TOIi. «. No. 7.
OFFICIAL PAPEK OF THE VILLAGK OF FKEEPORT.
FKEEPOKT, \. r., FRIDAV, SEPTE.MBEK 1.'., 1916.
OFFICIAL REPIBLR'AX PAPER OF >AsS.SAl COIXTV.
PRICE TWO CBNTS
Bank Dif ectors Called to Book
Federal Authorities Want. Information From Rockville Centre Financiers Concerning Their "Unusual Fees" and other "Matters Sub¬ ject to Criticism."
Publicity! PubUcity! Publicity! This wa."4 the sidgan of the late Joseph Pulitzer, and it's translation Into deeds by the .New York World, of Avhich he was the editor and pro¬ prietor, waa the means of securing many notable refoi ins in financial and ptjiitical ciroles and in the public Bervice of tlu' cily, state and nalion. Its application by the Nassau I'ost to cei'iaiii banking abuses in that busy .iuburb of P'reeport, Kock¬ ville Centie, it now appears, has pro¬ duced benelicial results; for no less an authority than the Federal Gov¬ ernnienl has taken the subject up. The attitude of the Post tOAvard sun¬ dry manag.irial acts of certain bank directors ui that village is thus ap¬ proved and its'action in giving them "Publicity! Piiblfcity! Publicity!" is fully vindicated.
This, by way of preface to the lat¬ est chapter in the history of the F'irst National Bank of Hockvilie Centre which is herein detailed.
That institution, let it be repeated by the Post, is wholly solvent, so solvent, indeed, that it musl have .seemed to its directors to have "money to burn," otherwise there might have been hesitation in in¬ creasing their fees to $25, when $10 had theretofore been considered a liberal fee for their few hours of labor each month. No^ only did they swell this fee, but they gave the members of the Discount and Kxaiii- ining Committees f25 apiece for their herculean services, constituting in effect, a double fee for those so fortunate as lo be meinbers thereof. Tlie directors further gave a token of their very princely generosity by swelling the salaries of President John H. Carl' and vicepresident John E. Hutcheson. 11 Avas BAVcll all around, except office employees. Tht receives ?;?,HOi) per services, consisting hour's visitation to
case of lo tho former now anniiin for his chiefly of an the bank each morning. The vice-president now re¬ ceives $1,000 per annuni "whereas before," as the I'ost said, "it was only ?500 for duties purely noiiiinal and exceedingly diri'icult lo deline," So il came about wiih all this pro¬ digality lliat diieclors with live shares of stock only <l>iii" value $]Oii) have been reaping fees amoiiHling lo from $oOO lo .ffiiiii Ix'i- aniiimi a goodly inveslment seldom einialled these days.
The net result of these aclivilies of Coiigressiiiiin I.ct'l and lilii iiicrric len is that over $3,000 has been cin- en up by these trivolilies and instead of abiding $5,000 yearly profits to sur¬ plus account, nothing was added this year, .
It was lo those abnormalities that the I'ost has given publicity -\iid now comes along the Govorniiient. which says in AVhat have vou jolly rmanciers been doing over'at the Kirst National'.' Give an accounting On its nie.'i in the
BANK DIRECTORS FEES
The Comptroller of the Currency, in making public a statement showing the fees paid by the National Banks to their directors, on September 8 inst, *ises the foIlowinjJ lanfiuajro:
The fifJures fjiven include reports from abotit 7500 out of 7600 National Banks.
About one half of these National Banks, (principally the country banks) advise that they pay no fees to dir¬ ectors. Reports from the other half, or, say, 3708 banks sho'vv" the follo'vving fees paid each director per meeting attended.
Banks paying director's fees of Jess than one dollar (All being country banks)
34
One dollar but less than
two dollars 681
Two dollars'to three dollars 1179
Three dollars but less than five dollars 402
Five dollars 997
More than five dollars but less than ten 51
Ten dollars 268
Over ten dollars 96
3.708 There were only 43 banks in the reserve and central reserve cities which report¬ ed pa,ying their directors less than $5,00 per meeting, and of the 96 banks pa.ying more than $10 per meeting, 18 were located in central re¬ serve cities, 8 in other re¬ serve cities and 70 vv<;re counlry banks
One need iiot be a scAenth son or the son of a seventh son to be in¬ spired with the prophecy herewith made that full restitution will be de¬ manded by the Government,
Aniong other interesting archives of the Treasury Department, is a let¬ ter addressed to Congressman I.,oft, in re directors' fee.-*, in Avhich the .secretary quotes for his enlighten¬ ment section 22 of the Federal Re¬ serve act reading as follow,';:
"Other than the usual salary or di¬ rector's fee paid to any oflicer, di¬ rector, or employe of a member bank and other thiin a reasonabUi fee paid by said bank to siifh ofHcer, di- lecioi, or "niploye 'for boWccs rend¬ ered to such bank, no otficer, direct¬ or, employo or i attorney of a 'Member nank shall be a beneficiary of or receive, directly nr indirectly, and fee, commission, gift, or other considerat'on for or in connection Avith any transaction or, business of the bank.
