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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-25
H. C. Block, Sure Plethora
of Laws Means Ruin,
Says, "Quit It!'
HAMMITT CENSURES
DEPARTMENT STORES
Then Merchants Attorney Turns
Testimony of Miss Phillips
Against Critic.

n the State Factory Investigating
Commission doesn't stop Fostering the
noor East Side tenement house owners
70 death, and If the city doesn't let up
on its annoying inspections of then
tenements, Father Kniekerboeker will
be in the bankruptcy courts before nc
knows it. So there!
That was the burden of Henry I.
BLOCKS address to the commission in
City Hall yesterday. He is the presi-
dent of the United Real Estate Owners
Association. After he had unburdened
himself on the subject of the difficult
ties tenement owners were encounter
ing under the laws, he proceeded to tell
the commission that IL was a pest,
nuisance, an annoyance, and advised II
to quit and give everybody rest:
AL" Smith, vice-ehairman Of the
commission, is something OF an orator
himself upon occasions. Robert f.
Wagner, the chairman, has beer known
20 make speech or two when elo-
ouence was deemed expedient, but both
agreed that Mr.. Block outclassed them
in the untrammelled flow of words.
The members of the commission de-
rived some amusement, too, from tne
attitude of Emanuel W. Bloomingdale'
general counsel for the New YORK Dry
goods Association. Mr.. Bloomingdsle
listened with mixture Of amazemeht
and annoyance to Joseph U. Hammltl'
once Albany reporter for a Brooklyn
paper and now chi>f of the Bureau OF
Fire Prevention, as that slender, pale
young man outlined in carefully modu-
4 al q changes
thought necessary in New York depart
ment stores, changes which incidental
" would practically necessitate recon-
struction. IN.
Then when Miss Anna c. Phillips,
who has spent three months inyestigat-
inc department stores for the commits
sion. told of conditions she had found,
conditions which put some OF them IN
the class of fire traps, Mr.. Blooming
dale heard her with panied surprise
until. a sudden idea striking him, he
smiled broadly. When his turn came
he lost no time in Selling the oppor-
IL, ity ne had just recognized
Gentlemen" he began, 81 have us
tened to Miss Phillips with deep inter
est. Her report is a terrible indlct-
ment of the Bureau of Fire Prevention.
II IS a terrible indictment, and | wish
tho young man, the head of that bu-
reau. Mr. Hammitt, had thought 1t
worth while to remain here after he
himself had finished talking"
Mr.. Bloomingdale said what was
needed was a basic law which would
get rid of all contradictions and dupli-
cations now existing.
Several women asked that the section
Of the law forbidding women TO work
at night be changed. Miss Rose Schnei-
derman, representing the Women's
Trade Union League, opposed any
change in this section. Miss Ida Fulks
laid she had lost her job in a depart
ment store because spy" had report
ed her for joining a union.
Miss Elizabeth butcher, Of the Re-
tail Clerks Union. asked law fixing
the time for luncheon hours for en-
ployes, and a law forbidding black
lsting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-25
SCOFIELD TRIAL ENDS
Court Awaits Briefs in Action
Against Step Grandmother.

The trial Of the action instituted by
Lieutenant Seth W. Scofeld, L. S. A.,
to prevent his step-grandmother from
getting possession of the estate left
by her husband, Charles W. Scofeld,
came to an end in the Supreme Court,
Brooklyn. yesterday. The lawyers get
until July 8 20 submit briefs. The
most interesting witness of the day
was S. H. Wandell. who acted as attor-
noy for the railroad promoter.
lie said that he had drawn up will
for Mr.. Scofeld and had submitted il
TO him on the morning of February 2,
but Miss Jane W. Fitzsimmons, VINO
was soon to become his wife, objected
to il because he failed to leave any
thing to Lieutenant Scofeld. Mr.. SEQ
field said at the time that he did not
intend to leave anything TO his grand
son.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-25
AUTO KILLS BOY; FLEES
Machine Strikes Boy Playing
Ball, and Speeds On.

Leon Strauss, fourteen years old.
while playing ball last evening in front
Of his home at 6l5 Fifth av., Brooklyn,
was run over and filled by an auto
mobile, which sped on. Icons play
mates and other witnesses gave the
number of the machine as 1888
n. Y" In the car were two men and
two women.
The boys body was carried into his
home by his play-fellows.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-25
GIRL TO MAKE SACRIFICE
Miss Sutton Will Submit tn
Skin Grating for Niece.

