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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-21
CITY MANAGERS HEAR MAYOR
New York Not Ready to Try Plan, Dele
gates to Convention Told

Mayor Mitchell told a party of city
managers, who called at City Hall yes
terday, that New York had not quite
come to the conclusion that a single
business manager would be the best
plan"
The visitors, headed by II. NJ. Waite,
city manager of Dayton, Ohio, stopped
in New York on their way to the an
nual convention of the City Managers
Association in Springfield, Mass. Mayor
Mitchell received them at noon.
Referring to business managers, the
Mayor said: 1--WE are endeavoring in
this administration to achieve the same
results by coordinating closely the
work of all departments of the city
government through the agencies OF
supervision that we have established.
"The attempt to reduce the work of
the whole to strictly business basis
has been reflected, ! think, in the fact
that beginning with the budget Of up
ward Of 100000 for the thirty de"
partments under the jurisdiction Of the
Mayor in 1914, when this administra-
tion took Office, the budget to-day -
100000 and fraction"
The visitors were escorted about the
city by F. c. Childs, secretary of the
Department of Plant and Struct-
ures, and Raymond w. Parlin, engi-
neer Of the Municipal Research Bu-
reau. They were the guests of r,
S. Childers, secretary of the National
Short Ballot Association, at luncheon
at the Whitehall Club, where Lucius I
Brown, director of the Bureau OF
Foods and Drugs, described the city's
methods of inspecting the food supply,
In the evening they were guests Of the
City Club.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-21
TWO KILLED, TWO HURT,
ON NEW DEATH AV.'
Four Run Down Within Hour by
Different Machines

Within an hour last night two per-
sons, a man and boy, were kiiieo
and boy and woman received what
may prove to be fatal injuries as re-
suit of four automobile accidents on
First Avenue, between Sixtieth and Sew
enty-second Streets.
William Mealia, nine years oiu'
darted from the sidewalk in front OF
his home, 11O5 First Avenue, near
Sixtieth Street, directly in the pain
Of a motor truck and was killed.
Less than an hour later Charles
slotkey. -year-old Waterman
Of 322 West Sixty-ninth Street, died IN
Flower Hospital as result of injuries
he received when run down at Seventy
frat Street and First Avenue. The
chauffeur did not diminish his speed
after striking the man ana dlsap,,
peared before the license number couid
be discerned.
The ambulance that had taken Slot
KEY to the hospital was sent BACK 10
Seventeen Street and First Avenue,
where Miss Matilda Fisher. fifty, had
been run down by machine owned by
Edward Henderson, a lawyer, OF o.
West Fifty-fourth Street. She !;
thought to be dying from fractured
skull.
While Miss Fisher was in the emer-
gency ward, Andrew Dury, of 6OS East
SEVENTEEN Street. nine years old. was
brought in unconscious from tract
ured skull. as result OF having been
struck by automobile at Seventy-second
Street. Irwin Hayar, the chauffeur
said that the accident was unavoidable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-21
3 BOYS TAKEN
FROM SCHOOL
AS BURGLARS
Arrests Thrill Class-RObberieS
in Bedford Park Section
Are Charged

No wild west movie or dime novel
ever gave the pupils of Public School
No. 3, in Brooklyn. such thrill as they
received yesterday, when real, live,
honest-to-goodness detectives entered
one of the classrooms and arrested
Charlie Wilson and Eddie Grogan and
Johnnie Walsh right in front Of every
body.
Last night the trio, with Peter and
Dennis Gaffney, brothers, we're prison
ers in charge of the Children's Society,
and the Bedford Park section of Brook
Ign, where burglsries have been fire.
quent of late, breathed a sigh OF relief.
The police declare the five boys, who
range in age from eleven to thirteen,
constitute a burglar band that has
robbed half a dozen stores Of several
hundred dollars. They assert one Of
the boys has confessed. saying the pro-
ceeds Of the robberies were spent for
candy, ice cream and the movies.
According to Detectives Hussey and
Mccarthy, who made the arrests, 1T was
when the boys transferred the scene of
their operations to the schoolroom that
they paved the way for their downfall.
Raymond Bayer, teacher in Public
School 8, missed a gold watch and pin
he had left in his desk. The girl do
nestle science pupils also began to be-
wall the loss of their pies and cakes.
The finger of suspicion pointed at
Charlie and Eddie and Johnnie.
The boys are accused of stealing Sl5O
from the store of Peter HENRIK, at
1916 Bedford Avenue, which was en-
tered Saturday night by rear window.
In the Office of the Bedford Laundry, at
I'LL Bedford Avenue, il is alleged, the
boys opened safe, after finding the
combination in cash drawer, and took
$40.
Charlie Wilson, who is thirteen, lives
at 1913 Jefferson Avenue; Edward Cor
gan, eleven, lives at 1875 Fulton Street;
Johnnie Walsh, thirteen, at 261 Frank
lin Avenue, and the Gaffney brothers,
who are twelve and thirteen years old,
live at 1925 Fulton Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-21

