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V m IAN
BtNNET OPENS FIGHT
ON PRESIDENT GRISCOIVI
Gruber and Brnuqh Act with Him
in Calling Conference of
District Leaders.
WRANGLE OVER ROOSEVELT
* -Cnint Me Out. Woodward
Bays, as Revolt I? Preached —
Other? Keep Silence — Gris
com Not Alarmed.
Congressman William P. Bennet. who
va? zti unsuccessful ndidate for t h
nomination for Governor at the Repub
lican ....... Para toga, started a
movement yesterday to force Lloyd ( .
Griscom out of the presidency of the Re
publican County Committee, He sug
gested to ten district leaders who met
p.i the City Club on his invitation that a
committee l*> appointed to wait on Mr.
Grisenm and invite him to resign.
The suggestion did not meet with the
approval of those present and the meet-;
:r.c broke up at't«-r a some* acri
monious wrangle on the question as to
•whether Theodore Roosevelt aided or in
jurec the Republican cause in this state
by his activity m the campaign.
Allied with Mr. Bcnnet in his fignt
sframst Mr. Griscom are Abraham
Gruner. leader of the 17th District, one
01 the old Odeli ... Pena
t"r Alexander Bmush. who succeeded
Mr. B-T;net as l^ad^r of th - 19th Dis
trict. Senator Broueh har- for fome
time acted in ?ymr-athy with Mr. Gruber.
who is opposed to progressive move
ment in the Republican organization.
'"•"•njrresFman Bennct is credited with an
ambition to become county leader.
Those who are aware of the feelings
that these men hold toward Mr. (Jris- i
com are convinced that they will con- !
tinue their warfare against him. in spit-^
ni The setback they got yesterday. It is
possible that some hostile move may be j
made at the monthly meeting of the ex- j
•>c»itive committee or the county com- i
mittee on Thursday rti-:ht. althr»uzh Mr. j
P»nnet said he did not ;inticipate any- |
thine of tho kind.
The meeting at the City Club wa? j
railed hastily. Jir. Bennct, Mr. Gruber j
and Senator Brough communicated yes- i
teTday with pome twenty district ]<=ad- j
ts v.ho they thought would be will- j
Ing to participate in a move against Mr.
Grisc<-»rr>. These leaders were ask^d to |
r, ;tend a conference on the future policy j
of th* New York County organization j
a* the City Club !at*» in the afternoon.
Not ? -word to? said to Mr. Griscom nor j
to any of the other fifteen leader? who
it was thought would acquaint him of
the secret action.
Eight Others Attend.
Tr additf^n tr> P^narnr Brouch and Mr. ;
Gruber,' v.ho was represented by Albert j
T\a- k. late census sur^r%-isoT- in this j
count\. only figrht district leader? met j
Congressman B«nn<=t at lh^ appointed t
hour. They were William <J. Rose, of i
Th<- l^t. Josrph T. Hackett. of T h^ r>th; '
William Halpin. .-»f.th*- 7»h: Micha<=! K. |
Biak*". of the fith; Joseph Nejedlv. of ■
the l^rh: Collin H. Woodward, of the j
Z'-'A: John B. Cartwright, <4 the JSth, \
fc'i<-j John J. Lyons, of the '"-lst.
The conterenoe last«!> f*>r an hf>ur and :
■r <juar**r. ar.d it was a ''<=r <i o'clock i
vhen those who participated came down ;
fr"m the 'Jj'p-r ro<»m. Maftiy of 'iiem
hurried a^ay. and Cr>nsre.-sman lifnnct.
w !k« had l-fen .lin^n spokesman, was
Ti"i at ... inclined to £ive the names of j
tho."-* ]-rf--<rn. }i>- finally \\as induced
t- do Si. sajinz that there were <.«th«-rs
v.ho would have been present if other j
___ . i
engagements j .ermitted. Who these]
ver*- he would n"t say.
A 5A 5 - to the details of the m<-ftint: Con- '
gressnoan Bennet was extremely unc<">m- {
niunicative. With a 1-mad smile he de- j
c-are<3 the U was just a patheririir of
£ dozen or so of the leaders, who were
F ■■ri friends, to see what could he done •
fnr the organization, which he declared,
was "fiat on i*s hack."
An a(.-count of what happened was J
ga'hered from another source, however.
It ?.a? -aid that Congressman Renn f t
Etarte<] in t-y making an attack on the
preseni leadership of the organization in '
ihe'coanty. H- sa;.] that a mi^takp had j
l»«-en madf in n- i >i'lding to th*=- wishes j
oi a. majnrit> of the dist:j.-t leaders and*
niikln? him the candidate for Governor.
V?iat. h<- said, had h.<-n ..n!y the fir.<;t
ir.irtake. ?: .3: tr.*- leadership was inef
fnj*>nt. :.► declared. v::s shown hv th*» !
cai 1 ;. .; two of the thirty-five As-
p t ir ' ':.'> in the county gave a
rjuralin for the [Jerublicari candidate
for •;<-■■.. rr.
