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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1909.

3 MISCELLANEOUS. It is poor economy to cut down use of wholesome milk and replace it with some doubtful substitute. There is nothing placed on your table SO CHEAP which contains all the elements necessary to the maintenance of the human body. It is the one perfect food of the Divine Chemist. In the great plans of Nature there is absolutely no substitute for it.

Above all other considerations Quality and Safety must appeal first to the thoughtful housewife. The name of this company guarantees both. Alex. Campbell Milk Co. 802 Fulton St.

Tel. 2174 Prosp. Brooklyn 9 Society The St. Mary's Junior Auxiliary girls opened the dancing season last night. In the ballroom of the Pouch Gallery, with considerably over a hundred present and an infinite number of attractive frocks and pretty girls, they gave the best "Members Dance" of their history.

It was a little ball of many features. Someone on the "Ways and Means Committee" of an inventive turn of mind had put their thoughts to good use. The first thing the St. Mary's girl and her escort noticed as they came down the broad stairway was that there was a fire in the hall's big fireplace. But when they went over to it a cool breeze came up from the flames, delightful to stand in after a dance's whirl.

The was only a red electric bulb and an electric fan. The former threw. a glow through a heap of autumn leaves, smilax and other bits of greenery heaped up in front. The fan (which was hidden) fluttered paper in plain electric, sight over paper hanging from a crane, Six feet away there was a most effective optical delusion. This but began the interesting things of the night.

It was really a Halloween Ball, when supper time came. Then and there novelties abounded. Owls, wise and' somber looking, covered the electric lights. There was a great pumpkin on the buffet and a witch with a broomstick and cats over it. The supper table had a witch's cauldron and its owner as a centerpiece, and pink lavishly adorned with the candlesticks, The tablecloth had a strip below its edge thickly strewn with bats, witches and cats, and the same shapes, with the addition of pumpkins, adorned the napkins.

Even the tortoni boxes were appropriately decorated, and the ices were in shapes of flowers, vegetables and fowls. Before they left the supper room each girl received a head of lettuce, each man a carrot. Both were of crape paper and opened brought to sight tall pointed witches' hats of black for the women, pumpkin caps of gaudy yellow for the men, Such decorative and costume effects as these made the gayest sort of evening. Patronizing the affair were Mrs. Michael E.

Bannin, Miss Kate McAvoy, Mrs. O'Keefe, Mrs. John D. Sullivan, Mrs. Wil11am H.

Sefton. Over the dance a whole Miss Marie Byrne and Miss 'Rita O'Keefe (the association's president) presided with these girls among their chief assistants--Miss Frances Swift, Miss Mary McCabe, Miss Ramona Lozano, Miss Bessie Bannin, Miss Matilda Perozo, Miss Ethel Gentsch. There were ever so many "rosebuds" present and a great array of dainty frocks. Among these were: Miss Geraldine Kelly, yellow satin. Miss Eda Campbell, white satin.

Miss Rita O' Keefe, shell pink meteor crepe, with gold lace. Miss Ella Bannin, apricot satin with gold lace. Miss Margaret Sefton, white satin. Miss Nellie Dillon, white satin. Mrs.

Francis J. Sullivan, a white lace robe. Miss Molly Meehan, yellow satin. Miss Grace Alexander, figured net. Miss Edna Creem, blue satin.

Miss Angela Harker, pink chiffon. Miss Regina Murphy, white satin, Miss Marge Butler, pink satin. Miss Juanita Pendas, white satin. Miss Angela O' Keete, pink satin. Miss Florence Baxter, white satin.

Miss Mary McCabe, in black. Miss Marie Grady, blue satin. Mies Elsie McAleer, white satin. Migg Eda Campbell, blue chiffon. Miss Frances Vaughan, pink satin.

Miss Eleanor O' Keefe, white crepe de chene. Miss Rachel Mahony, pink satin chiffon over pink satin, bands of oriental pattern. Miss Marie Byrne, pink satin and pearl embroidery. Miss K. Angelique Monjo, white satin.

Mrs. Franklin Tomlin, white lace. Miss Hester Sullivan, yellow satin. Miss Helena Walsh, white chiffon over white satin. Miss Lulu Schepp, in blue.

Miss Mary Sause, pink satin. Miss Anna McGoldrick, blue satin. Miss Marguerite Hammill, white satin. Miss Mary Spellman, yellow chiffon. Migs Maxwell, deep rose chiffon.

Miss Theresa Stravkamp, in blue. In the company of the evening there were: Miss Rita O'Keefe, Miss Grace Alexander, Miss Lilian Cahill, Eugene F. O'Connor, Edna Creem, Dominic Gritfin, Miss Angela Harker, Thomas Swift, Miss Daisy Meagher, Miss Florence Baxter, Edgar H. Monjo, Miss Mary McCabe, Edward Farley, Miss Marie Grady, Miss Angela Sause, Luis Monjo, Miss Rachel Mahoney, Edward Kelly, Miss Marie Byrne, Miss Juanita Byrne, David Sause, Miss K. Angelique Monjo, Miss Frances Swift, Mrs.

