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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SHOOT.
Competition AT recksLIIl Range
on October q.

Tho annual outdoor rife shoot Of the
Public Schools Athletic League will take
place at the Statc range at Peekskill on
Saturday. October .. and among the
spectators will be Mdjor-Gen. Leonard
Wood. l.. S. A, and Mayor Mitchell.
Gen. George W. Wingate, president Of
the league, who believes young America
should be taught to shoot and hit tho
target; Gustavus n Kirby. first vice
president DR.. c. Ward Champion, sec
rotary Rowland A. Patterson. secretary
of the board OF coaches, and all their
coworkers are confident tina his years
shoot will surpass all tho leagues for
mer vents.
Unusual interest has been shown this
year by the boys, who have been practis-
ing on the sub-target gun machines in a
score or more Of high schools. These
machines are each equipped with an
army rifle and are so constructed that a
boy practising receives the same train
ing as II he were actually firing "A ball
cartridge, although there is neither noise,
danger nor expense, Boys qualifying as
marksmen and sharpshootcrs are per-
mitted to practise with cartridges in the
rifle galleries Of the various National
Guard armorics. Some splendid shots
have been developed.
Prizes will be awarded as follows (:
First team prize, pu pont trophy, silver
medals second team prize, Thlman
trophy, bronze medals.
individual match prizes first, gold
medal second, silver medal bronze
medals to the next eight.
Boys making 10 or more out of 100
will receive ~ r. A, Junior marksmcn
medals.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
MOSS HINTS JOHN D.
Is in POLITICAL FIGHT
IntimatiOn Based on Impris-
Onmcnt Of Holder Of Nalu-
able Franchises.

Frank Moss. candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for District Attor-
ney. who has been asserting that the
financial powers are opposed to him.
went y step further last night at n
meeting AT Cooper Union and intimated
that John u. Rockefeller is personally
Interested in his defeat.
The intimation is based ons the inn
~prisonnent Of a man in Ludlow street Jail.
Mr.. Rockefeller. Mr.. Moss say will be
one OF the principal benefciaries by the
expiration of certain franchises and con-
Ccssions in south America by limitation
while tho man is held here.
Mr.. Moss said he was called in to rep
resent Charles Bright. a South Ameri-
can promoter. who is now in the Ludlow
street Jail. He said Mr.. Rockefeller had
bought into certain companies in South
America in which Bright owned a on
trolling Interest.
Charles Bright" he said, was ar
rested in a civil action for failure to
transfer certain securities in the Pan
American railway. a Uruguay conces-
sion. and judgment was obtained by de-
fault. He afterward discovered that he
had been misadvised 10y a lawyer. He
SAYS it is a scheme to deprive him OF his
interests
Former Governor Sulzer. who was
sr1cdu'ed TO speak a. the meeting. did
not appear. The meeting was presided
over by Louis :. Posner.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
POLITICS IN RILEY'S
JAB, HINTS OSBORNE
Warden Replies to Sing Sing
Charges at Banker Van
dcrlip's Home.
200 GUESTS APPLAUD

