STATEWIDE PRISON

.INQUIRY DEMANDEDi

jscmWymnn Fish Offers ajtcsoluHon in Behalf of" Os-

borne's System.

jl'NKKTIXfl IS ATTACKED

KBtsr. Jnn. 10. Investigations ofwlou allofff J abuses In tho admlnls

of n State government fromtrinon t h "JunltetinR trip" ofIfflo'ili" I" ,he l'annmn-Pacin- o Kxposl-',- "

Vcrr requested In a flood of reso-htlM- H

which poured Into the AssemblyJniiht vilion the Legislature met fop

e first business session of the new

''vfftnblymnn Hamilton Fl?h, Jr., ofIntroduced a resolution provid-

er for the Investigation of the prisons,i'Urrf !' Intends to nuiko Uio con-Vtt- -l

of tho Stat" prisons a real Issue,y, ,,r nnd will fight to that tnd.

Mr" Fl OP""1'1 'h0 way ,or a Prison. .'(..ligation with tho Introduction of aMl "providing for commission of fiver'eaibersi to be appointed by the Dover-,i,- r

with full powers. The conimls-,m- n

nre to rectlvo $20 a day while,,'lMfd and to report on the entireV.ilon situation In the State within, iriydas after appointment. Mr. Fish

Introduced this resolution:Tint tt Is th" Judgment of this House

tit there should be an Immediateof the prisons of the State

cl nil nutters pertaining thereto.

Mr. I'lsh'a Object.i nary object of my resolution,"

ti l SI: r'i"-'- t "I" IO la the foundationfor better(o sc.ne legislation a

.moil and to hrlnir about prisonj,',v upon an IntelllKent basis. Inrl-l- e

, ,t may Fervo to lay bare the4jtamlv frameup of prison officialsiri certain authorities to railroad aof.'arks ' administrator as Thomaajlott tul"'. tic"

TMeph M Callahan, tho Democraticle.it "t oduce-- l a resolution request-I- -;

i'c Swto t'oinptrnllcr to furnish the,teaiti v with n list of all moneys npenti'jrL.R the past year without specific de-r- e

at: 1 the names of officials receivingliner Mlirles Ufm the law provides.

Aemhlman Fish also Introduced airolutlon aUliiK the Comptroller to In-

form the Assembly which If any of theF!at efTtrl.ilM or members of the I.,cgs-Utti- r-

"subjected the State to any ex-r-

out of tl.e funds for the I'unama-'rt!- l-

r,sltlon Commission withoutMnr rollic.flly authorized to do so)ir act of the Legislature and that the

be further requested to statefunis expended for each official

t 1 for what specific purpose.""I would HU-- to lltid out Just how

irj.h nf a junketing trip these menrytk." lie said, "and you can't find It

.... -- .. fmtii Ihi. fi.mntrnller."Ajeinhlyni.in Abraham tioodman of

Slar.lutMn Introduced a resolution call-!- -r

for a Joint committee to Investigatet'lie facts and causes of the Triangle andPtatupnd candy factory flres and to re-p- rt

recommendations for chance Intin- - ti n it fnr a more nfflclent ndmln- -

'.atlpn of the present laws. Tho resolution carrlca an appropriation of J 10,

too.

31 1 ii tm ii m Want" limtltrjr.i....f.i.Hin iniin .T nvnn of MAn

littan Introduced a resolution providing;?r a committee of Senators, Assembly-!- .,

in.l to luve.stlK.ite tliniir.iir.um w.ikc prohletn, An Hpproprla-o- n

of $15,000 lfl asked for the Investl

I'l?!'..!.!. Aiir.ilmm KhlnlacofF.Intiodltccl n reolutlon rcquest-tt- 1'

United Slates to urgo theat war "to remove political

t'ri civic discrimination" against Jewsa tlw na'rlng countries.

A'femli.Miian Frank Arannw of Mani.., .. .m...i tVin TeiNlHiurn to OX'ii.iiatl n.m.v.. "Utn corfldonco In the I'rculilent Hi hisirevri tiandltnB 01 ine iuix-ik-

t on.!. ..i ...nnf r.llmv nf Man

'i". i ttit In two bills aimed Ht ther ,c ul fume nulsaiKV! along Itlver-- i

l I ir o Tho meciwiren provide fort revoke tho chartein or corpo

tn .tit miLMH.nce.r.'t;,. uiu'u'uitiih ".Vn.mii.1inan Charles I. Ponoliue o.

