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$23,100,000
For War Fund
InDaybyU.S.
Michigan Leads All State?
on First Day of Big
Drive
N. Y. Contributes
Over $3,337,000
Parade of School Children
Is Feature of Effort to
Raise Big Sum Here
America yesterday pledged $23,100,
054 toward the $170,000,000 goal of the
biggest charity drive in the history of
the world?the United ^'ar Work cam?
paign for the .-;tven welfare organiza?
tions which are to take care of the
morale of our fighting men during the
long period of peacemaking and de?
mobilization.
This tota!, for the first twenty
four hours of the drive, is based on
official returns from thirty-nine of the
forty-eight states, all that were re?
ceived at national headquarters up to
a late hour last night.
The New "York City "Rainbow Divi?
sion" of canvassers, spseding up after
the pandemonium of peace celebrations
had died down, at noon yesterday re?
ported individual subscriptions totalling
$l,6G'0,tf30 for the twenty-four hours
preceding. This, with the $975,847 gar?
nered in the first morning of the cam?
paign and the amount allotted to this
district by large corporations, brought
New York's grand total yesterday, as
far as tabulated, up to $3,337,214.
Children in Big Parade
Several hundred thousand boys and ?
girls, some in scout uniforms, but all ?
bravely bearing banners, marched |
through the city's streets yesterday !
afternoon in a "victory parade," while j
the citv, still yawning from its peace j
outbursts Thursday and Monday, was i
thrilled, and showed it by showering ?
the youthful marchers with a deluge of
coins.
The country-wide results, made pub?
lic by Director General John K. Mott,
showed that Michigan was the banner
state, with $0,340.000. while Ohio, with
$4,111,000. and Illinois, with $2,433,000 j
to its credit, were next in line. New j
York, for the tabulated period, showed
only $1,450,000. while three, other states i
passed the million dollar mark. They i
are:" Massachusetts, $1,330,231; New i
.Tersev, $1,121,000, and Indiana, $1,- i
061,000.
How the States Ga^e j
Total subscriptions by states and J
army departments, as given out yester- |
day, are as follows: j
EASTERN ARMY DEPARTMENT i
New York .$1,460.846
New Jersey . 1,121,000
Pennsylvania . 466,224
Pelavare. 503,388
West Virginia . 1 25,000
Total . $3,666,408
CENTRAL ARMY DEPARTMENT !
Illinois . $2,433.000
Ohio. -1.1 U.OOO
Michigan . 5,340,000
Missouri . '.'00,000
Iowa . 395,000
Indiana. . l.O.'.l.OOO
Wisconsin. 500,000
Nebraska . r33,200
Kansas . 147,000
Kentucky . 311,143
Colorado . 100,000
South Dakota . 376,661
Total .$15,198,004
NORTHEASTERN ARMY DEPARTMENT
Massachusetts .$1,330,231
Maine . 312.000
Total . $1,642,231
WESTERN ARMY DEPARTMENT
California . $403,700
Washington . 105,036
Oregon . 165,600
Montana . 103,380
Idaho . 44,000
Utah . 106,321
Nevada . 47.000
Wyoming . 5,L'57
Total . $980,793
SOUTHEASTERN ARMY DEPARTMEN C
Tennessee . $240,000
North Carolina . . 110,000
Alabama . 75 000
South Carolina . 108,000
Mississippi . 40000
C.sorsia . 401,800
? londa . 43,000
Tolal . $1,019,800
SOUTHERN ARMY DEPARTMENT
Texa? . $256,000
Oklahoma . 117 00*'
Arkansas .\'\ lOOioUO
*mo"a :. 26,868
New Mexico. 02.900
r?w . $592.768
Dodge Give? $500,000
A subscription of $500.000?the
largest individual gjft of the cam?
paign -was announced at the luncheon
of ;he teams leading New York's can?
vassers at the Chamber of Commerce.
Cleveland H. Dodge was the donor, and
the subscription was reported through
?earn No. 11, of which Thomas A.
Suckner is captain.
Three subscriptions of $100.000 each,
and five of $50,000 i'ach, helped boo?-t
the total for this district. Mrs. E II
Harriman, E. L. Doheny and Henri' C.
Prick gave the larger amounts, while
(larence H. Mackay, Louis G. Kauf
S*nV?MrJ; 0hver p- Jennings. Charles
M. MacNeil and the Commonwealth
rund were the givers of $50,000.
