The evening world. Newspaper, January 19, 1915, Page 4

SS CIRE OF BOTH COMMITTEES Bill Calling for Inquiry Into Public Service Commissions To Be Rushed Through. | By Samuel M. Williams. | (Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) | ALBANY, Jan. 19.—Investigation of Public Service Comminsions by @ Legislative Committee will start next week in Now York City. The resolu- PURE MaltWhiskey night by Majority Leader Brown, pro- tore and five members of the Assem- bly, will be rushed through both houses this week and the probers will get promptly to work. Senator George F. Thompson of Ni- agara County will be chairman. This place was aasigned to him because be {a chairman of the Committee on Pub- No Service, It was firet scheduled for EASY TO HAVE FIRM STRONG, HEALTHY TEETH People whe have spongy, soft, sore, have any ema It te highly concentrated form juanflty Insts for weeks, TO REDUCE VARICOSE VEINS we-ounce original 34th Street ANNUAL SALE FOR MEN AND WOMEN On Wednesday and Thursday the State $16,000 Publio Service attention, neglect ‘The committee may not require the aanistance of special counsel. inclined to conduct Its own inquiry, members thomeelven leading in ex- amination Thompson of volunteerad Senator George Wwitnenses. in a lawyer, acute, Inquiring mind and a faculty of probing quickly into the @ question. He will have the aasistance of nev- eral other lawyers on the committee, James MeCreery & Co. delay OF LEGISLATURE 1S 10 BE DIRECTED AGAINST MGALL Senator George F. Argetainger, of | Rochester, but when he learned that Senator Thompron folt alighted, tmmediately with the best of good nature. Second place on the committee tn acheduled for Senator Oden Mille of New York City. Cromwell of Staten Island is also un- der consideration for memberabip, It In Senator Thompnron'a Idea to do & quick job, not attempting to go into all duties and acta of the commission, | but to concentrate on a few of the most Important features for the pur- |pone of demonstrating in what manner Le bgt Semen tb Doel dsckg ee Chairman McCall and bin associates | have performed the rervice intrusted viding for a committee of four Sena) |) c One of the first points of Inquiry will be the charge of neglect of duty In particular will this concera the record of Chairman McCall and his outside practice of law while paid by | year to attend to Commision duties, The Legisiature inclines to the be- Nef that a man who is paid this very ™| large salary should de time and attention to public service. A second phase of the Inquiry will deni with the manner in which com- plaints made by citizens have been handled, whether there has been in- unnecessary ite his whole Senator with very] ° Get at ON (full strength) and especially Sonator Mills, whose The engineers are not to| ! S I AMMER IN or as Li fag Ra knowledge of local New York condi. | Vine far we have the best tn the) y enero, Cone, soltre | tions will prove valuable. Chi 0 ‘email bottle . airman McCall wouldn't talk, But on tHe laste @ long” After finishing with the Metropoll-| he is tly willing to have the | 5th Avenue GLOVES, SHOES AND HOSIERY % WOMEN’S SHORT AND LONG GLOVES Glace, Capeskin and Doeskin Gloves, Self or Black Embroidery l-clasp Pique Sewn Glace. Tan, Mode, 12-button length Pique White Glace with be Black or White. value 1.25, pair 850 Black or self-braid embroidery. fe 1-clasp Prix Seam Capeakin. Tan or White. value 3.75, pair 1.95 a Value 1.25, pair 95 16-button length White Mousquetaire Glace. 4 2-clasp Overseam Glace. Tan, Gray, Mode, value %.75, pair 1.95 a Blackj or White. value 1.50, pair 95c 20-button length White Glace Mousquetaire. 2 q 16 - button length Chamoisette Gloves, value 4.00, pair 2.75 + White. value 1.00, pair 16-button length Silk Mousquetaire. Paris a 12-button length Mousquetaire Glace. Point embroidery. Black or White. % White embroidery. value 2.25, pair 1.75 value 1.00, pair 85c i WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S HOSIERY 4 Women’s Thread Silk Stockings. Double Women's Lisle Stockings,—fine gauge; ex- 7 tops; reinforced heels, toes and soles. White, tra reinforced heels, toes and soles. Black Wlack or colors. value 1.15 to 1.35 pair, 6 pairs 5,00, pair 90c 4 ‘Women's Thread Silk Stockings. Double Be heels, toes and soles; reinforced; Black or White. value 1.50 pair, 6 pairs 6.50, pair 1.15 Women's Thread Silk Stockings. Double value 7c, White or Tan, value 50¢ pair, only, including extra sizes. 