Thfn Congrf^sman Benn^t said that
th* be* thing to do z:< ih^ first step in
•:•- reorgacuatiun O { ihe jarty here was
apl -.'. A committee ;,. wait on Mr.
svite him to surrender the
IVocdward Soeaks Out.
; prcrovition m> surprised
-■ ters 'ha- th.;*. for a
Then Collin "H. Woodward got
straight from the shoulder
'''"" : ■■ that if the Ee fr et nv«»t-
JRg h*d h^-n rail*? for any Puch pur
!<** r.'- u,r one could 1- county out
•.*«■ other* ? aid nothing, and Congre^
~-' -"-t. s..; n2 ,h. sugg^tmn h«d
nfJt ''in favor, did not press it. and
It!'''' " a -~ tlUrti <<f Th *-
.: ? '"^-ti> no - Mr! firiscjm from
X* county kadershir
/"; •^•^.-.: fe!l B.nn.r. hoover, u-nt
-
■'■' J'" r^nsiderpd vrere mistakes.
.;'* °" '■ lt - prcyl wwa. h^ thousht. was
- rr,,e-.,:, n o; Mr R^sevilt into the
"'!, zn - Jh " mention ».f Mr. FJooFe
«.* naa*- V'&%.like striking a nnita ttho h
- ' r --r. of gunp^wd^r.
*r Btek*..;_of t!, e mb District ,]e
nared that so Ur ai he tt?E concern**
: : '' R<y * ?Vf^ 'hat his delegates at the
;' •■■••«!. -n »o«!<i not have ihought of
■- fur »r.yUUnc that^ Roosevelt did
' l lhat T^e campaign made
->*■ <:<-Fr. s:d<r.t had be*-n of gr^at
t . ■
t urn 1 • -
Tt>-da.T and t«-m<»rrn« .
rain or mioh .
LEMON AS A VOTE GETTER
Congressman-Elect Akin Certi
fies He Bought One in Campaign.
Albany, Nov. —To IfechanlcsvlUe
grocer, for one lemon, five cents." was
among thf> items of expense enumerated
by Congressman-elect Theron Akin, of
the >th Congress District, in his state
ment of election expanses, Sled to-day
with the Secretary of State, his total
expenaes befnc W6B 76
Mr. Akin made a novel campaign
against <'oncrepsman Diirey. At one
occasion he mounted the platform at a
ma«=s meeting, carrying an empty dinner
pail. The Congressman elect does not
say for what purpose the lemon was
used.
BARGE AND SIX LOST
Belated News Received of Wreck
08" Fire Island.
Xeyrport News. Vau. ICov 14. — Car
rying down with her Captain Soder
berg and hi? crew of five men. the
•ohaleback barge Baroness, bound from
Newport News for Providence. R. 1., in
tow of the whal^back steamer Bayport.
sank off Fire Island. N. V.. last Thurs
<;a\- nigtit after being run down by -*n
unknoTi ■ square rigged ship.
News of the disaster was received here
to-day in a telegram from Boston ro
Henry B Holmes, local agent of the
White Oak Coal Company, which owned
both th<=> barg» and the steamer.
ARMING ON THE BORDER
Mexicans Bloving Toward Texas
Will Be Met Sheriffs.
Austin. Tex.. Nov. 14. — Governor
Campbell to-night received a [ong-dis
tance rail from the Sheriff of Edwards
County, paying that he had received a.
telegram from Del Rio to the effect that
armed Mexicans are marching to Ro k
Springs because of the recent lynching.
(>vf>rnnr Campbell >rdered the Sheriff
X' have all the sheriffs and d«puti c
from all surrounding counties report to
him at nee.
The Governor is also setting- into com
munication with the state rangers If
need h*>. Yio will ord^-r out the state
militia.
El Pa.=o. Tex.. \nv H — In a race demon*
stration in Chihiahua. Mexico, on Sunday
afternoon, a party of Vmer • residents
of the city were stoned by a mob which
first assemble at Hidalgo Piaza. where
incendiary speeches were made, and then
marches up Cane Aldama shouting, "Re
m^rnber Antonio Rodriguez."
For a time the mob had possession of the
rity. hut it finally di=per=ed.
BOARDING__HOUSE STRIKE
ST. W. C. A Girls Up in Arms
Against Soup and Hash.
{By T'iesrapfi to The Tribune.]
Philadelphia. Nov. 14.— The boarders
b' th<* local Young Women's Christian
Association have instituted n "food
strike." A petition has been • 'jlat«>d
unonf th*- two hundred and fifty vounz
women who make their home at the
"poarding house asking for more appe
"izing meals, a more varied menu and
better service.
The petition was sicn^d by every mem
ber of the household and sent to the su
perintender.t. and th boarders are
agreed thai "som^thingr must be done."
NEW YORK SCARES ADMIRAL
■Fighting Bob Says Battleship Is
Haven of Safety in Comparison.
[FVera Tr^- Tri!>j n <- Bureau.]