Francis J. Sullivan, Miss Hester Sullivan, Jose Lozano. Alfred Murphy, Thomas Swift, George Baxter, Miss Lillian Pendas, Miss Nellie Dillon, Miss Helena Walsh, Miss Mary Sause, Miss Eleanor, O'Keefe, James Borsey, Thomas Sefton, James Francis J. Sullivan, Willis Cook, Ers. Edward J.

Murphy, Miss Angela 0'Keefe, Mrs. Franklin Tomlin, Dandel Allan, Miss Ramona Lozano, Harry Carlin, Miss May Oliver, Mrs. Edward Kelly, Miss Margaret Sefton, Miss Florence J. Gillen, Miss Bessie Bannin, Miss Ella Bannin, Miss Mary Brennan, Miss Marguerite Hammill, Miss Agnes Craft, Miss Margaret Butler, Miss Eda Campbell, Bernardus Evertsen, Miss Loie Carlin, Miss May Spellman, Miss Marguerite Carr, William Haggerty, Miss Elizabeth Kelly, Miss Molly Meehan, MarguerIte Swift, Edward Farley, Anna MeMiss Goldrick, Miss Theresa Straukamp, Miss Abigail Hagerty, Miss Florence Mulgrew and Miss Matlida Penoza, CITY NEEDS MORE MONEY FOR WORK, CLAIMS METZ Controller Bares Many "Home Truths" at the Cumberland Street Hospital Dinner. SCORES POLICE CONDITIONS.

Extravagance of Institutions Shown in Address to Physicians and Charities Commissioner, CONTROLLER METZ POINTS OUT REFORMS. "Some of the police stations here are A disgrace. Right in Fulton street station the cells haven't bench for a man to lie down on. "I can always tell when the Homer Folks' gang get busy. They will stand for anything.

"I haven't much sympathy with making jails palaces, however. Some of our jails are better than the homes of the Inmates. "At one institution it costa $5.10 week to board a child. I could board these children in private institutions for $2.30 a week. "It is easy to be popular in this town.

Coddle every man and 'you are all right." to would do the most good, some Metz Tells of Record. "I want to say here to-night that the poor people of our great city are indebted above all to one man for his work, and that man is our honored controller. It Is his kindness of heart, his broad sympathy for humanity, that have helped us to get these moneys, because in every case the request was referred to me for an examination and a report. He has at every opportunity helped in this great work of humanity. I want to say in his presence that countless thousands yet to come will have reason to bless and thank God that Herman Metz was for four years controller of this city." So spoke Commissioner Hebbard of the Department of Charities at the sixth andinner of the alumni of the berland Street Hospital, at the Clarendon Hotel last night.

It was late before the dinner was concluded. Dr. W. W. Blackman, the president of the society, introduced as the first speaker, Dr.

Mortimer Jones, superintendent of the Cumberland Street Hospital. Dr. Jones asked for the co-operation of the doctors to the end that the service might be improved and cause for complaints removed as much as possible. "I want to introduce, said Dr. Blackman, in presenting the next speaker, "a gentleman who is the father of a large family.

the father of the poor and sick New York. Now it is said that of Greater good turn deserves another, but I one think you will all agree that one good term deserves another. Commissioner Hebbard." commissioner, opening, said: The "Recently I had the pleasure of meeting at Dr. Bacon's new home at the you over City Hospital. Praises Dr.

Bacon's Work. "After opportunity of nearly three ago observing the superintendents and other officials in the Department of that no better choice could be made for Public Charities, I came to the conclusion that work than the choice of Dr. Bacon. He was a credit to the Kings County Hosand I don't wonder that you hated pital to have him leave you. "Now, we have been trying to build up the Department of Public Charities.

For years that department has overlooked and neglected. Why it twenty-five been was so, I cannot say; but the fact remains." Commissioner Hebbard told of all the improvements made in his department in the past four years. He spoke of the improvements in view, and concluded with his' reference to the Controller. The Controller was the next speaker. "When I was with you a year ago promised to take a look at the Cumberland Street Hospital," he said.

"I had little time on Election Day and went over. For an old hospital it is in as good shape as anything I have seen in this town. "I got a lot of 'jollying' in the last four years," continued the Controller, "but there is no use 'jollying' me now; I am about through. "There were a number of departments overlooked--a number of departments could never get a dollar. It used to be an old game to skimp the budget on certain departments--put them down so as to keep down the general budget.

Always it was keep down the taxes and the tax and then 'blow' it where it people. "I stopped more epidemics in this town than you can have any idea of. But smallpox and measles never came when the money was forthcoming. "The tax rate doesn't bother me a bit. If you are going to spend money you have got to raise it.