Ka'in uitnidiiefHl tnree proiuwi...rt.nl nrnn.lment. one OrOVld

:rs ,i SMte budget sntiMH, llko ther,fi. n rtcoitimcnd.ition. except thatf. rn,.r Is nut permitted to redu-- i

- . . fnr .i leirislatlve rathert. i Km-- , iltlve tiiiduet to b made; e das berore pawairn, aieitV i t Ute tlv l.eplslaturo lowerf t" AtMlher b'Mid snail nemi, .1 .vt. .if- - fllMi!

t t'w nujorltv and minority leaden- a tcnlght'H session or tne .eii- -

it . it f Senator Klon It. Hmwna)i . n Sen Vorlt with his committeelMt ir i,- - Vow York city's financesm n niiomprnii has most of hisUl Si v irtj o; nmlttee nienilsTt still

ir X.m York awaiting the resumptionnf Mm u s on Thurs- -

iVii.vi' Himvn does not f.pe't totorn in Alhruiv this week und SenatorWaen li.i not sufficiently recoveredIn m Uicm in make tho trip here.Ana -- njlt 1'ie txittoiu is practically outi.f i .! neck s loRinUtlvP business in tho

"nice lloiiril .Vamri In.!'. W i iian ent to tho Senate to-

rt r'-- th.. e. out aiiKliitnients of OscarS -i - i..i Hcnrs W. Hodge as mem-tr- i

e . District, or New YorkC.t I'u'. Servu'i Commission. Tho'"oif Mid y that while Mr.Mrjj nmimntid to till tho unexpiredtern Jmigo McOH, which oiwIm onl"ii v i. 1&1S. u Is his Intention toHdP!..'i Mr MniUM on February 1

' cd .1 Serjeant Cram for 11

fa IK. .rtr term. Gov. Whitman at''' a u.ll still have two vacancieson " . miiNiistilon to till, a one year't-- .h . .., c .,f lieorso V. ii. Willlamti

t.i .1 wn je,,r term 111 place of JudgeMi, i.

TU V ih never been any doubt as tolv mi ..iiion of Mr. Struus, hut in.v.w ' jititudo of Senator Thomp-r- .

i ,. tiver the confirmation ofMr II- U'. a.- been expocted.

s ' T iipkon was up f'o State'i t 'n imh iii'ks and with--

i . ,. tlvo nmnlmitloim wereJf .. . ,t:,.l):lte Finance Committ-ee, .. ., limit twenty other recera'V" - i.ile hy the Governor, In- -' i i t mi- if William U. Cunnlng-u- -

secretary of tho last' " ' omentlon, to be a Judge' rt .if Claims! Frederick J,.

New Y'ork to be Statej;.i- i ,t of i;iectlon and Klla

' - of New York to bo atren, . ,,r t,L. iM).irl of management of'if s..h York State Women's Relief"T IL.tiie

ine on nominee of the Governor toMr, ihe was former Oovernor

til N'.un s.n.itor Horace White oftyranii. Wln(. natnlnatlon as a onem-J- r

of the hoard of trustees of Cornellumimnously nmnned.

eenator llmirv t Wnltar nt Rvra.Jj" intrixiiici two bUls carrying out

(Jovernor's recommendations forJHollshlng altogether the Mohanslc Stateiplui iui h," Yorktown Training

. sllatlo leaders agree that theih V." ons shouW be removed to saveP Croton water suonlv from DOllutlon.

Stiuior Slater (Republican), who"ties from Westchester, where they are"WH, Innlsts that "it will be tossingwe thai, a million and a half to the

if the (lovtrnor's Ideas are car-rw- uout iip nll,u,.rt that he would

rte PI !'- - bills.W.il'jri

BRACKETT TO FIGHT

HARD TO AID RILEY

Sensations Expected if Governor Summarily Bemovcs

Prison Head.

HEARING MAT BE LIVELY

Albany, Jan. 10. Edgnr T Urackcttthad a long conforenco withJohn n. Riley, etato Superintendent ofPrisons, who will appear beforo Oov.Whitman at noon to answercharges, made by the Oovernor, thatSupt. Riley ordered tho transfer of pris-oners from Sing Hlng to Dannennorawithout consulting Warden Klrchwey ofthe Oovernor.

