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THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, ltlt.
48 CHAUFFEURS ON
WOODS' BLACK LIST;
LICENSES IN PERIL
Poiic Conmlnfon6f Tnkes
Flrnt Stp in OtrilpAlfB to
Make Stropts snfor.
IWAlflf PREPARING TO
ASSIST IX MOVEMKXT
TVuiee OajgHllOgkntgr WgOOal announced
yestsrdny thnt lie luxl asked that tlia
licenses of forty-eight rOOagO owner
and drivera of MlUHWlMlM l revoked
This le the rlret atep In n rrusade the po
lloe officials are waging to make the
lurH of the city more n:ife for pnlea
triutiH. The Cnmilsaliiner said he would
ark Unit the law he ihnngcd eivlne; the
wer to iHuc IteanSag to his ileiarttnent.
Ah the law now stands the power la dl
Tided Mid the ntSgletrStad before whom
offetnlerii are arraigned are not aware of
the ir.klesa methods of many defend
ants. ('otnmunlcationa were aent by Com-
, - . i. .n.-. W'niuts r.. t '.immlssi'iner of 11- t
.. . . ...... it.. v.i..n
censes ne. wbhh " I
Chief Justice Hussell of the Court of i
Sp. iial Sessi.ins and Secretary of Stalt I
Hiiko Tin letters request the revocation
of licenses as follows
N'lne taxkab chauffeurs who have
been convicted of driving their cars
while drunk or of attempting to escape
after Injuries to persons or property In
violation of the motor vehicle law ; eight
private ohnufTeurs who have been con
victed of like offences ; six taxlcab chauf
feurs who have been convicted three
times as speeders ; nine private rhauf-
feurs who have bass, convicted of a Ilka I
offence ! eleven owners who have been
convicted three times aa speeders, and
five owners of automobiles who have
been convicted of opei.iting their cars
while drttnk of running away after In
juries to persons or property In violation
of the motor vehicle law.
amea ol He willed.
in the caws of the toxical) operators
Mr. Woods asked Commissioner Hell to
revoke the licenses l-siie.l through the
latter's dspartment. In the cases of the
private chauffeurs he asked Secretary
Hugo to reVOkt the licenses. Ui other
ajLSSS, whera the convictions were ob
tained befi ra Magistrate, he asked that
Official to take up the matter with Mr.
Hugo lie also asked the Secretary of
Slate to refuse to UMus reglst I atlov num
bers to owners of cais who have been
Sjonvleted.
Commissions! Wissls sanl he had taken
tin- action because ..f numerous com-
ulalnta thai there were I large number!
cf mil known reckless automobile opera-
tois sun - muling cars. it, uisi. ussing ine .
Subject all Woods -aid;
Tins all goal to show that Iha swer
tlcelialng KUtoniOOllo iierators should
be given lu tha Polios Department, if
we h oi such siwer we would keep card
Indexes of all licensed operators and a
Conviction would immediately appear on
the records, all reports from the
c mri i would coma direct to ua By this
method we would lie in a po-itlon to keep
track .f .ill N iolatt.rri tf tbfl law ami WM
WOlltd tlaVt lUpfftllM pOWCr over them.
A could, if we -aw fit. ggUSPttwl a vio
lator f-.:- i week i lotifar. We oould
uNt revoke llotMaa wbri tht Cacti wai-
miitt.i such action.
"J lnti ml to father ft bill to ba lutro
du -1 at thfl next MMAriOII Ih1 lxKi"-
hitun which i hope oorteol the eviu
OORIplalned of ami compel automobile oji-
erwtore iK' more oarefut.H
CskHuntleeloner Woods vtouM not make
public the net nee of the peruotM whoeel
jtoeneei hAJ WWltl revoked.
Hnaun to ld a in pa lu n .
fudge Bwetuii who will heoome Dietiict ,
Attomej on January 1, In now at work 1
on a- eystem which ie beltevee will meke
the treeti aafer for pedeetrlenai When
xux'U'ites ofil JuUe S waul i will ha j
pf epred to install a card index xyntein j
which win record a men's oonvlctloii
for HireedlnK or oarelesaneeii with note ,
.tit to the character of the offence, To do
this at em at t ly he may a.sk the Police
iH'paiimt nt to furnish him daily with
41II information concerning; the Treeti of
persons aOCUead of rankleei driving.
"It w ill he my iilm,'' nald J mitre
Bwann. "to have the ntreetn safe from
reokleii dtiveri of eutoroobllee a well
as from every other nort of criminal,
whether lie be a Kunman or a highway
iiiiLii. I feel that every offender should
be Judged on hie record rrnhe-r than on
the ipeolfki crlm
"l am not sure that the pfeuenl lawn
em adequete to meet the iltUAtlon, i ;
am sure, however, that the law ought
to oompel every man who drivof an tu-
tomohih . whether chauffeur r owner, to (
have a license. An automoWle running
tlirough the tieeU is at all time a
pOtenttwl source of danger and um euch
le houid never ' hi charge of any one .
tut a nkiiieii opemtor.
"AM Inf ilngementH of the motor ve
hicle law win be vigorously proeeouted
whether the re rsl teen sse reeulti in
harge of tiiHiislaughter or simply OfM Ol
yeokteei driving while drunk."
Where death rSSSiltS from un automo
bile accident. Judge Swann says, ho will
liave h separate Investigation made by
his office, arid where criminal negligence
In shown, he says, lie will have a speedy
trial of th man accused.
TAFT AND T. R. TO MEET.
Invited lo Speak at Washington 1
Memorial i.ni tiering.
A memorial gervtoa for liskHr T.
