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1 t 10 THE SUN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1919. 1 62 CITY EMPLOYEES ; FIX RAISE DEMANDS Twcnty-cJght Women Dele gates Appear, but tlio Old Lenders Arc Absent. SOME FEAIUIYLAN WRATH j $1,20 a Year Advance Asked on .. Salaries Above $600 ; $150 on Lesser Pay. An advance of a. year for every man and woman on the city payroll now getting more than J60O a year and an advance of $150 few those now get ting J600 or leas will be requested of the Board of Estimate by the Municipal Employees Association. This was de cided upon last night In a meeting In the Municipal Building, from which many of the delegates absented themselves be cause, owing to Mayor Ilylan's stand ngalnst "agitators"' for more pay. they were afraid they might lose their Jobs If they went. Among the absentees were the two original moving spirits In the organisa tion, George Stansfleld and Samuel Pragcr, clerks In the Department of Charities. One of them sent word that he would be there If the comrades In sisted, but that It would be at the cost of his place In the city service. The Charities Department, the head of which Is Bird S. Coler, was not represented at the meeting. Nor were Bellevuo and Allied Hospitals. Dr. T. Bayard Collins, head of Belle vue's employment service, was one of the committee appointed Friday to draw up a salary schedule. lie met Sunday with the committee, but sent word yes terday that owing to the attitude of the city administration of hlch they had not been aware wlia the Municipal Em ployees Association was formed, they had decided to withdraw. In the meeting, which wra supposed to be a gathering of two deviates from each city department, -there was much talk of "Intimidation." and the twenty eight women and twenty-four ip'en who braved the wrath of City Hall by putting In an appearance were described as em ployees who were not "quitters." Hugo V. Wittenberg, a clerk In the finance department, who was elected temporary chairman of the association In place of Mr. Stansfleld, and Thomas W. A. Crowe of the law department, who was made temporary secretary, gave this pledge, voiced by Mr. Witten berg: "Under no conditions or circum stances will either of us quit." Not Afraid of "Potentate." Alexander Cooper, chief clerk In the office of Michael F. Loughmin, Superin tendent of Public Works for Manhattan Borough, said to Mr. Wittenberg: "You are the right stuff. You have the true ring ,and no Mayor or potentate In New York or out of It can get you to quit" Later Mr. Cooper said: "I do not be lieve that the two gentlemen who arc said to have been kept away by Intimi dation (Stansfleld and Prager) will iitay away very long. We mean to show the Mayor nf New York that neither he nor any othtr power can take from us our inalienable rights." The delegates thought they were to meet In the assembly room of the Mu nicipal Civil Service Commission on the fourteenth floor of the Municipal Bulld- Ing. The elevator starter said he had r.ot been so directed and would not let : them go up. Mr. Cooper then Invited them up to his own office, where they sat on tables or stood up during the meet ing. Some of the delegates got as far as he main floor corridor, but did not ven ture further. They said frankly that while they were as much Interested as ever In a ."living wage," they were scared by the Mayor's denunciation of igltators and his order to department heads to abolish the jobs of "trouble makers" after January 1. Mr. Wittenberg said that the trouble with the association was that it attained tuoli an impetus that it went too fast "to BUit some people" who had now threatened the dismissal of those who continued to discuss higher wages for city servants. "I believe," he added, "that the chief executive of the city Is in earnest and . Intends to carry out his threat.' Foi J that reason Mr. Stansfleld and Mr. little while to avoid having their official heads decapitated. The rest of us have decided to go on without them." It wan reported that the salary com mittee was In favor of a flat 25 per cent. Increase for all city employees. It was urged, however, that a scale would have a better chance of accept ance. Lower Prslil Need UnUr Slont. "TIf WB SOUfrht ItlStlCA " unlrl Atirnhnm Hitler rtf thA T.1 v ni.naihHAiW wauhl rinmnnrl 1 (1(1 nt- Man, 1. .'. . know we can't get It If you show that your heart Is with the man who Is on ii'ii iwwcr waRfl, ine uoam or estimate .will be more attentive." ' sir. Bailey referred to the Civil Ser vice Forum, the organlxation which has asked for 10 per cent, for employees now receiving more than 2,000 and 20 per cent, for those receiving less than $2,000. He said he had no confidence In K ChTm ar lots of psychic phenomena j attached to this thing," the temporary '. chairman added. Eventually the" task of deciding how ' the appeal could be most Inoffensively . ' presented to the Estimate Board was , , entrusted to a committee made up of Miss rtellly. Mr. Cooper and Mr. Bailey. Toward the end Chairman Wittenberg said he believed the Mayor did not have this association In mind when he In veighed against agitators, but those or ganizations affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. "The old organization," he said, "says this one Is controlled by some one be hind the scenes; that Stansfleld and jPraeger are puppets: that It Is a Repub V'Jtcan plot: that It Is backed by some , iidmtnlstratlon official. But the truth Is that all we are Concerned with here Is getting a decent living wage. I chal lenge the Mayor to produce a single taxpayer who will defend the Board of Estlmnte If It denies us a living wage." The upshot was that a new salary committee was appointed, consisting of Albert Owens of the Department -of Plant nnd Structure; Abraham Bailey, Thomas Crowe, of the Law Department; Cornelius Murphy, of tli Street Clean ing Department, and Miss Catherine . Itellly of tho Manhattan Borough Pres ident's office. This committee made the recommendation as reported above, and It was unanimously adopted by the del egates. 