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explained. but MIR Hedley does not
wish 20 avail himself OF any technically"
Robert Ridgeway. chief engineer for the
commission. described the subway at the
scene of the accident, Broadway and Fiji
sy-ffth street. In connection with the
ventllatlng system there IL an emergency
exit with fixed iron ladder leading up
to a sidewalk grating. The grating Is
so arranged that a person on the ladder
below can reach IN and fold II back In
sections and climb out
In the new subways under cons;ruc-
ton said Mr. Rldgeway. exits have been
provided at much more frequent intervals
and with larger stairways.
No Exit signs.
When the engineer. Coroner Feinberg
and others walked through the tube from
Flfty-ninth street down they found no
lights burning, not even over the exit
signs.
clifton w wilder OF Mr.. Ridgeway's
stan said that he understood that lights
were out below Fifty-ninth street for an
hour after the accident. Emergency
lights were supplied for three hours.
Mr.. Wilder said that for the subway's
purposes there Is no better system OF in
sulation than that now used. But IN the
lead and paper wrapping OF the cables
Is punctured ever so infinitely moisture
Will get in and short circuit will follow
The door to the cable chamber at Fifty
third street apparently acted as no pro-
lection when the turnout occurred
Smoke was bound to pour out through
the grating I'm the bottom OF the door into
the subway. Wilder remarked.
The train crew In the wreck was re-
ported to be not yet physically In shape
TO take the stand
The direct cause OF the accident will
probably never be known. Mr.. Hedley
testth The turnout itself destroyed
dttsthe real evidence. He was inclined to
think that a short circuit on one OF the
low tension cables went to one of high
tension, but he did not know
The first thing to DO was to get the
railroad running" explained the man
ager II haven't had time to go into
this thing az 1t should be gone into. In
three or four days I may have II
cleaned up"
lie described the work OF the circuit
breakers which went out at Nineteenth
street. Fifty-third street and Ninety
.ixth street sub-stations These. said He'd
ley, are like safety valves on a locomo-
tive When steam is too high the safety
valve blows Off when current is too
strong the Circuit breaker shuts II all on.
He eliminated the possibility OF an over
load as the cause OF the accident.
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STARTED BY P. S. c.
Traffic Again Normal
Before Rash In Morni1q
Rigorous Inspection.

What have you done to guard insula-
tion2' asked Commissioner Williams.
Rigorous Inspection.
We have the most rigorous inspec-
ton 7 know to be In existence" Hedley
answered. "All our cables are tested at
least once month A record IL kept
] am sure that the ca bic which burned
out Wednesday had been tested within
thirty days our cable. are capable Of
carrying three times the load given
them"
He added that the cables are her
metlcally sealed and that there Is no
reason for them to deteriorate. Some
short circuits in the past have been as
bad as this one. but they were confined
to manholes. There are eight or ten
places where such an accident as Wednes-
days might be followed by worse results
because at these points ther are more
cables to burn out.
Mr. Hedley said that the subway has a
lighting sycstem separate from It's power
system. but in such an accident as
Wednesdays the lights burn out too
Chairman Mccall wanted to know II the
subway could not be equipped with lights
carried in special conduits and supplied
by source entirely outside the Inter
boroughs power houses such as the
Edison company's plants.
II shall he glad to go into these points"
replied Hedly simply. Mr.. Mccall added :
This commission is also going into
them through It's own engineers"
Wouldn't II be better II the ladders at
the emergency exits had a greater capac-
typ Mr.. Hardness wanted TO know Mr.
Hedley conceded this He did not know
the number OF emergency exits In the
present subway.
George Gibbs. consulting engineer OF the
commission and engineer for the Long
Island Railroad s. n. Kattee engineer In
charge Of the New York Central's motor
traffic Engineer whitney OF the Hudson
and Manhattan company. and Mr.. Duncan
Of Mr.. Rdgeway's stan were also heard
They testified that In the Pennsylvania
tubes and the Hudson tubes the splicing
chambers are not sealed up. In the Hud-
son tubes doors were tried on these cham
bers in one section, hut were removed,
In general II is a bad thing to seal up
these chambers. which need to be kept
open and dry.
Mr. Duncan testified that he examined
the emergency exit In use at Wednesdays
accident and found ladder and sidewalk
grating in good shape. There was big
ventilator fan near by which might have
helped some 10 clear out the smoke In tn"
tube. but II could not be used for lack of
power.
The hearing will he resumed Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock
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WALsHs ECONOMY COSTLY.
Ray state Governors Expenditures
wouId increase Taxes

