfort-on-the-M Main, suspended to-day
with liabilities of Si.5oo0o0 and assets OF
50. 10000. The firm had been negotiating
with its creditors for several days, with
out result. and the creditors asked that
bankruptcy proceedings should begin.
The firm of Felix & Forester. OF Magde-
burg. suspended to-day. IL operated ex-
tensively in Canadian Pacihcs and Amer
lean securities In London.
New-York tribune., 1913-06-19
FRENCH AVIATOR KILLED
Military Airman Seen to Throw
Up Hands Before Fall.

Etampes. June 1s.-Sapper Dc~eVer'
French military aviator was killed wnile
making fight to-day When at helenl
Of 80 feet he was seen to throw up ms
hands. and moment later his machine
crashed to the earth. The cause OF the
accident has not been ascertaintd.
The death OF Sapper Dewever const-
tutcs the 2s9th fatality in the annals OF
aviation and is the seventy first since
January |. 1913.
New-York tribune., 1913-06-19
EARTHQUAKE IN MARTINIQUE.

Fort-de- France. Martinique, June ia
rather severe earthquake shock was felt
here at 1890 o'clock midnight. 1t causeu
much excitement. but no damage or loss
Of life has been reported
New-York tribune., 1913-06-19
GOYA'S PICTURE OF "DWARFS PLAYING"

Painting listed in the catalogue OF the Marcze de Nemes pc
ure sale yesterday Paris but offered owing the allegation
OF the Spanish government that the picture stolen the
Irado Museum, Madrid, in the year 1869
New-York tribune., 1913-06-19

. London June lS.-George Cave, a
Inionist member. who. on behalf of the
Opposition. moved vote OF Censure on
the Cabinet regrctting the transactions
made by certain ministers in the shares
of the American Marconi Company and
the lack of frankness displayed by them
toward the House of Commons. cleared tho
air somewhat by disclaiming at the outset
any intention of charging personal corrup-
ton against any one Of the ministers con
cerned lie said
What | suggest is that two Cabinet
ministers and one former Cabinet min
lister have committed breaches of certain
rules and traditions Of this house. and
indeed of all public life. without which
public life would be impossible
In purchasing shares on Inside infor-
nation given 10 them by Godfrey lsaacs,
the managing director OF the Marconi com
pany. the Cabinet ministers had, accord
ing To Mr.. Caves contention. broken the
rule providing that no Cabinet minister
should take a favor or an advantage from
a man contracting with the government.
II the Cabinet ministers claimed that
they did not understand the exact nature
Of their action. said Mr.. Cave, IL was a
sad commentary on their intelligence. He
continued
"I do not think we like our Chancellor
OF the Exchequer, the head OF the British
Treasury, who desires the respect OF the
city of London. to go into such transac-
tions. to buy for the rise, to watch prices
for the rise and for tho moment when he
had better sell and. as I'm this case, to
lose his money"
New-York tribune., 1913-06-19
Walk Out OF the House.

After this peroration the Chancellor
Of the Exchequer and the. Attorney
General gathered up their papers and.
in difference to the tradition that the
House should be left 10 discuss their
conduct without the embarrassment OF
their presence. walked slowly out OF
the House. while Liberals and Nation
alists sprang to their feet. cheering
wildly and waving handkerchiefs.
II was an impressive scene, and the
House was crowded in every part. The
Peers Gallery was packed and MEM
bers Of the House stood in the side gal
leries. The public gallery was full and
cne and all looked on with profound
feelings at spectacle Of which few
had ever seen the counterpart.
After the ministers had retired Lord
Robert Cecil. who had made the
minority report Of the investigating
committee. censuring the ministers.
created a small sensation by replying
TO the Chancellor Of the Exchequer's
charges. He tried - make the case
against the Ministers as bad as posi-
bic saving.
II / wished I could have made
really flaming report. | could have said
great many more things. and | am
quite ready to tell any member private
IS Of some things ! rejected. because
did not consider that the evidence
justified me I'm putting them before the
House and the country"
Leo Chlozza Money. Liberal, shouted.
You ought 10 state them"
Lord Robert cecil replied 81 do not
think II fair to state in public things
which there is not enough evidence to
Justify"
Mr.. Money Speaker. the noble
lord has made them matter of in
nuendo
The Spcaker-The honorable member
is not entitled to interrupt because he
does rot agree with the noble lord
The RI Hon. Alfred Lyttelton re-
ferred to the early bankruptcy OF Sir
Rufus Isaacs as a stock broker, other
wise he said. his career had been OF
the highest honor
The RI Hon Ii. l.. Samuel. Postmas-
ter General. whose name was linked
with those cf the Attorney General and
the Chancellor Of the EXchequer in the
earlier newspaper stories repeated his
NJ .stf
shares.
New-York tribune., 1913-06-19
Threats TO the Tories.

