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The sun., 1915-10-03
$4,000 GEM THEFT A RIDDLE
Dct~ctives SIM mt work ON Rob
berry at GeIshenen Home.

Detectives employed by an insurance
company continued yesterday their ef-
forts to unfold the mystery of the dis
appearance of jewelry valued AT more
than $4,000 from the summer home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. William II. GeIshenen AT
Shrewsbury. y. J. Nj. Gelshenen is a
director of the Garfield National Bank
and member of the firm OF y. j.
Baker x Bro. at 100 William street.
The loss OF the jewels was discovered
when Mr.. and Mrs Gelshenen were
preparing TO return 10 their New York
home. at 315 Park avenue, for the
winter.
The detectives. not finding where or
how AN outsider had entered the house
subjected al! OF the servants to exam
ination. Nothing that would aid IN solv-
ing the problem was obtained from the
servants. Two days before the robbery
two men approached the house in a boa,
and some time later a watchdog died
from strychniHe.
Among the missing articles is a gold
match box into which "A small watch was
set and pair OF gold cum links set with
four large pears and sixteen diamonds
In addition to the jeweiry, the robbers
took a quantity of valuable silverware
The sun., 1915-10-03
GARRISON APPROVES
AUTO RESERVE. CORPS
Secretary FavOrs List Of Own
ers With Cars Available in
Time Of War.

Secretary OF War Garrison writes in
the current number OF Motor Print an
Endorsement OF the suggestion that IL
would be we'll for members " motor
clubs 10 undertake preparation for war
TO the extent OF converting their country
club houses and grounds into impromptu
training camps and by keeping the War
Department Informed as 10 the readiness
Of members to offer their cars and SER
vices as drivers In the event OF war
II is und rstood that the organization
Of New York automobile reserve corps
Is now under way and that the secre-
tary was appealed to in the hope that
his Endorsement might encourage the
extension OF the enterprise to other
states. Mr.. Garrison saws:
81 believe that the Piattsburg en-
campment has proved success in
teaching the rudiments OF the ar, Of
war To number OF our citizens and in
giving them an insigh, into actual field
work. This success has been attained
by having available experienced army
that the idea might In part be extended
to motoring clubs by the organization
thereat OF rife clubs"
He then goes on 10 say that Congress
has authorized the issue of rifles and
ammunition to such clubs and he ma ke $
various suggestions as TO how instruc-
tors could be obtained. He say. that
the motor car has shown its facility for
various transportation duties in the
present war and that 20 know how
many are available is Of value TO the
War Department. adding:
cars of one make should he COM
blned in one unit Of ammunition train.
supply column or sanitary train. 4
study of the proper organization OF such
units and how to secure lists Of owners
and to gain options to purchase or hire
motor transportation Is now the subject
OF study by the General staff"
The sun., 1915-10-03
sS2,oo0,0Oo is OCTOBER
PAYROLL In PITTSBURG
War Orders Swell Production
Of steel Mills to Record
Figures.

PtIrsBu.o. oct 2--The steel ,ndus-
try in the Monongahcla VALLEY never mad
a brighter outlook than a present. At
Homestead. Duquesne. Carrie Furnaces.
Braddock and Rankiu steel plants and
wire mills are working day and night on
many diversified orders Much OF the
material being turned out is for the
warning nations of Europe.
Five banks. which handle She pay
rolls OF all big industrial corporations
IN this city. ann unced yesterday that
the payroll for october In the PITTS
burg district would reach sS2. 100000 a
greater sum than ever befofe.
The payroll OF the Edgar Thomson
Stee, Company for the last two weeks
o, the mouth of September ann uNted
10 $500. 900 This amount WAS dts
tributed among $500 worlm1L At the
present time the plant ie rushed to ca
pacity, and with the resumption Of the
converting mills this week employment
will he given 30 500 additional men.
Record payiolls have been in order
AT the Westinghouse Electric and Man
ufacturins Company and the WestnE-
house Airbrake Company at Wilmer
ding Other works in the district which
are paying more money for labor than
ever before in their history are the
westirghouss Machine Company and the
The sun., 1915-10-03
HARTFORD MAYOR OUT
OF COMMERCE BODY
Resigns From Chamber Be-
cause Of Criticism Of Fa-
vOr to Strikers.