Other Generous Donors
The other individual subscriptions of
$5,000 and more were:
Mr. tod Mr* Ctrl) Tucker. |.a,09O
1. P. Mo.-emi * t'o. ?S ?MM
MorUmer t Beam. . ?'S?K
lu tcnoory of Mr?, llimci! bajo..','.',', urjoo
Rc-iwn Brews.er .7. is ?M
Mrs. Ikioiml? Br??r?ter. 1- OOO
Mr. M?d Mn. K Fulton Cutting...." ]?'X7rt
?To'Mtril I/-,?n fwltnj or Ne* Yorf?...'.' ." Ift'ooo
Mr?, n. e iiuni-j-^o. jiooo
Mm. Wicht.;! C.fln. ? ,;/o~,
yismtt Blonda, tr . ? ip'og,,
?;.,. .?in.-? m-lm:i...;; ,000O
Harold !'r?u. 10 ?00
Bean 8*n?m?u. lo.'wo
i. U UwtBoro. 10 ooo
y.rt. v: >?? >-:in('?-i. lo'ooo
fc?n;: Btrolzhtiintr . u <>t*>
'-?-. fc. . Mr? ';?<>rse BlUiBMHhal. .'w.o
Mr?, J. II. - biff. .'.COO
Wlflftn B. Ttttmpsoa. .-, tn,i>
f.tnw B P"?t./o*f>
R. . TwwnWj . s ooo
Mr?. AJic? O Vii;i;.-r>.)".. . r. 000
Mi*, i--?'1' H. i-syii?.-!). ??,to0
K ? A'*-. .-,,000
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? ffi *'?? ?'?' ' ' -r ' ' . 5,000
1 Mi ' ' ' ? 000
% -?? ? ? . l.W>
In Mrs. Sage's Memo O
Jacob I?. Schiff, captain o?
iVaai No. 22, gavi: tl.e tram figure for
lb? uny ?b '4B0,20Q, he announced that
Oft, Man! ? ? . . . ? ? ? ByBRiccs
$25,000 of this was a gift from an un- ;
named friend of Mrs. Russell Sage, in ?
her memory.
The biggest team total, outside of
that of No. 11, which handled Mr.
Dodge's half million dollar "bit," was
turned in by Team No. 5, of which Mrs.
Oliver Jennings is captain. The $206,
400 of the team included $10.000 from
Mr. Frick and $50,000 from Mrs. Jen?
nings herself.
The following subscriptions were re?
ported by team captains:
Team No. 1, Captain Mr?. Winthrop
W, Aldrich, subscription $16,836; No. 2,
Mabel Choate, $21,350; No. 3, Mrs.
Michael Gavin, $16,050; No. 4. Mrs. I
John Henry Hammond, $56,112; No. 6,
Mrs. Oliver Jennings, $206.400; No. 6,
Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, 57,520; No. 7,
Mrs. George B. Post, $36,325; No. 8,
Mrs. William A. Read, $9,925; No. 9,
Mrs. Felix M. Warburg. $13.950; No. 10,
Mrs. Charles S. Whitman, $32,050; No.
11, Thomas A. Buckner, $500.000; No.
12, Nicholas A. Brady, $134,000; No.TS,
C. A. Coffin, $6,950; No. 14, Edward S.
Markr.ess, $50,750; No. 15, Edgar L.
Marston, $14,852; No. 36. J. P. Morgan,
$35,500; No. 17, Morgan J. O'Brien,
SI 12,000; No. 18, E. H. Outerbridge,
$7,750; No. 19, Percv A. Rockefeller,
$104,4-10; No. 20, Charles H. S?btn, $10.
150; No. 21, Samuel Sachs, $12,840; No.
22. Jacob H. Schiff, $80,200; No. 23,
Francis L. Slade, $30,781; No. 24, James
A. Stillman, $1,77-5; No. 25, P. Strauss,
$24,637; No. 26, William Boyce Thomp?
son, $86,700; No. 27, George W. Wick
ersham, no report; No. 28, William Fo>:,
$50,860; Nob. 29 and 30, including the
Stock Exchange contributors, reported
$30.037.
Interborough Aids Fund
Theodore P. Shonts, president of the
Interborough Rapid Transit Company,
authorized the following statement:
"At a meeting of the board of direc?
tors of the Interborough Rapid Transit
Company to-day it was decided to do?
nate to the United War Work Campaign
10 per cent of the gross receipts of ail
subway and elevated tickets sold Fri?
day. November 15.
"The tickets may be used any day.
The money goes to- the United War
Work Campaign at once.''
The United Cigar Stores' plan, in
effect in its thousand stores all over
the countrv, is expected to turn over
between $50,000 and $60,000 to the drive
fund. When a customer is waited on in
any of the stores the clerk deposits one
cent in a glass jar on the counter. The
company's contribution does not take
into consideration the amount of the
purchase. Inasmuch as the number of
customers seldom falls below 800,000
daily and frequently reaches 1,000.000,
and as each customer will be asked to
"match" the company's mite, this is ex?
pected to furnish one of tho largest
corporation subscriptions.
Speed Up Appeal Made
Because of the let down resulting
from the coming of peace, warnings
and appeals were issued yesterday to
speed up the country-wide campaign.