The upshot Of the debate was appar-
emily the result OF a truce between the
party leaders 10 protect the good name
OF the Parliament. The Liberals were
threatening. if attacked unreasonably,
to resurrect all the buried shortcom-
ings of the Conservative ministers
Hicks Beach's sale of Salisbury Plain
10 the government for maneuvring
ground. the Chamberlain family inter
est IN the Wynoch armament works
during the African war, and director
ships held by other ministers in firms
making contracts with the government
from almost forgotten graves.
Premier Asquth and Sir Edward
Grey will close the debate to-day for
the administration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02

game or try something new Again a
case Of artlfcality and disturbance OF
trade conditions for the benefit of one or
a few individuals.
The wholesalers northerly advance
drives the big retailers further uptown,
causing a double movement and desertion
of old sites on the one hand you have
abandoned districts and on the other con-
gcsted ones Thus far only about ten
large trades out OF hundred i'm New
YORK have moved uptown. These are the
silk, woollen lace. notion cloak and suit
trades, among others Some of these might
be induced to move back. In any event.
there is yet time to save the other ninety
trades from repeating the mistakes of the
first ten Every inch OF realty on the
small island OF Manhattan must eventually
be of rare value. but to-day a void is
being created In the central zone of the
island without rhyme or reason. and al
tremendous financial loss, not TO mention
the general inartistIc effect and lack Of
harmony created.
Let us consider the immigration OF the
wholesale drygoods trade into the proper
zone Of the retailer and the private resi-
dence. 1t Is an encroacbment and an in
trusion not only on the latter trades, but
upon the city beautiful.
I'VE can't all be in one spot at the
same time. yet that is exactly what the
oversanguine wholesaler OF New York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02

seems To be trying to do. we can't all
locate at the hotel door of the visiting
buyer or at the receiving door of the cut
ter-up' manufacturing trade. The latter
should never, i'm the first place, have gone
uptown TO congest Fifth avenue and the
side streets with its employees, its trucks
and its cases. There was more reason In
olden days for the wholesaler to be up
town and near the buyer than there is to-
day, when a ten-minute ride in the sub
way will bring the buyer from far up
town TO his goal
"As far as accommodating the buyer
and catering to his interests. the uptown
stampede has had the contrary effect.
His task is made harder by the scattering
of trade centres. Formerly he would
saunter out early Of morning. say, from
the old Astor House, and I'm few hours
would see all the wholesalers and jobbers
of every trade, costly located in an ac-
cessible radius of n half mile. To-day.
YEARLY. he starts out later, say, from the
Hotel Astor (tired perhaps from the ex-
cessive strain Of the White Ways lobster
palaces and theatre entcements), and
then has to wander about In the scattered
crazyauilt of newly located wholesalers
buildings. across town from Seventh ave-
nue. to Lexington avenue and Longitude
nally from Washington Square TO 9th
street, AID street--who knows?--perhaps
next to the entrance Of Central Park
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NEEDS OF DIFFERENT TRADES

'"The centre for heavy machinery IN
Cortlandt street requires buildings with
strong beamed floors The provision cen
tire must be near the water ara inc
freight stations, where refrigerator cars
and market wagons can come. The whole
sale drygoods trade requires streets Wher"
big wooden cases and boxes can be han
died with least interference with FOOT
traffic. plenty Of room, low rent and in
surance. easy trucking distance of the
piers and railroad freight stations.
"All the acquired facilities of these
trades have been at big cost to the city
and TO the owners Of property. The move
ment to break away from these naturally
developed zones and to scatter all over
town means universal damage II is not a
case Of rational expansion or readJus'-
mont or an onward march of improve
ment. The cause Of the movement Is
sbort-sighted scfshness or extreme m
dividualism gone to seed. We may blame
aoually the landlord and the tenant anu
the irresponsible Speculation. the result
fins far achieved has been crowdihS
1ptown from 18th street ana beyond win
buildings and trades mutually III adjusted
to /. new environment. Factories have
been located high up in the air on ave-
nues like Fifth avenue and It's side streets.
In the injury OF residents ana reta!i stores
there and to the inconvenience or the OPP
eratiyes employed. Cases OF goods are
dumped and unloaded In congested streets,
The results are all negative. The iirn
that has moved uptown pays higher reh''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02