Senator Bracket t has prepared a doc-ument of two or three thousand words,setting forth an elaborate defence. ItIs believed that It contains eome fierytouches. Senator llrackett declined tomake known Just what coursehe would pursue. Ho knows Gov. Whit-man can conduct the hearing as theOovernor sees fit Riid remove Supt. Rileywithout much udo. In that event. It Issaid, Senator llrackett will Issue astatement laying bare the whole prisonmuddle from Riley's viewpoint and con-taining allegations of a sensationalcharacter.

All that Senator Braokett would sayhowever, wns that Supt. Riley

demanded only a fair c!ianeo andto get It, and that It was not

merely a question of a State olllclallosing his Job. Important principleswere Involved, ho said, nnd ho Intendedto do all In his power to have themsafeguarded. Senator Rrackett repre-sented Austin Iithrop, who was StateSuperintendent of Prisons In Oov. Mor-ton's time.

It Is a coincidence that a man fromSupt. Riley's town of I'latteburg was ncomplainant at that tlmo against Lathropfor alleged maladministration. Oov. Mor-to- n

referred the rhargea to Klon R.Brown, the present Republican leader ofthe State Senate, as a special commis-sioner, who, after hearing coveting sev-eral weeks, decided In fuvor of tho ac-cused official, and he was not removedfrom office. Lathrop s a Democrat.

Senntor Braokett said he would notdiscuss the possibility that Oov. Whitman would name a special commissionerto near the charges In the Riley case.He added that It would not be objec-tionable to him It the Oovernor couldafford the tlmo to personally conductthe hearing. Senator Urackctt expectstho Oovernor to give him opportunityto cross-examin- e witnesses who figureIn liny way In the case, and the sparkswill tly If tho Oocrnor deprives himor tnat privilege.

OSBORNE IN MOVIES.Mlns; Must AVnrilrn Is .Hiovrii In

Cunt Irt (iMi-ti- .

Thomas Mott Osborno doing the lock-ste- p

at Auburn prison Is the latestmoving picture attraction. Hut ho can'tbe seen at tho "movie" bouses. Thethree reel production "A Week at Auburn" and Mime other reels made atSing Sing, shown last night at thoWashington Irving High School, werepermitted to be taken only mi condi-tion that they should never lie nyedfor commercial purposes. Tim picturesaro the star attraction of an exhibitbeing held this week under Ihe aus-pices of tho .In'.nt Committee on l'rlsonReform at the ltur-sel- l Sage Founda-tion HulldliiK, 1 .111 Fust Twenty-secon- d

sireer, i ney were wltneed Ii" an au-dience limited only by the elz., of thehugn auditorium and after thedoors closed men and wu.iun were beg-ging to he let In.

Katharine Henicnt tUvK chairmanof the parole fommiKslon, talked for anhour before the pictures wer' shown.She said prison reformers In New Yorkwere too near the home olllce to ac-complish much, and sin- "did wish theycould l let alone to try experiments."

"An Commissioner of Correction I wascriticised sharply because I didn't pro-ceed faster In making reforms," nnsaid, "but I learned that It 1h better togo slow unless ou ate In a position toturn out of otllcn all thoso who thinkyou nre going too fast.

"ltlackw ell's Island ought to go. Justus much as Sing Sing, but In New Yorkwe're caught lie t ween tli people whowant reforms and Ihe peoplu who cryout against Increased taxes. It Is apity, though, that some of the moneyspent In IniestlK.itliig can't be spent Inimprovements. If all the cash used bycommissions In Investigating Sing Singhad leeu laid out on modern buildingswe'd have a new Sing Sing now."

Warden Osborno a tho star of thepictures. First he npeared, loudly ap-plauded by Cm , audience. In the SingSing plcturnn as warden, moving amonghis Mutual Wei far Leaguo men and sit-ting at IiIh desk; and then he whh seendiscussing with remonstrating friendshis plan of going n.s prisoner to Auburn,ami finally going there nnd getting Intoprison clothes.

Tho pictures will lie shown eieryafternoon and evening this' wik at 1"!Kimt Twenty-secon- d street, where alsoDiem will be sjieeches by Mr. Oslmrne,(ieorgn W. Klrchwey, Maude Miner andother.

