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New-York tribune., 1914-11-14
MARCONI co. WINS
POINT IN ACTION
Preliminary Injunction Granted
in Fight Against De Forest
Wireless.

Judge Hough, in an opinion filed yes
terday in the federal court, granted the
preliminary injunction asked for in the
patent infringement suit brought by
the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Com
pany against the De Forest Wireless
Telegraph and Telephone Company, the
Standard Oil Company end Lee De For
est because of the installation on oil
tankers and other vessels Of apparatus
claimed 10 infringe the Fessenden
patent.
The De Forest Company, in its an
swer to the patent infringement suit,
asserted that the Marconi company
was using a decision rendered IN favor
of their patents by Judge Needer IN
the federal court of Brooklyn for mo-
nopolistic purposes. The Marconl com
pany, they charged, cancelled sid con
tracts and renewed them at extortlon-
ate prices.
In his opinion Judge Hough says:
IL am convinced that down to the
present time the expense of operation
and of litigation) has been so enor-
nous that the complainant has received
no fair return from the invention,
which. under decisions now ruling, /
must hold to be of the greatest value
and worthy both of praise and reward
"The Standard Oil Company is not
bound to have wireless apparatus on
it's ships. It wants that apparatus for
it's own safety and profit, and | cannot
say. and, indeed. do not think, that
500 a month is too much to pay for a
device without which, it is a matter
of common knowledge, the insurance
premiums on large and laden vessel
would be greater by more than the
amount Of the complainsnt's fees"
New-York tribune., 1914-11-14
ASTROLOGER MEYER FORESEES
BAD FOR EVERYBODY IN 1915
United States Will Intervene in Mexico, India Join Kaiser
London Disappear, George and Queen Mary be
Divorced and Wilson Have Stomach Trouble.

joining hands while they sing "Good
Night, Ladies!"
Albany, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chi
cago, st. Louis, Washington and Port
land axe advised to tie everything
down tightly, because they are down
for earthquakes. That is where John
W Uranus will get in his work.
President Wilson is certainly in for
it. In addition to the anguish that the
Mexican affair will cause him Mr.. Will
son will have seventeen unlucky days
Professor Meyer even names them
Almost anything may happen to the
President on those days, including, the
professor says, stomach trouble.
II won't be bit of fun to be a king
next year. Besides war troubles, there
will be liberal sprinkling Of scan
dals among the royal folks. Perhaps
the King and Queen of England will get
a divorce. Meyer is full of hints.
Subways, mines and all underground
places are due TO meet with calamity.
Strikes and riots will abound. The
militia will do its best, which will be
little. The only thing that will go on
as ever is the ]. ". W. That is to
rage just as in the sweet old days.
iHeit VIII pe me, Dig uTc III New
York somewhere between July and
August II. There will be a second
one, even larger, between August 1S
and October Z, and also between the
Battery and 14th st. Speaking of cal
amities, it will be safer for vessels to
enter New York from the west, because
all kinds of things will happen to
boats that come in by the ordinary way
Of the harbor.
On the other hand. if there is one
left by that time, it will be a good year
for navy men. Congress will author
ize the building Of innumerable dread
noughts, and the army will also be
benefited.
Just on the side the professor says
it will be a good year for miners, al
though that is hard to reconcile with
mis- prediction of mine disasters. How
ever, you have to give the professor
certain lecway.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-14
WILL INSPECT CITYS FOOD
New officer Must Win in Wide
Open Competition.

The Board Of Estimate at its meet
ing yesterday made provision for the
Office Of Director OF Food Inspection.
The salary will he $1,000 n year. Ap-
plicatiOns from persons who wish 20
take the examination for this place
will be received by the Municipal Civil
Service Commission until November "a.
Any citizen of the United States will
be eligible 60 take the examination
who has had administrative experience
and has technical knowledge Of food
inspection and trade conditions.
The duties OF the new Office are:
To organize and maintain Bureau
Of Food Inspection in the Health De
partment.
To maintain supervision over places
manufacturing and distributing food
andsdruR products and 20 enforce such
sections of the sanitary code as apply
TO food inspection.
To formulate and enforce rules and
regulations for the Office and inspec-
ton force under its supervision.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-14
DODGE WINS DIVORCE
Stepson of John S. Huyler tc
Get Decree Soon.