6 pairs 2.85, pair 50c 6 pairs 1.95, pair Women’s Cotton or Lisle Stockings. Double tops; reinforced heels, toes and soles. Black, 35c 4 heels, toes and soles; reinforced. Black, Women's Cotton Stockings. Double heels, a White or colors. toes and soles. Black only, a values 1.75 and 2.00, pair 1.35 value 35c pair, 6 pairs 1.40. pair 25¢ a, Women's Thread Silk Stockings. Lisle Children’s Ribbed Cotton Stockings. a tops and soles. Black, White, Bronze or Taupe Double heels, toes and soles. Black, White or mn 2 " value 90c pair, 6 pairs 3,75, pair 65c Tan. value 1,60, 6 pairs 1.10 Mu Rf Women’s Silk Stockings. Deep lisle tops Children’s Ribbed Cotton Stockings. i and cotton soles. Black, White or colors. Double heels, toes and soles. Black or White. & value 50c pair, 6 pairs 2.25, pair 40c value 2.00, 6 pairs 1.50 a MEN'S GLOVES ei) a Gloves of domestic make in Tan, White or Black Capeskin; also Gray Suede. value 1.50, pair 9c a4 4 Gray Mocha Gloves in-medium or dark shade; some with embroidered backs . value 2.50, pair 1.65 RS A To Close Out: 800 pairs Wool Gloves in Gray or Mixtures... -» formerly 6.00 and 6.00, pair 3.95 | Boys’... .formerly 8.50 and 4.00, . ; » 47 ay wateg f ; . seeereeeees formerly 1,00 and 1.50, pair 650 we £76 pairs Wool Lined Gloves in Tan Capeskin or Gray or Tan Mocha, formerly 2.00 & 2.50, pair 1.45 MEN’S AND BOYS' BOOTS AND OXFORDS Men's formers, a? to 8.00, pair 4.78 he to retire) It ts art of will ato | tan commiasion, thes comsiitiee | wive @ vaaty look into the o comMisnon, but there is uth complaint about this body tha itm clty brother. Leaders of the Legisiaturs have no fed notiona what kind of @ ) There te an in ward proervity the présant form of two commissions, one for the matrop- olis and the other for up State, While there may be sum, change in detatin, the general principles of regulation of public service corporations by commission will be continued. Gov, Whitman is tn accord with the loginlative investigation, He may of- for to detall bis own counsel, William Hayward, to assist the committee in order to keep in close touch with ita proceedings. Gov, Whitman naid to-day that he expected legisiative investicntion to begin as Koon as the committee was appointed and be finished within three weeks. There will be co-opera- for tion and harmony betwe and legisiative branches thon of the inquiry, the G keeping 10 close touch with the pro- ceedings. Majority Leader Hinman of the Asnembly to-day expressed hia dis- favor of Senator Brown's resolution | for an investigation as it now stands Hinman to-day declared }ix disap- proval of legislative commissions in weneral Full speod ahead was given this }afternoon to the Investigation when the Senate Finance Committee to Unexpected cold water has been thrown on the investigation in the assembly by Hinman of Albany who is a Harnen man, Ho said to-day that the whole trouble with public service commissions was due to bad appointments which had fallen below | the Hughes standard. It did not need ‘legistative investigation to demon- strate that fact, he added, Despite Hinman's attitude, the reso- lution is scheduled to Ko through the Assembly before the end of the week. Public Service Commissioners J Sergeant Cram sald to-day: “Ul be delighted to have them investigate. So far as I know tho only t Against me is that fam a Demoer! Commissioner Williams aid: “A | falr and square Investigation ls what we want, The records of the com- Cortainly 1 dof anything | have I have been a Commissioner. open inquiry will set the mind» people straight in the matter numerous charges made against s of the Commi: rm ver the delay This delap has been un- record of the Commission investigated. oe | ANOTHER 5-CENT ‘PHONE | BILL IN LEGISLATURE: (Special to The Brening Worl.) ALBANY, Jan, 19.—Senator Charles C. Lockwood of Brooklyn introduced | in the Senate to-day another 6 cont | telephone bill. It limita the charge for @ call anywhere in Greater Now York to 6 cents and fixes subscribers’ | rates at @ imum of $0 A year, with #00 © Housured rates for | subscribers: sc jown to 2 cents per | call for whol use. | Lockwood's bill in the Senate is similar to the Goldberg measure in| the Assembly. | ‘The firat public hearing on telephone bills will be given next Tuesday by legislative committees. Assemblyman Ferry's bill, “requ| ing the labelting of bottles or ¢ talners containing more than cent, by weight of alcohol,” troduced, ‘The measure the use of a label inscr: “This | preparation contains alc which is a habit forming, irritant, narcotic | poison.” V ion of the provision is made a mii eanor, A second Ferry bill makes the ad- vertisement of such a beverage in which this label's reading Is not em- ployed also a misdemeanor, Several bills, carrying appropria- tions, were also presented, Assem- blyman Law's would appropriate $380,000 to the State's share of ‘ing the elimination | sings in Tarrytown, | Rochester and Buffalo, | Bronxville, Assemblyman Stoddard’s provides for | the appropriation of $683,793 for the | construction and repair of armortes, A accond Stoddant measure appro- | priates $104,800 for the 1914 expenses of the State's military establishment, Assemblyman = Ferry's measure, carrying an appropriation of $11,128, seeks the construction of a demon- stration building at the New York Agricultural School, connected with Alfred University. Assemblyman Hopkins introduced 9 bill providing for the estabiishmon: of a normal and training school in Westchester County, The measure carries an oppropriation of $150,000 to ward Its cost Don’t Persecute your Bowels Gaal Pill, Small Deco, Small Price ‘\Gensine ont beat Signature, ook, 4 sage the Governor sald: WHITMAN CALLS FOR NON-PARTISAN Evening World.) ALBANY, Jan, 19.