'Mr. Crowe explained that the Increases asked for represented about one-half of the advance In the cost of llvlflf Mr. r?nini aiipmut . r Wittenberg bo the one to present the petition, 'Very humbly," to the Board of Estimate. 3o Strike Sentiment Applnnded. This organlxation," he Bald, "does not Intend to bulldoze any one. We have merely organized so we can present our request to the Board of Estimate collectively and thus give It more weight. no u. rviiuuK m Kei together with any organization of similar alms, but we will never afflllate with any labor or "'Si.1?1110"' ttnd wlu nt bo on strike," rnls was much applauded. "X do-not believe you are afraid of I his Honor the Mayor," ho told Mr. Wittenberg. ''If he nrea you out you are nctlve enough to get back on your feet again." But Mr. Wittenberg demurred, explaining that he had recently ap proached tho Board of Estimate on be half of S.000 life savers, "and was told 1 1 should, be at ' my desk by ono for I whom I have wasted time, money and health, whose enmity I Incurred from that day on." Solomon Hecht, editor of tho Civil Service Chronicle, wns prevented from Speaking by an objection that tho association was not Interested In tho quarrels of rival civil service papers, but later the delegates relented and per mlted Mr. Hecht to say how hard he had worked for them and that their associa tion was In dansrer of dissolution if It ! didn't watch out The delegates will meet again on Thursday ovenlng. corgo W. Morton, Jr., a topograph ical draftsman of Queens Borough, It whose nctlvlty In the Technical Men's Union ho attributes his recent suspen sion by Borough President Connolly, ap peared before' Francis X. Sullivan, Com missioner of I'ubllo Works, In Lon Island City yesterday and had tho hear ing postponed until to-morrow, when he will be represented by a lawyer, Philip Frank. President Connolly said that tho charges against Mr. Morton have no relation to his labor union activities. Most of the department heads found in their mail yesterday Mayor Hylan's cir cular letter directing them to discourage salary "agitation" among their em ployees and forbidding the formation of organizations intending to ask for more pay. Dr. George O'Hanlon, superinten dent of Bellevue Hospital, said last night that he had given permission to tho hospital workers to join the Municipal Employees Association, but had with drawn It when the Mayor put his foot down. This explains the non-appearance of Bellevue delegates at last night's meeting. Dr. O'Hanlon said, he under stood that the dues of 25 cents a month thus far collected would bo returned to the members by the association. It.was reported at City Hall yesterday thatthe Board of Estimate la now think ing of adding 10 per cent to salaries be tween $1,200 and $1,800 and 15 per cent to salaries below $1,200, leaving em ployees above the $1,800 class BUbJect to tho recommendation of their depart ment chiefs. DESTINNBACKINU.S. DESPISING TEUTONS Soprano, Prisoner 3 1-2 Years in Bohemian Castle, Would Spurn German Tongue. Bringing Emmy Destlnn, tho former Metropolitan soprano; Eugen Ysaye, the Belgian violinist; several other mu sicians and a number of notables among her J5! passengers, the French liner La Lorraine arrived yesterday from Havre. Miss Destlnn said that she had been virtually a prisoner In her castle In Bo hemia for three and a half years, as abb wns forbidden by the authorities to go more than eight miles from the gates. Tho only exception granted was when she was permitted to visit Vienna last sumer to sing. She went to Bohemia In May. 1916, and when she began preparations to return she was informed by the Austrian authorities that she could not leave. The singer will begin a concert tour that Includes fifty performances In vari ous cities' from the Atlantla to the Pacific and will then appear at the Metropolitan. Asked If she would sing in German operas eVe said: "I will not say 'that I will never sing the German operas, but X never wish to sing again In the German tongue." Yanyea Visited Old Ostend Home. Ysaye arrived with his wife and three children from their first visit to their home in Ostend In over Ave years. He said that many of his old friends were gone, that Ostend showed the marks, of war and that he was glad to be back once more in the United States, He hau. lived In Switzerland In the last two years. Minnie Egener, a mezzo-soprano at tho Metropolitan, who spent the summer In France and Italy, and Louts Hasclmann. director of French operas or tne Chi cago Opera Company, also arrived on the liner. Mr. Haselmann said that he would produce- two new French .operas, "Aphrodite," by Erlanger, and "L'Espa nol," by Bavel. which will be heard In New York In February. On her way to visit her father, John Scullen of St Louts, Mme. da Gheest reached here with her son, Lieut 'Henri de Gheest of the Fourth French Zouaves. It Is Mme. de Gheest's first visit to this country since the beginning of the war and she expects to remain for several months. Her son was wounded four times and won the Legion of Honor 'and the Croix de Guerre with two palms and three stars. Other passengers on the Lorraine Included Mr. and, Mrs. George A. Kessler, who had been absent for two and a half years working for the Relief Fund for the Permanently Blind, which was begun by Mr. Kessler three years ago. Mr. Kessler, once well known In the cham pagne trade here, w&uld not talC about prohibition but said that he and his wife had come over to interest the public In the work of the fund, which has spnt more than 11,000,000 and needs 15, 000,000 more. Caeoho-Slovnlc Soldiers Get In. Three hundred Czecho-Slovak soldiers on their way to their homes in the United States also got In, on the French liner und-r the command of Lleuts. Lada Krlzek