OssiNING. y. Y. Sept. 25.-Thoinas
Mott Osborne. warden of Sing Sing, re-
piled to recent charges against his man
aRement of the prison in an address
yesterday in the Italian garden Of Beech
wood. the country residence of Frank \.
Nandcrlip. at Observation-Disclosures
son Two hundred guests. including
AdJlph Lewisohn. George ". Gould,
Samuel t'ntormyer. Francis I.ynde S'ct-
son, Alexander spencer, George W.
Hirchwey and Mrs. Eleanor Gates
Moore warmly applauded the warden.
70 was one of the most Vigorous de-
fences Mr.. Osborne has made OF his re-
form administration a. tho prison. The
meeting was arranged FOR 10y the Ma
tur,l COM ittee on Prisons and Prison
lDhor. of which Niolph Lewisohn is
president.
WIrdcL Osborne minated that state
superintendent of Prisons John u Riley
IN asking District, Attorney Weeks Of
W'gtchcster county to inquire into re-
ported ~fclonies at the prison had a
political motive He said that the al
legged %frlonic were plain fist fights"
Prom December. 1913. 20 April, 1915,
under the old regime, said Mr.. Osborne,
There were 5St cases Of misconduct
calling FOR discipline. In a corresponding
time under the new regime only eli
were reported
There Is better discipline ~ SIM
Sins han ever before ~ its history.
"" have practically eliminated thc'druc
'rltiic through the efforts Of the MEM
hors ~ the Welfare League And here
! would say that the Welfar" League
gyy'"'u was tried a. Auburn u year
before n was tried at sing Sing. There
u proved a great success. When tried
a. Sing Sing n met win attack from
outside. Vet nothing IL said about
Auburn
There IS ak too Of prison vices.
We gay" the mon the sunday baseball
aud thu movies at night to keep them
right
Soy. Nh" prisoners of their own
lC,o'd hay" formed educational classes
at night aud already zoo have enrolled.
What b. the object Of giving the
men these privileges Because W must
look - the time when they are coming
out upon society again"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
TOBACCO MEN ORGANIZE.
Growers. Dealers and Importers
Nee az Harmony Luncheon.

Tit first definite step toward the
formation OF an organization for the
purpose of bringing unity to the thou
sands of tobacco growers, dealers and
manufacturers of the United States was
taken yesterday afternoon when a
luncheon in the Hotel Biltmore was at
tended by $50 tobacco men of the coun-
try and an organization known as the
Tobacco Merchants Association of the
United States was founded.
The meeting was unique in that the
representatives of the largest tobacco
firms in the country and the smallest
retailers met for the first time. The
purpose OF the organization Is to unite
the tobacco trade of the country to pre-
vent revenue frauds. the rcflling of
cigar boxes, to protect trademarks. oh
tain the enactment of legislation beneh-
to the trade and to remove entirely
all practices that tend to make un-
healthy trade conditions.
The meeting was presided over by q.
Fred Crosby. the editor OF Tobacco. lie
was authorized to appoint a committee,
OF which he Is to be the head. to draw
up a constitution, nominate officers and
take all steps to insure a permanent
organization.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
MACKINISTS THREATEN
TO TIE UP WORCESTER.
Nearly a Thousand Arms Max
crS on strike and 1000
More May Join.

WORCESTER. Mass. Sept %. \ ren-
eral machines strike - threatened
here N"arlv a thousand skilled mo
chauios In three shops who hay been
working on orders for N,r munitions
for the Allies are already NJ ON strike
Other shops viii ho drawn into the
strike aud inside ~ another week, u
H. predicted. 5000 machInis,s and pos
sibly 1000 other skilled worAmon will
be out.
This Is tho first w1lkou' Of ans i'm
rort.uce I'm This city. which - tho con-
ire Of the machine too manufacturing
business in Ncw England. DO t~hi''v-"ye
ears.
The Cr!spln strike ended ~ the boot
business heinE entirely wiped out here
as an Industry. Ruin Ctmo 20 many
manufacturers and to thousands OF
workers. Tho skilled workers wcra
scattered 20 other lotth,. centres and
Worcester los, the opportunity Of he
,um'ug a great shoe, manufacturing
town when other Eastern boot ftcto-
ries changed over To- the manufacture
Of shoes
Threats have been made ~ some Of
IN. machine manufacturers that they
will fight the att'mp, to uHi"H.zc tho
math'nis,s t. the bitter end and as a
last resort viii move their business
out of tn" city.
Tho manufacturers are al members
~ the local branch of the National
Metal Trades AssociltIou. which hold
lis annual convention hey" early IN the
year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
SUIT FOLLOWS
DIVORCE CASE ARREST
Tel n. Robinson Brings Action
Against BOndsmcn of Hus-
band Who Accused Him.

