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THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1915.
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BREITUNG SHIELDED
IH PLOT BY BROKER!
IHrman Who Supplied Arid
THIn of His Introdnr
tlon to Fay.
FAKE TALKS SUSPECTED
atari F tipegnnrde. whoa real name
l Paul Pleh. who acted a broker In the
sale of potassium chlorate and trinitrate
of toluol used My Fay and hi com
panion, explained MM night hln connec
tion with Mas Tlreltung. Dr Klemle rind
Fagr Opegaarde or .Men is .14 rar old.
a German, tall, elltn. alert an. I PafrfUl of
Hat he says. He csme to A inert. -i four
years afo. rntMinel three year and tlien
returned to thla country In Fehrtinrj to
buy copper for Herniary Ha I ravelled,
using a Norwegian PBfJpOrt, fOf I enpper
concern on the Pcandtnsvl in peninsula
"My real name la Sleh ' aald ha lat
nltht at the Tlreslln "Hut I have tieen
known aa i ipegaerde since I came here
In February to Imi copper for ilrrmany
I could not et a passport without
-hanging my name, ao I took a Nor
wegian one I did not chanire back
rain to Bier, until Sunday, when they
found ma about 4 o'clock In the after
noon sitting In that chair over there
I registered here aa ipwaarde from
Stockholm 1 have a amall mall order
business and aim am a broker 1 deal
in anything-.
"I oame over here to ge' i op per pri
marily. 1 could ei all I want to-morrow,
but I could not get It to Hermuny
Of course I knew when I oame over
her bow -hard It would he to send cop
par to Gormany. but I nought 1 would
ee what I could do. No I haven't
boujrht any alnce I cam
"1 know Breitung row nbout three
yeara We Bret met rnrtally In a club
In Chicago and have been frlenda ever
since. I have tried to well him several
thtnge Ha deala In moat everythtnr and
ha alwaya la In touch with th market.
0 that whan I tried to sell him some
thing he would tell me that he could
buy It hlmelf and save brokerage fee
I triad U tell him a ship once. Ha
wantad me to fet one for Mm. hut the
dal did nut ev thmugh
"t met Fay the first time a meek aan
to-dev and have had 'hree or four con
MWJatlom with him alnce tint time. I
tfw not aunpect what wss BolnB on un
til the police found me on Sunday 1
never expected to be found The find
transaction I had with Breituns
two montha ago wen he came to ma
and aaked me to buy Jn poun.le of
potaaaium chlorate for him I sold It
to him for 111 I rot It from Wettlg,
In whoae office I had desk room
"There waa rothlng t be auapected
from ttvat deal. vtase1um chlorate is
no an erplnslve and tt l used for a
groat many purpose Aa a broker I
bought and eold anythlrg I could lay
my hand on. Then six months asr I
had met Ir. Klensle who waa a frland
of Breltung'a Rreltung Introduced m
to Klensle Just sneslly you know
We met severnl times since Two
waeks ago Klenale told me he
wanted 1 (0 pounds of T. ti. T for Fsy
and a week at to-day he introduod
ma to Fay, who srked me Is gel hvm
100 pourda of T N. T "
"Didn't you HI apart then that there
migr-t be something .li-ger..u In the
do ' Sleh was asked
"Oh. atr. Than I had my suspicions
But I did n 1 nsk what Kav wanted the
T. N. T. for. I asked Wettlg to get It.
but we could not get ion pounds -only
twenty-flv pounds at first rfo I aold
Fay twanty-rlv pound of T N T
After 1 had sold It to him I asked hint
what he wanted it for. At first he
would not tell me. but 1 told him my
suspicions had been Brouaad Then he
Invented that fake story you saw in the
afternoon puporfi."
"Old Fay eer mention that he run
an ofrtcer or that he had st-en Hoy-Kd
and Von Pa pan r
"Fay didn't say he was an oil) er but
ha said hi- had been lighting H did
not mention any officials at nil I mr
Oativsraailon alayut thtl deil ia vary
meagre Ka did not want any one to
know nh.it he wis doing In my fc Mf
brief con errations aith him we talked
mostly alaiut he war 1 know so littl
about him that I cannot tell mil -h
what he tried to do except what he
told me I had to accept hU explana
tion, but when he mentioned crlppanc
a whole cheml al plant 1 knew thfjt was
Impoaalhle "
"Vou know of course that HreltunK
IB coming on to New York." 8'h was
tald by The Si n reporter.
"Yea; poor fellow.' h- replied "But
he'll get out of this all rlgh' He dldn t
know much about what was BolnB On
t guaal he'll ba lined about a UnHple
of hundred dollars or maybe a thousand
on that conspiracy ehafga "
BUSY IN PHILADELPHIA.
areret ien Ice Head to trreal
Uerman xgents an Time.
Pull. APS! tMIIA. Ocl II Matthe-a- F '
itrirnn, cliof of the United Stales se-Ne'
Mfcrvii-e office In this city, slid todgy that
Ids men have been R-atlv ring evidence for
some time aga.nst rjermun BfantH whi '
are bellaved to have been aorking here
in connictton with the four man under!
arresx In New York
Orrtef ilrlffln Is awaiting orders from
higher Government L4tlcla4i u to hie
next step He said to-day tha as ta.r '
aa he knew ther will not I" u v air. si.
in th' city at preaent, but he intimated
that order tnight be re?alvi i a any
thnie to take the guspeotad per DM
H. J. CENTRAL LIFTS EMBARGO.
Movement of Fxporl Freight in
This Port Rcsanteil.
The Centra', Hallroad of New lerse
ha lifted the embargo it placed on ex
port freight because of harbor condi
tions at this port An official of lis
OOmpiny said that a gieat deal of mis
conception had at- sen regarding the em
bsrgo. which affected only Baal bound
shipment destined for export
Owing to the enormous volume of e
porte the lighterage facilities vveis
badly congested, cauains numerous de
lays. This, coupled wl'h labor troubles
in whn'h ihe ongshort-iiirn tied up soma
of the companv pier, made an em
b.rgo necessary
Freight Is n.ov being h milled In the
customary manner The same condi
tions prevail at all the other big ter
minals in New York and .lerse- City.
