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The sun., 1915-11-15
KINGSBURY STRIKES
AT STATE CHARITIES
Wants Inquiry Into Faulty In
spcctiOn of Institutions
Getting City Cash.
FINDS SCANDALS TOO

In the annual report Of the Depart
ment of Public Charities for 1914. which
has just been sent to Mayor Mitchell
Commissioner John 4. Kingsbury says
the conditions which make necessary a
wasteful duplication of effort in the in
spectlon by the State Board Of Chari-
ties and by the Department of Public
Charities OF private institutions which
are being paid by the city for caring
for city charges warrants a special
inquiry by the Governor or by the Legis-
lature into the methods of tho State
Board
This is. in part, the Commissioner
reply to the attacks made upon his de-
partment by certain private institutions
receiving public moneys upon approval
by the Charities Department and by
the former State Civil Service Com
mission" and the state Board of Public
Charities.
The sun., 1915-11-15
WAR MOVES TO EAST NDE.
German On Trail of Russi"n
Dancers Is Made Prisoner.

Paul Molchno. 81 years old, OF 272
Delaney street, who says he served
I'm the German army before he came to
this country. was intrenched In the gut
ter behind hydrant in Ninth street
early yesterday morning patiently
awaiting the advance of IA small Russian
contingent which was evacuating
dance hall in Second avenue near by.
But AN advance guard of the Russians
espied the German and summoned an
ally, Policeman Van Gosen, Reinforced,
they moved forward and Molchino RE
treated to the second line of defence,
the side door of saloon across the
street Here the German surrendered
himself and the fourteen inch Prus-
sian bayonct he had concealed in n leg
of his trousers.
When arraigned in the Essex Mar
kct police court before Magistrate Ten
t.yck the prisoner was held in $500
hail charged with carrying n concealed
| Weapon, The baEonet, he said, was given
| Ia him by "a bartender so that he could
carry out his threat to kill every Rus
sian he met Incidentally, the required
spirits came from the same source.
The sun., 1915-11-15
SIX LOSE LIVES IN
MOTOR ACCIDENTS
Harrison P.WalliS Killed When
Car OvcrturnS in Ditch
at Great Neck.
TWO VICTIMS IN NEWARK

MiSEoLA. T.. T.. Nov lt.--ITarrson r.
Wallis. 60 years Old. n fur dealer OF %
Picrrepont street. Brooklyn. died In the
Nassau Hospital tonight a few hours
after his automobile had overturned in
a ditch at Grea, Neck. pinning him be-
meath II. His left lung was punciured
and two ribs were broken
The family butler. l.. Shinik. was
riding with Mr.. Wallis. who had taken
his two mastiff dogs To his country place
FOR Sunday outing. When rain
threatened late IN the afternoon the
party started for the city. A. they
reached hin AT Great Neck the driver.
Thomas Powell. put on full speed The
road was slippery ari the tires were
without chains and at slight turn In
the road Powell lost control. Shedding
into n ditch the machine overturned.
affer throwing out the driver and the
butler
A. soon ns NJ. Wallis could he re-
moved from under tho car he was taken
10 the hospital In another machine by
:. Vernon Mann. MIR. Wallis was a
bachelor.
The sun., 1915-11-15
Two Dead aud One Injured In
Newark Accidents

NEWARK. y. j.. Nov 1.-two persons
are dead and one is suffering from Sc
we're injuries. the result Of three auto
mobile accidents in this city last night
and to-day.
While attempting 10 cross Market
street this morning stephen Rlaiezen-
ski. 20 years old. was knocked down ny
a car owned 10y Mrs. H. j. Robinson.
32s West l0lSt street, New York. ilc
died Of internal injuries In So. james y
Hospital an hour later Peter L. Dem
non, the driver. WAS arrested and VIII
he charged with manslaughter Also in
the car AT the time were Mrs Robinson.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Pugh of riverside
Drive and l3sth street. Manhattan and
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas II. Miller of
Brooklyn.
William Fagan. 53 Murray street, was
killed last night when an automobile
driven by John Mcdonald struck him
as he was crossing Division street Nc
Donald also viii ho charged with man
slaughter.
William <olf SO North Eleventh
street. was thrown from his automobile
when trolley car struck the machine
in Clinton avenue this morning lie suf-
fered several bruises.
The sun., 1915-11-15
GIRL SLAYER OF BABY DIES.
Jennie Burch Was states Younsc.t
Prisoner on Murder Charge.