Tel NJ. Robinson. a dealer in naval
stores at SO Maiden lane, started yes
terday to get revenge because he was
arrested three years ago IN n suit
brought by Thomas J Jenkins for
s25, 600 damages ~ the ground that
Robinson alienated the affections of his
wife, Mrs. Mabel u jenkins. Robinson
filed an action for $1,000 damages from
Milton $. Kistler and Abraham T..
Butcher, friends OF Jenkins.
In tho action brought by Jenkins he
alleged that Robinson, who had boarded
at the Jenkins home in Rrokklyn, had
caused Mrs. Jenkins to go to Reno,
New, where she sued for a divorce on
February 2, 1912. He said that lust
prior to his wife's mysterious disap-
~pearance" from their home he invited
his attorney. Thomas w. Watts. to have
dinner there one night. Mrs. Jenkins
dropped out Of sight on the way to the
dining room, and after a search of sew
eral hours jenkins and his lawyer found
her entering the house with Robinson.
The latter said he met Mrs, Jenkins on
the street while she was out walking and
they had had dinner together.
Jenkins alleged that he found a letter
by Robinson when he was in
Boston, on November rs. 1871, in which
he said he had had "l0ts of hard luck
but believed that something was
due which would eclipse all his previous
hard luck, II came In the shape OF
alienation suit, In which he
an order OF arrest from supreme
Court Justice Davis. Robinson gave a
bond for $4,000 and escaped going to
Ludlow street Jail,
When jenkins got the arrest order
he was compelled to file "A bond for
' 'ooo to compensate Robinson in case
he was injured by The arrest. The
bond was signed by kistler and Butcher.
IN" SUIT against Robinson was dis
missed IN the supreme Court recently
and he got n judgment for si37 costs
against Jenkins.
In Robinson's suit against Jenkins's
sureties he alleges that he suffered
$1,000 through being arrested unjustly
ana held under bail for three years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
CHEMICAL NEEDS
OF U. S. ASSURED
Americans No Longer Dcpcnd.
ent on Foreign Countries.
Says DIR. Pratt.

American firms need no longer u. da.
chemicals as "A result of the stimulation
OF the chemical industry here due 20 tho
war, said Dr. Il. T.. Pratt, head OF tho
bureau Of domestic II foreign com.
merce, 1t the National Exposition o,
Chemical Industries last night.
1.-THE Department OF Commerce real.
ICES that no other branch Of American
Industrial activity has been forced IN
deal so swiftly and effectively with
great variety of extremely difficult prob.
lens" said Or. Pratt. I'm considering
the opportunities of the chemical luJus.
try In the United states We naturally
look to Germany as the expert Of .ur.
cessful. chemical development. Il is por.
haps a little difficult for us Z, realize
that In the beginning OF this doyelorwer,
Germany was perhaps even more So.
verely handicapped than the Tinted
States Is to-day.
at Is also pertinent to point ou' 'h,,
perhaps the fundamental roisrrt 'pr 'ra
peculiar SUCCESS of the German ,rew,.
cal industry has been the willingness IN
devote years and years OF effort. of care.
scientific experimentation to the d..
velopment of a process or a new prod.
uct. II is this long time investment ',r
the future, the idea Of uncsising ey.
Fermentation. that American Industry
must copy"
Or. Thomas II. Norton. chemical az.
pert of the bureau. in his speech pr
forth a plan of his W 20" harneser,
Niagara, by which the fails could
turned on and off like a faucet for 'ha
Of industry and the de,'.'i'iun
OF the tourist.
Dr. Norton would have tho falls ha--
messed so they could he turned 90 ,'ar
: o'clock at night until 10 ocloot .0 'he
morning, during which hours the en.rr,
derived might he turned into power 'or
factories ard' lighting During The ra.
mainder Of the day people could gaze p
the falls in their undjminisho1 beauty
and have the added pleasure Of ,e..'r
them turned on and off.
The chemical exposition closed ''s'
night after 4 week which its p".u1'.-g
declare 10 have been successful hey ond
their expectations. Fifty thousand pep.
sons looked over the exhibit. HItn,
are already or foot for a large expos.
tion next year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
LEADERS STAND BY GOMPERS
suspension 81 Hebrew Garment
Workers L. Upheld.