and Jan Itavalc, both of Cleve land. The men were met by a reception committee of their fellow countrymen and after a band had played "The Star Spangled Banner," the "Marseillaise" and the Czecho-Slovnk national hymn, "Where Is My Home?" they marched to Sokol Hall In East Seventy-first street, where they were paid off. Raymond Hlgglns of Chicago, a sec ond class passenger who was returning ti this country with his wife after several months spent In welfare work In France, committed suicide by leaping over the stern of the ship In mldocean m full view of a number of passengers. He left his widow, a French girl only 19 years old, with but two francs, nnd the passengers raised 5,000 francs for her, Mr. Kessler heading the Hut with 500 francs. She was met at the pier by her husband's mother, Mrs. C. If, Hlg glns of C13S Peoria street, Chicago. AUTOMOBILE SWINDLE BASED. Firm Fraudulently Offers Iteknllt Fords for flOO Uarh. The District Attorney's oitlce Issued a warning yesterday against a "manu. t facturing concern" which is said' to have operated from an office In East Forty second street and which the District At torney declares has been sending letters to various parts Of the country offering to sell rebuilt Ford automobiles for $100. R.v.n.l tainnlitnf. Vi -1 .r I ..... .. .. . i . i by the District Attorney, among thern a 1 ...... T1 . r . . -V. kiki Hum .i, ,,1. uiuua en rungs port, Tenn., ivho says he Bent $50 In part payment for a car und sot neither the car nor the money. The Federal author ities would also like jo find the manu facturing company, as there are charges of using the malls to defraud. RIEHL BUS LINES FAIL TO OPERATE Contractor Will Lose His City License, Commissioner i Wlialbn Says. JITNEYS NOT SUFFICIENT Do Not' Carry as Many Torsons as Green Cars, Y. S. C. Officials Declare.. Jitney buses, operated each by an individual driver for his own profit, now nro serving the public that used to de pend upon tho storage battery crosstown lines of the green car system, shut down by order of tho Federal court. Louis nicdl, who obtained on Friday a permit to put sixty buses In service on these lines, failed to produce tho ve hicles, Grover A. Whalen, Commissioner of Plant and Structures, said yester day. The city therefore will cancel his permit, Mr. Whalen said. Opinions differ widely as to how good tho service Is. Mayor Hylan says It Is fine. He de clares tho experiment sounds the death knell of tho "traction ring." Job Hedges, receiver of tho New York Railways Company, said: "It can't be done. They can't run enough buses to carry the 33,000 fares wo used to carry In fifty-eight cars of seventy passengers each." Hnlf Service la Given. The Public Service Commission's In spectors made counts Sunday which showed that about half service was being given, taking the old car schedule as a standard. Buses ran and were crowded beyond capacity, particularly In tho late after noon rush hours. Tho passengers seemed willing to put up with some incon venience, but It was obvious that some system better than the makeshift ar rangement of yesterday must speedily be Instituted. RIedl was to have had sixty buses In operation Saturday morning on the four lines specified. What facilities he had to fulfil this provision were never made public by the city authorities, and every effort to get Information on this feature of the problem cot nowhere. All that was vouchsafed by city officials was that Mr. Illedl had been of great assistance In combating the street car strike In Brooklyn ; that he was an experienced bus transportation man and capable, of handling the problem. Efforts by tho newspapers to locate Mr. RIedl failed. Whalen Milken Statement Last night Commissioner Whalen Is sued the following formal statement: "Mr. RIedl wns granted a temporary permit by the Board of Estimate and was to have sixty buses In operation September 20. I found that he had no buses In opeiatlon on that day. Ir. RIedl stated on Saturday that he was having difficulty In obtaining buses, but that he already had twenty parked under the Williamsburg Bridge. After a per sonal Investigation I found this state ment to be untrue. "At tho suggestion of Mayor Hylan I took the question up with Mayor Glllen of Newark and succeeded In getting a sufficient number of buses from the city of Newark to replace tho abandoned sur face car lines In "operation. Mr. RIedl did not put In an appearance until about 11 :30 o'clock Sunday night, and at that time he was still without buses, although he stated that ho had three In the city and would have 100 on Monday morning from Connecticut. These buses did not materialize. "I then Informed Mr. RIedl that Inas much as he did not fulfil the obligation of his permit the city would direct tho operation of tho buses over the aban doned lines. "During the striko In Brooklyn Mr. RIedl had no trouble In securing buses. Why ho did not produce buses on this" occasion I am at a loss to understand. There are those who do not want bus lines to operato in this city. I do not know whether this had any Influence on Mr. Ritdl's action. Tho Corporation Counsel will take Bteps to annul the per mit" Hledl'a Uivj-cr KetlVemt. Samuel Abrahamson of 11 R Nassau street who appeared for RIedl when h" obtained his permit from the Board of Estimate, was equally reticent yesterday when pressed for Information about tht financial backing of his client Mr. RIedl," ho said, "Is an American citizen, 5 feet 7 Inches tall, with a sandy mustache. He may live In one of tho Oranges." This Information added to tho general curiosity concernirig the man who was able to obtain such a valuable permit on such apparent short notice. It developed that he had contracted for $260,000 worth of motor buses from tho Stewart Motor Corporation of 616 West Fifty-seventh street and had paid $25,000 by check on account of the pur chase. Eugene Herman, distributer for the Stewart corporation, declined yesterday