'*'*•'* .'\iiy person viol.nting any provision of thi,'4-section shall be pun¬ ished by a fine not exceeding $,').0rK) or hy imprisonment not ex¬ ceeding one year, or both.
Positive hiinioi- was injected into the aforementioned meeting of the brethren this week, AA-hen Congress¬ man Ixift with accustomed gravity moved that President Carl be author¬ ized to employ counsel to prosecute "that vile sheet" the Nassau Post, for its recent publications. Our es¬ teemed townsman Cadman Fredricks seconded the motion. ' Director fiel Hrower emitted a horse laugh which might have been heard a block and voted No, The motion "'as declared carried.
To the pointed (iiiestion had the hank heen injui'ed hy the Post's pub¬ lications, the answer aa'bs "W-e-l-l nn probably not,"
That suit for libel Avill never be hroiight. The government will fur¬ nish cots in .'\tlanta to p.ny directors who persist in prying off any chunks nf any bank's money for unwarrant¬ ed purposes,
-'\s for any other libel suits from directors as little learned hi libel iiiw as they have shown themselves to he in bankini?; law, the Post simply refers these estimable citizens tn that ejaculation ly an immortal bard of whom they must, at some period of their lives have heard, meaning Mons. Shakespere, which opens niili- tantly wifh "Lav on MacDiiff" and I'iliples ihytlimically and profanely I nn I
The Post awaits patiently the ap¬ pearance Avjth his terrible process of law- fhe legal prodigy Avho will dis¬ cover lihel in any of its issues.
PRIMARY ELEaiON HOWELL IS ENDORSED Whitman Stands By Deeds
I ' -
September 19th, 'Whitman. Popular Candidate For Sur- _ t*.* x x ». «r
Travis, Calder and Howell rogate Has Many Friends! CiOVemOr GOCS DlTeCt tO thC VoterS WithJRe-
Sure of Nomination.
Working for Him
Federal effect.
the Treasury Do-
A IITTLE MONEY BBINGS THE
NEW EDISON
Diamond Disc.
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to your home, and
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The Quality Drug Store
MAlX 8TBKET, FBEEPOBT
parliiienl an.l open lo Avhotver would remedy publio abuses, large or small, IS llic copy of a letter lo the Firsl National's directors, whoso profac- lory remark, reads thus:
"Tho rejioi t of an e,\aHiiiialion ofi your bank ((iiiiplcU'd June :;, liiltJ, i ' sliows the lollowing huhk is suliject . , to critcisim."
j Follow:; iln-ii this paragiaiih: ;
I Directors t'oHipensatioii: it ap-j I)eai's llial the Diroctors recehe .$2,'i j I'oi' cacli iiieeliiig alteiuled, (ucli member of llie Discoimi (.'oiiuiiiuee leceivi'S $2:j per iiionih, iuid each iHciutier of the l.;xaiiiiiiiiig Comiiiit¬ tee receives $2,") for each exaiuina¬ iion, Plea,-o advise the 'naiiios of the directors, coiiiposinfj lhe dis¬ count and examinrng coiiiinitlces, Uic dates of thoir appointments, and the total compensation received by each to (iate,%
And the closing paragraph runs llms:
"I'iease advise ¦» ¦* • fully Aviial services are rendered hy the direel¬ ois to Asairant the unusual fee paid them."
There are four other "matters sub¬ ject lo criticism" in this Federal missive. Heyond saying Ihat they pertain lo "excessive balance," "in¬ terest," "stocks owned" and "real es¬ lale loans" and that there is a tip to the effect that diretcors are ." violat¬ ing their oaths of office and the laAv" and a slern admonition that "the practice must be discontinued- The I'ost. purely out of charity, for it has never touched upon these specific matters heretofore, refrains frow re¬ producing thia governmental jolt al this stage ol; thc proceedings
The commmunication is signed by T, P, Kane, Deputy Comptroller It is dated August 2, 1!>16, There is nothing on the government files indicating that the Bank has com¬ plied with the Deputy's request for information- a neglect that suggests more trouble, possibly, for Messrs Loft and Carl and their unanimous associates.