To-d- at 3:45 I M. there will l atalk by rr. Frank Moore, superintendentof the New Jersey State Reformatory,hiiiI this evening at ' Adolphrhalrman of the National Committee ofPrisons and Prison Reform, will eposl:.The exhibit at 130 East Twenty-secon- d

street is free,

CH0ATE HEADS OSBORNE RALLY

Will Preside at rrotesl MeetingIII Carnegie Hall.

Joseph H. Choate will preside at themeeting to bo held In Carnegie Hall nextMonday evening to Indorse tho prisonreform work of Thoma Mott Osborneand to protest against his Indictment bythe Westchester county Ur.ind Jury.

Among the speakers will be AdolphLcwlsohn. Judge William H. Wadhams,George W. Wlckcrsliain, Francis LyndoStetson, tieorge Gordon Hattlo and MissMlllan Wald, Tho citizens' committeeIncludes Felix Adler, Henry do ForestIljliiwln. Walston Hill llrown, HerbertS. Carpenter, John J. Chapman, WilliamHamlin Chllds, It Fulton Cutting. MilesM. Davidson, the Ilev. Percy StlckncyGrant, Hustings If. Hart, Hamilton Holtand Jerome Ii. Green,

Adolph I.ewliohn, Judge Wadhamsand Robert Krskino Ely, the committeeof arrangements, are distributing ticketsfree through headquarters at 147 WestForty-eight- h street.

Osborne Goes to See Cropsey,Thomas Mott Osborne visited District

Attorney Cropsey of Kings county yes-terday morning an J was with that off-

icial for more than an hour. Save toadmit that the meeting had occurred Mr,Cropsey declined to comment on theV' j't Is believed that Mr." Osborne, whowas accompanied by another man, calledon the. Kings county District Attorneyfor purposes connected with the prepara-tion of his defence. Mr. Croiwey con-

ducted the Sing Sing Inquiry which re-

vealed tho joy rides of Convict DavidA. Sullivan, former president of iheUnion Bank, and resulted In the removalof Mr, Osbofne's predecessor,

TUESDAY, 'JANUARY

It's not enough to look atit look into it!As the biggest building in the world, the Equit-able is well worth looking at, and as the bestbuilding proposition in town, it is welllooking into. Do not be satisfied with merelycontemplating the magnitude of its size. Comein and we will show you the extraordinary char-acter of its equipment and the sound reason-ableness of its rental cost.

Equitable Building Corporation120 Broadway

GREGORY LEAKS TO

NEW N. H. HEARING

Question Will Re Discussed

Tiy Cabinet Ratts to Re-

port To-dnj- r.

WASHINGTON GETS PAT A

Washinoton, Jan. 10. While no formal decision has been Teached by theAdministration as to the course to befollowed In the cases of the Now Havendirectors, about whom tho Jury In NewYork disagreed, it was apparent to-d-

that oovornment officials are at presentto call for another trial. Thin

official statement was given out at theDepartment of Justice--:

'The Department has not liefore ItNomo details It desires In respect to theNow Haven cases, hut probably withintho next few dnys will announce Its at-titude."

Mr. Ratts, special counsel, who conducted the prosecution for tho Government, Is expected here for aconference with the Aitomoy-Oonera- !.

He will bring copies of the Judges Inetnictlons to tho Jury and other databearing on the decision of the casewhich aro to be considered by the At1torney-flener- nl In reaching IiIh decision.

It was said that the Attorney-l'encra- l

probably would take the case up withthe President before Issuing an announccment. In fact the entire matterprobably wilt be discussed at a Cabinetmeeting before a decision Is reached,

Attorney-Gener- Gregory establishedbis hold on tho Wilson Administrationas special counsel In charge of the NewHaven rase during the tenure of Attor

Mclteynolda and It waslargely because of his grasp on the Intrlcacies of the case that the Presidentnamed hlui to succeed Mr. Mclteynolds.

Many here believe that Mr, Gregory'sInclination therefore will be to

call for new trials.

BATTS REPORTS TO-DA-

Off for IVaahlnsrtnn for h Confer- -

enee With lirrunr)'The special counsel which conducted

the casn against the elevenformer dlrectots of the New Haven rail-road In tho trial concluded on Sundayafternoon expect to confer with Attor

Cregoiy In Washington lo- -nay on IIM eii-p- in lliKril ill rr.-i.e-m

to the live ilefi'iiiluiils on whom the JurycouM not sgree is to a verdict. Thefuture of tho entile New Haen case.It is will depend on tluU e.