Judge Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the
board of directors of the United States
i Steel Corporation, sent the following
industries division for Borough of
chairmen in this city:
"The peace celebration has probably
prevented your committee from start?
ing its intensive campaign. This means
| that you will have one day less in
which to complete your work. The
Industries Division for Borough of
Manhattan must raise at least twenty
! five million dollars. We must not fail,
and I know you will exert every ef
; fort in your power toward obtaining
| this result."
Mrs. Henry P. Davison, representing
'? the Y. W. C. A. on the executive.com
, mittee, directed her appeal to women,
i urging them to redouble their efforts.
Actors in "Coin Race*'
The coin race between teams of well
, known actors frcm the Lambs and
; Friars clubs was a feature of the day
and the beginning of the "village car?
nivals" in various parks of the city.
The Lambs and Friars were supposed
to place end to end in the streets the
coins showered on them by a highly
amused audience, but it was decided
to shovel the money into big. banner.-.
The actors yesterday were captained
by Louis Mann, David Warfield, Charles
Judels and Robert Emmet Keane. Bar?
ney O'Sullivan led the elephants.
When Fifth Avenue had been "paved"
fron Thirty-sixth to Thirty-ninth
Street the money wan rushed away
and no totals were announced, as it is
feared by each team that its adversary
would be able to borrow enough money
to catch up.
More Than $50,000 liaised
John McCormack surely deserves
well of his adopted country. Last
night's concert in the United War
Work Campaign, which the Irish tenor
organized, raised by the sale of seats
and boxes more than $50,000, while
several thousand more were collected
oung women who during the inter
misti?n went nmong the audience with
baskets *ln which they received the
contributions.
The evening was un Ir?Bh-Ea>gliaa
War Halted, Yanks Need Cheer
(By Cable to The Tribune)
LONDON, Nov. 12.?F. W. Murafeldt, Y..M. C. A. secretary here,
says that now that the armistice is signed the American troops all
expect to leave for home immediately and that the Y. M. C. A.'s most
difficult job is just beginning-?that of keeping the men happy until
they can return.
TO-DAY'S SCHEDULE
8 a. m.?Thirty teams, whi*h up to yesterday had raised ?2,
500,000, continue their canvass.
i) a. m.?'Public Library steps: J. E. Sheridan begins painting
picture symbolizing the National Catholic War Council (Knights of
Columbus).
Noon to 2 p. in.?"Silver Road to Berlin," contest between Friars
and Lambs, at Fifth Avenue and Thirty-eighth Street. Captains:
Friars, William A. Brady; Lambs, Willam Farnum.
11 a. m.-?Madison Square Garden, National Horse Show; entire
receipts go to campaign.
Noon.?Junior Leaguers sell "Y" pies at Sherry's. Florence
Easton, Marcia Van Dresser and Povla Frijsch will assist.
12:45 p. m.?Chamber of Commerce: Luncheon of teams to report
subscriptions, John D. Rockefeller, jr., presiding.
1:30 p. m.?Free entertainment by noted actors at Grand Cen?
tral and Pennsylvania stations, under auspices of Green Room Club.
Night performance, 7:30 p. m.
2:30 p. m.?Exhibition all day and night of war relics, pageants
and entertainment, 1st Field Artillery Armory, Sixty-eighth Street
and Broadway.
All Day.?Village carnival along Broadway from Battery to
Columbus Circle.
French one, as the artists appearing I
were Mr. McCormack, Miss Maggie !
Teyte and Jacques Thibaud.
Mr. McCormack opened the pro- ;
gramme by singing "The Star Span- ;
gled Banner," following which Miss |
Teyte sang "Voichesapete," Sibella's I
"Bocea Dolorosa" and Parelli's "In- j
vocazione a Venere.", Mr. Thibaud
then played Guraud's "Caprice" and i
Mr. McCormack sang songs by Fronck, j
Rachmonmoff and Saint-Saens, and
for an encore "A Long, Long Trail,"
and afterward with Miss Teyte the I
duet from "La Boheme."
Mr. McCnrmack's last group of songs
included the "Dear Old Pal of Mine,"
of lieutenant Gitz-Rice, and "The
Americans Come," by Fay Foster.
During the intermission there was a
tableau representing the arrival of
American troops in a French village
in which "The Star Spangled Banner"
and "Cod Save the King" were utilized.
During the evening United States
Marshal McCarthy made an appeal for
the drive.
Religious Lines Swept
Aside by War, Says Priest
The Rev. Father Peter E. Hoey, C.
S. P., chaplain of the 107th Infantry,
in a letter dated October 15 to his
brother. James J. Hoey, second vice
president of the Continental Insurance
Company, told how the war has wiped
out religious lines. He wrote: .
