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, $VHITUAX MAY CONTEST
governor Talks With Commis
sioner Enright Kegariling1
Protection of Ballots.'
i"
7 Vlth only tlx election districts missing
in the entire State tho unotnclnl figure
the vote for Governor last night
ihowed that Alfred E. Smith had re
solved a plurality of, the .civilian vote
Jvcr Gov. Whitman of 11,064. The flg
yfta are: Smith. 989,212; Whitman,
,978.148.
4 The final margin by which Sir. Smith
win depends upon the elie of his
, plurality In the soldier otul sailor rote,
st(mated any whero, from C.000 to 10,000.
' 'Republicans refuso to concede the elec-
tlon of Harry C. Walker for Lieutenant
Governor, although It seems out of tho
t-iroce of possibility that his lead over
Gov. Edward Schoeneek could be
r i"-. Tirana nm.
;fa itub cxpectcu, wncn u ucveiopeu
Vtot the contest wA close. Intimations of
irregularities In counting the Voto In
ifrla city and chargas of frauds up
JHnte were put out yesterday. Mr.
Vmlth at Syracuse Asserted that frauds
had been' dlscoered In several counties
"find that proctedlnirs ftcaln.it the Der-
. . Vmrxtnrm ,,1,1 1,. ...
In this city Police Commissioner En
irtght was summoned to the St. Regis
'Hotel by tho Governor. Details of what
took place are lacking, but It Is known
thai the Governor told the Commissioner
ho would hold him personally responsible
forpresendng the ballot boxes In sucTi a
manner that they could not be tnmocred
was learned that certain of
s . "yuu"tan managers were quietly
wuKing inio allegations of crooked work
in. certain city districts, the action of tho
Governor was taken to foreshadow n pos
r ole recount ,ln some places. If there
proved to bo any foundation for the alle
gations. "I have keen elected." declared Mr.
wnlth. as he started back to New York
i from .Syracuao late yesterday afternoon,
and tf any attempt Is made to Juggle
returns the persons who to- to have
W will of the people overturned will be
(darted on a qulcK-Joumey to States
prison. Wo have discovered frauds In
IfOrtie counties and action against those
responsible Is to be started at once."
tWIthln two weeks a meeting of the
8?ate committee will be called for Syra
ctnje at which time that city will bo
- named as the permanent headquarters of
iho organisation. In accordance with
Ins declaration when he took the nflicc
Chairman Kellogg will retlro nt that
lime.
J. J. Murphy for Chnlrmun.
t Joseph J. Murphy, son of former
rilled States Senator Kdward Murphy.
3r who made a better showing In Rens
rejaer county than any other upStatc
leader, Is being considered for the chair
manship. He was the, first man to sug
gest the nomination of Mr. Smith for
Jovcrnor and fought for It until the vote
this taken at Saratoga. Although the
Republican estimates gave the county to
Whitman by 3,500 Mr, Murphy kept the
Governor's plurality down to 602. For
Walker he gave an actual plurality.
Imall to be mire only 19 but a good
piece of work the leader's friends assert.
s Murphy elected the only Democntlc
Senator and Assemblyman between New
Ybrk'clty and Buffalo.. John J. Mickiell
fras rent to the Senate and John F.
Shannon. Democrat, won tho First As
sembly district.
, "The election Is very close and the re
isult cannot be decided until after the
official canvass and the counting of the
BSldler vote," declared Gov. Whitman as
lie' was abojif to take the train for
Albany yesterday afternoon.
The Governor had spent most of the
.flay In Jils rooms at the Sb Regis, going
Jo the State Committee for only a few
fnlnutes on his way to tho station.
Glynn Itefne lo Concede Defeat.
. "Jia State chairman of the Republican
v organization I cannot concede anything,"
said "Georgo A. Glynn when asked If he
were willing to acknowledge the election
it the Democratic candidate. "We havo
had no ofllclal count. Certain errors
- Ijavc been found In, additions and wo
f nay find more. I think the Democrats
would take the same conservative
atand."
The official boards of canvdssers will
meet to check up the tally sheets In each
(. county on Tuesday. Chairman Glynn
Jias sdht word to the Republican repre
sentatives to watch the canvais with the
greatest care. He has asked them to
pay particular attention to the Prohibi
tion vote.
Jt seems, according to reports received
from Wayne and other countjes, that
many ballots were thrown out as void
because the voter had placed n cross In
both the Republican and Prohibition
' squares adjoining Gov. Whltmati'n name.
These two Bquares are used when two
parties have the same candidate for
Governor so that the party vote may be
- nreserved, members of each party using
the square next to his emblem. It Is on
(be basis of ,the vote for Governor that
a. party retains or gets the right to an
emblem on the ballot for tho succeeding
two years.
finals for n Ilreonnt.
Ifnder ft ruling of the court In caces
jrnere crosses are filaced In each rquaro
fat vote shall be counted for the can
didate for Governor, but the voto shall
Vbe counted for neither party In their
Votal vote. Jt may bo that an attempt
wtll bo made for a court order for the
opening of tho boxes and the recount of
the votes. If evldeneo can b obtained
that many double cross balloto were
thrown aside as void.
Gov. Whitman declared he did not In
tend to make any move for a recount,
jiur if aemano lor pmi came irom up
-State he would concur In It most
Jieartlly. It la said that the Republican
managers first became suspicious of the
count In New York city when they found
that Whitman was credited with only
,296,000 voles, whereas there Is a totul
Ilepubllcan enrolment hero of 302,000.
In past elections It has been almost
in Invariable rule thnt the Democrat
polled less and the Republicans more
than their enrolment In New Yorlt city,
WJUlam Barnes of Albany sat In with
malrmon fllvntl MtdtA li.ftilriiiattliivu
(Chairman Glynn at State headquarters
. V faJ a time, but he wa i not able to figure terday. Tho Board of Health has asked Wasiiinoton, Nov. 7. A statement Is
$V waif . j ??v' AhHmau ,cou,d come lh I'o'lce Department to check up the eued tonight at the headquarter of the
Wit a final victor. Iticomp ete retsrns , rosldenU of the city who have been at-1 Anti-Saloon League of America said the
irt the Republican State ticket below
iicuveiiiji-vjuvciiivi nma-4io mm jamcs
I Wells, the State Treasurer, was run-
iitng far ahead of the others,
elected, however, with good sized nlurall
sis
t5e One calculation was that the Wells
Plurality might reach iso.ooo, .
6" vollnir .lloelilne Kulla,
s The unaepenoaDiiuy or the voting ma-
VilvS, Jiockport, according to the Republican
"iil.T?.. rnanarers. Thero one machine rnnmUii
t? VJV "uun iu ia
a. .
tlon column. There Is no way of check
ing up such a result as this, although It
seems manifestly absurd.
The corrected figures for Chenango
give Whitman a plurality of 3,953. On
complete returns from Cattaraugus the
Whitman plurality Is S.119.
Final returns' on the State Italnturo
show 29 Republicans and 22 Democrats.