to give any further Information regard ing his transactions with RIedl, and while admitting that RIedl got his mall at the Stewirt company's offices, said that he knew rothlng further of the man. The permit obtained by RIedl provides that his arrangement with the city may lie terminated upon ten days' notice In writing from the city. Last night Rledl's counsel, Mr Abrahamson, said that no notice to that effect had been received, and while he stoutly maintained that the buses were being operated yesterday by RIedl Commissioner Whalen was as em phatically declaring that RIedl had noth ing whatever to do with the operation of the lines since yesterday morning, Itnil )iy Individuals. The buses. Commissioner Whalen ex plained, were being run by their re spective owners, and -were taking In from J35 to $40 each. The profit to the opera tors was estimated at $15 and upward for each vehicle. The Commissioner said last night that ho was preparing a re port on the new transportation system for Immediate submission to the Mayor. He believed that the systemcould be ex. tended to advantage both to the city and the public, nnd added that the question of Instituting a north nnd south bound Una along Broadway was one that would require immediate consideration. Said the Mayor: "Tho .city owns the subway lines, but leased them to the Interborough for forty-nine years for operation. If the Interborough cannot make a profit at 5 cents a fare tho city will take back tho subways any tlmo they are delivered. The city could own nnd operate Its bus lines, giving a transfer In conjunction with the subways, and the people could then ride from one end of the city to the other for a 5 cent fare. "The death knell of the traction ring and, their agents, whether in public office or outside, has been sounded by the be ginning of operation of buses over the lines abandoned by the traction com pany. It Is a great success." Toller Count I'nuienKrn, Policemen stationed at various points along the route kept tabs yesterday on tho bus system. Their reports are being submitted without delay to Mayor Hylan. CountB made on Sunday by Inspectors of tho Public Service Commission showed thnt the bus lines In tlie Drat ,lnv nt thai. operation were handling only about ha'" vl uie iJUBBrugera, reguiariy carried by the old storage battery cars. X state mcnt from the offices of the commission yesterday said "Observations were made of the bus service over tho Madison street lino at Park Row during tho rush hours Sun day morning. From 7 yto 10 o'clock A. M, the buses carried west bound 1,329 passengers. This Is about one-half tho number carried by tho storage battery cars during the samo period on Septem ber 16. when 2,677 passengers were car. rlcd. In these buses tho average seat ing capacity was sixteen paBsenger3. While many of tho buses carried stand ing passengers,, no Severe congestion was reported. "On tho Spring street .lino tho observa tions wcro made between 7 and 10 o'clock Just east of the Bowery. During theso hours 1,109 passengers were car ried west bound, as against 1,966 pas sengers carried on tho storage battery cars during the samo perfod on Septem ber 16. On this lino there was an aver ago of pine passengers standing per om nibus, and in some of the cars the con gestion was very severe. The buses seat from fcurtecn to eighteen, nnd as many as f wenty-flve standing passengers were observed on one car. "Observations of the bus servlco over the Avenue C line also were mado be tween 7 and 10 o'clock, during which tlmo 391 passengers wero carried by tho buses, as compared with 1,233 passen gers carried by storago battery cars on September 16. Tho buses on this line had seating ca pacity of from fourteen to sixteen passen gers. Eight buses were In operation, but the headway was very Irregular; stand ing passengers were obscrvod on nearly all trips. "On the route of the Sixth Avenue Ferry line the inspectors reported that up to 10 o'clock this morning there hail been no bus operation." ATLANTIC CITY GIVES NC-4 BIG WELCOME Seaplane Cheered ly Thou sands and Greeted by Mayor on Bccruiting Trip. Special Detpatch to Tns Sex. Atlantic Citt. Sept. 22. Tho naval seaplano NC-4. which first flew across the Atlantic arrived hero this morning at 11:30 o'clock' from Rockaway 'Point on tho first stretch of a recruiting trip which will extend the length of the At lantic coast , Shrieking whistles and clanclmr bells greeted tho huge seaplane and her com mander, Lieutenant-Commander A. C Read, as she circled twice over the city. All business ceased for a time, and when the plane landed off Absecon Inlet thou sands on tho Boardwalk and bulkheads cheered her again. "Atlantic City Is proud to bid you and your ship welcome," Mayor Bacharach exclaimed as ho gripped Commander Read's hand. "Please consider the city and everything we havo Is yours so long as It Is possible for you to remain with us.'' Three others In the NC-l's crew of seven were with Commander Read on the transatlantic flight These are Lieut Walter Hlnton, pilot; Lieut Herbert C. Rodd, radio operator, and Eugene C. Rhodes, chief machinist's mate. Others on board to-day were Lloyd It Monre, chief machinist; Lieut Peter Talbot pilot and Charles J. Kessler, ma chinist The NC-4 lay under guard of the crews of three naval airplanes from Capo May at the Yacht Club. One of the planes met her at Beach Haven this morning. She will leave to-morrow at 10 A. M. for Rockaway Point, and from there will go to Portland, Me. To-night a community banquet was given at the Traymoro In Commander Read's honor. CARDINAL MERCIER VISITS ANNAPOLIS He Speaks at State House and Naval Academy. ANNArous, Md., Sept. 22. Cardinal Mercier completed his sojourn In Maryland to-day by a visit to Annapolis and the Naval Academy, speaking to the public In the historic State House. He was accompanied by Cardinal Gib bons, both prelates being the guests of Gov. E. C. Harrington