Waghlrigton m Carnegla Hall on Kot-
j-uary 11, nt which former Presidents
William H. Tuft ami Theodora Rooee-
y('U will le nskeii to speak, is the plan
.f the Northern trustees of Tuekegee
Institute, of which Seth Lsw, William
i i. VittOOg and William .lay gohloffelln
are memliers. Other epeakers will be
Dr Law, Major Itobe.rt II. Morton. Um
probgble eucceaeor oi ir. Washington
ns ic-ad of the TiMkegee Inatltuta, and
H. II. Frlssell of liampton Institute.
The probability of the two Preatdontg
fiiqiearlng on the same platform wus
tin subject of much oonjjooturo yeeter.
ilay, but as Mr. Taft Is pragldoM Of
tha trustees of the Hampton Institute
anil Mr. Kooaevell is u truatee of the
Tuakegee Institution tne troeteaa iHi'iiev.
they win accept the Invitation unu-a.i
prevloua engagatiiante oonfllot.
Ifr. VYIUOOg W'U gr.-atl etnlial-rassed
yesiirday whin it wis pointed OUl to
him thut he bad omitted Col, RO0M
veirs name from three different 'isis of
the Tuskegcc IrUlteeg bg has given to
tho press at difterenl limn. He said
that It was a most Important omission
um! was purely unintentional,
The Hooker T. Washington Memorial
Fund will be one of the Important con-
glderstloni of iha general meeting of un-
bogyd of trustee! to take place at
Tliskeges about the middle of Ileceiu-
bar. a nationwide appeal win im made
lor the fund ami no limit will be placed
on It. The creation of a great fund,
the trustees believe, will ba tlie result
or the general desire, from till pans of
ilia country to honor the memory of the
educator and lo perpetuate hie work.
BOY-ED PAYMASTER OF
$750,000 GERMAN FUND
CotttimiM from FirM Pag. .
box the previous dsjy. On of these,
John .1. Totten, a real 'aatat dealer of
S30 Weat Forty-semml street who had
aal that hta wife wan bom of Herman
parents and that her father lives in the
same house with the talesman mm
dropped yeeterday.
Three Mare far Jary.
The three men whose aoosptanoe yee-
teniay completed the jury were K. W.
Birke. a retired business man of 111
St. Ann's avenue, whose parents were
Irish : llgar Lane, an aooountant of
IDA West lOJd afreet, an American, and
John J. Hollywood, a buyer. living at
3.12 Seneca avenue. Mount Vernon, also
un AjlMf taan. No men of Uerman birth
or descent were accepted from the com
paratively great number of men ex
amined. Mr. Wood began the Government's
case by obtaining- answers from Mr.
Wi iul which showed that tha steam-
ship broker had had a conversation with
John II. dans, now dead, a year ago last
summer which resulted In Mr. Wrlgley
chartering to the Hamburg-American
Line the Ixirenso and four other vestela
Which tlgure in the conspiracy chargea.
Streas waa laid by the Government upon
the fact, so Mr. Wrlgley said, and an In
demnity bond waa required of the Ham
burg-American Une when they char
tered the vesaela.
Mr. Kulenkampff followed Mr. Wrlgley
to the stand. The witness aald that on
August 5, I I'll, he had gone to the Ham-
burK-American offices in answer to a
telephone request
There he conferred
with Mr. (lana, a shipping man; Dr.
Jllpng Mr Hnchmelster and lieorgr
Knetter.
BeCSnBO urgently requested to do so
by the Hamburg-American officials, Mr.
Kulenkampff said he had hurried to the
Custom House Just before closing hours
and had signed the manifests and other
wise had attended to the clearing of tha
lxjrcnso and Herwlnd on the supposition
that the Hamburg-American people
wished to send off the two vessala with
coal that night for South American
porta.
No one liad told him the vessels ware
not going to the ports named, he said, in
reply to Mr. Wood a questions Then
came the matter of the I7SO.000. thereby
brlngliis; the name of Capt. Boy-Ed Into
the proceedings.
Visited by Capt. Bo, -Ed.
"(.'apt. Boy-Kd came to my office,'
Mr Kulenkampff testified directly
iw.rtK after I r..-..i ...1 ih ir,n nun in1
s. i.tsmher mil Th.. ana Cus. ,
l'.ov-Kd told me. was r him. and that, In dismissing the Jurors for the day , lege The reason is just -i ..u sc.- iMan
1 would gt the proper Instru' Hons to Judge Howe dwelt with particular em-1 forth Is a UeWiail jtlxi-n. and saan if
that aflaot So later wane one telephone!! 1 Phaals upon letting any outsider talk to he iswaesKed any evidence he could not
anil told me to hold the money for the them about the case. If persona on the tie exstel to testify against his com-
otsiH.al of (VM Itov.Bil I ileoosMa.1 .
the monev in different hanks, aa Caot. I
Hoy-Ld Cold me.
, Mr Kulenkampff then gave dates and
amounts of money he had sent to differ
ent ports of the 1'nlted States. Finally
there was a balance of 1 0,006 on hand
and out of this balance he nald a nar(
I to the Hamburg-American Line here and
aorond.
A1 w hose OrdsrsT" Mr V.id askeil.
"Cant. Boy-Kd's," the witness an-
wjrgd.
e lis in i niMitifi wn.i to siil-iit
i 1I14 WSal vh e-iresidit of true New York
and Torio Kico Steamship 1'onitxinv.
owners of th ll?rwinl and Irenzo, I
testified irext as to letters presented by
Hamburg-American uperc.anroe to the
HkittHrs of the vesevls ow"wh1 by Mr.
.Moone s nrm ami chartered ty the
Hamburg-American, in which tbe Skip-1
pan were Informed that they must not j
UUestion the orders of the suiPercnrgotw
the vetwcln had koi to sea.