Corresponding secretary Ernest BONN
Of tho Central Federated Union, who
went to- Washington 20 represent his
body in the controversy tween the
go. GOO rebel members of the United
Hebrew Trades ana tho American Fed
GRAFTON nf Labor, returned yesterday and
announced that the executive council Of
the American Federation Of Labor had
decided to sustain the position taken
10y Samuel Gump"rS, president OF the
federation, to the effect that the United
Hebrew Trades must either eApel the in
%surg'uis or gcf ont Of the American
Federation If Labor.
At "A meeting Of the Central Federated
Union yesterday tho labor leaders con-
the action Of the rebels IN at
tempting to split the American Fedora
tion Of Labor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
IN A BATTLE
TO SUCCEED PAYNE
Greenfield, BashfOrd and Gould
to COntpst-Bctts and
Benham Quit.
A BIG PRESS CAMPAIGN

AUBURN, Sept 25.--A three cornered
ight Is on for the Republican nominal
ton for Congress in the Thirty-sixth
district to I'LL the vacancy caused by the
death of Serene T. Payne. with County
Judge Hull Greenfield of Auburn. James
u. Bashford of Lyons and Norman
J. Gould of Seneca Falls in a close
struggle.
This district consists Of the counties
of Cayuga. Seneca, Wayne. ontario and
Yates and district politics have been
chiefly controlled by Charles II. Belts
of Lyons and George W. Benham of
Auburn. Both were aspirants until the
primary fight began, when MIR. Belts
Withdrew after the New York state
A~nti-Saloon League had announced that
II would work against him.
Mr.. Benham. former warden OF
Auburn prison. dropped out. II was said.
at the request OF friends OF Norman j..
Gould of Seneca Falls In return for the
promise Of Seneca county to support
Mr.. Benham for the Republican
nomination for Senator to succeed
Senator Charles J. Hewitt. The Cayuga
county organization therefore is not
active In its support of County Judge
Hull Greenfield. who is regarded with
high favor throughout the district.
All three candidates have been
waging a campaign for support through
the local press, and all predict victory.
Judge Greenfield is counting upon the
big vote OF Auburn and Cayuga county.
with adhesions from Yates and Ontario.
to pull him through Mi. Bashford ex-
poets to carry Wayne, where he has be-
hind him the organization controlled by
Mr.. Belts. and he expects also support
in Yates and Cayuga. MIR. Gould, who
IL president OF the Goulds Manufactur-
ing Company of Seneca Falls. a large
pump ami machine works. bases his
hope on ontario. Seneca and that part
OF Cayuga controlled oy Mr.. Benham.
The Democrats have named Louis ].
LIGHT OF Geneva. The progrcssives did
not nominate. but may indorse by
resolution Judge Grc,adeld IL he is
nominated.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
PRODIGAL HEIR IS FUGITIVE.
sauandcrer Of 100000 Escapes
After He Is Arrested.

ELIZABETH. y. j., Sept. 25.-While
papers were being prepared for his COM
mitment to the county jail for fifteen
days by Judge James Connolly In the
Court Of Common Pleas this afternoon
william l.. Heath of Plainfield. who Is
said to have squandered 100000 in two
years. left the court room and later dis
appep rod from the city.
Heath was arrested to-day for con-
tempt of curt for failing to make pay
ments Of So monthly to Walto Donate,
u carpenter of Plainreld, to whom he
owes more than $500. Heath inherited
$l00. 600 from his grandmother's estate.
This. he says, he spent in two years,
buying automobiles. When his fortune
was spent. Heath. who Is married and
~ years old. accepted work as an office
assistant at sI2 a week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
HAYTIAN GUERRILLAS Fooled.
Capcrton's Mounted Patrol Pro-
tccts GOnni>rs's Food SuppI,.

