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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
BANK THIEVES DROP 1000.
woman serves ns TOT

BLOOMFIELD. =. j.. July 1.-THE two
men VINO bound the assistant cashier
and bookkeeper of the Bloomfield saw
ings Bank yesterday afternoon riled
the vault and departed so hurri~dly
that they dropped one envelope which
contained more thar $4,000 in bills.
Just how much the robbers got away
with will not Toe known until Cashier
Howard Biddulph, who returned from
his vacation this morning, has COM
pleted his examination.
Finger prints of the thieves have been
obtained. Assistant Cashier a and
Frank !. Hochstuhl, Jr., the book
keeper. We're back IN duty to-day. and
tomorrow they will go to New York Ia
see whether they can pick out the
bank thieves from the photographs In
the rogucs' gallery at Police Headquar-
,ers. II is believed that the We robbers
had as "A lookout a mn that many In
the neighborhood remember seeing
walking up and down outside the bank
lust before the robbery. The thieves
ESCAPED In an automobile which headed
toward Newark.
\ few foreign depOsitors appeared TO-
day and withdrew their savings, de
spite assurances from the bank officials
that ghere was no danger OF any one
losing a cent. Comparatively lttle
money was obtained by the thieves. II
was said to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
WANTS MORATORIUM IN FAITH,
war No Time to PrcHch Christian.
ity. Writes German soldier.

BERLIN, via London. July ga
moratorium In Christianity" Is pro-
posed by n writer In the Chrfstiichs
Welt, one OF the leading religious Jour
nails of Germany. The writer urges that
"in a war Of this character. where ruth
l~essness OF an unparalleled type IL dis
played and where the very rudiments of
Christianity are ignored. II would be
wise II Christianity IL TO be maintained
that IL should not he preached or taught
during the continuance OF the war.
at * mockery.' continues the writer,
who In a soldier. " to ask men with blood
stained hearts to approach the table Of
the Lord. Fighting In the trenches
continues the article, rs OF such y
character that every feeling OF religion
and every inclination to prayer ceases.
II Is not Christian teaching that a man
wants as he comes fresh from the fright
full he'll OF the trenches.
"War Is a phenomenon which the
church should not be able to bless. IL
is opposed to every essential of Chris
tianity. and the sooner a moratorium for
Christianity is declared the better.
There should be no more church non
sense about the ennobling and purifying
effects of war. When hundreds of thou
sands OF men return from the blood
soaked battle front their Christianity
will he OF a different order, and they
will insist upon the church adopting a
different FORM
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
AMERICAN ECONOMY URGED.
warming L. Issucd by Prof. u. VI
Patterson of Pennsylvania.

PHILADELPHIA. July 22.-Speakjug to-
night in Houston Hall on why We Are
Injured by the European War r. NJ.
Patterson. professor OF economics at the
University OF Pennsylvania, asserted
that unless the American people inlmodi'
atcly resolved to produce more or eN-
ercise "A rigid economy they would find
themselves IN serious economic difficult
ties.
The war has IA tendency to lower the
prices Of our securities and raise inter-
est rates. said Prof, Patterson. THE
first works Il hardship Oh the big corpo-
rations because they are unable to dis
pose Of their stocks ana bonds, hence d
curtailment. They naturally cannot
build extensions to their properties and
In the end that Injuries the whole cycle
of business. The warning nations will
naturally outbid American business men
when they seek loans, which is also "A
serious handicap to our progress,
ON the final analysis We are facing
an economic loss as n result of the war
despite the volume of war orders. At
the end OF the war We may find our
selves In the same position that we oc.
cupied at the close OF the NapoleoniC
wars"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
TRAIN STALLED IN DESERT.
C%onsul's Wife Tells Of Troubles IN
GETTING Out Of syria.

Mrs. Jesse h. Jackson. wife OF the
American Consul at Aleppo. Syria. who
returned yesterday by the Italian liner
Dante Alighieri. with her nfteen-year-
old sol Virgil. said she had a hard
time getting across the desert from
Eaalbek TO Beirut. The car In which
she travelled was hitched to a freight
train. and instead OF making the trip
In the usual time she was delayed for
several days.
There were many Italian consular
agents on the train. and the Turks did
not seem to care whether or not the
Italians got anywhere. The Turks. ac-
cording to Mrs, jackson. stole all the
wood and coal that were for use on the
locomotive for getting up steam and the
train stopped in the evening in the
desert The Turkish engineer VOLUNTEERED
To- get wood enough TO last until the train
got to Beirut provided somebody paid
the bill. The passengers subscribed
ifty dollar and the engineer went of
and came back the next day with a
wagonload Of wood which lasted until
the locomotive wheezed into Beirut.
Meanwhile the passengers spen, a whole
night and a day without food or water
and were mighty glad TO get to Beirut.
Mrs. Jackson BOARDED the United
States warship Tennessee at Beirut and
Was taken TO Alexa ndria. whence she
and her boy went by Italian stea mship
to Italy and boarded the Dante Alighierl.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
DANIELS SEEKS CAUSE
OF MANY SHIP FIRES
Navy Head Gets Denial BlaZes
Occurred on the New York
and Warrington.