Washington, Nov. 11. —The crashing
dishes, lh€ looting automobile and the
flashing lights of th- Great Whit.- Way
soared "Fighting Boh" Evans. The ad
miral, who has just returned to W'aEliington
fr«-in the metropolis, thinks ... bridge .
of a battleship is a haven of refuge com- j
nared witn t!-e ttretts of X--\\ \■: k. ■•in !
New York," said Admiral Evans, "it .- as I
much as a man's life is worth to cross any j
one of the large squares on busy streets at j
any hour of the day. It is a w< nder to me I
that more people are not killed and man-!
gled by automobiles every ear in that city. :
'! felt safer any <!a\ on duty abo&r my
battleship than I did in New York. Why,
look at th* 1 automobiles there, for . stance
Actual .^tati^tios show that more persons
are killed every wee] in the streets of New!
York and environs than were, killed in our!
navy dur'ng the war with Spaii \\'(- lost !
nnly three or four en in that war. while
more than that number of people a;e man- i
gled to d^ath or maimed for life bj devil j
wagon* there every \v*><=-k. Frequently, j
more than that number are killed in New j
Fork Cify oy automobiles in a single day. i
""Any one who enters a taxicab ■ annut ;
feel sur*- thu he Kill rot jret his head j
knocked off before reaching hip destination.
Tint's why I ray life on a man-of-war is I
KILL TWELVE AT NICARAGUA
'Government Troops Fire on Liberals
Who Had Been Forbidden to Meet.
Miitiapn-T. Ni«arajrua. Nov. 14. — Tw»lv«
i persons are dead at Iyeon and a gr^at many
i wounded as tne result of b political demon
j st ration ■ .... The . • mm-nt
] Issued oni^r;; prohibiting a Liberal m.mli
i fest;itk>n. and when the Liberals and their
'jol.erents paTh-red in the streets to carry
out their pl^n.-. troops w*>re sent against
th^m. -Charles T-lier. .m American, is
ajnons th<^ wounded.
The American Consul. Jos* de olivaies.
went to Leon this jnornins to inV^stipate
! tli*- situation. A report received from him
j elates that !hei-<- was a renewaj of the
riotinc to-day, I.ijt piyep no detail?
\Vafhin?ton, Nov. 14 -Charles Teller, the
! Arre/iran who «a? wounded in the riotln?
! at Leon. Nir-ara^ua. is hellev^d to be a
j mining engin^r The Btate Depai bment,
• however, has !f-<-eive4 >-> advices roncern
| ins the omoreak. though full details are
• expected from th< American Counsul to
' ro<">rrt "v.
i
UNUSED TO CLEAN MONEY
I Woman Washed Silver Note— Bank
Cashier Pronounced It Counterfeit.
•Washington. Nov. 14 _ A mlFtake that
irnay lecome <~orr.m<- in t th* eminent
I nnzlly decide* to Iau n^« r Itrty paper money
! came to the attention fif thP Treasury offl
j tials to-day.
A voman in New y Crk ... an ex
! treniely dlr *Y --''^i" certificate: She prompt- i
jj y was-hed and lron«j ,ll(,, ll( , ill It c dmf . . out I
!! o f the rtocess bright and clean, and the j
I took it «f» lh * rankr ' an k It looked fo *trans,«
that the bank teller pronounced the not
counterfeit and :.-ru i t to washingon for
nj^cnon
V The only thing th * mauer wjth tnal/ >.
tin :ud •:■-■. ....■ j
\K\V-YOIMv, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 15,
E 8. ELY FLIES 10
LAND FROM WARSHIP
Takes the Air from Motionless
Cruiser Birmingham Off
Fort Monroe.
FIVE MILES IN FIVE MINUTE
Victorious Trip of Noted Gurtiss
Hudson Flier Marks New
Epoch in Naval
History.
Fort Monroe. Va.. Nov. 14.— Aerial
navigation proved to-day that it is a
factor which must be dealt with in the
naval tactics of the world's future, if
the successful flight mad.? hy Eugene B.
Ely in a Curtiss biplane from the deck
of the cruiser Birmingham can he taken
as a criterion. From Hampton Roads,
the scene forty-five yearsTago of another
epoch in the history of naval warfare,
when an ironclad proved Its superiority
over the former type of fighting vessel.
the aviator to-day flew across the lower
end of Chesapeake Bay. landing on the
Fhore opposite this fort.
In weather conditions unfavorable for
flying Ely shortly after 3 o'clock this
afternoon glided from the platform
erected on the front of the cruiser,
swooped down until he touched the wa
ter, then rose rapidly into the misty air
of the lower bay and was off in the di
rection of th Atlantic. Four minutes
later h<= was a sn^ck on the eastern hori
zon and in a minute l^Ter had landed
safely on "VYilloughby Spit
Impact Damages Plane.
Th* Impact with which the machine
struck the water after its thirty-seven
foot drop from the front of the cruiser
scarred one of the propeller blades as
though a heavy saw had gone along its
edge, and a small piece was split from
the blade. But the speed of the aero
plane was not lessened, and it darted
away with expr^s? train rapidity.
Intermittent rain throughout the day,
several small hail showers and a con
tinuous fog almost compelled the aviator
to postpone his attempt. But h^ was de
termined to prove, as he said after th«
fipht. that he could accomplish more
than had been expected of him.