while here. Before leaving Baltimore Cardinal Mercier nnd Cardinal Gibbons visited the wounded officers at I)rt Mcllenry, where Cardinal Mercier spoko briefly. The cardinals witnessed the decoration of Sergeant J. L. Welsh of Philadelphia with the Distinguished Service Cross, be stowed upon him for conspicuous cour age at tho battle of Argonne Forest when he continued to lead hlB battalion despite seven wounds from machine gun bullets. Speaking to the people who crowded tho .assembly chamber of the State House to overflowing. Cardinal Mercier reiterated his message from the people of Belgium expressing their gratltutde to the people of the United States re gardless of creed for their assistance In Belgium's tlrne of trial and need. After a luncheon to the visiting car dinals ..given by Gov. nnd Mrs. Har rington at the executive mansion, the two prelates and their party went to the Naval Academy. Cardinal Mer cier spoke briefly to the midshipmen nnd officers of the Institution, and after an Inspection of the buildings and grounds the Belgian prelate and his personal retinue boarded a special elec tric train for Washington. FACTORY PAY AVERAGE $23.85. State Reports New Illiih Mark for Waire llarncri, Alhant Sept. 22. The average weekly wage paid factory workers In New York State during August was $23.85, it was announced to-day by the bureau of statistics of the State Industria"1 Com mission, The previous high mark was last December when the average wage was $23.18. The figures were made up from reports submitted by 1,648 manu facturers. Tho greatest Increase was In the clothing Industry. The average earn ing was 9 per cent, higher In August than In July, ana 40 per cent higher than In August -last year. The Increase over last year Is reported as 50 per cent, more In the weekly earnings of workers In New York city In the men's clothing and women's cloak and suit trades. The weekly earnings of factory work ers gained on food prlcea from July to August The August overage Is seventy-five cents, or 3 per cent higher than the July average. The advance on food prices for tho month was 1 per cent, nccordlng to the Index number of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. Worcester Plants Itunnlnir, Worcester, Mass., Sept. 22. The three Worcester plants of tho American Steel and Wire Company, employing about 6,000, nnd the plants of the Clln ton.Wrlght Wire Company wero not affected by the steel strike to-day. The plnntn sro not unionized nnd there was not the slightest Indication of trouble. Instead of men quitting, there were groups of men at the plants reeking work. .St. Mlhlel Mftuorlii! Iletcun. St. Miiiiel. Sept. 22. The corner stone of the Franco-American monu ment commemorating the victory of tho American Expeditionary Force In cap turing the St. Mlhlel salient a year ago was laid bere Jo-day. MIKE SHOWS TRAIL OF HOPE IS PRAYER General Manager of Bowery .Y Tolls How Ho Changed to tho Straight Eoad. RECEIVES 'HONEST' WATCH Presentation Mado Feature of Hickoy's Seventh Anniver sary of Deformation. Last night was MIko Hlckey's night He sat up on a platform of tho Bowery Y. JL C. A., and because it was hot nnd he was embarrassed he kept a handker chief busy patrolling tho grim oval of his face. In tho audience sat a con glomerate assortment of Mike's friends whose pooled knowledge of crime would have covered the subject from A to Z. Stragglers drifted In and out all eve ning, coming out of tho rain and the darkness from tho undorworld, that place from which Mike graduated when he "got religion." They heard MIko tell about his nineteen years behind prison walls, how ho decided seven years ago to go straight Some of them felt that Mike must be a trifle "off." Others were Impressed. Still others wero there to back up Mike's theory about being on tho "side of tho angels." This was all by way of an anniversary I of Mlko's reformation, and there was testimony and singing and something more. Mike called It God. So did tho other speakers. They used several synonyms such as Power, or Strength, or Hope. Wha'tcvor 11 was It vibrated In that hall, and lighted up twisted faces. It set Mike's lips In a determined line, and fired his eyes and made his words Impassioned. Whether or not those who came to pay their respects to Mike believed In his salvation Idea, they knew Mike was "on the level" when he was a master of the technique of tho pickpocket, and they listened. 'This sounds like a Joke." MIko was saying, "but people hero to night know It's facts. I prayed to God to send me a wife. Five months Is quite n while to keep on praying without get ting an answer. Will, I kept on for ten months and fifteen days, and . . ." Ho pointed a finger toward a woman seated at the rear of the platform . . . "there's the wife." "And I prayed to God for children," Mike continued. He hub In dead earn est. In the sllenoo of the hall the steady beat of rain against the windows could be heard. "I asked God for a boy." Again he pointed, this time to a white clad youngster who smiled up at him. "There's the boy." Somebody said "Amen." Gray, tired, etrlcken heads here and there in the audience went down into gnarled hands. When It grew too tense there was singing. Mrs. Hickey sang solo; Dr. Frank Morris, who presided, called upon his son. who sang the never falling "Hundred and One." A mission leader spoke about Mike's work of salvaging human wrecks. Joe McManlmen, now a "Y" secretary, told how Mike had found him "a pig headed Irishman" nnd per suaded him that he had a chance. At the end of the meeting a gold "watch was presented to Mike. He'd handled a good many In his day, he pointed out, but this ono was "honest." It was bought by the "Make Good Club" with legitimate money. And every mem ber of that unique organization was once a convict It Is distinctly Mike's club. He Is president and general man ager. Headquarters are at the Bowery Y. M. C A. No references are re quired. That