WAsHiNGroS. July 22-An inquiry
has been ordered by Secretary Daniels
to determine the cause OF recent fires
on battleships and other vessels OF the
navy. Feai L. expressed In some quar-
tiers that these accidents may have been
the result of conspiraCies on the part or
influences hostile TO the United States,
although this theory Is ridiculed In OFF,
cial quarters.
There have been Ave fires reported
on naval vessels within the last ten
days. One OF these occurred on the
battleship New Jersey in the Boston
yard. another on the ba;tleship Alabama
In the Philadelphia yard, and a third on
the battleship Oklahoma at Camden.
y j.. in the yard of the New York
Shipbuilding COMPANY.
Unofficial reports were received at the
Navy Department yesterday that fires
had brokeu out on the destroyer Var
rington and the battleship New York in
the New York yard. Capt. Usher. com
mandant Of the New York yard. in
formed Secretary Daniels that the re-
ports that fl es had taken place on the
New Y,rk and Warrington were abso-
lutely without found alton
In the case OF the battleship New
jersey, a fire broke out as a result OF
the defective insulation on a swaying
wire. Little or no damage was caused
The Government has no interest in the
fire on the Oklahoma except to ascer-
| tain whether any structural damage had
| been caused. as this vessel is stiN the
prope ~ OF the builders. No report
has been made So far as to the cause
of the fire on the Alabama.
Department officials attach no special
significance to the recent fires. declaring
that II vas a mere coincidence that Sc
many happened at the same time.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23

In the 1905 enumeration the Poospa-
tuck Indians were not counted sepa-
rately. The recent census revealed eigh-
teen In suffolk county. Little land on
this reservation is under cultivation.
The enunerator found II almost lmpos-
sible to determine whether the inhabi-
tants are citizens or not. They them
selves claim they do not know. II is
generally accepted, however. in political
circles that they are not citizens. al
though most of them are more negro
thar Indian. 1t is generally understood
that the reservation is not state or Gov
nme property. except possibly by viz
tue Of a very old lease.
Thu Oneidas were enumerated I'm the
1905 census. but not in this years. the
reservation having ceased.
Indians nave been found by the recent
census to be following almost every
means of livelihood, ranging from piano
tuners TO sections. farmers to demon
strators or telephone operators.
The total Indian population of the
United states in 1910 was 2s5.6s3, ex-
elusive OF Alaska and the insular pos
sessions, the Indians constituting less
than three-tenths of | peg cent. of the
entire population. Twenty-eight per
cent, OF the Indians in the United States
In 1910 were living in Oklahoma.
The increase among mixed blood In
dians. both in this state and in the
country generally, is much greater than
full blooded Indians. the fact probably
accounting for the increase on certain
reservations Of New York state. where
the full blooded ndian is becoming more
and more scarce with the passing of each
year.
The recent enumeration reveals none
Of the old time names which still cling
to the ndiau OF the far West. wher,
the largest proportion o. ful. blood.
exist.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
EFFECT OF DECISION.
Wells Fargo President says COM
panies Are Encouraged.

President y u. Caldwell Of Wells
Fargo g. CO.., in discussing the Inter-
state Commerce Commission decision on
express rates said yesterday:
The decision Of the commission
grants the request Of the express COM
panies for the very slight advance in
their package rates, no change ha wing
been requested or made In the 100 pound
rate. II IL exceedingly encouraging to
Us. our effort has been to practise
economies through efficiency methods. in
which we naVe made material progress
without any impairment OF the service.
We appreciate the fact that there
was no opposition to the rate advance
from merchants or shippers through
their organizations, The fact that the
advance was so comparatively small an
compared with the general reduction
previously made undoubtedly impressed
tho business interests Of the fairness Of
;he position Of the express companies.
"A most encouraging feature seems to
be that the public criticism to which
tho express companies was subjected
during tine hearings before the commits
sion In the original case has passed
away.
This change Of opinion. ! believe. is
due 10 the slhstar'iilly general convlc-
ton that the express business can never
De satisfactorily replaced by the parcel
post or amy other form OF govern.
mental service"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
EDISON CALLS FOR
AERO AUXILIARY
Request Answered With the
Society Of Acronautic
Engineers.
HEADED BY II. A.. w. WOOD