BosroN. Jan. David T. Walsh was
inaugurated Governor OF Massachusetts
at noon to-day for the second time The
Governor In his inaugural address fir
sought TO impress upon the Legislature
the necessity for economy In approrria-
lions. and then recommended the expen-
diture OF many millions and greatly in
crea sed taxes
lie recommended relief for the unem-
ployed by putting them At work reclaim
ing fresh water swamps in eastern Mass
achusetts
He demanded invest cations OF the
telephone and telegraph rates and ser
wee mat the Boston and Maine Rail-
road situation be helped in every nossibIe
way, constitutional convention 10 con-
slider the initiative and referendum and
recall Of elective officers biennial cleo
tons, abolition - the executive council
and woman suffrage
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BRYAN's REMOVAL DEMANDED.
.Gerpnn American Alliance In Jer-
aey Attacks u. =. Foley.

EtiaAPErH, ". H., Jan, 7-President
Fred J. Hirtzel of-the German American
Alliance OF this city to-day made public a
set Of resolutions In, which the resignation
OF Secretary Of state William j. Bryan Is
demanded The resolutions also condemn
In the strongest terms me shlpments OF
arms from this country, 10 nations at war
In Europe
The policy Of the United States In re-
gard 10 neutrality is characterized as
politics, which is apt not only to make a
laughing stock of our country but to
bring 10 ipto diScredit' before the entire
world ani 10, stamp us as a yassal state
Of England ana make our best friends,
Germany and Austra-Hungary, our enc
niles"
The alliance, which has a membership
OF about 2,4O0, held a meeting here De-
cember y, at which 1t was voted to adopt
resolutions of protest They will he sent
to the national organization first AMI then
will be forwarded 10 Congress
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NUTMEG CAPITOL UNDER SIEGE.
Democratic job Holders Rsfu.. to
step Aside for Republicans.

HARTFonp. Conn. Jan. 7.-Employees
NJ the state Capitol worried along to-
day under four bosses, and although
the floors may have been scrubbed and
the mail distributed as expedltiously as
heretofore, the general air OF excitement
and suspense didn't help any
The civil service law Ia TO blame. and
II the court procedures OF quo war
rsnto or mandamus injunctions which
are being prepared DO not alleviate the
situation the Republican members OF the
Legislature threaten 10 repeal sum
mar1ly, the whole act which as construed
by the three commissioners gives no
power OF appointment to the new Re
publican state officers but all power to
Themselves
Backed up 10y tho commissions secre-
tary, Edward Wright, the Democratic
superintendent of the Capitol. Robert
Snow OF Winimantic. and his assistant
Hubert Rlgney Of Waterbury. have re-
fused to give un Jobs and keys 10 John
l.. Wilson Of Suhield appointed supcrin-
terdent by the now Republican Comp
troler. Morris 9. Webster.
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ANNUAL REPORT THE
LawyersMortgage Company
RICHARD M. HURD, President
Iols
RICHARD M. HURD, President
To the Board of Directors:
JANUARY |, 1918

The gross rnrg nj pUho Lazy w ny
o
INrt
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EXCITEMENT IN SUBWAY
FOLLOWS SLIGHT FIRE
Crowds Block Entrances at
Times Square During
Rush Hour.

slight FIRE on the downtown local
track OF the subway directly in front OF
Times Square station created consider
able excitement among the rush hour
crowds last evening and held up down
town local trains for three minutes
There Is some doubt concerning tho
cause. II was reported local short cir
cut caused the Insulation Of the feed
wires al the rail joints to shoulder, but
Supt A. J.. Merritt Of the marlborough
who WAS there ~ the time said he had
been convinced after an Investigr ton that
II was merely burning piece Of paper or
waste which had become soaked with oil
F. r. Snyder. ticket agent. noticed
smoke rising from the track about 40
o'clock and hurried out between trains
TO eNtlnguish the blaze. After the rext
train had passed however. the smoke
sim persisted, and some one on the plat
form, becoming frightened. notified Pa
trolmAn Murphy OF the West Forty sev-
erth street station. who rang I'm a stil
alarm. This was answered by Engine
50 from West Forty-thIrd street Re
serves also arrived from the West Forty
seventh ana the Twenty-second street
police station.
BY this time word having spread that
there was another fire in the subway
ca nles crowds gathered from all dirsc-
lions, collecting At the entrances and
uecessitating the stopping OF ticket sales
one or two women on the platform
showed signs OF, panic. hut the rest ap-
peared interested rather than disturbed.
Just as traffic policemen were begin
ming to be worried by the threatened
blockade in the square announcement
came OF the resumption OF service Two
iiremen under the direction OF Battalion
Chief McKenna had stlfied the smoke with
j.. couple Of boxes Of sand.
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WOMAN TELLS NEW BAFF TALE,
Cohens nj Conference, She says,
Twol4,ys Brfor. Murder.

