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ARM FOR DEFENCE IS RINGING CALL TO U.S. BANKERS ?Must Be Ready to Resist Invader, H. D. Estabrook Tells National Ass'n. PEACE AND FUTURE HAPPINESS AT STAKE Bryaa'l Peace Polic\ Assailed Before Financiers in Address on Preparedness for War. SsaVttiS, Sopt I. The keynote of "r.s tional difenee" wa* rounded before the ' off the country at the first B to-d?> of the annual conven-! tion of the American Hankers' A**ocia tion. Hoary 0 r?;?,lirook, of New York City, lawyer and noted as *n o-ator on :.l, patriotic and legal topic?, ? gathering by a rir.gin?? call 10 the natim to pre?are to resist any "Tn Prepon d . -.. bru..-. ? : the nation a: . . in? of it.? ffoundi i reaching a eoneluaion that "for the t.r.-t tine in -v America ha? proved that the peopUs of thl world, left to their own ? ?. and regardless of nationality, language, creed or need, under the reign lai law? with no other sov ? r.n their expressed will, ow? ing allegiance only to humanity and i, may and will h\e in reace. Such a world federation aa ours is the il peace." "The bloody, beastly war raging in family feud mme i-oncirn to this country." he eon? ? ? . ' . ? , we nrded ment, It -?tuation at the worst will involve ui in armed conflict, though it may lead to repi America Hope of Humanity. ?i the name America to lull passion, lust, greed, or .:? from conquest? And yet America is the ! of humanity. Her?, iff anywhere, is the Ark of the riant Iff ?re (ail to safegu.?:.! it to oui fat bei i, who .--d to Christ Hi) ,ed for it. Every dollar in our iy and every red corpuscle in our blood ?houl'l stmi pl< ed to its def.-nce. We have aworn an oath he men and . no kingly bol] i vi r ? clean earth ?rrn world. Do we propose ? at oath ? "No notion threaten? us but who h1 d intimations that sneak louder than to re : -'ack when we know- we ?ire weak IB dishwati ?very other nation ha- leen preparing for aggreg ???e have not made ready even for I. ? ? ? ' t y t o eiid'ir?-" Shall we continue to listen to a wander;- | imbecile as our condition? When this voice was re removed frnn the counsels of our govern- lUght, good, easy we had gotten r-d off it. Mr. Bryan proved himself so f-ornl a prophet in the pn-t that we run afford to trust him for the future? what direful things were to happen, according to Mr. ountry failed to re ?? a moietj off its honest debts ng to 60 ? ? nt ' wi ? the maglr name off dollar. would contend that the European war g him. Per? in Mr. Bryan s wisdom, and I grant hin oint i* not worth, are "And yet I would heart .!>? advocate Mr. Bryan's policy -tance rather than a pi nes*. 1 had ratner scrap every v.in and war-hip we own iff we an- not to add t<? them, l'or if we were without strength to opposa invasion we could at least ?laim the privilege of the weak irrender without :? off life, with ?;,l claim i pity of the InvaMer; whereas, to fight inadequately armed and with a certain t?. of la r. ?"..t which vou and I and everj taxpayer ? i n,-.-.t States ?sould bly r? iponsible. 1'erverae Stupid it?. "T" say that ? ''ig or too proud tu tight in sel' . with ill respect to the estimable but mis ? laman who said it. ali-iiril : uerile. To a m ib off a millioi ? lined citizenry '? ?], tO ?m: and J'-.it tu flj-ilit - oldiei y of Asia ot of Europe is it is tupidity. The machinations ? this government nt the momr-nt ranean than submarine. Our duty is to deffei nst both. We are permitted no alternative We mu?? for defence, and l?t? off ;' Wa ? that we ?re rafe rvi-n froi and future I a] | IgtOli in, a soldier nrd a patriot, and tha not he re ofteii or become too famil ii.t-. "To prepare for he, *i? 1 ct i ways of preserving peace, A fi aly he armed bat disciplined. To that end a un form and well ad plan is requisite.' "A g, ?av.? Washington, should tie aimed and disc plinod ac HOTEL END1C0TT Columbus Ave. & 81 at St., New York City. -\ Horas Hotel" off superior ap ?tnu-nt. The si ? f-ffin?. i.id 401 .? r?x>mt in-, t- been ?eopev.ed alter an f-enditure nt a:i c J:n in renM-ielinf, re?! id4 reffaraish ruisiric and service ?>f the hi?h rtl Aversfe charge per entree thirt?.-' . Restauran! prices fifftj pei BSJl eKevihcrc. RATES Room with u>t of Bath $1 00 Room with Privat? Bath 1 50 Parlor. ?Bedroom and Bath . 