The evening world. Newspaper, December 28, 1912, Page 12

$10 BILLS; DON'T TAKE “AT 6890323 West Side Has Been Flooded With Counterfeit Goldbacks of That Number. BAD TWENTIES, TOO. Secret Service Men Seeking Makers of a Brand New Phony Bill. ° Next time you get hold of @ ten dollar bill take a good took at Uncle Sam's seal and the numbers on the face of it It they in a ghade more like the centre of a slice of gingerbread than the goldenrod hue which has hereto- fore been the fashion for euch mone: wo slow about taking it. In fact, It would be well to keep an eye on the perwon presenting it and notify the Secret Service Bureau at the Custom louse. 4 Jobn Henry, chief of the local Secret Service, 1s looking for the makers of many spurious ten and twenty dollar FOId certificates which have recently come to ight in this city. Saloon keepers on the weet ide, in the Setrty teens of Eighth avenue and foul street and 1 through the Bronx have een ‘the pod teular victims. Quite a few of the bile have reached Mr. Henry'd office and he thinks there are probably @ good many more in circulation. The counterfeits would not fool any expert handler of money or for that matter any one who handles a great ceal in the course of @ day. But the small shopkeeper, whose ordinary cur- Feney does not run in ten and twenty Golar bills, falls an easy vict! the warning, look at the color of aan ind seal. e re half a dozen oth hg st wate reveal ihomssives to expert. For one thing the heavier than that ui dn rip ordi Then the paper docsn’t contain the deli- cate silk threads, To make up for this omission the counterfeiters have used © pen and red and blue ink to give the tracery effect. The whole bill fe a meer pews yd reproduction and has not the sharp distinct chara fred Hoan cteriatics of @ ten dollar counte: to be of the serie. of HOT, check Tose A. No. 18890023, and is dated July 12, 1983, It bears the picture of Michael Hillegas, @ accurate description of the bad twen- i ot near! them ab tne ih, ly #0 many of lay rush is said . fored_a splendid ‘opportunity on 4 counterfelters and they made the most ft. 80 active were they and so many nce the rections where the money appeared most are keeping the numbers of the gounterfelts constantly before them. ‘The United Cigar Stores Company and m F concerns with chains of tore have pent out special warnings 19 their managers regarding the money, BY CASTER KILLED, BROTHER BADLY HRT WHEN SLED TS LT Ten-Year-Old Lad’s Runner Swerved by Rut, Fling- ing Him at Car. Donaldson, ten years old, the , Aes oe of Ridgefield . J was injured so badly that the died in Hackensack Hospital half an later, when bis sled struck the of Wendell Andrews of Tea Central avenue, Rkigefield His eight-year-old brother was badly cut about the head. . Andrews, who js a freeh unty and owner of the nr ‘model Neck, saw the boys com- BIN swiftly towards him He stopped scl. th atc DEFYING BURGLAR ALARMS, BLOW SAFE AND GET $1,200. To guard against burglars, Frank Haha aren above his dry goods store fn Grand avenue, Maspeth, L. I. He Ie the cellar windows and the cellar door, LOOK SHARP AT ALL Daughter of America’s Great Financier Con- ducted the Spug Cam- paign, Besides Replying to Requests for Infor- mation That Came From All Over the Country. Hard 3 Working Member mittee, Founder and Otherwise Busy at Philanthropy. You worked hard and long to get ready for Christmas, didn't you? You had “overtime” right along: if not in your office then in wearisome shopping or gift making. But cheer up! You are the only toller. Miss Anne Morza) working fifteen hours a day. And she kept it up for six weeks, too. Bhe began Nov, 16, the day after the formation of the Society for the Preve! tlon of Useless Giving, the famous “Bpug" movement. Mra, August Belmont made the address which first suggested thia organisation at @ meeting of the girl members of the Vacation Savings Fund. Mra, Belmont was elected Spug | President. | But—it was Miss Morgan who on the spot drew up and presented the reso! tion which actually brought the Spugs Into being. And after adopting Miss Morgan's res- olution with acclaim, those girls went right to work and made her Chairman of the propaganda committee. GOT THE OFFICE WITH THE MOST WORK. ‘That office obviously carries the big- of Titanic Relief Com- Philanthropic ples. he w Of | Reiiet Committee. She has established Navy-Yard Restaurant ya Navy Yard and made it @ real suc- cler, prepared for her Christmas bY\ choruses at