Boonton. n. j., June 24.-Miss Har-
riet Sutton, teacher in the Boonton
public schools, this week will submit
TO a skin grating operstion to save the
life of her fve-year-old niece, Rachel
Riker.
The little girl three weeks ago was
PLAYING with other children around a
bonfire. Her clothing caught fire and
she was so badly buried that skin graft
ing is her only chance for recovery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-25
SAYS STATE FUND
PROTECTS LABOR
Compensation Commits
sion Defends Insurance
Act and Interprets II

The CONDENSATION commission hand
al emf yesterday a new Interpretation
20 .be vrorkmau's compensation act
len re0ard 70 its relation to employ
80 lie decision il that Section So Of
- rnea.ure refutes the contention Of
tho new Insurance opponents that the
stote nrotection is no protection at ali
~ employers if employees elect TO sue At
eorou,on law for damages for injuries.
THE Interpretation Is in the form OF
g resolution, as follows;
aWbereas, II has cone TO the notice
of This commission that statements
bave heen made TO the effect that the
noIicv of the state insurance fund will
pot nrotect employers generally against
= siit that might be instituted By an
IN ursd employe who refused TO accept
com nensation and elected to bring
action at common law; ana
aWboreas. Section 50 Of the same
oe+ entitled Relief from All Liability,
rrovides that: An employer, securing
IL navment of compensation By con-
tributing premiums 10 ,he s1ate ignd
shall thereby become reileyed rom all
liability for personal INJURIES OF death
sustaind by his employees,
Therefore De IL -"'i ~
the opinion Of the commission, The
foregoing provisions Of the workman'a
con- pensation act protect an employer,
carrgirg on hazardous employment
whC secures the payment OF compensa-
tion 10 all his employees oy insurance
in The state fund, against suits for
damages at common law by any en-
Move in his service, since All employees
Of an employer whose business IS
hazardous employment within the
meaning of this act, upon the premises
or at the plant or IN the course OF en-
nIovment away from the plant, are
bsId nv this commission to come within
Tic provisions Of the act above cited,
ND therefore have no right 20 bring
action for damages against their en-.
niEyers on aeccunt Of injuries received
r - ,our.e If emuloymcnt"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-25
DOGS TIE THREE;
WOMAN A VICTIM
Mother Attacked While Rescu-
ing Child-Policeman
Kills Beast.

Dogs, showing signs of rabies, bi.
three persons and frightened dozens
more in Brownsville yesterday. A
mother, defending her little daughter
from one of the beasts, was badly in
jured, and two men were victims.
Louis Gordon, Of 4e4 Wyene St, East
New York, was passing a corner of
Roekaway and Glenmore avs. when a
dog, which a few minutes before had
bitten a dog and horse and attacked
n man, leaped on him. Gordon's right
leg and thigh were torn b. the best,
which escaped.
A srrgeon from 81. Mary's Hospital
was treating Gordon's POUNDS in a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-25
S2O,OOO,0OO FOR BRAIN
Chauffeur Wants $4,000 for
Teaspoonful He Lost.

Irving Ramsey, a chauffeur, yester-
day fixed the value of his brain at
S20.000,OOO when he sued his former
employer, Emanuel J. We'll, Of New
York and Jersey City, for $4,000 in
payment for the loss of one teaspoon
fui, which he claims leaked out when
his skull was fractured as the result Of
an explosion at the home of his en-
ployer The suit was brought in Nine
ola, Long Island.
Counsel for Ramsey says the latter's
physician will testify to his loss OF a
teaspoonful of brain. The Standard
Dictionary gives the weight of the av-
erage male human beings brain as
fifty ounces avoirdupois. A teaspoon
holds sixty minims, or one-eighth Of a
fluid ounce. Figuring on this basis
Ramsey estimated his brain at the
modest sum of $2O,0OO,OOo.
Justice avn Sicklen is hearing the
suit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-25

drug store, when a few blocks away, at
Rockaway and Suffer avs, there was
another cry of "Mad dogl" A bulldog
dashed through a crowd of children,
leapod upon a little girl and knocked
her down.
Mrs. Sarah Goldman, the mother,
jumped at the dog and kicked it away
from the child. The animal turned on
her, biting her on the left leg several
times. Il then ran on down the street,
biting Loyis Flushmsn, of 625 Flush
ing av.. on the hip and ankle.
Sergeant Flaherty, of the Browns
Vile police station, finally killed the
beast.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-25
Auto Victim Gets $4,000.