At their monthly meeting, one night this »eek, the communication was read; but so far as can be as¬ certained no action thereon was tak¬ en, due. possibly to the perturbation created by its general tenor, possibly to the horror Inspired by the suspic¬ ion that "all th^m fe«s" must be paid back iBto the bank's treasury.
riUlPAHINt; KOK ( A>1PAI(.\ |
'I'lie Hei)Hl)Ii('aii ( Oiiiily Coiiiiiiil- lee Caiiipais'ii Headiniarteis are ihe j s( ene of hu. iiiift aciiviiy these days. | Lilei-atiii'o -'leniiig forih the (lulifica-I lions of e\ei-y candidate on the ('(llility ticket is being sent to every' voti'i' ill tlie Coiiiily. j
.\ssoiiit)lyiiii;n -McWliinney is at Uie ( headiiuarters nearly every day and lias done iiiiiih to get the campaign Hiacliinory starled . Tho Assombly- iiian said ou Tuesday tlial he liad just reliirneil froiii a trip iliroiigli .st'veral up-.slato counlies and tinds llie scntiiiieni there strongly in favor of tlugiics. "1 talked with many IX'iiiocrats ", said llie As^eiiiiilyiuan and none of thein would vole for Wil-
The Primaiy Flection of the Re¬ publican Parly, .Nassau County, Town of Heinpste-id, will be held in the re¬ spective iKilling places on September l!)th from 7.U0_A, ,M. to !i.tiu P. .\1, The lisl of polling places for the entire town is published officially on page six of this issue. It i,s essential that every enrolled Republican partici¬ pate in the primaries.
The lisl ot candidates for nomin¬ ation on the Republican ticket are printed below. The star (*» before the name of a candidate indicates that tlie candidacy lias been endorsed by the Republican I'ounty Coinmitiee and the Republican oiganization. tiovernor William M. Rennett Charles S, Wliiiman
I.ieiilenunt (•overnor •Kdward .-Schoeneck
Secretary oi State Francis .M, Hugo
(oinptroller f'vUgene M. Travis James F. Hooker
State Trensurer Janies L. Wells
Attorney (•eniTHl Fgburt F, Woodbury
Stute Engineer and Surveyor Frank .\I. Williams Cliiet' ,Iiid>re of the Court of Appeals
Frank H- Hiscock Assoeiate ,luil»re of the Court oi .4ppenls Cuthbert W, I'ouiid
Inited Slates Senator William M, Calder Ro'bert Bacon
,FiiHllee of the Supreme Court James C. Cropsey
Kepresentnflve In Congress Frederick C. Hicks
State Senntor George L. Thompson
Meniher of Assembly Tliomas -¦\, .McWhinney
County .lii(1{^e Lewis J, Smith
Surrocate Franklin .\, (nh's John J, Graham Leone D. Howell
>.Sheriff Phineas .\. .'leainan
County rierk TlKiiiiar- A. Cnc^liire
County Treasurer William i:, Luyster
DM rief Atfiirney Chai'lo'-; R. Wee'k'^
County ('oinptroller I-'arl J, Hennett
Coiinty Snpt. Poor *<'laii(le C. VanDeiisen
If any m.".n deserves reward for work he ha-i done for the Republi¬ can I'ariy ii is Leone D. HoA^•ell, of .Mineola, L. I. candidate for Surro¬ gate of .Sas.-iau Counly whose name will appear on the Republican, In¬ dependence League, .National Pro- gres.'-.ive and Prohibiiion tickets at the Riiinaiy on Tuesday next. For nearly ten years Counselor HoAvell has made a specialty of Surrogates work and has a broad i)i'aelical knowledge of Surrogates practice , lie lias iiprcsented litigants in some'
ports of His Stewardship as Executive of .Em¬ pire State—Found Chaos As Result of JDem- ocratic Administration
HE MADE COLLECTION
When it coiiH'f! lo ('iii brilliaiiy of mind, put miiiie of ,I;iHies Camtiion,
Iiuise and ilown the (lectrician
to till' Kini; of Ireland (iii)()louies to Noliin, till' ))rinter). Like lien Ad- heii'i, ''!¦ Icad,'^ all the rest. It is easy fo i!i'HL;iii(' (leiiiiil .lim Campion
hrilliiuit.