The Republican lead In not large enough
to pass a bill over the Governor's veto,
a two-thirds vote being required. This
.situation Is giving Mr. Hmlth much satis
faction. It Is understood.
Senator Ueorgc U Thompson of Ni
agara was In tho city yesterday. He
told friends he would make his fight
for the Presidency pro tern, of the Sen
ate against Senator J. Henry Walters
of Syracuse on the ground that Waltors
was n "wet" at homo and "dry" In" Al
bany last winter.
! FREES NEWBERRY .
JDROR OF CONTEMPT
Judge Mnyor Says Bowen Has
v15ccn Punished Enough for
Telling Vote.
Abner T. Rowen, the Federal grand
Juror who was dismissed after he told
Commander Truman H. Newberry the
voto of the Grand Jury which was
scrutinizing the latter's campaign ex
penses for tho Republican nomination as
United States Senator front Michigan,
was released without further punishment
by Judge Julius M. Mayer in the Fed
eral District Court yesterday.
The Federal Grand Jury of which
Rpw waB a member presented him to
Judge Mayer October 31 as in contempt
of court by his action, and Judge May'er
dismissed him at"WCT from the Jury and
ordered his name stricken from the list
At the same time ho ordered How en to
nppcar before him yesterday to show
cause why he should not be punished for
contempt, explaining that he would not
take action before election.
Bowen stated In an affidavit that he
meant' no disrespect or contempt In di
vulging the fact that Commander New
berry had not been Indicted ,as he
thought the need for secrecy was ended
when the Grand Jury vote
had been
. taken.
R. W. Home. Assistant District Attor
ney, In asking that llowan be punished
Insisted that the latter had violated his
oath of secrecy.
Judge Mayer said he was satisfied
that Uowen had acted through ignorance
and had been punished enough by being
dismissed. Uowen Is a real estate op
erator and banker, with offices at 11
Vall street.
WRITEES AT CHAPIN HEARING.
Dmmntlc Critic unit Pooler Tell
Abont Ux-Edltor'a Snnltr.
Tho second eesslon of the Commission
In Lunacy, appointed to Inquire Into tho
mental condition of Charlen K. Cliapln,
formerly city editor of the Evening
lforM, who shot and killed hln wife
while 5 slept in their apartments nt
the Hotel Cumberland, wss held In the
Criminal CourtH 'Buildings yesterday.
Chapln followed the testimony closely.
Tho commission Is made up of George
W. Wlckersham. Lamar Hardy and Dr.
Smith Ely JelllrTe.
Witnesses subixer.aed were Sam Will
lams, an Errnlng World reporter: Capt.
Ross Whytock of the Army Intelligence
Bureau, formerly a reporter ; Police Cap'
Frank Tlerncy and Patrolman Sherman :
Mrs. Mary Kelley, u inald'fonnerly cm
ployed by Mrs. Chupln: a dramatic critic
and two police headquarters reporters.
Alfred J. Talley atid James Magee, Assist
ant District Attorneys, appeared for the
people and Abe. Levy as attorney for
Chapin.
U. S. CHARGES LUMBER FRAUD.
Chiefs f Coastwise Company nnd
Others Arrested.
Following an investigation by army
Intelligence officers and others. George
T. McQuade, president of the Coastwise
Lumber Company. 1" Battery place ;
Charles Curti. vJoe.-presldenr, and thir
teen others, includltig the company coun
sel. John W. Van Gordon, were arrested
yesterday by Jained M. Power, United
States Marshal, on the charge of con
spiring to defraud the Government.
They were arraigned before United
Statoj Commissioner McGoldrlck In
Brooklyn, and McQuade and Curtis were
held In i 15,000 ball each. Claude Davte.
a clerk In the company's Manhattan of
fice, was held In J 10,000.
The principal charge alleges that short
consignments of lumber wero made to
tho Government, and that In some In
stances a cheaper grade was substituted
In deliveries.
The Coastwise Lumber Company haa
several yardo Irt, Now York and vicinity
and In Philadelphia, and has been fur
nishing lumber .to different army and
navy cantonments and posts In tho east
ern district.
NEW LINE TO BELGIUM.
I.lnyd Iluynl Hrlp Haa
Sixteen
Hhlpa AnaJtln&T Pence.
A new transatlantic passenger and
freight service between New York and
Belgium will follow almost Immediately
upon tho signing of a peace treaty, ac
cording to an' announcement yesterday
by Joseph A. Nash, a Brooklyn resident
who has returned from London to as
sumo the American management of the
Lloyd Royal Beige, a steamship line sub
sidized by the Belgian Government, with
New York ofllccs at 111 Broadway.
The lino now has sixteen ships and
will purchase new vessels as rapidly as
possible. Mr. Nash said King All)rt of
FUglum wasvperoonally interested In the
success of tjiii enterprise, which was de
signed to form strong commercial bonds
between tho two nations.
INFLUENZA INCREASE
SHOWN IN REPORT
Laid to Cases Npt Announced
on Election Day.
A material Increase In the number of
Suanlsll Influenza cases for the twentv.
. four hours endlne at 9 o'clock v,i.ri
r Republican column, while the Mher "
I I'T'cxsr zA
morning was reported by tho Board of'Ho dlei1 before an ambulance arrived of
Health. The total number whs 1,061, an
I Increase of 614 over tho day preceding.
The board believed tho Increase was
due to the election day holiday, upon
which doctors had not reported. During
the last twonty-four hours covered by
the report 189 persons died from influ-
........ . . j .. . a ... .
enza. an1 Increase of flfrv.fnnr m-e
tacked by pneumonia or Spanish infla.
enza.
Twenty persons applied yesterday to
, ouuju i-miuren wno nau ueeq left with-
out pnrents In the epidemic. Tho dc-
miiea report yesterday follows:
Hpanlih Influenza. Pneumonia.
New
Uas. Deatha.
lit ;,
37 H
n 71
7 Q
i': 473 i
Canei. Deaths,
Manhittan. 3 ill
llronx
Ji'"n.
Kk'hinu!
llronklyn.,.. 301
at
ir;
Ulld.
51
Total!, .,1,061
T)T AA17T V1T I 1J 2 !lfT
BROOKLYN AVIATOR
KILLED IN BATTLE
Lieut. It. T. Walker One of
Several Officers to Meet
Death at Front.
DIES LEADING PLATOON
Raymond T. Turn Falls in
Verdun Sector K. of C. -Worker
Loses a Leg.
First Lieut. Russil Tracy Wnlker of
the Seventy-seventli Aero Squadron has
been killed In Franco. Mar father,
Russell 8. tValkor, president of the Dlmo
Saving Bank of Brooklyn, received
word from the War Department yester
day to ,hat effect, but ns yet has not
been able to learn details of his sen's
death.