"Between 600 and S0O men received
holy communion and about 1,800 at?
tended ma3s. Through the kindness
of the non-Catholic lads I was able to
have some additional features. Two
non-Catholic boys played the 'Ave
Maria' on the violin and 'cello for the
offertory, and they played it so beau?
tifully that, mahy of us were affected
deeply. At night at benediction the
? church was filled to overflowing, and
Protesant and Catholic reverently said
the rosary/ tor our dead. A non-Cath?
olic played the organ and a Protestant
quartet sang."
-.-Q .
T. R. Ill of Sciatica?
Likely to Lose Tooth
1 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is in
danger of losing one of those famous
teeth.
In a statement issued by his secre?
tary, Miss Josephine M. Strieker, it
i was explained that the rheumatic con
: dition from which the Colonel is suf
i fering is believed to be due to the con
, dition of one tooth, which will prob?
ably have to be extracted. As the of?
fender is a molar, its loss will not
detract from the Roosevelt smile.
Dr. John H. Richards, the Colonel's
physician, visited him at the hospital
yesterday and gave him a thorough ex?
amination. After this visit Mi?
Strieker gave out a statement in which
she suid that I'r. Richards reported
Colonel Roosevelt's physical condition
as "excellent, his blood pressure aim
arteries being those of a man of
| forty."
Want Steel Cars
On B. R. T. Lines
Public Service Commission
an?4 Aldermen Seek to Pre- I
vent Repetition of Wreck
Three moves were made yesterday by
the authorities to force the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company to put steel
cars on its roads. All were the result
of the recent disaster on the Brighton
Beach line.
Two steps were taken by the Public ;
Service Commission. Une resulted in
Justice Benedict, in the Supreme Court
in Brooklyn, signing an order requiring
the Brooklyn Heignts Railroad Com?
pany, u. subsidiary of the B. R. T., to
?how cause Monday why a mandamus
should not issue compelling it to put in
operation 135 steel cars of the centre
door type. In its motion the Public ?
' Service Commission pointed out that in
1917 it issued an order requiring the
B. R. T. to put in operation 'J50 steel
cars and that the order was not com- ;
plied with. I
The second was a letter written by ]
the Public Service Commission to the ;
Board of Estimate, putting the failure
of the B. R. T. to equip its lines with |
steel cars up to Mayor Hylan and his
associates on the board.
The third was the adoption of a reso- ]
lution of the Board of Aldermen call- j
ing upon its Committee on Public Wei
fare to prepare ordinances to make for ?
safer travelling faci'ities and to pre?
vent the employment of green motor- i
men. The resolution was introduced I
by Alderman Charlee H. Haubert, Re- j
publican, of Brooklyn.
Alderman Arnon Squiers. Republican. !
of Brooklyn, censured the Mayor for]
failing to take steps to stop the strike !
on the B. R. T., which was the indirect ]
cause of the Brighton Beach disaster.
Richard Hennessey, of F.ockaway Bench, ]
Long Island, an expert billiard player, was
awarded a verdict of $5,000 against the Long
Island Railroad. The sudden stopping of a
train on which he vas riding injured Hen?
nessey's arm so that he was unable to longer
earn a living ploying billiards.
A memorial "o Edwin Booth is to be un?
veiled in Gramerry Park to-day, which is
the eighty-fifth anniversary of his birth. The
forma) presentation is to lie made by Howard
Kyle, and the acceptances will be by John
Drew, on behalf of the Players Club, and by
Stuyvesant Fish, for the trustees of Gramercy
Park. The memorial is the work of Edmond
T. Quinn, tculptor, and Edwin ?. Dodge,
architoct.
Judge A. N. Hand in the Federal Court
yesterday dismissed the w rit of habeas corpus
obtained in the interest of Salendra Natb
Ghose, the Hindu student, ?nd Ag:>es Sraed
ley, who were indicted In California for al?
leged violation of the espionage act. Gilbert
Koe. their attorney, contended that, the gov?
ernment's evidence n-ai insufficient to war?
rant the removal of his clients from this city
to CalU'ornia for trial.
Hoover Allows Cent
Increase for Milk;
Blames Labor Cost
i
Federal Food Commission
Unexpectedly Changes
November Schedule
_
I
Milk prices were advanced unexpect?
edly yesterday when the Federal Food
Board here made publie a new scale of
prices, effective to-morrow, which raises
the cost of Grade A bottled milk to 19
cents a quart and 12 cents a pint, both
said to be new high records.
About one cent on each grade and
quantity is added to the figures pub?
lished November 1, which at that time
were announced as effective for the
whole month of November.
The new prices to consumers are:
Grade A bottled milk, 19 cents a
quart, 12 cents a pint; Grade B bottled,
17 cents a quart, 11 cents a pint; loose
milk, 14 cents a quart. The margins
allowed the retailer are practically un?
changed.
King Explains Raise
Clyde L. King, of the United States
Food Administration, who acts for Mr.
