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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
IRVINGTON ALARMED
BY ELUSIVE WILD MAN
Supposed Maniac Taps on Win
dOws at Night and Mys-
teriOusly Disappears.

IRviSGroS. y. y. Nov. s.-Ree!dents
of the Sunnyside Park section of Irving
ton have become alarmed by the actions
ot a man, apparently insane. who has
been lurking in the re!ghborhood for
the las, ten days. SO many complaints
have been made 20 the police that the
authorities are considering the use Of
dogs TO trace and capture the mys,eri-
ous intruder.
The man was first observed ten days
ago. Since then he has on frequent
occasions at night tapped on the win
doys of residences and fed when SER
wants answered the In the
daytime he has been seen wandering
about, on many Estates, apparently with
out any object In view. one day this
week he wac seen near the house of
Mrs. George W. Beebs without n
clothing on and apparently needless OF
the chilly wind or the excitement among
the people In the house. IL disappeared
when an alarm was given, and although
the police have searched in many sec
tons they have not been able to gel
near him.
II is the theory Of the police tina,
the man. who usually is fairly wei
dressed, either escaped from an insane
asylum or became suddenly drmented
They believ. he r. living In a cave and
eating vegetables and fruit from the
ga rdsns around ~Sunnyside PARK.
He has been seen near the homes
OF Mrs. Isaac Stern. Hugh Hill, f. c
Gregory. Daniel O.. Reid. j. II. White.
house, Mrs. =. +. DODGE. Theodore r
Nisbet, r. v. Lewis, n. $. B~eltzhoovei
and J. Wood Rutter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
HELD FOR SONG POEM FRAUD
Harry kohI-r Arrested "n 'hnr.
81 NiSusing Mails.

Harry kohler, son ~ James IS
"A Brooklyn attorney. was aIr,.rl b
Post orice Inspector Toward &c. NAV.
hew on a warrant charging HIM 49,
being implicated ia The ALLEGED SOM
poet svindle conducted bv JUuu Z ~
through the medium o. III" MAS.
kohl-r. IL - alleged. was al "mr'o.,.
OF the John 7. Hall Music Fuh,.uH-
Company and wrote mos. OF lU- ID
y.rtls!ng literature through which -
p!rlng rhy mestrr~ wee induced D.. ".'..
their brain children .r Halls SONS
test.
kohier was origiually ~slhpura"l
a witness In the prosecution OF n
but he went to cuba II" r't4ru-
few DAYS ago and was cheerful ~
Ting his way W Eighth aHeuI,
,.rday morning when he Vts arcs ID
lie vas arralgu"d before tu.'.t $500.
COMMISSIONS Hougn'uu aud "".. -
s..5on bail. which he was unable -
furnish. lie Was seut 90 the Tomb.
Kohler is the third person trre'eI
In connection With the N.ss,. -H~t
sSindl,. Tie scroul Wa !
Greene, former head 81 t." r.
booker Harmony studios. vhp 50 a
the music for some OF the song =
submitted 20 Hall.
Many ~ the rhy mc,t4rs Who pa. .'.
each to Hall under he impression O..
their verses we're likely 70 ". u-' 4
"a, three cash prizes offered -
SONG contest viii appear before Jug.
Rufus T.. Foster Tn the intel $50
I District Court Monday morning 20 'a--
III as witnesses IN the Gorrrrw- :
prosecution of Hall for m,sI> = .
mails
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
AEROPLANE LAUNCHED
FROM MOVING CRUISER
First Flight Of It's Kind Made
by United States Navy
Aviator.