A maater atvedore, Oarmtk) Prlls-
grlno, testltled that not only coal hud
been loaded upon the Reralnd and Is
l enzo here. Kli hard Schimliart, an ac-
BUILDERS OF CUSTOM
HOUSE ASK ASSIGNEE
John Peiret Company Alto I
Bttperrlied Work on
(rand Central.
.1
Fha John Psirce Oonvoany. contraoton
and owners of granlta and marble ..uar-
rles thut have aupollad stone for some of
the country's Urgaat buildings, mads an
assignment yesterday for the benefit of
creditors John I'eirce. presliienl of the
apnMmnjr, took the sums action Individ-
uaHy. The asoignso In each case la
Qaorga V Harriman, g lawyer, whose
ofllco at 9 West street adjoins thut of
the Pein e cotn ern. The attorneys for
the oonapeny ;re lletoh A Bheonen
Mr I .. t-. . I u .nit ft 1 i i vm 1VtltllPnr
Hanmm S. i .rav-a said lust night tfcat
lie was unable to say what tlie com-
plSUiy'a obHgatlOne amount to.
Jn June in, ivus, tne jnnn rairoe
Company went Into the hands of a re-
oelver for lak Of eapltal to carry out
miracis iinoer way, out in Ayrn. laii.iiu mhihw iw mis inc somvvy nas pm
tlie receiver. Henry I, K. Williams. Wag
discharged. country for 29.1132 older hoys and girls,
Tiie company In I Ml took over tbe I naa aided I0,4t pereone, mostly children,
business of John Pel roe, a leading stone to reach 1 1 lends and employment In the
contractor for twenty-five years, who West and has restored 12,ls runaways
became president, Among the buildings lo parents -123.799 In all
f.n which Mr. Potrce or his flrai have h id "Over 7,000 wards of tha society have
Contracts are the Hail of Records, the entered the army and navy. Of these
new Custom llMise and the new Qrgnd lw" h':0"10 army oltlcers. Tha
Central Station lnfew Vol! the State majority have become fanners or farm-
Kduoatlun Building, Albany i the Unltodia": ,A n,1'1 ra""'!0"'
v.,..i a..,..i..,.,, x, w ,l. I of honor and trust. One rose to lie (iov-
si. i.ouis Public Library, the illty Hall
and the Kederal Building, Chicago, and
the isist Offloe, Huffalo.
By Us contract with the New York
Central Railroad the company received
171,000 year for superintending the
CI rand Central station work, it lias
tracts now under way for the stone that
is going
north f
Into the railroad's buildings
the stattoi
several
UUgrrlee and lias large interests In thai were returned to relatives, 1.978 cbll
South and middle Wesi. Its capital la .Jren in family homes were under an
tl,25it.Uiin. oversight, MM boys and girls were j
John Pel rCa Is p resident of the West sheltered in lodging houses, too home
StrecJ, Improvement Company, whlc'.- less mm hers and Children were sheltered, j
owns the Weat Street Hulldlng. lie 9.(iS7 children were enrolled in Industrial
formerly was director of the Inter-' schools, 1,611 children were treated In
borough Rapid Transit Company, tha 'school dental clinics, 1 5.303 were given;
New York and Ixing Island Railroad and , day outings at rlie seaside and In the'
the Metropolitan Hank. It Is understood 1 country and 7,X73 children wero helped,
thut for several vears his Individual : by the Hick I 'hlldren e Mission.
..,.i,. I,..,., in in., bs. ..Is ,,f threa I Tlie activities of the society cost.
trustees - Henry Olghelmw, Frederick
K. Baker and Albert B. Boardsitan,
FOUR U. S. AVIATORS LOST.
i.o i t'onrse In llase In Ana
s-
onto Flight.
A t.'STlK, Tex., Nov. J3. -For a time
to-day uneasiness was felt over rite pos
sible f.ge of four of the United States
army aviators who are making a flight
from Fort lllli Okluhoma, to Han An
tonio. A strong east wind and a haze
that lay . lose to the ground caused four
of the squadron to miss their bearings
and they went to the west of Austin
tlfly to seventy-five miles.
Two of the delayed aviators landed at
Iatmiasus and one to Klngslund about
noon, and after receiving new direction
uguln took up their flight, arriving hora
lutp this evening. The fourth ons circled
around for several hourH, but finally lo.
tati'd the landing place here andolned
the others.
The Hturt from Wuco as made at
9:10 thle morning. The flight to Ban
i Antonio will 'ho resumed to-morrow
I morning at 8 o'clock.
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Capt. Boy-Ed.
countant, teitined that oae of the de- sen born In Mexl-o. who formerly con
fendants. Hachmelster. had set him ln,dncte.l a banking buemese In Iarral.
charge of loading casea of wines, food. I Mexico, and later had his office wlt'i
Igarettea, ftc, aboard the boats tliought
' to be carrying only
coal to South
I America.
"And something else yet." the Ham
i 'burg-American acixmntant added In a
rich i kniian accent, "there was sauer-
kraut." llAiughter.l I
outside persist In talking or the "asc
vc after a Juror had ordered them not -
to, said Judge Howe, he wanted the ,
reiwta alsjut such Instances so he could :
see thst offenders were sroperly Im
presseil.
one witness, said to be' i'hilaiiel
phla shtiping man. has dlsapiwared. It i
was said he hod sailed for Cuba. Mr
Wood aald that the missing nam's testi
mony was n'H of lmMrtarice.
The trkil will be resunexl this morn
ing at 10 lid o'clock.
I SHIP BOUND FOB ITALY BURNED
Flrr FnllHHt Fiploilon on Libra.
on Way From . V. to Vnplia.
Ionpon, Nv. US A despalrh from
oiin.,iin.4.w ihni r,. Vr.r.-ritir,
eteemer Libra, 1,101 tons, and a large
part of lu cargo were destroyed to-day
v , Are which followed an ' enloslon
gpSVerevI SeemsO were Injured.