COLD srRINo. n. Y, Nov. News
reached here to-day that Jennie Burch,
90 years old. who was tried for muir
der in the first degree in Putnam county
nine years ago, is dead in Sherman.
Conn. of dphtheria She had been
living there with her mother, Mrs An
ME Burch. since the public lost track
of her.
In 1906 she set FIRE to H. n. Win
ships home near here with the inten-
tion of burning to death the two-year-
old Winship boy. The house falling
to burn. she put strychnlne In a peach
and killed the hoy with II, She was
tried before supreme Court Justice I, N.
Mills at Carmel in 1907.
She was the youngest person ever
tried for murder In New York State.
She was committed to Matteawan in
sane Asylum and was quietly released
several months later.
The sun., 1915-11-15
39,9l0 CARRIED TO GAME.
New HRvrn's Enormous Traffi,
Handled without a Nishnn.

The three weeks work done by the
trailc ana operating departments of tho
New Haven Railroad to perfect the trnin
schedule between New York and N,v.
Haven Tor tn" football game SATURDAY.
mot with the greatest success IN the MS
Tory OF the road ln all 3a,HlO persons
were ''''''' '" N" Same from Bustuu
and this city aud home aual, tI, .,u,,
day without the slightest m,snap
bfhcers and employees received can.
sfa'uiallonS from President Elliott for
their good work.
The sun., 1915-11-15
FINDS RUNAWAY DAUGHTER.
samuel Block Causes Alleged Alb.
ductOr's Arrest In PhiIadeIDhia.

samuel Block, manufacturer OF
ll2l linton avenue. The Bronx, sent
word home from Philadelphia yesterday
that he had found his daughter Ger
trude. IL years old, there, and had
caused the arrest OF her alleged alb
ductOr.
The girl left home on October 81
and later Block received word from "A
friend who had seen the girl In Phila-
delphia. Block notified the Philadel-
phia police. and they arrested William
Freeman Of 247 South Eighth street,
Philadelphia. When they were unable
to find the girl they were on the point
OF letting Freeman go.
Block got to Philadelphia yesterday
morning and fifteen minutes later met
his daughter on the street Block saws
MS daughter is anxious to become a
moving picture actress.
The sun., 1915-11-15
FINGER PRINT SPEED
FIENDS, SAYS WOODS
Only Way to Keep Record Of
Previous Offences. He Tells
Chief Magistrate.
SHOWS LAWS WEAKNESS