WAsHINGruN. Nov. s-The first
launching " an ~aeroplnne from the deck
Of a warsnip in motion was reported 10
the Navy Department today from the
naval aviation school at Pensacola, Fla.
acknowledgements II C. Muslin,
attached to the aviation school. made a
successful hlglr from the cruiser North
Carolina yesterday. The feat Is the cul-
mina,lon OF a series OF experiments be-
gun in 1912.
So far as is known no other nation has
developed %aeroplane launchinGs to the
extent OF the American navy. The first
flight was made at Hampton Roads from
the cruiser birmingham by Capt w. l.
Chambers. Other ascensions took place
from vessels at anchor.
The launching device /" In the form OF
a car, upon which the ~aeroplare IS
mounted preparatory to flight. The car
is propelled along "A track on the deck,
attaining a speed of abou, fif:y miles az
hour. When "A car reaches the end %!
this track the aeroplane L. automatically
released and rises under It's own owe
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
INQUIRY TOMORROW.
Grand sery VIII Begin Its sing
sing Iwverttrnttov.

WHITE PLAINS. n. Y. Nov. 6.-The
November Grand Jury will be sworn In
at White Plains on Monday morning
by Justice Joseph Morschauser OF the
supreme Court. District Attorney
Frederick E. Weeks Of Westminster
county is now ready 10 proceed with
his inquiry into crimes that have been
committed in Sing Sing prison during
the past year or more.
II Is understood hat Justice Mors-
chauser In his charge will tell the jury
men that IL Is their duty to investi-
gate all ~felonies that have been com
United by convicts within the prison
walls. but II Is doubtful II he will say
anything about the prison management.
The report that Gov. Whitman has
decided to give Warden Osborne a little
more time t. work out his prison re-
forms will probably put a stop TO any
inquiry being carried on 80 far as
prison management Is concerned.
Warden Osborne and Prof. George
kIrch~ey. former dean OF Columbia law
school. 1t was learned to-day. will II
on hand when the jury meets and will
insist that they he heard. Warden
Osborne will tell how he has manage d
the prison and explain what the Mutual
Welfare League has done
1t IN predicted that the investigation
will result in the indictment OF abou'
twenty convicts on various charges anc
submission TO the court by the juryrner
OF their views on abuses that exist al
the prison.
Tie investigation by District Attorney
Weeks has been aided by William vii
lett. former Judge" OF the Mutual Wei
fare League court al ~g sing prison
Wilie,t was brought Asm CoustocL
prison on "A writ OF hsbess corpus tel
Gays ago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
SCIENTIST TO SAVE CITY CASH
Makes study of Contracts fu'
Future Guidance.

A',,r months - Investigation. i.
.. +. Be-ney OF the Graduate En-
INK School ps Co.u0b., In,ver>'. "a
devised q plan which VIII save o.. y
thousands ot dollars which e.
went into the packets OF cont.
The scheme was first tried out .
-ection with the Catsk,ll Aquedgr'
It's SUCCESS has prompted Prot lc
70 prepare for the engineers ~ '."
Information which will prvN'.' r
unforeseen difficulties arising
eng u.sriug feats and save the ,' ~
enormous cost OF extra aiJwa. '- -
contractors.
The plan nov seems a >.wll.
Samples Of all boriggs ur -Np.n.v. =
made by the engineers ~ The cit.
large engineering feat. such A. 'h' h.
ing OF aqueducts or tunnels ur : - -
the foundations f'r large huiii.u-~ 80
as the Municipal HlIid."s. "'
saved.
The engineers viii he able "a 'e'
exactly the kinds Of rocks tr. t-
through which the c~onstruc,,p, 1.l..
carried and they vii not hty, '. 90.
The contractors Mira allow .-
cag'e OF unforeseen dificult.,, I.'
cred in the contracts. Tu,s- t' a.
ances give more money than the CO..
contracts call for. II Will ,utH.-
city to draw very tight contra
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
JAIL DOORS OPENED
BY HARD LUCK TALE
samuel Barney Wellington
Tells Court Of Bigamy Prose-
cutiOn and Divorce.