I believe in paying as you go. I stopped the issue of corporate stock. It was a disgrace to any community. "The Police Department was overlooked. Some of the police stations in this town are a disgrace.

Right in Fulton street, right near here, the cells haven't a bench for a man to lie down on. The Police Department never got a dollar. I suppose the public thought they would get it anyhow, so what's the use? "I took the trouble to go to these places myself. I have been in all the jails. I remember some years ago every Grand Jury would bring in a presentment against Raymond Street Jail.

It became popular to have presentments against jails." The Controller paid his respects to what he described as a "regular propaganda that is being created for things that have become a fad." "I can always tell by the letters I receive," he said, "when the Homer Folks gang gets busy. They will stand for anything that anyone wants to try out. It may be a good thing to sterilize your beer, but I don't know. Tuberculosis is very popular. Microbes are the most talked-of thing in New York.

You would be surprised at the amount of public sentiment that was aroused by the recent request of the Health Department. I had to have my personal mail sent to my house to be sure I would get it." The Controller said he was fully aware of the dangers of tuberculosis, but wag not in sympathy with the efforts and ideas of the impractical theorists. "I believe," Mr. Metz continued, "that you have made material progress. One reason was that Hebbard was not advertising himself.

He was advertising the Charities Department, Now it makes a big difference whether or not a commissioner has the confidence of the members of the Board of Estimate. Hebbard came seriously and got what he asked for. I helped him. But while doing these things we must not go to extremes. Jails Not to Be Palaces.

"I haven't much sympathy with the plan of making of our jails palaces. Some of our jails now are better than the places where the people in them came from. There's a place out in Jamaica on which we have spent a million dollars it isn't completed yet, and where the support of each child costs the city $5.10 a week. If I was an urchin running around the street I would not want to go to school. I would want to go to the farm.

could board them in private institutions for $2.30 a week. "They are now going to have a school IT MAKES A BEAUTIFUL RUG! a Ea LAMMANY HOW TENNESSEE WENT DRY Mrs. Atkins Tells Brooklyn Women About the Campaign. Urges Them to Speed the Message to the Brewers That New York Must Go Dry. The Kings County Woman's Christian Temperance Union, which is conducting a series of lectures by Mrs.

Florence Ewell Atkins of Nashville, in the churches of Brooklyn, is meeting with large audiences, and a good crowd tended last evening at the Sixth Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church to hear "How Tennessee Went Dry' and how New York can win Prohibition. Mrs. Sarah Tobias, president of the Kings County organization, in introducing the lecturer, said, "Not alone the City Beautiful, is what we want, but the women of America want the Nation Beautiful, and now that some of our Southern States are prospering under Prohibition rule, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of America will never cease in its endeavor to place all states under the same banner. The women of Brooklyn have done heroic work in this movement." Mrs. Atkins told her audience of the causes which led up to the passing of the Prohibition act by the Tennessee Legislature.

She said: "The greatest advocate of our movement in the South was the chivalrous Carmack, his brilliant editorials on the evils of intemperance reached every hamlet in our Southern States, and his assassination on our street, though calamitous, brought the 'whiskey war' to a sudden ending by the storming of our capital at Nashville by men and women eager to avenge the death of that great man, by compelling the Legislature to pass the law which he SO strongly championed and which indirectly brought about his untimely end. "Yes," said the speaker, "The National Liquor Dealers Association camped in Nashville EL year ago, ready to pay its price for legislative votes, but the sons of the men who fought under Stonewall Jackson fought now for a better cause, that of Prohibition and won out. What we of the South have done in Memphis, Chattanooga and Nashville, you must do here. New York must fall in line, you must compel your legislators to do what is best for all the people and 'turn a deaf ear to the whiskey interests. Your streets must be freed of drunken reeling wretches.

Make them learn to buy food and clothes for their children instead of those of the distiller. Whisky and repeaters held Tennessee in subjection too long. Let New York throw off the shackles. Speed the message to the brewers, that the women of Brooklyn are in this fight to win." "Dixie," "Marching Thro' Georgia" -and a new song, "New York Is Going Dry" were sung by the audience. On the appeal of President Tobias, many women crowded to the platform and signed the membership roll, MARRIAGE LICENSES John J.

Quinn, 32 years, 183 Kingsland av. and Anna M. Schmitt, 24 years, 863 Grand st. Samuel Cohn, 22 years, 190 Scholes st, and Rebecca Sutton, 21 years, 190 Scholes st. Louig Kodesh, 26 years, 110 Ralph av, and Bertha Atkin, 25 years, 106 Walton st.

Larse Larson, 23 years, 522 Henry st, and Bertha Berthelsen, 23 years, 522 Henry st. Thomas F. Shanahan, 22 years, 354 Myrtle av, and Margaret Powers, 22 years, 17 Main st. John B. Langer, 22 years, 209 Twenty-second st, and Rebecca Nelson, 19 ycars, 204 Twenty-second st.