William c. Dodge, stepson and for
merly a business associate Of the late
John S. Huyler, candy manufacturer,
will soon receive a decree of divorce
from Mrs. Margaret A. Dodge, who
eloped with Edward Sharp, coachman,
Justice Hendrick reserving decision
yesterday after hearing the undefended
suit brought by the husband.
Dodge, who also was superintendent
Of a mission of which Mr.. Huyler was
president, lived in Rye in 1910, when he
went 70 the home of Shsrp's mother, in
Brooklyn. and led a raid OF the house,
where Mrs. Dodge and the coachman
were found. Dodge. on the authority
Of deputy sherif's badge, arrested the
couple, but did not appear against them
in court Mrs. Dodge and Sharp dis
appeared, and Dodge has not heard
from his wife since. She is several
years older than Sharp. The Dodge
couple were married in 1898.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-14
KEATING NOT DEAD,
NAVY MEN THINK
Missing Lieutenant Commander
To Be Dropped Soon as
a DeSerter.

Washington, Nov. 13--The mysteri-
Gus disappearance of Lieutenant Com
mander A. B. Heating from aboard the
Arkansas while that vessel was in Mex
jcan waters. about two months ago, was
partly cleared up to-day, when advlces
were received here that led to the be-
lief among navy officials that heating
was alive.
Heating disappeared under circum-
stances which, it is believed here, justi-
fed the suspicion that he had commit
ted suicide. He will be carried on the
Naval Register as "absent without au-
thority, whereabouts unknown" for a
designated period, end will then be
dropped as a deserter, in which event
there will be no further action taken
by the naval authorities in his case.
Il appears from the advlees received
here from those on board the Arkansas
that Heating was in some manner al
lowed 10 60 ashore, and 1t is said that
another officer attached TO the ship rs
now under arrest on account OF the
assistance he is alleged to have afford
ed Heating TO make his escape.
Commander Heating, whose family
lives in Brooklyn, left note in his
room, II Is understood, the contents OF
which sustained the belief that he had
killed himself. 1t then developed that
charges of a serious character had been
made against the officer and that he
had been ordered to remain in his
cabin pending disciplinary action which
was to take the form of naval court
martial.
While the Navy Department did not
officially announce the death of Com
mander Heating. the announcement
made By the Bureau of Navigation was
considered sufficient authority for the
publication in the service papers Of 3
death notice. The relatives Of the
officer at once made claim for the pay
ment Of benefit which would accrue
10 a designated beneficiary Of Heating
as a member of the Naval Mutual Aid
Association.
The officials of that organization
wers not entirely satisfied with the
situation, and took the position that
until something more definite in the
wav of information was received con
cerning Commander Keating it would
not be possible to pay the benefit.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-14
EX-STUDENT HELD
AS AIRSHAFT THIEF
Accused of Entering Flat by
Crawling Through Areaway
Window of NeighbOr.

Walter +. Dunn, twenty-three years
old. O. former Columbia student and
son OF Homer A. Dunn, Of the firm OF
Haskins e. Sells. expert accountants, at
30 Broad St, was taken to Police Head
quarters last night and locked up on a
charge of burglary.
The young man is accused of having
robbed the apartment Of Abraham Gus
son. in the Glencairn Apartments. at
27O Riverside Drive. The Gusson suite
is or the eleventh floor and the Dunn
apartment is directly across, separated
only by narrow airshaft.
On election night the Gusson apart
ment was entered and robbed of a coat
belonging to one of the daughters. All
doors were locked at the time.
On Tuesday night the Gussons were
awakened by noises, and made thor
ough search of the apartment. Ihey
noticed nothing suspicious. An ac-
count of stock the next morning, how
ever. disclosed the disappearance OF an
overcoat and heavy onyx and bronze
gilt clock.
Detectives Finan and McCarton, OF
the Fourth Branch Bureau, were put
on the case. In the bathroom they
found a box Of toilet powder which mad
been upset on the floor They found
that no member of the family had done
this. and deduced that the thief had
squeezed in through the window, up
setting the powder.
Quizzing the elevator boy, they
learned that Wednesday afternoon
Young Dunn had gone out, carrying
suitcase and leaving word that ne was
off 10 New Haven. A little after 4
o'clock. however, he returned. Inc
sleuths began searching pawnshops, and
soon came on one at Eighth av. and
1f6th ST. where they found the over
coat and clock, which had been pledged
for SO.
They got a description of the person
who pawned the goods, and last night
trailed young Dunn home TO the Glen,
cairn, arresting him just as he entered
the house. He was taken before MS
father. where he confessed, the police
saw. that he was the burglar
The young man explained, according
70 the police. that he had become an
habitu6 of night cafes and needed
money. He said, the police assert, that
his method was to stretch across the
airshaft. eleven stories above the court,
and crawl in the bathroom window IN
the Gusson apartment. He said he got
the clock out by making swing OF the
overcoat and tossing both across into
his own apartment.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-14
SALARY CUT ASA
hint TO RESIGN
Writer of a Dear Chier
Letter Loses S1,6OO
a Year.