At the request of Thomas A. Edison,
chairman of the new advisory committee
Of the navy appointed by Secretary
Daniels a body composed entirely OF
%aeronautic engineers and experts has
been organized to cooperate with the
committee. Ii will be known as the
American Society of Aeronautic En-
eineers and will I'VE Its headquarters
at the Aero Club of America. 297 Madi-
son avenue.
The officers and dire ctors of the new
organization. selected subject to APP
prevail at the first regular meeting. are
headed by Henry A. Wise Wood OF the
Aero Club as president. The vice
presidents are Orville Wright. Glenn h
Curtiss. W. Startling Burgess, Elmer A
Sperry. inventor OF the gyroscope aero
plane stabilizer: Peter Cooper Hewitt
and John Hays Hammond, Jr. The
secretary is Lawrence Il. Spe-ry, son OF
Elmer A. Sperry, and the treasurer Is
Clarke Thomson. The directors selected
are Bion J. Arnold. Emile Ber!iner,
Thomas :. Baldwin, w. Startling Bur
CESS. Glenn II. Curtiss. Edison +. Cal
laudet, John Hays Hommand. Jr., Peter
Cooper Hewitt, Howard Huntington
Grover G. Looming. J. A ID. McCurdy,
Charles NJ. Manley. Glenn l.. Martin
Raymond X. Price. John T.. Sloane
Frank A. Soldering. Elmer a. Sperry
Matthew b Sellers. Joseph A. Steinmetz
William T. Thomas. Inglis NJ Uppercu
Orville Wright, Henry A.. Wise WOOD
and Henry W~oodhouse. Four additiona
directors will DE army and navy aero
naut!c engineers appointed by the Gov
eminent. The Smithsonian Institution
the Pos, ONCE Department, the Weather
Bureau and the Bureau of Standard.
have also been invited to appoint one di
rector each. and so have the Massachu
sets Institute OF Technology and tn
University of Michigan.
Nearly 200 engineers. ~aeroplane con
structors and experts In variou,
branches of a~eronautics have beer
elected charter M mbers OF the Amer
lean Society of Aeronautic Engineers
Many others have been invited TO Join
and IL is planned 10 bring into the bod,
every person whose special knowledg
In This line may benefit the Government
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
ORDUNA ON RETURN TRIP
~ Americans ON Cunarder-Aus-
trian Found in the Hold.

The Cunarder Orduna laden almost 20
capacity, or close to IL. 600 tons, chiefly
with war material, sailed yesterday for
Liverpool with Is cabin. % second
cabin and lo5 Storage passengers. In
Guiding 20 Americans In all classes.
Three first cabin passengers who had
booked to sail cancelled their passage
yesterday. not caring 10 take the risk
OF lodging German submarines. One
is an American, Miss Lydia Wheeler of
Philadelphia
A few minutes before the Orduna
sailed. at 10 A. NJ. two young women
came sprinting down the pier. too much
out OF breath TO be interviewed. and
rushed up the gangplank. They are
the Misses Grace Jeffrey and Ruth
Buchanan of ottawa, bound for the
william Aston Hospital at ClivedeH.
where the fiance OF Miss jeffrey and the
brother OF Miss Buchanan, Lieut.. Cas-
sells Buchanan. is lying beyond hope of
recovery. The Lieutenant was hit by
shrapnel in rance
An Austrian longshoreman was hid
den in the hold of the ship for four
hours Wednesday night. As Il result the
ships officers had made "A thorough
search Of the vessel for bombs, Moth
ing was found,
we firemen saw a man slide into a
stoke hole at 5 o'clock Wednesday night.
Thinking that he might he a spy the
frcmen reported hat they had seen,
but although "A search was made the
man was not found until midnight. when
a longshoreman. identified by the fire.
man az the man they had seen, started
ashore. He was Joseph carson. a.
years old, who has been working for
the company for the past two or three
weeks. lie is down on the company's
49,. - 10
pocket revealed that ne is a native OF
Trieste, Austria,
Carson was kept on duty the re-
ma,nder Of the night and in the morn.
ing was questioned AT length by George
s. Dougherty. former second Deputy 70
| lice Commissioner, whose detectives ar,
guarding the Cunard piers. lie sale
that he had gone into the stokehold r.
! take u nap and nothing more was go
out Of him, lie was paid of and dis.
charged.
Capt. Taylor OF the Orduna has two
reasons for avoiding submarines. One
Is to preserve the lives Of his passengers
and the other to get into England a his
cargo Of munitions for the Allies, Chic
among the items on the ships manifes'
are $500 cases % cartridges. 90 case'
Of %aeroplanes and parts, II cases o.
rcvolvers. $50 cases or empty shells, 10
automobiles. 100 cases OF auto parts. 4
chassis, 5g4 rubber tires. 654 tons %
wheat. 1895 billcts and bundles o
steel, 22s coils of wire rope, 33s barrel
of zinc oxide, - pieces OF PIPE FOL
submarines, 326 rolls OF tent cloth, 40!
cases of pipe for infantry equipment. 2it
bundles of boat oars. 765 cases OF brass
rods. LOIS coils OF copper rods, 90,
cases OF fuses and ?@S coils Of wire
rope.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
FLAGLER" STILL IN JAIL.
Attorney Says woman Had No
Dealings with OIL Man.