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.¦\ssemblyiiian .McWhinney saidhiigiiis under
He liA'cs llis days ; the refieetive rays
conlidoiu ican ticket ii led, lliis fall
'that llio entire the coiriilv will
nA-Ms TO PI. vv lt\U.
"The iiiaiiager of ilio Smilhville So. ilasobail 'ieam has been llying tor a lung time lo secure a game Willi the i-iellmoro Haseball Club, but up to the presenl lime ho has been unsuccessful, so ho now lakes moans of challenging iheiii lo a game. Same lo be iJlayo'.i al t-iilier grounds, the winiier lo goi all of the collociion or sido bot of any aniouul. Hi olhor Avords any proposit'ion that will be agieeatiio lO Hel+uioro to play the .-^iiiitliviilo So, File Co. Team." By plioning Hie manager, -Mr. C. Frisch, he will pospono any othor arrange- iiieni in order to play Beilmore.
Tliaiig Yoii, I beg lo remain
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.Next -Monday evening, Sept. 18 the lodge roonis iiailroad Ave, eight o'clock, when lhe degree work of the lerm wili commence wilh con¬ ferring the Hiii ialion Degree upon Harold King, Tlie lodge invites all members to attend and support Noble Grand ll. .V, Walling aud his staff
nd tif tlir('C ihousiind voltage ele'Ilic powcr Itis eiitei-|irise is intermitient. It croiis oill in big spots. His latest evideiKc of enlerpris(» winds itself \ around his aliility to gather the finan- i cilll mateiial in a brisk, husiness like way and at the same time obtain the serviees of a pretty clerk.
The prelly girl is the first part of the story. She is Olive Johnson, ; Olive formeily Avorked in tne otiire | of Shebarr and Klein, shirtwaist mak- I ers on .North .Main Isreel, She han- j died the iiion^'V, Olive was behind | hi r desk in the oflice of Sheebar and Klein several days airn, when .liiii ent*'i'ed to get a check that Avas uue him,
Olive greeted him pleasantly, and in soil terms announced that her employer Avas out, Jim would i-eiurn later. He did. Shortly after Jim ap¬ proached Olive again and told her lo make out a check for ITiO due him from her employers,
Olive deftly pushed the pen across the check, but as the checks were already signed ahead, she did nol have to go lo the trouble of having it signed. She handed over Ihe check to Jim, who made a hurried deposit. Soon after Sheebar and Klein learn¬ ed to their amazenipnt that they had
LKONi: D, HOWELL
of the largcKt and most intricate matters in the surrogates courls of Kings and .N'oav York Counlies.
During the past seven years ,Mr, Howell has iieen secretary of the Re¬ publican (.'ounty CoiiiHiittee of .Nassau Counly, and in that time has labored int-essaiiily for the welfare of the Re- pulilicanisiii in lliis county- On Thiirs- I (lay evening last, -Mr, Howell was en- I (lorsed for the jiosiiion that ho seeks I by lhe Republican County Committee and 'has received assurances from le\ei'y comniitu eman llial they will I work for his eleclion, ! (¦(iiinselo!- Howell also has a sirong ' following in the .Nalional I'l'ojiic;- I sive. Independence League, and I'lo- ; hibiiion pailiis as is e\iden(-ed byl I the large iiiiiiibei' of eleclors in Ihese I Iiarties who ha\c signed his noiuiiiai- I ing petition.
i ,Mr ilowi'll 'is e.\ti-eiiiely popular in ihis home lown ami as early as July i wlieii it becaine known Ihat he was ; lo Hi a candidate for Suiiogate his ll i'.- (I,-, llill no lime in getting post- j ers and banneis displayed in the f villjHH' aiinoiiiH. Ing his candidacy and lhe (ifTice.
Counselor Howell is a graduate of the -New Yorl, Law School and was ad:'iit!('(l to llie bar nf the Slale of .Niv York in 1''h1, He has lived in MiiH'.ila for Hciuly iwcl'.e yeai-s am! his (lemocratic and congenial dispos- iiioii has iHiide fiieiiils for him in every part ol the County.