Lieut. Walker was bom in Brooklyn
twenty-seven years ago. He was grad
uated from Columbia In 1012. and for a
time was associated with tho firm of
Starrott .t Van Vleck, architects. Later
ho formed tho .firm of Walker & Ward,
aasoclato architects, of C2 Vonderb'.lt
avenue, Manhattan. He vaa ft mem
ber of the Architectural League, tho
Columbia Club of New York. Riding and
Driving Club and the Montauk Club of
Brooklyn.
During the Mexican crisis Lieut.
Walker served on the bolder with Squad
ron A, N. G. N. Y., of which ho had
been a member for some tlmo Shortly
after t! declaration of war against
Germany ho was commissioned a First
Lieutenant In the Seventy-seventh Aero
Squadron and sailed for France In De
cember, 1917, Besides his parents he Is
survived by three sisters.
Capt. James L. Young, Company B.
Fifty-fourth Pioneer Infantry, died of
pneumonia In France October I. In his
last letter to his wife, who lives at 4C5
Irving avenue. Brooklyn, received Sep
tember 20, he saM he was In the best of
health and spirits He was 33 years old
mid before the outbreak of tho war had
been a member of the old Forty-seventh
Regiment. N. G. N. Y., for sixteen years.
Lieutenant Victim of Gas.
Lieut. Joseph Alphonnus Augustus
Kerrigan. 175 Fourth strecf. was gassed
September 5 and Is now In ft hospital
recuperating. He Is 29 years old and u
member of Company L. 106th Infantry.
He saw service on the Mexican border.
Lieut. Raymond T. Turn, son of John
S. Turn, secretary of the Aetna Life In
surance Company, was killed while
leading Ills platoon Into nctlou In the
Verdun sector September 2ii. He was
born in Wyoming county, Pennsylvania,
in ISPS. In 1917 he was graduated
from the University of Pennsylvania and
Immediately after completing his col
lege course entered the otllcer3' training
rohool at Fort Niagara.
In Auguit, 1917, he was commissioned
a Second Lieutenant and assigned to
Company I, 315th Infantry. A car
later he was sent to Fort Sill, Okla., for
special training In fortification work and
was promoted to a First Lloutcnancy. Ho
sailed for France last July. , His death
was described In a letter recefved by his
father from Flrft Lieut. Robert C. Van
Huron, a surgeon with the 315th In
fantry. .
Williams CoUrse 3Inn UlrsJ
Samuel 7r. Meeker, vice-president of
the Williamsburg Savings Bank of
Brookljn, learned yesterday of the death
of his son, Private Amcrherst Wight
Meeker. Private Meeker was a member
of the famous Company L, 107th Infan
try, which has lost all but twenty-nine
of Us memberii In the fighting on the
Cambral-St. Quentln front. He wb
wounded September 29, and died the
following day.
Private Meeker was 21 years old and
was In his Junior year at Williams Col
lege when he enlisted In the Williams
College unit of tho United States Am
bulance Service. He was anxious to
get Into active eervlce, however, and
finally managed to secure a transfer to
the 107th Infantry. Ho started ovur
seas on May 9.
While distributing "smokes' and re
freshments to soldiers In the trenches,
Joseph P. Crowe, a field secretary for
the Knights of Columbus, lost his leg,
blown off by a German shell, according
to word received at the Knlght3 of Co
lumbus headquarters In this city yes
terdjy. He Is a resident of Bingham
ton and was a travelling salesman be
fore going "overseas for the Knights of
Columbu.
JERSEY OPTION LAW UPHELD.
Court Deolnrea Xfw Liquor I.etcla-
Intlon Conatttutlonnl.
TaENTON, N. J., Nov. 7. The constitu
tlonalltv of the local nntlnn Inn rm,H,1
, nt the last session of the Legislature was
upheld by the Supreme Court to-day.
In an opinion filed by Justice Parker
the dry election In Blalrstown, Warren
county. Is declared valid. The dry elec
tions In the township of Wall, Monmouth
county, and the township of Freling
huysen. Warren county, wero Invalidated
because of technical defects In publishing
tho notices.
The constitutional point that the act Is
broader thai) the title Is dismissed on the
ground that the title Is sulllclent.
It U denied that the act Is discrimi
natory between licenses Issued beforo
and after tho law was passed.
AUSTRIAN MOURNS; ENDS LIFE.
Clerk Lending Nina.ll Pnrndr Dies
of Heart Fnllure.
While New Yorkcru were rejoicing
over the news of Germany's surrender.
Ram Ludlong, 4D years old, who had a
grocery elore at 25 Kast Third street,
turned on the gas and killed himself. He
had been brooding over the capitulation
of his native country, Austria.
While waving an American flag at the
head of a small parade, William Pyle.
22, a clerk, 10B I St. Nicholas avenue.
collapsed In front of C Cortlandt street,
heart failure Induced by over excite
ment," the purgeon said.
FIVE MORE "DRY" STATES.
Anti-Saloon Lrsgne Hnja Nntlonnl
Prohibition la Assured.
results In Tuesday's elections Insured
ratification by the States of the national
prohibition amendment to the Federal
Consltutlon.
"Ohio, Florida, Nevada, Wyoming and
Minnesota?' said tho slatement, "havo
voted dry and elected ratification Legis
latures. Thmo States, added to the
fourteen that havo ratified theamend
ment, and tha nineteen States now dry
that ars ure to ratify the amendment
make thlrty-elg'.it, or two moro than tha
1 1 equlrcd thlrty-elx States for ratlflca-
tlon
THE SUN, FRfDAy,
ROOSEVELT JUMPED 1
PERSHING, NOT WOOD
Colonel Denies Again. That
"Venerable Falsehood." I
Col. Theodore Roosevelt nutliarlzctl
yesterday the making public of a letter
written by himself to Charles IJ. Hobbs,
of 00 Broadway, In which he denied
that Gen. Leonard Wood had been
Jumped by hlnover the heads of his
superior officers. The letter follows:
"My dear Mr. ifobbs: I' wish you
would publish this letter. You say that
a friend of -yours, a Kood Republican,
thought It served Gen. Wood right to be
turned down by Mr. Wilson because
I Had Jumped Gen. Wood over his senior
otTlcers as President Wilson did In
the case of his personal physician.
'That venerable falsehood about Gen.
Wood and myself has been denied, I
should say, at least a thousand times.
I never Jumped Gen. Wood over the
heads of his seniors. President Mc
Klnley very properly I an'd very wisely
gave Wood a Hrlgadler Generalship In
the Regular Army after Wood had In
actual" practice done capital work as
Hrijauicr General of volunteers In the
field. At tho same time President Mc
KlnlrY Jumped Franklin nell over' thn
heads of somo 800 men and made him
a Brlgsdler General. He was right In
both cases.
"I promoted Wood and Bell In their
regular order when the time came nnd
never Jumped either over tho head of
anyone. But I did Jump Pershing over
the heads of somo hundred of his sen
iors nnd made him a Brigadier General.
Show this to your friend and suggest
that he try to find out tho facts hern
after before making up hU mind on
any such quos-tlon ; ai.o as I say, you
are quite welcome to puhlWi this letter.