Neither It. I.. Hitts nf Texas,chief counsel for the Government In thiscase, nor Frank M. Swncker, his aselst-.in- t.

lioin Missouri, would ventuie anypredictions.

On tho other hand It ix tho toulldeiitopinion of lOillisel for thewho Mill fam trial on the charge of

to inonoiollio the tiatieportationf.uulltUs of New Kngland that WIUI.uuItoekcfeller, Charles M. Pratt. CharU--I". Hrooker, Lewis Cue tdy.iril and 1I-wa-

D. lloliblns will not be called againto answer the chaige against them. Hothcoin ise 1 anil defendants seemed satls-lle- d

yesterday with the outcome of tholong trial It Is up to the Governmentto iiiak" the next move.

Mr Halts and Mi Swacker and prob-ably Assistant 1'nlteit States AttorneyItoborl P. Stephenwou, who will go toWashington will report lu detailon tho lecent tr'iil. Mr. Kitts cxiieUsto proceed thence to his home In Texas.That is not taken to Itullcate, however,th.u In the event that the live defend-anl-

me ncalii called to trial Mr. Haltswill not lead the Government's legalfoices. It was said lor tho Governmentyesterday that an effort wotikl be miidnto move for another trial as curly asMatch, but that at best Is only a hopens far us Mr. H.itts and Mr. Swacker aroconcerned.

Itoyal Victor, counsel for Charles P.Hrooker, one of the defendants on whomthe Jury disagreed, said yesterday thatthe verdict was satisfactory; that afterfour years of almost constant denunciation of the New Haven board It watt alltb.it could reasonably bo expected from ,

twelve Jurjmen. Incidentally Mr, Vic- - j

tor. In response to inquiries, said he be-- 1

llcvcd that tlm present Jury sjstem wanot udetiu.iti' for the consideration ofsuch extraordinary economic cases asthat presented In the New Haven case,IllinouKn lie Clin m- - wuuuhid v, iuqpresent trial was a remarkable Instanceof n Jury's falrnew.

NEW JUSTICE TO BE DEMOCRAT.

Wilson Confers With firrarnrr, hutNo Choice I Vn dr.

Washington, Jan. 10. President Wll-bo- n

conferred this afternoon with Attor-

ney-General Gregory lu regard to thovacancy on tho Supreme bench. Theywent over a long list of candidates, butno decision wns reached as to whom thePresident will uppolut

It wuh disclosed on high authority to-

night that It I certain 11 Democrat willbe chosen and that none of the presentolllcials of tho Itepartmcnt of Justicewill bo tendered thu appointment, Thotwo limitation. excludeTaft, Mr. Gregory, tho present Attorney-Gener- al

and Solicitor-Gener- John W,Davis.

It was said authoritatively that theAdministration deemed It unwise to con-sider appointing a second memlier of thocourt from tho Department who wouldbe, as Mr. Mclteynolds Is, excluded fromconsidering many of the most Importantcases.

Several names were presented to thePresident but ho Informed hisvisitors that he had a long list of menunder consideration and that he wasfar from closing his mind upon themerits of any of them.

ROOSEVELT WITHDRAWS AGAIN

lleiiuesta Ills Name Taken OUMichigan Primary Ballot.

IiANSiNa, Mich., Jan. 10, The follow-b- y

Ing request was received Secretaryof Stato VnuR y fiom Col.ltooHovelt :

-- I desire to have you withdraw forth-with my name as a cadldate In thPresidential primaries to be held InMichigan on the first Monday In April."

The request will be granttilI

THE SUN, . IT, Wlfc

worth

EFFICIENCY LOWERS

ROADS' DEATH ROLL

Subway Work Roominp;, Tran-

sit Linos Prosperous, Ser-

vice Report Shows.

