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Eject on Wall street.

The proposal to keep the s29. 900. 600 sur
plus and highway debt sinking fund for
the purpose Of paying only the principal
on the bonds was declared by Mr., Wag-
ner to be in the interest of spectators
In state bonds.
Whenever | asked in committee" he
said, ito have this excess money used
To pay the interest on the debt was
met with the answer The people in the
stock markets may not like IL. The
psychological effect on Wall Street might
be such as to affect the price of the
bonds
"On no class in the community" in
sisted Mr.. Stimson. will the impair
ment of the States credit. such AS pro-
posed by the delegate from New York.
fall with greater burden than upon those
who pay the taxes-the poor people. The
only rule that should guide us in this
matter should he the one of honor"
1t is "A hardship upon the people of
to-day" said Seth Low. ito have had
to pay this excess of $50, 900. 900. but
the men who sell State bonds tell me
that Mr.. Wagner's proposal would be
hazardous to the credit of the State"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-06
WIRELESS FOR POLICE
TO SUCCEED WIGWAG
New Signal Corps Gets Prac-
ticc on Roof Of the Mu-
nicipal Building.

Police Commissioner Woods. explain
ing the strange actions OF policemen on
the roof OF the Municipal Building yes
terday. announced that the Police De-
partment has a new signal corps, which
Is organizing a system OF wigwag COM
mnu!cations between Police Head
quarters and the various precincts In the
city. Later II Is intended to install wire
less apparatus for the police.
The policemen on top Of the NUM-
cipal Building who were waving the
flags around. about and in and ont
were members Of the signal corps.
While they were practising Inspectors
O'Brien. Morris and Cohen, constituting
a special board to establish the wigwag
system. were busy in The Bronx picking
out stations for receiving and despatch
ing messages that are TO be w%igwagged
as o . as the system is ready for use.
These three inspectors completed their
work IN The Bronx yesterday, which
means that that borough is now COM
ple;ely mapped for this method of com
munication. Manhattan was mapped a
week or more ago. and now the in
spectors will start work on Brooklyn
and Richmond.
This new corps would enable the Pc
lice Department to transmit it's orders
In case all telephone and telegraph com
municatlon should be destroyed, as In
time OF war.
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BANKER FOSTER WINS SUIT.
Miss BensOn's Breach Of Promise
Action IL Dismissed.

Supreme Court Justice Weeks dis
missed yesterday the $4,000 breach OF
promise suit brought by Miss Lillian
Benson. daughter OF an Episcopal
Bishop, against ]. Stanley Foster, presl-
dent of the Rowery Bank. The court
took such action when counsel for Miss
Benson did not appear to oppose the
motion in behalf OF Foster to dismiss
her suit. The motion was made because
she had failed to obey "A court order
10 file a reply TO Fosters defence that
he paid her $500 and got a general
release.
Among the developments in the case
we're that Miss Benson's attorney. w
Bernard Vause, dropped out of the
action or Wednesday, and just before
Fosters attorney. Noah Stancliffe. ap-
that they had been unable TO And Miss
Benson after a Two weeks search.
1t also became known that before
Miss Benson met Foster she brought a
breach OF promise suit against Isaac
Lehman, n customs broker we'll known
along Broadway. and settled 1t Cor
S1.400. An order OF discontinuance OF
this action was signed in the Supreme
Court in December. 1909, on an afi-
davit by Miss Benson's attorney that the
parties had settled their differences GU,
Of court.
Attorney Vause said yesterday tina,
he had been unable to find Miss Benson
to tell her that he was going on his
vacation and intended to drop the case
/, When she was last heard from she
lived att the harrington, 2O3 Yves,
E!ghty-first street, with her chum. Miss
Morey. who sued George @. Murray
friend OF Foster. for breach OF promise
under the name of Corinne Bannister
The young women left the Darlington
six weeks ago and ven to the Hote
Lucerne, leaving there on July 7. Hei
friends have not heard from her since,
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.SKYSCRAPER LIMIT
URGED IN ALL CITIES
George B. Ford Would Have
No Buildings in Manhattan
Over IL Stories.