2.50 ' I te ?ome well-adjusted ri1 plrni* I should ?ay ths' '.or.? in the Aral InsUf ? come from our militai theil recommet ?nous thrv ?hould . ,i without much debate and ' . tl. it the ? but ie . ; 'iini.tr? t -, big navj a- i a rid with .V divine emphibioui auxilis ?l add to v? ith all I lions snd mean? be of for a v> ayi in cold storag' 'it mean? si many naval officers a cesssry ea erste the machinery furnished by t government. And inasmuch a? most the machin? ; cated a 1 er? and men and techni, ? nd luc? fe. whi ist out! ? , ? rvicei. In?-. ? ii wor ? "U ashil ?.ton's 'well adjusted fis - ? ' sah at s momen' nding army, say 150,000, decimal of i. call. Federal Domination of Militia. "It ha? been suggested that the sta militia should be brought under Fe irai domination. This ought to tione, of course. The firat duty of i teer should be to h country, no? limply to n, locality, litis of oni ? summer outii ? ? ? isil ?a, hut those wl ? any pal tale are ini tia! compared ? ith the cone? rat ?on. "Think of the habits that grow out i such discipline! Obedience, promp ness, a sense of duty, tempiranc cleanliness, deportment cvtrythir that goes to make a useful and lei reliant citizen!# In any walk of li: these habits would be as valuable I them as all their knowledge, and in tl would not have to Y taught their 'hay-foot' and the 'straw-foot.' A million or so of sue would rival the armies ? i r Jspan. Permit me further to suggest th? better auxiliary to a nsv merchant marine, nor is ther any instrumentality tl inure to the glory and rich? of country. Time was when the America Rag ' red the seven seas; and th ocean highways, which are alway paved and coil nothing for repair; were as much ours as England's. No? tre ship that fjei our flag is a lotit some spectacle a subject of derisio and such few ships hs we have th I,ft Follette act will soon put out 0 commiiiion. ' The La Follette Act. "The La Follette act is the stupide.; rieeo of legislation in the history o the country, and sll who are in an wsy responsible for it share in th culpability of its author. It shoul not be entitled an act to eneourag our merchant marine, but to abolis it and ? ihipping over to Ja p;.n. for that will be the sum total o its accomplishment. The La Follet! t loyment of only S lilors, a wages and easier work, ami more luxurious lurrounding! than an; n the world. The far that to do this involved rbroi treaties with nearly every country, a well as regulating the usages an commerce of those countries; the fac that no Amorir-in shipowner could li'' up to the requirement! of the act an pay the coit of operation matter? at sll to these Utopians. But the pur of the act ?fefeats itself. N American sailor will be employed, be ? ther?- will be no American shii to employ him. To repeal 'he art wil therefore m inte no one, not even th American sailor." William A. Law, of the First Na tional Hank of Philadelphie?, presiden of the association, in his address vu we, the world's economic situation. "During the year you have seen ster lin,- exchange rise to its muximun price of two generations and sink to it minimum," he said. "Von have seen in ? comfortably high an? sgain diicouragingly low: you hsvi wide fluctuations in the values o our itapls products; you have scor economy practised til), as a conse quence, retail trade suffered severely. Ta Face New Labor Conditions. "Manufacturers in many branche! have not been able simultaneously t< the combined effecti ol the unusual shifting of prlcei ? ? i ?si and products im , er ?lar condition!, and recently the de moralising competition for skilled laboi by the contractors for war supplie-. Al ? lumed on a lar^? ? we are going to face most un Pi li cal I y n ? immigrants are coming in a' thi ? nt time; our normal movement ever 100,000 per month. 'Several of our strongest have proven erroneous, Oui of gold wns not exhausted l,\ foreign shipments; in fact, intern-, tional exchanges gradually turn? our favor. <>ur cotton exports wen ? live, as reported, but ex ? d 92 per rent of the previou volume. Our copper n was not ruined, but has been stimu luted. Our stock exchanges have no! been overwhelmed by a flood of dis I? d American securities sold u sacrifice pricei by Furopean holder but we have na.lily absorbed all of \t present ihe iron market the barometer of our national trade The New TorV S'ock Exchange is vigoroualy c?l?brai upon life with a ? orgy in love issues which .?sing thoughtful nun no little concern. This is caused ma-nlv bv .nprccedented plethora of funds congested in New York City, whor fund .