li where Stlko comes in. In tho four years of his mission work connected with the Bowery V. M. C. A. Mike has had 100 club members. He has reformed them alt and found them work. Only two failed. And last night MIko had In his pocket letters from those two, both written from Sing Sing. "You were right, Mike," was the message In each. Ho had another letter. It was from Judco Cranco of Brooklyn, who once sentenced Mike. "God bless you," It said simply. BENNETT NOW ASKS TO INSPECT BALLOTS Secures Court Order La. Guardia Promised Aid. William M. Bennett who, according to the official count, was defeated for the Republican nomination for President of tho Board of Aldermen by Representa tive La Guardia, At the recent primary election, obtained an order yterday from Supremo Court Justice Leham, di recting Representative La Guardia and Leonard J. Obcrmeler to show causa why he should not be permitted to In spect the ballots cast. The order Is re turnable In Part I., Supremo Court, this morning. Notice of the order was served upon Mr. La Guardia nt the Hotel Brevoort last night, and referring to Mr. Bennett's charges that fraud had been perpetrated In the counting of the ballots, ho said: "I will place no obstacle In Mr. "Ben nett's way If ho wishes a full and free examination of the ballots. On the con trary, I will do everything In my power to facilitate such an examination. My only wonder, Blnco Mr. Bennett has raised tho cry of fraud again. Is that ho has waited so long three weeks since the election was held." Bennett's petition for an examination of the ballots alleges various Irregulari ties tn the count. In several election dis tricts he draws attention to discrepan cies existing between the total vote cast as reported by the ballot clerks and the Inspectors of the Board of Elections, nnd calls for tho presentation of the ballot stubs, the registration, slgnaturo and poll books, and asks that the cost of the ex amination be borne by the Board of Elections. Mr. Obermeler Is named In the petition ns a representative of the Republican County Committee. EXTENDS ZONES IN OCCIDENTAL THRACE Council Makes Plans Pending Treaty WithJTurkey. Taris, Sept. 22. The Supreme Council to-day considered the delimitation of tho tones of occupation In Occidental Thrace, tho Tempt nays, rt seems to be agreed already, tho newspaper adds, thnt Greek troops nlono will occupy tho zone between the Greek frontier of 1914, the new Bulgarian frontier and the Mediter ranean Sa, extending to tne ot up lu the vicinity of GumurJInn. This com prises what is known as the Zanthl region. To tho cast of this lone, according to the plan us outlined, Occidental Thrace would be provisionally occupied by Inter-- national lorces. inis elimination, the Temps says It understands, would not prejudge In nny way the nnal action of the Peace Conference regarding this region, which will be fixed In the condi tions of the treaty with Turkey BLUE RIDGE DRAMA IS TRUE TO NATURE "Thunder," at tho Criterion, Tells Story of a Fond in Highland Life. WOItK ,0F NEW AUTHORS Sylvia Field Plays Heroine With Marked Success Novelty in Opening. "Thunder" At the Criterion Theatre. Mandy Coulter .'....Leila Bennett Jeff, Charles McDonald Ma McBirney Marie Day Buck Babb Horace James Mr. Carson , Oeorge Wright Mrs. Carson Eva Dennlson Sam Dlsbrow Chester Morrli Mr. Dlsbrow Wilson Day Azalea Sylvia Field Dick Babb Benjamin Kauser Preacher Burr Mclntoah Pliny Doane Sam Reed The dramatic dark horses of Wlnchell Smith this season are Peg Franklin and Ella Peattle, headed to follow In tho winning tracks of John Hansard nnd Frank Bacon of yesteryear. There of course Is theeuldtng hand of Mr. Smith always In control, and thero is every reason to believe that he was directing tho course of Miss Franklin when she mado a four net play called "Thunder" out of the stories of Ella Teattle. The scenes of tho new drama are laid In the Bluo Ridge Mountains. It is tho charac ter of these mountain folk that employs the new playwright just as It has In tho past Interested authors such as John Fox, Jr., Charles Egbert Craddock and others. The scenes of this highland life are projected against two back grounds, one a pceno from the top of a mountain, and the other inside a cabin of the region. A Kninlllnr Theme. The new authors have approached tho study of this primitive folk In much the same manner as their predecessors. Tho drawling speech, tho narrow interests, tho feud impending eOer, the religion and the maladies, all these familiar traits of the Inhabitants of the Blue Hldge were brought Into vlow last night. Some of them were humorous, others Interesting mildly and the general plc turo agreeable as It moved. It moved slowly. There Is nothing kinetic In tho dramaturgy of Miss Franklin, and Mr. Smith seems to have added less speed than Is his" custom In dealing with his playwrights. So well done was the picture that much of Its Interest came from tho man ner. Mr. Golden had selected the ac tors carefully. So the kindly mountain Samaritan was thero well Impersonated by Mario Day, and so wero the sullen girl of the vendetta so amusingly; acted by Llela Bennett that most of the laughter of the evening was caused by her untfouthness and Indifference, the bearded father grasping his shooting irons, ominously portrayed by Charles McDonald, nnd tho strenuous preacher who approached the throne of graco in his shirt sleeves with tho aid of a megaphone, which was a part mado for capable performance by Burr Mcintosh. Wilson Day made a picturesque figure of a mountain undertaker, and as a chronic invalid with tho misery tn her face Marion Kerjjy was amusingly natural. Sam Reed, veteran of bo many bucolic dramas, was a flery sheriff, and Charles AlthofT made senility amusing. In the Incidental figure of a fiddler. ' I'lot In Ilney to Follow. There also -were sentimental figures amonc the mountaineers with n..ttv Sylvia Field, once a smiling