The f'enns' li atua Railroad, however, is
reported to b somewhat hmdeied In the
movement of it increas.ng freight tr.f
fir, owing to difficulties with the long
shoremen. The difficulties with the la
borerR are understood to be well on I he
gray to a settlement.
No i.reene Con. topper Dividend.
Dividends on the stock of Ihe tireena
Consolidated Copper Company acre not
resumed resterdaj when the board of
direct,. is met. This. It I thought, means
that than will be no dlvldtnd de.-lared
bv tne i.reene Caniitiea Copiier Coin
pun', which iioids practically ail the
stork ol Hie llrsent Consolidated fiom
psni. when ihe directors of that coin
pan' mee' on Thursdu The shutdown
Of the oompanv'l mine m Mexico, due to
the burning of bridges hi the warring
faction. Is given .. the cause of the
fsllnre to resume dividends.
U. S. SEEKS MEN HIGH IN BOMB PLOT;
SOURCE OF $500,000 BRIBE SOUGHT
ronMeiW frnm r"l( rnre
la the product of a vivid Imagination.
Hrlng the detective or reporter or any
one else here who told you that and I
will stand him on his head There M
ansniuteiy notning to it ....
C. li Wettlg. an exporter or 11 nai-
tery place, corroborated rspt Tunney
statement regarding the lf.i').0" "fTer
1 know all about the oner mane m
oppegaaide," he said The same offet
was made me by Fay " I
These hits of etrlklng Information at
taken b) the authorltle aa Indicating
that Fav. ivho admits recehdng 4.(""
front the head of the I lerinan se ret ser
vice In Hrusaels. and no more, had it
BOH red of liberal nnanceti In tMa coun
ty Thc are taken to mean rhn Fa
aa regarded by somebody higher up
nn executive, capable not only of Invent
lug mines but also of engag ng In varied
activities
i 'ne noteoook. belonging to either
frnoil or hay- there may be others I
snows that ll.Wt was spent In rent-,
lug ind equipping a garage In Wee- ; tilled Chief Klen of the I'nlted States
hawken. Yet the Investigations made I secret service, and Chief Flynn will look
already, ehow that the men ent morel the things over to-day.
than II, Ann m plans they were carry
ing out The question Is "where did reltang'a Part t nexplalned.
the other money come from"" and the
Miithorltle are said to be able to fol- The part which Max ptreituttg plays In
low that monev to a certain but not Its I "eed conspiracy ha not been ex
ultimate, source. 1 l'llned fully by the police or the Fed
Whlle Chief Flvnn of the secret aer- r1 'i'hrt''ltl The warnnt charges
vice Is sceptical of statements made by n,m ',n PVln money to Seih. or np
Fuv. he aald eaterdav that Mas .dmii- PBr for the basic materials for ex-
ted that mi salllnc from Holland to this
ailing
country he had In has peeesalon a let
ter from u high Herman official to a cer- 1
tain person In thla country, but that,
fearing he might be seised and searched,
he destroyed the letter Fay dM aay.
however, that he carried a letter cf a
commanding character to Capt. Hoy-Rd.
who Is connected with the Herman Km
baasy The Federal authorities, so far aa
their acta eouM be obeerved. were con
cerned yesterday In bringing all the five
men accused In connection with the ship
destroying plot within the Jurisdiction
of one Federal .-ourt Lieut Fay and
R-holx were brought from the Wee.
hawken police court before t'nlted Statea
State Commissioner Houghton aod there
held In 111,000 ball each. They waived
any right they might have In fighting
tianeference from the local court In
Veehawken to the Federal Court In
New York
Not so with Paul Paesche. the obuat
but bovtsh. dark-eyed Herman who stood
on his rlgh' and through counsel de
clined to submit himself to the wiehe
of Ch ef FlMin He accordingly waa
arraigned lfope rntted State Comn.is- t
sioner .lainni I' i arpciiirr m ,ierir ny
snd held In ta.04)0 bail for examination
on November .1. He is accused of hav
ing and concealing the po" eaton of a
high explosive for the purpose of blow
ing u) a ship in the Jurisdiction ot the
United States It is said that he expect
to furnish cist ball to-dav
When Fay. Scholx and Paeeche were
srritgne-1 tiefore .luetlce of the Peace
Hamter In Weehawken Kay and Stdinli
aa.d they had no counsel, but that they
were rcadv to go tn New York They
acenrdlnBly were taken to the office of
Chief Flvnn In the Ciwoen Hmie wnerc
hey remained until 4 o'clock, except for
the time that they were taken out to
luncheon and to the barber shop
fcttrk to first Story.
In the afternoon they were subjected
to a serere grilling st the hands of chief
Flyrn, who bad been in eommunieaiion
with Washington Hut when Mr Flynn
with an assistant reached the Feleral
building with his two prisoners at 4
o'clock he said that he had ObtaiM 1 I
nothing additional from them, that the I
two men still held to their original story ,
When Fav and Scholl were arraigned!
before ommls.ioner Houghton they
were t dd the natuie of the complaint
and aaked if thei wihed to have it read.
Fay sai l he did and steppsd forward to
ake it from the rorntniaatonar s hand
The COmmtBBtOner held him eff and road
that part of the warrant accueli g him
Stdl Fay wanted to look at It. but Com-
mtMtoner Houchton held it in nil hand
and asked the men If they had counsel.
