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-V-vV* S? A^w'V v^^^^^^^^^J^l^^^^^i£^ r v^ v- i.w V TWO OUVEENS IN CUSTOMS TOILS OneTake r r : Raid on Fifth Ave nue Store. Other Arrested When Lusitania Arrives. 5.000.000 FRAUD. SAYS WISE U. S. Attorney Declares Firm Has Undervalued Art Imports for Years — All Books and Records Seized. Acting on evidence obtained by Col- j lector Loeb. customs officials and agents j cf the Department at Justice went to j tr." art store of Duveen Brothers, at No. j ?r>3 Fifth avenue, jesterday afternoon, j arrested Benjamin Duveen. the only partner who was in town, seised all the books and records of the firm and took sKjaseaatoe of many of the art treasures of tae greatest art importer? in Amer- Ira. When the Cunard liner Lusitar.ia re.irhed Quarantire late last night Henry J. Dween. a founder of the firm. ■••as also arrested, taken off on the rev enue cutter Calumet, and brought to the o^ce of Commissioner Shields for im in?di3t«* arraignment- There he was held la $75, nn0 bail. The rents arere mad* on charges of conspiracy to defraud the g-overnment out of customs duties, and. although the Fpec:nc fraud alleged in the complaint involved a small amount. Henry A. Wise, the United States Attorney, paid tr.at the firm had defrauded the gov ernment out of more than a million dol lars in years of systematic undervalua tion of art treasures imported into this country. Both the raid on th« s'.ore In the af terr.oen and the arrest sf the elder Duveen, an uncle of Benjamin Duveen. or the LrusJtania. came upon the victims with ih* Ftur.ning force of complete sur prise. There had been no time since the arrr^t of Benjamin Duveen for him to « am his uncle by wireless of the fate in strre for him. or els*' he had not thought to do so. G:ves Bail of 350.000. The nephew h.id im idea. *>yen after his an-ai!r~Tn-':;t. that he might have to Fr^r.d the night in custody, but when he Sr.ally TfA':z"d it h«> quickly furnished the j^n.nno hail required and then ar rarxfd with Commissioner Shields to era« over from Brooklyn to accept a brnd f-r his uncle ur n n the Lu?itania's *.rr:va:. - thar h* -*ra» ander «- isi ye th a ■ ■ ■ ■ •> I * ■ I • r.e IVr-ut; Purveyor Edwin R. Norwood, specially designated by Col lector William L-^b. Jr.. for the purpose. led the raiders at the s:«>r*» in the after tionn. He was accompanied by three in*pectnrs from the Customs r>part raerr. whj> Joseph A. Bak«r. <>»org«> C. Crart and <"hari»<i J. Scully, special ■fest* of the bureau of investigation of the Department o* Justice, had a war r.?r? for t**e arr» st of Henry J. Duveen. r^r.jamin Duveen, Joel*J. Duveen. Jo wph A. Duveen and Louis J. Duveen, Th» mer:b*rs of the Srm. * I • • ■- i - ■ Benjamin Duv<en uri« arraigned be fore United States Commissioner Shields ■ r.sl admitted To $.">>.«««» bail, which was t by William H. Corbitt. of No. 112 East TSth rtre*t. BccWs Bad Records Searched. Acting on th*» authority of a search warrant jssu*^J in the case. a<-tinsr Deputy Surveyor Norwood and the in •r^ctcrs s* arch»d th*» books and records «>1 tht ?.rm. and fr-im th»* «iata found *.!iTein and a comparison thereof with the data f<".:r!<i m th.> Custom House records, placed many of the valuable art * bjecta in M"rf un«!*»r ■eizurc. while two customs in> j«»ctr>rs were placed in » ! - *rs** of The j r.-mis^s. and will remain « n mard. l^ast nijrht * mass <>f bn o ks t.: d paprs \*«re tak<n from the store to the Cu«nm House, where they will be farther examined. Most of the o?T«»nro« charged ar» al >tr*-<1 to have \*>rr\ committed uhJl*» the. tdd tariff, which placed a high duty on »rt *)bject«. picture* und ar.ti'ju"*. iral In operation. L»"js\»*n Brothers n^t only Traded in the S( » objects for their own ac count, but urre Ilkewi-- commission rf.a'.er*. who rur"ha».d in England and all over Eun.p^ for many of th<-. wealthy . Tnr.oms^-rs of America, it was said >n r.:cht that it was not at all unlikely. therefore, th«t i>nnie of th« old mmatera v<\\ ndnrring the walls of th» gr»-nt c<»l lectiona throughout th»» United States irrigrit b^ #r-!zed b*»«au»»- of