-.cd n? low ai l p. r on call. "The Federal Retrnr system h.n not yet been fully tested. The coun? try still awaits the action of two mo in,portant factors in its operation. try of the state hanks as members and the removal of gov? ernment d?posit.? from the Indepen ' tient treasury. It cannot he queitione i that all commercial hanks, no matter where their charters are derived, to ! gether with the Secretary of ? th? Treasury, should finally eo-oprrat ? ? if we are to co-ordi nate all element* in cur sph* ? commercial finance. "We have reasons to believe ths* our ? ?? will strengthen the I.uropeHn war pro? gresses; that our devoted President will be successful in preserving neu tral it y. "Shall we have made heavy sacri ' fiees ar,d assumed serious n?k< for the I ?ake of humanity, or shall we have the cause of the oppressed of 'he other countries? Shall we find that, on account of the j enormous prod'? exacted from the dire necessities of th? bel gerente, we have ? ; gain than to the morn! i ? influences which should accompany our traditions regarding human liberty? Wc are on the t re of changes in every department of life The respon?ih!Hty rests upon each of you who are the lenders in thousands of ??'?mmunities I .r influenc ' aisdom and conservatism inj ?timent snd the conduct of sffsus." PEACE OFFER TO BE REJECTED BY CARRANZ) Will Demand Rccognitio of His Government, Is Report in Washington. BELIEVES AMERICAN POLICY A FAILL-R1 .May iiain His Ambition if \ ill is Eliminated Before Next Pan-American .Meeting. ti ? Tr'.rur.c rur.au ; Washington, Sept. ?v Carranza wi decline to enter the peace conpre?? prr poasd by the Pan-American conferene it va? learned to-nijrht, but will fen a demand for recognition. It was atal ed that he i? delaying his snawer uni tue lict possible moment in the hop that he will achires un important nul tary sui ? ippoii his elaim. !.. ; oi'- to the State Department ?i \ it Saltill . and that he was foi Ci to abandon artillery and munition! ? his Sight to Torre?n. The '.irn-i ii.-tas are pr?s.-i-ir their victory, I official reports to Carranza headquai ters here said Villa's forcea had cvacu iiti'il Torre?n, the objective paint a General Obrcpon's army, ndvancin from Saltillo. The State Department ha? reeentl made informal representation! to Car ranza, that it would be to his intcre to join the peace eongress, as by rea son of his superior force? he wonli be entitled to a majority representa tion, and could dominate the pr< inga, Carranza hat returned no an swer to those represa ntat It is expected, however, that thii queation will be touched on in h ply to the Pnn-Americnn note. Tha lanpuap-e will be courteous, hut Carran a will point out that these informa representations have been made by th< administration in an effort to justifj its Mexican policy, which Carranza be heves is a failure. Carranza will declare, it is stated that he still stands upon 'he prineipli he adopted after the Agua i ? I Convention, and will not treat with hi. enemies in any way even to oblipe thi m administration. He believei his recent victories entitle him to rec ? on, and will not BCCept any sub stitute or seek it in a roundabout waj as informally ? -. the Stata I >f part ment Government officials are convinced that I trill not be recognized unlesi ' arranza's forces eliminate Gen? eral Villa ?? oder withm the next few days, Should Torre?n at taken before the Pan-A monean con? ference recoi venes, which will be with? in a week, officials believe the confer migl ? decide to recognize Car? ranza. Any lesaer military would have no effect. ONLY $19.466.000 GOLD IN SHIPMENT Morgan Firm Denies Early Ru? mors Coming Foreign Bank? ers Please Wall Street. i .'lier reports of the value of the third important consignment of poH from England to J, r. Morgan A Co., which arrived here late Tuesday nipht from Halifax, were found to I aggerated, When the precious metal was un loaded at the Sub-Treasury and the Office it WBI officially announced that the shipment amounted to lit?, 466,000 instead of the much larger mentioned in the diapatchei from Bangor, Me. This statement was lasued at the Mors. "There i* American cold valued at $7,850,000 ai .I British sovereigns to the amount of ?2,390,000, valued at appro*. -, $] 1,015,.I. Thia makei an sg fl9.