The Libra suited from New York on
October 21 for gen to Crue, where it
arrived on November 14, clearing for
Naples end Oenoe.
HOMES FOUND FOR 566
ORPHANS DURING YEAR
Cbildron'a Aid 8oelety,i Report
Shows Its 1918 Activities
Cost 0817,115.
n.e unsl rsnon nt s. . i.ii.ir...-. !
;Aui ycstenlay comalna
. . '
"Kiires tnOWlng the aecompllshmeru Ot I
; remarkable work Since the organua-
! tion of the society In 18KJ 1 23.799 chll-1
! dm through Its agency to
' '
1 family homes, steady jobs. In the city,
and country, to parents from whom they
rall sway and to other havens of safety.
Following ih
coticlse resume of the
OOOiety'i efforts !-overlng more than half
Ig century :
"It bag rem'ue.l and placed In boniM
i wnp lamiuee m tne countn. wnere many I
isf them have been legally adopted,
31.12a orphans and deserted children.'
I Tided remunemtlve altuations in the
ernor of a State, another Governor of a
,, . 1 . " J ,. . xL . , .Ii.iL
thirty-four bankers', nineteen physicians,
thirty-tlve lawyers, ninety-seven teach
ers, twenty-four clergymen ami twenty-
jyj marchantg
I luring 1915 TitfC orphan and homeless
hllilren were nlnced in family homes.
s:t boys and girls with their parents
were assisted to emigrate, 609 runaways
I &17.ti.6S thj receipts for the year
amounted to M0UTI.lt, leaving g
deficit to begin the nscal year amounting
to iit.on.ii.
The oltii-era of ihe socle' y electeil for
the ensuing year are William Church
iisborn, president; ICdwin T. Merrill,
treasurer; Charles lairing Rrace, secre
tary ; William Church Osborn. Arthur
Curtis James, William il. Wheelock,
Kugeue II. Pool and Thomas W. Lmont,
trustees.
BALTIMORE EDUCATOR KURT,
Prof. Nsnlth. Who Waa ta visit nnn
Here, Mruck by Aato.
liAi.Tiuoitg. Nov. 28. --Prof. Wilbur K.
i Usnllh heaii of the Halltmore Cltv Col
, it.g wttH run down by an automobile
here to-night and Is in a serlnue condi
tion with a fractured ekull and concus
sion of the brain and spine.
Prof, Hinlth, who wae found lying In
the street unt'oncloue, told a phyelclau
that an automobile had etruok him. He
then lapaed Into unconaciousnaaa. He
had Intended visiting his eon in New
York to-morrow. .
GRAND JURY HEARS
MELOY CONFESSION
RinMfn'n Companion Tells
His Story to Taimrn
Waive Immnnity.
NKCONP WITNESS BALKS !
Trie Federal Grand Jury investlgatlnc
the acttnttea of German agents In this
eountry heard yesterday aa a witness
Andrew D. Meloy, real estate agent and
- M I,. l MiMihsa al.n In
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nunvGv urruvr inn n-tiimip , "'"
umt1 to hAVA MM pVl thM M kjv-fl
uiurai iiasvvsi H'l'i raw ''" pass us .
erardlng Prant Rlntelen, the Oerman .
who spent much time In nln country
last winter and who was caught
turning to Kurope as Meloy's sei-rotarj.
Meloya appearance liefore the Grand
Jury was on a w!ver of tmnnif .:
which he signed that he might tell h
j story. He has lienn promised no con
, stderation In regard to the Indiottnatll
pending against him charging that he
conspired to helji Rintt SBD a paes
liort as an American DUISan.
i,, , . i,, ,.r k .ii ih. i.i '
ST .e M, Marahei as U w
r.bfTmtT? Mrshir ofn,:."?s1 tes
. h .e,n,t atesv contolne.1
much of Imisirtance. From other attar
lent It waa learned that Hie teatlmon
given by Meloy Is reg-ardad of the great -
i eat value to the Uovernment In piecing
: together the framesrork of the grea
consilrac whk-h includes the nOtiVtttss.
of ilertnan agents In tills COttntfy.
leioy is beilsvsd to hava .old or Ills
I acquaintance with ltitilelen. of the
plana which Klnteien worked mil iuid n
the part which Ktntelefl desired to play
in going to HXirape aa Meaoy's seorw-tar-.
He la believed also to has-e told
of the dlscusalona whk-h Klnteien had
with certain persons resraislliig Mexico
--Hlntelen Is aa"uaed of having plotted
to stir up trouble in Mexico for the
rnJiT'. 8!",""" ... , .. L
iTaoorwk BXaJlfortn, a -rman i .t-
Meloy. also was callel before the (Irani '
Jury, tnit ho refused to testify, pleaditig t!,ltl hr not r-hargml to the State his ajld not hjT --ouraelf at alt " The Com-prlvllean-.
He did so upon the inllgas on these trla. Mr. Lynch tnleal oner did not recollect that such wss
of his attorney. William M Wherry' "f rsnaatad that tielle' VSBterday and then the case
H Wall street. When Mr. WVcrry Was I
tnM renlxllnfj the matter na sain
"I lulvlswl my client to plead !H
piitriots Air .xiarsnan suopoMiaeu in
client I explained that
lient I explained that if my Held
were an American cltlxcn It WOOM na
hla duty to tll everythjng. but lie
. sjuld not lie .isk d in testify against
his own countrymen 1 have tried to I
aacertain If my client knows anything, i
but I have found nothing
I believe ha
knows notnlng and I believe that he i
hiiH done nothing wroni? '
ROADS DOUBLE GUARDS.
Fears lor Tunnel I'nder taaltol In
Walhlnstns.