und^n-a'ua ti«'n whrn they rvr-r*- I rought into th< country. Under the Payne-Aldrich tarin* works cf art thrft are more than twenty years <>M are not subject to duty. This pro vision -aill exempt the Franz Hals "Por trait of Himself and Family." imported by the firm a few months ago and sold Otto H. Kahn for J500.000. Two <Ja>s ago Collector L<»«--b laid be fore Henry a. v.'ise. United States At torney for this districu-lhe information v. hich had been obtained by the customs fnresticaton regarding the operations of Driven Brothers. <>n this informa tion . warrants were issued by United States Commissioner John A. Shields for the Arrest of the members of the firm r— tleacj an •«•«,• r«S .- - Tn-rt»v »mt i.i-ninrr"". fHir BENJAMIN DUVEEX. - - *=.rm of Duveea arrested and places :n«ier- DUVEEN BAGGAGE HELD Five Pieces Sent to Appraiser's Stores for Examination. at '2 o'clock this morning Acting Dep uty Surveyor Norwood ordered certain pieces of the baggage brought in by Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Duvecn on the Lusi tania sent to the Appraiser's Stores for more complete examination later to-day. The pieces sent were two big steamer trunks, two large leather trunks and a camera case- AMERICAN MOTOR INVASION 600 Cars Built in United States Consigned to England. [By C*bl<" to The Tri?>un«.] London. Oct. 13.— The British motor car Industry is perturbed by information that a large consignment of American cars is due to arrive in this country within a few days. The news is of importance to the British trade, as the consignment is not less than six hundred cars, and it is understood the makers are prepared to dispose of th*»m at a loss. It has been known for months past that great stocks were being turned out in America, and some of the output was intended for England, to be sold with out a profit if that were necessary to obtain a foothold in the market here. Ingenious advertising devices will be used to assist in placing; the cars. such, as the following: Every sixth purchaser gets the essential parts renewed at the end of twelve months. The purchaser who can show the biggest mileage for twelve months receives a new car. It is believed by manufacturers here that there are several firms in the United States that are ready to adopt similar methods in the event of the present scheme proving successful. WEST INDIAN CYCLONE Severe Damage Reported on the Isle of Pines. Havana. Oct. 13.— Since early this morning Havana has been within the influence <T a cyclone which is ap proaching from the southwest, accom panied by a heavy rain The wind in creased greatly toward nightfall, but up to if o'clock ii" damage had been re ported in Cuba. The centre of the cyclone passed over the Isie of Pines shortly after noon, probably doing extensive damage. The indications are that the provinces of Plnar del Rio. Havana and Matanzas will experience its full violence late to night or early to-morrow morning. h>y Wept. Fla.. Oct. 1.1 — A severe tropical storm to-day swept the prov inces of Santa Clara. SCatanzaa, Havana and Pinar del Rio, Cuba, according to wireless advices received here to-night. The telephone service a Havana was badly crippled. Heavy rains accom panied the high winds. i west- Key West a steady - ■ ■ ■elocity vi and i Bfty-mile MR. BALLINGER IN WRECK Secretary Shaken Up and Bruised Near Cincinnati. Cincinnati; <>ct. 13. — Richard A. Bal li;g°r. Secretary of the Interior, was one o: » leven .-■•-• injured to-night by a collision of two passenger trims in th<* outskirts of Cincinnati on the Balti more & Ohi'» Southwestern Railroad. S*-<TPtary Ballinser'A injuries constated of h severe shaking up and a slightly bruised arm. Th«* two trains m*t bead on, at 6fh and Mount Hopo road. Both were proceeding at nv«Wato speed, and to this fact is due th« escape of the pas sengers from more serious Injury. Secretary Ball ins. left Cincinnati !.it-r for Washington. MBS. M KIM BACK IN RENO Marriage Rumor Current on Her Re turn from the Orient. [By TV!«7fraph to The Tribune.] Reno, NVv.. Oct 13.