-4M.000.'' \,i statement ?ras mads regarding th, .. which Bceompanid the shipment, but a member off the Mor? ral said the estimated valus prob? ably had born ovi-nstimnterl. In other quarters, however, the value off the latest batch of securities was ; at about 180,000,000. It i moid yesterday that gold i- alao being shipped here from I don through channels other than by way of Halifax, There baa beten de? posited withm the pSSt fSW dsyi :?' tha Assay Office by various banking house? a total off $760,000 in English igna. QUICK COLOR CHANGE UPSETS CITY CHAPEL While Couple Black When Clerk Returns with Alderman. The speeil limit put one over 'in Cupid yesterday. The arrest of the chauffeur of the hasteninp love car in? terrupted u race to the marriage license bureau in the Municipal Building and thwarted the marriage. The would-be bridegroom was Charle.? Frederick Schiffer, a younp clerk, off Pawtueket, K. I. The pirl was Mis? Catherine Massa, off $09 Ea ? ninth Street, With Mrs, Catherin? Kenny, the girl'!? mother, they bound*?! into the taxirab in Harlem and ? a tiff (?/i r to get to the license b' retau before ;t closed, under the im o-ek. Patrolman O'Brien ehassd the rpeed inc cab on a m' ? ? hir'.ed by Sprini Tas tower off tin. Munieipsl Bu already loomed up in I he afternoon ? d the chauffeur, wh..m Mrs. Kenny accompanied to the Tumos court. Schiffer and I .an t? the license bureau and arrived ; fore the scheduled rlosinj?: time, 5 This is the sad endinir. They ob : their license, but the last mar. I . . -, volunteered to And one. Ha left the I couple m I ?a office, telling them whsl wsi his amaxemi ? ? return with Alderman Pn )l Stevenson to find a > ? sitting where the otfl been. No one knew what had , ?? off the other couple. Alderman Stevenson married Ihe nej/r ? The ehaafffeut ?am? -. the' Tumli?. Court, which the would-be j bride's mother promptly paid. I POUCE ROOKIES ON FULL PAY Hundt Let? M Patrolmen Ga to (amp for 2*> l>a'*. ' ? ? oner W.Ie yesterday . ?rain- j Coi i misaionei sn* 1 be enl of lieutenant" antl .?Inch wt nt to ! last month was nil'.wed only half pay. Manv patrolmen expressed n deiire to mmissioner that thev could not .itford to receive only ? ' their salari?e, a? their families would have to be eared for while they SERVICE BOARD AGAIN UNDER FIRE Thompson Committee In? vestigates Contracts on Three Transit Jobs. If there is anything wrong in the con? tracts for the dun! transit system and in the construction contracts awarded under them the legislative committee , appointed to investigate the Public Ser? vice Commission intends to find it out ? Senator Thompson, chairman of the1 ? ommittee, said last nigh! : "We have be? n told ? lot about tho^e Some of then? I ean't nnder* 1 am from way back in loi country, and 1 want to And out about it sll." Acting on this curiosity the commit? tee lias asked Chairman UcCsll of the i i.iiiiii,-. ion to appear before it this morning. The sessitnts ure to be held in the rooms of the County Lawyers' stion, 165 Hroadway. Three things j ;. be taken up to-day: First, i,tract' for the Harlem River tun- i ne! on the Lexington Avenue line; sec? ond, that for the section of the Broad? way line going under the old Altor property; third, the certificates ' fot ind tracking the elevated lines in ; Manhal Senator Thompson said he did not he lie-, e the pu rally n elised that under I tracking certificate!, while the city could take over the im? provements at the end of fifty years, it could not Bcqufre the original itrue ture. "I do not see what possible use a third track would be without stations snd another track," said the Senator, "and we are going to lind out why such , S contract was drawn." The Harlem Hiver tunnel of the Lexington Avenue line brings up an tory, which has even got into the courts. The tunnel was eonitmcted by Arthur McMillan and Olaf Hoff, to -.?horn it was awarded over Duncan MeBean. The latter, who had nnother; method of construction, claimed the Contract should have been awarded to him. He asserted that the contractor? wire permitted to nss wet cernen*, when they should have used dry Ci ment, enabling them to save at lea-t finally decided the commission hail been within it-; righ* aji awarding the contract and super vising the work ll contract wai originally let for. $7,000,000," said (Senator Thompson. "Then iT nas resdvertised ?ind let for M,000,000, I think that was $1.000. 000 more than the work should have ? "Fither throueh good lurk or infor? mation, th" o'her bidder* did not hav ? the same chance in their bidding,' the comment of Senator Thompson on ? has come to be known as the Altor House contrac'. Here Fred? erick Cranford, Inc., bid low for whal was understood to be tunnel work. After they got the contract the city purchaied th" Aster Hoase and tore II down, making it po.-.