Mrs Dsvil weherthsly. who closed her
deicatossen sore a. IA Adams street,
IIobokcn, after Barnet BAR was muir.
csred, MAS Questioned ia IN, District
Attorneys office yesterday. she is said 10
have admitted thai the gang Of men called
the Hudson Busters had often plsyeH
cards ia The rear Of the store and uhat
she knew many Of the persons named IN
connection win the murder. Including Big
Lay SWtsky the three Cohen brothers
sItd HermaH -Rlpowits
Mrs, Weberl.nsky told me District At
torney, b is SAID, that two days before
the murder there was a confc, euce In hey
store in which the Cohens and others
particps cd. ........... 3D.. ...........-...
The jury heard three witnesses in the
Ban case yesterday
More thqn hfy witnesses are now be-
ing held in the case.
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M"nuractnrer KiIled In subway.

Samuel Well 81, Of 1886 East Eighteth
street, was killed by subway train at the
Ninety-siNth street station early yesterday
morning untit January he WIS n -nem-
Der OF the Arm Of Wen & Livingston, man
utacturers Of neckwesT at 9O2-9iO Broad
way, Coroner Healy reports that he has
found no evidence OF suicide, '-~ &c.
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What have you done to guard insula-
tion2' asked Commissioner Williams.
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an exulting heart. Is not old Mt ~;
In n fresh interest in life he Is still
the boy he was in the remote days at
RoSbury in the shadow Of the Cats
Kills. those wild hills that he has done
almost ms much TO immortalize as
RIP VAN WINKIE.
Speaking out OF the depths Of his
experience. john BrRRotUHs delivers
this message: Keep Ahccrful and
mind your own business II is his
recipe for accommodating years with
out growing old. Other oracles have
recommended cheerfulnpss. hut there
Is great wisdom in the injunction to
mind ones own business. 1t saves n
lot Of fret and worry. envy and IN.
charita bencss. We had always sup
posed that JOHN BrRRouGns kept his
youth because he lived much in the
open air. like the cattle of The fields.
rose with the sparrow and went 10
bel as the owl proclaimed its soil.
tary reign But the true secret was
that JOHN BrRRouGns minded his own
business. which is another way Of
saying that he has always been a
philosopher.
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dition. Improvement in the living con
ditions of inmates. must NIL he taken
into account. and II n debit Of dollars
Is found u credit Of valuable lives
saved may be set against II.
Yet the opinion persists not that
we do too much for the poor. the in
jured. tho inhrm. hut that we pay
too high n price for what we do.
That some Of the money lines the
pockets of rascally contractors. dis
honest servants. useless experts" is
commonly believed. That good I'M
pulses have committed us to unneces-
sary and unproductive enterprises no
body doubts. These should be clint
mated; the graft and thievery should
he stopped; and when these things
have been done we shall be in po.
stion to attack intelligently the stag
gering job of reducing the cost not
only of charitable hut NJ other mu.
nicipal works TO n rca sonahlc basis.
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4 Measure Of Equality.