In the 1915 budget the salarv =,
John +. Skelly, assistant secretar, :,
the Municipal Civil Service Conr,.
sion, IS cut from $4,000 70 s24OO. Hs !,
a Tammany man for whom the pres.,,
administration has no particular iona
ness, but as his position is protected \.
civil service his superiors are helnls,,
TO remove him. The cut Of $500
year may be effective.
Skelly is the man who wrote ;.
Charles +. Murphy at Mount Clems,,
after the election Of Mayor Csyro,
hoping that something could be done "a
keep Frank A. Spencer as secretary ~
the commission, as he was very friend.
~" This letter was one o. the "Dss.
Chief" letters stolen from the room, N
the Tommany leader and later printed
Soon after the present administrator
came in Mr. Spencer resigned after 70.
ceiving an intimation that his ulars
was desired for another, although /,
was exempt. Mr. Skelly did not heed
hints 20 resign.
II appears in the budget that William
r. McGuire, formerly a Democratic dis.
trict leader in Kings County, Is % bs
retired from the position o. water reg.
ister in the Brooklyn Office Of tbs
Water Department. The salary OF tks
position is to be cut from $1,000 70
81, 800.
The position Of James W. Young. az.
sistant engineer Of light and power in
the Water Department. has been abol.
ished, and saving Of hi $1,000 salary
has been made. Another large saving
is in the salary Of Joseph o. B. Web.
ster. engineer in the Office Of the con.
sulting engineer Of the Borough o,
Manhattan. Most Of the decreases are
small.
Controller Prendergast gave out
complete list Of the salary increases
and decreases 10 showed that in place,
now paying $1,000 or more there were
twelve increases, including those OF
George r. Tirrell, director Of the Bu.
reau of Standards, and Iilden Adamson.
director of the Bureau OF Contracts in
the Board Of Estimate. The total
amount Of the twelve increases was
sfl.25O. including the 81 800 each 70
Mr.. Adamson and Mr. Tirrell. Most Of
the increases were in the Health De-
partment, the large ones being in ssls-
ries Of doctors, who in future will give
all instead of only part Of their time
70 the city.
This statement was made by the Con.
troller: "In giving out the lists Of in.
creases and decreases in compensation
provided for in the 1915 budget /,
must be understood that in many cases
these increases and decreases have been
established with q view 20 setting
certain value upon functions or par
ticula. duties performed By city en-.
ployes. The names Of the employees
given in tlese statements are the names
of those who occupy these particular
positions at the present time, but IN
the adjustments, which are entirely
within the control of the heads Of the
departments affected, j, does not follow
that increases or decreases will sfsci
the particular people mentioned in the
lists. For instance, where Il is pro.
posed to dispense with three out Of SIX
employees in a given class, the Board Of
Estimate and Apportionment does 10.
prescribe who will be retained or who
will be dismissed. That duty rests en-.
tirely with he .ad OF the depart
ment.'
New-York tribune., 1914-11-14

Professor Gustav Meyers official
almanac for the year 1915 is now out
The year itself, of course, has not ar
rived yet, but that hasn't deferred the
professor.
The professor, who is Hoboken's
leading astrologer, has been in the pre-
dieting business ever since beef was 16
cents a pound. 1t is sinecure for
him to look ahead year or two.
Dire is his lot, broadly speaking, who
is compelled to live through the year
1915. If there be anything of an un-
fortunate character that is not booked
to occur next year the professor fails
to recall the name OF it.
And it is all due to the juxtaposition
of Mars and the position of Uranus.
One or the other of them is sitting
down, when it ought to be standing up
OF vice versa.
On the level, about the only people
who are going to get any Joy out Of
life at all next year will be the the
atrical managers and divorce lawyers.
The former because the drama will
come into its own again, says the pro-
fessor, and the latter because OF the
prevalence of connubial as well as gen
eral infelicity.
Motion pictures, the professor says,
are through.
Before dipping into 1915 proper the
professor has dabbled little in De-
cember Of the present year. Spain Is
going to join the war next month, and
honestly now-what the German
Zeppelins leave of London won't be
worth cabling over.
And next month-Mr. Hearst will be
sorry TO hear this-we are going to
intervene in Mexico This, the pro-
fessor admits, will irk Mr.. Wilson. but
business is business.
Now TO 1915 and real doings. The
stars have it that India is going TO re-
volt against England and join Ger
many. The name is Meyer. The
stars indicate that fact by doing a
hesitation with each other and then
New-York tribune., 1914-11-14
BOY A HERO TO SAVE "P0P"
Lad Silent, But Mother Says
Father Shot Son.