\ remarkable hard luck story Of both
matr.mony and finance told 30 Su'
preme Court Justice Greenbaum has re-
suited In an order opening the doors or
Ludlow street jan for samuel Barney
Wellington. former member OF the Ne"
York Stock Exchange, who lost a for
tune and acquired two wives az about
the same time.
Wellington told his story on appll-
cation to De RELEASED from Ludlow street
Jail. where he has been a prisoner since
June II last because he couldn't pay
sos alimony TO Mrs. Maude W. Wel!ins-
ton under "A divorce decree. He appealed
for his release and won Il under the
statute permitting the court 10 discharge
a person committed for failure TO pay
aiimony upon the presentation OF sat
.sfactory proof that he has no means
The story related to Justice Green
baum begins with We,llngton's mar
rlage on February II, 1897, to Maude
Wlnslow Gardner. The defendant said
he lived with her only two days because
he then discovered that she had con-
tinued improper relations with "A Tor
mer admirer. ~ have been ruined and
have spent much time in jail because
Of her ylndiCtlveness." SAID Wellington.
He alleged that three weeks after he
left his wife she started suit for a sep
arat!on and he filed an answer. She then
dropped the case and he heard nothing
from her for twelve years, althouSh ne
tried In good faith to GET some trace OF
her. and even advertised.
Wellington married Florence w cusll-
man. a manicure at the Holland House,
on April 20. 1903. under the belief that
his wife was dead, His marriage re-
ceived some publicity IN the newspapers
and he says concerning II. "of this
marriage | desire to say very little. Ii
was distressing and unfortunate for ms
to have again married" The first Mrs
Wellington read OF 1t and had her hus'
band indicted for bigamy a few months
later. He then was arrested and held
In bail.
prior to my arrest I was Of good
standing In the community and hat
some means" Wellington said. 'Th'
prosecution and plaintiffs venom anr
animosity caused me TO age rapidly an,
caused my business TO he ruined aut
rendered me penniless."
Wellington jumped his bail II wa
arrested in New York on the old in
dictment in 1913. He said that when h.
explained the circumstances of his sec
ond marriage the indictment agains
him was dismissed, His first wife ther
had him arrested for unpaid alimony
and finally sued him for divorce, namini
the second wife as correspondent. Sh,
got a decree IA year ago and the secon,
Mrs, Wellington had her marriage an
nulled,
Continuing with his hard luck stor.
Wellington said
During the panic OF 1907 los
$4,000 with Marshall Spader q Go
What money ! had left was deposite'
in the Carnegie Trust Company when /
failed, When the charges against m
were filed | was vice-president OF tn
Bailey Gold Mining and Milling Com
pany OF lac Liberty street. As a result
my credit was withdrawn and I nov
find myself. at the g Of ~. owe
$4,000 900 In debt and In Jail"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
BOMB SET OFF NEAR
ITALIAN CONSULATE
All the Windows Blown Out
in Two Six Story Tcne-
ment Houses.
DYNAMITE PAPER FOUND