Hoover in matters pertaining to milk,
said the advance is traced to the in?
creased cost of distributing milk, due
to the added labor costs. He quotes
W. L. McGee, the milk accountant for
the Food Administration, who reported
that one cent had been added to the
cost of distributing milk.
"The cost records now available show
that the dealers have made no profits
in October," Dr. King's statement says.
"Due to the added labor costs there
will be no profits in November with
another cent added to the consumer's
price. The dealers for the first twelve
days of the month have had substantial
losses. The increased spread does not
include any costs due to other wage in?
creases that have been made since Au?
gust or may have to be made to other
employ?s, nor any increases iq material
costs since August." ?
Dealers Claim Losses
The results of the. investigation by
Mr. McGee were tabulated and made
public by the Food Board yesterday.
The ligures were obtained from the fol?
lowing companies: Borden's Farm
Products, Sheffield Farms, Empire
State, Levy Dairy and Standard Dairy.
They cover Grade B bottled milk and
show that the operating cost stood at
7.373 cents a quart in August, Septem?
ber, October snd the first part of No?
vember, increasing to S.lll cents dur?
ing the last few days. The milk cost
in November is placed at 9.051, making
a total of 17.162. The selling price of
17 cents is said to involve a loss of .162
cents on a quart to dealers.
Job Bureau Prepares
For Labor Transfer
State Director Asks Employes
to Hold War Positions Until
They Get New Places
Henry Bruere. New York State di?
rector of the United States Employ?
ment Service, yesterday urged both
workmen and employers to do their
part so that the transition of in?
dustry from a war to a peace basis
may be made without hardships.
He asked employes to remain on
their present war jobs until they are
notified they are no longer needed or
until they find peace-time positions.
Business men were requested to re?
sume peace industries as soon as prac?
ticable, and also to inform the Em?
ployment Service as tu the workers
that can be used.
"The Employment Service is making
ready to transfer workers when the or?
der is given," said Mr. Bruere. "It
asks employers to send in at once to
headquarters, 469 Fifth Avenue, state?
ments showing workmen needed, char?
acter of skill required, hours and
wages.
"Much of the war industrial activity
will go on, notably shipbuilding, air?
craft manufacture and clothing and
foodstuff production."
Idaho Republicans Admit
Nugent Is Elected Senator
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-?Senator
Nugent, of Idaho. Democratic candi?
date for reelection against former
Governor Gooding, Republican, re?
ceived word To-day from Idaho that
Republican newspapers had conceded
his election. There will be an of?
ficial canvas3 of tha vote.
Whitman Asks
Court to Open!
Ballot Boxesj
Democrats Refuse to Join
Demand for Recount in
First District
Socialist Tells of
Tammany 'Roughing* j
Gerber Thinks Honest i
Count Will Re-elect the
Governor
Republican leaders opened their cam?
paign yesterday to obtain a recount of I
the vote for Governor in New York :
City, and Tammany henchmen began to
flock to their own standard to oppose
any such move.
So desperate is the Democratic de?
termination to fight against a reopen?
ing of the ballot boxes that Repub?
licans say they are convinced a re?
count is needed. Indorsement of the
suspicion of Democratic ballot box stuff?
ing came from an unexpected source
yesterday, when Julius Gerber, execu?
tive secretary of the Socialist party in
New York City, asserted that Tam?
many's rough tactics in the recent
election surpassed former outrages by
that party. t
"A just recount will, I have no doubt,
show that Governor Whitman was re
elected," he said.
I
Order Returnable Friday
The Republicans opened fire yester?
day, when Abraham S. Gilbert, repre?
senting Governor Whitman, appeared
before Justice Newburger and obtained
an order, returnable Friday before
Justice Gavegan, requiring Alfred E.
Smith to show cause why an order
should not be issued for a recount in
New York and Bronx counties.
An attempt was made yesterday at
the Manhattan Democratic Club by Mr.
Gilbert, Herbert R. Limburg and Emi!
Fuchs, representing the Governor and
the Republican State Committee, to
persuado Senator JameB A. Foley and
John Godfrey Saxe, representing Mr.
Smith and Tammany Hall, to agree
upon thu scope of an order that both
parties might unite on in asking Jus?
tice Gavegan to sign. Foley and Saxe
refused to agree to this.
First District as Test
The Republicans desire that the
Democrats assent to an opening of tho
ballot boxes in the First Judicial Dis?
trict, all of which now are in the
thirty-odd station houses, where they
can be got at without much labor or
the expenditure of much time.
It is believed that the Democrats
will oppose from the very start the
issuance of any limited order. It is un?
derstood that thly will demand that if
any order is issued it be made to
cover the entire sta?e.
The official canvass began yesterday.
State Chairman Glynn was informed
over the telephone by Jeremiah Wood,
the Republican leader of Nassau Coun?
ty, that the canvass there showed a
gain of 360 over The Associated Press
returns Thursday. The Whitman plu
raiiity last week was 3,856, while thfc
official canvass shows 4,216.