"I'd rather have died than squeal on
pop!"
Harold Myers, ten years old, OF 1ll
Jerome st., East New York, who "a IN
n critical condition in Kings County
Hospital ms result of rifle wounds re-
oeivcd on November |, summed up the
case in those words when he was IN
formed that his father. Frederick
Myers, had been arrested for the shoot
ing. A quarrel between the boys
parents resulted in the fathers arrest
last night.
The boy was shot rs the result OF
an accident. and the hospital authori-
ties had been pleading with HIM Tor
more than n week to tell who had shot
him. Several times the boy has been
near death, but remained always stead
fastly true to his father. -.
Last night, after the parents had
quarrelled, the woman ran into the
street and brought back policeman,
demanding Myers's arrest The father,
the police say, has confessed to the
shooting.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-14
TO INVADE U.S..
SAYS CAPT. HANNA
Retired Officer Tells Audi
ence 250,0O0 Men Could
Be Landed.

Captain Matthew f. Hanna, U. s. A.,
retired, and now n member OF the Cen
eral Staff. told members of the Patria
Club Mt their first meeting of the sea-
son last night at Delmonico's that it
would be absurdly easy for an enemy
TO land 100000 men on our shores.
"While il is to be hoped that di-
pomacy will succeed In avoiding trou-
BILE with other nations" he said, "let
us be reasonable and admit that II Is
better TO be ready to meet force by
force.
"Our forts are inadequate, so made
1unte that il would be feasible for an
enemy 10 attempt to land 100000 men
on our shores and be fairly sure Of
success. The army manGuvres
short time ago proved this when 1O0,-
600 men landed at Buzzard's Bay. The
force might as well have been a quar-
ter Of million, and that force could
have crossed to the Hudson and de-
scended on New York. Our open
beaches along the coast invite such
landings"
Captain Hanna said that he regarded
the dirigible as much the superior OF
the aeroplane as war machine. lie
said it was we'll known that the Ger
mans were we'll equipped with Yep
pelins, and he believed that they must
be held back at the present time "for
an important function" He predicted
that they would Givc a good account
of themselves before the war was over.
The war. Captain Hanna said. would
never, in his opinion, end on account
of lack of men. He said he looked for
an eventful shortage Of supplies or
revolt Of some sort to bring hostilities
to an end.
CAPTAIN Hanna was present at the
German army maneuvres in 19l, as
the guest of the Kaiser.
Douglas Wilson Johnson, associate
professor of physography at Columbia
delivered an illustrated lecture on the
topography Of Europe in the war zone.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-14
AMHERST STUDENTS
WELCOME WHITMAN
Governor Elect DOdgeS
Place Hunters to Help
College Win.
tFron stan Correspondent Of The 1ribunsl