rIns,iprint records or all persons
arr'H'eu 'or automohile speeding is the
80 'iea OF I"Iice commissioner
'''H ~ ir"u'' ''e hunlp'T "l NdInc
q" H'S' re ADVANCED the re'hehF IN
:" "''r N",h II" mas JUST sent 10 'hler
""t S'I"le N'Hu"o. Inc l"tter says:
N understand II the secretary or
80 naS power I" suspend or revoke
,oIini, ~ .h' i',' ~, - W ''''o'
l. Persons who operate A motor vehicle
while luto>i,at,i, iurIuIlng both chauncur.
AVID ov,ers
a pa,sa, ,.ho g., ,A ., -,
r''sttS VINO IN tn" "h'ralion o'
,,,,,n-, ,nI -, - w. W IN ~
st,,h a. ti,rv ~ ,b,, - - - a.,
10 thc.r ncg,igonro icay" the pI,c" a, Tho
injury or trSIj.n, wl,hont riy,ry th,ir
name reside,,o u,.r.. ,,,-,he- t"' 80
,Ss Injured party or tS , pci,"e oiircrI or or
t,'. A., -. - ''", '' '"
~ y" ,o% % n%Tr,.' ,,,,,ha % n"mre'
o"' oNn,r' n,,r' ~ ~ cnanl u VI n; =;
,rrce lines ~ ,,",,,inn Of Tr 1--we and
.,.''. '.'N - '''r
Under the provision of the law the
records in al! such cases are to be for
warded to tn. Secretary of state hv ,ba
r,'rit ", no o'o 80. u'.'iy VI 80 pE 'Ie
va ~ 'o"' N"s'' '"e "Ichuer ~
trioa' ana II 'he tr!a! JudEe recommends
Il the Secretary OF State is required TO
reyoka the license in all cases ahova
,,,,,ja,.I .,,1 l.. ,,, ,..ts
Wv ''" 80 ~ '''' w ''''''f'' VI
registration or the owner In groups one
and two. The wording of the statute
seems TO make this u,uda,ory on tho
mr.. NJ ,bo So,rc,,ry -, S,o,o IN cs,a
t"e tIlaI Judge recommends IL.
81 want to draw your attention 20 n
few cases where mon have been cnu-
ylrtn1 and this rrocodure has ro, hoo,
'...Lu "Ir ''Io PI','' "'s H'I "'e''
carried out, apparently:
on October %. lal5. Iaros NeGr,.h.
ltis souti~lH boulevard, was coryi-'ci ~
special Sessions ~ opcr2'tng an automobile
"r, t,r,i ".' ,.,rI ~ n''n'HS
,laurcur's license '''
Harry Kirch'r Was cou,'r'o1 on January
-, l1l'' on 'h"rs" ot ,p,rdIrg and N'd
hc uos con,',oI , ,,,' "''f @ ~ -
,ence susrendcJ Though II v,s , second
offence. on July l., lAii, II, was con.
Nlctci o. speeding ana fined 500. lilo sNIi
'h,us tnorh Wmrru, ~, TmS - ,o,
convicted Of srccdinr and aroi So
August ~. 1918. convicted ~ speeding ana
lined $50, NoN.mner :; l3l.. convicted Of
,pfT"inn ,n', ss hnn nn"r 80 - ~" shI'' am
yal. Kurtymsn, no"omher H. 1911, con.
vlcted OF speeding ana Nncd s25 stated
that he was the owner Of automobile 5li2
~, NJ "nr rrv"rIs snow Inht Iunht I'M.
Now York ci,y ON January - IaI5 bs
was convicted and Hned $50 He stated he
Was the owner or automohil" Si64l y Y,
~, nl,n"usm nur frr".uH sim t.Wt ms car
kav Of New Rochelle ON Janu,rv X
1915. he was convicted OF speeding again
and fined 500. He stated that he was IN,
"Wn"r %, auConnpI,e 49, y. ", a.
was ownna hv simon Iinn"rr, az Buo,in
y. V. II seems clear from these facts that
kur'sman was Attempting 10 deceive tho
c"uri ,1n Snn 'nn' ne ne pr"n, o'y ~ cnanH'nr
license has no, been taken ava "''
"If my Information is rieh, in these
cosos ana ~ rheso mon with sub ,.o-,,,.,,
The sun., 1915-11-15

come, but they are not what might
be termed intimate friends.
II Chairman Mccall demands hear
ing upon the answer to the charges the
hearing will be held the day the answer
is field. as was the case last spring when
the four Democratic Public Service
Commissioners from New York city fiie'l
their answers to the original charges OF
the Thompson committee. Such hear
ing would be conducted by the Governor
himself
Mr.. whitman refused TO discuss his
attitude on the Mccall charges tonight
but a close friend said that unless Chair
man Mccall could show that his inter
ests in the Kings County Electric Light
and Power stock do not come within
the prohibition of the Public Service
Commissions law the Governor feels he
has no alternative but to vndicatc the
law
The sun., 1915-11-15
HELD AFTER AUTO KILLS CHILD
Chauffeur Says Broken Chain
Caused Accident.

Carl NJ. Emmerich. the chauffeur who
drove the automobile truck that killed
Frances Hildt. six-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard j. Hildt Of 200
West Eighty-siNth street, and seriously
injured her three-year-old sister, Bar
bara, on Saturday, was held in 81 .O0O ban
yesterday pending the inquest by Cor
oner Riordan.
lie told the Coroner that the drive
chain broke and that he could not con-
troll the machine as II sped along Am
sterdam avenue near Eighty fifth street.
The sun., 1915-11-15
WCALL is SILENT.
Other Democratic Members TO Face
Board Tomorrow.