-ible for th' contractor to ufa 'Mite the cheaper open trench work. Controller Frondorgnst has recently attacked this contract, and it I in the hands of the Corporation ? ou *e! on s question Of paying for extra?. Senator Thompson said his commit? tee had $15,000 left of the appropria? tion of .?in.nno. The ?t?te ha.? re ceived in return $5,000 from the snle of the record of the fini investigation.I VOTERS TO GET NEW LAW IN SECTIONS Suffrage, Taxation and Reap pnrtionment Separate i.i Revised Constitution. a Mafl Cetttm ? ho? rat Th? 1Mb****.] ; Albany. Sept. B. II ?i expected that the revised constitution will be sub? mitted in four part? to the voters. Is the present intention of the ' ? n committee. The v.-omnn suf- : taxation and reapportionment ?:- will be mbmitted separately,! and all the other articles will come under one head. The reason for separating the tnxa '??ri article is beeauec of the agita? tion sgalnsl it which has been started m upstate eountiei. The new tas de? partment is given the power to regu pei mal tax as seiiments, and the loca! boards object to this authority being taken from them. The resentment of New York City ? ? ipportionm? nl article the convention ma-riaeers '. lo consid-r :t h. ? thai thil section i-l.on!.| be voted on by its. if. Under - prevented from ?ver hav? ing more than half th? ? Stors, itter how large ths population, ent the big eity hai more than the population of the state. It is underetcod that there is serious talk of loth parties in New York com? bining to defeat the ar The woman s I ele would beet rparstely any mav, a? th" ' g the ! ? tutiori ha? been pasaed by two i ..tures, and ratification by the 1 that remain?. Delegatei srs already arriving to he for the opening session to-mor row night. In its amended form the .?n will be lubn n, anil final action, it ' ... ? ip< eted, ?ill be taken on it Pri Baturday. CARNIVAL COMING TO CONEY ? Annual Week of Island's Celebration Will Hegin Monday. Carnival Week, the climax of the season at Coney Island, will strike New vork's great r.-*ort Monday even? ing and eontinas a- long as the con- ' There will be no king and to rule over the festivities this ] bul otherwiie ths cslehi - as those that' gone before. An svsrsgS of 1 - - '? out in the il hoped to boost this sea* ? i the L'.uno,mm mark. \ iry nightly | a pageant for the younger i ration Saturday afternoon. The rams for the week is as follow?: ' Monday, Loyal "rder of Moose; Tue?. I -; Wednesday, Woodmen af I the World; Thursday, volunteer nre-j men; Friday, Brooklyn letter carriers. MOOSE MAY SHIFT TO FRANK MOSS Some Republican Leaders Not Altogether Adverse to His Candidacy. CORONER'S CLERK DENIES TREASON Progressive Designated for Dis? trict Attorney Slated to Withdraw Is Report. Frank Mo.?.?-, who is going to fun.: h most, if not all. off tin- punch in ths primary campaign thi-. year, ha tarte 1 an active campaign to gst both the Rs? publican and ProgTSSsivs nominations for District Attorney. It is consmered more than likely that ths l'rogre will withdraw Johu J. (J'Connell, their candidate, and substitute Mr. Moss. Apparently come of the Republican leaders are going ?"> f*r &s they can in urging the selection of Moss without actually going against the indorsement of the county committee lor District Attorney Perkins. Tbia paragraph ap peared ii iasued on behalf ..: Moi I !.. ? i ' .'lit: '-..i r. Mo - .. ?day even:!:'.' at the clubhouse off the Republican organ ,,..! ..m in i he i i A ... ; . District, off which rV. G. Rose is leader. Mr. Rose and Tony D'Allesandro also spoke, both off them declaring that ?heir or ?ran isa t ion would work and vote for Mr. Moss." D'Allesandro, who is chief clerk in the Coroners' office, is the real power In the district. The Moss assertion was ; read to him, and he was asked if it ? were true. He replied slowly: "We can't sav that. We just wanted ' to ?rift Ml Hosa a chance in our dis- j triet. We admire him and think he i would make a good District Attorney. I told the buy.