— Mrs. Mar«ar»-t M. Kirn arrlv.d in Reno late lam night from fan Franctooo after a trip to ihe Orient. Accompanying her was her, maid anri Ray H.'.ker. a Reno attorney an-1 capitalist. *hn met her 1" San Francisco on her ar irlval from Vancouver. Colonel Emer tuin, her father, was wth her as far as Kan Francisiro, but remained there. Imports «' Mrs M- Kirn prosj»ective marriage to Mr. Baker are current. On the, tram Sir. Baker denied to friends that Mrs. MeKim was on the sam* train, but l.er presence later became known. Mrs. Mo Kirn said to-day that she had a delightful time on her voyage. jjhe »ill leave for New York in a fi>w .lays to visit her mother and will then return here with her father. GETTYSBURG AND WASHINGTON. Personally Conducted Tour via Royal Blue Un*. f.v" New York. West 2H.i St.. 1:50 A. M.: Liberty St.. !♦:<•<• A. M.. Oct. 1"». r< tunana u<t. :•« All expense*. $3.oo.— Advt. XKW-YORK, FRIDAY. o<T<>HKH U. lino.-SIXTKKN PA^KS. EX-SENATOR GARDNER ARRESTER IN SGRANTON Charged with Attempt to Bribe Foelker to Vote Against Anti-Racing Bill. SAY HE HAD $325,000 FUND j Left City Following- Subpoena to Appear Before Bruce Com mittee Whitman on the Case. Former >; ■.<•> Senator Fr^rk J. Gard- ner. of Brooklyn, : arrested last in Bcranton, Perm . and held by the police of that city on a felony chargi -it the iifwt-hwi of District Attorney Whit man, of t!-!! j c:t- . Gardner is alleged '" have attempted to bribi annan Otto «'. Foelker at the time the lat ter was a member of the state Senate to vote apain-t the Hughes anti-racetrack gambling bills. If. Linn Bruce and [si dor Kreael f " r thp legislative graft Investigation committee, are bow in Bcranton. District Attorney Whitman left the city on the midnight train for Scranton to be present when Gardner L- arraigned in a police court then? to-day. The grand jury of New York County will be asked to day to Indict Gardner on a charge of attempted bribers The chief witnesses, it is understood, will be Assistant Dis trict Attorney Robert Elder of Kings County and Congressman Foe'.ker. The crime is alleged to have been com mitted shortly before the special session of the legislature in lf«>S at which the anti-racing bill was passed. At that time Foelker was carried into the Sen ate chamber on a stretcher, having been convalescent from an operation for ap pendicitis. His vote saved the bill from defeat, and his constituents sent him to Congress at the next election for his heroic act. Was Wanted as a Witn-ss. c.arcn.-r left New York a short time ae*-- when be was subpoenaed to appear • the legislative graft hunting com mittee. Ex-Justice M. Linn Bruce and laidor Kresel, counsel to the committee, had a conference with District Attorney Whitman yesterday afternoon and then lpft the city on the .'! o*< lock train for Scranton. They Intended to try to persuade Gard ner to return to New York, information having come from trustworthy sources that he had purchased transportation for Montreal and intended to leave there for the Canadian city by way of Syracuse. It was hoped that he would come back and that h» might be induced to testify before the graft hunting committee re garding a fund of $325,090 which the committee had reason to believe was raised and handled by Gardner to aw* feat the anti-racing legislation. Chief of Police Lona B. Day, of Scran ton. received word of the intended ar rival of Judce Bruce and Mr. Kresel. with the request to arrest Gardner if he left the hotel where h* was staying with his wife. The information regard- Ing Gardner's whereabouts and his in tended movements came through detec tives of a private agency employed by tho legislative graft hunting committee who have bo<»n tracking Gardner since he left New York. Arrested Leaving His Hotel. Th" train for Canada was due to leave Scranton in th? celghorhood of 9 o'clock last night. Shortly before that hour Gardner stepped out of the hotel, and. pursuant to instructions, the Scranton police placed him under arrest. When Informed of the charge against him and asked if h«* would return to New York without extradition. Gardner It, quoted a? replying: "I'll hp damned if I will!"" l\r- consulted