Frank Gallery, 38 yeats, 24 Verona place, and Edna G. Eubank, 28 years, 26A New York av. Henry C. Howell, 35 years, 443 Sixth st, and Veronica McKinney, 25 years, 440 Seventh st. Emil Olson, 31 years, 547 Pacific st, and Cecelia Nilsson, 36 years, 547 Pacific st.

Frank Ollsen, 35 years, 348 Fifty-second st, and Emma Nielsen, 28 years, 531 Fiftieth st. James J. McCleary, 25 years, 363A Fifth st, and Maybell C. Ferguson, 18 years, 225 Nassau st. Moe Kisser, 23 years, 740 Trinity av, Bronx, and Sadie Pani sh, 20 years, 137 Bristol st.

Ernest J. Strubbe, 30 years, 81 Sterling place, and Lillie E. R. Kucks, 30 years, 201 Amity street. Walter L.

Scripture, 35 years, 186 Washington av, and Minnie Childs, 26 years, 121 Court st. Lawrence Boyle, 36 years, 206 Huron st, and Kreese, 24 years, 203 Huron st. Frederick G. Coyne, 23 years, 42 Brooklyn av, and Beatrice A. Hannely, 25 years, 11 Fourth placa.

Niels Bach, 32 years, 282 Henry st, and Gerda Franck. 24 years, 54 Sidney place. James Newell, 30 years, 256 Withers st, and Elizabeth Mulgrew, 21 years, 102 Kingsland avenue. Alexander Harasym, 26 years, 153 Wythe av, and Catherine Cupa, 22 years, 153 Wythe av. Warren C.

Yonge, 24 years, 1131 Lafayette av, and Clara F. Madden, 23 years, 241 Powers st. Louis Schmidt, 48 years, 54 Devoe st, and Emma Isola, 21 years, 54 Tillary st. George H. Wledemann, 22 years, 62 Covert st.

and Katherine M. Dielil, 25 years, 415 Lorimer st. Stanislaw Azut. 25 years, Paterson. N.

and Stanislawa Rosinska, 18 years, 673 Third av. Willian A. Schillberg, 27 years, 28 East Third pt. Manhattan, and Gertrude Hofstetter, years. 22 Schaeffer st.

Robert W. Swanson, 25 years, 492 Hancock st, TITUS BILLS CERTIFIED, SAYS CONTROLLER METZ Writes to That Effect to South Brooklyn Board of Trade on the Water Situation. WIZARD'S COUNSEL DENIES. Blames City Engineers for Holding Up the Work--The Forest Park Tangle. Controller Herman A.

Metz, in a letter dated Thursday of this week, to Edward Cassin, chairman of the committee on water supply of the South Brooklyn Board of Trade, states that there are at present no unpaid claims on file in the controller's office of Silas W. Titus, who last week closed down his water plants at Jameco, L. and Sixth street and Fourth avenue, because, Mr. Titus claimed, the city was holding back money due him for water supplied to the city. In his letter the controller states further that, acting on the opinion of the corporation counsel, Mr.

Titus' bills were certified on October 30, and that he "presumed" that "the money is already in possession of Mr. Titus." Hamilton Anderson, as counsel for Mr. Titus, appeared at a meeting of the South Brooklyn Board of Trade, held last night in the Public Library auditorium, at Sixth avenue and Niath street, and, in the course of a long outline of Mr. Titus' position in the controversy with the city, he stated positively that Mr. Titus had never received a cent in payment for the September bill, and that he had received no word from the controller's office that any bills had been certified for payment.

Meanwhile, the plants in Brooklyn and Jameco are still shut down, and South Brooklyn is getting some 10,000,000 gallons a day less water chan it has been accustomed to have. At the meeting last night there were nearly 100 members and other men present to hear all sides of the argument before deciding who should be held responsible. Controller Metz had been invited, but his letter relative to alleged of bills was the nearest the certifying controller got being there. Bird S. Coler had been invited, but sent, instead, R.

W. Creuzbaner, one of his consulting had been a asked, too, but sent a lengthy engineers. Deputy Commissioner Cozier which was read by Mr. Cassin. report, Hamilton Anderson represented Mr.

Titus, there was a private chemist from the and Titus plant, Philip Z. Bernard, who also spoke. It was a meeting that lasted until after midnight. At the end there was a wide difference of opinion as to whether Mr. Titus was responsible because of breach of contract, as alleged by the city officers, or whether Mr.

Titus had been opposed for years by petty jealousies of envious engineers, as claimed by Mr. Titus, through his counsel. The board, as a whole, did not take sides, but referred the question to its water committee, with a request that the committee report within a week to the board of trustees, which may call a special meeting of the larger board within a fortnight, when an attempt will be made to place the blame on some one John E. Gavin presided at the meeting last night, and Robert B. McIntyre recorded.