the evening recreation cen- ‘ WAR Ow UNSANITARY CIGAR PACTORIES dimes and nickels to be taken care of by the fund until holiday time comes next summer, At the next meeting sup- per will be served, Miss Morgan has finger in many other one of the dest working members of the Titanic & co-operative restaurant at the Brook- The Washington Irving High School girls declare they have Miss Mor- kan to thank for the final little jolt which made the City Fathers put throug the appropriation for the new high school building. Miss Morgan 1s greatly interested in the work of increasing the number of recreation centres throughout the city. Since the Board of Estimate authorized the cut in the school budget for last year Miss Morgan has had a long con- ference with Supt. Maxwell, She has Publicly offered a handsome set of tro- phies for competition among the girls’ tres. ‘The Shirtwatst Makers’ Union, proper fire protection for city workers, and the Committee of the North Am an Civile League for Immigrants are still other great movements which share in Miss Morgan's interest and activity. For sie is @ born worker, and is never satisied with giving her name or her check to a! ause Which she belleves worthy { And about next September the tee are going to resurrect the Spu; unt by Christmas, 1913, that tion wil! be alive and “kicking’ against useless giving—in every city and town in America. — MONAGHAN MEN TO MEET. | Natives of That County Will Make Merry To-Night. Exiles from the County of Monaghan west burden of sheer hard work in the launching of any new movement, It also entalls unescapabte publicity—a thing Miss Morgan 1p not the least bit keen avout, But did #he hesitate or try to shift her duties on an assistant chalr- man? She did not! She just buckled down and went to work. Her modesty would not let her admit exactly how much time she gave the Spugs but a friend closely associated in the same en- | terprise is authority for the statement that the average working day of J, Pi pont Morgan's daughter during the last few weeks bas measured fifteen hours. Holding her many other social and Philanthropic activities temporarily in abeyance, she devoted all her attention toward converting first New York and then America to the virtue and neces- sity of “spug-ing.” She saw that each charter member of the Spug association had a copy of the Spuai which urged chain ‘opagation, Kach girl was cure four other Spugs. The five together made a Spug squad, the aquad elected its captain and the name of the latter was rec | Morgan in the soctety ot ‘West Fortieth street. In the month before Christm: with pert c was besieged with to Such requests continent, and been formed from | and purposes jcame from all over the Spug squads hav: knew nothing of their presence|New Mexico to Canada. The unit he was thrown from his bed and | 5,009 members in New Y. alarms, ran downstairs, loor, blown from its terior Was exposed. was awakened by the ex- ; Hahn grabbed « GIRL8 HOW TO 8PUG. Besides her propaganda work, Mi: Morgan took her turn with the other remaining offices evenings, to give advice to members of thi mmittee rls who wanted to mas giving. gave in themselves and to fifteen Ll die: it it all ours per diem to ge in? And already she is deep bere of the Vacation Savi: ‘held Tim the Me who attend policeman, e Bhe also helped arrange for the Christmas party which the Spugs the Metropolitan Building, to H consultation with Miss Gertrude Robinson-mith for the next vacation evening of the mem- Breed, to be these evenings are in Ireland—and some of the most in- fluential Irish-Americans in New York are natives of that to-night In annua: A. U. Hall, No, 2 East Forty-fifth street, Danoing, singing, story telling and music will while away the time, Notices of the meeting have been sent to all the Monaghan people in New York known to the officers of the County Monaghan Association, But all are invited, whether they have received formal notification of the affalr or not. | etiwanda eae aa —e—eeuer mamma Oddilies comunissioner of street-cleaaing saved the city News Jupiter Pluvins as deputy $100,000 in snow removal yesterday. Pennay!v. It is trying to rid Pittsburgh of smoke. Boarding house in North Dearborn 4! weddings within a year and the landiad Iéneman who survived a shock of 2,0 School teachers to whom John D wealth in the injunction, “Save your pen! them for him, Name of the old salt who brought Capt. Haddock, ton, N. J., beat the train into town, Chinese chess player in the college Do you wonder that it took| part of a problem. Youth made @ criminal by the prena Runaway horse scared by a Susquehanna passeng: ‘The former Bultan of Morocco was hurt more when his dentist sent than when his teeth were fixed, and he 1s holding th resum| who are sivieg (alr spare] prisoner in the mountains, q bap sient aca igh. Mg ‘TITANIC SuRvivoRS Sommitvee EIGHT MEN KILLED BY BOILER EXPLOSION; OTHERS ARE MISSING Crash in Shops of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Shatters Two Buildings. RALBIGH, C., Dec. %.