Furthermore, he did not watt for The
Birmingham to get into motion, which
would have added to his momentum and
thus have aided him greatly, but, seizing
an opportune moment between showers.
he was off before those on the ship with
him and on the other vessels stationed at
various points nearby to follow and as
pist him in case of need, were aware
that he was ready for his flight, the first
"f its kind in history.
"Ely proved to-day that it is possible
to fly safely from a Bhip, and after hav
ing don" this, asserted with emphasis
that it would h^ an easy matter for an
s-roplane. to alight on a vessel either
while the latter was moving or standing
still.
Xaval expei ts who witnessed the flight
expressed their belief that the navies of
the world in the future mu<=t take the
aeroplane Into consideration when map
ping out plans of action.
Naval Observer Pleased.
<'aptain Washington t. Chambers, who
has been detailed by the Xavy Depart
ment as 'li^irman of ,-i board for aero
nautical investigation, declared that the
flight was more than he had expected,
and h« is confident that the time is near
when all seoul cruisers will be equipped
with a number of aeroplanes. They
would not be for battleship use, he ex
plained, but for scout duty in connection
with the work of the scout cruisers of
thi navy.
"When Mr. Elj i!^'- with such ease
from a standing ship," he said, "it
showed, beyond doubt, that his task
would have been uiu<h simpler if the
Birmingham had been moving."
Starting '.ut from the Norfolk Navy
rard al 10:30 o'clock this morning on
the Birmingham, closely followed by thf
torpedo boat destroyers Roe and Terry
and by the torpedo boats Kailey and
Stringham, it was fully four hours later
■ Mr. Xl- s machine was working
to his fu - : isfa< tion
Flew in a Curve.
The distance which Mr. Ely flew tO
,;,.,, B five miif-s. "fhe Birming
liam was I: ing in ths roads only a quar
-,, - of a mile from ihf Hotel Chamber
lin. but iv making his flighi to Wil
loughb) Spit, hf flew in a curve, bo that
whiW the exact distance would not be
determined, i' was believed h< covered
. ImoEt Hve mil< s.
It was 3:10 o'clock when b< took to
the air; five minutes later h«- was safe
on the solid soil of Virginia, a few miles
north of Norfolk. Mr. Ely, after being
brought back on a launch and placed
ahoard the Roe, Baid he was not fond of
the water; but he had conquered his
fears l'-nE (n.''ipli t<> remain over it in a
fog and accomplish his purpose.
W, n he struck the water on diving
off the 83-foot platform erected on tht:
l, o w of the Birmingham salt water
dashed into his tace and goggles, so
that he could not s.-r in which direction
he was going. He had planned t.. take
a Bomewhai different course from that
which he actually followed and land a
iiiti* further to th - ni.rth. Th<> greatest
height be attained was estimated at
about five hundred feet.
jj,.. Btriking th* water. Ely said after
ward. was due t.. a slight miscalcula
tion. He had planned before he left th*
irifline <>n tne Birmingham to drop near
tR e water so as to get the momentum
v.hich n<3 wanted t., r «*rry him upward;
but hf . rreai bed the. mark slightly.
It [c anderstood that Mr. Ely by his
flight to-day lms won a $5,000 prize. of
fered by John Harry Ryan for th* first
flight at a mile tr " r< ' from any ship
to land.
Further experiment* of a similar
nature, , T is believed, win j(f conducted
In t!]l . near future by the Navy Depart
ment. The opinion was freely expressed
to-day that Til aeroplane '"u.vt i,e taken
«^ r j, ; iisly in naval warfare of tn, ? future.
.. ... m Co., L3B Fulton st . .\.V\
HENRY H. ROGERS HAS
VISIONS OF BATTLE
Predicts Japan Will Provoke
War Before the Panama
Canal Opens.
AND THRASH THE U. S. A.
Back from Europe, He Says
Country Should Make Mili
tary Service Compulsory
Bis: Army Heeded.
Henry H. Rogers. son of the late
' Standard Oil financier. fresh from the
i military centres of France and Germany,
brought to port yesterday rh unpleasant
prediction that Japan will provoke a war
i *
■ with the United States some time before
the Panama Canal is open for business.
This Is not only thf belief of Mr. R - --.
but the concensus of opinion of the mili
tary men he associated with during his
j visit of seven months abroad.
Mr Rogers, who i? a captain in the
22d Regiment of the National Guard of
; New York and a military enthusiast, ar
rived here, accompanied by his wife and
chiid-en. on the Holland -America liner
! Rotterdam. He had 1-^en studying the
military methods >f Germany and
France, and had tfr-r entree at practically
al! the important manoeuvres. He said
he had talked with officers from the low
est ranks to the highest, and found them
all cf the belief that th<= United States
would he drasrs^d into a war with Japan
by Japan, and that the United States
would be badly beaten in the fight.
European Opinions.