with a local and was locked up overnight. Fearful that they mlj?ht not bo able r-. cope with the situation. Judge Bruce communi over the lone; distance telephone with District Attorney Whitman The Immediately e-or in * I I Assistant District Att -: M bs and eivt- Instruc •t is understood, for T h« rr ; b to the arrnnd jury to-day. Mr Moss will communicate with Mr. Whitman as soon as the District At torney takes action, tn the mean time effort wIH be made by the latter revent Gardner's release on balL Whitman on the Case. When District Attorney Whitman was seen last nipht he «t rirst refused to say anything about the case. When told Uspatchea h.-id been received fmm Bcranton telling of Gardner's arrest and of th<- contemplated grand Jury action Mr Whitman =aid: ••I have heard from Judgt Bruce that ■ •■ has b «n arrested, and I am g<> irc to S'-mnton to-night on the m;d nlght train, so that 1 may appear at the police court h»'ririne: in the morning-." Ask<->d to st;it." how th.- matter had mm" before him for action. District At- Whitman n ; ■It er thai will be r>nf,, rP th«> grand jury to-morrow. r cannot s»av anything more until that bodj has di<= j.oFf d of It " The crime with which Gardner ia rhurged is alleged " have occurred on a train between Albany and New York, presumably one of the Thursday night trains upon which members of the Legislature from this part of the state come down to their homes for the week ends during the session. It is charged that he approached Poelker and offered to pay him .<•_•.-,.< mmi if he would vote aeainst the anti-race track bill. Gardner hi sßegad to have made the tent to AsMsi.ii:' Dlatrlct A.ttor r .- Elder, of EtasTi County, that be bad Ittcfa an offer to Foelker Mr E3der commiinleated hnmedJately with ,— 1 for the praff hunting committee, an.i M soon M th<- BJattet was brought to the attentkw of Dlatrlct Attorney Whitman he had a conference wtttl Mr. Elder. !t bi und-rs-to, -.1 that Mr Elder cor -ohnrafed the i eporr recardinp «iard i fMiliaued on ft** 1 PM* rtacAT REAR SPRING WATER. FRAUD Of » MILLION DOLLARS B CHARGED Manager of Redeemable invest ment Company, of Boston, Arrested. ITS PRESIDENT A MINISTER Police Seek Man Who Had Al leged Indorsement cf Secre tary Ballinger and Jus tice Brewer. Boston, Oct. 13.— Federal authorities j visited the extensive offices of the Re- ' deemable Investment Company, at No. I S." Devonshire street, to-day and came ; away with the manager, Charles H. j Brook, the books of the company and several thousand ■'■• ■'.:;<:-.; in cash, all taken under a warrant charging the j company with the use of the mails in a. scheme to defrs According to fed- j tral officials nearly $i.<XW,<KK| is involved under the charges. Police to-night were hunting tor the Rev. Norman Plass. the president of the company, who had the j alleged indorsement of Richard A. Ball mger. Secretary of the Interior; the late Justice David J. Brewer of th ' United i : States Supreme Court, Senator Charles ! Curtis, of Kansas, and several local Con ! gregational ministers. Mr. Plass was for j ! seven years president of vVashburn Col lege, at Topeka. Kan. The raid on the elaborately furnished I offices of the company on the sixth floor !of the Devonshire street building was of great Interest U thousands of invest ors in New England and other sections. ■ Along with a mass of account books and ! ' circulars the federal officers took away | several bags said to contain gold com. I ! while six employes of the company were j summoned before United States Com misalo~er Hayes and gave personal I recognizance in $100 each as witnesses. Organized as Holding Company. The Redeemable Investment Company . was organized three years ago as a holding company, with a capital of $1O, : 000.000. Circulars found in the office •ray that the company promotes only I those properties of which it is the owner or of which it has control and that the stock Is not listed, as the company's re demption fund furnished a market for the stock on demand at a price In no case less than the price paid the com pany, together with at least 6 per cent for