A bomb exploded shortly before noon
Lafayette street, breaking win
dows. Consui-General &. Fara FARM
was in his Offices on the third floor Of
22s-so Lafayette street at the time and
$50 Italian reservists ha6 Just been
called into his office from a lineup IN
the street.
The buildings at c2c and 22i Lafay-
cite street are SIX story tenements. All
the glass was blown out OF the windows
and the twenty-six families living In the
houses were thrown into a panic. Win
dows in the Italian Savings Bank Of
America were blown out by the ex-
piosion. but the Consui's offices were
not damaged.
When the explosion was heard in
Police Headquarters. only q block from
the scene OF the explosion. detectives
and uniformed men rushed from the
front n rear doors OF the building.
Two squads OF detectives formed a fan
shaped Gordon. which extended north
ward toward the sound Of the bomb
explosion. Thinking OF former attempts
to blow up the Italian Consulate :he
plain clothes men a taken This for
nation in AN effort To- capture any fugi-
tive h might rave run south after
the bomb had been placed.
Police Commissioner Woods had
driven past the place where the boml
was placed only a few minutes befor,
the explosion.
The only eyewitness of tho explosion
the polio" could fnd was Mrs Carmela
NuZzio Of 222 Lafayette street.
- saw a man stoop and put what
7 thought was "A clod uf dirt IN the gut.
ter In front OF the mouse" she said
Then | saw the dirt go all ahre anC
explode. The man had his back to M
all the time, and ! could not -" his
face
Policeman Joseph Carovetta Of TN.
Mulberry street station. who has beer
stationed before the Italian Consula;.
since the war began, was standing II
the doorway n the tim. Of the explo
sion. He had turned his back for Z
moment n the bomb was exploded al
most AT his feet.
The police theory is that the bomb va
intended Cor the Italian Consuls offc.
and that the man who exploded u va
on his way to enter the Office with IN,
lighted bomb IN his hand. The position
o., the policeman who guarded the door
way. they think. frightened the INTENDED
bomb thrOwer and caused him to drol
the bomb In the gutter and make hi
escape.
IN MAY. 1919. a H.. started on III
stairway leading 10 the anteroom o
~, Consul. Ia which several hundred re
s~-rVists were thrown into a panic. !
broken bottle Of turpentin- was fouu.
under thu stairs. In the following No
Venber a porter ~ the building fouH'
several sticks ~ dynamite In tho ca
which D., used for cleaning puruOsps.
Inspector owen Eagan OF the Bursa.
+ o. COmbustibl"s said that the eNplo
sion yesterday MAS caused by seNera
sticks OF dynamite. Fragments NJ pape
IN which dynamite Is usually wrappe
Were found IN tn" vicinity by Eagan.
paper which appeared to h an express
order written in ink was also FOUND
II read - |. Seavey. 3oi2 g stree
/, San Diego. Cal"
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OFFICERS NAMED TO
ENLARGE WEST POINT
Board to Turn Out More ARMY
Leaders. a. S%ecrctar,
Garrison Plans.

WAsufNGToH, Nov. Sin rr'.lrt. uH
for the need Of more Officers ''r %.
army which will, result II Secretary G,r.
rison's new military polio. B. tlortst
a board OF officers was appointed tn.ll
TO consider plans for snlargirg C." Nh.
tary Academy at West Point
The board consists OF Major-'i"r Iugl
Scott, Brig. -Gen Tasker II. Biz. brg
Gen. Enoch n. Crowder, Judge Advocate
General. Brig Gen. Henry + MgcdU.
Acknowledgement Col Clarence /
Townsley, superintendent Of III" MIit,al,
Academy, and Capt. Douglas Ma ArtaY..
General stan, recorder OF the board
The board will hold is sess oua i
Washington. 1t IL proposed that - con.
slider not only plans for the physical n.
largement of the academy a Nes; ront
but also plans for operating the a~ctI.n.
40 as TO give each year a large uIwh.
Of officers,
West Point IL counted on a. cttr
source OF supply Of army Office v
will be needed In the event hat tUe ..u
military policy Is adopted Il i- hope
TO obtain others from the \atiord
Guard, military academies n DIR.
appointment from civil life. ~ pres.
| little more than half Of the ofigar- BE-
the army are graduates az Ncs' ror
! the remainder being appointed AFR Is
| animation from civil life
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
GOV. BEECKMAN STARTS HOME,
Canadian Minister Wins Hot
Springs Golf Tourney.