Charles A. Roode, of $50 East 235th
ST.. whose baby was killed, his wife in
jured and he himself sent to hospital
with his legs broken and his skull
fractured when Tony Deiso, a chauf-
feur, ran them down last July in White
Plains Road, got a verdict of $4,000
yesterday against the Chester Hill
Auto Service Company, of Mount YER
non. The jury awarded the full
amount for which Roode sued. Deiso
vas tried for murder and acquitted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-25
Washer Gets Beating and Jail.

For annoying Mrs. Amelia Glssier,
Of A37 East 10th ST.. by making com
plimentary remarks upon her personal
appearance as she passed. James
Barnes was convicted of disorderly
conduct in the Harlem Court yester-
day and sent to the Workhouse for
twenty DAYS By Magistrate Lew. Fur
thermore, the young woman's husband
contributed a thrsshing 70 Der an
u0vpr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-25
Warrant Out for Ty Cobb.

Detroit, June PA warrant was is
sued to-day for the arrest Of "Ty'
Cobb description unnecessary, on tae
charge of disturbing the peace. The
complaint was made by William L.
Carpenter, the meat dealer with whom
Cobb had a physical disagreement on
Saturday night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-25
$4,000 Bail in cunard Plot.

Henry J. Burton. the negro, who cor
fessed to writing letters to the on
Gals of the Cunard Steamship Com
pany, threatening TO blow up the Aqu-
tania unless he was paid $4,000. vas
arraigned yesterday in General Ses-
sions before Judge Grain. He was held
in $4,000 bail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-25

Franklin X. Lane, Secretary of the
Interior. writes about the governments
efforts to stamp out illiteracy. See
Learning A-B-C's at Seventy in the
Sunday Magazine of The Tribune,
Inne 18th.
The Republican journal., 1914-04-30
APPOMATTOX IN DECAY.
From the Albany Journal

Forty-nine years ago this month Cen
eral Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen.
eral Grant at Appomattox Court House,
ending one of the greatest wars of his
tory, and it is expected that year hence
the seml-centennial anniversary of the
surrender will be celeb rated. Appomat-
tox, however, is disappearing rapidly.
The houses are falling into ruins. No
efforts are made to save them, and for
ests are covering the last scenes of the
war.
Appomattox is one Of the places in this
country that should be preserved. Only
three or four houses remain in the place
that once Was the seat of Appomattox
county, Virginia. Even in war times the
hamlet was not pretentlous place. 1t
was made up of ramshackle houses.
There were a few dwellings, stable,
tavern, store or two, and the court
house in square. Twenty years ago
the courthouse, which had stood for
mary years, was burned. Its site is still
marked by ashes, charred plaster and
shattered brick, and trees cover nearly
all of the square. The courthouse has
been removed to Appomattox, the rail-
road station.
The terms of surrender was signed in
the Wilmer Mclean house. Mclean,
whose sympathies were with the South,
had lived at Manassas, but he abhorred
the CORY battle fought around his home.
He moved to Appomattox county and by
a strange freak of fortune the war was
brought to close in his new home.
The historic house should have been
preserved. but it gave way to the at
tempt to transfer historic houses to the
grounds of the national exposition in
Chicago in 1882 The building was de-
molished, but it was never put together
again. The wood and brick are still
stored in the garden and the wood is de-
caying fast. The scene is isolated and
difficult to reach.
The broad acres at Appomattox, which
were occupied by the two armies nearly
half century ago, are now covered with
thick pines, and the aspect of the historic
place has greatly changed. There are
few monuments on the ground, one in
dark and gloomy spot praising the troops
of North Carolina. The site of General
Lees headquarters is also marked, but
the general decay of the scene of Lees
surrender indicates lack of patriotism
and appreciation of historic spots.
The Republican journal., 1914-04-30
POTATOES IN BOXES.