WAsHlNGroN, sept, "a, Measures
adopted by Rear Admiral Caperton, COM
handing the United states forces I'm
hayti, to protect the food supply of the
city Of Goualves against raids by Hay
tan guerrillas have proved successful.
according to Il report received nj the
Navy Department to-day.
The Admiral said that he had inau-
guratcd n mounted service among he
marines near Gonaivrs to maintain "A
NOR" effective patrol of the vicinity.
rms has been found to work we'll. and
no disturbance have occurred. the Ad-
miral reports, since the beginning Of the
mounted patrol.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
URGES SHIP REFUGE HARBoR.
Capt. Ardery Tells Of Need on Long
Island COast

RVEEHEhp. l.. /. Sept. 25.-Capt. +.
Il. Ardery. army engineer. told a meet
ing here last nipht why the United States
Government should establish a harbor
OF refuge on the north shore of Long
Island, midway between Port Jeffer-
son Harbor and Plum Gut
He thought hat such a harbor would
save many vessels from danger OF
laundering in storms.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
NEW JERSEY SUFFS
EXPECT A VICTORY
Hope for Statement From
President Wilson That Will
Win for Them.
SMALL VOTE Is PROSPECT

New Jersey will vote upon a woman
suffrage amendment on October 10. One
of our large Eastern States in which
votes for women" is to be decided at
the polls this fall. New Jersey will rem
der "a verdict two weeks earlier than
her sister States because the New Jer-
scv Legislature decreed n special cleo
ton. Pennsylvania, New York and
Massachusetts will vote upon a suffrage
amendment at the time Of the regular
November elections.
President Wilson may swing New Jer-
sey for or against suffrage. He has re-
Trained from taking an open stand, but
1t Is reported from Washington that he
may issue a statement between now
and next Tuesday. the date of the pri-
mary election. in which he will define
his position. Whatever he says may
have an important bearing oil the suf-
frage vote.
The prospects are not very roseate
from the ~suftraEists' point OF view. The
antis claim that New Jersey is not ready
Tor suffrage, that II is going rather than
COMING and that the women themselves,
in overwhelming numbers, don't want
the ballot-at least. not yet. In add
ton. they declare there Is politically
organized opposition to woman suffrage
H. New Jersey.
S~ufragists, however, believe they are
Coins to win. although not by a large
majority. They are banking heavily on
President Wilson.
The s~uffragists expect other important
factors to contribute to the success OF
their movement. Pointing out how rom
inent men in public life have espoused
their cause, they say the very best ele-
mcnts In the state will support the
amendment They hope TO swing the
labor vote and are making a big play
In the manufacturing districts. part Gu.
larry in the northern counties near New
York. and at Trenton. They claim they
have the full Socialist strength in the
Paterson mill district and elsewhere.
Questions were wired to the Demo.
cratic and Republican chairmen and
leading politicians in each of the twenty
one counties OF the State. They were
asked to tell something OF the outlook
for the suffrage vote. The results are
to he tabulated as follows
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
LORIMER SITS UP IN
HIS POLITICAL COFFIN
His Old Forces, Reunited by
Mayor Thompson, Oppose
Dencpn.
HOT FIGHT IN ILLINOIS