But the particular llo In question has
been circulated so extensively, not only
by the Democratic machine, but by more
or less Ignorant outsiders, that I doubt
whether tho truth will ever overtaka It.
"Sincerely yours,
"Theodore Roosevelt."
PROMISE $5,000,000
TO WAR WORK DRIVE
Steel Corporation Announces
Itecord Contribution as Its .
Share in Campaign.
The United Stntes Steel Corporation
has given 50.000,000 to tho United War
Work campaign, according to an an
nouncement yesterday by George"" W.
Perkins, chairman of the committee so
liciting gifts from Industrie. This, the
war drive officials said, was the largest
conributlon ever made by a corpora
tion for any object, exceeding by $3.-
000.000 tho sum given by the United
States Steel Corporation in the last Red
Cross drive.
Tho gift was solicited 'by 11 A. S.
Clarke, precldent of the Lackawanna
Steel Corporation, chairman of the rom
mltteo tiHvlng to do with the steel In
dustry. Jn his letter announcing the
amount the United States Steel Corpora
tion would give Judge IZ. H. Gary, Its
chairman, said he believed the steel
concerns of the countrv rhould contrib
ute at least 110,000,000 to the fund. Ho
pointed put that, even If the war were
Immediately ended, the needs of the
soldiers would have to Ik met for many
months by tho seven organizations as
sociated In war relief work and In the
drive.
"We make tho contribution with the
belief that in no other way can we to
well serve our soldiers and our country."
wrote Judge Gary. "Since receiving the
opinion of our counsel that such con
tributions are legal ind proper we do
nut hesitate to makn them and charge
the same to the expense account."
Officers of the United War Wirrk Cam
paign tht telegror's to their managers
in various parts of the country yester
day urging the necessity of redouolcd
effort, in view o the piace reports. le
John It. Mott. Jlrector-genern! of the
campaign, saij .: would be one nnd pos
sibly two yeav beforo the army was
demobilized and that probably $250.
OCO.OOO would be needed instead of tho
$170,000,000 riglnally anked for.
Dr. Mott said that the Philippines and
Porto Rico had volunteered to raise more
than twice the quota allotted to them lr.
the drive. The Philippines were asked
to subscribe $100,000 and Porto Rico
$50,000. Cablegrams have been received
here pledging $200,000 and $120,000, re
spectively. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., chairman of
the Greater New York committee, said
last night he regretted tho premature
celebration of the signing of the armis
tice. "But we know what was a rumor to
day will be true very coon," he said.
"At any rate, the quick and happy re
sponse of all New York to the news
shows how warmly the hearts of all the
people nre turning toward tho welfare
of the boys In the service at home and
overseas."
Mr. Rockefeller declared that the need
of tho relief work to be done by the
organizations combining tn tho drive
would bo exactly as necessary In tho
cent of peace as it had been under the
old conditions.
NIGHTS AT DESK WIN
FIGHTS, SAYS HURLEY
Declares Hindenburg Will
Remember Schwab.
Plltl.APKf.PiitA, Nov. 7. Peace with
victory, which now seems near, could
not have been made possible without tho
patriotic efforts of tho workers at home
raid Chairman Hurley of tho Shipping
Board to-night at an entertainment and
reception here given by Director-General
Schwab for employee.- of the emergency
Fleet Corporation.
"Rvery one of you has played hU
part and her part In drlvlnj the German
army out of France nnd Belgium," Mr.
Hurley told tho workers. "Tho nights
you spent at your desks after office
hours .helped to put American soldiers
over tlto top Into the German trenches.
Your efficient service made possible tho
American shipbuilding programmo that
won the race agnlnet the German sub
marines. "Last month the American shipyards
completed and delhered 410,908 dead
weight tons of thlpplng. It was tho
llnest shipbuilding achievement tho world
has ever known."
Referring lo Director-General Schwab
Chairman Hurley said:
"He has won your hearts as ho has
won ours In Washington, but while ou
may all think you know him well and
that you will always rcjnembcr him I
venture to say that Hindenburg will re
member him longer than any of you,"
Ueut, II. H. Hanks la llllnded.
Special Dettmlch lo Thb His.
GnRENWicu, Conn., Nov. 7. Word has
been received here that First Lieut. 11,
S. Banks, W,xth Field Artillery, Regular
Army, was wounded, gaseed and blinded
near Verdun tho flrrt v tek In Octobf r
and IJ now In a base hospital I". Al
giers. Jin is me only sou or Jirn, Fred'
erlck W. Bray and grandson of Mrs. II
M. Illtchooek, Greenwich,
NOVEMBER , 1918.
WRECK MOTORMAN "
TRAINED 2 1-2 HOURS
IJ. II. T. Employee Says That
'jAVns AH the Instruction
'He Gnve Lewis..
12 JJAYS were nekded
Travis Whitney Promises New
Light on Mayor Hylnn's
Activities.
Further ttstlmonv Indicating tifat An-
. -
thony Lewis, motorman of the train the
I wrecking of which on tho Brighton
j Beach line last Friday caused the death
, of ninety-three persons, was not qualified
for lilj Job, was given beforo 'Mayor
Hylan, sitting as a Magistrate, In the
John Doo investigation in tho Kings
County Court House yesterday;.
Joseph B. McCann. for seven years a
motorman nnd Instructor for the B. -R.
T said that, tho company formerly gave j
a man twenty or twenty-one days' In
struction beforo letting him run a train
alone. In July, when there was a short
age of men, Wilbur Lewis, supervising
motorman, nnd Division Supt. Blewette
1.1... Il.nl iI.a ..A.t.wl tnlnlo tra frillM
be slmrtene.1 In tl, esse of men who were
already dispatchers. Ho was to uso his
own Judgment ns to how long tho ehort-
ened period should bo.
One 15 Minute Trip,
McCann said that he gave Anthony
Lewis only two to two and a-quarter
hours mechanical Instruction In addition
to ono fifteen minute trip from Sheepsr
head Bay to Coney Island, making two
and a half hours In all.
"Was that all the Instruction ho had?"
asked District Attorney IajwIs.
"All that I kaow of," said McCann,
who also said that ho was In charge of
Instruction nnd that no other tutors
taught Anthony Lewis, so far as he
knew. Ho added, however, that ho-gavo
orders for lwls to go out on the lines
with regular motormcn for Instruction,
and he supposed this wa done.
The witness deemed twelve day tho
minimum time for qualifying a motor
man. The District Attorney nsked him
If he considered six days on the varloud
lines and two'and a half hours' mechan
ical Instruction sufficient. MeCnnn said
"No." He said he had Instructed at least
100 men, twenty-live of whom were mo-
tormen. and ha usually spent two and a
half hours a day fur six days with them,
"Howmuch time did you put on tnc
subject of nlr brakes?" Mayor Hylan
asked. Tho reply was "From one-to one
and a half hours each morning."