WASH I NOTOK. Nov. 23. Railroail .
tra. k walkera ami taction hands through-
out the Kast hava baalt turneil Into sjie-
laj guards agalnai bomb plots, aooord
Ing to a railroad olnclal har to-itay. ii
made the stmtamsnt In explaining Lbs
i
mo placing m guansi u-'ui ins imisi
. 1 . L 1. .1 T....,,n .1 '
lean 1 1 1 K in in i rnni" i.-.i.i.i ....... ...
bava wag onl an incident in a wid
.(
spieud plan to prevent tlie bloaitiK uii i
of munition laflen trains in iransn.
Sieilal attention, it was s. id. is being I - "
paid tn tunnels and otti-r vantage points investigation being conducted by the
from the Standpoint of wreckers. In I Westchester county Urand Jury into
tha yards of tha Baltimore and Ohio, th . management g glng Ping, th-
K'lstern terminal of the system, ex'ra , ,.., v,. , an.
guards are on duty. The Pennsylvania )ury continued Its sittings here to-dav
is takini; similar praoaUtlOM in VgrloUl The witnesses Included BuporintWdonl
Kastern yiinia, i nf prtsong Riley, who made the original
So far us this city la concerned K , ft.atn.t Warden Osborne of lax-
chief possibilit .ee for dHniage are said I chargo against aroiii
to lie in the heavy cotton shipments -,ty In discipline whlcht allowed prlaon
thrOUgh Here from the South and a n ,..Hpe and commit assaults on
limited amount of munKlon shlpmanta inraatsa, and Bllhu Tmrch, an
from Virginia plants of the du Pont Mn" 'n,nn '
company j ex -deputy warden Ha left sing glng
Six extra private ollce were guarding slmrt time before the Grand Jury
lay tne l aiir-an iii.in.-i icu.ima ... ...e
ItOMMXMM Union g tail on under
the 'ai)it"i grovrsia gupt Kanpi I
tt iiled reis.rts that anon nious Ihnaiis
10 blow up the tunnel had been roootved
liere, but gdRllttad the extra guards
were on n t wenty-r.nir b-nn- sblfi.
"T'.'m"' XM'rxr "'u"
House office Dulldirajg are the oM) puo-
atruoturaa whloh oouM ba damaged by
a txanb explosion In the tunnel It rung
for ten blocks diagonally under the
parking adjoining tho I'apltol and
Ubsary,
IlertH wre )n parajatanl rJroufcv
t,,n to-duy that tr Baltimore ;ml Ohio
Riillrouil offl-iiils had rgoalvad anony-
leUers warning MM ..i imanaag
attaA-.Rs on uw lunmi. i no rxmi .b-h
was Unmeitlately pnu'eu. . naraons
exiopt nil iron l employees with peeess
all. to walk thmugh tin
gyvmrile; tunnel, whloh is the only main
lyeeyl artiTv oonneotlng Wnshington
(th Uie H'tli Baltimore ami Ohio
trains do mit run throutcli the tunnel
GERMANS ARE TO SELL.
ve Myudlcule t TnVe Oxer
Bridgeport Projectile Plant.
BMPonyogT, Conn., Nov. 23 Neajo.
: nations are pending for the s;ile of the
Control of the Hi idgeport Projectile Com
pany to a group of nun, who will sell
the output to the Allies Itepn sentu 1 1 ve.
! id New York capitalists visited the plant
! tO-day and made a thorough exainlna
! Hon of It It was rumored here to-night
thai the de.il was virtually concluded.
I The-piiint, whi. h is described aa iing
1 remarkably oomplete, wu built with
I money supplied by German inu res-.-. Its
I construction was directed by Capt von
Papon, military attache of the Oerman
Embassy, and Hugo Schmidt, tVastctn
repreeentatlva of Um Deutaone Hank
The belief existed Hint the plant was
being constructed to turn out munitions
' of war for (lei-many ; also lo give em
i ployment to Germans and Austrian- who
I iiuit work In plants turning out euppliee
I for the Allies.
Since II Inui been Impossible to ahVp
tho output, it now Is rumored, thai IM
Uerman capitalists are ready to sell. In
an expose made by the New York Win 'Id
last aummer a secret document "as
printed allowing tho understanding l,e-
twren the men actually controlling (he
plant and representatives of Sclimiili
and Uerman representatives.
William If, trggrn, who Is connected
with the projectile company In an ad
visory capacity, said to-night aonoernlrui
the report that the plant would lie sold
to a concern which win manufacture for
the Allies: "Uon't llleve the report,
there la nothing to It."
SUSPECTED SPY IS HELD.
Strange Man i'snght In Yards
if
.irrier Arms Plnnt.
KiNUHt.ANf. N. J., Nov. 23. A Rial)
giving hla name an Thomus WftllaOe
wae arreHted last night ItiHliie tho fgnog
of the ammunition plant of tho I'anudlau
Oar utid Foundry ("ompany ut thin plane.
Chief of Police Mclutyre Is holding him
for Investigation.
"While Wallace eaye he Is a Polak I
believe he la an Austrian." Held Chief
Mclntyre. "He haa told u dnaen con
flicting etorlea. I conalder It eueplcloua
that he did not have anything on hie
person by which he might be identified."
LYNCH ADMITS CHARGING
STATE FOR IDLING TRIPS
IndiiNtriHl rommlMinner. nt
Fire Inquiry, Promises to
Pay Bafk Money.