Itoth shook their heads and Bard that
they knew nnbodv (hey wished to have
serve for thein
The f.niTniiicit.tnfT 1 h would try
rti.n f .motMvnv R rwwi tm ix at
tl,t)A for each of them and set a bear
Iiir for 2 T M . November 4 Afterward
he a ..signed Ismi .teraawits of an
Broadway a cottaaxtl foi Fay and
Abraham Snydeker ag coiuisel foi Soholg
Itotii prltOttafl were sent to the Tombs
Benno LjOewy, atloiney for Dr. Her
bert Klemle spilled to John C. Knox,
Assistant t'nited State Attorney, to
have Klenxle's ball reduced to M
Mr Knox told him flatly that the only
chance there was of having the ball
tedti.-ed waa by applying for a writ ol
hareas corpUBi and then there would
cms out the real reason for putting tha
bull so high.
another Mght In Tombs
That refusal made it
necessary for
Dr Ki. nile tn spend another niBht in
the Tomb, for the agent of the Casualty
i ' irpany of America, who was to sign
the bond, did not have authority- fe
qulltsj iind.r the law to sign a ball
l-.nd of 125.000
The rumor spr-sd yesterday that the
arrest of the men on Sunday had be.n
I re mature and that no suitable evidence
had been obtained . that the secret ser
vice men had been working on the case
from another end for scleral weeks to
ascertain the source of the fund going
lo certain alleged tjermsn sgents In
this country. The discovery of Infor
it ation by the police. It was hinted, had
made It necessari t arrent the men
La, foes the seer : set vice men obtained
nil the evidence they wis led.
Whether ihete wss a conflict between
the local police snd the secret Service
nen or not. Police Commissioner Woods
snd emphatically last ivenlng :
If w had not made the arrests
hiugs might hgVs happened for which
we w-ould not take Ihe responsibility. "
In other words the police feared that
the defendants, having so much explo-
BlV in their possession and having
"iked ..nl their plans to such extent.
nilglit at anv time set a mine and do
. I image to life and pnip.-rtv Comnils-
ler woods fe,t it his duty to make
Ih,- at rrsts.
littler Humors Dented.
Another rumor concerning a difference 1 ssias o a secasissjsa
between Chief Flynn and Ihe local police ! WORhLD AS I LAMSl t, l .
li ' set at rest by Capt Tunney and -I
v" Bgrnltl. It was said tha' the Harksrtu Farm t'.niploi. ees Rri'.is-
srren nt Pay gnd RchOll on S'lndny :
wa made without ..e. ret service men.1 l ! PlflM and Fa, s.
Persons at Holies Headquarters said las'
I
nlghl that they have been working on
b. , ae for several weeks Hinl that on
; Thursday the situation wa such that
it was deemed Imperative to notify the
-. ret service office Capt. Tunney said
in. directed Detective Barnlti la get in
ton- h with secret service men. The
detective said :
I received my nrrti from Capt
Tunney ..nd 1 Immediately called up
Capt Henry at the Custom House. I
explained the situation In him an.l that
evening Hinlie and Hayage, two secret
I s.-rvlce men, Joined me In Weehawken
' and were with us constantly until we
, ni ide the arrest on Sunday."
There wns s further search for evi
dence against the men esterdni- A
, ilsit was 11 arte by detectives to th shop
of McMillan at Werner. 11 Centre street.
Mr McMillan ald thai he received a
visit from Beholl on June 7.
schoii showed me plans for a cylin
drical tube about fourteen Inches long,
four Inches in diameter at one end snd
two Inches In diameter nl the nther. He
nented five of them made ,"
The device hi .ieer ft h.ih to he uwl
rVir iamti the mine which Fav snd
Hrrmli trs building
'The cvllnrtera WTI delivered In
nVh.jis In a fm days.'' mid Mr M.--
""W "n .lime 24 fVlmlz called
agaii and bought two dozen si.rings
with hool.s attached at one end. On
( k ber .'1 Bonola CSlM again and L
mejnt oiner cyii;iiere The total t
am unt of his punhosee w-.vs 1I0
"hol told me that the device waa to
no used for pumping automobile tli
raa
ftut I did not pay any ntte-tlon e what
he said, for we hove any number of
leranna i-ome here to buy various odd
ippllarcea or to have i 'hem made t
ider."
Iietecttve Michael Lyons of Weehaw
' en found another box belonging to
l.leut. Fay In Degan's boathouse last
n'ght This box. which Lyons exam
ined superficially, contained clockwork
iitul a heavy iron
yllnder which was
carefully wrapped
In cloth and paper 1
Not knowing whether It was a new type
of Infernal machine or a cache for
the hiding nf paper. Lyons decided
not to Inspect it too i loselv He no
P" nd Kppegaarde In a long inter-
view last ntght explained his relations
with Breltung, Fay and Dr, Klenale
The inference which could be made from
the allegations of the complaint and
from statements made h) Fay and
SchoU. was that Mreltn ig wis asked to
help furnish explosives and that he did
so with hi own money
"II Is certain," aald one authority,
"that money dribbled through Bret-
lung s hands to ray or hcholx
Schols received a postal card from a
woman In Newark yesterday, reading
"Cheer up . der worst 1st yet to come.
Forty years Frauleln '
In Scholis notebook was found Ih
note :
"N P Company, Tlroa1, fift." In
quiry at II Broad street veeterdav re-
eared the offlcss of the N'ttro Powder
Company, with which Richard In in is
connected Mr l-iin sld he did not re
call any visit from Fay or lohOtB. He
,1. however, that even orde, tiled
wss recorded M the factory
BURNED ALL LETTERS.
tlced fc, Woman at 1
i .
Whoae tlon.e Prtaonrra l ived.