—Gov. Whitman nent to the Legislature to-day a spe- cial message urging tax commission reorganization, the issue between himself and Comp- trotier Travis, Tt Is @ scientific theory against the In the mes- old patronage system. “The follow: the world. of our membership. cent. of our membership. that year. In 1912 it was 76%. foreign investments. just claim. In Europe be repeated. generally. Income, Income, 1913 ... ; Paid Policy-holders, 1 January 13, 1915. thus making clearly | ‘THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1918. | hereafter have, on the Company. the United States and Canada. Their age, on the average, is about forty-seven. youth,--young men averaging about twenty-two stand on the firing line. In Russia, Servia and Japan our policy provisions protect us fully against all war risk. little business for ten years and the age of our insured reduces the war Our war risk, therefore, is practically limited to German; countries policies issued prior to 1899 carry a clause which substan’ Of the policies issued at a later date there were in force in these countries at the outbreak of hostilities about 15,600 held by men whose attained age—that is the present age—was between seventeen and thirty-nine inclusive—about 14% In the United States and Canada In other foreign countries ... 914.... Paid Policy-holders, 1913 Z Reserved (Market values) for Dividends and contingencies, Dec. 31, 1914 Reserved (Market values) for Dividends and contingencies, Dec. 31, 1913. New Paid-for Business, 1914 | ing principal changes in the Tax Law are recommended: “I. Reorganization of the State Board of Tax Commissioners #0 as to establinh a State Tax Department, to be under a non-partisan commission of three members, and with bureaus TAK CONIISSION =r (From » Staff Correspondent of The! “(2) Transferring the assessment of corporation taxes under Article 9 from the Comptrotler to the Tax Department, initiating the compre- hensive plan which will be extended after the commission has had oppor- tunity to Investigate and study the subject, “(3) Increasing the Jurindiction of the State Commissioners over the routine of local assessment work, #0 as to secure more uniformity of meth. ods and records. é “(4) Enabling the Commission to correct inequalities In the equalization between taxing districts within a|'™ county #0 as to ineure a fairer dis- tribution of State and county taxes. (5) Giving authority to the Cora- mission upon proper evidence of un- equal or defective asnessments within @ tax district to order a general re- assesment. “I recommend @ non-partisan com- mission as the head of the State Tax Department. To insure the perma- personnel of the staff of the department, the deputy tax com. mixsioners, tax assistants, agents, sta. Usticlans, experts and other Ployees should be appointed from the classified olvil service.” ‘The Governor recommends that the Comptroller for the present have con- trol over inheritance taxes, but ul- timately that they should be taken over. ‘When the Governor's message was read in the Senate, Wagner of New York, the Democratic leader, rushed to the defense of the Republican Comptroller Travie and with mock heroics denounced stripping that of- fictal of his patronage power, say- ra “Never before has an elected con- atitutional officer been subjected to stich extreme humiliation.” FAMOUS FOR HER HAIR Actress Tells How to Obtain It, Madame Rose, the well-known act ress who played on one of the | vaudeville circuits the past winter who is especially noted for her long, beautiful hair, in a recent interview im Chieago made the following state “Any lady or gentleman can promote the growth of their hair and make it soft and glossy with this simple recipe which they can mix at home. To a half pint of water add 1 on, of bay rum, a small box of Barbe Compound and 4 os, of glycerine. Ap- ply to the scalp two or three times a week with the finger tips. ‘This is not only the finest hair grower I have ever known, but it prevents the hair from falling out, removes dandruff and scalp humors, darkens streaked, faded ony hair and makes it soft and glossy. ingredients can be purchased at any drug store at very little cont.”