port. it is declared, will condemn the
voluntary system as incompatible with
the theory of modern warfare, which
calls for a nation in arms at the
first sign of hostilities. 1t will con-
denim particularly the Hay militia
makeshift, pointing out that the border
mobilization and the failure of lie,
cruiting measures have demonstrated
the unftness of the National Guard as
a Federal force.
President Wilson and Secretary
Baker are declared to be unalterably
opposed to compulsory service. and
regardless of the War Colleges recon-
mcndations, will ask Congress for
continuation of the Hay plan. To
avoid prejudicing the voluntary sys-
TEN, the War College report, 1t is siad;
will be regarded as confidential and
will not be given to the public.
In spite of the attitude OF the Ad-
ministration, however, friends of uni
versal service will make a stubborn
fight for it in Congress. Senator
Chamberlain, chairman of Military
Affairs, will urge 1t in the upper mouse
and Representative Kahn will start the
fight in the House.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-21
REPORT SEEING
GLASS BOY TAKEN
Three New Witnesses In
dictate Kidnapping in
Famous Case.

Information indicating that Jimmy
Glass, then five years old, was kid
mapped when he disappeared. on May
~, 1915, from Greeley, Penn, has been
gathered by Detective James J. Rooney,
of Jersey City, who returned yester-
day from Greeley.
Jimmy is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles l.. Glass, of 10 Lienau Place,
Jersey City. Several persons told
Rooney they saw two men and a wom-
an with a boy in an automobile speed
ing away from Greeley on the day
Jimmy Glass was lost
Mrs. John Kleinert. who live n the
neighborhood of Greeley. said she was
driving toward that village at noon
when she met the car described and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-21
JEWS ASK AID OF LUZATT1
Want Italian Finance Minister to Or
sanize Loan TO War Victims

Washington, Nov. 2O.-An effort Is
being made by American Jewish lead
ers to induce Signor Luigi Luzatti, the
Italian Minister of Finance, to come
to the United States and aid in or
ganizing the recently announced cam
paign for raising an enormous loan
for reconstructive work among Jews
in Eastern Europe and Palestine after
the war. The invitation has been for
warded to the Finance Minister through
State Department channels.
Signor Luzatti, himself n Jew, or
ganized the Banco Popolaire, Of Milan,
a highly successful cooperative con-
Germ. which had been suggested as
model for an organization to raise
the loan fund. Jacob De Haas, editor
of "The Jewish Advocate" and mem
Der Of the Massachusetts, Credit Union,
which had taken a prominent part IN
plans for the loan, said here tonight
he had reason to believe that the In
vitation to Sgnor Luzatti TO come 10
America would be accepted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-21
CUT LEGAL TIES
OF DEUTSCHLAND
Freighter's Owners File
Bonds for $3.50 as
Indemnity
SUBMARINE AWAITS
CALL FOR NEW DASH
Members of Crew Ordered
to Stand By" for Sail
ing Orders
From s..r corr..ponasnt Of Nc rr.sun..