Mr. BUiabeth Stewart of ss-, Vark
avenue Cninn Hill. N .1 . told a reporter
for The Son yesterday that she was one
of the most surpr'sed persons In the
world when she read a newspaper on
Monday morning and learned that tw-o
of her former lodgers had been arrested
for conspiring to dynamite munition
(hip, Itaytng New York
Hobert Fay and Waller Scholx had
engaged rooms of her Just as other ;
in,ig,rs 4)4, nP said, and then- wasn't
a thing nbout their actions that aroused
her suspicion RYetl when she noticed
that they carefully burned up all the
letters they received. Mr Stewart gave
no second thought to it
They lived in my house at I Fourth !
reet from May K until a week ago last :
street
Saturday. " said Mrs Stewart "1 told
them that 1 Intended to move and they '
said they wou'd not continue with me 1
explaining Hint Mr S h.-iz intended to
move bis garage to New York on
November 1 anyway and that they had
both decided to move ovei there
f'nrfaln I snail llrsns.
Tn. ,,,,,, ,. ,-ommunlcaling
frn, r;,m(l r ,,, Moord noor ind al.
,,,, WMItr WH KMi.nt warm
.,. ,,,,,, ,,,Ur ,, ,. ,,,.,
rur,Bins they asked that I keep them
up. I did and the ml. mis were usually
IrRwn
"In An f thf POOMI thpr whs it
msU nrrlr nhp utMl ihy ;iMkii m1 to
subut i ii tf m irH(rr ,ft -t ronfftr tabic
he4-niiHe- thf wrf f1- sTiitr- aiwl iHahad
o flo nnip of t:r work tiVro I T;it
thf'tn m heavy tHl' hi if I i. mi n! wh h
rovfrffl with Wht lo-.kf t! t m hk
HiitomoMif nnri moiOHMMI uartu my
many IfHirniile rievnted to - ,
toni"hit ;tnn moiorDoei Duiinine;. i
"i remember of only one men . nming
tn vteH thm He ' jm nne OA) thry
were out and ankvl for Mr Fiv When
IU Baaawaalat al 1 la K a ti-u H t aval In j n iu
what tha man looked like but he had not ,
left his nam- and 1 tool, no particular
notice of hi appearance He came again
nd .-ailed on Fay and tCholl. They
made frlendr with no one in the house
eycepi my prire .-nt The cat has
twenty-eight toe-v seven on each of ht
feet, and that secnie.l to amuse the men
Whenever they were working In their 1
rooms the cat whm always there with
them 1 didn't know for some time
after they esmo Hint Mr Behold had a
garage in Main street They had been
with me for tw-o month before I even 1
knew Mr Fay mini
"They came togetner when mey eii-
gaged the rooms, hut their trunks and
uit esse were brought by different ex
premn There were three trunks and
three or four suit CBaea. Mr flcholl
had hi name op the letter box in the
veetlbule. bill Mr Fay paid all the bill
He pa'd for his lodging regularly every
week and for n weekly inagaBlne, which
was sent to him Thry had milk left for
them every morning and one of them
would go out to a delicatessen store for
food "
DENIES KNOWING FAY.
Vnn tternstorft lsu ia,s No t.er
ii n n niti, I n I I Be Intolted.
Count vod fteraetorff. theilerman Am
bassador .aid yesterday that he knew
i, i, thing of Robert Fay or an., of the
Hermans Implicated In the alleged ,-on-sniruov
'disclosed In Weehawken and
pould therefore make no comment cotl-
cernitig them.
The Ambassador had not yet returned
yesterday from hi week end lu the
muntry. but was reached by his sacra
Uiry t the Hllx-Carllon by telephone. I
--nv, Ambasador Bras told of report
printed to Ihe effect that "high 1 id ¬
man ofh.-Iale were about to tie involved
"So far as I know, said the ount, 1
"no i termini otll.-ial are Involved or in
danger of being Involved."
Nkw I.onpon.
..nn
i let 2S. Walter!
! schols, one of the alleged conaplratorg
arrested by Federal detectives In New
Jersey, wss employed as a teamiter on
0 PER MONTH ON PLEDGE
0F PERSONAL PROPERTY
1
THE PROVIDENT LOAN
MANHATTAN.
T n rth Avenue, cor. 3Sth atrssv
I Id rid se street, cor. Klvtngton 4,
feventh Ave., bet. 4th sad taut III
LeslSBtue Axe., cer. IMth Hires.
Grsod Street, cor. C'tloloe Street,
kesi 7iiU St., bet. Lsslngtoa it Axte.
ssw swnw St.. ee
K ! Hnrkness's est a te, Waterfnrd. three
rrlles west nf this rlty, for a fortnight
early lust spring. Hupt. Jordan of the
llarknes farm. employed Hrhnls through
a far mem' bureau In RMU street, New
York
Hehnlx, who appeared to lie a Herman
a,,,ut . in. said he wa. an nrchltect. hut
,vss compelled to accept anv kind of
en plm ment and wns glad" to go to
Waterfcrd A week afterward he re-
Ived a mysterious telegram and a
couple of days later a RMA from New
York visited the farm and had a long I
talk with Hcholx.
BETHLEHEM MENACED.
Federal Agents Inveetlajate Plot to
low t p Plant.
FIPTBF.N
It was reported vesterday that the
Federal authorities weie investigating
charges thai 'iirman conspirators
plotted to blow up the entire plant of
the Bethlehem Steel Company at Beth
lehem. Pa Two participants In this
lonsnlracy are said to he In New York.
Thev are being smight by detectives
The plot was exposed by a New York
business man with offices In a building
on lower Broadway His name was
withheld The conspirators had tented
an office across the hall from him. and
in passing he accidentally caught frag
ments of their conversation which made
him suspicious He heard talk of dyna
mite and Bethlehem, and also iw a
huge map of the Pennsylvania city
hanging on the wall of the office.