—Three white men and five negroes were killed and several negroes are missing as the result of the explosion of a boiler at the shops of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad at Hamlet, N, C., to-day, The dead include: C. D. Utter, general fore- man; W, T. Utter, assistant foreman; H. G. Reynolds, electrician, all white, ‘The explosion was caused by turning water Into a boller while it was hot. ‘The walls of the engine room were de- molished and the roof blown off the ina- chine shop. A large number of men weer employed in the shops, and It was considered re- markable that the casualty list was aot langer. penis cis FRED MERKLE SUED. Giant» First Baseman Accused of It by Bartender. TOLEDO, 0., Dec. 2%.—Frederick C. Merkle, first baseman of the New York Giants, was sued in Lucas County Com- mon Pleas Court for $5,000 damages by Peter B, Garrett, a bartender, Garrett alleges that in knocked out several of his teeth pummelied him severely. ———_. Ex-Ruler Castro Will Be Held Up. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2% — Cipriano Castro, formerly President of Venesuete., now on his way to New York on tho steamship Touraine, due to-morrow, will be examined at Ellis Island, at the tn- stance of the State Department. It 1s left with the Commlagioner of Immigra- tion to pass upon Castro's cas Castro aatled from Havre, Dec, 21, un- der the name of Rulz, the State De- partment has learned, He will be treated like any other immigrant, a department official sald to-day, and can be deported as undesirable, nd nia Railroad is tackling a bigger job than the New York terminal, treet, Chicago, has supplied twenty-four y has a waiting list. te ‘ 00 volts sneers at galvanic batte: for Every man born about 1862 agrees with Prof. Munsterberg that the man of fifty years is at his best. Subpoena servers cannot identify Wiillam Rockefeller because when he goes motort in the Rockefeller automo » he disguises himself with goggles and caremufts, Rockefeller disclosed the secret of his nies," wonder whether he meant to eave the Majestic over on its présent trip is * train @ mile from New- tournament is named Sze, Sounds like tal Influence of a mouse that scared his mother may be fortunate that it was not an elephant, in a bib a saloon row Merkle THR KVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, DEORMBER 28, 'Miss Anne Morgan Worked Six Weeks, 15 Hours Daily, Preparing for Christmas ALDERMEN TAXI COMMITTEE MAY REPORT SHORTLY Cab Companies Have Had It All Their Own Way at Public Hearings. ONE-SIDED AFFAIRS. Company Officials Refused to Be Cross-Examined at the Meetings. wy Sophie Irene Loeb. The Aldermen committee considering taxicab charges and regulations, which Was appointed last February, will make ite report in a few days, according to Chairman Willard. During the hearings public owne: and drivers testified and were crose-e amined by lawyers of cab companies, but when the presidents and owners of cab companies were heard they refused to be er examined, The companies were allowed to file private figures, Which are now on the records, undis- puted and unchallenged. Hours were taken up by attorneys of the cab companies reciting briefs and telling the Aldermen the limits of their power in favor of the companies instead of bringing out facts for the adjustment of public service, and one of these law- yers was allowed to state that his rea- son for so doing was that the advice of the Corporation Counsel was not taken by this committee, The prime facts brought out at the hearings are as follows: THE CAB COM SENTED. This {s Attorney Holden's idea of the situation, which he gave to me (Mr. Holden represents the Yellow Taxicab Company. “The Aldermanic committee invest gating tho taxicab situation should file & report dealing with each branch of the ituation separately. “The first and most essential regula- tion which should be enacted Is a set of ordinances