I

FEWER GRADE CROSSINGS

Albant, Jan. li. The ninth annualreport of the Public Service Commissionfor the First District was sent to the. . . ... . . . . .. . t.i.- -i.egisiaxuro oy necrciarjney. The summary prepared in n

vance of the full printed report makesIt clear that the year Just closed wasthe busiest the commission has expe-

rienced since Its organization.The greater part of lto work was

devoted to carrying out the dual sys-

tem contracts. Under these contractsawards totalling f :r,096,(j3S.93 weremade, covering subway and elevatedrailroad construction, station construc-tion, track materials and track Instal-lation. At the close of the year thetotal of work awarded since the sign-ing of the first contracts was $167,606,-989.7-

It Is pointed out that the runningof the commission for the year,

totalling 3.fi0n,n00 of which $3,000,000was devoted to rapid transit work, haveIncreased owing to the necessity of ex-

panding the engineering staff. Now thatthis work Is at Its height It Is expectedthat tho next two yearn will see greatreductions made ae different sections ofthe system are completed. Of the 2,300employees of the commission aliutI.nOft are employed exclusively on rapidtransit problem.

As for Improvements In the old sub-way, the end of the year saw 106 ofthe composition cars replaced by othersof all steel construction. Completesubstitution will be finished by AprilI, 1916.

During the ear the commission passedupon applications by public service cor-porations for various stocks ami bondsand authorized issues of about n.

This makes a total of $63J.- -K.9,t77. authorized during the life ofthe commission, the total amount of nilapplications for sunh securities tiledin ine i.ti six sun a nair years wasf s::tli60,fi.,S7.4.

The commission received during theyear complaints, a derrcisn nf 7nfrom the jear before. Of these com-plaint l.tll iclateil to tiaiispnrtatlouand 4,31 S tn gas and electric matters.The latter complaints Included I,9fio ap-plications for tests of gas meters andHffl applications for tests of electric me-ters. During the year the commissiontested .1sJ,40t Kas meters and t!61 elec-tric meters

Of tho 337 formal case. considered bythe commission during tho year onlyseventy-nln- o remained open on Decem-ber 31. Tim total number of hearingsIn these cases was K2.

The commission axka the Legislatureto appioprlate $300,000 as the State'sshare nf eliminating grade crossings for1916. I'nder the law the Stato appro-priates money to meet ofthe estimated cost, the companies pay-ing one-ha- lf and Ihe city of New Yorkthe remaining quarter Since Its organi-zation In 191)7 the commission has oh- -

Lv. ChicagoAr. San Francisco

WILSON TO SELECT JOHNSONAS NEW YORK POSTMASTER

Capital Expects AppointmentTo-da- y Agreeable to

Tammany.

Washington'. Jan. 10. It Is practi-cally certain tliet Joseph Johnson, whomanaged Kdnard K. McCaU's campaignfor Mayor two years ago, will be the nextPostmaster of New York city. Theappointment will be settled ata conference between the President andthe but Mr. John-son has boen tentatively selected, HeIs one of the candidates who have beenstrongly Indorsed by Senator O'Uormalisnd his uppolntment will be acceptableto the Tammany organization. It willbe the first Important Federal appoint-ment that has gone to Tammany Inmany months.

Chnrles F. Murphy has not IndorsedMr. Johnson or sny other candidate.It Is known, howoNer, that he wouldresent the naming of nny one who hadbeen actively Identified with nn elementIn the Democratic party that has beenfighting lilm.

Ill naming Mr. Johnson the Presidentalio will give cvldenru of his desire torespect the wishes of Senator O'Gorinau

toseph Johnson, Jr., who was at ou-

tline a newspaper man, has been aetlviIn politics for several year and h.theld puMlc olllce most of the time. It1903 he organized the Order of Acornsof which he was the Great Onk, a winnarltsntl nrr.mlnt!nn fhnt ft'nrt,...! f.nthe election of Setli lw for MajmAfterward he opened tho Subway Tavenat Uleecker and Mulberry street, whtehad the support of the late Bishop I'm.ter.

lu 1605 Mr. Johnson and the Aeo-ti- :supported McClcllnn for Mayor. Aftethe election the Great Oak got a $4,00"pl.ico under Comptroller Met, tn 191'i

(M.isnr Oavn Induced Fire Commis- -Uioner Wnldo to appoint him Deputy FireCommissioner, a position he held untilJune, 1911, when Mayor Gaynor madohim the Commissioner, to succeed llhlnc- -

lander Wldo, who became Police Commissioner.