apparition uiuuiiK mo yuumiui Deauties or "Tne Betrothal," t their head. She played With A. ITlrllfih rtflmi n harnlxn .Y.n 1. - A been a circus girL Benjamin Kauser was a valiant young nero, and Chester Mor ris a youthful victim of the complica tions of the plot. But this olot was not Involved and nobody became deeply Implicated, nor for that matter, deeply Interested In It. There were In this plot a miser s for tune, the suspicion of theft and the preacher's lie, in order that good might come of it. There was not enougn mis understanding to cloud the figures of the mountaineers and obscure their pe culiarities, which is the real object of "Thunder." A note of novelty came In the Introduction, as a means of Increas ing their happiness, of the mountain In dustries which 'nro Just now occupying the efforts of philanthropists. Droll as tho folk of tho Blue Ridge were and picturesque as the author made them, they were not nearly so baffling as two Now Yorkers who wan dered among them and would never have been Identified anywhere eUo as oltUeim of Manhattan. MAY GIVE BURLESON CHANCE TO EXPLAIN Civil Service Commission Member Denies Interference. ".Vasihnqtov. Sent. 25 t Wales of the Civil Servlco Commission ioiu me nenaie post otllce sub-commlt-teo considering rnnteatari r-,. nominations to-day that tho Tost Office uepanmeni naa not endeavored to exert any undue Influence upon tho commis sion. "Slnco I hnve been a member of the commission." Mr. Wales said, "I hnvo seen nothing and heard nothing that would prove any foundation for Buch a charge." He said he wns a republican, a)o defended tho commission's action in changing ratings given In a civil service examination so that Robert T. Wade, democrat, was allowed n percentage higher than that of Cleveland Willis, republican, for' the postmaatershlp at Moorehead Cttv. M. f!.. thn Mmn,i..inn.. declaring thero is nothing In this case that "approximates anything wrong." II. A. Hesse, chief of the commission's examination division nnd. W. Hum bler, an exnmlner employed by the com mission, told tho committed that a mis t.ike In percentage for business experi ence had been mado In the original ex amination for tho Moorehead City posi tion and that tho- chango made by the commission was warranted. When tho committee adjourned Sena tor McKellar (Dem.. Tenn.) said that In Iew of charges made by several wit nesses of "pernicious activity" upon th? part of tho Postmaster-General relative to the Civil Service Commission, that Mr. Burleson should be given an oppor tunity to appear. Chairman Sterling re plied that he would discuss the matter with other members of the committee beforo determining whether ho should ba called. AVorlc on St. linwrrnre rorta. Toronto, Sept. 2. Interviewed in re gard to the question of making Toronto nnd tho larger ports atong- tho St Law rcr.ee into ocean ports in consrtiucnce of the St. Lawrence power development, Sir Adam Heck, chairman of the Hydro. Electric Commission, stated that the re port on the location of the dams la ex pected to bo completed within the next tow month. INOTltPCTlOW. NEW YORK CITY. BERKELEY-IRVING SCHOOL 311 WEST 83rd STREET 40th Year "From Primary to College" Prepares Boys (or all Colleges and Technical Schools and (or Business A prlvato college preparatory school for bay. All gradm. Thorouih work Small clamoi and individual Instruction. Afternoon study hour undor tmV vbloa of toachen. Library and laboratory. Manual training. All lThi rooms, rrlmary and Junior Department for boys 0 to 12 yoan old. Uymnaalum Ilutldlng Swimming Pool Roof Playground all on lh premium. Physical training In chargo of an experienced coach, .Mill. I flry drill Boys carod for from 8:30 a', m. to 5 p. m If daitrod. Outdoor eiercLm and rocroolfon trips overy afternoon and Saturday morning. rcB9 Ilulldlng between West Knd Avonuo and ltlvorslcln Drive, near the Hurl. Klvor. Accessible by Subway, Surface and Elevated roadt and Fifth Avonio A Thorough Education, Bound Physical Training, Development of Manly Fortieth Year begins September 30th. Tho Headmaster Is at tho (Winn! eTery morning. ouiooi llluitraltd Year Book upon application. LOUIS n. RAT, Ph.D.. Headmaster Tolophone Schuyler 4I3H PACKARD COMMERCIAL , SCHOOL PACKARD means THOROUGH in everything pertaining to Busi ness Education. The Packard Reference is the Packard Record over 60 years of faithful work. Building specially constructed for school purposes with every req uisite for. the safety, health and comfort of the student Day School Now Open Lexington Are. and 35th Street Mxbb (Ennkltn'fi SECRETARIAL SCHOOL Twentieth Year. A School which equips women for lit;. Iti standard ! upheld by hundreds f farmer students. Commercial Engineers Ilulldlnc, 17 WEST S8TJI 8THKKT, NEW VOItK. Tl. llt Van Jerbllt. , STENOGRAPHIC AND SECRETARIAL COURSES A scnootwrfiui ravneu u rmcancT u TlAOITS 5E L.FRITZ SCHOOL ,351 rirrn avlwue m.y; Bit f A On SECnfiTAKIAL COUUSE 4rwjoniM uegins, sept. SCHOOL Crntrul Y. W. C. A. Lex. Ave. & S3d M. CVTSVr r Shorthand, Typewriting, Hook. IfVrSc?-. Keeping, eecretaryimp 1 .11111 . . . Inrllvl.lii.illtr. rinilr anrfairo tn? t-cCZ. indlTiduailr.aanyanaere. see JlfalEjaait Catalogue. 1.931U'Yray,cor.65th. CLASOX POINT SOLITARY ACADEJIY, Bronx, N. Y. City. Catholic Boarding A Day School for Boya; Collect Prp.; Cat. BKOOKLYN. SALESMANSHIP Texts. lectures nnd Demonstrations Instruc tion by K. J. (Jantz, the well-known oipurt. Begins Monday Eve., Sept. 29 ALL1VD CO UHSES Adrnrtislnir. Public RpuaUtng and English for Duslno-vi Men, Urooklyn Central Y. M. C. A., 3A Hanson PI. It a College Preparatory School ulih it run 2 Primary and Junior Collegiate Uradtf. Modern school building. Larue Grmna tlum. Military Drill and Super laed Athletics. Afternoon oullng claisea. 141-43 W.rm SMwUrt School & TnaiU list ZSindursr btctnsSept 30lh Ca'atojue A Warn a. Hfc4autr The Gardner School for Girls II Eat Slat Mreet ' w Vork Cltj BoardlnB and Day School. Primary to Pojt-Oraduate,. College Prepara tory, Academic and Secretarial Couraea. Jluslc Outdoor Athletlca. 