Whitman Makes Gain
George W. Benham, leader of Cay
uga County, reported that the official
canvass there showed a gain of 125
for Whitman. The 1st Election Dis?
trict in Syracuse showed a gain of 78
for Smith, due to a clerical error.
The official canvass in Manhattan
will begin this morning by the Board of
Aldermen, with Alderman Edward V.
Gilmore as chairman of the board of
canvassers. In Kings County the offi?
cial canvass will begin to-morrow morn?
ing at 10, at 1:30 in the afternoon in
the Bronx and in Richmond at 10
o'clock Friday.
Expense to Be Heavy
Expenses of an investigation of the
ballots will fall upon the applicant, in
thi? instance Governor Whitman. If
the Republican plan .carries, the returns
in fifteen station houses will be in?
vestigated all at one time. This would
mean the employment of at least sixty
lawyers, and four or five days would
be occupied at each station house.
After New York and the Bronx are out
of the way the same method probably
will be employed in Kings, Queens and
' Richmond and the other counties in the
Second Judicial District.
"In all the thirty years of my con
; nection with New York politics," said
Julius Gerber, executive secretary of
the Socialist party in this city, "I have
never seen Tammany Hall resort to
quite such rough tactics as character?
ized its work in the recent election.
It eclipsed anything pulled off in the
heyday of Tiger manipulation."
Mr. Gerber added as his opinion that
the Republican machine sold out Gov
; ernor Whitman in this city.
A large number of Socialist votes,
Mr. Gerber fe?ls convinced, were stolen
by the Tammany henchmen and added
during the crucial hours when the
gubernatorial decision swung in un?
certainty to the Smith tally. As yet
^o official application for a recount
ha<? been made by the Socialists, he
said, but it will be made before the end
of the week.
"The Old Stuff"
"It was," summed up Mr. Gerber,
'. "the 'old stuff' with a vengeance. As
: an example of how it worked let me
> tell you an experience of my own. It
was at noon on Election Day. I had
dropned into the polling place on Riv
j ington Street, near Suffolk, to see how
; things were going. There, behind the
; railing, I found a group of tough-Iook
i ing men?eight or ten of them?who
j were unwilling to give any explanation
I as to why they were there. As one
I voter entered a booth one of these
: men stepped out, drew aside the cur
| tain and started looking over the vot?
er's shoulder. I asked one of the po
? hcemen there to arrest the man. The
?policeman r< plied that he couldn't be
j cause lie didn't belong at that polling
| place, i appealed to the chairman of
the board. He told me to get out.
When I re-fnsed a number of young
huskies who looked like gangsters!
closed about me.
" 'We don't want no rows around
here, see 7' said the chairman. 'You bet?
ter get out of here or you'll get killed.' ;
One of the young huskies also assured
me that if I didn't get out I'd be .
killed."
"We br'ieve," said the Socialist, "that !
a recount will sho<v that Meyer London i
was elected and will-at least consider?
ably increase the vote given Algernon
Le? and several other of our candi?
dates But that isn't what we r?re chiefly
after. Our real object in demanding a
recount and investigation will be t- get
the people responsible for these atroc?
ities put in jail, where they belong."
Alexander Trachtenberg, who had ;
charge of the Socialist election watch- ?
ers, declares that before the opening |
of the pells, between 2 and 4 o'clock on
election morning, the Socialist wftch- ,
crs' headquarters at 255 Grand Street !
were broken into. He charges that the j
entry was made by Tammany agents, !
who he believes were in search of the i
watchers' certificates in order that they |
might substitute in place of the So?
cialists men of their own choosing.
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Graft Charge Against
Mrs. Story Is Dropped
Chief Witness Against Woman
in War Fund Case Died
of Influenza
Because William Grant Brown, prin- !
cipal witness against her. died of in- !
ftuenza a few weeks ago, Mrs. William j
Gumming Story, former director gen
eral of tha Daughters of the American
Revolution, will not be tried for alleged
criminal mismanagement of the affairs,
of the National Emergency Relief So- ?
ciety, of which she was president.
Brown was Mrs. Story's solicitor for
contributions and received ..half of all
money raised.
Assistant District Attorney Edwin P.;
Kilroe, in recommending the dismissal i
of the indictment against Mrs. Story
and her sons, Allen and Sterling.
Story, assured Judge Grain in General ?
Sessior.3 yesterday that convictions
could not be obtained without Brown's
testimony.
Sherry's Is Closed
By Waiters' Strike;
Hotels' Loss Larger
Union Men Say L ick of
Employes Cost Owners
$500,000 in 3 Days
j
Louis Sherry's restaurant at Fifth
Avenue and Forty-fourth Street was
closed at noon yesterday, when the
waiters and cooks walked out to join
the striking hotel workers from the
Waldorf-Astoria, McAlpin, Claridge,
Astor, Vanderbilt, Plaza, Knicker?
bocker and St. Regis. The manage?
ment said last night that no prepara?
tions were being made to fill the strik?
ers' places and no decision had been
mads as to when the restaurant would
reopen.