Summing up what he had gleaned
abroad, Mr Rogers said:
"They have a hisrh regard in Europe
for the strength and the clever fighting
ability of our navy, and so have the
Japanese, but they look upon our army
as a j^ke. The foreign military men
say it is too small to be of any use
Japan is not anxious to get into a war
with us just now, while a great war
dPbt is hanging over her. but she is mak
ing a despe-ate effort to pay it off quick
ly, and will make loans again to carry
her through a fight with us.
"The control of the Pacific is betweer
her and the United States, and she
means to get it. Notwithstanding all
this pentle peace talk in Japan, that na
tion is going to strike, and strike before
the Panama Canal is opened.
"The United States has a good in
fantry, but it is not prepared for war. It
is my ambition to see this country ade
quately so prepared. In the first place,
we have not enough trained men to put
in the field. We have not nearly enough
rifles or ammunition, an.] no mobilizing
stations. - ,
Need Big Army Quickly.
"There is no question but what the
Jaranp?p could land two hnndred thou
sand trained fightinc m*>n on the Pa
cific Coast before we could. Unless we
undertake to establish a good, big stand
ing: army quickly, we will be beaten in
an encasement with the Japs. Another
important shortcoming that must not he
overlooked is the fact that we are using
war tactic? two hundred years old. The
United States and England, perhaps,
are the only big nations using such
ancient tactics.
"We need the universal military ser
vice. We should have a compulsorj ser
vice of throe years for young men. He
is a poor American, indeed, who is not
willing to give up at least three years
of his tini>- to the service of his country
t<> safeguard it. 1 shall do a!! in my
power to stimulate an interest in this
throe-year service for ail young; m<*n
able to shoulder a gun. There is only
one «ay to do it. and that is to preach
this doctrine, and grt the thing: started.
You can't gel anything out of a Con
gr< Bsman unless you kick liim."
Mr. Rogers said h<=> was pl^asf-.l with
the election, and "as not at al! worried
over the financial outlook of iiie country.
DROP IN PRICES OF FOOD
Cut in Meat and Vegetables in
Boston — Reduced in West.
Boston. Nov 14— There was a fall in the
prices of meats and vegetables in the Bos
ton markets to-day which averaged from 10
to 15 per cent. Beef went dour, nearly live
cents, poultry fell off a like amount, while
pork products declined two or three cents.
The declin* extended to nearly al! lines of
fresh vegetables, but butter and eggs held
firm, the later advancing a cent or two.
Kansas City. Mo.. Xov. 14.— Meal markets
of this city reduced the price of pork chops
from a cent to two and a half cents a
pound to-day The price of pork loii and
pork roasts- was also decreased somewhat.
but ham and bacon and other cuts oi pork
were not affected. No change in the price
of beef was announced. The break in the
hog market caused a <irop in wholesale
prices, making it possible for the retail
markets to make the cuts announced.
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WOMEN HELD UNDER HUDSON
Defective Contact Shoe Stops Traffic
and Crowds Stations.
Service In the Hudson River tuhes of the
McAdno system was demoralized for ten
minutes during the "• o'clock rush last
v*-ninc. 1-ecause of tne misbehavior of the
, ontart shoe cf a train bound Jersey-ward
In the uptown tube In all stations there
war rr;tch congestion for a short time, aii<i
the sale or ticket! had to tx suspended •
The train which lused th< trouble was
itnder the North River when something
weni wrong, It was well nl --<\ with women
shopperf who were somewhai reassured
by the cars remaining lighted, thanks to
the storage batteries designed to meet just
Buch emergencies
\e ,1 res-ult of the accident It wa- found
necessary to operate trains under a five
minut* headway, insteaO of thre< minutes
as usual.
EARLY OREGON VOTE IN 1912
State Will Vote for President Before
National Conventions.
Portland, Ore.. Nov. 14— Belated return*
from nearly every county in the state in
dicate the adoption on last Tuesday of
the constitutional amendment that will giv«
Oregon voters- the privilege of expressing
theli prefer* n< lor Pn Id* . 1 and \ >.<;
President in 1912 befnre '" national con
entiont of th< Republican and Democratic
parties ar< held.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS
FACE FIGHT RENEWAL
3tep Taken to Balk Alleged Pian
of Mrs, Stetson to Re
gain Control.
SEEK TO CHANGE BYLAWS
Deposed Leader Hurries from
Deathbed of Friend in South
—First Gup. To-mor
row Ni^ht.
With the return to this city yesterday
jot Mr? Augusta K. Stetson, the leader
' of thp faction in the F:r.= f Church of
Christ Scientist, which cam* 5 very nea'
splitting thai institution about a year
ago, it became known that the person
adherents in th.-- local '"hristian Science
Church hn\p he<=n quietly lining: up their
forces for a renewal of the old battle
with the forces headed by Virgil O.
Strickler. the first reader of th» church,
who is backed by all th"=> power oT Mrs.
Eddy's Mother Church, ir. Boston.
More than that, the members who re
tained their loyalty to Mrs. Eddy, as
against 7^l r .-= Stetson, were repeating ru
mors yestprdav thaT *h^ former leader
. of the local church had been engaged
: eve,- since tri» list struggle in a country
wide effort to lino up in her behalf any
: disaffected Christian Scientist who for
any reason might have be<*om<= dis
gruntled over the methods of the Foston
board of directors, th*= supreme court of
: the Christian Science cult.