Metz Says Titus' Bills Were Certified, Besides the statement that the Titus bills have been certified for payment, Controller Metz's letter to the board contains a little slap at Bird Coler, his friend. To quote from the letter: "Certain claims of Mr. Titus, however, were held up by me from October 9 to October 30 last, owing to the statements of Borough President Bird S. Coler that these claims were fraudulent and that certain employes in my office and other persons mentioned by name, were financially interested therein. therefore withheld payment of these bills pending the receipt of proof from Mr.

Coler in support of his allegations. On the latter date, as Mr. Coler had failed to substantiate his charges said bills were duly certified for payment." Chairman Cassin of the water committee, after explaining the unprejudiced position of the board in calling the meetporing, read the long report from Commissioner Cozier, which included a statement that "no harmful bacteria has ever been found" in the Titus water. It said that Health Commissioner Darlington had reported that the water was good at present but was "liable to contamination," but that the same was true of water everywhere. It said also that Mr.

Titus had assured the Water Department he would shut down the plant at once rather than let one drop of diseased water pass into Brooklyn mains, and that if bad water was found coming from the Titus plant, the Water Department would take action at once and call for a shut-down. The report of Mr. Creuzbauer, the consulting engineer from Mr. Coler's office, was unfavorable to the Titus plant. The speaker had a lot of data before him, including a copy of a letter, dated July 11 of this year, from Dr.

Darlington to Mr. Coler, as follows: "In further reply to your communication of June 28 relative to the quality of water being pumped into the city mains from driven wells in the vicinity of Fourth avenue and Sixth street, I beg to say that this water is not ft for public use, as analysis shows an excess of nitrates, total solids and hardness." After a long preamble, largely technical, regarding water and its analysis, Mr. Creuzbauer quoted from a letter sent by Mr. Coler to the Board of Estimate on June 23: "In conclusion, I would state to the board that there is abundant proof that the contract (between Mr. Titus and the city) is in default in not having produced wells at the Sixth street station of a capacity within 40 per cent.

of the amounti absolutely set in the contract -that the city is now purchasing water which is carrying a large amount of chlorine (salt) in excess of the contract tions, and that the contract has defaulted as to the time of delivering the water. There is no question about these facts, in which the engineers of the board have concurred, as well as in my presentment of many objectionable features of the contract. It would therefore appear necessary for this board to notify the Corporation Counsel to take immediate steps leading to the annulment of the contract on account of failure to comply with the reasonable and necessary provisions of the city." Mr. Creuzbauer added that Mr. Coler's foregoing report to the board clearly was an indication that an epidemic of fever might be in prospect, and the contract, he said, was "one of the most remarkable ever made in this city--in fact, a rotten contract." Chemist Defends Quality of Titus Water.

The remarks of Mr. Bernard, the private chemist from the plant, wero by way of comparison between Titus water and water in certain Western cities to show that water not so free from chlorine as is the Titus water Is still regarded by. authentic chemists to be fit for drinking purposes. Four reputable chemists had made analyses, each from the same sample of Titus water, and each had found that the water was good. Mr.

Bernard spent much of his time answering technical questions asked by the board members. One point that he made was that many medicinal waters which sold by' the bottle contain more parts of chlorine than does the Titus water. Mr. Titus' defense, As read by his counsel, Mr. Anderson, was in the form of twenty-seven sheets of type-written paper.

It began with an outline of Mr. Titus' work in 1894, when he quit a government job to install his system of driven wells in Long Island soil, and told MISCELLANEOUS. THE BEST "APENTA" NATURAL APERIENT WATER BOTTLES AT THE SPRINGS, BUDA PEST. HUNGARE of his having been driven out, he said, because city engineers, who thought they had discovered his secret, had pull with the city administrations. Then the engineers found they weren't successful, and he was called back to operate the wells once more, through his own secret method.

This was in 1905. After a contract had been made with the city, the report reads, there was a dispute as to who should pay for the coal, and this difficulty has kept up to the present day. There has been other opposition, too, Mr. Titus charges, and a great part of it he lays at the door of Mr. Coler's engineer.

"In the opposition which has been shown me in carrying out this contract by the chief engineer of the finance department he has been ably joined by his close friend and former associate, Mr. Creuzbauer, engineer to the borough president of Brooklyn, and both have been sedulous at all timeg to influence their respective superiors against me," read the statement. "What their ultimate motives may be I am not ready at this time to state, but no doubt among them figures very prominently a strong feeling of professional jealousy. Indeed, my fight all along has been with engineers in general, whose vanity has no doubt been hurt through my efforts, laughed at by them, having proved successful. Titus Says He Was Harassed by gineers.

for anemic children the first appropriation for which is to be $65,000. I don't believe in bringing all those children together. But everybody was for it. Everybody petitioned for it. If this sort of thing keeps on Board of Estimate will have to put maternity wards in the schools.