The business man telegraphed to
Charles M. Schwab at Bethlehem and
told him of what he feared Mr Schwab
hurried to New York and. after a con
ference with his informant, engaged a
former ohc.. official to Inquire Into the
plot
letectlves watch.d the conspirators
for several days thrrugh a window from
an adjoining office building Then the
Hermans moved 10 an uptown hotel
The detectives engaged an adjoining
WltO. Purina the absence of the
on-
pliators they installed dictaphones In
the rooms and after that they wer
.Me to hear all that was planned
The plot contemplate I the hlnwlng up
of the Bethlehem plan- by dynamite,
which was to have been placed by
agents working In Hie sewers of the
Plant at nlghi
The explosive was to
hae been set off bv electricity at a
prearranged hour. The detectlvea
learned nlmcst ry detail, even to
the amount of dynamite thut the Her
mans thought necessary for the Job
The Information thill acquired wa
sent to chief Flynn or the I'nlted Slates
secret se vice William ' tffley. head of
.lust ice. took the matter In charge with
the result that one of the conspirator
was arrested The two ethers are being
sought and their arrest is expected
Within a short time
Mr Schwab, when called upon at his
home last night, refused to make any
Statement, laying: that he did not care
to discuss the affair
BIG 6DNS ROAR AS
FLEET ATTACKS N. Y.i
ports f tll NtlTOWP Bpfh
r . .
TliPorPtlPBl Stot'l tit Tfii
HllttlPHllipa.
A V-MMile fleet of ten battleehlps and raged al what he had seel II do.
. ,K,i, Ki..i umoke 'dared tiial M'C'Uieghy tried to kill
Big torpedo to-.-s. tiick nn-K Btnone ' - .
' . , Manning and demanded that the de-
ti-enmi'g ea ward fr-m iiieir funnali. I ttctyt pUcl1 (n ,.,,, r,.
i.wrel ff New York city at I C 'ast n and Dr Dillon, police suigeon. ex
I'.ght snd dashed toward New York liar- fcmtned 'he detective and flna'ly had him
bor their prows cutting the water V.ke , locked up. carge.1 with attempted felo-
nlou Maaull Dr. Dillon would nm
to. icini kniVOi 'chance his verdict thai McConeghy Wat
Hut deepttl ther silent approach UP-1 nn, rlrurk.
dor a cloudy ky. keen ees ashore iio'rd . Deputy fommlagloner rtadlej was In
their moieinents an.l when within a few formed ..f the fad., and Immediate!)
mile of the Narrows the lutterlee of ordered Mc.'o .gh s suspension
Pits Hamlltol a l Wadsw th sild- Vnmp sjld.
.leiiii belched Mr, thunder and th-, ...... t
1 rt n ltl ftt thf for. Igfi H.-t
There w,ih in- tpy ffom th. hrttt-
mermm in the rtoud
ol Wacl nm.'. treemiitg over ererj
unii -r Hie fleet as the battleships lunged
forward al In even srealer rate of
H-ed Aaain and aaaln the guns of the
twin ports gunidlns Ihe Narrows roared
out th Ir proteat, and eien the elements
milled to the defence of New York, tor
a trr rifle .'l ip "f thunder resounded from
the threatening .-loud ahoie the fleet.
For twenty minutes the 12 Inch'
guns of Hamilton and Wadsworth 1
roared, but the fleet continued Its daring
dash toward the city Then the conflict
abruptly ceased
No authoritative reports of the outcome
,f hs conflict could be learned last rdghl
ai Hither of the forlc whl.-h fought un
der the direction of Col S K Allen, so
New Yorkers must B4tl tneir breaurasts
without knowing whether they are mi-
,,., th,. iron heel nf a cruel forelB"
despot 'or not
The naval maii'eiivres have been boIhb
for some lime, but this is th fl.st
time recently that New Y rk ha been
attacked In last night's war game the
fleet was supposed to race from a spec
tied point off the coast to snothsi polnl
ueirei New York before the two forts
could tire a certain number of shots
The entire Math He.ich section of
Brooklyn Shaken li Ihe heavy flr- ;
ing Many motorist gathered on the
shore road in watch the tlnshe from the
forts and Ihe giadilil approach of thel
fleet
BUDGET MEETING ON NOV. 6.
.resident
III
I onfer
win.
III. use's sp.-.-lHl I on. oil lie.- Then.
V AS H IN'.ITON. I let lf - X meeting of
a special committee f the Mouve liemo
cratlC eau.-u appointed lo formulate a
budget programme w.ll be held Novem
ber ft
The commlitee is headed bv Itepre-
gantatlvg Shlrte of Kentucky and In
cludes Rapreaentatlve Kit. -bin of Nnrih
Carolina. the proapactWa majority
leader, the chairman of the Committee
on Appropriations. Speaker Clark, and
Hep stentatlVS (jarretl of Tennessee
The commlllee ha been instructed tn
formulate a budget plan for submission
to the House eau.-u when it meets Ihe
latter pari of November The President
ha taken great Inter..! In the budget
plan and has conferred with Represents
Hie Shirley with regard to it He will
also confer with ihe
oinmllte when It
meets November I
SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
IIROVX.
t curtlendt Ave., cor 1 4Sth gsrejjj
HltOOkl t.N.
fndtb St., cor. Lleingeuia it.
( rshsm Aeenus, cor. Debevolss 44.
1 Itkln Avenue, cor. Hockssrsr At.
1 pku dERT nflswfl! AN
A lANh RKPAIO WITHIN
3 TWO VVKKKd KHUM DATg
OUR GUARANTEE
faM ttOaag llM ttrtl W9 Vfer 2$
jfaxwSf wtl ReMi t tfw Ityaa af a dol
lar to InvMtor.
5
GUARANTEED MORTGAGES
LAWYERS MORTGAGE CO.
RICHARD M. HIIRO. President
Capital. tumlui Pr $9 , 000,000
S liberty Bt , X T. 184 Monlsgue Bt ,nkn
OP SUBWAY PANIC
Fluht on SpvtMity-spcond
Platform Ht Tlinitrp
Train Hour.
St.
i
Ill'TPf'TIVl' IV VI VPl V 111. II
i i 11 ' i ci uarijiM
The crowd In the subwav station at
Seventy -second street at the theatre
hour laet evening was thrown Into a
panic by a struggle hetwrm Detective'
Sergeant Alexinder R McConeght and
passenBers enraged at the detective's
conduct After explanation at the Wesi
Sixty-eighth street police station Mr
Coneghy was locked up oharge.1 with at
tempted felonious assault, and John
Manning. 2" St Miry s avenue. Vonkers.
was taken to the night court to answer a
complaint of disorderly conduct.
