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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-10
BAYONNE BANK BOARD SUED
Receiver Asks s76O. 900 from All the
Directors.

TRENroN. N. J.. Nov. s.-Christopher L.
Williams. receiver Of tho First National
Hank OF Bayonne. which was closed by
the Comptroller OF the Currency on De-
cember s with $500, 900 due to deposit
tors, filed a suit In the Federal Court here
to-day against all the persons who served
as directors of the institution from lite
orsa nization in 1908. He charges negii-
gence and asks for S75o.OOO.
Among tho directors named are men
prominent In business in Bayonne and in
New York. James y. Coward. a heavy
depositor and a big stock owner. who re-
signed after being on the board only a
few months, is one defendant. Another
is George W. Young. New York banker
Another In Christian II. Iabriskie. The
executors OF estates Of directors who have
died also were made defendants in the
suit.
The fact that the petitioner asked for
$4,000 created a sensation in Bayonne
At the time OF the closing OF the institu-
ton II was pointed out that George II
Chapman, National Bank Examiner in
charge. had asked the directors to put W
$3.50. 600 10 stralghten out the atfa,r,
OF the bank.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-10
MEETS WATER SPOUT FOREST.
All Around ship, Says skipper-Too
Many to Count.

The steamship Borlnauen OF the Bull
lnsular line, in yesterday from Porto Rico,
mad AN unusual view of wateNpouts on
the trip and hove to a while 20 let them
have the freedom OF the sea. II was on
Sunday. at A. NJ, as the Borinquen
was entering the Gulf Stream that her
skipper caught sight OF two spouts in the
southwest In process of formation. 81
simultaneously two more spouts appeared
in the east. Presently more spouts. too
many for an honest skipper 20 count and
put in his log. arose on all horizons. In
most cases the clouds dipped down like
sharp pointed funnel and sucked up the
sea; in other instances the sea seemed 20
rise to the cloud. giving the effect OF q
whale spoutinR.
In less than half an hour after the APP
pearance OF the first svirling water coll
umn the horizon was no full OF em that
the skipper. who IL not heavy in Inathe-
MATES, lost count OF the colony. II was
forty minutes by his chrouometer before
the spouts, some high and well defined
columns on the hazy horizon. faded from
view. The skipper was not biz afraid
as he knew from the nautical history OF
waterspouts that they could do 10 more
than flood his decks even IL he happened
TO run into one and smash Il
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-10
SECURITY AUCTIONS AGAIN.
Muller a Son sales VIII He Resumed
T0-m0rrOw.

Security trading in an esta blished chan
mel OF long standing authority will be re-
sumed tomorrow in the auction sales con-
Quoted by Adrian II. Muller & Son AZ IA
to 10 Vesey street. The auction sale has
been closed since July 40. The following
interesting list OF securities will he auc-
toned at l. 80 o'clock tomorrow
BY ORDER OF EXECUTORS OF THE
ESTATE OF ALENAS DER Me
KENZIE.
- shares Phelps Dodge Company.
10 shares Manhattan Rubber Company.
500 shares United Verde Extension Min
ing Company.
200 shares Montgomery Shorhone Com
pany.
3 shares Calumet and Arizona Mining
Company.
FOR ACCOUNT or WHOM IT MAY
CONCERN
200 shares United States Trust Company
Of Washington, u. C,
90 shares Real Estate Trust Company OF
Washington. u. G.
1876 shares Owl Commercial Company
preferred
5000 Birmingham. Ensley and Bessemer
Rwy. first mortgage per cent
bonds, September, 1914, coupon on
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-10
FAILUREISPREDICTED
FOR Big COTTON POOL
McAdOO Said to Have Admitted
Inability to Raise the
a, 135.OOO.OOO.
MANY CITIES LCKEW ARM