Members OF the Thompson committee
were all at their out of town homes
yesterday. but will return In time to re-
new their hearings tomorrow morning.
Other Democratic Public Service Com
missioners Will he hauled into the lime
light. Commissioners Cram, Wood and
Williams will be next on the committees
List, but II could not he learned which
one of the three will come first.
Chairman Mccall continued yesterday
30 maintain his policy OF refrainng from
answering the charges until he is sum-
moned before the Governor to make his
legal plea.
The sun., 1915-11-15
NEWEST TAX PLAN AIMS
At INCOMES OF $1,000
Senator Mills Outlines Three Proposed Laws to Add to
States Revenues s-Non-resdents Flourishing
Here Must Help Bear Burdens

Ogden l.. Mills, chairman Of the State
Joint Legislative Committee on Taxa
ton, has prepared an outline OF the three
principal measures now under consid-
Grafton by tho committee as substitutes
for the present personal property tax
and as means OF raising the additional
revenue which the rapid increase OF
state expenditures within the past few
years has made necessary. These are
(1) State income tax ranging from
one-half OF per cent. on individual In
comes OF $4,000 to 2 per cent. on very
large incomes. and OF 2 per cent. on the
net income OF corporations. tax paid on
personal property to he deducted.
CD A classified personal property tax
covering all tangible and intangible items
OF personal property with the exception
OF certain tangible property to the
amount Of $4,000. the rate to be adjusted
separately for each class to 10 mills
on tangible property and 2 mills on the
market value of stocks, bonds, notes,
debentures. &c.
(D An ability OF presumptive income
tax, being tax on "A mans income
as presumed either from the rent he
pays for residential purposes. or the
itHb ht pays o1 UftIulStS OtCuDltu lot
business or his salary.
VeaSieat Burden on Realty.
Mr.. Mills points out that all testi-
mony before his committee has indicated
that the present tax is almost entirely
borne by the real estate owners or their
tenants. that real estate in many To-
calities cannot bear an increased burden
without a decrease in capital value and
that many savings banks and insurance
companies investing the deposits OF
smaller savers in real estate may seri-
ously feel any considerable decrease In
real estate values. All three plans are
indicated as advantageous because reach
ing the many persons. both residents
and non-residents. who profit in the
state but at present bear none OF the
States burdens.
1T is important" says the state
ment as one of tho principal argu-
ments for the proposed income tax
that the State should appropriate this
source OF revenue for itself before the
Federal Government proceeds to take
1t all. This is particularly true of tht
State Of New York, which pays large
percentage of the Federal income tax.
From the standpoint of New York tax
payers and citizens 1t is better that
ar income tax should be raised and
spent at home"
The exemptions from the proposed
income tax are mentioned as pensions
salaries OF United States officials. in
terest on Federal. New York State and
municipal bonds. $1,000 TO an lndi'
yidual, sl,700 for IA husband and wife
and 500 for each additional child, the
maximum however, to be $4,000.
Deductions to be Allowed.
Public service corporations. banks
and insurance companies are not In.
cluded. Deductions will be allowed to
individuals from income on the neces.
The sun., 1915-11-15
Cha uffeur Hurt when Car Skids
Into Guggcnhcim Auto.

An automobile owned by David Slade
Of Slade a Slade, lawyers, skidded into
Il car owned by Simon Guggenheim, 22
East Forty-seventh street, former Uni ed
States Senator from Colorado. at Sew
enth avenue and lS2d street last night.
Mr.. Guggenheim's chauffeur had stopped
his machine and was putting on skid
chains. Ho was knocked down and was
taken to Harlem Hospital with one OF
his legs broken.
Policeman Rainey found that Percy
NJ. Smith. Shades driver, had no license.
Smith was taken to the station house,
but was released in the custody of his
employer
The sun., 1915-11-15

SEw CITY, NOV li-Surrogate Mo
Caulcy Of Rorkland county is called
upon to decide this week whether Mrs.
James West or her son, Gerald West.
who were Killed In an automobile acci-
cent near iidNorstrdw Il year ago when
ru Ere EHluad train hii the sons
i,r, di'd first. The distribution of
'!J,""" hangs on the decision l'oth
were dodd wn"n picked up, II tho
mother d''l first. oi"lald's widow and
sAildr"u can claim hair Of her estate.
iipl # The son died first the estate goes
- her surviving son.
The sun., 1915-11-15
Two Die In MontcIair Hospital
From Auto Injuries.