HARTFORD. Conn. Oct. 2-BeCause OF
strikers OF the Pratt whitney ma
chinery plant OF the Niles -Bement- Pond
combination TO parade past the factory
yesterday afternoon. which / 500 strikers
did quietly and orderly aside from the
blare OF brass band at their head and
the shouts OF We want three hour
school day" BY crowd OF boys at their
rear. Mayor Joseph II. Lawler to-day
submitted his resignation as member
OF the newly organized Hartford Cham
ber OF Commerce The surprise he
caused is not diminished by his refusal
Tonight to discuss his action or the
insinuation by Walter l.. Wakefield.
president of the board. that the Mayor
Is playing politics.
Ia the first days OF its career. last
June, the chamber got nationwide ad-
ver,isng when its summer outing came
- climax with an attack on Grace
Lambert. New York cabaret singer
who caressed the bald head OF mem
Der. The bald headed ore defended his
pugilism by saying he was afraid o!
snakes and spiders ard hated half naked
women.
Mayor Lawler. who was also di-
rector OF the cnafnber, mas auNlSu tnt
bridgeport Dental Clinic that he will
not attend it's meeting October as
"A member OF the chamber
II is understood that the Mayor re-
sents the publication of statements by
Mr. Wakefield that the permit to the
strikers ought not to have been IL.
sued. as II was likely TO incite the pas.
sfons of other workingmen. The Mayor
holds that 1t IL The privilege of Law
abiding citizens to march on the street,
II they preserve order.
The sun., 1915-10-03
800 KNOWN DEAD IN
GREAT GULF STORM
$50 SchOOiicrs sunk or Driven
AshOw-\cw Orleans Re-
turning to Normal.
DAMAGE IN THE MILLIONS

New ORlEANa. oct. a--Th- listed
dead in Wednesdays ( eat storm nov
stands at approximately 500. That this
total will be larger Is certain. but how
much larger calnot br tuld until reports
from outlying sections are complete.
From considerable territory to the
southwest OF Sew Orleans little mas
been heard.
No attsmp, nl. bceu made i, estimate
the property loss In New Orleans or
elsewhere. Tia, total will be high al.
though wild ~ distributed. Compare
lively few individuals were heavy SUI.
ftrers.
The tide water along the Gulf coast
rangeI from . T., feet IN the streets along
the bay at NOBLE to about Is rect at
Rigolets. whore the greatest loss Of life
was recc rded
tt property damage at almost every
town along tn" Gulf coast bctwe n Mo-
bile and New orleans exceeds that sus-
tanned ia tho disastrous 1909 hurricane.
More than iJO scdooners were wrecked
between Gulfpo,t and New Orleans. a
large Britisa steamer IS 'cported To be
high and dry at GulfpOrt At BAY 81
Louis, Pass Christian and other places
west of thoSc towns large schooners
lard Il On Tho mainland some OF them
10 to IL feet above the mean tide water
level The loss of life at points along
the coast east OF New Orleans Ia esti-
mated at approximately 100. including
the or vs. of sohooners which had not
been heard from up 20 a late hour
In the louisiana marshes approvi-
mately nine s.hOoners are ashore many
o. them turned upside down. About
$40 men were aboard thes" ninety boats.
Nearly 10 per cent. of the crews of these
schooner were rescued and brought
into Pass Christian and hay -. Louis
Thursday night aud Friday morning.
but IT is believed that many others lost
their lives.
The first VII. connection between
New Orleans and the outside world was
opened ~ ~ O'Clock Friday night. II
was a duplex wire dirtCt tu Houston.
via the South-.n Pacific Street ear
service had been resumed Friday night
on all but four lines oi the city Elec-
trio light service in the rcsiG, ntial Sec
tion was partially resumed Tonight.
After passing over New Orleans the
hurricane swerv toward the northeast
along route betwc this city and
jackson. Miss. According tp reports :
received by br |. NJ Itine. chief OF the
weath.r bureau at New Orleans. "A
bal ometsr reading Of 2..26 was reported
from Jackson.
The sun., 1915-10-03
HUNDREDS VOLUNTEER
FOR WORK IN RUSSIA
Offer Of Railroad Job Calls
Many Americans to Broad
street Office.