the time it has been issued. The circulars also say that the company con trols the Santo Domingo Mining Com pany, which is said to own 85 per cent of the mines of Jalisso. Santo Domingo, and a ranch of seventy thousand acres in the. same state; the Norman Plass Lumber Company. whi< h says it owns ,">. >C»,000.000 feet of timber In British Columbia; the Boston and Canada ' Wheat Land Company, having twenty | thousand acres of land in Canada, and the Okenogan Development Company, of Washington. John P. Feeney. counsel for th*> com pany, said to-night that the officers wel oon-ed the fullest investigation and ex amination of the books and were confi dent that the outcome would !>e favor able not ..nly to their interests not to those ot the stockholders, v. ho ar» tered throughout the rountry and n'im ber several thousand. The Rev. Mr. Plass, the president of the company, was born at Claverack, N. Y. He is a graduate of Williams College and the Tale Divinity School. He ha." held pastorates at Detroit. Lin coln, Neb.: Media. Ohio; Cincinnati and Harrington. R. I. In 1887 he was state superintendent of the Rhode Island Anti-Saloon League and later agent of the Congregational Horn* Missionary Fr-ciety. He became president of Wash- I urn College^ Topeka. in 11/02, and re signed two years ago. The printed matter of the company contains indorsements of Mr. Piaas from many prominent persons. Including a wtfr purporting to come from - tary Ballinger, which reads as foili I ha\e known Mr. Norman Plasa for many years a.s n gentleman of hi.^-h character and integrity. H a higi and ability In og he undertakes. He is worthy ni confidence and respect and has had In the West In the investiga tion of timber lands. I am sure that he : not knowingly represent any mat ntruthfully ■>r an "airly in bu ■ connection. RICHARD A. BALLINGER, Secretary of the Interior. Mr. Brooks was born In <'<.i;n<i! Bluff a thirty-nine years ago According t^. the federal officials, he was arrested in St. Louis six years I and cob ! ;n connection with rh»* land frauds <>f the Ilialto investment Company ol 3t and sentenced to eighteen moaths in }h\\, '.'it \- ,is pardoned by PreM.)»->n* Roosevelt on the ground that h<- ha I furnished valua dence for th> government in the trial of United States Senator Burton. The officers of i . \ • st ment Company are a.« follow.-: FF Jre.«i dent, N'»rman Pas.-. Boston; vice preai tlents •' Austin Pharaoh, Worct Blauvelt, of New Tori wiiiinm H. Bryan, of New Y"rk. secre tary, <;< > "r«" B. Graff, of Boston; treas urer, J l Traphaajen, of Boston. The diractoTi Include the foregoing, with Charles H. Brooka, of Boston, man- Harry W. r<a\is. of Wilmington, PeL; H B Hathawaj of New Bedford, f>nd Addtsoa H Haselttee, of stontdair, N. J. Charles H. Brooks was arraigned late to-day before United States Commis sioner Hayes and luter released on giv ing $^000 ball. He was ordered to ap pear for a hearing on October 20. Mr Ptaas left Boston two weeks ago to go to Vancouver Island to investi gate timber lands in which he Is Inter ested, according to ■ statement made by Mrs. Piaas to-night at her home in New ton. George a. Blauvelt. one of the vice-presi dents of the Redeemable Investment Com pany, when seen at his home in Mousey, Rockland County. N. V . last evening, said that lie bad heard nothing regarding any action having been taken by the federal authorities. He added that he had no state ment to make. At the home in Montclalr, N. J.. of Addi won H. Haseltmsi a director of the com pany, it was • I "' i last night '"' ■' Mr. Hazel iii wait in Boston and was '•'-'■ expected to return befor" to-morrow JOHN PI'RROV MITCHKL. WOMAN CHOKEDJN BERTH Steward Tried to Rob American on Liner La Provence. Havre France Oct. 13.— Mr* Laura Rivers, an American first • ahin pas senger on the steam-ship La Provence, which arrived here to-day, had a nar rnW escape from being strangled on the voyage across. A dining salooa steward d Lamure entered Mrs. Rhraisfs cabin during the night wit': the evident intention of robbery. woman was awakened and the man attempted to strangle her Her screams brought a steward to her as sistant, and her aswaftairt was vnr powered. HIS ASHES VALUED AT $5 No One Claims Package with. Relic of Scientist. [By Telegraph to The Tribune. • Lebanon. Ohio. Oct. IS.