Mr Johnson, who was one of the

talned from the Legislature a total of$l,197.lss.S0. representing eliminationwork totalling more than $1,000,000.There still aro 436 grade crossings lutho greater city, of which 100 arej ontho lines of the New York Central InManhattan.

For the year 191K the total number ofaccidents on the line under the Juris-diction of the commission was 66,205,a decrease of 6,302 under the numberIn 1S14. The number of persons killedwas twenty, as against In1914, Of the.se twelve were killed atgrade crossings.

ONLY NINE KILLED.

Fatalities for Year Establish itLoot Tterord.

Ai mvr. .tan 10 Onlv nine ti.iengers were killed during the past year onthe steam railroads or the State, accord-ing to a report of the PublicService Commission transmitted to thelegislature Jn no case diddeath result from nn accident to trains.Till Is the smallest number of passen-gers' deaths on steam railroad re-corded In vears, the 1914 report of thecommission citing fourteen and the re-

port of the preceding year fifty-one- .

Illgli speed electric railroad of thoState did not kill a single passenger dur-ing the year.

IncrtHsed efllcleney and watchfulnessof eniplojees Is credited by the commis-sion with the fnvorable showing. Theonly cls of death on stenui railroadswhich did not reveal a material de-crease for tho year was that of tres-passers,

Tho net Income available for dividendsof street railway corporation has fal-len off, the division of statistics reports,due to decreased grofs revenue and In-

creased taxes. The division finds thatdividend for the Inst three years onlyhave been maintained by drawing onaccumulated surplus

Klo trlc corporations show a slight re-

duction of prosperity and gas corpora-tions a decided retrogression, while cor-porations doing business In hoth fieldsslwiw a gain. There Is a slight reduc-tion in the revenue of telephone corpora-lion- s,

due to Increased taxes and

The grade crossing division reportsthat $1,500,000 eveiituallv will be neededtn complete the elimination work nowIn hand. Summarizing Its accotnpllsh- -

7:00 p. m.a. m. ( eralafll

Sri

OL40J7

Overland Limitedwith distinctive extra fare feature.

A full buYmess day saved.

daily

I'ostmaster-deneral- ,

10:10

The Chicago, Union Pacific A North WttfrnLine has more miles of double track than anyother transcontinental route well ballasted road-be- d

extra heavy steel rails and automatic electricsafety signals all the way.

Three other splendid trains leave Chicago dailyfrom the new Passenger Terminal for California.

San Francisco Limited :rlro?...r..a,Los Angeles Limited fc:Ml?2X?.

California Nail ti&Xo??.For rsstrvations and full particulars apply to

Chicago & Norfh Western Ry.C. C. WALTON. Gram) Aasat

12U Broaamy (Hotel McAlsin) Tsk Crasler BJMNew York Cily

Joseph Johnson.managers of Mayor Gaynor's campaignbecame the campaign .malinger lu 1913if Judgo Kdward H. McCall, Tammanyalidliliite for Mayor. After the defeat

jf McCall Mr. Johnson was out ofpilhllc olllce for a time. In hi valedlctory to tho Fire Department hothanked Charles F Murphy for unwavering support that procured lilm hisappointment both as Deputy Commis-sioner and Flro Commissioner. On leav-ing tho department he had a brief ex-perience In the Insurance business.

On May '.'7, 1914, he was appointedchief of tho transit bureau of the PublicService Commission at $7,b00 a year,the same salary which be received fromthe city when Fire Commissioner.

ments during the year the report saysthat In addition to tho handling of alarge current business the commissionh.t disposed of all old cases, has re-

leased nearly $600,000 tied up In a dis-pute with the New York Cential Hall-roa- d

over payment for tho eliminationof Yonkers grade crossing Htid hasentered uiion the administration of the

Thompson Jlttier bus law,which brought vehicles of thl characterunder the Jurisdiction of the commissionas common carriers.

The expenses of the commission dur-ing the last vear lending September 30.ISIS) were $3i,iilio. For the currentfical year tending September 30. 191)the appropriation Is $39 4,000. For thenew fiscal year th" commission bos re-

quested but $392,000,An example of etllelency claimed for

the commission Is presented In Its han-dling of a special $100,000 appropriation

'available during the lat year for theInvestigation of Ihe Now York TelephoneCompany In Nr-i- v York city. This Inves-tigation was completed and substantialreduction of rates effected for subscrib-er at a total cost of $43,414.62. Thebalance. $56,500, already ha been re-

turned to the State treasury.