HAD DENIED OVRCHA ROE ,
M L-ynch of the State Indus-
I trial CVmunlsalon admitted yesterday,
I under questioning by IMatrlot Attorney
' James C Cropaey at Coroner Kmeat C.
cent fatal Williamsburg factory lira, that
h' oharved th 8iat for three nlo trtpn
. .
made last summer while on an official
junket to Hun Francisco, comroniea oy
expetise bills which he had sent to the
State I 'onipt roller after that trip. Com
missioner Kynch corrected previous tes
timony to the effect that he had not
chareed tils side tripe to the State anil
111 I Hill SS1 to pay the money back.
T!s Brooklyn tlHtrlct Attorney gleane I
i other Interesting facts about the ex
j pennes of the members of the HUMe In
1 dusti '11 Commission during the short
e-sslon. but the testimony of Commls-
' - i"1 - m' teatm.ony of Commls-
was quite unexpe-teil It
,
01 Jh.iiiio h year receiveq oy ea-ii . on,-
mlesioncr th.. maintenance account or
the Commissioners averages about 11.000
i n month. That is, under the law. ac
, cording to the testimony of Mr Lynch
and the commission's secretary. Henry
!. Sayer. all of the Yimmlsalotiens who
do not reside In New Vork city are
' allowed to -narge expenaes while on
duty here, and everybody isit living In
Manhattan- none of the memliers Ht
her CM iwck from the Slate what they
. ., - ,w-,. ,,01,fc-
pay for their lUJie.hea,
- ,..... , . 1
Jaaket latrrreta tsaasey.
Mr. Ocgtsev was Interested In Mr.
Lvnch'a official Ban eranclai-o trip last
July. While on that trip the Oonmif-
Mo'"'r ,hr' "lrt" to rv,or'1',
snirlnica. Salt Lake Cltv ;uid Iss Angeles.
These Jaunts had nothing to do with the
W1M k f eh. commission In tha Weat. ,
vrevlously Mr. Lynch had told Mr.
-ropsey that to the tiest of his reCOUSOs
,i, iiirir. Attornev tinslin-ed the ex-
! pi use account filed by the Commissioner,
i I'nder dnte of July I3 RftlArrA tt.-rrji
of a berth to Colorado Springs. R. and
lunch and dinner. 12. S5. on July 31
there were breakfast, $1.30; lunch. $1.50,'
and dinner, 11.10, On Jttty M tha moall
ere breakfast, $1.10; lunch. $12.', and
dinner, f 1 .50 A vouncher and bill of
t tie Joyce Hotel, Colorado Springs, ap-
: eared for $. The trip to Colorado
Springe cost the State $2i II and the
tr. , jj.,), j.ij, en,. $21.26 On a ten
- - -
OSBORNE'S FRIENDS
ORGANIZE TO AID HIM
(;ortrn (lordon Battlf ChIIimI
Into Case. Mhsk HMt
intr Learn.
Whitk Pi.Atwa. Nov. Zt Deaplto
i .,,.. ,.,,,,- ...-.tnirt the
i-aavatlaatlon.
lead ore mum. ,x former inmate or tne
prison, waa brought before Supreme
Court Justice Morse tiauner in custody of
a deputy sheriff, on orders of the
county prosecutor, who aaked that he
I be held In fl.onn ball to compel bla
j a 1 poariince and give testimony aa to
assaults committed by prisoners.
"When I said I would tell the Grand
Jury what I knew." Rbrm told a re
! porter. "I was Informed that 1 would
have to give a lond. I luue only
I leen mil of Sing Sing one month and I
think 11 is rather hard m me I have
played everything straight since 1 was
I pleased."
A nitiiw meeting w-ia held to-nlsrht by
prominent leaidenta of Mount Vernon
in the Interest Of Warden Osborne. B.
Stag- Whltln. professor of social science
at Columbia Unlvereity, preelded, Sev
eral SX -convicts gpokO and the following
J resolution was adopted:
stesolved. That ii Is the sense of this
. . . . I.,
mass meeting tnas me pivissns ui suuui
If you're looking forward
to to-morrow, we're looking
out for you to-day.
Everything for the holi
day. Overcoats, sweaters,
knitted jackets and waist
coats everything warm for
motoring or watching foot
ball games.
Evening dress from silk hat
to patent leathers every-
. , I r i,
ining reauy iui juu wuay.
Sporting goods m all
stores.
ROGERS PEET COMPANY
Broadway
at 13th St.
Broadway
at Warren
Broadway
at 34th St.
"The
Four
Comers"
Fifth Av.
gt 41st St.
V , . I MM
James M. Lynch.
dmy trip to Los Angelas Commissioner
,.ynch charged only for three day. H.8.
., only for three
day, he could not explain.
"Was It not an error to charge these
to the State?" asked Mr Cropssy.
"Yea, sir. It was," replied Mr Liynrfh
"And you owe that mucti to the State
and will refund it, I suppoae?"
"Tea. sir."
The total expense of the Nan Vran-
rlsi'o trip was II77.1C, but not all of It
waa charged to tha Slate Mr. Cropaey
awOMISISU a. ! i .nnea.oo o
railroad- ticket
Kranelaco to Ioe Angeles and then wxnt
J,jJJ g-JJ roninlrorr
fused to pay the double cliarge and ruled
out for the tn.
Tea Cents Caur Fare. Taa.
0nw of tn UeJIm waM Un for
car fare to the fair grounds on Punday.
.. , ...a i. ,,.fi noes.
tUmr to ,n- Commlealoner that aomo of
tn f:l,,rIw.sB of Mr. l,vnch-s Western
trr, n... summer wore "naM bv some
ueraon or rx-rsons or gome organlxetlon
Commissioner Lynch admitted that be
charges the State about -n a day
for the three or rtva days that he spends
In New York city, his home being in
Syracuse. Mr. Cropaey drew from him
too the admission that out of Hvn
months of the industrial Commission s
existence Commlasloner Lynch spent six
weeks on trips to various parts of the
eountry.