An official of the Wait|rs' Union
?aid yesterday that the eight hotels so
far affected by the strike have lost an
aggregate of $500,000 in business since
the employes quit. Inability to serve
patrons, he oaid'.'cost the hotels $100,
000 on election night, $100,000 i nuisuuy
night, when the premature "peace cele?
bration" was held, and fully $275,0UU
Monday night.
No demands have been submitted to
the Biltmore. Manhattan, Murray Hill.
Belmont and Ansonia hotels by the
waiters, although it is said this group
is to be affected next.
The management of the St. Regis
said yesterday that the strike planned
there was anticipated and the men
were all paid off and discharged be?
fore the dinner hour Monday. A staff
of waitresses is being organized. The
?.service in the other hotels is improv
! ing daily, the managers say.
Fifty striking waiters left yesterday
for the. naval training station at Nor?
folk, Va., where the government has
offered them $25 a week for an eight
hour day, six days a week. The strike
i demands are for $15 a week.
The Waiters will send a committee
; to-day to confer with District Attorney
Swann and police officials regarding
violations of the state law governing
hours of labor for women, alleged to
exist in the hotels where waitresses
are now employed.
Gets Hotel Astor Stock
F. A. Muschenheim Chief
Beneficiary of Estate
1 The will of William C. Muschen?
heim, proprietor of the Hotel Astor,
who died October 24, was filed yester?
day in the Surrogates' Court.
An unofficial estimate places its
value at more than $1,000 000.
To his brother, Frederic A. Mu?
schenheim, for his services in the op?
eration of the hotel, the testator left
4,201 shares of the Hotel Astor Corn
puny. The brother h?so will receive,
one-half of the residuary estate upon
the death of the testator's widow, Mrs.
Emma Muschenheim.
Mrs. Muschenheim receives all her
husband's household effects and some
jewelry.
Mrs. Emma M. Radley, a daughter
I in-law, is the life beneficiary of the
1 other half of the residuary estate.
-.
'Change Man, 76, to Wed
Louis G. Fisher to Take Con?
necticut Bride of 62
YONKERS, Nov. 12.?Louis G. Fisher,
of 369 Park Hill Avenue, one of the
oldest members of the New York Stock
Exchange and six months a widower,
obtained a license to-day to marry Miss
Annie R. Winfield, an old friend of his
first wife.
Mr. Fisher is seventy-six years old.
The bride to be is sixty-two.
For forty-nine years Mr. Fisher has
had a ^eat on the exchange and until
1907 maintained an office at 44 Broad
Street. He retired in that year, but
; still retains his membership.
What Is Going On To-day
VNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN.
, Kree admission to ihn Metropolitan Miiw-um of
Art. Uio Amarlc?!i Museum at Natur?! it:?',irj
Ne? YorK Zoologie?'. !'e.-k. Van Cortlandt i'^rk
Museum. tho American Museum <.( Safely ?nj
the Anuarlum.
Con ??.tlui! of the A?ociatetl Copper Industria?.
Waldorf-Asioria. Sam
Cornent.on of the State Federation of Women'?
Club?. P a. m.
Sain of unclaimed articles. I'ostotB.-?, 'JTlitrts-0rs.t
9US?el u:.d Eighth Arr-nu?. 10 a. rn.
"War-iir?e Europe," E. M. Newman, iiroo.Hljti
Institu?? o: Ant ?nj Science?, 4 p. t>0
; "Etolutlon, HUtorieai ?;ij Social," Profewor A
' A. tJoldeOAoher. 7 Eut Kl?leeuiti tflitot. SU.
Hearst Forbidden
To Force Papers
On Fighting Deafer
Temporary Injunction On
der Served on Him
and Publishers
Victory for Sultan
Court Holds Newsman AU?
Must Be Given Even,
ing Editions
Process servers from the office <,?
Lemuel Ely Quigg yesterday began i?!
vice of papers in the temporary is.
junction granted by Justice RUS!t!J
Benedict in Brooklyn on Monday ?.
straining Hearst and his allies in _j
Publishers'Association and their agent
the American News Company, from r,.
fusing to sell papers to Joseph A. Ss?
tan.
Sultan's offence against Hearst w_,
his refusal, in response to demands of
customers, to handle the Hearst p?.
rers. Because of this members of tee
Publishers' Association, in line with
their previously announced policy, rt
fused to sell him any evening news,
papers, while the American News Co?
pany persists in delivering to him'%.?