As Anthony Lewies regular Job w'as
that of train despatches the. District At
torney asked the .witness If a despatcher
needed to have any experience In the
operation of trains. The answer again
was "No." Replying to another ques
tlon. the witness said he did not certify
Anthony Lewis ns a motorman. nnd
didn't know whether nnybody else did
or not. He had never known of n man
becoming a motorman without certifica
tion from himself or Supervising Motor
man Lewis.
"Isn't It customary." Inquired the Dis
trict Attorney, "for the pupil to bo certified-
by rtio man who had given tho
flrst instructions?"
"It is."
"Did you give any final Instructions
to Anthony LewlsT"
"I did not'
Say 20 Daya Arr Xeeded.
Another Instructing motorman, John
J. Mlddleton, agreed with McCann that
from twenty to twenty-ono days were
required to turn out a motorman. He
had never heard of any modification
or this rule. He said he would rate a
train despatcher as a man without ex
perience in running a train. A third
Instructor. Joseph F. Miller, -testified
that he never certified anybody as
uuallfled unless he had twelve days ex
perience In the operation of trains. I
Threo witnesses -testified that the
Brighton Bench train was going very
fast Ju?t before it was wrecked. A. A.
Mule of 2121 East Eighteenth street,
said the speed vas forty or fifty miles
an hour and that he was thrown against
a door Just after a passenger exclaimed.
"Look out for the train at the tunnel;
hold tight."
"My God. I cannot mentlqn any
more," or, ed' Mule, covering his face.
Benjamin M. Brody, trainmaster at
the Culver depot, testified that the or
der to fend Anthony Iewis as motor
man on the Brighton Beach train came
directly from Division Supt. Blewette,
who said, "Use him ; lie's a qualified
motorman."
The hearing will be resumed at 11 A
M. on Monday.
Whitney- Prumlara Nrvr I'xpotnrr.
Travis II. Whitney, Public Servlco
Commissioner, said yesterday :
"At the hearing on Momlay last one
of the witnesses testified that because
they were short (it motonnen Iwls,
or Lucia nn, was allowed to take out
the train In question. Magistrate Ily
lsn then asked why they were short
of motormen and th witnefs replied,
Becauw there was a strike."
"Why didn't Magistrate Hylan then
ask tho next logical question : 'If the
Mayor of New York, who had notice
that a strike was to taxe place had
secured a postponement of the strike,
would It havo been necessary for Lewis
to havo operated a Brighton Beach
train?'
"Will he ask that question to-day?
"Mayor Hylan showed discretion In
not Issuing nn answer to my charges
against h'.m. He knows how many lot
tern he has written to the B. R. T. and
elsewhere, but ho doesn't know how
many 1 know of nnd he is afraid I am
not through. To end his uncertainty,
I'll say that I'm not through. As for
hl letters to the 11. R. T., I gavo out
only fourteen or fifteen letters. Ho
had before him as County Judge fifty
four cvll suits against the B. R. T. Did
he ask for an equal or greater numbe.
of Jobs for friends?
"On election nUht Mayor Hylan said
something about restoring the govern
ment to tho people. I shall shortly at
tempt to specify as to the methods he
has followed for the last ten months
in restoring tho government to the
people."
THANK WOMEN FOR
WRECK AID WORK
Coler and Schmidt Compli
ment Motor Corps.
lllrd H. .3oler. Commissioner of t-hnri.
ties, and J. II. Schm'dt. president nf ti,
Hoard of Ambulance Servlco of the city
of New York, have sent to Capt. Marguo-
rue uguvio or- tne women s .Motor Corps
ai America ineir wiuiiks lor tno work
dono by tho women nt the scene of the 'n" Cuts Mnny In Mulivta)- Panic.
wreck on the II. R, T., In which ninety-' nroken glass slightly hurt Kevcrnl pas
three lives were lost and ninny persona .,,.,.., i b,1i, ...,...T . ... 1 aH
were Injured. The women went promptly
to the sccno and worked till night to res-
cuo the injured nnd to help remove tho
dead.
Co:miils!oner Colcr'-i letter t j .'apt
Ojllvii said:
Ml IISAHUMT OOliAIL. J'lOi 0.:,M
me to exprej to you my sincere tliankH
una appreciation for the he-olo and noble
service rendered by you nnd your able
motor .corps assistants. In caring for
many of the unfortunate victims of the
accident last Friday night on tho Brook
lyn elevated. J
"It proves the wisdom of having such
an efficient corps aa your organization,
and I slncerelyihope that the public will
give you their unlimited support."'
Mr. Schmidt added this commendation:
''Mr Dbar Captain: Permit me to
extend to you, nnd through yDit to, the
members of the Motor Corps of America,
Brooklyn Branch, tho sincere thanks ofj
tho Board of Ambulanco Service of the i
city of New York for tho wonderful work j
done by your corps on Friday evening,!
November 1, tho tlmo of the terrib.e
catastrophe of tno is, iu l. acciucm in
Prospect Park,
"I cannot flpd words enough lo express
to you my personal' appreciation for tho
efTorts of your noble band. They worked
Indefatlgably and willingly, and ns I
was on the ground .personally, supervis
ing the transportation of tho dead and
wounded, I can testify to the grand work.
"Ttho public owes you much for your
noble efforts."
HYLAN OUSTS GRELL
AS HEAD OF PARKS
Appoints Berqlzheinier, "Dem
ocrat, but Not a Tammany
Man," Mayor Declares.
Mayor Hylun ousted Park Commls
sioiffr Wllllmn F. Orotl yesterday and
. Tinted Philip Ucrolzhelmcr to MIC
1 cecd him In the administration of tho
'parks for the boroifghs of Manhattan
md Richmond. The Mayor renioreu
Commissioner Qrell without the formal!
ties that he libserved In tho oases of
Police Commissioner Bucher nnd Health
Commissioner Amstor. Commissioner
Orell did not resign and his succes-or
takes olllco by virtue of the power vested
In the Mayor to terminate, at his own
pleasure, tho Incumbency of his own
appointee.
Some days ago Mayor Hylan wrote
a letter to Commissioner Grell demand
ing his resignation if the Commissioner
could giVe no ratlsfactory explanation
of the report given to the Mayor by
Commissioner of Accounts- Hlrschfleld
that the casino In Central Park had
been leased without public bidding.
Commissioner Grell stnted on receipt
of the Mayor's message that ho had no
Intention of resigning.
Commissioner Berolzhelmer, the new
head of the Park Department, bds been
a special deputy commissioner since last
spring and has devoted his tlmo to the
arrangement of the series of people's
concerts In which the police and street
i cleaning department bands havo partlcl-
paieu lie is treasurer or tno iagic
Pencil Company and llvei at 120 West
Seventy-ninth street.