Thntniis A I'uiikerion, l1 Rector street.
testified that on the way from the 1010 I
street station to Seventy second sheet. , ,h(U ,n lhp ,,aHOM he would probahh
M.-i'oneghy ridiculed Manning for not I gn the fa. is publicity,
giving up hi seat The temper nf I
both men rose, he said, until by the international labor leaders are cog
lime the express station was reached ! ,,,, vt ,h, ,.nergetlc actlvllles of
they had come to blows, aid tei-or 1 fnre'g'i emissaries working In this coun
had.apread through the ir The Iraln ,v f Dr,v, tne cnntlnuoua cxpor'a-
stopped. and the door were opened, and
as he left the car Manning struck 11
detective, said Dunkertnn. and tripped
and fell.
MoConeany then pointed his revolver
at Mannings face and. according Id
I'unkerton, pulled the trigger twice,
though the Weapon did not go off Wo
men screamed ami pdlcesncn were sum
mOttOd from the street The guard
HOVad the passenaer promlacuouaty into
the express train and o.lo-ed the .loons
to get them out iw the w.i of danger
DUtikertnn, ee;ng hi wife ami elx year.
old child within range of the revolver,
huetled them Into the tnln and tasle
on to the Hrand Central Station to re
turn by a taxi to enter complaint at the
station.
Hustave Weir, a platform guard at
Sven! -second street, said that Mc-
enneahv l.findlshed hi pistol at the
people aheut him callog out "Het out
of th wav or I'll ah... He also
kicked Manning In the face. Weir ald
Weir nnallv got behind the detective
and wrested the piatnl from him Mc
Coneghy conducted Manning to the West
Sixty-eighth street station where an am-
hukinc, ,u.rge..n -. I""!":
tile iwiyciinic nospuai in lase smvnea
'in Ma-nlngs sc-,1P and lend up other
lnlur.es Weir also had laceratUMa of
Ins and tended He was injured while
I taking the plltol fiom the dt live.
n..i.Lnr.. arr.VA,! ul t h ! .1 O'l Sll-
. the international st.-un rump Company
announced vester.lav that almost all of
the common sto. k of the companv hud
j.aid tl'.e assessment of IIJT.n a share
required by Ihe plan. onl r. per cent,
baling f tiled to do ao Tte maeBBmenl
on the preferred sloca of IlLt.'.'i a sh.i-e
and a proportionate amount of the
Baaeagntantl not paid h the common
stock will be only IUI1I a h.re Pay
meni must be made by November 1 7
1. Altman Sc o.
direct attention to the enormoui quantitieH
of Ftcor Coverings exhibited in
the greatly tnlared
Rug Department
Rere Oriental Rugs. In large aod onusyal
sizenare shown in generous assortments.
Beautiful specimens of genuine
CHINESE RUGS
are ready for Immediate use.
AMERICAN RUGS
of the finest qualities manufactured in
this country, many of the designs being
exclusive to B, Alt man & Co., are
offered at very moderate prices.
Be Altinrtffln & Co, mini reservedly guaranntee lhe
wearini qiualiitiies of every Roup; solid
in the esftaMSsilnmemt.
IWtftlf Avrnur - fBabiaon Amnitr
34tb anb 35th trppta &rm fork
GOMPERS'S CALL ON
WILSON STIRS TALK
liiibor l-rndor Bollpvpd to Hrvp
Told PrcHidcnt of Hijr
(iprniHii IMot.
i PARTLY VERIFIED HKRE
Washington. (ot J - A call made
I at the White House to day b Samuel
! Hompers was followed by a report that
the head of the American Federation of
i Lahoi had outlined to President Wilson
an aliened Herman plot to tie up Amerl
ran factoring engaged in making mti
rfKlOlM for the Allies
While Houee officials explained that
Mr Oompers called to explain to Presl-
! dent Wllattfl the character of legislation
I thai oigwTilxed lalior would seek In Con-
j gres. Mr. GtofflMrg mad, a qualltled
I denial of the report that he had pre.
i sentcd to the President the details of a
I OfflMfl CM falp I fgr) lie said he called
to dls-'ii propose! labor legislation a no
added that h- preferred not to discuss
other questions that mav have been
touched upoB In the ,-onferenee
. .,.- ,.a,i
gardod a altogether likely
s mentioned an alleged
Uerman COIUMMffBCy, a he had Indicated
Ir several public statements that leaders
of orcarnxed labor have been approached
by Herman agents with a view to ham
pering activities of Amerutan munition
factories.
In a letter addressed some week ago
to n labor leader In New York Mr Hom
pers ntd that If the fnota were known
organised labor would be f'ven credit
for the highest patriotism In preventing
operations by iJermnnf designed to tie
up American industries engaged In
manufacturing munitions
Mr Hompers Intimated that he had
In bis tiossesejon evidence bearing on
the operation of Herman agents he re
garded as expedient to withhold from
OMhlleatioti He gave the Impression
ion f rmt n, ammunition to belli-
gerents So said F.dward J. Hannah,
general Secretary of the Central Feder
ated Union, yesterday, when asked about
a report from Washington that I'resU
dent Samuel Hompers of the American
Federation of ljibor had presented tij
Freeident Wilson the details of a new
and gigantic Herman idol to tie up
munition plant
- There Is nothliiB like that going on
that labor does not know about." sild
Mr. Hannah "If Sam Homper ay
so yon can bet your last dollar that
It I o
Fcvcri international labor leader
knows that foreign Influences are at
work trying to make use of labor for
the interest of fore.gn HoVernmentS Hill
lalwr r.s proved to tne iernmcni
that It Is not to be a trad for foreign
fower The day of bribing labor men
I past and nothing tin gone further
toward establish. ng that fact than the
conduct of InW m Hie present w r The
laboring man ha hown himself to be
a patriot firs' of all.