-, they should not los?s| track off his qualificationa on Primary] Day. Hut wa are organisation, you know. Moss ia an efficient man, but don't folgst we are organisation." Iff, as has been stated, there was ever: any intention on the part off the oppo off Mr. Moss to try to Croats a feeling against him among tha Jews on . the ground that he had attacked them ' some yean sgo, resolutions iadorsing Mobs as a friends of the Jews, made public last niu'ht, appeared to be in? tended to spike such an attack. It '.i aid they had been adopted bv Temple Zion, It rest Avenue and Kifith Stre,-t, The Bronx, <>f which the Rev Wolf Brown is rabbi. The signers, ii? addi'ion to Rabbi Brown, are J. Sulzer. Irving I. Rerg. J. J. Blitl and I). I>avis. Mr. Moss ia to be the guest of honor et the .New Year's re.eption in the tynagogue to-night. Moss headquarters will bo opened St lilla' rwenty-i Asked if he would withdraw in favo? of Mr Moss, John J. O'Connell, tha Prosrr?, , nee foi i '. I riet Attor nej, i ? | "We have not decided yet." He laid the emphasis on the "-. I,- Projrre Iva will meet to-morrow ni^ht to decide g lubatitutiom on its ilati MRS. S?NGER TO FACE AMERICAN INQUISITION' Indicted Author of "Family Lim? itation" to Return Soon. Margaret I!. S?nger, who fled to Eu? rope a year apo after being indicted for ! sending obscene literature through the mails, will return to this country about October 1 and face trial. William S?nger, her artist husband, under in? dictment for circulating one of his wife's pamphlets, entitled "Family Lim? itation," gave out this information. "Think of a native born American being exiled," said Mr. S?nger. "This is the fate of Mrs. S?nger, who had to flea fron the American inquisition, Confatoek and Comstockery, and from the postoftiee censorship, another ring akin to Comstock anil equally canning. She has been in enforced exile from her children since la I September. She will return about October 1. She does not intend to give herself up to the. authorities, because she feels she has done no wrong in writing her pam? phlets. If they want to arrest her they can." Snnger's ease comes up for trial in Special Sessions to-morrow. II?- said yesterday he had dismissed his lawyer and intended to conduct his own de? fence. Saager was inclined to cr I the courts yesterday because off nil failure to obtain a jury trial in Gen? eral Seaaions. Referring to his case he said: "This pamphlet written by Mrs.', S?nger is nothing more'than a clean, j 'honest statement any doctor or trained nuns WOUld give to their patient?. If the pamphlet Is suppreesed, then the Ftnte will have to suppress every medi? cal book, beeause the pamphlet is m I deny absolutely that . .; .,. 0b leene, laseivioui or indecent In the pamphlet. The truth ? obscene." i || said to have bren in : Englsnd during her "ex ,,,,1. ?ng the law ; of those coun? tries on the lubjecti In which she is interested. _ CARMAN WITNESS MARRIES I)r. Runsie, (ailed After Murder, Weds Miss Nolan Secretly. The wedding of Miss Gertrude Nolan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Nolan, ' of I'rceport, Long Island, and I>r. Will lam Harold I.uneie, Freeport's health officer and fire department surgeon, was announced yesterday. They were mar? ried Sunday in Rochestsr. At the home o*' the physician's father, which is op ? the home of I>r. IMWin Carman, , a lurpriie. Dr. Runcie was the first person called when Mr... Lulu ?iailey was shot to death In Dr. Carman's office. He was an important witnSSI ?it both trials of Mrs. F. Florence (arman. GODOWSKY'S DOG TOOK THAT 'NOTE' Scrubwoman Finds It in Clothes Heap?Also a Peach Seed. While Deputy Comaiissioner Guy Skull and his men were running down telephone calls last night to find Leo? pold Godowaky, Polish pianist, who If ft his home at Avon, N. J.. a week ago, the riddle of his disappearance was solved by Sport, a white mongrel with B bob tail. Godowaky ,left n letter on his bed? room bureau addressed to Mrs. Godow sky. Near it was B peach. Sport ont? peaches, and he made awav with hoth peach and le'trr. After ? week of rilence from Sport ?" hysteria from his mistress, An? nie Clusky, s icrubwoman, discovered the letter tinder B heap of clothes in a close?. Near it was a half gnawed bone snd s peach pit. Sport, who was standing near, gave a yslp and lied. Annie took the letter in triumph to her mistress. It said: Avon, Sept. 1. My dearest: On the 15th I have to deliver to the Arts Publishing Society thirty educational adaptations of fa* moui piecei for the piano. 1 tried my beet to work at home, but I am so ter? ribly disturbed and continually inter* rvpted that the proper concentration needed for the task il out of the ques? tion. I must be left alone. It is there? fore that I have decided to leave Avon and remain ab*ont until the work ii completed. I hope to he with you he the !;fteenth of September. I am ?.ot going to give you or any one else my address. With much love, your tit voted huibsnd." Mr . Godowsky'i hysteria subsided. Annie wore a broad grin. Sport reap i with his tail between his : ?Tve a mind to kill the little beast," ra? 1 Mi : Godowaky Issl night. She was referring to Sport. "I hope that peach tn.