From a star Correspondent Of Tho tribune
New London. Conn. Nov. 2O.-The
Maryland Casualty Company this after
noon cut the legal cables holding the
submarine trader Deutschland in New
London port. The bond of that COM
pany for s97.5OO was filed by the own
ors to indemnify the T. A. Scott Tow
ing Company and the relatives of the
sailors lost when the tug 7. A. Scott
jr., was rammed and sunk by the
Deutschland.
Repairs on the submarine, according
20 those who saw her to-day, arc prac-
tically complete. although it was said
by officials Of the Eastern Forwarding
Company that air pressure tests on her
bent bow plates would occupy the rest
Of the week.
Will WhifFcn. Of local fame, was re-
lieved Of duty aboard the Deutschland
when a bond of $4,000 was filed in
Hartford 10 cover the claims OF the
towing company. Will smoked his last
pipe on the submarines deck AT noon.
Then Deputv United States Marshal
Hawlev notified him that the libel had
been lifted At the same moment Dep
utv Sheriff J. II. Tubbs appeared to
make the attachment in the relatives
suits.
Taking possession Of the Deutschland
in the name Of Connecticut State, he
replaced the retiring Will Whitfen with
two new keepers. Captain William NJ.
Sistare and Clifford r. Clark. They
were in custody Of the vessel only a
couple of hours before Charles w.
Field. the Baltimore Admiralty lawyer,
representing the German Ocean Navl-
cation Company. had compromised with
Hull. Mcclure & Hull. attorneys for
the relatives and the Travellers lnsur-
ance Company. in the matter of bonds.
There were five sets of relatives TO
cover. for the parents of Eugene Du-
zant. deckhand on the Scott, had been
found in New London. and suit for slO,-
COO had been brought in their behalf.
Until the arrangement was made re-
earding bonds. Hull, Mcclure q Hull
had intended bring a second suit in the
Admiralty Court. Deputy Marshal
Hawlcy brought down the papers from
Hartford. but they were not served.
The Deutschland is ready to make
another dash for IL at any hour. Late
this afternoon the men Of her crew,
who have been Quartered aboard the
mother ship Willehad. were ordered TO
take back all their belongings aboard
the submarine and to stay by to
await sailing orders.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-21
CUSTOMS CHIEFS
RATED AT ZERO
Halstead Declares Some
Men in Federal Service
Are Worthless

That some Of the men higher up in
The United States customs service are
A. their Offices only on pay day was
the charge made yesterday by Frank
Y Halstead. head OF the service, at
the fourth annual conference OF GUS
toms officers, held in the Custom
House Nr. Halstcad attacked the in
,Heiency he declared existed in the
service and advocated placing certain
officials under civil service regulations.
The percentage Of efficiency in some
psrts Of the customs service. accord
ine 10 Mr. Halstead, is as low as zero.
In other divisions it ranges as high as
so per cent. Only ten or twelve divi-
sions out OF nearly fifty scored close
10 100 per cent, he said. He urged the
abolition Of all Offices not of actual
value 10 the government. Among the
positions he would DO away with is
that Of Naval Officer. There are seven
Of these. II. Otto Wittpenn Is Naval
Officer for the Port of New York. re-
ltINIIE TofNNN a fNeAs ~ seA'e-A 80 -
the others are somewhat lower.
Mr.. Wittpenn was not at his Office in
the Custom House yesterday. and it
was said that he had not been there
since Election Day, when he was de-
fested for Governor of New Jersey.
Nh. Wittpenn was appointed by Presl-
dent Wilson in 1918.
The officials whom Mr.. Halstead
would place under civil service No. 81
are IS collectors Of ports, II appraisers,
IS assistant appraisers, 7 naval Off
GERS and surveyors. They have q
combined salary of $4,000 a year.
There was room for great saving to
The government in the customs depart
nent, Mr.. Halstead said. in spite Of
the fact that the operating expenses
had been reduced S1,400000 annually
since the conferences of customs Off
GERS began. He said the most impor-
tsnt matter before the present confer
ence, which will last all week, was the
taking of the customs service out OF
politics and putting il under the merit
system. Officials should be chosen be-
cause Of their fitness, he continued. and
should hold Office Is long as they gave
Efficient service.
- an sorry 70 say there are those
in the service who appear at their Of
fees only on pay day" said Mr.. Hal
stead. 81 have often wondered how q
man who would not think for minute
Of taking something from another man
for which he gave no return can so
calmly take from his state moneys for
which he returns no service and still
consider himself an honorable man."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-21
HUNT BROKERS IN ALASKA
Detectives Search for Barrett Brothers
and Their Father

Detectives are searching in Alaska
and Canada for Reginald w. and Kyrle
C Barrett, members of Barrett Broth
ers, former curb brokers, who were. in
die. ed recently for running a bucket
shop, grand larceny and circulating a
false document to depress the value
of Emma Copper Mining stock. The
complainant was George Graham Rice.
John F. Barrett, father Of the Bar
rett brothers. who conducted the Chi
cago branch of the house, is also under
indictment for running a bucket shop
md for circulating a false document.
He is also missing. All three are
under indictment in Chicago.
The firm also conducted a branch
office In Denver.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-21
10000 HOTEL MEN EXPECTED
First National Exposition Will Open
Tonight at Grand Central Palace