It is just a little less than a year now
- Mrs Stetson and nearly a score of
i her pupils were expelled from both the
; Mother Church and th<=> local Christian
; Science organization, and th* places of
those who had been trustees of the local
church under the Stetson regime were
; filled by adherents of the Strickler fac
tion who remained loyal to the Boston
; powers.
Mrs Stetson, it wq? learner) yesterday,
togethei with those healers and teachers
Who wpre pxpelipd because of thPir loy
alty to her, continued their treatment of
such afflicted ones as called upon them.
and impressed it well on each of these
patients that they must regularly at
t-nd th<? services in the big church at
street and Centra! Park West.
Stetson Supporters in Church.
This order has resulted in the build
ing up wjThin the supposedly peaceful
< hurch «-f a compact body of men and
women who, though they ar<= regular at
tendants and subscribers to the doc
i trines as propounded in Mrs. Eddy's
hocks and manuals, look upon Mrs. Stet
so,! and her pupils as Their r^ai leaders
in Th^ faith
The election of trus r "^s comes early in
I January, and it was for this event that
I the Stetsonites w* r e said to be grooming
themselves, inasmuch, as constant at
•• ndance --arrips with it the right to vote
jat a congregational meeting, according
tc the stat<- laws governing churches.
Last Sunday, however, at the regular
' service, it was announced that a special
I meeting of th^ would he
; held ripxt Friday night, to consider an
amendment to the bylaws P f tho
church To make it conform to the
state i". governing ecclesiastical mat
ters there will also b*» a special meeting
el the congregation called to-morrow
night after the regular Wednesday
1 venmg meeting, because the law re
quires that notice of an intention to
amend the bylaws shall be given at two
separate meetings before the one :i t
which the proposition is to he voted
upon finally.
This announcement, it is understood,
took th- Stetsonites somewhat by sur
prise, but they expect to be ready at the !
Friday night meeting, with solid upposi- i
tion to any movement to amend the by- ■
laws in any way to decrease their j
chances of securing again thp control O f
the First Church in New York at the
January election of trustees.
Hurries Back to New York.
Mrs Stetson, at the time of the an
nouncement, was in Wilmington. N\ C,
at the deathbed of Miss Mary Bridges. ■
of that city Miss Bridges died, and j
Mrs Stetson hurried back to New York ''
to take personal command of her move- j
ment.
The proposed amendment, the Stetson- ;
it< s learned, was designed to curtail the |
franchise in < hurch matters .-o that it
could b° used only by such members as
gave convincing proof of their loyalty, i
n..t only to Mrs. Eddy, but also to the
Boston board of directors.
Mrs. Stetson's adherents have always
led that they were strictly loyal ?o
Mrs. Eddy personally, but they drew the
lim at the Boston board of directors and
de< iared that the directors had wrong
fully taken unto therm-elves powers ■
whkh should be In the hands of the
founder of th^ Church alone.
The- opponents of Mrs. Stetson de
clared last night that the ousted leader
had planned a movement wtuch was not
only designed to reestablish her in the
local church, but that her aims were so
to organize her adherents as to put hrr
in a position to pjther supplant or «uc
ceed Mrs Eddy as the head of the entire
cult
To her lose friends Mrs. Stetson has
de< tared, her opponents say, that the
riches and power of the Christian Sci
ence Church, when surrendered by the
founder. Mrs Eddy, shall nevfr ro to
any one but herself. She was for
years one of Mrs. Eddy's closest friends
and supporters, and considered herself
the logical successor of the founder
Th* growing power of the Boston
board oi directors, who have gradually
absorbed the activities of the cult for
merly looked after by Mrs. Eddy alone,
has enraged the New York leader, and
■hi is credited with the ambition to
ceize. for herself these reins of power.
Though willing at first to . await . the
regular succession, she has learned in
th'- last year that the powers of the or
ganization will have passed into the
hands of the directors before Mrs. Eddy
aits, and she would thua be blocked
from what she considers her rights as
ti,, most powerful l«4d- r of. the. church,
utide from Mrs. Eddy herself
i Ti >I,STi »\
I Who was found with hi= rompanirms at
j an out of the way railway station in
I Russia.
ROOSEVELT BREAKS SILENCe
Ex-President Says Election Has
Not Stopped Fight.
The following statement by Theodore
j Roosevelt, his firpt comment aiiie* the
■ recent elections, will appear in the forth
coming ist.':e of "The Outlook":
"On every hand, personally and by
1 correspondence. I have b«*»n asked to
1 mak» a statement regarding . the elec
tion.
"So far as 1 am concerned. I have
nothin? whatever to add to or to take
away from the declaration of the prin
ciples which I have made tn th* Ossa
watomle speech and elsewhere, Ea*t
'and "West, during tin last I ree months.
"Th" rleht tor progressive popular
government has merely begun, and will
certainly go on to a triumphant conchi-
I sion in spite of initial cheeks* and irre
i spective of the personal success or fail
ure of individual leaders."