6Jd Year lt-ln October lut, 1019 Hamilton Institute for Boys S39 V. E. Are., cor. 80th St. 1ITH TEAR BEOINS OCT. 2D. From Primary to Collece. School certificate admlta to collect. Bend tor Cataloc. Tel. do: r.lver. N. Archibald Shaw, Principal Hamilton Institute for Girls Rlieralde Drive and 00th St. nth year. Collect entrance. Special couraea. Clauea limited to ten Irce eymnaalum. Swlmmlnc, Tenn la. Outdoor claaaee for little onea. MRS. N. ARCHIBALD SHAW, Founder and Principal. TRINITY SCHOOL 139 WtST Bint STREET, Stw York FOUNDED 170. ' From Primary through college entrance. XI 1 Ih Year lleglna .Monday, Sept. ilml. Reopen Sept. 50th !Sd Year. 42JW HSthSt. -386 Ft. Waah. Av. THE CARPENTER SCHOOL 110 Weit End Ave. Col, 4390. 20th year b'Elni Oct. 1. A day school for 73 boya. Itouri S) -S. Outdoor exerclae 1:10.1. Standard HOME STUDY Courses Accounting, Bulnei, nll Service. Secre tarial, Maleemanahlp. 'A ale for "Bulletin H. b. t:." Emernun Ktenlon Int.. 334 stli A. DECISION ON MEMEL SOUGHTr Germany Want Allien to Aecrr inili Deal re of People. I'xnta,. Sept. 22. Hermann Mueller, the German .Minister of Foreign Affairs, has instructed Baron Kurt von Lersner, head of the Ocrmnn peace delegation at rAt-afil1ln tin Ir.r.mll n ihn 1.,nn. - fcrence i note concerning the Memel territory, nnu pointing out now much the present situation Is haimful arjd unbear- nMt. tn ihn nVin IiIIh nt rtf thin ...,.., nnd requesting the Allies nnd associated i'uivcra lu iiiuitu a uecmion us soon aB possible with regard to ascertaining the desires of the people of tho territory. Memel, a Beaport In Prussia, Is the most northern town In tho former CJer man Empire. It Is situated on the IUltlc, eeventy-two miles northeast of Konlgsberg. A despatch from Ileriln September 9 said the German troops had evacuated tho territory south of the Memel River. Ynnkfra II it j- Ktlealn Mines. London, Sept. 22. Americans have bought extensive coal mines In Silesia, according to a Merlin despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company quoting Teschen advices. nun II I H IXBTnPCTloy. HEW YORK CITY. BOOKKEEPING COMPLETE COUItSE 3W MOVTIH CLASSES LIMITr.II ,S TUESDAY ANI TltlllAT (7 TO P. ftl.) COMMENCING OCTOBER 7th NO KNOWLEDGE OF nooKKKFP INO NEOESSAUY TO ENTER . A practical training without ten. book or mechanical homo Mudy. All work li dono In a profnwtonil manner under direct aupofvWon After completion of this course' stn. denta are qualified to enter the next class In Expert Conatructlvo Account ancy personally conducted by 1-HANX IinoAKER, C. P. A. No. 1. Sfcw'ori'; First Tlonrd of Cmlltt'i Public Accountant Examiner". Droaker Accountlcs Corp.. Ino Ilroaker Ilulldlng ' C3 FIFTH AV N. E. Cor. 13th St. Telephone Stuyvosant 831. Call or phone for personal Inltrclat Aalc for Booklet 91. Lecture a, special discus sion of "Fun damentals of Ac counting in Business Organization," b no mer S. Pace, C.P.A., (N.Y.) will be given at Pace In stitute, Wednesday, September 24, 6 P. M. A limited number o! tickets are available. Apply to Pace&Pace. 30ChurchSt..N.Y. I 1 .vrConcenfmfim A SCHOOL WHERE RECORDS ARE MADE New Tall Term startu Monday. Sept. li Uoariinq and Dav I'upils The I'rlndpal will be at the Main Of flee (OlrlV Hchooll from 12 to 2 1 M, and from to 6 P. M. dally to interview parents. Phone folumtua 744. Boja' School. 7M St. A- Vint End Are. GlrlV School, 301 Ve.t J?d M. CATALOO ON BEQUEST PREPARE NOW Otl8TWIrUT' 'JSUKStCTTflT.ti BUSIMJStSHUHHnte, SU?" BULGING WITH MONIYi SHIPPING P HDlTIPUnHG.NEVtRHIIISDtWtiCntWrt ( ot"niALSut5ctm.usmtiuccotjrra4 v Auiiotnim auiots upo uutsT. FIFTH NATIONAL BANK BUILDING UXlkCTO AVE. AT TWENTY TKJR0 STRKl THE BROWN SCHOOL OF TUTORING 241 West 73th St. rhoneCoI.SWI. Founded 1006. Pohltlvely one at a Vine with teacher, teachea pupU HOW O STUDY, and to amulre INDE PENDENCE OF THOUGHT I'er cent a e of subjecta paused In June nearly double that of other schouU Study uiervtslon. Two years' work In one A School with an Atmosphere of Work.' Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Secre tarial, TypewritirK, Civil SerfUs tnd Penmanship Departments. Day and Evenlnir Sessions, Call or write for Catalogue. 123d SL & Unoi Ate. RIVERSIDE SCHOOL T WEST END AVE, .At miD ST.) For Glrli. Etnderrartro, i:iementirr, )UrA School. Catalogue. Telephone IMenlJj Ml, OUT OP TOHN, Academy of St. Joseph In The Pines Brentwood, N. Y. Boarding School for Vour.e LaalM Preparatory Collegiate Affiliated with the Mate. (.Diversity Complete Court s in Art. Vocal and Instrumen a isle SPACIOUS CAMPUS ATIII 1TITS TOME SCHOOL ON-THE-SUMJIKHANN V XATIOXAI HOARDING hlliOOL FOll I10S t VI 111 a f 1. 000. 000 enilnwment SEPARATE SCHOIII. 1'Olt l.llll I 1101 Makes Hoys Phum anu f HURRAY PEAIIODV lllilall I'H.D. Director. Tort Deposit, .Maryland. Tho Now Georgetown Preparatory School will open on September 1 ns bulldlnsa on a SO acre campai from the White House in th of Montgomery Co.. Md P .1 this year for First Year 11 r ' ' In preparation for First Yen (I syalem of education Ad ss i.'IUit TOWN 'PREPARATORY MIIOuI uarrstl Purk, Md. Uth Year, HARRY J. KUOEL, principal. Kohut School for Boys A Ilourillnr School for Yoiinser IIo. ltlierdale-oli-lludson. Tel. SC. huitirldx WYOMING HKMINAHY-A co-ea lonst school. College preparation, liusiness Uusii. Art, Oratory and Domeetlo s aol Science. Military framing U. asiua and Athletic fields. TBth year Jt"" low rntea. Cataloc U. I- BHUOU D. O.. President. Klntston. Pa. ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL 40 Mlnutea From Neif ork. Tel. Oitrden City 1103. 182 Steivnrt Ave., Oarilrn City U LAW SCHOOLS. LAW SCHOOL SPk Vtv WOOLYYUHTII bum;., m: 4 Afternoon Classes 4:15 to G-U Evening Classes 7:30 to 9;30 COUltSUS OPFN TO MII.MI S Term lleglna Kept, XX. CAScl sis I EM. YtltlTi: FOR UILUT1L "O. c 's..