An advert isement for skilled workmen
northern Russia inserted in the morning
papers yesterday called several hundred
men to "A dingy loft in the building at
a. Broad street The advertisement
specified bi1 workmen and announced
that they would work Ave hundred
miles from the firing lines. and ocean
passage with half pay both to and from
the work would be provided II the men
would sign contracts for six months.
At the address given in the advertise
ment II was learned that the men re-
quired We're ten locomotive engineers.
twelve filters Of engines. twenty-five
blacksmiths, forty bridge carpenters,
four bridge forcmen. six track foremen.
fourteen cooks and commissary men.
100 powdcrnen and hlasters and 900
graders and trackmen. Applicants were
told that tn. hardest kind Of work would
be required and that night and day the
men would be working In shifts TO COM
plete 500 miles OF railroad in siN
months.
Men in charge OF the office said tina,
no one had been engaged as yet. but that
many applicants had been told to re-
turn for medical examination. The
three men sitting back of the desk aa-
mitted that they were hiring for the
Russian Government. but when asked il
negotiations were made through any
Russian official In New York or Wash
ington they said that none Of them had
seen any Russian official A man who
gave his name as Frank Morrison
seemed to the spokesman of the party.
lie said that all the workmen hired
must be able to show citizenship papers
as none but Americans would be EN-
ploNcd.
Hundreds of men have answered
the advert isement," he said but think
that ! per cent. Of them came in antici-
patton Of a lark
when pressed To tell where the rail.
road was to be built Morrison said II
would run from IA new port. the name of
which he said he did not know. neal
Archangcl In "A point 500 miles south
where II would join the main line t,
Petrograd. Ignorance Of the junction
point was also expressed
The sun., 1915-10-03
SLABS HIS FOE ON FERRYBoAT
Attack With Knife Seen by 900
Frtghtrned Passengers.

Two hundred men and women, pas
sengers on the Perth Amboy- -Totter.vlle
tsrryboat Perth AmhOv. looked on yes
Ierday when young Italian ran into
the woman's cabin with long bladed
p.nknife in his hand and stabbed a
young iuis three times in the left
breast. For sho't tilnr there was in
tense excitement on the boat.
The man stabbed was John Cominski.
II years old. a model maker of 22J
Johnson avenue Perth Amboy His as
,aildut was Antonio Russo. 90 years old.
OF 3sJ Washington avenue. Perth Am
boy,
After stabblng Cominski Russo hid in
the hold ui the ferryboat and slipped
from the boat at Perth Amboy.
tuminski was taken to the Perth Am
boy city Hospital
Russo was arrested at his home The
police have been unable TO learn the
cause Of the trouble between the two
ncl
The sun., 1915-10-03

Pittsburg Meter Works. East ritSbnrr
t1e Westingh- use Foundry. rraffora
city; the Braddock and Rauku w.
plants OF the American steel ud W.
Company. the Braddock Machine ,'un.
pany and the Griswold Wire Cor,,,ry
all Of Braddock the McClintic- Marsh ~
Construction Company, Rark.u. IN.
Pittsburg Tool COMPANY S'u.,ia'S
Chain Company. Sterling Steel Forpdr,'
Company. Columbia Steel Conp,t,
Nicholson Chain Company, Tr,r
switch and Signal Company, SW.s,y,..
and many other plants in tn" d.s,rir,
employing an aggregato of Too 0uu rpr.
These plants are working ~ iIl GA.
pacity. Even tn banner year 90 I.o-
has been surpa ssed H. product,
At the WestingnyuSc Nirhrakc ,'o.,.
pany's plant In Wilmerding IN. men
mill built for the manufacture of .a,r.
is turning out a vast amount 81 irr,gi.
.ipps,
The sun., 1915-10-03
DAUGHTER OF SHERIFF
SUES FOR FURNITURE
julius e. Zcitz Testifies About
Presents Given by Max
:. Grifcnhagen.