tFron q stan Correspondent OF The IrinuheI
Amherst, Mass. Nov. 13.-Governor-
elect Whitman sought n respite from
politics to-day and came back TO MS
Alma Mater TO pick up the threads OF
old college days. The arrival late this
afternoon Of Amherst's distinguished
alumnus was the occasion for a warm
welcome from the undergraduates, who
saw that he was properly escorted to
the house of President Alexander
Meiklejohn, whose guest he Is during
his stay.
When Mr.. Whitman learned tonight
that Matthew Horgan, Deputy Bank Su-
perintendent of New York, had re-
signed. the news apparently did not
surprise him or dull the eXuberance OF
his college spirit. He refused TO COM
ment on Horgan's voluntary retirement
"under fire." but il can be said that he
believes Horgan is only the first one oil
several Glynn-Tammany appointeeS
whom ne bitterly attacked during ms
campaign who will get out from under
before he enters upon the d-te. OF
Governor.
Mr. Whitman spent last night Al the
Taft Hotel, in New Haven, with his old
friend and classmste, Edwin Dufy, OF
Cortland, n. Y. They were both mem
bers of the class of 1890. Mr.. Duily,
who is former District Attorney OF Cort-
land County. has been q Democrat all
his life. but came out for Whitman this
fall and accompanied the candidate on
his campaign trips through the state.
Mr.. Whitman attended the initiation
ceremonies of his fraternity, Aipha
Delta Phi, tonight and helped to put
fourteen promising freshmen over tne
bumps" for membership in that society.
Among them were J. S. MeikleJohn,
nephew of the president Of the college,
and J. c. Warren, son OF Professor
Warren, of Yale.
The Governor-elect is slated to toss
the ball on the field and start the an
nual gridiron strugeie between Amrest
and her old rival Williams tomorrow
afternoon. Captain Webster Warren,
Of the Amherst team, and his husky
eleven feel that Whitman touch TO
the ball will mean victory for Amherst.
Mr.. Whitman is expected 20 address
the students at chapel at S:l5 to-mor-
row morning. He delivered the Henry
Ward Beecher lecture series two years
AGO. and proved himself popular with
the undergraduates. The senior class
at that time presented HIM with sii-
yer loving cup. To him was given the
degree Of Ii. d at the 1913 commence
ment.
The Governor-elect expects TO return
to New York tomorrow night.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-14
CIVIL SERVICE PROBE
FOR LOFT CHARGES
Commission to Begin at Once
Full Investigation of Elec-
tiOn Case.
tFrom The Tribune Bureau J

Washington, Nov. I3.--A prompt and
thorough investigation of the charges
that letters signed with the name of
Representative George w. Loft, solicit
ing campaign contributions, were re-
ceived by federal employees az the New
York Custom House will be begun at
once by the federal Civil Service Com
mission.
This announcement was made at the
Offices of the commission to-day, fol-
lowing the receipt Of a letter from AS
sistant Attorney General Charles War
rem calling attention TO The Tribune's
charges. Mr.. Wsrren's letter was not
brought TO the attention of the COM
mission until this morning.
On reading its contents, President
McIlhenny at once decided that the
charges were so important that an in
vestigation Of the most searching kind
should be made Immediately. Just how
this investigation will be conducted or
whether or not the commissioners will
personally make it has not yet been de-
cided upon.
The commissioners seldom hold an
inquiry themselves, but in this case
they may decide to do so. The COM
missioners, however, are piled up with
work, and the probabilities are that
they will designate II. c. Coles, district
secretary in New York, to make the in
vestigation and lay the testimony be-
fore the commissioners for determina-
ton.
1t is probable that George c. Keyes,
secretary of the National Civil Service
Reform Association, who lives in New
York, will be one of the witnesses
called in support of the charges against
Mr.. Loft and Surveyor Rush. Mr..
Keyes, it was learned to-day, had copies
of the letters signed by Mr.. Loft and
sent to the federal employees IN his
possession at least three days before
the publication of the char 'es in The
Tribune.
Gordon Auchincloss, Assistant United
States District Attorney, put in a busy
day yesterday going over the papers
and looking up Illnesses in the Sur
veyor Rush Representative Loft assess
ment of federal employees case. At the
end of the day it was u Ierstood that
no subpenas for attendance upon the
grand jury had yet issued.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-14
MOOSE H0MEWARD BOUND
Brooklyn Leaders Said To BE
Tired of Organization.

1t was reported yesterday that the
Progressive leaders in Brooklyn were
considering the question of returning
to the Republican party ms body. The
suggestion is encountering vigorous OPP
position from few. but many declare
that the organization there ia in such
shape that IL will be impossible to
carry IL on as a separate body. The
headquarters have been removed from
the expensive rooms in Montague st,
downtown, to the Logan Club, at Sixth
av. and Garfield Place.
A secret conference to reach some
settlement of the problem is to be held
on Friday, according TO report yes
terday.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-14
S5OO,OOO,O0O MP. Mortgage.

st. Paul, Nov. 13.--A mortgage for
$500, 900, executed by the Northern
Pacific Railway Company in favor of
the Guaranty Trust Company, of New
York, was filed with the register Of
deeds of Ramsey County to-day. The
instrument is called "refunding and
improvement mortgage" and is dated
July /, 1914. II will mature July l.,
2047. The fact that this mortgage was
to be executed has been published.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-14
Travis Selects Deputy.

Albany, Nov. 13.-The first appoint
ment under the new Republican state
administration was made to-day, when
Eugene ~ Travis, Controller elect, an
nounced that James A. Wendell had
accepted reappointment as a Deputy
Controller. Mr.. Wendell has served
as deputy since 1894.