-ide him sick." Commissioner Skull scouted the idea last night that Godowsky had left home for publicity purposes. POLK TAKES UP NEW DUTIES Assumes Office as Counsellor for State Department. [From Tim Trltaina l!.ir??u.) Washington, Sept. 8, The place of Counsellor for the State Department, whi<h has icen vacant sine, the promo? tion of Rrbert Lansing to the Premier? ship of the t i.hinet. was formally tilled to-day, when Frank L. Polk, ex-Cor poration Counsel of New York, who was appointe 1 ;: few days ago, took up his ilut'.s. v.'hen Secretary Lansing is out of town Mr. Polk will be Acting Secretar; of State, bul it Is not be liev d by fi urds of the Secretary that he will kav? si many opportunities in this direction a-- did Mr. Lansing when Mr. liryaii was Secretary. CANFIELD FURNITURE SOLD Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Perry Obtain Colo? nial Collection, Is Report. [Bl Ttl.-cr.-ph ??. TIM Trll.unel Newport, Sept. I.?-It is reported here that Mr. and Mrs. Marsden J. Perry have purchased the collection of Colonial furniture owned by the late Richard Canfield and that they are to add it to their collection at their sum? mer home, Bleak House. /SON /&??$\ mSaB Ge o. C.Flint Co. and Rt..J.HoRNE.PL Co, "BEST VALUES" IN FLINT & HORNER FALL & WINTER STYLES. The* Flint & Horner Trademark is more than a mark of Quality.?it is a "QUALITY AND SERVICE" GUAR? ANTEE. Purchasing Flint ex Homer Furniture from our First Fall Exhibit of the combined efforts of the two oldest Fur? niture Houses of New York is practically securing at no extra cost?"Furniture Insurance", which is protection against any possible latent defects of nature that might be in the wood. In point of Economy, and Exclusive Styles, selections can be made to better advantage NOW than later in the season. FURNITURE. ' DECORATIONS, RUGS. Flint 8 Homer Co. inc 20-26West36thSt New \brk ANTI ACCUSES; DR. SHAW REPLIES Mrs. Poilue and Suffrage Leader Name Each Other for Ananias Club. EDITORIAL STARTS VERBAL BATTLE I " Charge That Foes of Cause Draw Revenue from "Certain Sources" Bitterly Resented. The flay.? when the Repubiierin can? didats accused the I)emocr;itic candi ri- ??? '.'. i-very crime in the calendar, and the Iiemoratic candiilate ?at up nights trying to think of mean things to ?ay I about his opponent's ancestors, weri' recalled yesterday by a passage-at- ' arms between Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge, , president of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, and Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the i National Woman Suffrage Association. Without exactly using the shorter and uglier word, each contrives to in? vite the other, in no unmistakabl" terms, to loin 'he An:. Shaw'i tatement ... is a;i un? truth." It. d;;e. "It ia no un? usual thing for Mrs. Dodge to mis I represent me," says Dr. Shaw, wh >. after denying she said the awful things about the antis that Mrs. Dodg-* attributes to her. naively adds: "But I think and believe them." To be exact, the tight began several days ago, with the appearance in the September issue nf "The Womaji'? Protest Against Woman Suffrage" ?f an editorial signed "Mrs. Arthur M. Podge." The statement? which Mr?. Dodge at? tributes to Dr. Shaw and to whieh she objecta are the following, which she say-- Dr. Shaw made in a recent speech: "If the women known as snti-suf fragis's are not working for some hid? den, cloaked force, why are they work- ; ing at all? "Anti-suffragists deny that their rev? enue comes from certain sources, but : we have fathered and published proof that this is -..." Ii this. y.s. Dodge says, Dr. Shaw uses "the r.vird's subterfuge," infer? ence "S??? infers that these 'certain sourees' n'.e not honorable ones, but she i? cirefu'not !o be explicit. . . . Miss Shaw is constantly making unfair statements from which her hearers may draw untrue ?.fcrenees. ... It is un? true that the sources from which come the ineSaTcr a.i: i -suffrage funds are dis-, bono ab!? sources, or in any way asso . With the liquor inter.- ? Sha'.- intend?* her hearers to infer. Tula," sddl Mrs. Dodge, "is doubt Isai a part of that 'new morality' to be ushei.'d in v-i'h the hoped-for day of* feminism whose da-*?-- ti worein mm fr?'." " ^ Dr. Shaw wa? shown the editorUt ? (Trajee luncheon at the njz Her den'tiT* . d these thin-fl,?? |)i( ^ ng the phraie? w!