Should the attempt to raise tho proposed
t135. 900, 900 pool for the relief Of the cot
ton situation fail the best informed financial
circles would not be greatly surprised. All
the northern portion Of the United States.
outside of New York city. has shown little
enthusiasm In the plan. and this lack OF
ardor liz seriously worrying Secretary Nc
Adoo and other members of the Demo
cratic party. 10 whom the plan means IA
great deal.
Ever since the details OF the plan were
made public reports have been reaching
this city OF dissatisfaction with certain
Of it's provisions and OF growing deter
minaton Of certain sections not to raise
their prescribed quota. Despite optimistic
! bulletins from Secretary NcAdoo and
members OF the Federal Reserve Board
u cities outside OF the cotton belt have
! served notice on Washington that their
| funds were needed at home and that they
could not or would not contribute to the
pool.
As n result Of these announcements
Secretary McAdoo called up by telephone
| yesterday several leading New York
bankers who have been active in counsel
at Washington of late and asked not only
their advice but their further aid In rIis-
ing the s135. 600 600. II Is reported on
good authority that he was forced 10 ad'
init he was far short Of the S50,0onOor
which he and the Federal Reserve Board
had contracted to raise in the North out
side OF New York and the s35. 0OO. 0OC
which the South was to put up. The re-
suit OF the Secretarys long distance
talk with the bankers could not bt
learned. but II was intimated that M
found them unwilling to advance any
| A.. -. 49,
a. frat. They also insisted, II was said
on the original terms OF the cotton poo
agreement namely. that their contribution
should he contingent on the rest of tn.
country raising the remaining $50. 000.o 900
Some of the cities refusing to partlcipat,
base their refusal on the ground that
1.-THE cotton pool agreement is contrary q
the antitrust law when they are as
lsured that the President has secured from
lAttorney- General Gregory an opinion tina
IT Will not be so construed, they point GU
that President Roosevelt and his At
torney-tieneral approved of the purchase
of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
by the United States Steel Corporation
but that such approval did not protect
the Steel Corporation from criticism few
years later. Several leading attorneys ar,
said to have given their opinion that tn
cotton pool would be a direct violation
OF thc sherman law. the Clayton act an,
the trade commission act.
Minneapolis and 81. Paul have refused
TO participate in the pool on the grount
that they will need their funds for croi
moving purposes Boston banks do no
want to boost the price of cotton whcr
the cotton spinners OF Massachusetts arr
among their largest deposltors Chicago
has not shown any great desire TO enter thu
pool Louisville. Southern city. main
tains that IL needs all its funds to finance
Kentucky's tobacco crop.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-10
miss AMETHYST" IN TOMBS
WELCOMES PRISON FARE
ohe and Male Cousin. Arrested on jewelers.
Charges, Glad to Be Back After Nearly
Starving in French Jails

Antolnetie Bonner. the delightful
young frenchwoman who was once the
Miss Amethyst OF Maiden lane. but was
yesterday lodged in the Tombs with her
cousin. Joseph Brecker- Kislinger, because
jewellers from that street say that they
were swindled out Of st25.ooO worth II
precious stones. brought back with her
IRON Paris n revised version OF an old
saying. She reads Il. "rhe way of the
alleged transgressor IL especially hard in
time OF war" And the pale cheeks and
seemingly emaciated form OF the Miss
Amethyst whose personal charms did
as much as her supposed credit to open
Maiden lane safes bore testimony to the
truth OF the altered aphorism.
Usually when prisoners are brought
back from France they sigh for that dear
Paris" and their captors admit that IL
was pretty soft" Not so these return
ing prisoners and captors. Pm glad 10
get back to American Justice and food"
was Miss Bonner's comment while Detec-
tive Lieutenant Summers and Sergeant
Deitsch had no rcgretful remembrances
; Just let us get the sea roll out OF our
legs and we'll be mighty glad to be on the
job In New York" was their best word.
And yet, leaving entirely out of .he
question Miss Bnnnsr's undenlable charms.
there was much OF romance mixed up in
the return OF the diamond" Queen and
her companion to this country. In the
hrst place II took three sets of detectives
to effect that re,urn. The first lost the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-10
SOUTH AMERICA COAL
SHIPPERS SHUN RISK
Insurance Men Refuse Business.
Fearing German Cruisers
in Need of Fuel.