Hot air cookers, wine checkers, milk
agitators, disappearing tables, glass
grinders and other modern hotel i'm
provements will be among the exhibits
at the first National Hotel Mems Ex-
position, which opens tonight at the
Grand Central Palace. Delegates al
daily business sessions will discuss
the high cost of living. the tipping evil,
sprinkler systems and kindred topics.
The national congress is under the
auspices Of the New York State Hotel
Association. which holds its thirteenth
annual dinner Thursday night at the
Waldorf, and the Hotel Association OF
New York City. More than 10000
visitors are expected.
At 8 o'clock tonight the exposition
will be opened formally, with addresses
by Edward ". Tierney, chairman; FIRE
Commissioner Robert Adamson, John
McGlynn. president Of the state asso-
citation. and Thomas d. Green, presi-
dent of the city association. The ex-
position is open to the public daily at
IL a. m, until Saturday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-21
BANKER GETS FIVE YEARS
David King, Of Newark, Pleaded Guilty
TO Taking $4,000

Trenton, n. j., Nov. 20.-Dsvid King,
former vice-president of the Broad and
Market National Bank, of Newark, was
sentenced to-day 20 FIVE years in the
United States penitentiary at Atlanta.
After being at liberty two years under
bail, he pleaded guilty last September
10 the embezzlement of $4,000, changing
his plea after his trial for the misap-
plication Of S2l 900 was under way.
The money belonged TO the Order Of
Scottish Clans. Of which he was treas
urer, and 10 the Equitable Life Assur-
tnee Society.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-21
noticed that the woman held a scream

noticed that the woman held a Scream
ing little boy on seat. They mar
rowly missed running into her wagon.
The car was going toward Lackawaxen.
Mrs. KonwIckie, who lives further on
near the village of Rowlands, and Mrs.
william Quick, of the township Of
Bohemia, are the others who saw the
car. Mrs. Konwickie said the woman
was holding a plush robe over the
child's head and averted her face as
she passed. Mrs. Quick said the car
stopped near her house and she heard
the boy cry.
The car was seen in Lackawaxen that
morning. Rooney learned, but was then
occupied only by q man and woman.
The information has been given 10
the Pennsylvania state police. Mrs.
Glass thinks her son was stolen by
some one who had taken q great fancy
TO him, and she says that she and her
husband have no desire to prosecute
if the boy is returned
Rooney says his informants say they
did not get word to the parents OF
what they had seen, because in their
back country places they did not hear
Of Jimmy GLASS; disappearance until
recently.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-21
CHANGES IN YALE SCHOOL
Graduate Institution Recognized by
Division of Faculty

New Haven, Nov. DIFFERENTIATION
of the Yale Graduate School was APP
proved At a meeting of the Yale Cor
poration to-day. The faculty will be
divided into three divisions, each to
have jurisdiction over matters relating
TO courses of study. An executive board
of eight will perform the administra-
tive functions and determine admission
requirements. The new plan goes into
effect at once.
A gift of 1900 volumes of French
history from the estate of FREDERICK >.
Palmer, 10, of New YORK, was an
nounced. Some Of the books were
owned by Napoleon. Gifts and requests
since the last meeting totalled Sn,OO0.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-21
Catch" She CrieS-lnfant
Lands Safely in Lieu
tenants Arms
TENEMENT BLAZE
ENDANGERS MANY
Fourteen Families Rescued
as Flames Cut Off Way
to Fire Escapes

Mrs. Bessie Nisko, cut off by flames
which roared up the stairway and hall,
perched in a second story window Of a
four story tenement at 525 Humboldt
Street, Brooklyn. last night. Rugged
10 her breast was her baby, three
months old. On both sides Of her and
above the windows were crammed with
terrified men, women and children.
Other fugtives sought her window,
and in a moment it, too, was jammed.
Gongs and whistles announced that the
firemen were on the way. Mrs. Nisko
strained her eyes; a bluecoat appeared
below. 1t was policeman, ard he bel
lowed commands not TO jump.
Mrs. Nisko hal no intention OF jump
ing, but she wanted to be sure that her
baby wasn't missed by the hremen
when there were so many others TO
rescue.
With a crescendo shrek that was
music TO the scores clustered on the
face of the building that might turn
into a furnace any moment, NOOK AND
ladder truck clattered to a stop. while
it was still sliding forward. despite
locked wheels, Lieutenant McAlllster
leaped to the sidewalk and looked up
Others had their eyes fixed on the gilt
tering vehicle of salvation that rocked
in the stress Of the sudden stop. Mrs.
Njsko saw Nothing but the fireman.
HurIs Baby TO Fireman
"Catch my baby." she screamed
swinging the child with tossing mo-
ton with both arms.
McAllister looked up. He saw in a
glance that a shout of warning would
interrupt the throw for which the
woman was already poised and might
dash the baby to death. He braced
himself with extended arms, crouchne
suddenly to break the shock as soft
little body thudded into them. The
baby wasn't hurt, and its mother was
passed down with dozens more by ire
men who established a kind of relay
service on several extension ladders.
Patrolman Benedict Waldeck, OF the
Herbert Street station, unable to enter
the burning building because OF the
smoke, ran around TO the Bayard Street
side of the structure. Frank Gitowski
and his daughters. Kate. eleven years
old. and Minnie, eight, were in third
floor window. No ladders had been
brought TO this side of the building.
Policeman Saves Three
Waldeck ran up to the third floor of
the adjoining house and worked MS
way along ledge about ten. inches
wide, which was just far enough below
the fourth floor 80 that he could cling
with one hand to a windowsill while he
reached across to the three IN the
burning building. He guided them all
to safety, clinging to the wall like a
fly. -,
Fourteen families were rescued. The
fire started in the cellar. The damage
was about $4,000. Mrs. Stella Swokclck,
one of those who had fire escape Just
outside their windows, stumbled while
descending it from the first floor. In
an instant she was trampled under foot,
and when she was finally carried down
one ankle was broken and she was
bruised all over. She was taken TO the
Greenpoint Hospital.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-21
ADVERTISEMENT
Who Goes
There!!!