"In 1906 we had no record of the real estate owned by the City of New York, not a map of any kind, not a list of property. We now know that we have over billion and a half of real estate. Central Park alone is worth $600,000,000 it we estimate its value by that of surrounding property. If we owned every foot of land in the City of New York we couldn't borrow two cents. We can only raise money upon what other people own.

"I was rather amused during the campaign as to how the candidates were going to cut out graft and save money. I remember the people were promised parks, promised subways and the taxes were to come down in spite of all. I believed it was time to stop. Assessments could be raised no higher. A lot of property is assessed higher than you can sell it for to-day.

"I stopped condemnation proceedings on $8,000,000 worth of parks to give us a chance to catch up. Let us get down to essential things that really are of use, to don't the town. believe you will ever have a Board of Estimate that will strive to do nearer right than this present board has done. The Mayor has tried in every instance to be absolutely fair to every borough. McGowan is absolutely square.

I have tried to be for all the boroughs. We have tried to hold down. We have not played to the grandstand. It is easy to be popular in this town. Coddle every man and then you are all right.

Let's get down to first principles and cut out gallery play. "What we want more than anything else is a new ballot law. A man who cannot read or write has got no business to vote, anyhow. We ought to have the Massachusetts ballot. "Cut out this farce of eight tickets all in indorsement of one set of men.

A half dozen men can get together, and they are a party. The ballot as it is now is for the politicians, and a lot of yellow dogs slip in under these conditions. "We have Hughes up in Albany. He's 110 politician. Let's get right down to voting for then you will get real government town.

It is one of the essential things we have got to look after next." The Rev. Howard Melish made spirited address, taking for his theme "Heroism, Chivalry and Idealism," pointing out that these qualities are as much in evidence to-day as they have ever been in any age. Dr. Royal S. Copeland, president of the New York Homeopathic College and Hospital also spoke.

Dr. Ralph Lloyd spoke briefly. After the installation of the new president, Dr. John L. Moffett, the company joined in "Auld Lang Syne." Those present were: Dr.

W. W. Blackman, president; Commissioner Hebbard and Deputy Commissioner Hynes of the Department of Public Charities; the Rev. Howard Melish, Dr. Royal S.

Copeland, Controller Metz, Dr. Stewart, president of the Kings County Homeopathic Society; Dr. Ralph Floyd, C. B. Bacon, superintendent City Hospital, Blackwell's Island; Dr.

Mortimer Jones, Dr. W. S. Searle, Dr. Fitzgerald, superintendent Kings County Hospital; Dr.

W. H. Pierson, Dr. D. Simmons, Dr.

0. S. Ritch, Dr. Knight, Dr. W.

0. Rusk, Dr. E. R. Fiske, Dr.

H. C. Allen, Dr. W. H.

Winchell, Dr. George Lazarus, Dr. 0g- den, Dr. Given, Dr. Wright, Dr.

George Clinton Jeffrey, Dr. S. Pallister, Dr. Brown, Dr. Hopper, Dr.

Bierbauer, Dr. William Minton, Dr. Hopke, Dr. J. Lester Keep, Dr.

Warner, Dr. Robinson, Dr. William M. Butler, Dr. Chapin, Dr.

Dr. Palmer, Dr. William Love, Dr. Walmsley, Dr. J.

F. Ranken, Dr. William H. Price, Dr. R.

L. Wood, Dr. Saunders, Dr. Meeks, Dr. C.

E. Paine, Dr. Walter Iszard, I. R. Birch, Dr.

Rooney, Dr. Harris, Dr. Loehr. The committee in charge of the dinner were: Dr. Hopke, chairman; Dr.

William H. Price, Dr. Charles E. Paine. ROSSMORE CLUB BALL.

On next Saturday evening, November 13, the officers and members of the Rossmore Club will entertain their hundreds of friends and fellows at annal ball, which will be held at As lon Hall, Arion place and Broadway. The committee In charge this year's ball is composed of the most energetic and experienced members of the club, and they declare that they will spare neither time nor money making this year's ball surpass all previous affairs held by this organization, which has attracted the attention of the young people who are socially inclined in all of the five boroughs. The officers of the Rossmore Club are: George Wainwright, president; Joseph Davey, vice president; Arthur Briel, retary: Arthur Southern, treasurer; Edward Helmke, financial secretary; Benjamin Weinberg, The entertainment committee follows: Joseph Davey, Joseph Brust, M. Kramer, Southern Linter. H.

Fverett, E. Helmke, B. Weinberg, J. Hammerl and S. Hammerl.

and E. E. Jones, 24 years, 596 McDonough st. Ruby, Solomon Rothstein. 27 years, 26 Cook st, and Anunte Singer, 23 years, 49 Debevolse st.