Coal. whether in neutral ships destined
to neutral countries and sent by neutral
Slippers or otherwise, Is practically pro-
hibitcd cargo to the west coast Of South
America. Insurance companies cannot be
found that will insure whole cargo OF H.
Such cargo offers too great n temptation
10 a German cruiser needing fuel.
II was learned yesterday that no In
surance could be found last week for a
cargo OF 1000 tons OF coal destined for
Guayaqull. Ecuador. In a neutral ship.
The shipment had TO be given up.
Insurance men SAID yesterday that cot
ton was not going 10 Germany for tive
reasons one was that shippers TO Ger
many were finding II difficult to negotiate
their bills to secure payment The other
was that there was little belief among
underwriters that Great Britain had ac-
tually guaranteed not 20 modest cotton
shipments to Germany and Austria.
The high rates for war Risk insurance
and the special conditions made ncces-
sary are becoming an increasingly serious
source OF difficulty to shippers.
Exports reported yesterday were s4-
10000. as compared with the approx
mate figure for last year OF s2,s22.7l0, an
increase OF about 80 per cent. II was re-
ported yesterday that the head Of a
British shoe manufacturing concern ar
rived in New York on Sunday to boy ST.
JON,OOU OF leiitUrr mostly LOT hHotS TOT
the allied armies. The British steamer
Rembrandt left Baltimore on Sunday with
500 horses, and grain and barbed wire
for the nlt.ed armies.
II is reported that r. W. Bliss & Co.
manufacturers OF torpedoes among other
war materials plan TO build new fac
tory that the Tindel- Morris Company viii
Increase It's plant AZ Eddystone, Pa. and
that il has under consideration an OFFER
to make 100000 shrapuel cases for the
French Government: that the Bethlehem
steel Company will build a factory az
New Castle. Del. for making paper ma
che cases and loading large projectiles.
The French Government purchased 300
tons OF lour in New York on Saturday
The Netherlands Government recently
nmrcha sed 8. 600 tons OF flour here.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-10

tral In Budapest and the second was
baff'ed by clever French lawyer. VINO
Fought cxtradition until the war came.
Then the advocate was called to Join his
regiment and presently the State De-
partment announced that France would
willingly surrender Miss Bonner and her
companion on demand.
Summers and Deitsch presented that
demand They met with only one OBJ
stacle. That was n squad OF gendarmes,
who pinned the detective with the slis-
picious German name in n corner OF u
hotel in Paris and told him they had been
warned TO look out for two men posing as
American detectives who were in
reality German spies Ambassador Hor-
rick Strengthened matters out and the de-
tectives reached the steamship Rocham-
beau with their prisoners and wi;hou,
further trouble.
Miss Bonner had no choice in elite,
Cherbourg. whence she and her com.
panion were sent from Paris, provided
nothing more than bread and soup, both
most unappetizing. while the Havre prison
supplied only bread and milk. The far,
on the Rochambeau, on which the prison.
ers arrived yesterday. came Az a weicom,
relief Roth Miss Bonner and her com.
panion deny that they are guilty ant
say that facing the charges against then
Is the least OF their troubles.
Miss Bonner and Kislinger were ar
raigned before Judge Atulqueen on eigh
| indictments charging grand larceny. Or
their counsel Nathan Nidaver admi;tlns
he was not prepared to furnish the s2S. oct
bail hNed for each they were rcmandc,
! to the Tombs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-10
READY IN COPPER PRIZE TRIAL
American Owners of e1,SOO,OOO
Seized Cargo Enter Appearance.

The British prize court proceeding on
about $500, 900 OF seized American cop
per started yesterday with the entering OF
the appearance OF the American owners
through their attorneys al Gibraltar This
is the first time in the memory OF copper
dealers here that copper has been the sub
ject OF judicial action as a prize OF war
II. j. King. solicitor at Gibraltar
representing about 100000 Of the copper,
appeared for a number of the owners.
Harrington. Bigham & Englar Of ca Wall
street are the attorneys for the British
and Foreign Marine Insurance Company,
the Insurance Company OF North America.
which insured some Of the cargoes for
war risk for several OF the big copper
export companies, and are handling the
case.
II is thought the proceeding In the
prize court may tie up the copper for n
month The actual hearing will not begin
for about ten days, II the contention
of the British that the copper, being con-
traband. was destined ultimately for Ger
many. is proved. the result will be seizure
of the copper without reimbursement to
the American owners The hearing will
be expedited, II was said. and some ar
rangement may be proposed by the British
Government for the release OF the copper
before the case Is finished
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-10
BERNSTORFF DENIES
CRUELTIES TO JEWS
Germans. on the Contrary. He
Says. Offer Liberty
From Russia.