THE Woolworth Building is $40 feet
higher than the highest commercial
building in London" said George b.
Ford, consultant of the committee on the
city plan. addressing the American City
Bureaus summer school for the training
OF men in the practical administration
OF commercial and civic associations. at
the City Club yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Ford strongly advocated the re-
striction of heights of buildings In
American cities and dwelt particularly
on the dangers and disadvantages of
skyscrapers. Paris, owing TO Its natu-
rally high level. he explained, is n story
and a half higher han Manhattan. The
speaker said ii is being realized more
and more by city builders throughout
the country hat skyscrapers are mot an
unmixed blessing" He urged other
cities not to initiate New York "in this
one respect at least
To construct a twenty story apart
ment house In a residential section, Mr..
Ford commended, reduces the property
value one-half. He suggested Ave or
six story buildings as the limit in height
for The Bronx, twelve story buildings
for Manhattan and four story buildings
for Brooklyn. This, he said, would con-
serve and stabilize property values.
The chambers OF through
out the country. the speaker said, should
lead in the fight for a reduction in the
height OF buildings,
Richard u. Watrous Of Milwaukee,
secretary of the American Civic Asso-
citation. spoke on "A Real Clean Up
Movement" advocating safe and sane
building conditions for the laboring
q nuaau ThA hAa pHt,- 81 ar
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WOMAN, rs, VICTIM
OF DIVORCE HOAX
Named as CorespOndent-JOke
on Wife, Atlantic Garden
Owner Says.
FRIEND OF HIS MOTHER

Allegations that a raid conducted TO
obtain evidence for a divorce action was
based on a hoax were made in the SUI
preme Court yesterday by Albert j.
Kramer. part owner OF Atlantic Garden.
who il being sued by Mrs. Charlotte
Zahn Kramer. a s~aockholder in the
Sayles-Zahn Company. the wholesale
provision concern.
Mrs. Kramer names as correspondent
Mrs. Libby Burns. 75 years of age, who
is a widow of Samuel Burns. the Sixth
avenue restaurateur. Kramer. who ID 40
ears old, insists that Mrs. Burns was
named as the result OF a joke he perpe-
trated to show his wife the folly of at
tempting to get divorce evidence against
him. He says the stage was all set for
the raid that occurred. but he never sus-
pected that his Joke" would be taken
seriously.
TIL specific allegation made in the
complaint is misconduct at 241 Lenox
avenue on May is last with "a woman
by the name OF Burns" Kramer de-
clares that his wife was not satisfied
with getting all his property under a
separation agreement and reducing him
to living In a small room at 80 Bowery,
but whenever ! was out OF bed and
anywhere in New York 7 was being
followed by her detectives" After this
had continued for a year Kramer de-
cided 10 put n stop to II If he could. lie
said. and he told one of Mrs. Kramer's
witnesses to notify her on the telephone
that she could catch" him at 2+7 Lenox
avenue. He said he didn't mention Mrs.
Burns, but that the latter knew his wife
well and also had known her father
and mother.
Kramer said that as soon as he
reached the Lenox avenue house he saw
the raiding party waiting outside. and
went In and Joined Mrs. Burns and her
sister. Mrs. Brown. The latter left
shortly and Kramer and Mrs. Burns sat
In the house talking with the curtains
up and the lights burning. The raid
ing party entered Immediately and left
as soon as Mrs. Kramer had pointed out
her husband Kramer declares he was
not alone with Mrs. Burns at any time
and that when her sister was not present
q friend OF the family named George
oliver. who Is 60 years old. was there.
kramer's story is supported by afr-
davits of Mrs. Burns and members of
her family. lie says he had tied up
all his property to pay his wife sla5 n
week under a separation agreement.
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WAR TO THE BITING END
DECLARED ON OLD CULEX
lgnatius Aloysius, However, Opens H%ostilites b!
Boring Operations at Forest Hills Meeting and
Has Human Food Feast Despite Swatters.