Hot SPRINGS. Va, Nov. s.-Mayor-
elect Thomas b. Smith and VI =. smith
OF Philadelphia. City Solicitor John Con-
nelly and Mrs. Connolly. Representative
and Mrs. William 5. Ware. Mrs. Edwin
II. Ware and Miss Abigail Ware have
arrived here for a stay OF ten days,
Gov. and Mrs. II, Livingston Beeckman
left for Newport tonight in their pri-
vate car.
Mr.. and Mrs. George o. Redington,
who have been spending their honey
moon here, returned to New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank y. Doubleday.
MIS-. Samuel Nicholson and her daugl-
ter. Miss Patricia Nicholson of Irovi-
d.nce, and Miss Alice Godfrey OF New
York went to Lexington by motor to-
day en- route for New York by way OF
the Shenandoah Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. william =. H~ardenbeIgii
took an automobile party to White sui
phur Springs for luncheon.
V. Everit Macy, Arthur Macy Hol'
| brook and Miss Mackey motored to
Natural Bridge. while Mr.. and Mrs. John
ID. Rockefeller. Jr., drove around Coles
Mountain.
Martin Burrell, Canadian Minister oi
Agriculture. captured the mems cup. AM
the ladies' trophy went 10 Mrs, X. II
Jeffrey of Columbus in to-day's gol'
tourney. Mrs. Charles STEELE Brown
Mrs. II. L. Werthslm Won Henkelom anC
Mrs. Francis NJ. Bacon, Jr, were tiet
for second honor.
To-day's arrivals include Mr. and Mrs
D.. $. Macdonald, Baron Schroeder
! Theodore Siedenbergh and j.. II. Me
! Clement, New York George T.. Emmons
schenectady Mr., and Mrs. Louis Bacor
and Mr.. and Mrs. Louis X. Legeett. Dos
ton Mrs. Il. @. Powers, Brookline Mrs
NJ. A. Davis. Jr, ottawa Mr.. n Mrs
J. II. Caldwell. Jr. Titusville, and Or
George y. Poulieff, Washington.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
POLICEMAN PLEADS GUILTY,
Henry =. HettricL Held for Trial
on Assault Charge.

Henry +. HettriCk, the policeman who
was arrested AZ 3 o'clock on the morning
~ Nov. I after a night in the Terrace
harden restaurant In East Ftfty-e ghth
street. charged with assault. was held
in $500 bail Tor trial before the Court
~ special Sessions by Magistrate Nc
Quade In the Yorkvill- police court yes
,erdty.
Hettrick. who has been suspended by
Commissioner Woods. was attached to
the detective bureau. He was a mem-
Der ~ a party at a dance ~ Terrace.
Garden. A fight started between lett.
rick and several men and he was locked
IN a side room while a policeman VAS
summoned. Patrolman Kelly arrived
and Hrttr.Ck threw him TO the floor.
where they ciinched K,Sly called for
aid and u was necessary 20 send for
another policeman TO b Het;rick.
Hetcriok pleaded guilty, He said he
was - years old and lived at 1858
Third avenue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
TO HOLD LAND TAX HEARINGS.
Mayors Committee VIII Begin
Public Discussion Tomorrow.

The Mayors committee on taxation,
Of which Alfred T.. Marling ~ chairman,
will begin public hearings In the Board
Of Estimate room. CITY HAN, at 2:3O
T.. NJ. tomorrow on this proposal:
'Should the city dinferentiate between
the direct taxation OF Ian build
ings by reducing In whole or in part the
tax rate on buildings as compared with
that on Lane
The other hearings will be held on
November 10, -. % and - Al 2;3O
T.. NJ. and on November ~ At : L. NJ.
The committee has prepared "A long
list Of questions. divided into five series.
These deal with the effect which the
~untaxing Of buildings might have on
land values n speculation, housing
conditions and congestion, rent, public
revenues and credit and mortgage loans,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
100000 IN JOHN DIS PARTY.
Cleveland school children Invited
tn he His Guests.