The Coroner's Inquest will continue
to-day Tt la expected that ommls
sloner John Mitchell will take the stand
; Vernon ajiiirore the plans anil alms of
Warden fssnorne and urge the fulleat In
vestigation of past iui present ootnll
Hona so that the whole truth may be
knoism."
Prof. Whll-ln state.! that the Xstlonal
. Oonrmltieo on I'riarm Reform had or-
ratiged ti send ileorge iloriion Brittle
to confer wMh Dlstrl.t Attorney Weeks
In tlaUf of the committee
'ROTTEN," SAYS OSBORNE
Tells Caoper t'nlon (lathering THnt
Polities Are tn Blnme.
Thomas IfOti OobOrnO In n speech tit
Cooper T'nlon last night charged that
politics are it the bottom of the thirty
indictments banded up S gainst as nniti
Inmatea and Die investigation now be
ing made Into affaire at feting smg prison,
'"Hie people behind the proceedings at
White Plains know that I don't aland
for graft." be aald. "They know thst
I don't a'low hlKh barges for raw ma
terial, fancy prices for supplies and
. guess weight for coal deliveries. They
' have Indicted thirty prisoners without
Doming near tlie prison which they are
Investigating."
"Rueetg I shouted ona In the audi
ence. "Rotten !" called another,
"i if course it Is rotten." said Mr. Os
borne, "and I will tell you why They
started a new system there With an un
derstanding of Immunity to prisoners,
with thai understanding prlsonere have
gone before Ihe discipline board and
confessed their misbehavior And now
on the atreriK'h of these confessions they
are taken over to White Plains and In
! dieted I"
esses
ART SI.KS AMI EXHIBITION.
till I Vlllllll 111 II .111
Inrluiilna I Imnk.aitliis llay
IN SILO'S
Fifth Ave.
Art Galleriee,
Slln lluililluii
Mr. .iii.i,-- I
Auci luoeer .
r,4ii l irth Ave.
mill
. 3 A ft V, Mh Ht
Chinese Porcelains
of Nuperblr lleroratlvs Value
Formed by Noted C hineie Connoisseur,
Including a gathering of
Chinese Carved Tealtwood Furniture.
Chain. Table.. Vaie Standi and Cabinets.
Chinetc Embroideries,
AMI Mil. rAMOI'S
Chan-Wong-Pak Collection
of Chineee Come
.iilil al Auilliin, shaolulelv
reierve. on Ihe Afleriitmn,
ami Nuturdav. .Nov. Hi .mi
UI o'elurk.
4laliiKHi' en uiiiiiiHt.
SSSVIISSSJ1JW1SJIA
EXHIBITION TO-DAY
sIhii To imirrim' i I'hHiik.K 1 1 inn llsy)
111 III.' HAL I.KKII. .-
-91-29.1 I if th Ave , near 3Uh St.
raieoy nucuon, rnaay antl
Tale By Auction, Friday and
Saturday, Nov. '6 and I 7th, II A. M.
rui siiniw M.iKTiiK nr. mm is
Vlle.-tion of Amleni Oil 1'iclnt mgp, T.ilied-
trieH. Direetolre and Uoula x-i lurniturs,
OrlentKl Itiisi, li.lln liy 1'letro Fallot
rei-tlglnc illV, ghO.
almi lu r!i.n the eHlute al
AI.M'H Mi'I'ONKKY HHAMIIM.ll m
h.'i, u i if n i Modern uml iiih..viI Hlun china
Hint by iilrflH'ilim of
MRi. MATT IK WAtiMTAPF Ml'SN
Per.nnaJ property including a 17lh Cen
lury jgaanaaa Temple Vaae a privictn l.i
iirary. rare aditioni de lu.b in aria bind.
Jnaa. And I rone, I'-endem, IMnlna Suite In
Klein1.li link, inahoiny l'arlor I m.-.i
room Kurnltura. Catalog-ues miilled ou up.
pltluu
Samuel K reiser, Auctioneer
Ofllc, :7 FHfth Avenua;
m -JETWOODl
L LA ASHARTCOUAIl
7 it, WITH A COHFOHT-
Pf ABLE 10W FRONT j
CP sViv UD-HAN
I ) f reove easr
1 S I eaoeucT
. i
I SWSIWS
I Tg be
iiiiibiitil
I I nu.ii
i7. al '-::
sLamaBaesasai
THE
STORE
4
Once a sefuon we hold a sale of men's clothing.
The Big Sale of the
Autumn is Going on Today
Coming just before the Thanksgiving holidays it is
doubly attractive. It presents 2,978 new Suits and
Overcoats from Ten of Our Regular Manufacturers
and One New One.
On the Burlington Arcade Floor
1,003 Suits at $20
($25 to $30 grades.)
750 Overcoats $27.50
($35 to $40 grades.)
The overcoats are all silk
lined, some quarters, some
half, some all-over. The
seams of all coats not full
lined are piped with silk.
All sleeves have silk lining.
All coats have velvet collars.
They come from one manu
facturer who makes only high
grade clothing.. He bought
early a large quantity of a
famous cheviot overcoating,
best made in America; known
by the slightly distinguish
able line of the weave; used
mostly by custom tailors. A
very handsome fabric.
We took a part of his pur
chase; blue, Oxford and black ;
had about 750 cut in the fine
old Chesterfield model, hand
tailored and finished as indi
vidual coats; in sizes 36 to
4Q in the various lengths and
waistline widths. Wonder
ful coats to get for $27.50.
These in the Lower Price store, Broadway corner Eighth
373 Suits and 377 Overcoats. $16.50
$20, $22.50 and $25 grades
285 Suits and 185 Overcoats. $14.50
$18 and $20 grades
No Charge for Alterations
JOHN WANAMAKER
Broadway, Eighth and Ninth, New York
INWTBtTTION.