They couldn't, and 30 they sank to the
bottom Of the pool and died. Loud
applause from the audience and laugh.
ter by the mosquitoes that a gathered
on the screen for a close UP view.l
Contributors All Bitten.
Finally there was a movie OF a mans
hand of heroic size projected upon the
screen. Up came a mosquito. alighted
gracefully on a knuckle and settled down
to bore for oil. Almost Immediately
a great lump arose on the mans hand.
Girls in peek-a-boos gasped "O-o-ohs !"
in horror. simultaneously glancing fur
lively about TO see that no one was
looking, n reached hastily down to-
ward their low shoes for q quick one.
There was a collection then. the mos
auitoes following the collectors around
as the young men sought TO try to
raise q mosquito determination fund.
Everybody who contributed was bitten.
" was said OF good authority. The
amount Of the collection could not be
learned because the reporter had to re-
turn to New York before the collectors
had finished scratching sufficiently to
begin to count up.
"The list OF speakers also included
Secretary II. d. Maurer OF the Anti
Mosquito League OF Kings county. who
advised all Long Island to get to-
gether" on the work of determination,
and DR.. Haven Emerson, a Deputy
Commissioner of the Department Of
Health, who listed among other mos
quito breeding grounds the flower pots
on Manhattan roof gardens, roof tanks
everywhere and cans left about to COL
lect rain.
Millions OF mosquitoes are bred on
the roof OF. say, the New York Hippo
drome alone said DR.. Emerson. who
added that the city bred culex lads
wer fresh water mosquitoes. but just
as ornery as the salt water kind.
Forest Hills went home then. Few
mosquitoes followed the scattering crowd.
The mosquitoes, overfed for the momen
and logy. Just dozed about the station
square lazily for the night.
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DAVIS DIVORCE HELD UP.
Justice Weeks Reserves Decision
on Report of Referee.

supreme Court Justice Weeks re-
served decision yesterday on a notion
TO confirm the report Of Senator Her ~
W. Pollock as referee IN the suit for
divorce by Mrs. Annie Davis against
Albert j. Davis. a dancer. Mrs. pa Wis
started her suit in May. after The t.olice
u proceedings involving Miss .:d-
Genia Kelly had disclosed the TACT that
she was ~frequentil in the of
Davis and his friends.
TIL, referee recommends a dc rec for
Mrs. Davis on the ground IT n.r hus-
bands misconduct at var Gus time. to-
tween October, 1914. AMI last May,
but the name OF he correspondent is not
mentioned. Mrs. Davis is IL nave the
custody Of her son. John Van Holland
Davis. and will receive allmony under
an agreement made out OF court.
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BET BRIDE SHE'D LEAVE HIM.
DR.. s~hOninger Loses on Time limit
is sued for DIV

DR.. Lee S. Shoninger. who has an Of
Ace at Al West Ffty-ffth street and
lives at 80 East Fifty-eighth street. was
directed yesterday by supreme Court
Justice Weeks 10 pay So a week all
mony to Mrs. Edith Saoninger pending
"A suit for separation on the ground OF
cruelty. Counsel for Mrs. Shoninger
told the court that eight weeks after the
marriage OF the couple and while they
were on their honeymoon DR.. Shoninger
offered 10 bet his bride that she wouldn't
live with him for six months. Mrs.
Shoninger managed 10 live with her
husband for twenty-five months. the
attorney said. and left him last Feb
ruary.
DR.. Shoninger made no denia, OF the
charges against him. His counse stated
that the charges would be met at the
trial.
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II was. It was impossible for any
Trims living 10 miss the bullseye lanterns
illuminating the open square. Spot
lights picked out row upon row OF silk
half hose. not to mention lacy. per-
forated full hose and there were rows
of bald heads. too, entirely naked to
the weather because of the presence Of
women at the meeting. and the afore-
said sport shirts. which were designed
by the president Of the Bide-a-Wee
circle OF the Society for the Encourage
ment of Long Island and New Jersey
Birds of Prey.
"And | have the honor" said Con-
gresham Caldwell. making rapid ges-
lures that were not in emphasis ~
oratory alone. ito present TO you now
the chairman Of the meeting, Mr.. Samuel
W. Eckman. Ladies and gentlemen. Mr..
Eckman. chairman Of the Mosquito Com
mittee."
with all due respect to you. Con-
gresham" began Chairman Eckman.
II wish to say to this distinguished au-
dience that ] I'm not chairman of the
Mosquito Committee. ! am chairman OF
the Mosquito Committee" lSlap-
ping and ~applause.l
Forest Hills and all Long Island In
fact were in this fight. Chairman Eek
man warned the mosquitoes around him
as well as the audience 70 the Dltter
end"-in a word, until the biting end
of the biters had bitten his last bite
with his biting end.
Moving pictures showing little igna-
titus aloys!us culeX as born and bred in
New Jersey were brown on a big screen
which had been tackled onto the south
end OF the Long Island Railroad station.
There were sylvan scores OF Jersey
meadow pools. tin cam half filled with
rainwater and other casual water
hazards OF Jersey in which the culeXcs
develop to youth and m~aidenhood.
They burst from their shells like corn
popping on the screen. They danced.
men. they wriggled! They breathed
IN ough their tails for a spell. 81 the
Screen inserts scientifically told the movie
audience. and next they breathed through
horns that could be seen to develop while
one waited.
Wings grew across the screen while
the culeX lads seemed TO have been
caught by the movies taking deep breath
ing exercises atop the pools to develop
their chests, throats, chins n Jaw
muscles. Then a movie hand dropped oil
OF the water. The baby mosquitoes tried
hard to breath through the skin OF oil.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-06
LIFE GUARD RESCUES FOUR,
Pulls STRUGGLING Persons Int
Boat at ROcka way Reach.