The woman who when arrested on a
charge of grand larceny last Tuesday
night said she was the widow of the
late Henry VI. Flagler of the Standard
Oil Company was still a prisoner at the
West Side Jail last night.
I'VE expect" said Assistant District
Attorney r.. r. Looming yesterday. TO
present evidence IN court which will
show that she was not married to Mr..
Flagler and, in fact. AZ M time had any
thing to do with him.
The prisoners lawyer, J. Henry New
burger OF Chicago. is expected 10 reach
here tonight. Mr.. Newburger. his
client insists. will corroborate her state
ment that some weeks ago she turned
over to Daniel Leroy Dresser, who COM
mitted suicide recently, $685. 600 worth
of railroad stock which Mr.. Flagler gave
her. Friends of Mr.. Dresser said yester-
day that Mr., Dresser never had any
dealings with her.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
WORK FOR FEDERAL C0NvICTs
Attorney-GenrrnI to Ask Congress
for Labor Law.

WAsHiHGroN. July e2-Attorney-Gcn-
craI Gregory viii recommend 10 con-
gross legislation necessary TO carry out
his plan to provide labor for the con-
victs in Federal prisons He has con-
suited men representing the interests Of
Organized labor and has been assured
there will be no formidable opposition
from that source,
Mr.. Gregory is somewhat concerned
over another phase 81 the Convict labor
problem which he is considering, which
c~ontenplates the transfer of Federal
convlrts, now IN state institutions. to
the Federal penitentlar!cs because at
present there is no arrangement for the
care OF female couvicts In the Federal
prisons. There are IN all about 5000
prisoners in the Federal institutions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
TRIED FOR THREAT TO WILSON.
Austrian Admits Writing Letters
= Mind IL Upset.

Rudolph Malik. an Austrian salesman.
charged with having sent two threaten
ing letters TO President Wilson and
Alexander Suber de Pereked, the AUS
TRAN Consul-General. demanding money.
took the witness stand yesterday in the
Federal District Court. where he is being
tried for using the mails TO defraud. and
did not deny that he had written the
letters.
He testified that his mind had been so
upset by his enforced separation from
his wife and two children. who are now
IN Austria. that he Sould not remember
what he had done lately.
Clarence c.. Hess. one OF tho White
louise secrcta ries. said that Malik's note.
which demanded 5000 Indemnity" never
reached the President. although he was
told Of II. The other note threatening
to shoot the Consul-Genera. and his
staff. never reached that officials eyes
either.
The trial will go on to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
ORDUNA WARNED,
PASSENGER SAYS
Lawyer Declares Submarine
First Fired Blank Shell
Near Liner.
STORY TO WASHINGTON