In a statement given out following tho
notice of Commissioner Ilevolzhelmer'h
appointment Mayor Hylan took pains to
Indicate that the appointment was not a
Tammany one. The Mayor tald:
"Tho new Commissioner of Park" tor
thn Boroughs of Manhattan and Rich
mond Is not a Tammany man. but has
supported the local Democratic ticket
and has many friends In, the Tammany
organization Charles V. Murphy, City
Chamberlain Alfred J. Johnson, Con
gressmen Humbert and Itiordan, Judge
Dowllng, Ooernor-elect Alfred K. Smith,
Tax Commissioner Jacob A. Cantor, Sen
ator Foley and Police Commissioner' Kn
rlghi. 'Tho Commissioner has been partic
ularly instructed by Mayor Hylan to ad
minister the affairs of the parks en the
same principles that he carries on 'lib
business, leaving the details entirely to
his own discretion. The only thing he
Impressed on tho Commissioner's mind
was to manage the parks for tho benefit
of nil the people."
SMITH IS CERTAIN
, HE WON ELECTION
Laws for Improvement of
Workers His First Thought.
Specta' Ittspalrli to Tnt St .
Srr.ACT'SE, Nov. 7. "There Is no ques
tion nbofit my election an 1 I shull be
Inaugurated January 1, preparations for
which I shall start after 1 Ket rested,"
said Alfred IZ. Smith thin afternoon as
he took tlin train for New York.
"I am hubtllng back to New York
wuere a rj:nll or a mother, wife, three i
sons ana a daughter, and of course the
father, are going to do sonu tall cele
brating." MY. Smith has not Feeu his family
since Wednesday morning.
Asked regarding his plans for now
legislation he said laua for the Improve,
ment of conditions for working people
will be among th, first to bo taken up.
State Chairman Kellogg, uitli com
plete return;, at timid, cJjHis the State
for Smith by ;s,3?7. Ho said Smith had
carried the State by li.0!)7. To thla he
added 10.000 of the soldier ote ami t.uini
of the 6,000 civilian residents of the Stale
In the military eetabllshment residing
temporarily In other Ptate.
At the same time he announced Fed
eral authorities had Mnrted Investiga
tions of alleged election fraud in
Orange, Tioga. Tompkins, Steuben and
Fulton counties.
The Democratic State committee con
cedes that the Republicans have elected
the whole ticket with the exception of
Smllh and Walker. The latte.-'s plurality
they put nt around 75,00i.x
John J. Lyons, New York, who too!,
the eoldler voto at mventeen cainps In
tho country, came to Syracuse to-day
ur.d told Mr. Smith lie had tecoived a
large percentage of the oto cast In tho
cantonments.
Chairman, Kellogg said ho had re
ceded Information from New York to
nlsht that Republican Chairman Glynn
privately conceded Smith's election by
10.000.
"Mr. Whitman's message of congratu
lation will como along in duo time," ho
added. "
Robert V. Wagner. Supremo Court
Justice elect, and John D. Saxe conferred
with Chairman Kellogg to-day over pro
ceedings to be taken against the men
charged with election, fraudn.
MRS. ItODGERS SWORN rN.
Itrjected liy Voter., Heroines
((ureua Clerk by Appointment.
Mrs. Clara A. Rodgers, defeated: can
didate for County Clerk In Queen., ap
pointed by. Gov. Whitman to tako the
office vacated through the conviction of
I Alexander DuJat of bigamy, Was sworn
In by supreme Court Judge Janiei Van
Slcklcn Tresterduy In Jamaica.
1 MrH. Rodgers will not tako ch.irex of
tho business affulrs of tho office until to
morrow morning. She hns 'appointed as
her counsel Robert Price Bell of Bay
side. It is reported that Robert Wlckert
of Rldgewood will bo Flrrt Deputy, re-
placing John Theofel. who will hsrs
charge of tho olTU-o In the tlmo between '
tno sentencing of DuJat on Friday and i
,,rB' "u"s-tsh assumption or title,
express train yesterday hen a s ort
circuit Hot fire to tho two renrcars ns
tho train descended the Incline of Hrook
nnd W estchistcr nvenuefi. The Itronx
Tlio SCO mo'i ami women we-e panlu
'rle' en nnd uiniij; climbed omi of the
Mitiduwe. DifUning the gliii, J',i,, n.,.
v;as put out quickly, but the delay of
lramo u8ted 23 minutes,
KENLON GAVE WORD
TO CLOSE SUBWAYS
Advised Mayor of Peril to the
Tubes During Blasts
nt Morgan.
,
' Ai-riVTVl.'n
IaQUIIM TO lih MUhi1j.lJ
Senator Frelinghuysen In
formed Other .Magazines
Arc Loeated Near City.
Flre Chief John Kenlon jumped" to his
feet vterdav durlnsr tho invcsllgatlC'.l
which was started In the rooms of thej
Chamber of Commerce at Perth Amboy,
N. J., Injto tho explosion which took place i
.1 few wecka ago at the plant' of the T. '
A. Gillespie Company at Morgan. N. J., I
and solved a long standing mystery. Ho
admitted that It was upon his suggestion
that Mnyor Hylan ordered tho 'subways
stopped on lines leading under the East
River.
At tho time of the stoppage of traffic
no one could be found who would admit
rcsjionelblllty. The current torle or tho
elay had It that n message had come to
the Mnyor from tho United Stntes Army
authorities warning him of tho danger
of a new blast. The nrmy' officers eie
nled having glvjng any such Information,
and It was only yesterday tha the pub
lic learned vhy tho Mayor's order had
been Issued. .
"I told the Mayor that It was best to
close tho subways," eald the New York
nre chief. "And If tho wind had not
changed when It did, shortly after I vis
ited the burned area, the TNT .explosion
that I feared would have taken place,
and God alone knows whut damsge
would havo been done, especially to the
subway and tho tubes under'the rivers.
I visited the burned areas and then com
municated with tho Mayor, ndvlslng him
to shut down tho underground railways,
as there was danger of a big explosion
that might wreck the tubes. If the
wind hadn't changed It Is my opinion
that great damage In Manhattnai would
havo resulted."
Will Kxtrnd lnreatlKatlon.
The hearing will contlnuo to-day. and
perhaps for another, and on Monday an
Inspection of New YorH harbor will be
made. The Senate commltteo making
the Investigation is composed of Senator
Frelinghuyeen of tNew Jersey, Senator
Meyers of Montana nnd Senator Beck
bam of Kentucky! Local officials from
the neighboring New Jersey towns told
of !, -"or""- rf.,e hv the e1s''n.
Senator Frellnghuyscn announced he
wou.u recommend mat the invi-si.gatlon
be extended to embrace the whole suU
Jen of storage of explosives In nnd
about New Yorlf i)ep-i- ,e nor'.'-t
assertion that tho district close to the
city noids miyiy g,uni in..t,...... , . .?
explosion of any or all of which would
mean widespread danger lo the city.
Direct charges of carelessness nnd
negligence were made by Adrian Lyon,
attorney nnd executive chairman of tho
Penh Amboy Council of Defence. He
eald those charges wero based upon
evidence procured by Elmer H. Geran,
Sheriff of Monmouth county, and Fred
crick Cox, Kccreutry of the council. The
complaint fettlng forth these charge
says :
"There nppoara to have Been no caro
In the plan of construction bo as to pre
vent other units exploding In the event
that ono exploded. Nurtherniore, the
storage magazines Bcein to have been
built In such a manner nnd so close to
the shell loading lant that their safety
was greatly endangered.