"The.e foreign emlssarleo mlBht tem-
Rmnw " shut off the
Zi Li of .,, m in,, on would be to li.
-Mer'. -
P munitions plant generally or blow
then. up. They certainly cpu.d not en-
gtneer a general strike or a partial strike
'"' UPPOBO gnr labor ni'.n is
. l. a .. ...... ... K nu ... on it l
HHH IW W .1 .- "
own means
ellhoodi do you-''-
ALDERMEN FOR NIGHT SCHOOLS
I'M
Hood leane, but Flstlmate
Hoard xjnt tpprnve.
Most tpprove.
S . fir as the Hoard of Aldermen Is
concerned there will he monev enough
to continue all the day and n'ght schools
Until January I. for the board unani
mously approved yesterday a special
revenue bond laaue of litT.OAA, as de
al red by Prealdeni Churchill of the
Hoard of education
The H.ar.l of Kstimate ha to np
proie the isu. howcier. and th
te
mil! be unanlmoUl li Is believed Ilia
every member except comptroller rren
dergast .s sure to fsvor it Th Comp
troller bad nothing to say yesterday.
The Board of Kstimate cannot act
until its regular meetlnsj on November
as under the Charter the Mayor
cannot sign yesterday's Aldertnanlc res
olution until next Tuesday
California Expositions Closing
Sain Pranclaco . . DtMSawnbawr 4th
San Diego .... Daaoaambejr 3 1 at
Bur your tlckwte now
$94.30 Out and Back
Rate advance) Daeamber lac.
Southern Pacific Steamships
New York to New Orleans
Connecting with Sunset Route) to tha Coast
r further antitsftrl inmmirm
i is r.sdwa
st 27th St.
at
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
NEW YORK'S
PRIVATE
SCHOOLS
im vt. tt: N0 Httva.
Nt. PAVLM
n iioiii.
Box I (isnt.-n "li v I.ne I si snd.
WALTER1 K. M4KSH. Ile.ina-ter
tt 4 KN 4 KM vi II. MM II. II nova
tleldMiti. West 012.1 s Boyi may remsln
all dM. tncludlnB ftst'y Btudyhour. Tennis
i ..nn Athie.i.n, iii lUad'g to CoUags.
INVINt. Bt'HOOL lTTt. RAY
.t:, w s4h t Tel taxii KMyaw,
Boy rn.ni .'. to 20 All teepart ment.
home tinli tor hn under 11.
Mi l AKTt NTt'.K'si IKMII tot BVj
10-aiS west Itnd Are, Te Pol 4.ttm.
The I'.lh yesr heglle. llrloher 4. IBIS.
Outdoor saerctaai i .to to 4 :n winter.
HAMILTON IKHTITt'Tr rOM BtH't
ggg Kllll ye Tel A 0 HIv
t'OpJKOI PKt'PAtt 4 I H.
fc'4th Near Deglaa BBM gOttt.
Bit Kill Nt llttttl. tlllt Bill H.
sotl Madison 4e nesr 2d st
ltiH.iH.ns M'.iKlsy. Oct. 4th.
BIX im I'll ,s ONL1 in a CLAM.
1 UK. II BOW MCHtNtL nl TUTORING,
Ml tVeel T.'.th si Tel Col MM
Two year attars in one Absolutely only
one st lime with a leseher
Tilt: LAWRBNC'I BMiril BCHOOL
ltei..eiis in tol.er 4 at
in t'asi ..on. btreet,
Afternoon super ,lelon.
TUB bum I M IKMII. II.H IK. IS
Hiler.Ule-oli-i1ii.K.,i art" K tin-te"lrge
A country day ni tM.Hr.ii.nr seaool roe
yontiger hoys IIMiltY .1 KlfdJJL, I'rin
I N I I It -i Illil.l
4 " M Kat 111st S'reef
He-ooen.-l sepi 2nth I'rlmarv net 4th
Dymnssliim nmi iniiins i 'lavs
( oi.t.t i.i 4 rr m iiooi rug Bin a.
II I tt.t 44 7lh Ntreel.
4 I 'ofleee rreiarnti.r Nehnol
with Ntrnng I'rllnar. snd Junior t.raile.
Hit till! 411 till Mitt BCHOOLj
li sen near 'xn i 'ortlandl Pi it tM Mt
Dsy h Boarding Boys P a Hackm llen.l
nMeter Intimate teachlnB by scholarli Men
For liiHLa m, ii.im. women!
lilt. H4K4BI Bt IKMII I I. It t.lltl.B.
Illll.lelglll lell lo . - !!. ee I irntt'iste. m lead'
fag C?onegss UyoinsMum and Tennii i't
awgus n iVeei i,mii Btreet
I4lt4ltll si ikmii. or ll.lt SI Milt li
AltTs V 7'ith Hi Tru'iilnc for h nil
nt.ik.-rs llr,-. making. deslBnlng milll-
neri cooking aooouBts Tel u'ltiii gchuy
M4lll ION ivsllll II'. I nil I. Iltia
Both si a Hlverslile Drive Tel gHHtl e .
C'ollegs -rt ill-...,- Itomsstlr Hclence
Hey ilsr A gpectai Courses, Usrge (ly mass nt
III. I IM tit St IKMII KtlK t.lKl.TT
West Rnd ve A ostn t Tel tils River
Kindergarten, Klementary High acbool
n,i i -..liege Prep. Boys BsNtiantery Kepi
lilt. BROWN si IKMII ol li tiiiiivi
. W el 7.,th sr.sM
ChWrsMIB : Mh si Tel, Cat ssit
Two year In one Absolutely in.Hi (dual
MM I HSIItK H IKMII .