Count Won Pernstorfr. the German Am
bassador TO Washington. sent the follow
ing TO Herman Bernstein OF the Day
yesterday regarding the alleged atrocities
OF German soldiers toward the Jewish
population OF Russia:
WAR Is no play. and there can be no
doubt that all the occupied countries will
have TO suffer from its burden and its
terrors, The administration OF the Ger
man army, however. has done everything
In order to protect as much as possible the
innocent civilian population in those DIS
trlcts occupied by their troops against the
horrors OF the war. The administ IA ion
Is doing this especially In Russian Poland.
where she finds the population which
consists of those national mnorities OPP
pressed in Russia.
The German armies are coming TO
Russian Poland as the defenders of tho
frontiers OF Germany. There they find
;hfs population which has been suffering
for n long time in the worst way under
the Russian regime. The sentiment Of
humane Justice unites itself here with the
most elementary political Cleverness, -
that the Germans show these oppressed
people hat in the person of the advanc-
ing enemy in reality liberator is
German. armies of occupation issued m
August a manifesto to the Jews In Rus
sian Posind. which was distributed In the
, Hebrew as well as tho Yiddsh language.
4 TINS manifesto promises the Jews not
! only liberation from the Russian yoS .
but also full religious and civil liberty and
I their equality in all branches OF the
economic and Intellectual life.
! They did not stop ~ promises GER
many and Austria tried as far as the
Jewish population Is concerned TO make
: tn. burden OF war easier for them In spite
I OF tnF fact that Their" could not be any
doubt that this population was going
/ to he loyal TO the hostile Russia The
contributions OF war were omitted In re-
gard to the economically weak villages
Jewish homes were saved from destruc-
ton as far az possible Jewish prisoners
were treated with the utmost politeness
There are numerous reports which 10
Justice to this noble action OF the Ger
mans. Germany has given to her Jews
all civilian rights the last few barriers
! will fall with this war Germany offers
N the Jews in Russian Poland openly
and frankly everything which they lack ID
under the Russian regime, while even to-
day In Russia there is not the slightes,
beginning OF this movement, to be found
How under these circumstances can 1,
be possible that the German troops have
committed atrocities against the Jews
The world renowned discipline Of the Ger.
man army should be able TO keep the
soldier from committing atrocities espe
cially here where outside OF humanity
very important political intentions pro
hibit such actions"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-10
Noung Husband Testines.

The younger Mr.. Marcus testified along
the same line. declaring that his wife
rarely saw the children. never bathed or
dressed them, never played with them
and except on rare occasions never took
them into her room or bed.
According to the report the Marcuses
were married in 1908 at the home OF AlrS.
Marcus'a grandmother at Dobbs Ferry.
The couple had met for the first time
when returning from Europe on the same
ship. II In further shown that after the
birth OF their second child in December,
1911. Mrs Marcus went to California and
upon her return told her father-in-law OF
change In feeling towari her husband
and the children.
Repeated interviews between Mrs. Mar
Gus and her father-in-law, and finally
with her own father. led to the signing
OF an agreement that the couple would
go on living together for the sake of the
children. The agreement in part was
IS follows
will and Dorothy make the following
agreement in good faith, 10 he binding
upon both Of us in So far as We hav"
strength to abide by II in this crisis Of our
married life for the sake OF our children.
We acknowledge that our duty as
father and mother should overrule all
considerations Of "A personal nature so
long as We have health and strength suiii-
Client therefor
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-10
BERGMAN FACES NEW CHARGE
Anarchist Held for Felonious As
sauIt After Rumpus.

Alexander Berkman. the anarchist. was
held yesterday in 1000 bail for examine
ton this morning by Magistrate Simms
In Essex Market court on charge II
felonious assault. IL convicted he may
he sentenced TO Ave years in prison.
Four OF his disciples, two OF them women,
were fined $40 each. Az only one paid,
and hs a man, three Will have TO serve
ten days in the worlthouse unless they
change their minds and pay.
After an anarchistio demonstration. in
which the "Marseillalse'' was sung. In
Ninth street near Second avenue early
yesterday morning the police arrested the
four who were fined.
Patrolman Soderberg said that Berk-
man then seized his nightstick and pushed
him This caused Magistrate Simms TO
order that the complaint against Berk-
man be changed from interfering with an
officer ana disorderly conduct TO felonious
assault,
Becky Edelsohn. O; hunger stp lie
fame. testified az a witness. saying Patrol
man Soderberg seized Helen OF Troy by
the waist and struck her.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-10
REPLY TO PAISH DELAYED.
sir George Awaits British Answer
10 Financial ProposaIs

WAsHrHdroN, Nov NO rcply has
been received from London by Sir George
Paish 10 the proposals OF the Federal Re
serve Board last week designed To adjust
the financial obligations Of the United
States 10 Great Britain. Sir George il
awaiting this reply before arranging for
another conference with the board
II was stated to-day the board does not
conatrue the delay OF the British authorl-
ties in replying TO the proposals as indl-
eating an unfavorable attitude on their
part.
Comptroller of the Currency Williams
said charters had been made out for the
twelve Federal reserve banks and would be-
forwarded to them Immediately.
The Federal Reserve Board this after
noon adopted the report OF suh-commlt.
tee defining commercial paper. This re-
port is to be published and given out later
The subcommittee Is headed by Paul NJ
Warburg.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-10
TO CAST $77.OO0,OO0 VOTE.
Clearing House Members May ne
dar~ Reserve Requirement.