, with no big net advantage accrued. II
the proprietor owns his downtown BULL
ing he has deprecated its value. If he Is
not an owner he has helped To create a
waste out of a district built for his pur-
pose.
Take Greene and Mercer streets and
broadway i'm the neighborhood of Canal
street. where almost whole blocks are de
serted and property at auction prihss Ia'
less than its assessed value
"A quarter of a century ago certain
man sold a building in the wholesale dry
goods district The other day the pul-
chaser offered to sell IL back to him nj
half the price he paid. We must no.
imagine that such losses fall only Oh IN
dividuals or even groups OF persons; they
are ultimately distributed over tho entire
community, as is true in the case OF any
general economic waste. The scattering
from the old centres AMI the building of
new trade spots. rather than centres.
means a duplication of plant, which the
consumer must pay for IN the long run
What Is the direct cause OF the scat
ter? A prominent firm which has no
propertv interest in its locality ana IS
sure of it's trade thinks to outwit compe-
tition or Yields TO the seduction OF free
rent for a period OF years offered by the
jealous uptown real estate agent. Actu-
ally the inducement of several years rent
for nothing. amounting 10 "A gift or many
thousands of dollars. is used To persuade
that prominent firm To make the hrst
break And IL is worth the price TO the
uptown agent. for where the beilwether
leads the flock is likely to follow Inc
lesser competitors do not know the mo
tive for the move uptown and If they did
perhaps Il would make 10 difference; they
would feel compelled to so with the big
fellow. However. any one can realize the
artjficiaity OF such a movement.
"It happens also that nervy specu-
later gets an option at trifing cost upon
an uptown site He goes down to the ola
trade centre and with glowing promises
obtains contracts from merchants to rent
space in his magnificent building To De.
He takes the contracts to bank ana
borrows the money needed 10 erect the
building Then he makes haste to sell the
building realize a profit and repeat the
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NSw25zky Nve9ulSzea 2e<0Auz1az oPEsas<
CSxzcGo MUE cSoyzee &
Scattering Of Factories and
Trade Centres Through
Uptown Residence Dis
tacts Injuries Whole City.

~YEW YORK has begun TO sprawl.
nj Like a lusty infant enthusiastically
1 y kicking out its limbs. regardless
equally Of the welfare of others and its
own. the city is sprawling all over the
map. II is stretching here and lunging
there. poking an arm i'm one direction and
a leg I'm another. wrisgling around from
centre to circumference without apparent
rhyme or reason. You can't tell which way
i, will reach out next in obedience to
new whim or a passing fancy of profit
II is probably animated by the illusion
that there is something good to eat in the
new direction. When it gets there IT often
finds that the edible seeming stuff is an
iridiscent dream and that the bona-hde
eats were located at the old stand
In its younger days the city was pretty
well behaved, doubtless because it couldn't
DO otherwise. II lay quietly amid the well
defined bounds OF industrial and CONNER
cial districts quarters Of specialized trade
which originated i'm the earliest settlement
Of Manhattan Island. The infant waxed
strong, grew and moved eXpansively, but
its early motions had the virtue of deco
rum and a certain instructive sense of
keeping within bounds. To-day the riot
Gus youngster doesn't care where ii goes,
what it smashes or whom it hurts. II
exhibits a most cOmmendable vigor.
healthy viyacity and a crying need of
parental hand TO correct it's hayward eX-
uberance For its own good ii can no
longer be allowed TO sprawl at its own
CWaet u,fIf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02

itself And yet the troubles Of the foot
worn buyer are not merely in finding the
scattered houses uptown. lie must, In ad-
diton come downtown, for the big dry
goods houses, the big jobbing hosiery ana
knit goods firms, the shoe houses ana
many other trades have elected to stay
downtown, and there he has to see them.
''The trades that have stayed downtown
i'm buildings that have been kept up nave
the best OF it, They have kept sane and
conservative and have lost no trade. They
nav half or quarter the rent. have streets
and sidewalks undisturbed for doing a
wholesale business. are near wharves and
railroad terminals and subways galore.
built or building. right to their doors 1t is
significant that the mushroom growth or
the so-called downtown Fifth avenue dis
,rict shows signs of flattening. Streets
like Greene and Mercer. which were late
IL i'm the van of northerly progress, are
beginning to look deserted.
Movement in itself has no virtue.
Why build out TO the Bronx, why tunnel
the North and East rivers, when prop
erty goes begging at your very doors
I'm the heart OF the original Manhattan?
Why not build model tenements and
model factories right here? Here land
comparatively speaking. lies waste. Big
stretches on the Bowery and from there
west to Lafayette street. tracts near the
new Courthouse site, on Seventh avenue,
Varick street, West Broadway and Canal
street. OF these accessible central thor
oughfares and many more land is had at
your own price. 1t is cheaper bought to-
day from the tired owners. estates many,
than II was fifty years ago. or course.
there win be reaction and the shrewd
land buyer of to-day will be the lucky
Aston of tomorrow.
while organizations like the Wholesale
Dry Goods Centre Association are sue
cessfully working TO prevent the scat
tering of their own district. there is a
general city problem to be solved in "a
larger way. In our own field we appeal
TO the foresight and common interest of
tho local trade
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02

veloped the terminals and arrangements
and investments were made to meet theii
needs. Elevated and subway stations were
placed conveniently to them; warehouses
and lofts suitable for the various traces
were constructed.
For example. the provision trade had
it's market, plentiful space and air. and
cellar storage arrangements. The dry
goods and garment manufacturing trades
had their own requirements. SO with the
iewelry trade in Maiden Lane, the hnan-
cial district about Wall street, the whoie-
sale tobacco trade near Hanover Square.
the leather trade IN the Swamp the
trade In chemicals near COentles SIP.