New Jersey is TO vote on woman
suffrage next fall. Last Wednesday the
House passed the Oliphant bill. which
substitutes Are YOU more than 2l?'
Nor The present brutal question 10 In
tending voters. How old are you?'
The interrogatory as 10 age has no;
been felt by men. So coarse in their
temperament. as an Insult or an I'M
warrantahie intrusion upon private
knowledge. The struggle for equality
has Quickcned aud enlarged the minds
of legislators. and the task of making
special legislation for the benefit Of
women ardent for equality" seems
Ia have begun prosperously.
According to Trenton despatch,
women of New Jersey rcjoiccd" when
they heard that the harbarous inQui-
sition required by the Geran law had
been removed by the House. Every
body who loves equality will rejoice
likewise even II the still lingcrins
effect Of ancient prejudices as Ia
courtesy" and "chivalry" may be
thought by the simple to have had
some hand in the bill.
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T. IHE EDITOR ~ THE suN--Sr. Spread
'he good news TO the suXiou. baseball
fans o; Sew York that President Tener
= 'ho Nailousi League has luaugurate I
a new system 'or Their ben.n, vh!ch vi.
be used during the coming season. Les
hope that President johnson Of the Amer..
can League. often referred 10 a. til. Czar
o., baseba'l," VT. take Zip from Toner
and adopt the same system for his ,-aguc,
even ,houg- such 4 system may materi-
ally decrease the earnings ~ those who
hold the concessions IN the variou. base
bal parks scattered over his circu!:
Her. II VIA; T.r.r proposes 80 do:
Before tho beginning OF every game the
umpire In chief. that awe inspiring d!gni-
tary who ~ Ns the diamond with an iron
hand Will turn his brouZet face toward
'ha grand s,Ani. remove the familiar blue
cap from his head. and IN st.ntoriAn tones
vii announce the lineup of tho con
testing teams His announcement viii b.
o'n,.tl. n, course. based on the list. fur
ulshcI by the 'eam manages
The verdc-s ~ score card. probably are
crashing tNci- teeth A. Teners rroclama-
ton. ,o- undoubtedly some economical
fans vil dispense with score cards dur.
Tx mo season. depending upon me umpire
'or their information. Hut whA; care the
faithful Fans" Rhou, this phase o. the
natter In past season. many ~ them
have heov suhtectsd 20 ridicule because
taey reIef IN the score oarts which IN
sonlr cases have hcon erroneous PLAYERS
whose names appeared IN the score cs-ds
fe'ot - perform on the ned, although
tho uniformed were not aware Of the fact
Consequently. when Jones executed a
stellar play they supposed shat smith
was the man, because the score card
showed the latter va. playing that posi
ton. FAN.
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DIR. McEim's Lettpr-A Closed Incl
dent.

We print in another column manly
letter from the Rev. DR.. RANDOLPH
II. M,kIM of the Church of the
Epiphany in Washington. apologizng
to The Sun for a previous communi.
cation marked private" and by US
publ shed for reasons stated al the
time and now widely understood and
generally approved.
In justice 10 Dr. McklM we say
distinctly that he is not responsible
for the circumstance that "A fortnight
has elapsed between the publication
of his first letter and the appearance
Of the second Dr. MckIM was in the
South when ne read our remarks con
corning him. lie wrote promptly, hut
through some accident It happens that
not until now. and in duplicate, have
his words of explanation and repara'
ton reached the quarter for which
they were intended.
We have only 10 add that Or Nc
KIM's explanation of an impulsiNely
conceived and unfortunately expressed
suspicion on his part Is accepted in
the spirit in which II Is proffercd.
The conclusion Of the incident leaves
no feeling here except good will for
the distinguished divine and respect
for the really fine qualities Of his
mind and heart.
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And We rod" from the plains 90 the seas
edge tho seas eige barren and gray.
on tho foam breasted horses OF MananAn,
under the s.umbering trees
We were searching for old T'pperary 80
far IN the distance away.
We were seeking tho graves OF tho Red
Branch, and res, from the moan OF
the seas
The pearl pale S.Anh rode ny us more
white than tho waters are white;
Her eyes were all clouied with sorrow,
az the new ~ are shadows the skies.
And she said. Shall We meet them. our
comrades. the Finian heroes to-
rirht
where the Highlands OF old Tipperary.
wind blanched and lonely, arise"
And she cried, 10, ! 500 in the distance
tina starry edged rims OF the hills
Sieve ma mon. Galtymorc. are unfold
ing - welcome VS. home from affair
n TITS 4. indeed ITINERARY aye waiting
her soul swoon'ng thrills
Hhrk. the bugls ~ Fin on her noun
tains makes trcmble the ultimate star"
sandalled and silent ne came.
And he swayed In our faces the bell
branch, slow dropping sound In
faint streams.
softer than snowflake, &, Apr!!, ara pierre
ing the marrow Ike name,
And ". slept IN thy breast, -ippersry
Will. centuries faded In drssmsl
JAMES n, DolIAsp.
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What Charity Costs.