Governor Charles S Whitman issu¬ ed a "White Book ", which esiabli.shos a precedent for Govoinors and other public officials. It is entitled "Gov¬ ernor Whitman's Report lo the Vot¬ ers of the Slate of .Now ^)rk, liil5, IHHi," and is framed in much the same form as an annual re-port of a general manager to the stockhold¬ ers of his (oiiipaiiy. Following lhe same business formula also, it is supplemented by the reports of his Department Heads to him.
The Governor's report is tho tirst definite iiriiiuvl record of an adiiiiii- i.aiatidiis constructive acts ever put lllll in jusi this form by a Governor of this .Slate, It is apparently the oiien¬ ing gun in lhe Whitman campaign, and judging from the completeness I'f the report, it is evidently lo be the lieynote and general foundation of Ills light for ro-ele<-iion.
The pamphlet is not a defense. No notii-e is taken therein of any attacks of ciiiii-isms that have been iiiiide, except that in a chapter <'iilitled Pay-as you-go policy", he sels forth in considerable detail, a statement of tlie linancial deficits with which he was faced in the firsl year of this adininistration. In his treatment of this quesiion the Governor puts tho blame for ih«:se deficits stiuarely up¬ on the preceding administration.
"I am a candidate for re-election", the Govi'i'iior writes, "I believe that you should have before you tho compiele record of my administra- tiou. 1 belioye that lliis record en¬ titles me lo your suppoit. If you disagree with me, vote againsl mo; if you agree with ine, I ask your vote tliat in your interest I may bo en¬ abled lo coiiiinuo the work in whicii this administration is now engaged",
.After refeii'ing briefly to the ad¬ ministration of Governors Dix. Sul¬ zer and Glyun, which preceded him, Ihe Governor makes this prophec.A concerning the campaign ahead of hiin: ".Any' candidate of the Demo¬ cratic parly in this Stale will be iioiHiiHited hy the identical forces that elect(d and cont rolierl my Deiiio- (1 ii'ie prenecesF.ois named aln\('".
MISS COWLES, BRIDE
One of the iiretlie,-:! of the early fall wcddiniis occured at lhe residence of ,Mr. and -Mrs, John T, Cowles, on Friilay morning lasl, avIhii their daufhi,or. .Miss Laura Talula. I'ecame the bride of Kdwin Robert Wendler, son of .Mr, and Mrs, William W, Wendler, of Islip, The Kev, Thomas S, llraithwaite ofliciated at the cere- ::,oiiy The Avedding march A^as ren- "di M (1 by Miss Clara Wandlcr. sister of the bride.groom. The bride was given aA^-ay by her father, aiKiidid by her I; iKi'd Williams, i.'Kl Mr
during the night and the
term. Light refreshmenis will be
served.
made a
coming about it.
Congressman, Fredrick C, Hicks will gvie a lecture on Ancient Ruins, in Brooklyn Hall, on Sept, 28 under tho auspices of The .Mens Club-
payment without knowing'diamond ring As it was a legitimate hill.
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OPERATE 0\ MR. WAYLAXD.
Roberl H Mayland, of Randall .A,ve- nue, Freeport was operated upon at his home on 'Wednesday by a .New York City specialist. He rallied from the operation nicel^y and Ave are glad to report him well on the way toAvard recovery.
. Mrs. G, H. Hammond' of Merrick road, mother of "Bert" HaramoBd has returned home after being away the better part of tbe sunimer.
the matt
laugh. I
It so happened that Friend Cam- { pion needed a bright rir! to go Avith the bright ofice and Olive just suited. ( Surely she would acci pt so nice a : position w ith so enterprising a boss, , and she did. Now she is to be found I behind the counter in Jim's bright j store.
As te Sheebar and Klein, they just I admit that Jim is one too much for I
and was
only sister, Mrs,
i matron of honor
Williams acted as best man.
The house Avas beautifully decorat¬ ed with ropes of clemaiis and pink and white roses, A wedding break¬ fast followed the ceremony, Mrs, Wendler made a charming bride, gowned in a handsome iraveling suit of green silk poplin and wearing a gieen fi^athered logue to match. She carried a large arm bouquet of bride roses and Anore a superb solitaire the gift of the groom.