James Earley, 30 yeare, 751 Gates av, and Bridget Noone, 28 years, 80 South Tenth st. Stefan Glaser. 43 years, 178 Montrose av, and Anna Eidesheim, 41 years, 253 Boerum st. Joseph La Scala. 23 years, 277 Sackett st, and Josephine Vaccaro, 18 years, 434 Sackett st.

Frank O. Dahl, 33 years, 242 Chauncey st, and Freda M. Hagberg, 25 years, 140 Saratoga av. John J. Hanrahan, 38 1191 Myrtle av, and Mary Fagan, 23 years, 71 North Ninth street.

Alfonzo Pumiliia, 25 years, 182 Third av, and Antonina Trapini, 20 years, 782 Third av. William H. G. Pond, 28 years (colored), 28 Fleet place, and Mary Cameron, 20 years, (colored), 45 Prince st. Louis F.

Gehlbach, 21 years, Forty -eighth st, and Agnes H. Rickert, 22 years, 424 Fortyeighth st. Luther Davis. 33 years, Smoky Valley, and Clara E. Koebler, 30 years, 22 Dougias street.

Martin M. Lew, 26 years, 644 Grand st, and Julia Polovitch, 25 years, 644 Grand st. Walter Harris Bowers, 29 years, 1481 Bedford av, aud Evelyn A. Hamann, 19 years, 616 DeKalb av. Harry Robin, 28 years, 409 South Fourth st, and Sarah Levy, 23 years, 409 South Fourth street.

Frank Swetiin, 29 years, 93 First av, Manhattan, and Pauline Horvat, 22 years, 200 Maujer street. WEATHER FORECAST Persons desiring Information concerning the weather, temperature or other information can secure it by using telephone No. 571 Main. from A.M. to 6 P.M.

week days. Nights and Sundays, 0200 Main. Indications Until 8 P.M. To-morrow. Washington, November 6-For Eastern New York: Fair to-night; warmer in southwest tion: Sunday, fair; warmer; light to moderate winds south.

Local Probabilities. Fair and warmer to-night and Sunday; light to moderate variable winds. General Weather Conditions. There hay been an increase in pressure over all sections of the country during the past twenty-four hours, except in connection with a trough of relatively low pressure extending over the eastward. Rocky Mountain States and advancing slowly Heavy rains have continued in the vicinity of New Foundland and very light, scattered precipitation over the North Atlantic States, Lower Lake regian and Ct.

Lawrence Valley. Light showers have also 00- curred over portions of Arkansas, Missouri and adjacent portions of Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. Temperatures are rising slowly over the Central Valleys and Lake region. Light to moderate precipttation has occurred over Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho and Northern Nevada. Tem- Pre- Prepera- cipita- pera- ture.

tion. ture. tion. Boston 38 .00 New Orleans 64 1.00 Buffalo 42 .00 48 .00 40 St. Louts 60 .00 Philadelphia 44 .60 Chicago 50 .10 Washington.

16 OT Duluth 40 00 66 00 San Fran'co 50 .01 indicates amount too small to measure. Highest, 66, at Charleston; lowest, 38, at Boston. OFFICIAL TEMPERATURE. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 3 P.M.

481 8 P.M. 4 P.M. 9 P.M. 5 P.M. 48 10 P.M.

6 P.M. 47 11 P.M. 7 P.M. (Midnight) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6. 2 1 A.M.

42 8 9 A.M. 3 A.M. 41 10 A.M. A.M. 41 11 A.M.

5 A.M. (Noon) 6 A.M. 40 1 P.M. A.M. 40 2 P.M.

Average temperature to-day, 46. Average temperature a year ago to-day, 42. HIGH WATER. Time High Tine High. Fall H.M.

Feet M. Feet H. M. New 3:82 3.7 3:33 4.0 5:54 6:25 Sandy Hook. 2:48 3.9 2:32 4.1 6:08 6:35 SUN RISES AND SETS.

November 6. November 7. SHIP NEWS. Arrived at New York To-day. Manna Hata, from Baltimore.

Mohawk, from Jacksonville. Maraval, from Perth Amboy. Berwind, from Carteret. City of Atlanta, from Savannah. Campania, from Liverpool.

Iroquois, from London. Paloma. from Matanzas. Excelsior, from Shields. Lennox, from Yokohama.

Arrived at Foreign Ports To-day. Aden-Kennebec, from New York. Albany-Ind-vedi, from New York. Port Sald-Amatonga, from New York. Sailed From New York To-day.

Christiansand-United States. for New York. Southampton-St. Louis, for New York. Steamships Duo To-morrow.

From. Sailed. Caledonia Glasgow 30 Mesaba London 28 Floride Havre 26 Matanzas Pryoreso 31 City of Atlanta Comanche Jacksonville Jefferson Norfolk Nov. 6 Panama Cristobal 1 Reported by Wireless. Steamer New York, Southampton for New York, passed Nantucket Lightship at 4:38 A.M.