—Advt. NEW-YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. 346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK SEVENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT TO THE POLICY-HOLDERS AND THE PUBLIC: The New-York Life is international: in its activities. You naturally want to know, at first hand, what effect the un; A correct picture of the whole situa We have about a million policy-holders in all the world. Eighty per cent. of the total live in The remainder, twenty per cent., are scattered over the rest of the world. They are located largely in Europe, including both the belligerent and the neutral countries. In this, as in all wars, the heavy mortality falls on but its social usefulness, passed, we d ’ It has outstanding business in all the civilized countries of is this: ly eliminates the war risk. We estimate the number of policies outstanding in these four countries on the lives of men between seventeen and thirty and having no clause limiting the war risk, at 2,600, representing not more than 2,400 lives, or about { of one per Our death losses incurred in 1914, including an extra reserve of $500,000 for losses probably incurred but not reported, were 73% of the amount provided in the premiums for the mortality of In 1913, when we had no war claims, our mortality was also 73% of the amount provided. The total war losses actually incurred to December 31, 1914, including the countries where our risk is abundantly covered by policy conditions or otherwise, according to information obtained by both letter and cable, amounted to a little less than 2% of the total death losses for the year. You may have been told that the Company would suffer because of its foreign investments. This is not true. Our foreign investments, limited as they are to Government Bonds and high grade municipals, have naturally fallen in price, but not appreciably more than domestic securities. No security issued by or in any country engaged in this war and held by us is in default of either principal or interest. If the same statement with regard to American securities could be made by this and other American Life Insurance Companies, as well as by our Hospitals, Universities, and by Trustees generally, the financial outlook would be brighter. There is no reason to believe that we shall ever lose a dollar, principal or interest, on our The greatest single effect of the war on the New-York Life is to demonstrate, as perhaps no other condition could, not merely the Company’s strength, Since August first last, the Company has administered an extent of practical beneficence which surpasses the limits of exact statement. In spite of unprecedented difficulties—difficulties which have actually destroyed a large world, disarranged international credits, and shattered international relations—we have met every o! After the first period of strangulation of credit all under which we might have postponed payments to policy-holders or beneficiaries. Since the first of August we have advanced money to policy-holders as loans on their policies as follows: No, of Loans Amount of Loans 49,275 $14,256,565 7,498 2,965,040 2,314 660,410 Policy-holders at home have been helped in about the same proportion to outstanding insurance that h Europe. We have all felt the war here most keenly. No considerable business has escaped. . as ruled tn It has been the good fortune of our membership to relieve suffering humanity, without charity, over a wider of the earth than ever before—perhaps to a degree never before equalled by any human insti 4 portion In live insurance as exemplified by the New-York Life there is more than the germ of that world federation of peoples by which alone this European Horror can be so ended that it will never There have been years in which the New-York Life did more business than in 1914, but there has a year in which it did so much good. never been The Company enters upon the year 1915 with its resources not only unimpaired but increased, with its assets liquid and available as against every contingency. We have issued our Report for 1914 in condensed form and during the calendar year it will be sent to policy-holders It will be sent to anyone on request. Attention is called to the following facts: Assets (Book values), Dec. 31, 1914 Assets (Book values), Dec. 31, 1913 ........ sian ented conditions in Europe have had, or may In Great Britain we have done to the vanishing point. France, Belgium and Austria-Hungary. moratoria or of tution. $818,461,331.31 779,555,162.11 126,266,574.64 124,516,389.19 71,963,429.57 “66,303,924.11 DARWIN P. KINGSLEY, Presiden: In all of these Motion eal eae coer ligation and sat ther governmental denen +++ $119,010,977,00 : 105,898,959.00 223,571,200.00 it.