I0ldente nf NrKlljcence.
"We Kubmlt that theve Is much evi
dence that there- wero negligence nnd
carelessness in its conduct and opera
tion. vVc are told by their rcprcsenta
tlvts that the l.irve.vt amount of TNT
that exploded and which canted so much
dainago was 7,C0n ilounds: and yet
massen of ISO.OOO are allowed to re
main "
The charge also is made that the plant
was carelessly guarded, no much so that
It would have been "pos-.slble for per
sons to gain easy access to the maga
zines and blow them up." Even three
dayii after the explosion. It was stated.
It was possible for str:inser.- to go unhin
dered Into the; magazines and handle the
boxes of TNT,
Allegations were made that enemy
aliens ami "other untrustworthy per
sons," wero employed at tho plant ; that
there was art Inadequate: water supply
and fire- protection, and that had the
water supply been sufficient the fire
might have been stayed nfter the flrvrt
explosion.
Murray Ilulhcrt, Commissioner of
Docks and Ferries of New York city, was
present nt the hearing, accompanied by
Repre-sentntUe William 13. Clt-ar. on
expert on transportation They arc in
tcrested In having tho Investigation em
brace, all of New York harbor.
STRIKE MAY SHUT 100 HOTELS,
Proprietor Would Itecrult Force
of Will tresses.
The New York city Hotel Men's, As
sociation announced yesterday that an
agreement had been readied by the pro
prietors of 100 lending hotels by which
all of the public rostaurintfl in the hoto!
would ba closed In the event of a waiters
strike until an elllclent force of wait
resses could bo recruited.
The association said no compromise
would bo made with the waltera who
went out at tho Waldorf-Astoria. Mc
Alpln and Clnridgc hotels. Plans for ex
tending the strlko to thn other hotels
controlled by numbers of tho Hotel
Men's Association were discussed yester
day at a meeting of strlkcrn and dJe
gate. from the unions lo which the men
belong.
"Hy the end of the week," nald Iho
strike cojnimittec. "we hope to have tho
force of j trlkebrcrTkers at the four hotels
now unJer tiro so completely depleted
that thcj' will bo compelled to cIoko the
Tew dlni
atlon."
rooms that are now In opt-.-.
M0RT MER CASE POSTPONED.
Capt. I urce'n .tliirnre Halts lu
ll ul Into Mntur Dentlm.
Becaan i of tho detention in Washing
ton on o flclal business of Capt. Marcel
Poreo of .the French army, Magistrate
Miller in Flushing police court adjourned
yesterdaj until November U hearing on
the chan e of homicide pending against
Mini Kill h Mortimer, daughter of Stan
ley Mot hner, wealthy resident of
Whentloy Hills, Lawn Island. Capt.
Force vvIK riding with MKs Mortimer
when hcr'jintomobllu caused the death of
Nathan Wassei berger of Maspetli and
of Martin h)n Muto of Hrooklyn. "
Miss Mo
inner waa in couit with her
counsel. Abrain Wasserher.
father andl
ger, son on
coniplulnt. 7
ono of tho victims, mndo tho
She will contend IK-V . , ' . r","i",g "f me rmlstliv term
or Char 's Ahirrav drfv., M",' eh?r, "hoWa ''lappiim
i . . .viuria, driver of followed for nvemilnut.u v ...,.i, ..
negllgpucti
n largo mot
or truck, caused tlm accident'
by forcing
the road.
ier u. lUKO tnc wrong dido of
'tir ball oi 313.000 nai c.v.
tluucd. M
lirray In out on parole.
4
1 1 ii v A nn rl'sit .i . a ... . .
-,-...... .,r4iM Will, I y.
I'": ."- T!.lot excite-
.ii """'H ' 'i " ,'-,:"v''' 'he
piir,-
' "i" "mill'
: that in.
nHTi.stloe witl
ri air, ha : i, r ,,
nrni titi. tleJt,
paniillii!; ciol-ds wnvimr .-
ISntcnto.
I Entente. I " "
The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.
Eastern New York mill New Jersej
Fair and slightly wanner to-dny; to
morrow partly cloudy; probably rain
by night; increasing (southerly winds.
YVeitrrn New Yorlf Italn to-day aim
prnbably to-morrow: cooler" td. morrow.
Northern New Kngland Fair to-day; to
morrow ralni g'jntle south wlnda.
Southern New England Fair to-dayi to
morrow partly cloudy, probably rain; In
creasing southerly wind, '
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. The eaatera
area of high prossuro has given way con
siderably In the last twenty-four houts
and a cyclonic dliturbance overlies south
east Minnesota, with an extension stujth
went warn Into Teu. Ilalns h&to lrf.i
fairly general In the middln and uppt
Mississippi Valley und the Missouri Val
ley. The temperature In Atlantic corf
districts has risen somewhat and tho
changes elsewhere have been genoral y
small, with a tendency to colder In tin
Far Northwest, The western rain arei
will doubtless extend Into tho Ohio Vnlle;.
tha lower lake region, the middle Atlantb
and New ISngland States during tho next
forty-eight hours, and there will also
be rain In Tennessee and the east Uutf
Hlatcs. Moderate temperatures "111 pre
vail Friday and probably Saturday oast
of the Mississippi, fltorm warnings aru
displayed on I.ako Superior, extreme north
Lake Michigan and northern Lake Huron
LOCTAL WEATIIKIl IlUCOltDS.
t A. M,
. to.ts
. 13
,. K.
3
. Clear
. Nonu
p y.
20. CO
;:
s.w
:o
Clear
Non
Barometer
Humidity
Wind direction
Wind velocity- .
Weather
Precipitation ...
Tho temperaturo in this city j-esterduy.
tie recorded by tho official thermometer. Is
shown In the annexed tablei
8 A. M...33 1 P. M...6
C P. M.
7 P. St .
8 P. M.
, D P, M .
10 P. M.
A. M. .141
2 P. M.
3 P. M .
t P. M.
6 P. J! .
,.CJ
..St
..:t
10 A. M...15
11 A. M...46
l: M 30
. . 4
1618. 1917.
9A.M. ...41 39
MM CO sS
3 P.M. ...61 ti
HIrhest teninerature.
1918. 1911.
P. M....62 , 41
9 1'. M... .49 S
IS Hid 48 r
54, at 3. P. M
Lowest temperatdre, 33, at 8:30 A. M
Averse temperature, 40.
Observations yesterday by tha United State
Weather Rureau stations showlnr atmoi
pheric conditions in the various cities:
Temn. Valae-
HIzh.Low.Wlnd. ity. Rain. WKu
Atlantic City.. M
Kartport 48
Boston en
W Clear
8.W. 8 .. Cloudj
H.W. .. .. Cloudy
N. IS .. Clear
U.K. 32 ,M Rain
S.E. 20 ,p Clouds
8. .. .IS Clear
N. .. ,71 Clear
E. .. . Clear
N.E Clear
Jacksonville... Ci
L'hlcato.. ...... M
Minneapolis... M
Denver Si
Bismarck 32
Charleston 00
Norfolk k
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
United States Coast and Oeodcllc Burvry
gtandard. Time.