CHICAGO. Sept. 25.-The attack Of
Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chi
cago. the leader OF the revived Lorimer
faction, on ex-eiov. Deneen and his
allies has cut the Republican party in
e~u
IN d~sclsyation Of wpr by the Mayor
al Springfield last Wednesday was not
unexpected, but no one knew on what
part of the Deneen line the first assault
would fall. The speech at the state
air branded Deneen, Roy q. West, T..
J. Brundage and all the other old time
foes Of William Lorimer as traitors to
the Republican party in this state.
The Mayor announced that he VAS for
Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman of I'LL
nois for the Republican nomination for
President, and al the same tint he used
words which seemed to bear an authori-
tarive weight that Congressman James
r. Mann would not oppose Senator Sher-
man.
The week, therefore. has revealed the
old boss Of Chicago's West side, whom
everybody thought buried because of his
dismissal from the United States Senate
and his Indictment in connection with
the crash of the La sale Street Bank.
again a figure to he reckoned with n
Illinois. william Lorimer is not the
open leader Of the reorganization Of his
former power. That has been left to
the Mayor and to Fred Lundin. the pol
ittcian OF the present Chicago admins
tration who has hown his mettle Of
more than one occasion in political com
at
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These are the men who are coupct-
ing for Tammany district leadership. the
name appearing first In each ease being
tina. Of the present leader
Seventeenth district, Ross Wll'i.ws
and Matthew +. ponahue TWcnty-G--t.
John II OConncll and Patrick = cot
ter; Twcnty-socond. William II. Sinnott
and Michael CosErov" Twenty-four'h.
John j. nletz and Hugh J. Connolly (,
Thirticth. Francis i. HSuiriCk and Per
cival Il. Nagle Thirty-seCond tSouthI,
James f.. Gcraghty n j i. Brown {.
Thirty-third. Michael j Garyir and Pa
rick =. Kane Thir'y-fourth. stephen \
Nugent and Patrick J. Mcmahon Thir-
ty-ffth. Joseph |. Berry and John
Wegman.
In the first Of these districts. the
Seventeenth. Ross Williams got the
leadership away from Matt pouahue m
1906 with the help of Mayor Mcclellan.
Now Donahue. as usual, is striving to
get back. In the Eleventh, Frank Joyce
is also keeping his ancient foud VITA
The McManus afame by running tor the
.Aldermanic nomination against tine IN
Gun bent. Louis Wendcs, Jr, proteSe of
McNfanus The shooting of two police
men at McManus's picnic on Friday
morning. although, according to Nc
Manus. il had nothing Ia do with poll
Tics, mas ttuStu the ldllIlltlN Sl~Tstt'ElSiS
in Fourteenth street to ask both factions
10 refrain from violence on primary
day.
Paddy Sullivan's attempt TO get Into
the hoard of Aldermen from the Third
district IL another live prospect. Having
got the district leadership away from
the Johnny White-Senator Fitzgerald
group, sullivan intends to discomnt
Johnny White still further by nudging
him out of his Alderman's job and put
ting himself in. Sullivan's opponent,
James f. Brande. Is turning the district
upside down in lis struggle to beat
Paddy.
Still another Tammany scrap from
which real sparks are flying is seen in
the Twenty-second district, where Sena-
tor Robert f. Wagner, Assemblyman
Maurice Bloch, and-so It Is whispered
Charles Il. Murphy himself are trying
to unseat their own man. William II.
Sinnott, a district leader. who has Of
Tended the higher ups" and put Michael
Cosgrove. member OF the Democratic
State committee. In his place.
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Percy NaRIe in a COntest.

Another one time Tammany fayorite,
Percy Nagle, is opposed by the "6r-
g~anization' I'm his attempt TO regain
the leadership Of the Thirtieth district
from Francis ]. Hendrick, cashier of the
Fire Department, who beat Nagle last
year. County Clerk Schneider and
Municipal court Justice John +, Cowan
are helping Hendrick, and presumably
Tammany stands behind them, by way
of retaliation Nagle Is backing cx-
.Assemblyman Louis Cuvillier. who Is
contending with cowan for the Demo-
cratic nomination for the Municipal
Court.
The whole Democratic organization
In The Bronx is palpitating, In every
Assembly district the Independents who
are trying to throw off the rule of Ar
thur Murphy have tickets In the field
and are making "A vigorous fight
In New York county the Republicans
have only three leadership contests.
Albert Katz is trying to down Richard
NJ Greenbank in the Fifth district John
j, curry is after Michael IT. Blake in
the Ninth, aud Hermann w. Reyer Is
attempting TO succeed HE veteran leader
Of the Eleventh, George W Wanmakcr.
The closest of these contests, involving
Aldermanic and Assembly contests as
well as the district leadership, is In the
Eleventh.
Following Is a table showing the