James Carlton, a life guard at Rocka.
way Beach, yesterday saved the lives OF
two men. a woman and "A boy who had
been carried out by the undertow whiI,
bathing at the foot OF Summerfie!d
avenue,
The rescued persons whom Carlton
pulled into a boat were Mrs. Rose
Rrowstein. Is East Seventeenth street 4:
Kalmar Juvelia Of IL East Seventeenth
street, Morris Bopkin, 1884 First avenue.
and Paul Silverman. ~, Of $50 East FIJI
teenth street, all Of Manhattan,
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Can Wait Ten Years.

The State needs n new constitution,
the Mayor said. but not so badly that
Il cannot afford to wait ten years II
need be until the vital necessities OF
the city find their answe in a full.
fair and adequate measure OF home
rule
The Low plan. he declared. contains
an bviou deception in purporting 10
give cities exclusively a general grant
OF power to manage their affairs. lie
wen: on:
while cities are apparently granted
power over their local affairs the power
OF the Legislature to enact special laws
pertaining to the government 81 cities
Is retained, subject merely TO the sus-
pensive vote of the Mayor az at present.
Here is an attempt TO draw some subtle
and absurd distinction between the locaI
affairs Of cities and the government OF
cities. No such distinction exist in law
or in fact
"If the Legislature Is still to have un-
limited power to enact special laws re-
lating to the government of cities-there
In In this proposal no additional grant
Of substantive power to cities that is
worthy the name II is merely n hoax.
n subterfuge. an attempt To appea Ia
give what the ommitte must in fact
know that II has not given.
I'm the second place this grant Of
powers is mad subject not only to spe-
cial laws enacted by the Legislature, as
at present and to general laws applicable
to all the State. but also to general laws
enacted for all the cities of the state.
The reservation of the right to enact
general city laws has In other States
been productive of an degree
Of uncertainty and of an enormous
amount of litigation.
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Not counting the countless representa-
tives Of the bird known popularity as the
Long Island mosquito and scientifically
ms old man ignatIus aloysius culex. about
500 Long Island folk from the general
neighborhood OF Forest Hills ventured
forth more or less fearlessly from behind
the mosquito netting last night and at
tended ar all evening open air meeting
in station Square. Forest Hills, to devise
ways and means to put the rollers once
and forever under the mosquito and all
his works and pomps.
81 for one" said Park COMMISSIONS
(of Queens) John weier from the open
air platform as he slapped one that was
nicking hin behind the right ear. IAN
willing to exterminate all mosquitoes In
Queens. I am willing" he continued.
slapping himself on the left wrist and
missing 1.-THE mosauito-"but,' he
cried as he stopped down and beat a
large, rangy looking roam mosquito that
was boring through his right shoe, we
have not enough money. fellow citizens
[slapl to do the work this summer. Inc
only way to get the money is to poster
the City Hall lswatl until 1t lka-slamI
is forthcoming" lZowie!l
Practice Makes Perfect.
From continued practice young Mr..
Weller was able to get at least four out
a,o a,ras.p,atiyes ~ old man
ignatlus aloysius culex that he went
after. The queens Park Commissioned
had talked only a few minutes when the
platform all around his feet showed ,ha.
a mosquito was as safe in MIR. "eier 5
company as IL 1t were in Belgium. =.
Congressman Charles Pope Caldwell
wearing his all white culex proof Con-
gresham uniform, am to the front OF
the platform first and called the .meetinS'
II not the mosquitoes, to order Inc mos
uuitocs didn't have to wait for oruers
The minut. the first girl wearing "a
peek-a-boo waist and things appeared III
the twilight OF the open square accom-
panied by a young man IN thln manners
one OF those open at the neck spor'
shirts and the thinncst or white SILK
socks, a large dapple gray
with white whiskers and sporting steer
spurs began to fly OF over the He'us
with the news.
Row after row OF undertaker's chairs
out In the open square rapidly filled up
with more human food. W~hereupon the
dapp.c gray mosquito was joined ny a
couple of bay mosquitoes, the three ne-
scendau's OF the original culex person
now seeming to grasp the fact that the
purpose of the whole meeting was to
think things up about how. when. where
and why the MOSQUITO In the %neighbor-
hood of Forest Hills should be s~quashed
forever.
so all the carly mosquitoes. pausing
only for a hasty bite. cranked up their
propellcrs and buzzed off with a whir-
ring noise that Was mosquitoese Tor
Hey, Skin-na-a-ay' en- on over .
Run like everything" And on they
came. the mosquitoes, changing their
everlasting sons now 10 the opening
line Of Harry Williams's deafness
~threnody. 1T Looks to Me Like a Big
Night Tonight!
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Control over public money said Sem
ator Wagner, should be vested in the
Legislature. representative of and elected
by the people. The majority report ad-
mits that the two prime requisites for a
State budget are accurate information
and complete publicity. but the constitu-
tional provision which it proposes Sc
cures neither. The provision provides
for a guess by the heads of depart
ments. followed by a guess by the Gov
ernor. with the points of political ad-
vantage always in sight. The plan pro-
posed secures publicity merely on routine
matters OF administration. where pub
licity is least needed. but gives no guar
antee of publicity on special appropria-
lions where publicity is vital to economy.
"The majority report complains of the
haste with which appropriations are
rushed through in the ina hours of the
session. but fails to recommend a pro-
vision like the one to be found in some
other States, making 1t impossible to
pass appropriation bills during the last
five days of the session.
THE majority report complains of
lack Of consideration given to appropria-
tion bills but fails to set a time limit
for the Introduction of such bills or to
provide a method for furnishing proper
information to the Legislature. 1t con-
dennis the present power of the Governor
to punish opponents or to reward friends
In the matter of appropriations, but
makes no effort to correct This abuse
except in the case Of appropriations for
mere matters of administration. 1T en-
phasizes the necessity Of a greater sense
OF responsibility and yet discards the
only method that can secure open,
definite and undeniable responsibility
through compelling the heads of depart
ments to swear to their estimates.
81 therefore recommend as follows:
THAT the Legislature retain it's his
toric function of originating appropria-
tions, But IL the majority recommended
ton be accepted, ! recommend that the
head of each department be obliged 10
swear to his estimates Of required an
preparations and to classify them in a
division OF necessities, or d~csirabiIities
or contingencies, as suggested by Gov
Glynn in "A hearing before the Committee
~ State Finances that such sworn
statement he submitted to tho Governor
the Comptroller and to every member OF
the Legislature AZ least fifteen days he.
fore the Legislature convenes. Members
of tho Legislature intending to introduce
special bills asking for appropriations
should he required to file n copy OF the
hill, stating the amount of nom de-
sired and the purpose for which il Is to
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HOME RULE PLAN
JOKE, SAYS mitchell
Mayor Assails Convention for
"Captured Colony" Policy
Toward Cities.
IN LEGISLATURES POWER