— small, ordi nary looking package that attracted no attention when it was thrown from a train at the station here contains all that is mortal of William Bean, a sci entist, formerly of Lebanon, who died recently in Los Angeles. It was Mr. Bean's wish that when he died he be cremated and his ashes buried In his home town. The ashes were s-hipped in accordance with hi." wish, but as yet no on** has called to claim them. The package weighs eight pounds and arrived with the charges of SI M paid. The price of the ashes has been fixed by the shipper, for in large writing are the words. "Value $5." The consignee Is Benjamin Mull, a farmer and rela tive, who has been notified by the ex press agent, but has sent no word con cerning- the ash^s. WARNED THE^ DES MOINES Portuguese Notified Captain of Torpedo in Lisbon Harbor. Oct IX— Special dispatches from Lisbon mailed to the frontier and •aphed from there stat« that a rigorous • ensorship is being maim upon all news except platitudes con cerning the ne* government. :-nrr;ent. the dispatcher con tinues, is particularly anxious la ■. incident in connection with th<» . at Lish m of th- American cruiser Dcs Moines. A Portuguese onV rded 1 Dcs Mofnes immediately .>n b^r arrival here and waraed the • die dansjer of a torpedo or a submarine mine As a r^ aboard I ruiaer was alert all through the night, but nothing British rarning. LODGES CAUSE SHUTDOWN Mine Members Had to Attend Many Funerals — No Time for Work. Aurora, 111.. Oct. 13.— I coal mine at Braceville; 111., is Just been closed be cause the workers celebrate too many holi days and attend too many funerals. Ex plaining why the workings were closed for food, the mine- owners declared that they were short handed bo many days they could not be run at a profit. Braceville Is m old town, where nearly every one belons to a lodg* of some kind, and when a funeral occurred the lodge members all had to attend. HER VIEWS ON HER CHECKS Taxation Without Representation Is Tyranny." Writes Rich Woman. [By TH.-sraph *•' Th» Triune. 1 Philadelphia. Oct. 13.— Mrs. Margaret Bar ber, a widow, of No. 2SOS North Braadstflest, who pays taxes on more than C00.»m» worth .it realty, has been seeding her eh«*?k to the office of the Receiver of Taxes here for the last fifteen years. Across the fac» of the check she has always written: "Taxation without representation Is tyr anny." Mrs. Barker explained to-nlsht that after her husband died, fifteen years ago. she had trouble with the men engaeed by her to look after her business Interests. She Immediately turned suffragist, and empha sizes this fact each year through the nota tion on her tax check . Great Day Line Str. "Hendnck Hudson" in Wesl Point and return. Sat.. Oot. l.'.ih Timed exactly for Inspection Parade and Vale- West Point Football Game. Ste atla.— JLdvt • r\Ui X ON ( KNT ' n city of >>t» 17>rk. .ler«er City and Hnbofc «•. *. .-. Pit IL b U> Xi lt> I ELSETVHERE TWO CENT*. STRIKE DELAYS TOURISTS American and English Visitors to Switzerland Unable to Leave. [B- Cable to The Tribune.) London. Oct. 14.— A Geneva message to "The Express" states that hundreds of English and American visitors in Switzerland, as well as those of other nationalities, are stranded, as the chief routes from Basle. Geneva and Lau sanne have been completely blocked owing to the strike on the French rail •nays. Cherbourg. Oct. 13:— The captain *' the steamship Deutschland. now on the way to this port, has been instructed by wireless to advise the passengers to land at Plymouth, the connection to Paris being uncertain. Havre. Oct. 13.— Many of the passen gers arriving by. the steamship La Pro vence are stranded at this place on ac count of the strike. A lew of the pa.3 stngers got away in automobiles, ■ the chauffeurs are demanding from $123 to $400 for the trip to Paris. Berlin. Oct. 14.