CLEVELAND. Nov. 6.-One hundred
thousand school children 81 Cleveland
and East cleveland have been invi'ed
10 ice the guests Of John u Rockefeller
at the Cleveland flower show in the
Coliseum neNt week.
Timothy Smith. chairman Of the adj
missions committee. was notified by
Rockefeller's secretary to-day that the
oil capitalist would pay the admission
for the school children. II all the chill
dren go IL Will cost Mr.. Rockefeller about
ya3. 900. The cleveland Railway Com
pany j. busy to-day arranging for he
transportation ~ 'hc children. The chill
dren will be divided into three parties.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
SWINDLE WITH PRISON COINS.
sing sing Money Passed IN village
storekeepers.

OssINfSG. y. Y. Nov. s.-Frank og-
den. a merchant; Of Oss.niug. complained
to Police Justice Valentine to-day that
tho token coin Of Sin Sing prison IS
being used TO operate slot machines and
swind.e village storekeepcrs. The Jus-
tice said he could give the merchants no
relief, but advised Ogden 20 complain T.
Warden Thomas Mott Osborne. who in
troduced the coin system in the prison.
Principal Keeper Fred Dorner was
~subppnaed to-day by District Attorney
Fred Weeks to b. a witness Monday
before the Grand Jury when IT takes UP
It's investiga'son Of the prison.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
FINDS NO CLAFLIN PROPERTY
sheriff Fails 90 Get Property Not
In Hands of Receivers.

That Sheriff G~rifenhagen and his dep
uties have been unable to find any prop
erty belonging to John Clafin in New
York was the statement made yester-
day when the Sheriff filed in the County
Clerks Office an execution against Mr..
Ciafitn which was unsa,istied.
The execution was issued on a judg-
ment for S39,57t obtained by the United
States Realty n Improvement Com
pany. and fled oil June 20. 1915. The
execution IL Endorsed mo personal or
real property"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
MARIO PASSI IS A PROUD BOY
President sends Him ~ Tciegr a ~,
After Auto Accident.

W~AsHINGToN, Nov. 6.-Presldont Will
son sent a telegram to-day to Mario
Passi, the little New York boy knocked
down by his automobile yesterday. In
curing as to the youngsters condition.
The President was assured late last
night that the boy received only the
most trivial injuries when he was thrown
TO tho pavement but wished To make
sure of this fact.
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officials ami guests gathered a. the
station overlooking the beautiful noun
ta!ns and the snug little town down in
the valley and listened To an explanation
OF all that the Lackauanna has done TO
move mountains and MI in valleys in
order to shorten its route. cut down
grades and remove curves. audience
was augmented 10y 1000 people from the
surrounding country.
The guests OF the road were taken
in automobiles down 20 the village
(Which went dry at the last elsction)
and along country roads where they
were shown what the Lacka wann en-
%xiueers have done in overcoming nature
TO get a most direct course across
mountains and over valleys. Even the
layman maryelled at all ne saw
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On the presidents special train were
TWO men who. u was said. are IN. only
men now living who were passengers on
tn" first train that pufed up the erst-
while steep grades to this point years
ago when the road ended here In a sort
OF 4 wilderness.
h Scrautou-Binghsmtuu cutoff Is
3HS miles long II was made possible
by the work that vas started three years
ago last June. and extends from Clark's
summit. west OF Scranton. 10 Hallstead,
fourteen mll-e east OF ~B.nghamton. y. y.
Not only has SO miles been eliminated
tn The rou, between New York and
Buffalo, but n maximum grade Of ! -
per cent. has bee n cut to 1ss per cent.
Now the curvature amounts 10 only
1870 degrees. whereas formerly IL was
SEQ degrees.
Time, however. means money IN the
operation uf railroads and the "cutoT'
means the reduction Of twenty minute
In the running Of each passenger train
between New York and Buffalo. A saw
ing Of one hour In time Is made In each
freight train passing over the division.
Freight trains that required five loco
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07

John J.. O'Brien, Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel In charge of the Tenement
House Bureau, asked THE sun yester-
day to that he is not the John
+. O'Brien suspended for Two years by
the Appellate Division OF the supreme
Court for unprofessional conduct.