MoNTCLAIR. y. J., Nov 1.-two
deaths, the result of injuries received
In automobile accidents. have occurred
in Mountainside Hospital In the last
twenty-four hours
Edward Sandcll. employed In the Es-
sex County Hospital at Ovcrbrook, was
walking with party of friends in Cedar
Grove last night when he was struck
by c. q. Phillps's car driven by Frank
Lundell. Sandell's friends threatened
the driver. who was arrested. Sandcll
died to-day.
Miss Della Mahan Of Glen Ridge died
yesterday from injuries received when
struck by another car.
The sun., 1915-11-15
One Killed. Another Hurt, Near
Hartford, Conn.

HARTFORD. Conn, Nov John W.
Kelly OF the Hartford branch OF the
United States Tire Company was killed
and Steven claron of Bristol was seri-
ously injured when the formers touring
car, In which both were riding, struck
the sde of n stone bridge at Portland,
near here. this afternoon.
The sun., 1915-11-15
Calvin Dcmnrest AdIudgcd Insane

ROCKFORD. H., Nov. 14.-Calvin Dem
Arrest, tho billiard player. has been ad-
judged insane at the Wilgus sanitarium
here. He was taken in a straitjacket
to the Elgin Asylum for the Insane.
Demarest tried to kill his wife and COM
init suicide In Chicago = few months ago.
The sun., 1915-11-15

sary expenses of business As indi-
vlduals will be exempted to the amount
OF any personal property tax they
may pay, so Will corporations be from
any corporation franchise tax. The
taxable income OF corporations doing
business within and without the state
will be apportioned on the basis OF
capital employed within the State.
1t is estimated that this tax would
yield between s3i.OOo.o0O and s3s,-
100000 annually The tax on indi-
vidual incomes would run: s2,500.
$3.50; $500. $40: $4,000, $3.50 (;
s25.00o. sii0. Two per cent. the maxi
mum tax, is low enough. the statement
points out, in comparison with the I
per cent. maximum Federal income tax.
The classified personal property tax
is similar to that which has been sue
cessfully tried I'm Connecticut. Penn
sylvania. Maryland, Rhode Island and
other states In recent years. The in
tangible personally to he included COM
prises stocks. bonds. notes running more
than year. debentures or other funded
debt. Federal, New York state and
municipal issues and bonds registered
under the 1915 secured debt law" for
a period Of five years.
No Debt Dcduction..
There would he no debt deductions
of any kind, the impossiblity OF allow
ing for any. due TO the cvasions that
would follow. being one OF the principal
objections TO the scheme. There has
also been the objection made that tho
experience OF other States would not
show that this tax would raise the
necessary income.
The third plan Is n tax to he levied
on those who profit from the oppor-
tunities offered by the State OF New
York, based on the concession that tho
fairest test OF ability to pay Is in
come. Only one OF its three levies
would he paid by any ono person.
The habtation tax provides for a pay
mcnt AT progressive rates Of from I
to per cent. on all rents above 5000
yearly for residential purposes Any
taxpayer who is burdened by this, with
tax of more than l per cent OF his
income. may have II reduced by declar-
ing and proving his income.
The occupation tax Is n fiat tax of
: per cont. on the annual rental OF
all premises used for business pur-
poses or for securing livelihood.
minus a reduction OF s25. Only rentals
OF more than $500 are liable.
The salary tax is progressive one
of from | To 3 per cent. levied through
employers at the source on salaries
above $4,000. and with n $4,000 eXenp-
tion In every cas'. The per cent.
rate applies to salaries of 100000 and
over.
The three taxes Of this plan. tho
statement says. would be very easy TO
administer. hut would probably be OF
little value In the rural districts or the
smaller towns. Under IL New York city
alone, II is estimated. would pay s20.-
coo. 600 to s25. 900 900
The committee will hold further hear
inGs beginning on November 80 in Syra-
cuse. Rochester and Buffalo.
The sun., 1915-11-15
Attacks state Inspection.