IuCICs
"a Saks' Trench
Coat, with a big
swagger belt and
buckle, patch and
flap pockets, and the
option of muff pock-
cts, too.
z Cut on martial
lines to conform to
the Washingtonian
dictum tn at pre-
paredness is the
surest protection
against trouble.
. Tailored in gray
and in green herring
bones, deep dyed
diamond weaves, and
plaids; all skeleton
ized, because the fab
RIGS can handle the
Job without assist
ance; tailored to
withstand the rigors
of Winter; and fin
ished as if our lives
depended on the re-
suit.
= Single breasters,
too.
'B f. AU T F. S!
II II A IT'S Al l.
THERE is TOIT.
$50 to $40
saks&Guntpanu
Broadway at 34th Street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-21
HOME TURKEY FOR POLICE
Woods Orders That Every Man Have
Time for Thanksgiving Dinner

Every policeman in New York will
have his Thanksgiving dinner home
this year, Commissioner Woods yes
terday having issued such order in
appreciation of the sacrifices the men
uncomplainingly made during the trac-
ton strike.
Some of the men will have their
dinner before o'clock on Thanksgiv-
ing Day and others after that hour.
The men on patrol will work eight
hours and then. instead of going on
reserve duty, will 90 home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-21
Wilson to Suppress
War College Report

Washington, Nov. CAPITALIZATION
by The Tribune to-day of the fact
that Secretary Baker had asked the
War College for report on the com,
narrative advantages Of voluntary and
compulsory military service irritated
Administration officials. 1t was stoutly
denied that there was any thought OF
recommending compulsory service 10
Congress. The report had been asked,
it was stated, merely as rounne
matter.
The views OF the War College are
we'll known to army officers. The re.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-12
NEWSPAPER EDITORS
WILL GATHER HERE
National Association to Hold 31st
Annual Session at McAlpin.

Several hundred editors from all sec
tons Of the country will gather in New
York next Monday to learn how their
rivals succeed and to tell their rivals
how they themselves have succeeded.
Many of the leading newspaper pub
fishers of America are scheduled TO
speak during the fve-day meeting Of
the National Editorial Association.
which will be held in the Hotel Nc
Alpin.
Not all the five days are to be con
sumed in discussing business. Mayor
Mitchell will welcome the editors at the
opening Of this, the thirty-frst, an
nual session, and Monday night there
will be a reception for them by the
Pulitzer School of journalism at Co
lumbia University. On Tuesday the
editors will inspect the big newspaper
plants Of the city and have a dinner
at the Hotel McAlpin. The next day
they will 90 10 Long Beach as guests
OF the Long Island Railroad and the
Long Island Press Association, and on
Thursday Coney Island will be thrown
open TO them The last days session
will be taken UP by boat trip to
Pleasure Bay. whence a visit will be
paid to President Wilson at Shadow
Lawn, y. J.
Melville z. Stone, head Of The Asso-
ciated Press; William II. Mayes, dean
Of the Texas School of journalism;
Mrs. George f. Hosmer, Of Denver;
James Melvin Lee, director Of the De
partment Of journalism. New York
University. and Josephus Daniels Sec
rotary of the Navy, will all deliver ad-
dresses during the meeting.