S7'l W s,t End Aye . eor 03tj St
h in.l.i-BHrten, Klemetilsry. llu Bchuo an 1
nlegs rreparaUoH T.-l MQ Klvsr
I HIS HI HI t I., HI 41'1't 4IIS II4II y
A m mil MA Itis lis mm im
lilt St IKMII.. I IIMKI.I 4 Vl ( i Mi
ll! III II V . SI A. . 1 f nf
ham ing.
NEW HIMk CITY, Nen- 1'ork.
Ihe "!X( OPTIONAL SCHOOL"
Mr. G. Hfpburn Wilion. M. B..
Aryr-tmn AuthO't'U nn rti Tianrltut
I It III tt . M MiUK
I h.irlf tl H t ..r. titih sf
i- 1 fl" phitnr ir tut
ru'i At! tl-c Sfsnn'f Ntyt D.inrne,
iir Hilt mn dort noi mtrt'ly
'fit II MtT I ' lf P'l ip-
Danripg Ah I . , rtdtVi duality
IHIII- Mint Itf, ,,,.
eml ..t rJu Itnn, oUr
I . nn-1' .., , iUuitrtUfm htMtklei
m ratal t
rite" fr InfnrinttlliMi
I pm hrrk1 Xnrmul rUM,
-L0UISH.CHALIF-
, lessen. iN istpertg, ttnr stcaoal,
Feraonslly tesrhet interpreliee, esthetic
racial. Iiellroom dsnrins Arailr.n pri
vate rltieet V rourirt for tearheri
1 aleloe, 7 Weil 42d St , N. V.
George W. Wallace
CUSSES FOR DANCING
Undent. Assthstls gnd C,bss6 Pm.es
Hretton II .ill Hnle Itth Nl Brosdetsy
risse snd prlvstt tuition nstsTegue mslleil
Tilt; M.V4 I'ORB sim ii.TV TBACHBRB
n st ANUAIIUIZBO DANCINU,
PIRtCTORY OF
w
INI
NEW YORK'S LEADING
VOCAL AND
INSTRUMENTAL INSTRUCTORS
." ROBERT V. singing.
I.. in If , ,.'111 BT.
mme BUCKHOUT !:iTr7KJWZt
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4
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Broadway SbBraedwar
rraaanai a.
nsar Wall St.
AND ACADEMIES
ton no AMU .him. MBY
new voitK. New reft City.
WIHElPfinl
SUCCEED
If Vri nnr ,
"-'li'ir ti tr.iy
Villi Tll'iwl a lltt I.,
rt tralntnn tin"
I WO f f 1itUT Wt'
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loniollltn. Mmlnt
I'lrturtw Ms.tHnr Oti"
Siri.tmr i,. In . Boik
II k g 1 1 n , 11
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nuaixfu. etr.
Booklet on hr r e
fwFRT AIIIK v. . C v
Willi ."7lh Ht Tel Pol fiWi
ACCOUNTANCY
tilementari snd tdiatu eil Rookkeeplns
isuchi i Practising Certltled Publi i
i-onnlants ho are train.-.l iin.1 i it rti . I
uMteucton, C. t A Civil, HPlllllMl
AND RBQBNTa' KX M IN TlnS
.U'NKIH Al I'OI N'T i Nl r.lenlt-J
.-lasisi m.n fornlini: IIMITK.iliN
Broadway Tel itor.n .
Mechsnical. Civtl. Architectural Bnelneenrii
New York Lngineerinir Collt re
t t West lKih Ask tree catalogue
STAMIOKIl. ..nn.s tu-ut.
BETTS TUTORING SCHOOL
NTAMPORD, I T
Three years' ..rk can he done -Those
of malurer veer Brill tin
h Mhoal laey usnt Mn i t
with taffeeence sad re.,,, guti t.
FOR i.iki s and TOVNO WOMBX
NEW TOM I 111. New tork
GARDNEK SCHOOL
Btl I It I II At BN'I B
liar snd boarding icbooi lei glrle .- its
year), bglns Uet. i.tb
MILVOstOi ..line. II, nl.
Academy ol llur liily al Hern, ! . ,
Hail. Preparatory, i omtn. rcl , ,
tluslr and Art. Addreei HlaTI -
MERCY, Mi toed, fnnn
BOTH sKNP.s
NEW VtlMH. Nen ark I It.
IHF. SAVACI SCHOOL
PHYSICAL EDUCATH
Cbnrtrrt.1 tmeVr fa
1 mrrsltfj nf ihr Sin N
tnrnierly the N. . Normal bt
Plusii si i ducatlen
BEGAN ITS 2i,t YEAR Si PL
. 2)!t
III, I.
speriai t las tnr Uet ec til i
I'ltlt ITE s diii
M West i '.it. si . -.
Vr. Watson L. Savaao.
M.kN.kss 4. tnguiia.
Kaatern r.ilieg a ii I .'.m.rt, ..'
Ooin Set . Ball . opsin gepl : " ,- 1
Ad.ireM prealdeni Hoop, M .i ...
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V V Hay A
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All R II ail II. en HhlM i
lUv 4 Mght St-sUnw tlnt
Imln i ill liis.it . i. nn
1UR SCHOOL
1-i'ifHBion a v I-
PRATT
IM tiitin ti: tit.i i
1ml ix itlii.i hittt
. v i mils; , .n irl !n i I
ma- Mcnolypy. AxSC'reiAl itotp I i
walworth" :
hpiMg,Srr rtttar it' uf .' 'i H
Private
Schools
THK. SI N Itiflii
most eflieienl Kd w
Bureau.
This com pig te v
kbaotutgly frcg of fha
you.
Aeeurnta and unbi i
informatlori civm i
Inaiiirgri.
This' spfviop will pro' i
valuablg aiiiitant'i' i
letting the propev . I
fin' pl.trinp; your boy m
In writing give ittrfli ii I
details 10 thai intelligent
sjvice can lip given
SCHOOL -C0LLEG1
and CAMP BUREA!
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