regulating and prescribing who may drive taxicabs for hire on the streets of New York. “After this ts done the Board of Alder- men should concern iteelf with ordi- nances which shall define and regulate the taxicabs and motor vehicles which are to be operated for hire by licensed drivers. “After we have secured proper persons to operate the proper velicle we can then approach the question of the tariff for transportation, and, coincident with this feature, the aubject of private and public hack stands. “The question of hack stands !s con- sidered by many as one of the most im- portant features of the investigation. “It is important, but not of auch fundamental importance as the person- net of the drivers and the cab which is to be operated from any stand, either public or private, “It has been frequently stated that there are two hundred ¢x-convicts oper- ating the motor vehicles for hire in the City of New York. “The honest driver of a public taxicab will welcome an ordinance excluding the dishonest rogue and ex-criminal from this business, “All of the big companies will wel- come such an ordinance, and it is im- Possible to concelve of any reason or pretenc that would furnish an excuse for an honest man objecting to the {m- mediate passing of ordinances regulat- ing the drivers, “If Inspector Drennon h: Melent force of competent inspectors under him, and we have proper ordinances regulat- ing drivers, we will not have so many ‘getawi by criminals, &c,, in motor vehicle “The Yellow Taxicab Company will not have to resort to injunction pro- ceedings to protect its good name and reputation from being damaged by dis- honest persons imitating the color and design of its cars, and when the eral public appreciates that there |are nono but honest drivers operating | vehicles for hire, and that the trave!- ling public will not be cheated or ae- frauded in the matter of fares, the increased patronage reaulting from this Isnowledge will have its effect upon the question of reducing fares in the city." ‘Thus, after nearly one year’s investi- | gation, the com want the rates to remain what they are regardless of | what the city does in waY of regula- | tons, new inspectors, &c, They pay 10 per cent. or more of the earnings, ap- private hack stand privileges. They | want these to remain,gas they are. | hey want strict regulations for drivers but the city can wait for reduced rates. They have built up an account bust- | ness which represents about two-thirds of thelr enterprise and do not want this | disturbed, Abolishing the private hack stands |} would disturb this system and they | would have to give more service to the | general public to do the same amount of business, They contend they are willing to the hotels to get this exclusive busin ‘and think they should be allowed to have private hack stand privileges. ‘They say they are not making money, They state that, even If the rates | were reduced, they would get no more |trade than they have now, as It hae i been reduced several times. ‘They claim that the clientele using | thelr cabs at present a able to afford thelr prices, and why should they them? y e telephone system they know practically where every cab te, and so have arrived at an economic avoidance Jof dead mileax | If private hack-stends were abolished and they had to ply for hire generally this would cause them considerable in- conveniences Mr, Stern, representing the Mason } Seaman Company, stated that if all ithe regulations were given, they | MIGHT” at come future time reduce ithe rate: but at present the rates ought to remain as they are. ‘They do not think tne Cliy of New rk needs any more cabs than it has aud proximating neafly $500,000 per year for | rates should be left to ke business. They state that one company after Another has gone into ban':riptey and wou “st them Inte jon, ‘They hold that it costs them 9 conte & mile to operate. They claim that the cont of operation 1s too great to reduce the rates. The companies say that they have « perfect right to make contracts wit! the“hotels to keep thelr cabs in fron! of the hotels to the exclusion of the public hackmen. They claim # leg-t right to do this, the consent of the Droperty-owner ‘being the basis of ar- gument, THE INDEPENDENT HACKMAN AT DISADVANTAG! ‘The public hackman who hae been ex- cluded from taking any trade from the hotels on account of the companies’ monopoly of this business have been under considerable diMeulty in giving & popular