— The "Tageblatt" prints the following telegram from the Cher bourg agency of the Hamburg-American Steamship Company: Arriving traffic Ls greatly embarrassed. Departing train? can only be depended upon to reach Evreux or Mantes-sur «eine regularly. The employes at the Cherbourg station have not yet ■"•• on strike. . _,-,,_ ,„ Passengers for the Kronprinz v. llhelm and the Teutonic, sailing Wednesday, ar rived partly by train and partly by au tomobile. s?ome of them wer** too late. Pa^sensers on the Deutschland. arnvm? Friday, will be sent to Paris by auto mobiles. AMERICAN POTATOES WIN After 35 Years, U. S. Tubers Will Be Admitted to France. Paris. Oct. 13.— A commission of scientists has come to the conclusion that American potatoes are no lonsrer a source of contamination, and the French government has decided to admit this product, which has been barred out of France since IS! on the ground that it was infected with a disease dangerous to French potatoes. The French potato crop this year Ml poor. ENGINEER SHOT IN CAB _ — ■ Saves Oriental Limited. Despite Serious Wound. La Crosse. Wis., Oct. 13.— Shot in th*» head by a stray bullet from the rifle of an unknown hunter at Genoa. Wia. forty miles south of here. Alfred Foster, engineer- of the Oriental Limited, thi nnest passenger train on the B-rrlington- Great Northern system, fell over in his cab. but revived, grasped the throttle and brought his train to La. Crosse to day. When he arrived he was covered ■with blood and extremely weak. His in jury is serious. HUGHES IN UNION LEAGUE Club Elects Supreme Court Justice a Member— Loeb Name Waits. < "ha: • E. Hushes, associate justice of the United States Supreme; Court, was elected an honorary member of the fnlnn League* Club last Ban**. A member of the club said the name of William Loeb. Jr.. Collector of the Port, was not brought be fore the me»ttnK in the matter of election to membership. Collector Usss/a name was far down on the waitinp list of applicants. It n-nx said, and M yet the committee hav ing charge of the presentation of names had not reached It. At the c1oj»*» of the meeting It was de clared that politics w»S not discussal DREXEL COMES TO FLY HERE Will Try for Speed and Altitude Prizes at International Meet. J. Armstrong Drexel. the American avia tor whose feats abroad hax-e attracted aateraatloo%] attention, arrived on "- Lisl tanla last night, bringing with him two fJ awaqpawiiff Blertota. Asked his plans for the international aviation contests. Mr. Drexel. whose accent anJ attire are pleas antly English, said he meant to try for the sjv»;?,l tri>!uiy and the. altitude prize. Mr. Orcx-I •U also enter the Statue of Liberty race for the $10.<Xj».> pnzr wffered t-y Thomas F. Ryan ' MICHEL PASSES HE 10 M MAYOR Stirred to Wrath by Gary's Criticism of List of Houses Sent to Baker. WAS HIS OWN WORK.HE SAYS !*_. . 1 — Thinks Way to Check Vice Is to Investigate, Not to Write Let ters to "Sister Mary, Little Dog Spot and James Creeiinan." Figuratively speaking, a bomb** ploded in the City Hall late yesterday afternoon. shattering beyond much hop* of repair the amicable relations that once existed MMi Mayor Gaynor and President Mltchel of the Board of Alder men. President Mltchel used th* 'shorter and ussier" word in characterizing In sinuations made by the Mayor in * let 1 ter to Police Commissioner Baker in re gard to the list of alleged gambling I places and disorderly houses that Mr. Mltchel. as acting Mayor, had s*nt to rim. The Mayor wrote to the Police Commissioner that he had found the list to be "like or compiled from the M made up in a wholly untrustworthy I newspaper office for scandal and sensa tion and sent to us la3t winter." "It is a lie that any list of addr*s?ea I rorwarded by me to the Police CommtJ sioner was made up in any newspaper office." declared President Mltchel after the newspaper men had shown to him a copy of the letter to Police Commis sioner Baker given out at the Mayer'* office. President Mitchel mar> no further at tempt to conceal his feelings toward the Mayor, saying with much emphasis . "The way to control prostitution and eliminate gambling in New York City is not to write letters to "Stater Mary/ •Little Do* Spot" and 'James Creelman.