* Dodge al to h.*r, "bu? I YieYim' ?h<m. ? ? in, 'but I \1 used to ? ?ted by ??;? Podge. Why, when sot- tisis i?, i referred in a speech t0 th? \J known fact that Phoebe Coiuni 12 sued a liquor organization for her wj for an*i -u'Trage speech*?, Mri. D-5! sent out a telegram signed wjti'LT name, stating that I had ??tack**? mm of the ??. t uj* Goddard, and had declared in* ??j . of the liquor inUiestft j^A never mentioned Mn. Go-Mard! "tau in a sample of Mrs. Dodge's lUteisesa me." NEW YORK RIFLE TEAM PICKED FOR FLORIDA Men Will Represent Guard ? National Match. The rifle team of the New York N?, tional Guard, which will shoot in Uj-, national matches at Jackionvi!Up fj, October 1H, was chosen yesterday u Colonel N. B. Thurston, Chief Ordnw-, Officer, after examining scorei of ??? seventy-four men who ihot for fitmt -it Peek k II. The memberi, altinut--, and officials are: Team captain, Colonel N. B. Tbir*. ton; coach, Ordr.ar.ce Sergeint Geor** 71st Infantry; ? tter, HE ?. M. vWerbury, Orditanes D*p*??, ment; eurgeon, Major W. C. ??? " "'?'-; teirn ta\ J Compni (tmriti. Serjeant .- - ., M, 1st Infantry; Private A. B. Learitt, ( ompany I). 7th Infan'ry; Cor*-s-,|'j_ C. Martens, ? ompany H, 71st Ufiatry; Sergeant A. H. Gleaion, Troop B, \%\ Cavalry; Corporal J. I). Rodeen, C?ts* pany ?, 2d Infantry; First Lie?-*^ L. F. Knust, Company E, 7th Ir.fir.tr C. A. Kendall, ?'at?, 74th ?. Janes, Compu? Captain -. _ _ fantry; Captain E. H. ...._ I, 12rh Infantry; First Lieutenant J7a .?.,?.?..-.., -,?j -, . .?? IniHtrr; Quartermaster Sergeant C. F. S?hal*V Company A, 1st Infantry; Priviti ? K. Tebbetts, jr., Troop B, 1st Civil??; Quartermaster Sergeant F. M. Dirdn. killer, 2d Brigade Head.juarteri; fim Lieutenant E. Groesbeek, staff. 2d h fantry; Corpora! H. L. Bryan, Compai* i\. 71 It Infantry. JETWOOD A SMART COUil ? WITMACOrtfOfJ* )* ASLELOWFWHT i NEW YORK' IK .MM. IHK.TItKS \M? >l < I r?????:??. EMPIRE 2*1% SEATS TO-DAY NEW AMSTERDAM XT? OPENING NEXT MONDAY MR. CYRIL MAUDE GRUMPY HlttaJlWlW-g LYCEUM,;;,;-, J M HAI'.?: ROSALIND THE DUKE OF KILUCRANKIE. MARIE TEMPEST ?f AHTTTfa/ " WAT * tt Ij/AIaLlI i.\-.r MATINEK BAT LAST 4 TIMES-LAST MAT. SAT. RUTH CHATTERTON DADDY LON?-LE?S "YOUNG AMERICA." LlBCn IT ; g DAILY. InrlS I -.?*>?? 'I .- I i - . < '?.-???? . ? f 1 0. W. GRIFFITH'S Gigantic Photo Sprcttcle. .ira ? I il ELTINGE ;\,.-'vv-nNif1^-^ SEE MY LAWYER Q DrpilDl tp > ? i - i KbrUDLIl Ml h | 9 | -, '. Ill S Ihr.g t etttbt In Artvance. BELASCO MATINEE TODAY AT 2 :0. THE E?Qf?ERAHG Oar?? 4? F?llttav. ?NEWftaViiViT FxtOLIt ?] ?at ?irai r| | THI SPiaiT OF ft THE U. S. A. _ i.;". WM. COURTENAY. oro. rnuAii'C ?' '? ''?' * < ??' v.n%n m ?jUnftn o \]i-, EiLLIAN |7 in COUllS L 1 I N G tit CBARU ?PI 4.1317 II ??v ,-???! ?J V 1 r.:lll,at I U MONTGOMERY & STONE GNU can A i.a ..-film i - ??. Ml . u ! ?li "Zm BABY" Da* ' nri MAY IRWIN ^f/7 '33 WASHINGTON SQUAtt" BATTLE CRY OF PEACE "A Call to Arms - Against War VITAGRAPH IHEATRE liliHADUAY, ? 'ill'KU ?I l*T LEXINGTON 7 KEYS TO BAICPATE \nf W..*k "THE YELLOW TICKET." STANDARO " T0 -.?y , m?m2 THE YELLOW ?ICKET *. n Wmt B*lw*-n A iv. -twin beds." vnoir : '?? ? M * TUnr?. ten Ma- today. .-? a THE?\ATURA.?LAW Veil Wtei "A FULL MOUSE." _ KEITHS (.ERTRUOk HUFFMAN-? t C*. *. t* In si Mi III X." EDDIE LEONARO. FANNIF BRICE. 00 ORVILLE HARSULD atnrr? Howard .v M Cane. Nal \Ml.a. Ilaiinl* t.lau A ' OStra, ?itlifr?. i, Tajrlot Orea* . Il.an * Tl.r MI - - la. 1,1 I?, 0??a*r*. pALACE * I. ? A ' IT 1 Ii 11 Ma' IS to It COLONIAL ^LHAMBRA "MANDALAY"^"^^^ REFINED AMUSEMENTS A DANCING. ?;??-t | U-atqv i II SI i M ??? UT?. ? Ulli* cat' Co " ,s-pt. ;.i . 'a i , . et Hu .??ri?. :. ,'? ? m M- I' LAST WEEK OF SEASON. Ia???li.| B?tt--r> l'l.-r : '? H 11*- i 31 P M ??INK. MlaAND MARDI GHAS \l I NIAT ? M.K ? lili HKIN-1 II V . -vi? KII.W. il I' M. Loew's American Root M * * ,ln A" t? K?*. *l I U ?.1 ll.il IM I I HiiMI SAI. STDA?in ? *?*? * *?? *?< : MARY PICKFORD. II.AHU i? esmeralda." Slra | (i 'i .-? Kol l?U .Nu. W*.. Uitui.lt* ??ni, ' l?? Cu? u( Uaxkjr.'' Il Exal ? ? '?> tu '. wfVks PASSING SHOW O' 1915 ?LU VI?CUY wiLL POSITIVELY OFW NEXT MONDAY NICHT JUS'T*BOYS _ Ern<-?t Truf?. Mttll? Fi-rtjustfi, Mlltt? IH?v_ OiiUCtKI I Sail? WILLIAM HOIMil: r?MJ???? ,>??TH ST EDWAKD ABELES THE LAST Lil?H CAbiNo ",, r^fr? THE BLUE PAKADISE "?O 44 ST. TWICE DAILY ,1t CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG mmm - i WILTON LACKAYE ???% TRILBY _r UK.i.i >'< I HAN If'l MANHATTAN O, M V?l l> MA . 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