BUFFALO. Aug. 5.-Mayor Mitchell. in
n speech before the Rotary Club OF
this city to-day. INDUCED in what he
called plain speaking in relation to
the constitutional convention and home
rule for cities. He said that Al.
since May IT was still trining with
the whole question Of home rule and
had made no straightforward attempt
to solve the problem.
Mr.. Mitchell ridiculed the home rule
programme recommended to the conven-
ton to-day by Chairman Seth Low in
behalf of the cities committee.
This Indian gift, this captured-colo-
ny-Phllipplne-proposal,' said the Mayor.
is worse h no home rule amend
ment at all. II leaves the cities prac-
tically where they are to-day. II is
80 ludicrous in its contradictions, so
reActionary in its provisions and so
unscientific in its structure that its en-
actment as part of the new constitution
would throw into confusion the entire
conduct of municipal government
throughout this state.
This proposal which the cities com
mittee now introduces after three months
Of CESSATION has become known as the
Philippine plan because Il IL modelled In
a large measure upon the plan under
which the United States governs Its
Philippine possessions. In view of the
complete deprivation of local autonomy
and independence which would take
place under this proposal. II Is appropri-
ately named after "A plan pursued In
the government of n captured colony
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They couldn't. and 80 they sank to the
bottom of the pool and died. Loud
applause from the audience and laugh.
ter by the mosquitoes that had gathered
on the screen for a close UP view.l