Henry Bennett Leary. a lawyer Mt So
broadway, who was a passenger on the
Cunard liner Orduna on her recent trip
when she was shelled by a German sub
marine. made n statement yesterday
which sheds new light on the circum-
stances of the attack.
Shortly after the encounter with the
submarine. while it was the subject Of
general conversation on the ship. Mr..
Leary says he was told By the Marconi
operator and BY an officer OF the ship
that when the alleged torpedo had been
seen by two of the passengers and BY tha
watch on the after bridge the U-boat rose
to the surface and fired n blank shell
as a warning. When the ship kept on
her course the general attack began.
Mr.. Leary added that when Baron
Rosenkranz and his wife, who had
arisen at dawn and said they saw the
torpedo. first ted their story they said
that the liner passed through the wake
Of the torpedo. indicating that the shot
had been fred ahead OF the vessel
the captain. with which the Baron later
agreed. was to the effect that the tor
pedo passed about ten feet from the
stern. The official statement of the
captain made no reference TO n warn
ing from a blank shell.
The story OF the occurrence told by
the lawyer will be Incorporated in tht
| report to be made by Collector Malon,
to Washington. 1t is understood.
Mr.. Leary said yesterday that he wa!
amazed during his stay Of a week II
London before sailing on the Orduna b!
the u~ndisguised ill-feeling displayed b,
Englishmen toward America and Ameri
cans.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
TRIBES OF
STATE DECREASING
Official Figures show 600
Redskins Less Than Ten
Years Ago.
762 ARE STILL PAGANS

ALBANY, July ci.-There are 500 less
Indians on the reservations Of New York
State than ton years ago. But three
tribes. the Onondagas, Tonawandas and
Tuscaroras, show any gain In numbers.
according to the official census figures
made public by Secretary of State Fran
els NJ Hugo. The total number CT
Indians now living on the eight reser-
vations Is ASH. as compared with
$3.50 in 1905. According to the Federal
enumeration Of 1910 the population Of
the Indian reservations was 5.129, but
the figures included whites and other
persons AS well as the redskins.
out of the i.i5l now on the reserva-
tions 762 confess to being pagans and
7is speak little or no English.
In the eight reservations there are
s7.s76 acres. OF which the Indians are.
this summer. cultivating 30.5j6. or an
average of sos acres for each man.
woman and child. The census figures
revea! that the ST. Regis, D~nOndagls
and the Tuscaroras are the largest till
ers of the soil the Allegheny and
the Cattaraugus Indians the least.
At the Onondaga reservation, i.266
acres out OF 1900 are under cultivation
ST. Regis. l0.63s out Of l4.03O. Cat
~taraurus. i,ii7 out OF 21,6>U; Ale
ghany. 1858 out of 30.4G9 Shinnecock.
II out OF 400 acres Tonawandas. 2,52I
out OF 7,jiS, Tuscaroras, i,7i9 out
Of 6.2i9.
Pagans are shown as follows Onon-
daga. ll3 Cattaraugus. 800 Allegheny,
PSI Shirnecock. :; st. Regis. o; Tona-
wanda. 81; ~Tuscarora. ..
The 7is found speaking little or No
English are divided in the following
manner onondagas, "a ST. Regis
232, Csttaraugus, So Allegheny. lOl
Shinnecock, o; Tonawandas. 239 Tus,
caroras, J6.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23

The scale allowed by the commission
above five pounds on first class traihc
is as follows:
on packages OF hom 6 to 90 pounds.
a 1 per cent. increase. 30 10 ~ pounds
3 per cent. 30 to 20 pounds, : per
, cent. II to 90 pounds. l per cent.
The commission makes this exception
CERTAIN weights will, however. diff
fer slig tly from the figures given, due
10 the disposition OF fractions, and not
all shipments of over - pounds VIII be
Increased"
. The commission say : further:
.Wh!le the above Is representative o!
the increases on first class traffic, second
class pme VIII be increased 10 pei
cent. of these amounts, As the second
class rates are - per cent. OF the FIRST
c.ass rates. Substantially no commo'
dity rates will be affected by the pro
pnsed increases, Under the plan pro-
posed the distance a shipment Is hauled
has no bearing upon the proposed IN
creases in rates, except In so far as the,
may be affected by the casting on Of
fractions Of une-half cent or the addition
Of one cent when the fraction exceeds
one-half."
The commission finds In its report tina
the revenues of the leading express com
panies decreased about 3.2l per cent. II
1915 from what they were the year be
fore, while operating expenses decreased
only 90 per cent. The net operat!nf
revenues decreased from sl,2j3,43s II
1918 to a deficit 81 $l.l32,Sll IN 1915
The commission found hat in 1915 TIL
express companies handled 2,225,92'
more shipments than in the year before
with a decrease in revenue Of more thar
3l3,500, 900.
The average revenue per shipment o
the Adams Express Company, for ex
ample, decreased nearly II cents oi
each shipment that of the American
Express Company more than 7ia cents
that of the southern Express compan!
nearly Q cents, and that of the Vel.
Fargo Company nearly q cents.
while the financial condition of Ger
tain Of the express companies l. NOR,
favorable than that OF others, II clearl.
appears that as A whole they are operat
tng at a loss" adds the commission.