The matron of honor AA'ore broA^n eri^ red*-chine and carried sunburst roses,
Xis. Wendler is one of thV> popular young ladies of the Soulh Side, and has been prominent in social work anl in the work of the .Memorial cbuich. She also took an active part in suffrage viork. The groom was lermerly a member of the flrm of i Cox, Wendler & Van Tuyl until' he accepted a position in Chester, Pa. |
Tiie couple left on a trip to At- |
them. They merely say Ihat Jim Campion cannot have any more of their girls. Neither will they sign j checks ahead.
lantlc City, and upon their reiurn thi y will reside in Chester.
rne wedding was comparatively QUi(^t, Amongst the Ruests were: Mr.
land Mrs, William W, Wendler, Misses
Mr. and Mrs. Percy 'VV. 'Watkins j Clara and Katherine Wendler, of Islip.
Bernard Watkins and Misa FYances Mr, aad Mrs, Julian Deane, of North
McCarthy were recent visitors at the I Carolina, Mr, and Mrs Frank S, ¦
home of Mr and Mrs, James J. Nolan ; Hicks and Mrs, A. F, Skinner, ofi
i on Elliott plaee, ' WasbSngton. D. C, '
Tlic Governor, in review of his ap¬ poini infills which he says were mude solely upon a basis of merii and elli¬ eiency, takes tlue credii for Hie re- lentioii of Deiiiocialic (h pai I iiiciil heads whom he deeiiied (oHisicteiil, such as Doi'tor Higgs in llie lleallh iJepailmenl. John .Mitchell and James ,M. Lynch in the Iiidusiiial C'ciHiiis- sion, Lewis !', I'ilcher in ili(i Deiiart¬ ment of Anhitocture, and (illurs.
He contiasts what he call,-- IHiii years of "Deiiioi-iatic dist i iH-iTmi " with his own adminislraciioii, h thi- 0(1 "two years of i-o-consiiiiei ion "
In the finances of the Stale a tic- Hiendoiis acciiiiiiilaiioii of iiH|iaiil (li'bls and Itie SV: lem of lilllip silHi api)i'oi)i-iiili()Hs wiiich concealed the j>iiri)oses for whicli the iiioiiey wa: l.o be exi)e!i(l('(I, wire foiiiiil. In Ihc face of ad\(rse ci'lticjsiii pro', isieii was made li.i' tin- pa.NHiciii nt ihe ."^tale's debts and for ii sysieiii cl ileiiii/.ed ai'pidiirial ions wl:ei(li> evory dollar of iiiiblii- iiioiiey is 11 ,-h, - »'d. Items 01 bills, totalling Hie siiiii of i4,4i',ij,'.',tifi. have been veliKd, ami th«so \eloert wire (Iceided ii|ioii iij i)))en puhlic heariiH;,s while, for the lirst lime in the hisloiy of the ,Stale, the DepiirliHint Heads were called ii|)on lo jiisiify tlieir dcHiaiids for apiiropiialioiis.
Summed iij) t heieafler, the G()V('r- noi's rei)o:t shows that in De- I partment of Highways, lifieen hun¬ drod iniles ol road,-; have bicn biiili: and crmiraclors In'-ld to st iicl liability I by (-'oiiimissioner l'>lwin Duffey, j In Agiiciiliiiie with Cliaih-s S, I Wilson, a memlier of Cornell Agil- j ciillural College, i-ecoiiinie;ided as lhe h( st man for the place, accuiiiiilated iliilemnities owed for years to farm- ••is for the desli ik tion uf cattle have been paid; the farmer jirodiicer pio- lecied and ediieational work extend¬ ed.
In conservation under the single- In aded ComiHiBsiimorsiiip of George D. Pratt, a C')iis<'rvaii()iiist of .Nation¬ al repute, the exptnsivo three-heail- ed commission has bej'U abolished, wliiie the Slale has, for the first time in its history, a definite scientific fKilif-y for the preservation and pro¬ tection of ils great naiiiial resources. One hundred and fifty-four iniles of new navigable waterways, out of Uk two hundred and nineiy now op¬ en, were put into service by the de¬ partment of Public Works, headed by , H» .Major William W, Woth"rsrx)on, former f.'hlef of Staff of the I'niled States Army, General Wotberspoon's : \Vf>ek scientific management has resulted in a saving of thousands of dollars to the Sta'e,
The four departmnts of the Rtate whch formerly held jurisdiction over various phases of the lalnir problem of the Slate, have been consolidated in one Industrial Commission, bring¬ ing a great saving to fhe Sfftte and •¦ l'reat benefit fo the wage earners, Thc scope ot the Compeneation Ast
has been hroadened, the .Mothers' Pension Bill has been signed; measures, which tended to in¬ crease the hours for women and the number of days of work in a week iiave all hei-i. vetoed.