Smith & Hoyt of Presque Isle are re-
ported as intending next season to put
up potatoes of selected sizes and fine
quality in wooden boxes holding 81 to 60
pounds. The package will be put up
with as much care as the southern grow
ers give to oranges. The potatoes will
be from four to six inches long and will
average ten to IL ounces in weight.
These will Ee pretty good-sized potatoes,
but, if the project seems in fair way
of being successful, they may put up
other and smaller sizes soon. Some
leading hotels have agreed to use this
stock exclusively. There should also be
an excellent market for it among high
class restaurants and on dining-cars
and steamships. Some of the growers
in Idaho and Montana are already send
ing a few boxes to the eastern markets
in this way, and Maine growers should
not be behind. Although Aroostook
farmers can grow potatoes first-rate,
they are very much behind such men as
the growers of Oregon and Washington
apples in marketing their stock. They
do not put them up in sufficiently small
quantities, sufficiently well graded, or OF
sufficiently high quality and nice packing.
These things, we presume, Will all come
in time, and it is mighty good thing
for Aroostook that Messrs. Smith &
Hoyt are going to make start in this
matter. They will without doubt be
quickly followed by others, and the bet
ter marketing of Aroostook potatoes
will doubtless increase apace. Fort
Fairfield Review.
The Republican journal., 1914-04-30
WHAT TO Do FOR NEURALGIA

The one great symptom of neuralgia il
pain; the one great cause is lack ofnutri-
ton for the nerves, in plain language
starved nerves.
There are two things to do for any
form of neuralgia. Apply heat to the
affected part to soothe the pain, and feed
the nerves by taking a tonic containing
the elements needed by them. Heat, as
afforded by hot flannel, hot water bags,
etc., luls the infamed nerves into tenn
porary quiet. 1t does not cure. Not I'M
til the nutrition OF the nerves is restored
will the Inflammation suhside.
DR.. Williams Fink Pills furnish to the
blood the needed elements and the blood
conveys them to the nerves. The only
way of getting food or medicine to the
nerves is through the blood. Remember
that.
Neuralgia is a general term. 1t means
inflammation of a nerve. 1t is given DIFF
ferent names according to tie nerve af-
fected. Sciatica is neuralgia of the sciatic
nerve. Application OF heat VIII soothe
the pain in all forms OF neuralgia and DR..
Williams Pink Pills Will correct the con-
dition that caused it.
Your own druggist sells DIR. Williams
Pink Pills and tie Dr.. Williams Medi-
cine Co., Schenectady, n. y, VII send
you little book on ''I!on Treatment
of Nervous Disorders for the asking.
The Republican journal., 1914-04-30
ROOSTER DAY IN KENTUCKY AND
TENNESSEE.

In the interest of the infertile egg the
poultry specialists have started cam
paign for the elimination of the rooster
among poultry flocks during the seasons
between May l and December 1. In this
connection Saturday, May l6, has been set
aside by the people of those States as roos-
ter day in Kentucky and Tennessee, when
every poultry dealer in these States
has agreed to pay the same prices for
roosters as they do for hens and pullets.
There is an enormous loss in eggs as
result of the fertile egg, especially dur
ing the summer and fall mon tbs, and it is
for this reason the department recon-
mends that the rooster be kept away
from the hens during these seasons.
Fertile eggs spoil very quickly when
subjected to the ordinary methods of
handling on the farm and when marketed
during the hot summer months under ad-
verse conditions. Infertile eggs will keep
in good condition in temperatures which
will cause fertile eggs to rot
1t is estimated that third of the
tremendous annual loss of eggs is due to
the fertile egg.
The department specialists advise that
on the 1st of May all male birds be
either killed, sold, or confined until the
lst of December, or as late as the LIST of
January in some localities, inasmuch as
it is not necessary to the laying qualities
of a hen that rooster be maintained in
the flock. Moreover, his presence during
those months means fertile eggs, which
mean bad eggs and the consequent loss
to the producer and the consumer.
The Republican journal., 1914-04-30

total cost of man and horse labor for the
two years is close to So. The manure
produced during the two years has been
valued at So; consequently the cost of
labor is practically offset by the value
of the manure.
The item "Other COSTS consists of
expenses usually overlooked in estimat-
ing costs. These are interest, charge
for the use of buildings and equipment,
expense for bedding, miscellaneous ex-
penses, share of the general expenses
for the entire farm business, and a
charge to cover losses by death and dis
carding. The total for these forms
nearly one-fifth of the total cost of the
2-yearold heifer.
The foregoing figures show that it
costs more to raise calves to maturity
than is commonly supposed, and they
support the advice which the depart
ment is continually trying to impress
upon dairy farmers, that it does not pay
to raise any but the best heifers. Rails
Ing scrub heifers and selling them at $25
to $40 piece, as many do, is improbable
except on cheap land or under other
very favorable conditions. But it does
pay to raise the best heifers, for in good
dairy sections well-bred heifers are
worth considerably more than $50 when
2 years of age Furthermore, dairy
farmers as a rule are obliged to raise
their own stock, as it is difficult to buy
productive cows at a reasonable price.
In some sections of the West where
alfalfa is worth only 50 or S. ton, or in
the Southwest, where pastures furnish
feed the greater part of the year, this
cost may be greatly reduced. Even
where it costs $50 to raise heifer,
two thirds of this amount is charged for
feeds at market prices, large part of
which can be grown OH the farm at a
profit. Thus by raising the heisers the
dairy farmer finds home market for
feeds grown on the farm at remunera-
tive prices. and at the same time aids in
maintaining the fertility of the farm
Bulletin from U. S. Department of Agri-
culture.
The Republican journal., 1914-04-30
NEW LIFE FOR THE OLD SOIL
Green Manures Work Wonder.
w. II. sTEvENsoM