The members OF the Clearing House
have been summoned to meet tomorrow
for discussion OF an amendment TO the
bylaws Of the association by which the
reserve requirement of 25 per cent. IL to
be reduced to the figures Of reserves that
the Federal reserve act and the Van Tuyl
state banking law provide for the lnsttu-
tons under their respective Jurisdiction.
For tho national banks the new re-
quirement is Is per cent. for demand de-
posits and pcr cent for time deposits.
The State law makes no distinction he
tween demand and time deposits, requir-
ing Is p-r cent. for the state banks ard
, IL per cent for the trust companies. II
"a estimated iha' about s1I000,000 -
reserves now held In the city by the Stats
banks and trust companies will he re-
leased IL the Clearing House members
vote to reduce the Clearing House re-
quiremcnts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-10
Disclaims Obligation.

IL, Dorothy. dlsclaim any moral OBJ.
CATION to my children, but with this eX-
csption. I promise to do my best to carry
out the agreement because my father asks
me to and I believe 1t II my duty 20
abide by his advice In this"
A few months after the agreement was
signed, the report says, Mr.. Marcus finding
his wife had left him. discovered n letter
in which Mrs Marcus wrote that she had
finally made up her mind that she could
no longer remain his wife. She ax-
pressed the hope that he would accept the
letter as final word from her.
Mrs Marcus brought suit later to
recover possession OF her children The
referees report says that she told her
fnther-n-law in regard to the suit
II don't want the children. but my
lawyer. Horace W. Demlng of New York,
has forced me to make this plea because
he wants me TO have them. | don't want
them. but II get them I will do my duty
by them"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-10
DEATH RATE CONTINUES Low.
Marked Falling on Noted In Nor
tally by Violence.

The death ratio last week. was ex-
tremely low. only li.55 persons per thous.
and OF population. although showing n
slight Increase over last weeks rate of
1860
Deaths from measles. scarlet fever
typhoid and diar,'hnal diseases show a
considerable decrease. compared with last
year Another feature was the lowering
OF tho number of deaths from violence.
There were ia violent deaths in the
corresponding week OF 1918. as compared
with - last week.
Tho death rate for the first forty Ave
weeks OF 1914 was 1853 per thousand
as against rate OF 1884 during the
corresponding period of 1919.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-10
BRILL BROS. ryTE TOMORROW
Clothier. VIII Celebrate Twenty
seventh Anniversary.

Tho clothing house OF Brill Bros will
celebrate it's twenty seventh anniversary
tomorrow On November 10, 1857,
samuel, Maurice and Max D. Brill opened
their first little shop at As Cortlandt
street on capital Of 5000 Now their
t1sluc,s occupies five large stores.
Tho three brothers worked until late ut
night, practlsod very little economy they
.n'" and despite the fact that bank
'a'llr" swept away their entire capital
a year after they started they kept On
H0lh hey were able to buy a store on
SIXTH avenue in 1890. This was later
moved o. Union Square. Stores on Broad
way and IN Harlem were added to the
chain In 1897 and in 1910 the newest and
largest store was opened at Broadway
an Forty-ninth street
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-10
TO OPEN DESTROYER BIDS.
sir New u. y. Boats to he Armed
Against Aircraft.

WASH NGToN, Nov. Bids for the
construction OF six torpedo boat destroyers
will be opened at the Navy Department,
tomorrow. These vessels were authorized
by Congress last June and are to cost not
to exceed 1926. 900. exclusive of armament.
They will be the largest destroyers yet
built for the navy and Will have dis
placement OF LILO tons Each will carry
four inch rapid fire guns. four torpedo
tubes and two l FOUNDER automatic anti
aircraft guns. The installation OF guns
designed to ward of attack by aircraft IL
an innovation In the United States navy.