Testimony In the Supreme Court yes.
the clothing firm OF Zeitz & Tarshis. j37
Fulton street. Brooklyn. disclosed that
Zeitz and his wife. Edith Il. Zeiz,
daughter OF Sheriff Max =. Grifenhagen,
sepa rated on February II last and are
now engaged in a legal controversy over
their household effects. Mrs. Zeitz In
living at the home OF her father. ,2O
Riverside Drive. and her husband is
living with his father. Hyman Zeitz.
president OF Zeitz 4 Tarshis. at III
Prospect Park West. Brooklyn.
Mrs. Zetz has started suit in the Su-
preme Court against her husband, al
leging that he unlawfully took possession
OF their household goods and row detains
the property. She alleges that the goods
suffered $500 damage In being removed
from their former residence At 566 Fifth
street, and asks judgment for $4,000 in
case the gods are rot returned.
Mrs. Ieiz attached to her complaint
list OF the property taken from her,
which contains the following items
Piano. victrola, gold table with brocade
top. leather davenport. two leather
rocking chairs. five gold chairs. ma
hogany library table. glass closet. carly
English design dining room table, six
NatneT uinlng room cnalrs, htgn post
walnut bed and dresser. japanese teak
wood set and set OF 1874 dishes.
Mrs. Zeitz got an orler directing her
husband to testify before trial In the
case in order to enable her to prove
that he took the property and now holds
it, Ieitz testified under questioning by
Abraham 8. Gilbert that the only prop
erty he bought was the victrola, bath.
room stool and flower basket. although
he gave his wife the money for the
Japanese furniture. certain kitchen
utensils and glasses.
Zeitz testified that the majority OF
the articles were presented to him ny
his wifes father. Sheriff Grifenhagen
The sun., 1915-10-03
WOMAN WRITER HELD
ON CHARGE OF FRAUD
British Captains Wife Tells Of
$500 Entrusted for War
Stock Buying.

A handsomely attirod woman. about
40 years old. who sad she was Mrs
Ida Miller Rlighton. wife OF Frank
Brighton. a writer was arrested yes
terday and "A charge was made against
her at Police Headquarters of obtaining
money under false pre,ences from Mrs
NJ. l.. Simons. wife OF an English army
Captain. living at % West ThIrtieth
street Mrs. Brighton told Detectives
Birmingham and McConville. who ar
rested her. that she was a writer also.
and that her pen name was Elvina
Ilowclls, She gave her address as 50
Madison avenue.
According to the story told by Mrs.
Simons at headquarters yesterday. she
recently met Mrs. Blighton and became
very friendly with her. Mrs Simons
said that among Mrs. Blighton's accom-
plshments was IA knowledge of astrol-
ogy To demonstrate her skill she
cast u horoscope Mrs. Simons said,
Mrs Slmons charged that she gave
her new friend $500. which she haG
ShN'u W. W ItluIH u Tsneldnu III an
effort TO see her husband who IL now
IN the trenches in France. Mrs Bligh-
ton, she said, was to invest the money
Tor her In war stocks AS the result
OF her story Mrs Rlgh,on was ar.
rested at Fifth avenue and Ftftietl
street by detectives
Mrs. 'iillies, AN elderly woman living
Al the Hotel lrouuo!s who IS the mother
of Kitty HcllairC. an actress. also hur-
rlcd To Police Headquarters when in
formed Of the arrest Of Mrs, lilighton
The police were much Interested in Mrs
Gillies's story Of how she had lost
$4,000 According to high police au-
thorities, several other men and womeI
have given Information concerning the
activities of Mrs BlightOn.
Mrs. Blighton denied positively wh"i
questioned by Inspectors Faurot an'
Cray that she was guilty Of amy Grim
iral irreGularll"s, She told the officials
that she had been married eight years
and that she had lived in this city 70
several Years She will he arraigned Il
Yorkville police court to-day.
The sun., 1915-10-03
HELD AS STRIKE PROMOTER
Metal Trades Worker From New
York Arrcstcd In Elizabeth.