Any crops grown and plowed pndar
green to increase the productive co.
pacity Of the soil are called green ma.
nure crops. Sometimes such crops oc-
cupy the land for only part of the
season. They are then known as
cover crops or catch" crops.
Green manuring Is an important
practice, chiefly because it adds organic
matter to the soil. which is gradually
converted into humus, an absolutely
essential constituent of the soil, or
course humus may be secured by an
plying barnyard manure, but as rule
there is not enough of this material to
meet the needs Of the land However,
green manuring is not enough in itself
to keep q soil from wearing out. so
other practices must be followed. Crops
must be grown in rotation, the mois-
ture content of the soil regulated, prop
er tillage practiced, the soil kept sweet.
the supply of mineral plant food main
tanned, especially the supply of phos-
phOrus and potassium, and the nitro
gen content of the soil kept up. These
factors all play an important part in
keeping a soil productive, but they
are not more important than green
manuring.
Poor Soils Especially Benefited.
In general green manures are bene-
fetal when used on poor soils because
Of their action on the physical, chemi-
cal and meteorological conditions of
the soil. From the physical side green
manures influence the moisture, tenn
perature and aeration Of soils. For ex-
ample, on light, sandy soils they pre-
vent rapid drying out by reducing the
losses of moisture due to evaporation
and percolation, and further make the
soil more compact While they have
just the opposite effect on heavy clay
soils, here the organic matter opens up
the soil and admits air
The practice of leaving the soil bare
during July and August following the
harvest Of a small grain crop is very
bad, as it causes the loss of large
amounts Of nitrogen by percolation.
These losses may be prevented in a
large measure by growing green ma
nure crops on the land. especially is
this true of leguminous crops, which
stimulate greater bacterial action, and
as result larger amounts of available
plant food are produced. Rye. wheat.
buckwheat and rape are the nonlegu-
minous crops which are commonly
used for green manuring. while red
clover, mammoth clover, sweet clover.
crimson clover, Canada field peas, cow
peas, soy beans and vetches are the
best known legumes for this purpose.
The secret Of keeping our gardens
and fields fertile Is to pillow deep. and
If necessary subsoil. cultivate thor
oughly and plant leguminous crops.
The Republican journal., 1914-04-30
"REMINISCENCES.
G. Mansur, in the Pittsfield Advertiser ]

re. Mansur, in the Pittsfield Advertiser
There was small tannery at the viii
lage owned by Charles Sargent. an old
resident, and my father had his leather
made there. Then an old shoemaker (Syl
vester Smith, would come to the house
and measure all our feet and proceed to
make us shoes all around, fastened with
wooden pegs. Mother would weave the
cloth and color it for our clothes; then a
seamstress who lived in Jackson Amy
Rich) would come and cut and make our
clothes, and l dare say the girls dresses
didn't look much like the creations of art
see now every day. Girls who worked
out doing house work land there was
nothing else for them to do) could get
but dollar a week at the most. Two of
nv sisters older than l went to Bidde-
ford to work in a cotton mill. One of
them was taken, sick and came home.
Could only come as far as Waterville by
train, then to Newburg by stage, and my
aunt brought her home by team. She had
typhoid fever and lived only two weeks.
That was the first death in the family.
| remember well the great Millerite
excitement in 1843. The songs they used
to sing linger in my memory. One of
them was like this: lin 1843 do expect
my Lord to see, in the morning | am 60
ing home, in the morning sit around the
throne"
A man lectured at our schoolhouse and
had a great chart hung up covered with
scripture quotations and emblems from
which he demonstrated that the world
would surely come to an end that spring.
was only years old and had not seen
much of the world and l did not relish
the idea of things going to smash, but
there was mistake made somewhere and
the Old World still moves on.