TWO BALLOONS MISSING
May Have Been Blown Out to
Sea from Essen. Prussia.
Essen-on-tbe-Ruhr. Rhenish Prussia.
Nov. 14 — Two balloons, the Hessen and
the Saar. hay» h^en missing pmce they
started in a race h^re yept^rday.
It is feared they have bees driven out
over the North Sea. The other
participants in the ra> c h*\« landed.
CALF LIKED MONEY TASTE
But Veterinary S^lrgeon Recov
ered Well Masticated Bills.
Ppartanhurg:. P. C, Nov M
zoine milkins. Mrs, Luther Calveri "ho
lives at Clinton, dropped a pocketbooh
containing: five ■ f5 and
three ,^1 i'iii^. besides a silveT quarter.
The money wh.s missed an hour later,
and a thorough searr final n I
.arter. v huh sbo« •
inp been .hewed upon by a calf.
A young beifer in th» yard n
10.,k and a veterinarian was s
The roll wa^ extricated fron I
at h of the <-a!f in a well masticated
condition. The bills were taken to a
bank cashier, who sent t. •
Washington to bi tned.
SNOW FALLS. THEN MELTS
First Touch of Winter Comes, Foretold
but Unexpected.
New York experienced its first touch or
real winter weather last ni?ht, when a
snowstorm started iti earnest about i>
0 clock and continued until the early
morning hours. Flakes fell penerously.
but th- latent heat rif sidewalks, pave
ments and roofs caused the crystals to
fade away almost as -oon a.- they alighted.
If the storm had "blowi in " on Sunday
night it would have been less a surprise
Unsettled weathi 1 yesterday was accom
panied by a risil temperature, and when
the weather forecaster said rain or snow-
It looked 2 to 1 on the rain. Rain or snow
Is predicted foi to-day. The most sancuinp
boy who dn ■■>■'■'— last night of sleds and
skates wont bank too heavily on coasting
this mornins. It Is mosi 100 early for
that sort of thing in this latitude. Never
theless, it v.is ■ wintry evening.
PROVENCE STEWAED PUNISHED
Man Who Attempted to Strangle Amer
ican Woman Gets Four Years.
Rouen, France. >•"••'■ H.— Lamure, a din •
ins: saloon Bteward on the uteanubip I^a
Trovenee. was to-daj sentenced to four
year:-' imprisonment.
Lamure. during a vO3 ig« of the steamer
from New York to Havre, entered the
<abtn occupied by Mrs. I^aura Rivers, an
American, and attempted to strangle her.
Th» woman's screams brought ast net
and her assatlant " •- overpowered.
SCOTCH-IRISH COOK FOR TAFT
Miss Flora Hamilton New Head of
White House Kitchen.
Washington. Nov. 14 —The culinary de
partment of the Whit House has a aew
chief executive. .v romance and 111
health hid removed the last two incum
tents Of that DSSti 08, Miss Flora Hamil
ton, a young woman of Scotch- Irish de
scent, was .-• ■' nred ivont the kitchen of a
New York family.
V..- Hamilton has arrived to tjke up a
most important post. Eesides supervising
the cooklnc of food foi President Taft and
his family, she will direct the mameuvres
of th* kJechen force, whi prepares food
for about twelve hundred persons during
the winter season of entertainment at the
White House.
RAEBURN'S PORTRAITS SHOW.N
IBy Cable^ tr. Th- Tribune.)
London. Nov. 14. — Two oi the finest
portraits in to-day's brilliant exhibition
of Raeburn's works at the French gai
leries were of the McCrae family, owned
by Mrs. Spender-Clay, and Lady Mait
land, owned by J. Plerpont Uoraan.
The collection Included twenty-nine
works from Fcuttish and English
hoiista
TOLSTOY BREAKS
DOWN ON ROAD
Stricken with High Fever at a
Little Wayside Statmn. Only
Eighty Miiesfrom Home.
HIS CONDITION SERIOUS
• - .
His Daughter, Alexandra, and
His Physician, Dr. Makovet3ky,
Are His Only Companions at
Desolate Railroad Building.
Tula, Russia. Xov. 14. — Br^.k 4->-«-*
by th<? hardships of a winter journey,
mental ram and a rupture with bit
f;:mily. Count Leo Tolstoy to-r'.ghr lies
with a high fever in the little raihr
j station at Astapova. barely »ia;htv -miles
from his home at Ta.T.aya Poliana.
Toipr is ttended by Dr. Makr>v»t-
sky. who was his sol*? companion wh»n
; he left hhi peaaant hut a few days aji
: and who carried alo-ia: with him hb»4b-
I cinea for just such aa emergency. Tol
stoy's daughter Alexandra is acting as
. -
Telegraphic reports of his condition ar^
far from favorable. Indeed, they ara
considered extremely pessimistic. Trr»
temperature of the as:"--! writer i* TO4.
indicating probably a serious congestion,
and of itself an alarming symptom in one
Of Tolstoys years. The mental anzuis'i
■> " th» patient handicaps th-? efiort3 o*
th«» physician to reduce the fever.