The miliiary organization of the State have I rougtit up i(, jhe stand¬ ard rotiuiieii by federal law. Deficits of former adiiiinlsiiaiions in various branches have been piovided for and wiped out.
The plain provisions of the State Coiislituiiim, which leiiuires ihal all ilile-bodied male ciiizens between the ag^s of eigliteen and forty-five avIio ire residems of the Slate shall con¬ stitute the miiilia, have been enacted into law, ,Measiires to provide for the physical instructicn and train¬ ing youth so'that upon attaining the aj;e of cilizenship. they will In* host (liialilied to assume the iluties and iihligations ot that citizenship in the case of IHilional emeiKoncv, have !)('( 11 iiasscil.
The Public Service Commissions of lhe Stale have been laken entirely out of polities.
The Conimission of the First Dis¬ trict under the Chairiiian,ship of O.s¬ car Straus was able, through confi¬ dence reposed in it, to aid vastly in a seltlemeiif <if the great surface railroad sirilie late in July imd early in .'\ugiist.
A scientific systematic method of pnut'duro has been worked out who'-ehy lh' two years arrears of work have heen caught np, A uni¬ iorm sysicm of accounts of Railroad, l.leciiic and Gas Compaiiies has been limb 1 taken.
The depariment of Health under 1'oiiimissioner Hermann ,M, Uiggs, ,\l, I),, has been enabled to wage an «/- fective fight against the epldeniic of iiiraiiiile j.aralysis heiaiiso of prompi assisiaiK-e of Die Governor, I'rovision ha;-, been made for a new ono hundred thousand dollar labor- atoi'y whei'chy Slaie health may he iiHt)i'(ivi'i| ,ii:i| Hiiiiialily has been loAvered,
The litiaraiiline Sialioii ai ihe Pnrt •if .New \''.iik, lon;; :m cApciisive pi'oh- .1 ,.1 t(. iIic .Mii'e Ha- li(-( 11 iiann'el red ,,. ll (il ral ci,h!,i,1 will',!' il lielmms.
The exji-'iisive l hi cc lii-iKh d di- jiaMHiellf (if |-;i(-('lioiis lias lni ii coii- (iliilali-d Imo one head iiiiih r I )(i l''r('diick L, ,Mai shall, rseles- j lions have been aholished ami woik Cl "lilializi-d, ^^
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of the Slate of New Yorl( Mill be foHiid ill Hiiieleeii hundred and six- t'-eiH It is ail iiK-i-ease over iijiie- ticii hiiH(li-(-i| am! lifieen ,,r ;i|i|ii-(,x- Imaniv ?;!(i(i.(Mill.mill, which (-an iiof fail to lower la\' rate in nearly coHilHiinily of lhe Stale.
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I'le Siiiieriiilendency of ,)aiiH i ,M, Carter, has, wilh t|,,, ;issislaii( e of the Governor, advanced Hiapy re¬ forms. The iiroject of rebuildiiH? the cell block of Sing Sing Prison, start¬ ed by f;fivernor Hughes, but abandon¬ ed by his Democrat ie successors, has been rent we'l.
.More and better accomodafl')ns have been insisted upon hy Governor Wbitman for the Insane of the Slate, I'lans for sc'enfific seirregaiinii and ti-eaiment have been cstahlislK d,
Th" '(iiiipi'enf of fhe Slate ('barlf- i<s Diparlmtnf has been liicr<ased, r>( fieiencles, which had arisen by re¬ fusal of his Demof latlc predecessor lo permit of appropriations, have bf-n eief friiinrely by the Governor, lie says.
The entire bfKik nIniH lo piesenr
the Govrenor's constructive rejiort of
the work done hy the organlzafhm of
Department heads, he has called Info
.Slate's servb-e.
AT THE PLAZA.
of September 18th Monday IT.irold tx)rkw(K)d and May Allison in "The River of Romance," Bllllfl Piirke In "f.H.-iap Romame," "ifer "M'Hting .'-Xrif," Tuesday- Constance Cidlier in "The Code of Marda Gray" Wednesday T.iicille !>>«>
Stewart in "The DeHtroyer." Thurs¬ dav Edna Goodrich in "Armstrongs Wife," Saturday - John Barrymore in "ir)at Brldetrroom '• Programs mailed upon request, ^jy