Gold Import. 1 ,000,000.Gold Import amounting to Hbout

arrived in New York on theWhite Star liner Adriatic, consigned toNew York banks.

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The Office BuildingCorporation

ANNOUNCES THE ELECTION OF

Mr. George T.

A9 PRESIDENT OF THE

MR. MORTIMER WILL GIVE H IS PERSONALATTENTION TO THE MANAGEMENT

OF THE EQUITABLE BUILDING

120 BROADWAY

NCW YORK,JANUARY IOtm, 116

GROUT RUSHED;

PROTEST BY CROPSEY

District Attorney Finds ItMoved Up MO Xiinibfrs

on Court Culentlnr.

Charging that the appeal of KdvvatdM. Grout, convicted president of the de-

funct Cnlon Hank, had been advanced1(0 numbers without his knowledge,District Attorney Cropsey asked JusticesThumis, ltlch. Mills and I'lUnam of thoAppellate Division In liroouiyn yester-day whether they bad already madetheir minds to transier tne case to an-

other department. Ills temarks carrieda strong Intimation that Grout's lawyershad been permitted to make arrange-ments with the Appellate Division with-

out giving notice to tho District At-torney.

The four Justice. lttlng without threeof their associates who had felt that Itwould be bad taste to participate

of former arTlllatlon with Groutand his brother I'aul. were quick todeny that there had ben .my consult.!-tatlo- n

with Grout's attorneys or anyIrregularity so far as they were

"If this case H not In Its tight placeon the calendar," said Justice Thomas,"wo will put It there. It should betreated like any other case, and It willb heard here unless propriety requiresIt to go somewhere elu-- . I may sajtint this case bis not been discussedNo one a right to speak for tinscourt . If tt ha been done it was with-out authority."

Kxplanatlon and argument followedDean Potter, of iouiim'1 for lirout anda member of the (trout law firm, offeredto assume responsibility for the Maliincut that the case would bo transferred.but Mr. t ropsey said that Mepln-- C .

H.ildwln. chief of coun-l- . had made t iestatement to lilm. Mr, Potter then sug-gested that the discussion pieclpltatedby Mr. Cropsev warranted transfei i'.iIand Mr. Cropsey retorted that no coin lshould evade n task, no matter howdisagreeable.

At this point Chief Clerk llvrne ns.suined lesponslblllty for advancing tin;case 140 numbers and told how It ca

Incidentally reading from the

The "Tiny Tims" of a Great City.There are thousands of them in New York.

Bright, energetic little lads. Anxious for achance to learn and earn. Hoping for somethingbetter when grow older and just waitingfor a chance for a little real comfort and a littlereal training under the proper environment.

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man conceived the thought of a "Club forBoys" some years ago. At first, it was aroom or two in a cellar now, a clean,

five-stor- y edifice, dedicated to theTims" of the city. Under its hos-

pitable roof there are warmth and welcomebooks and snug parlors, a gymnasium,

study halls ... a moral atmosphere,calculated to bring out the best there is in

youngster.We want to broaden the scope of thiswork and to accomplish this a sweep-

ing campaign is under way to raise $500,000January 21st.

We want your support. We wan youhave a part in this great work of Building

Boys. Will you help?GIVE HO MOSCY TO BOY SOLICITOUS

Send contributions toE. Ti. POTTER, Treasurer,

Boy's Club Associstion of N. Y.SS Wslt Street.

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Crlmlnal Code In vindication of 'his ac-tion,

1'lnally a motion for a change ofvenue was taken under advisement. Dis-trict Attorney Cropsey stating that luwould be unable to argue the cato forat least a month.

Order nn Automobile . nearIiltflit Is lasnrd.

Two truffle officers were stationed atForty-Miveii- th street and Eighth avenueand Forty-clnght- h street and Eighthavenue la- -t night carrying out o, neworder, which requires the numbers amihmv lights on all automobiles tu bsvisible within fifty feot.

The officers signaled eanh other whanu car ':i.-e- with dim rear lights orwhen the numbers were obscured withmud. No nrieits weic made, but allwere warned to comply with tho order.

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White Messaline, yard wide,for lining or trimming, 84c.

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