Will dock about 5 P.M- "In the early stages of my work at Jameco, under my present contract, I was continuously harassed by the obstructions placed in my way by some of the engineers. These finally became SO unbearable that I was forced to appeal to the commissioner, wHo ordered that I be left unhampered in my work; but no improvement being apparent, I was forced to notify the commissioner that I would cease work unless lett alone, whereupon the commissioner, upon a personal investigation, summarily removed two of the most flagrant offenders. "Then I found, to my great surprise, that the feeling against me had only been transferred to another department--the controller's office. A proper feeling of esprit de corps is, I admit, at times justifiable, but when used, as it has been in my case, in an attempt to defeat work of great and lasting public benea fit, it becomes nothing more than nable conspiracy, deserving the condemnation of all just men." (Applause.) Unnecessary and Annoying Delays. The statement makes reference to Mr.

Coler's complaint to the Board of Estimate that Mr. Titus had delayed three months longer than the contract allowed. It says that Mr. Coler himself caused the delay by revoking permits issued by his office for allowing Titus test wells to be driven along Fourth avenue. Other and annoying, the delays, unnecessary statement says, were thrown in Mr.

Titus' and technical objections raised by the Comptroller's the statement gives four specific instances of these alleged tactics. And as "a trump Mr. Titus says, an effort was made to prove that his water was poisonous; whereupon he "enlisted the services of the most eminent chemical and bacteriological authorities in the country to examine the water," and it has been proven, he contends, that it is ft for drinking purposes. In two years, the statement says, the Titus works have supplied Brooklyn with some 2,577,000,000 galIons of water through the Sixth street plant, and there has been no sickness resulting. The statement concludes with another reason why the Sixth street plant is at present shut down.

The route for mains to be laid to another Titus plant, one in Forest Park, passes under the right of way of the Long Island Railroad, instead of "uniformly along legally opened streets." Now the railroad has refused its consent to the crossing of its tracks, and, the statement reads, "the spectacle is afforded, on the one hand, of the city, like Tantalus of old, in reaching distance of an abundant supply of water. but unable to get advantage of it; and of am receiving no remuneration. myself, on the 0 other hand, with an expensive plant on my hands from which I "Unable therefore to procure regular payments for the water pumped by me at Sixth street, as well as Jameco, and deprived of my right to furnish water from Forest Park plant, I found no other my road open to me than to notify the city that unless the delay at Forest was adjusted by a corresponding extension of my pumping period, and the money due me for water pumped at Jameco and Sixth street paid by 4 o'clock oil October 28. 1909, I would discontinue all operations." It was said that even if it was true that the bills for the Sixth street plant had been certified for payment at the controller's office, water would not again be pumped at the Sixth street plant the Forest Park tangle should be adjusted. TALKS TO THEOSOPHISTS.

L. W. Rogers Discusses "The Invisibie World" at Public Library Branch, 42 41 43 46 50 53 56 56 to-day, 42. L. W.

Rogers delivered a lecture last night on "The Invincible World" at the Brooklyn Public Library, Bedford Branch, under the auspices of the Brooklyn Branch of the Theosophical Society. Mr. Rogers said, among other things: "We theosophists are not blind to the fact that every solution of a great problem must run the gauntlet of ridicule and opposition. At one time in the world's history such opposition took more terrible form than ridicule. Jesus was killed.

Socrates was poisoned, and coming down through the annals of history we find similar cases of misunderstanding. Columbus was imprisoned, Watt and Fulton were ridiculed and jeered. All these men held ideas that were of incalculable value to mankind, yet they were derided as fools and frauds and fanatics. It is the penalty of progress, but any philosophy that removes the dread fear of death and lights the tomb with reason's torch, deserves the thanks and gratitude of all. The trouble with the majority of people is that they have no definite knowledge on the subject of higher metaphysics.

They endeavor to do right in a general way and vaguely hope that in the end all may be well. But until we have a knowledge of the laws of existence, until we have a comprehension of life and death that rests on the sure grounds of natural law, we can not be free from doubt about the future. Such definite knowledge this philosophy will give to every thinking person, for theosophy is the torch bearer of the ages. Into this physical life, where hundreds of millions of the human race are enchained in materiality, blinded with incredulity, narrowed with intolerance. groping in ignorance and fettered with feat, comes this science of enlightment and emancipation." A large and, appreciative audience tollowed Mr.

Rogers attentively througbout his discourse. HALLOWEEN FROLIC. An informal Halloween party was given by Miss Levetta Maetrick of 261 Gates avenue. After dancing, singing and tho playing of games a farewell song was given for each of the participants. Amons those present were Misses Burke, Edna Disbande, Florence Foley, May Foley, Margaret Shaetrick, Agnes Sheehan, Daniel Leary, Charles Shaetrick, George Shaetrick.

Edward Kearney, Dats Smy the and Jack Shields..