ACTO StIIOUl..
mjW YORK N Tstk cnr.
SUCCEED
4 It V
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I'llVWIIit
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and uvn
ttflKMT A V I k U B.-m e
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limmlnint N.w Vork turn.
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kIi.,i rlHKM's Hin, I r,,r KUI I'
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HIM Mill V. 11 . .
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n a mc i no.
NEW VORK, New York City.
-LOUIS H.CHALIF-
l.rulluul. HuiH'tn t".ffriu hultt. geaoel,
Peraenaliy ieachei interpretive, ealhalic
ecial, ballroom danciag. A male. in' pri
vale claaee. 9 ceuraea let teacher.
Catalog, 7 Weal 42d St., N. V.
FOR ROY 91 AM: VOCMl M K N.
NTAMroKIt, Conn.
BETTS TUTORING SCHOOL I
BTAMVOBO, r.
14 any Hooked upon h bopelesi in thaeobooia
itiey nave atitendedi i" the arre.ct dlecour- 1
.iKeini'iit f ilielr pareiilM, nave lieen an ,1. i
veloped here that ihey have graduated fruni I
noi leg. ix llli honor. Send fur eln'iil.ir H ltb
raferanoei and iaii gaiturtlay'a ad.
nrsiNKN Nfiiooi s.
M V YORK, New York OUy.
UAI WflRTU Bii.inai.il Inttllula, Broadnav
nMLITUn I n 4 7M N, Slenographv. Book
keeping.SecietaiialCuursu.CivilServii e. SouCatalug
AUTOMOBILE
EXCHANGE
1915 MERCER, 22-70,
with frajii.iTi. four iiii.i nii r i.
tlcavlly nnv. , ttpiMiinic mbdvl
lv, pr.i
Roakam-Scott, 1896 B'way.
AllTOMOUILK Nl'M'I.IRM.
-HhAltlM.S-
ep'
tl W. U tit. tat S'wjy), T.l S6 Culumbua
' - - , .
jf nr.
1111 K.
HiKi pruf-
irk day
iiuit dasMe I
V
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MEN
m. w
efg9
The suits - ALL HAND
TAILORED are woolens
and worsteds in plain serge,
twilled eergr, basket and dia
mond weaves; smooth, un
sheared, and with the longer
cheviot nap; plain blue and
gray; blue with blue stripes,
single or in broken clusters;
browns, greens, black und
white, mixtures what choos
ing! There are 62 patterns.
There are 14 variations of
two basic models (1) young
men's suits, and (2) business
suits- -patch pockets, flap
covered pockets, wide lapels,
high gorge, 3 buttons, full
fronts; slightly fitted sides,
and so on. It is inconceivable
that any man with 34 to 44
chest measurement should not
be suited unless hv comes
too late.
NEW YORK'S
PRIVATE
SCHOOLS
YOVNCl MKN M Hoi N
HAMILTON INMIIIII lull gOTI
(ag Weal Knd i- Tel HaM Kl
oi l 1:1. 1 I'ltl I' it 1 1 1 IN
J4iti 1 ear Begins Sept 'i
ill 1 kl I l M liooi. rOR SOYS
gas Madlaon Ave near 1 M -
HeoiM'iiH Mntiiliiv. Oct. ill'
six n rii.N om v in ui"
CL'TLKH BCHUUI
4B-AI Baal '.1-1 - '
He-opened S,-pl 2stli I'rlnmi';
. . ill tin -l 11 111 and
111
BIKMKII si limit l int nm
rieldaton Weal4JdH1 n 1- 4
all ia ini liidniK sn i t,.l
courts Athletic Field kinu '" 1 ""f
IRVINCl gCUUoT D Sal
38 H4ih si Tel 4s. i
llii- fri'iu ii to LU Ml Dep. I 1
Nn inline .null fur bale undei 11
Mi I lltl'l I I Its si HIIIII tor gOTI
.itn-:ii2 est Knd Ave I -l 1 '
The i "ii h real begin. 1 ii'lier i
ciitiliHir ekorciaua i 30 to 4 all
MVRROAMS toiNliti HCIIOOI
li arres, tum n. Cortlanili I'l ;
lliij A ll.i.iidnik- Um i. I H Hi.' II;
nlal'r Intiiniiti u-iu'lilii.
I'T
lilt IINIIHN M mini of II nilllM'
J II Weal T'.ih si T.I ' - i
Two yejir Work 111 om
one ui a t inn' n Ith a teai'ta I
I OK I . Mil S Ml III Si
nilMI N
HIIN4KII M HOOL III II'" UOLM
VHTs gOO A .'"Ii HI I .
Diakera Divsatnakltia. ,!'
aery, ciwikiiiK aecouui. Tel
HAMILTON INsim II um I IBW
OOtn si a Itlvrraldi Hrn r
i ollese i 'ortltli attw I annus
Kegular ft ipet'lal Courae. i im
PR LANCR1 g4'OOI I Oil "'
Wist Knd Mr I OHtli si f, "
Klndersarten. i.i
nt arj
and l "II, v l'" l' Ii"
l
TRR RARNARU SfllOOl KOH ' IK,!
Kindergartcu i" ' 'ullege tlrail
IngCoilegea liyinna.iuni ami
alogtie Ig'l Weal Hull Htn
I ills nun i unit tri'i iis
A si vim tuns i in litoltsi.
rill, m it i ii ii . t ill i I ni N "r
Bl RRAVi N. SI N. N I I I I
DIRECTORY OP
NEW YORK'S LEADING
VOCAL AND
INSTRUMENTAL INSTRUCTORS
8AM0IL0FF , m
C- B06ERT
Tea. hei "f ai.le.
Ill it MM' 1
umb. BUCKHOUT jo ;
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FOR