Ev n if Count Tolstoy recover? Mmm
can be no question of his continuing th^
journey to the Caucasus. wher<* h*> hoped
to end his life among the Tolstoy colony.
, , , " ; -..■;■ » is
on th«* shores oi the B.aok Pea-
Tolstoy had hoped to escap* notlca
after bia hasty departure from Yasnay*
Poliana and spend a i|ule< we«k of fare
well with Ma sister Marie, a nun in th^
ancient cloister of Shamardmo. in t*i»
province of Kaluga, but ke insisted upon
leaving immediately when he found hU
retreal had been discovered.
He drove in a carriage iasr p'.^x
from Shamardino to Kozelsh. • l«Wii
i;?nied by Ms da"?h r Alexandra -.ndl
Dr. Makovetsky. in cfjgl to cover H .'*
movements, and announced that lM ■ ■'
going; '•■> Moscow, where he has a nous*.
Later, hnwevor, th» party changed cars
and boarded a slow local train proceed
ing in the direction of the Caucasus.
Tolstoy, with his two companions,
made hi> way to an unventilated third
class compartment, which already was
crowded with peasants. The atmos
phere was stifling and he developed
such a fever that Dr. Makov?tsky
thought it unwi?e to attempt to reach
Dankov. t'.<=> first town of any consid-
rable siz«- along th= railroad. They left
the train at Astapova, which is merely
a little flac station. The'-e is no hos
r-ital th«=re. and only a few peasant huts.
The count was taken into the station
building", here be remained during th©
night.
_\--, effort will be mad* by Us family
to induce Count Tolstoy to abandon his
self-imposed exile and return to th«
peasant hut at Yasnaya Poliana.. which
he secretly deserted last -Thursday. His
wishes are sacred to the countess, who.
however, ha* sent a' message to h<T hus
band, imploring that she he permitted ta
join him and are bis haidjhlpa
On Uk way to Phamnrdino Count Toi
stoy stopped overnight at the monas
tery of Optina. Before entering the
place he announced:
"I am uv excommunicated and anath
ematized Leo Tolstoy. Is there any ob
jectioo to my st; ; here??
The reply was. "It is l>-»th a duty and
a. pleasure to offer you shelter."
Tolstoy spent the day ,n the discussion
of religious subjects with an aged monk
whom he had met on a visit to HM
monastery seventeen years age. .
The following morning the count re
sumed his pilgrimage. He is clad in a
peasant's suit oi rough material. an«l
wears high boots. He «arrie;- no i ass
ports, and when he left home he too'<
only fI 7 with him. However, hi? daugh
ter Alexandra, who had learned of her
father's intentions, ntn- • to M reta
Sl5O in a pocket of Dr. Makovetsky* -
clothes.
Shortly after the celebration of hts eighty
9evnn<i birthday, in August of IMb year.
Count Tolstoys health «-au>»d great con
cern to his friends. A dis-patc': from St.
I'etersburg on October IS =a:d that during
that day he bad suffered t-everat faint
ing spelis and icr .-everal iiuur? vraa
unconscious, bat had rallied late M
the day. Nothing was heard from him her*
from that day until November 11. *hen a
dUpat< h told of his disappearance.
The igsd philosopher had I-?fi hi? horns
q lew tiays before, accompanied by Dr.
Mako\rtsk\. hi.- physician. In a letter isit
for his wife he said:
•I cannot continue longer to In* a life o!
luxury, and. like many other oU men. I
retire from the world to complete my ■'■">
in solitude.
1 ask that you do nor seek m place of
sojourn, and "that you do not com* to it it
it is discovered. I t»esc forgiveness for th»
grief that I may cause you.
On receiri this letter, it was reported.
the countess sourht twice to take h»t lif».
but was prevented by her daughter. A>i
r-.ndra
At fir«t many of the count's InMhl reare-i
he had committed suicide. Others beh*ve<l
|M had simply retired to a monastery. Vari
ous nton wari lasatvea as to his whaM*
abouts. A dispatch of Saturday ahj r*
r-ort*d him found on the e«at<>! of th»
Abrikosoffs. in the Mourt Sonsky distrtot
or Tula province. rerda' a later di»
patch from Moscow locate*! him at a con
vent in Kaluga province.
A friend made the siat»m*»nt v*<='<»r<iay
that the count's disappearance was dv« to
unpleasant relations between th* peasant*
and the countess on the Yasnaya Pollana
estate.
Thr departure of Tolstoy, however, si r*
irarded -rails as th« logical climax oZ
the count's reashaj eccentricity, which
led lv..m am and more to avoid ordinary
human society.
TOLSTOY'S FLIGHT FORESEEN
Hungarian Editor Tells of Differ-,
ences Between Count and Wife.
I By T«l*«wph to Th*> TrUmsM
Pittsburs:. Nov. 14 — "I expected OMI
CoinM Tolstoy would flee from his tUßtrjr
in thf manner he did." said Pastor Arpad,
editor of "A3 Est" ("The Evening o?
Eudapekt. The Hungarian editor la travel*