service. ‘The I. T. O. A. run at the lowest rates in the city, known as the 30-cent drop, and Passed resolutions that if the private hac! ere abolishod and they can get their share of the hotel business they would be willing to run at @ straight 30-cent mile rate and claim @ resulting profit. They say it costs 10 cents a mile tooperateacad. The Hoyt & De Mallie concern, operating at Ninety-third doing @ good business and to the cheapest rates in the being the #-cent drop. ated that they are satisfied doing a good busin if the private hack stands were abol- ished they think the city could be served with @ profit by all hackmen at 30 cents a mile. Public hackmen testified as to their business that they could run profit- ably, even under these chaotic con- ith at a lower rate than is now charged by the cab companies. They ‘were cross-examined by the attorneys of the cab companies. They want strict regulations for all drivers and are willing to put up @ bond if necessary in this direction. ‘They have continual contention as to what rights they have as public hack- men «ince the companies are granted yme license, yet they are privi- leged to operate @ more private busi- ness tha: pubHe business. They claim the granting of private privileges for the use of the city streets {s unconstitutional, and ask for the abolishing of these private hack stands so that they may, with inoreaved busi- meas, give a cheaper rate to the city. They have filed briefs showing that the courts have upheld this contention. They plead for equality of privilexes of the city streets and promise a better service and lower rates accordingly. THE DRIVERS CASE AS IT STANDS AT PRESENT. The public hearings developed the fact that the drivers of taxicab companies Gre paid $2.50 per day. ‘The drivers of the I. T. 0. A. are paid $3 per day. ‘The Drivers’ Association fears that if the private hackstands are abolished the companies are likely to put them on @ commission basis, which they do not want. No definite knowledge could he ascertained as to the average tips a driver makes per day. According to the present ordinance, a driver without a taximeter may charge as much as a dollar a mile on account of the old hack rates made many years ago. Drivers filed reports with the com- mittee showing the average takings per day approximate about $14. Drivers do not want the wage system changed, Owner-drivers have shown the taxi- cab business a profitable means of in- vesting their earnings, and in some cases have paid for their cars, and ac- cording to them are now operating on “velvet.” There fe no reason why the drivers’ wages should not be increased to $3 per day by the compantes, even if the pri- vate hack stands are abolished, as is paid public hackmen. In London the commission basis works satisfactorily for all concerned, and might be advan- tageous here at tome future time when there are more cabs operating. If the private hack stands were abol- ished {t Is reasonable to suppose that the 10 per cent. of earnings paid to hotels mimht automatically reduce the rates 10 per cent. The companies cannot possibly give 1 popular service with a private clientele of accounts. They should be made to give a more public service, since they are license’ as public hackmen. With the abolishing of the private hackstands and lowering the rates to a considerable degree the public would use cabs as a necessity rather than a luxury. More men would go into the taxicab business, {nvest their earnings tn the purchase of cabs, and the man who owns his own car gives less complaints, according to Commissioner Waldo. There ‘a no reason why the New York puBlic, which generally spends more | money than the London public, should jnot have in the future 8,000 cabs at a low rate as the latter city enjoy Unless the present system ts broker up, which will at least give a founda- tion for a future popular and efficient service it can never be hoped for. EMINENT AUTHORITY ON THE SUBJECT. Mayor Gaynor—Abolish the private hackstands and make them public hack- stands, Chief Magistrate McAdoo—I. repeat, so that 1t cannot be misunderstood, ‘the | streets of New York belong to the peo- ply and carnot be pr ont, aired o¢ giver out by any of cial privileges Commissioner Waito--The ficat step toward a mere desirad!: and popular syeten Gf taxtcal ser ee on Sea Vor city i# to abol'sh che privats hackstands Arthor FB. Cosby, former recideat of the Merchants’ Assoclation—The present condition of taxicab