New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-01
Tried TO Block Inquiry In
TO Institutions, W. J,
Doherty TeStiteS.
CALLED OFF MEN
KINGSBURY NAMED
State Inspectors Couldn't See
Scandalous Conditions, Asserts
commissioners Counsel

Members CO the State BOARD OF
Charities attempted indirectly 20 stop
The investigation Of the committee ap-
roin.ea in 1914 by John A Kinesoury'
Commissioner Of Charities, according
- Dcnutv Commissioner Of Charities
william J. Doherty. first witness i0r
ror,r,issioner Kingsbury in his AT
~ nnon the state board. He tes''-
ed before Commissioner Charles H.
s.-orr IN the Bar Association Build
nc a. West Forty-fourth Street yes
terdav. when the inquiry was begun
into Commissioner kingsoury ;
.horeos that the state board should
uo+ have certified several local insu-
tuuons for the care of children DC
cans. their condition was bad
" r. Hotchhss. who represented
NJ Kincsbury. said. IN opening his
cs.e that IN 1914 "scandalous eOndi-
,ions- prevailed. and that representa-
Ewes Of the state board must have
.osssd through the institutions with
their eyes closed"
81 maintain" he SAID that oeiole
ono Of these monthly certificates Is
issued to any institution by the state
hoard conditions must obtain at inc
,,s+,tu+ion which are fair 10 the pub
H.. and fair TO the child inmates.
% Institutions Criticised
Tventv-eisht institutions have been
.arorse,v criticised by Commissioner
Kincsburv. To ten Of these he mas
rafusea 70 send children They are
named BY Mr.. Hotchkiss, Cherry
.r-os Home of the Salvation Army AZ
SDrinr Valley; Sacred Heart Orphan
Asvlum. Dobbs Ferry; German Oo'
Fellows Home Association 1onNer''
scattering Arms Nursery BrooSiyn'
& NichaePs Home, Staten Island; ~.
Wslachv's Ocean Home, hoe cl1
ply. Orphan House OF me N"U.S.
charity Foundation, brooA-!.
R~ookivn Industrial School AssOO'@
ION. Inc Orphan Asylum SoolSly %
Prooklvn, and the Children NOME
Jobn N. Bowers replied for the state at.
hoard He made counter-cnerees &c
Commissioner Kingsbury mao sn'
cbiMren 20 institutions refused
-iAcation by the state DoaIu anu
institutions out OF the s'a'e
which he had no control
Denutv Commissioner Dougherty >
49, lied He said that a committee
nos snnointed BY Commissioner hlngS-
-, IN March. 1914, 20 assist IN rals-
a., +he standard Of institutions caring
CO children. Dr. R. =. Reeder, presl-
5o,+ ~ the New York Orphan asylum
Hsstings-on- Hudson, was the Protes-
tsnt member; Dr.. Ludwig W. Bern
ssa,n spnerintendent Of the Hebrew
Sbsi+ering Guardian Society, Pleasant
ella n Y. was the Jewish member,
and Father Barnabas, superntenden'
Of the Lincoln Agricultural Sehool'
I1ncolndale, y. Y, was tie Oa'hoilc
member.
Tells Of Interference.
Interference by members OF me
State Board Of Charities with the MOI
Of tbe committee. which had decided &c
adont its own methods Of inspection
begen in Nav. 1914. Mr. Doherty testi
fed. He said that Thomas NJ. injury, ol
the state Board told him the commit
Tee should be dispensed with A. the
.are time. he added, Robert ". Heb
berd secretary Of the board, sugges;ec
that the committees work could be
better carried on by one man, and Of
fered TO name hum.
81 replied that / had pledged myself
10 see the thing through, continued
the witness. "Mr Mulry said he would
have to oppose the work Of the com
mittee."
Mr.. Doherty said that Father Barna-
has resigned from the committee IN
the summer, because his work with II
had caused q loss in Contributions u
the Lincolndale school and matters
were being made very unpleasant ioi
him.
"Were efforts made 70 induce Other
members 10 withdraw from the work Z
asked Commissioner Strong.
yes" answered the witness. u nae
been told that Mr.. Mulry and Borough
President Marks had urged AdolpI
Lewiston. president Of the HeOre"
Sheltering Guardian Society, TO with
draw DR.. Bernstein. ] went 10 see Mt
Lewisohn. and he told me he would
not interfere with DR.. Bernstein
work. Later former Deputy Controller
II. TAYLOR Phillips asked M Lewlsohn
why he had not taken DR.. Bernstein
of"