* but to investigate conditions and taks action." In his letter to the Commissioner tho Mayor did not mention the name of President Mltchel. but he refers to at tempts made to create sensation and "befoul this city." His letter followed the lines of the one to Chief Magistrate BfcAdoo several daya ago. -which were generally taken to be indirect slaps at the man who was acting Mayor during the Mayor's incapacity. List Antique, Says Mayor. ■ The Mayor declares that proof of th» antiquity of the list is found in the fact that a number of the addrvsses are now embraced in the new Pennsylvania sta tion. He orders the Police Commissioner to withdraw hi 3 notices to a number nt persons that th^r property is betas used tor illegal purposes, and asks that apol ogies be made to them. Copies of this letter were given to the newspaper men after tbe Mayor had ? on« home. President Mitchel was in the old Council Chamber upstairs at the hearing of the commircee of the B-">ard of Estimate on the 1911 budget. A copy of the letter was handed to him. He r**ad it carefully, thought for a monies?; or two and then said slowly, weighing each word: "If the Police Commissioner sent violation notices to any address for warded by me on List B." which had ijot been verified, he violated or«i<»r.s. and it la another proof of hi 3 inefficiency and bis unntness for the office whica he ijr.lds. '•There were two Ust3. a.- I stated be fore — one. Schedule 'A/ made up cf ad dresses which had been verified by my men. The second. Schedule 3.' vaa made up of addresses, the complaint* against which the Commissioner was instructed to verify before notifying owners or filing violations. •It is a deliberate li«». a Be. a lie"— and Mr. Mitchel raised his voice and struck his hands together to lend em phasis to his remarks— "that any oa» of the addresses which I sent to the Com missioner was not based on complaints received by me through the mails. Some of these were, of course, anony mous. Anybody can send an anonymous communication when such as investiga tion is going on. I do not too* whether they originattd in ■ newspaper office. p->lioe Headquarters or St. James. Still Has Many Complaints. •I have in my office to-day a larg* number of these complaints. Others were turned over by me for the fetes of the Majors oKce. I do not know whether* they are in existence now. cf course." Then President ttttcbel made his ref erent to the right way to control vtce leing not in writing Vtters. "Any attempt to make it appear that there was any misunderstanding in Che matter." he added, "is disingenuous and a deliberate attempt to create a public mis :onception. "They cannot get away from the fact that twenty-two indictments have al ready been returned as to addresses ia my verified list, nor from the fact that the other list of complaints received was sent to the Police Commissioner with instruction to investigate before sending violations or making th* addresses pub lic. "Finally I wanf to repeat that it is a lie that any list of addresses forwarded by me t" the Police Commissioner wai made up in any newspaper office." In hi.-* letter to Police Commissioner Baker the Mayor wrote: I have examined the list of places which you sen: to me. at my request, us the on* from which you have been noti fying the owners of such places since s*-pt*mber IK that gamblin? or other itles^ l doings are carried on there. In stead of it being a list made \i^ of cur rent complaints of citizens, as I was in formed before communicating with you. I rtnti it to be an old one. like or com piled from the M made up trt a wholly untrustworthy newspaper oflctf for scan dal and sensation and sent t;> O9 *■* winter, and found to b* so trumped up and inaccurate that it could not be •••*• as a basis for official action. Proof of the antiquity of the present list, instead of it being made up of cur lent complaints, is found in the one fact alone that eleven of the houses it complains of arc embraced in the Penn sylvania Railroad .-tation and terminal in Manhattan, bating beer, taken for