Comptroller PRrSDfRGAsT's compar-
charities in tho years 1904 and 1918.
showing an increase in appropria-
lions of 50 per cent. or from So, 1876.
S56.oi 10 $40, SCI. O6511, covers
period in which rapid expansion OF
the activities ella ssed under this head
has conceded with n marked rise IN
the cost Of supplies The bare Az
urcs do not tell the whole story. nor
is II to he assumed that the eXpcndi-.
lures have not been justified. The
Health Department reports n decrease
in the death rate. from all causes.
from 20.Ol TO 1876 and in deaths
from tuberculosis fall 10 100 n
thousand from els thousand is
shown. these declines being in part
attributable 10 the work done In the
name of charity by the city.
To include Bellevue and its allied
hospitals among charitable ins,itu-
tions may hc technically proper. but
in fact they have an entirely differ
ont status. They are emergency hos
pitfalls. essential not only to the poor
but to all other citizens Of the town,
and many of their patients never
reach the Charities Department.
These hospitals are in process of con
version into modern houses OF relief
for the sick and injured, and the
cost NJ maintenance has naturally
gone up as their facilities and meth.
DDS have improved.
Consideration Of such facts shows
that no general conclusions can he
drawn from Mr. PRFNDERGAsr's fig.
ures without careful study Of the
reason for each Increase and It's ef
| feet on the city. The economical Of
feet of n reduction by onrthird In the
death rate, the necessity Of main
tanning hospitals in an efficient con
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A FRENCH BILLY SUNDAY.
on II Wager Father Iubin Begins His
Sermon with Mighty Oaths.


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Letter From the Rev. Randolph u.
Mckim, II. n.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuS--Sir. When
Christian man has inadvertently used
language which may easily he under
stood 10 convey an insult. though none
was Intended. 7here is only one thing TO
he done. In Justice 10 his principles, and
that IL TO apologize.
That apology | owe. and hereby ton
der 10 YOU for suggesting that II might
have been made rorth Uhilc" 20 Tue
SrH 20 give such exceeding prominence
TO Won Bernhardi's article as YOU did
What | had IN mind need not OK
plain. My idea may have grown out OF
ignorance OF the rules governing the
publication OF such matter in your office.
II IL enough 10 assure you that IN the
sense which | intended, my words should
no, be offensive. In the sense IN which
you apparently did understand them
they would he so unuttcrably insulting
that II did not oc''Ir 10 me. writing cur
rente calamo, that they could possibly
be taken.
| admit, however. that | did wrong
10 use an expression capable OF such
n meaning. and I therefore make the
| apology which owe.
| RANDOLPH II McKIM.
VIRGINIA BEACH. Va. March %,
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The War Prisoners Lot in Great
Britain.

Toward the end of November NJ
last year the German Foreign Once
made an inquiry, through Amba ssa-
dor FACE, about the treatment pris-
oners OF war and informed civilians
received in British camps. A Parlia-
mentary White Paper recently issued
contains the information, which was
supplied by Sir EDWARD GREY. II will
be Il surprise to those who associate
prisoners of war with more or less
hards ship and neglect to learn that
German army and navy officers In
England are provided not only with
comfortable quarters In barracks and
country houses, hut, according To rank,
with half the pay OF British officers
Out Of the money given them IT Is
expected that they will purchase
clothing and such extras as they de-
sire. Medical attention and medicines
are free. The officers live apart from
their men. Servants are found for
the officers among tho prisoners Of
war in the ranks In certain eases
officials are informed in officers quar-
ters, ana have the same accommoda.
tons, hut eceive no money for cloth,
ing and extras. No work of any kind
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The Easter Of the Long Ago

Easter sundays ~ me long ago,
Dream Of them and smile
Wife and and sturdy yourgsre- Joe.
Going out IN style
II wheel 10. In his baby carriage
trim.
A. my side my wife walked ,taid and
pr'm
Whenever I think OF e, Lord. my eyes
grow dim
Dreaming Of those Casters long sEo,
Easter Sundays ~ the present day.
Think OF them and groan'
Jo. the fashionable. indlnren' and away
Leaves nj. parents alone;
So We motor un 'he avenue,
Overire.sei wife and I. Jus, we two
Bored to death. not a single thing -
40
But to come and 60 or stay.
How IA love back through tn. years 20 g
To those Easter DAYS,
Dropping all the social stunts ". know
For old fashioned ways.
- wheel 10" IN his baby carriage
'-,.~
~ NY s'r modest Nlfe ard p-iu
Whenever 'onr 'or f.. lord my e,o,
grow dim
Dreaming Of those Casters 'nuG ago
II, s HAsESs