service is the out- owth of this system of private hack stands, granting permits to companies for the use of thes nds, and it would seem that unti! this thing ts first hed a condition enjoyed by Euro- giving @ bigger and more popu vice could not be enjoyed by the New York public. Therefore thi should seem @ plain proposition to the Aldermen. Ex-Commissioner Raymond B. Fos- @ick—New York's public cab system is the wonder of the world, In comparison with London or Paris or Berlin our taxicab regulations are a disaraee, is that ordinance? What has be- come of the matter? Is it held up in special committee of the Aldermen, to which the whole question was referred nearly a year aesity by way the Aldermen are lax in their duties in giving us an eMcient ordinance on this subject it Is time we took the matter to Albany. Chief Wallace of the License Bureav ~My hands are tied. Under the present service which ‘proper ordinances would /SHERIFF FILES HIS REPORT ta TR ON WILLARD-KEARNS BOUT, ginr'a'maceer t anoutt Harburger Tells Governor Dix That dollar tially to thie—ts « fair taxicab rate for Frawley Law Was Strictly Observed. New York while the rate for the sam Gistance ie ic. in London te prepo: terous. Sheriff Harburger made the following report, by letter, to Gov. Dix to-day in response to a request received yesteraay clini RICHARD HYDE’S WILL FILED. that he see to it that Frawley law ot ‘The will of Richan! Hyde, founder of the tsstrieas firm of Hyde & Behman, was offered for probate to-day in Broo! . Practically the entire estate of |W! RO Violated during the progress ‘ot 000 is left in trust for the widow, | {he bout between Soldier Kearns and ther death is to be divided be. |Jese Willard at the Garden Athletic t her four children—Wiltiam J, |Club last night, wi the soldier Was Hyde, James R. Hyde, Lillian Hyde and | kuocked out In the eighth round) Mra. Lut Hudbeli, “Your Excellen Under your in- Fund 1s increased by| atructions I attended the Willard: $26,000, and there are small ‘bequests to] Kearns boxing exhibition held at the rig tay Garden Athletic Club on the evening of Friday, Dec. 27. 1 found the law was not violated in this instance, 1 also notice that there is a steady im- provement in the observance of the Frawley Boxing law, which guaran- tees the public sound, just boxing ex: ‘hibitions. Respectfully yours, “JULIUS HARBURGER, Sheriff.” ju Actors’ a White “Resigns.” Dec. %—Carolina \White signation to the grand opera directors because she was forced to sing too often. The resignation more in the nature of @ays she has not perament to jump a contract. James McCreery & Co. 34th Street 23rd Street Annual | Joruary Sales December 30th \ Com Waists, Corsets, French and Domestic Muslin Underwear, Silk and Merino Underwear, Silk Skirts, Sweaters, “McCreery” Silks, Dress Goods, | Household Linens, Blankets and Comfortables. As the result of months of earnest endeavor in the preparation of these Important Annual Sales, we feel justified in assuring our patrons that our aim has been not only to accentuate the high standard of excellence maintained by us, but to surpass all former attempts by the unequalled values we are now offering. 34th Street 23rd Street Don’t Miss These ! eeteer In the Sunday Magazine John Larsen, barkeeper, “Ppinceton 16,” about how the inventor of the Larsen cooler made his way. What the Astrologers of Europe prophesy is going to happen on this old earth | during 1913. | That pink of fashion, Andre de Fouquieres of Paris, is with us. “Love's Liberation,” an | interesting article by Sir Francis Younghusband. “Lowe Across the Air- shaft,” the story of Baron Francis von Teuber and Lucille Stevens, stenog- rapher. New York’s Babyless Executive Mansion, with a full page picture in colors of Mrs. William Sulzer, wife of the Governor-elect. > “The Most Thrilling Moment of My Life,” a]There are four of them symposium of exciting in-|/born to mothers who were cidents in the lives of|saved from the Titanic prominent men. disaster. In the Metropolitan Section “Beating the Underworld’s Game,” by the famous detective, W. P. Sheridan. . “The Grape Vine’s Passing,’’ by Roy McCardell. — Harry Lauder Stories That Will Make You Laugh. With Many Other Special Features to Be Found in To-morrow’s Sunday World “Forty Days in the Caf- fein Squad.” Some ex- periments at Columbia University with sixteen persons, young and old, A Song-hit by Emma Trentini, “When a Maid Comes Knocking at Your Heart.” “Waifs of the Wave.”