>ork Americans" he has not ordered
cannot sell and will not pay foi
Justice Benedict's order as 5<.rved 0
tne defendants is sweeping. By in
terms Hearst and his allies are re
strained from "in any manner boy?
cotting or blacklisting plaintiff or any
individual or corporation from whom
-plaintiff may attempt to purchase
newspapers or from threatening to
boycot! or blacklist plaintiff or sm?
other persons unless he shall purchaso
and sell any certain newspaper or other
article of merchandise in any ceTtain
quantity or from resorting to any
species of threats, intimidation, force,
fraud, promise, oppression or per?
suasion for the purpose of preventing
plaintiff from obtaining or purchasing
newspapers unless he shall purchase
and sell any certain newspaper or Other
article of merchandise "
It further enjoins "Samuel Blood, as
president of the American N'ews Com
pany, and each and every member of
said American News Company, its offi.
cers, agents, employes, servants and at?
torneys, from delivering or attempting
to deliver to plaintiff copies of The
New York American' except with the
consent of plaintiff to receive the
same; and from refusing to sell or de?
liver copies of other newspaper? dis?
tributed by said American News Com?
pany which shall be ordered or re?
quested by plaintiff except upon condi?
tion that plaintiff receive copies of said
'New York American.' and from col?
lecting or attempting to collect free
plaintiff, by legal proceeding.-; or otift
wise, payment for copies of said %?*
York American' heretofore left U
plaintiff's place of business contrary to
his will."
The case is down for hearing on Fri
day in the Supreme Court in Brook.yn.
Because of the large number of de?
fendants and the importance of the is?
sues involved, it is thought an adjourn?
ment may be. asked. It is the rule of
the courts to grant such request!,
though Mr. Quigg is prepared to try
his case at once.
Blue Stone Cutters
Join Newsboys in
Hearst Paper War
The Blue Stone Cutters, Flaggen?
Bridge and Curb Setters of America
have joined the large number of labor
organizations indorsing the newsboys'
war against the Hearst papers.
The union took its stand at a meet?
ing in Beethoven Hall, 210 East Fifth
Street, at which resolutions wero
adopted expressing sympathy with the
boys' struggle and extending to then
moral assistance.
The action of the body was taken
after a statement of the newsboys'
grievances had been presented by An?
drew Stanton, their leader. Mr. Sut
ton pointed out that the 10,000 dealers
in the greater city can scarcely ex?'
under present conditions and blame?
their plight mainly on the Heui*.
agents. .
The meeting, at which Vice-Pr?si?
dent Michael McHol presided, adopt?!
the following resolution:
"Whereas, The newsboys of the City
' o. New York are endeavoring to bet
! ter their living conditions, and to that
: end have reouested the publishers o.
! the daily papers of the city to all?*
them a little more r,ro:.'- so that the/
might be enabled to meet the presen.
high ?Ost of living, and
"Whereas. The said newsboys c??'
'tend that their fair demands were re?
fused them solely through the lic?
ence of the publisher of 'The >??
York American* and 'The Even?*
Journal.' which papers, the said ne*s
bovs claim, they are being Jorce.0,;,
handle, although a great many?"?
people will not buy them for patriot?
reasons; and . ,_j.
"Whereas. The newsboys have straw
?against these paners in order??''
tain their just ends, therefore oe ?<?
"Resolved, That the Blue Stow ??
ters. Flaggers, Bridge and Curb ?*?
ters of America hereby express'??*
sincere sympathy with and en?or."
the strike of the newsboys, oi ?
greater city for a decent living,, ?'?
as a loyal labor organization eX???
to them its moral assistance.
Edison on Witness Stand
Inventor Called in Suit Ba??i
on War Contract
Thomas A. Edison was awW?^
terday in the Supreme Court aw
against him for $6 891 broughtj
Archbald M. Ostrom, as ????gS
a contract for the British goyeriim?
Counsel for Ostrom sou.nt W?
the inventor identify his signature
a letter. ., nv\\t?
"It looks like my signature^p
Mr. Edison. "I'll tell you if i- .?;
if you will let me read the ?
He read the epistle, recalled tae
tents and the said the signature
his. , t, . -i>
J. P. Morgan, who was to w
! ness. was excused because ot
' fidential re'ations with the Brit??"^
ernment. The trial will be cont.n
! to-day. _.
Schwab to Attend Dinner
Charles M. ^hwah Director Gen
of the Emergency Flee,f<-?$?r ?4
will be guest of honor at a ?{JC^i
the Society of Arts... H?f.V?r*
to-night at the U aldon /?j|
, Others who will speak are S .r n ?|.
Crawford, of the Britwh E?g?S
ward N. Hurley, of the I ni.ed }
Shipping Board; John G. "?bM^,,!
dent of Princeton University. .^
Maurice Churchill, of tne ' ?n
Army; Job E. Hedges and A?^
Thomas. Bainbridge Colby, pr*??
I of the. society, will be toMtowfW*