we found that the conditions In some Of
these institutions bearing the certificate
or approval OF the State Board Of Cha RI
ties were such as to be little less than a
public scandal and disgrace. The agents
OF the board. presumably without the
full knowledge OF all the members OF the
hoard. had apparently gone through
their Inspection of these institutions
with both eyes closed or with one aus
picious and one dropping eye. Naturally
when we found on the certified lists Of
the state Board institutions in which
the children wefe disgracefully over
worked and underfed we found il neces-
sary to decline to accept as reliable the
official reports Of tlr State Board OF
Charities
at is obvious that II should
not he necessary for the city to duplicate
in expense and eTort the work intended
To be performed by an already exist
ing public agency. The conditions which
make necessary this wastcful duplica-
tion of effort. II seems to us, would war
rant a special inquiry into the methods
Of this branch of the state government
by the Governor or by the State Legis-
lature"
Tho report shows that although the
European war made "A severe demand
upon the city's charitable resources the
department fed II daily average Of 2,O63
more persons than in 1918 without addi-
tional cost, serving approximately 5000
more meals each day than were provided
for in the food allowance in the 1914
budget.
During tho year there was total saw
ing of 81 500, 600 by the readjustmcnt of
existing resources alone.
The sun., 1915-11-15
Tries TO show Animus.

Mr. kiugsbury explained that he tried
In his report To show the animus behind
the attacks not by setting up any spe-
cihc defence but rather by construc-
tive statement OF what the department y
aim has been in dealing with the private
institutions and by showing what has
been accomplished as result OF this
policy.
Conspicuous among the results Of
the year." he said. has been the setting
up OF definite standards and ideals to
lie attained by the various private In
stltutions which care for charges OF the
city. To these institutions the city IL
now paying annually sum exceeding
s5,Oo0,o0 which Is paid on per capita
basis when cases have been accepted as
proper public charges by the Depart
ment OF Public Charities.
1T Is our aim to strengthen those in
stituuons which are striving to improve
their work and at the same time to deal
vigorously with those institutions which
In the presence Of undesirable conditions
are making no effort to remedy them"
Commissioner Kingsbury said that II
had been the custom Of the department
IN IN" past to accept the reports of the
state Board OF Charities on these pri-
rate institutions without making any in
quiry as to the kind Of care afforded the
children for whose support 1t is paying
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-02-25
w. D. Magli Has Been
Gore Since September
24--LocatiOn Unknown.
WENT AWAY TO
SEE RELATIVES
Was Once Postmaster and
Had a General Store
Also Hospital Patient.

This office has received letter from
Mrs. w. D. Magli of White Mound, this
county, which says that she desires
very much to find the location of her
husband. Mr. Magli left White Mound
on September "a, stating that he de-
sired to visit relatives of both himself
and wife who reside some twenty miles
away. That is the last that Mrs. Mag |
has seen or heard of him. She is very
anxious to know his present address
and if any reader of this paper has seen
or heard of Mr.. Magli since last Sep
tember line to his wife will be greatly
appreciated. Mr.. Magli at one time was
postmaster at White Mound and had a
general store there. In time it was
necessary to take him to Mendoza for
treatment. He was released from the
institution and not long after went
away. Mrs. Magli says that if she
knew he was we'll she would be more
content. Mr.. Magli is well known in
the central part of the county.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-02-25
WEDDING WAS A
COMPLETE SURPRISE
Two Well Known Young
People of Baraboo
Married.

Wednesday evening at eight O'Clock
Mr.. Ralph S. Ableman and Miss Carrie
M. Dudley, both well known in this city
stole march on their many friends
when they were quietly married. The
ceremony took place at the home OF
Rev. E. o. Coontz and was witnessed
by few of the immediate relatives.
The ring ceremony being used. The bride
was gowned in beautiful light blue silk
chiffon. For the past two years the
groom has been employed in the FL. H.
Taylor Book store and the bride has
worked as telephone operator. They
departed Wednesday night for short
wedding trip. Mr.. Ableman has pur-
chased a residence on East street where
they will reside.