Sun rise e:SI A M jSun sets 5:15 P M
Moon seta s:53PM
HIGH VJATBit THIS DAY.
Sandy Honk. .10:01 A MvGov. Island. .10:0 A J.
Hell axte 12:04 A M
LOW WATER THIS DAY.
Sand- Hook. ..3:J1 AM Gov. Island...:.? A Jl
Hell Gate :10 AM
-w- ,
EVENTS TO-DAY
United States, Daughters of 1812, mee
Ing. Waldorf-Astoria, 10 A. M.
United War Work Campaign, dinner
Waldorf-Astoria. 7 P. M.
Master Painters and Decorators, meet
ing. Waldorf-Astoria, 2 P M.
-Free Industrial Homo for Crippled CM.
dren, meeting, Waldorf-Astoria. 8 P. M.
St. Ceeiun club, rehearsal, WaUlurr
Asturla, 10 A. M.
New York State Osteopathic Society c.n
vintlon, Hotel AUor. all day.
New York State Waterways Association,
contention, 32 Court street, Brooklyn, 1 '
1 Reception to JI. Andre Tardl-n by tht
Association of Foreign Pred Correspon
dents, Hotel Plaza, 8:45 P. M
Lecture hy Everett Denn Martin on "Wli
s'l"'1 fr IJt'mocr":5-'" Cooper Union.
Merchants Assoclatio-.i, lmchcon, Hot'
Astor. 1!:30 p. M.
Lecture by ltabbl Iirac! Goldstein on
'The Moil.cn fonagogue und Iho Modcr.i
Jen," Congregation Il'nal Jeshurum, :;.
West Klght.v-elgh.th street. S p. is
Lectur by Anne U. Thomas on "The F.x
ploratlon of Kastern No-th Aineri-a," Ha
seum of Natural Hlntur-. 3 30 P. M.
Conferene and Disousdlo:i on Prlnfc
Cotton Pabrlcj In tho Architectural if.cagu -'
Itonms, 215 West Flity-eoventh street, b:.n
Pnat-Parilouif nt, moitlng, Hotel M
Alpln, 11 A. M.
l-'nalilon Fete fur the I line lit of t,
National I.t-aitue fir Women'.s FerUe
Hlti-Cnnton Hotel. 3 P. M. .
American Defenco aoclPty. ni1?:.
Chamber of Commerce, C5 Liberty stre
Lecture on tha "Soi-lal Significance r'.
Group Relationship" by L. V. Murte
thau at opening of Henry street SettlJ
nien: course of training for community -vlie
nt the Neighborhood Pla house, j,
P. M.
Hrool.lyn Institute Prof. Robert If v '.
Jr.. lucturcs on 'The New Huasla." 4 '
M ; Herbert L. Wi;i- tt if-turcs on "An
lei and the M'uild Crisis." 8.15 P. Jt.
PUBLIC LECTURES TO-NIGHT.
MANHATTAN.
".-Ualirapeara'e 'Klnir John," ' :v Fie.
erlrk 1-uuMlng; p. s 11. Hroad'va", A.-a-.
cirty street and Vcrmiljea axen-ic. in,
"The Meaning of h Kleiner," Hv I'M
Saimie! c. rfcliniucker, I'll. V., o't
Normal school, Wtt Chester. P. p -15.
Llglity-elchth street east of First a
nue. siereoaltcop views.
Trench opera." by Phl.ip Oordon. p -SO.
147th street wed of Seventh aveni..
"Women's l'nrt In Winning the War," t
Miss Helen Kraser, author of "Woir.ru ai
War Work." p. r,. 13:, 15:1 ciw. u
Wndsviorth avenue
"Theoretical Shipbuilding." hy John Ma -tin,
special Instructor on shl&bulie'.ng ai
navigation. C. l N. y., y. M. c. A , Ua
Side, 153 Hast Kls'nly-slxth itrejt.
URONX.
"Underground N York," I'rar.'; 1
llluiuhanl, r j.' i;, Fonlliani street, near
City Island avenue -'ereopti"on view t
"The t nlverae Knrece ulld .Man, 1 l
Jacob K, Price, Th D P :5, A:.-i-:.-and
Tretnnnt avenue
"Through Mleronislu," second f a
eours,v on "Travels n tho I'keiric Island' '
by Mrs. l.mun S l'l-chcr, P s. 1:, !
fctreet between lieaumont anil Cambr, ,:om
avenues Stereopllcoti views
"Homiinro tind liea'.lty on P.tcif,.- S.,,
Farms" by Aei Hull I-'ls"!, p s. s;, j.'r
oim- nenj north of mttn stre.-t.
"Rnir.lsh Demoeraey in Ilal u.: and 1-V
Pong," by Mlsi (trace f. Cn. dwell, N V
P. 1... Woodstock, Tl Utist looth trc..
SHOOTS 8 OVER TRUCe"nF.WS.
Two Victims of Similiter In lin
kers May Xul Itroinc-r.
An unidentified man walked up to
William nnd Robert Duchanan, brother,
as they stood talking to tieon;e Ilalg at
Nepperhan street nnd Willow place, u
block from Police Headquarters in V.vi
hers, late last night, nnd listened a in
mem to what they were wylng. T,ie
were dlhousMng the reported signing
nn armistice and .peculating upon tl-.
aceuracy of Iho news.
"Are you Hermans?" the atranper ! i
qulred, as he fumbled in a pocket of V k
coat.
tlefore any of the tnree had a ,.i.'
to move the man had drawn : revolv,
and tired a shot, the bulla striking Wl."
Inm Huehanan jn the right ..houh.e,
Robert Huclinnan tried to strike the ni.c.
but he pulled tho trigger u M-cond tln.e
and Robert fell with a bullet in his rig
brevist. Then tho stranger turned ti
weapon upon Hate and shot him lu ti .
back. Tho man then fled. Hnlg
Robert Ruclianan probably will die.
HulnrUn ilvt News nt I,i,i,,.,,,.
The memlKTS of the Rotary cir,
turned their luncheon yestcrdn- at the
Hotel McAlpIn Into a celebration Th.
members hang "Tho .Star Spangled Han
ner," the secretary ntinou'iiced tlm new
speakers wero on the schedule, but tN-
iwiiinniis nu not pty iimeh attention t.
anything except tho general J.il!lnntlo
Purler Xnw MnrlKlit lleimt,.
Police Coninii'.slnner' llnrlght vent"
tiny appointed Augu-tus'Drum P.nier 'i
Kccrelary, to the no!tl..i, of .-.p ml l
puty Pol! v i'ji .nine' "i l'. r
w 11' , ,ii "-.-le hi" w ' ,1. r ,. .
'tiree ycais as tecrct'iiy to Cutniiu
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