El.izABErH. y. J.. Oct. 2.-Lincoln
Perry. who said he was member OF
the National Metal Trades Association
OF New York. was arrested this after
noon by Chief OF Police Birmingham
of Roselle Park. charged with attempts
TO provoke disorder and riot" among
the SOC strikers at the Watson -Stillman
plant in Aldene. He was held pending
an investigation.
officials of the Watson - illman Com
panv this afternoon told a committee
Of strikers that the plant. which closed
down following a Walkout TWO weeks
ago, would Resume operations Monday
morning. II was announced that the
places OF the strikers had been filed
by mechanics from New York. \. r.
Stillman. secretary of the company.
said the acceptance Of large contracts
for war supplies made the immediate
reopen!ng OF the plant essential.
The sun., 1915-10-03
NAVY WAR GAME TOMORROW
Dn nicIs Confers with Vice-A
miral Mayo on Contest.

WAsHlNGToN, Oct 2-Secretary
Daniels conferred to-day with Nice-Ad-
miral Mayo with regard to the fall war
game OF the Atlantic feet which Is 10
begin Monday and continue throughout
next week.
The game Is expected to be the most
extensive and valuable OF any in recent
years. Tn, manpuvres Will take place
along the North Atlantic coast. After
the conclusion OF the war game it will
he taken up for discussion at the Naval
War Collegr al Newport for study OF It's
results and lessons.
The sun., 1915-10-03
ALIMONY COLONIST
OBJECTS TO LIFE TERM
Asks if Wife. Niece of Edwin
Booth. Can Keep Him in
Jail Always.

Asserting that he believes his wife
wants 10 keep him In Ludlow street jail
for life because OF unpaid alimony Byron
Douglas an actor who has been a tnem-
ber of the Almony Club snce May ! :
last. has started proceedings to find out
II IL can be done. lie was arrested on
the application OF his wife. Mrs Marie
Booth douglas, an actress and niece of
Edwin Booth. who got a separation In
1904 with $50 a week al.nony.
Douglas is interned under an order Oh
tained by his wife on the ground that he
lis not a resident Of this State and might
clear out and make 1t impossible for her
to enforce any order she got for ALI
mony. Through his attorney. Miss
Lucille Pugh. Douglas alleges that his
wife has been guilty OF the abuse or "A
legal process because. although he has
been in Jail for nearly five months. his
wife has taken no steps TO have him ad-
judged in contempt. Even II the court
finds him guilty Of contempt he could
not be held in JAIL for more than siN
months Abraham s. Gilbert. counsel
for Sheriff Grifenhagen. is aiding Doug
las in the proceeding to test the right
of a wife to keep her husband in jail
forever.
In his petition Douglas says that. al
though he has not been adJudged In
contempt he has been unable to get the
$1,000 bail necessary to get him out.
He says his counsel has told him that
unless his wife be compelled TO take
steps to enforce her judgment ne may
BE required to remain in TAIL indef.
nitely." lie says he Is advised that
when his wife does get her contempt
order the time he has served Will not
be cons idered. and he will have to stay
in Jail for the full term Of six months.
Douglas says he wants the court 10
tell him whether the plaintiff may. by
her failure TO act. keep me IN the county
Jail. II she so desires. for the rest OF
my natural life
The sun., 1915-10-03
CITY LOSES $S2s,57S SUIT.
Complaint AHninst Queens County
and Suburban Railroad Dismissed.

Under decision yesterday by SUI
preme Court Justice Erlauger the city o..
New YO!h loses "A suit started in 1907
against tho Brooklyn, Queens County
and Suhurbar Railroad by which the
city expected 20 collect sS29.I7S for the
operation of the defendants trolley lines
in Brooklyn ana over the Brooklyn and
Williamsburg bridges,
During the period from 1901 to 1907
the railroad company earned sI,029, 05.
Of which the city demanded 1851, 753,
and also asked "a penalty of s467,s25
for the non-payment of its share. JUS
tie Erlanger dismissed the complaint
on the ground that the city Is not en-
titled to more than lts franchise rcvc-
nues and bridge tolls, although the rail
roads revenues increased % per cent In
1908 through the operation OF cars over
the Williamsburg Bridge
The sun., 1915-10-03
CHECKS FOR BABIES AT CHURCH
Adopts New plan to Fun HE
Mothers 20 Attend Services.

Mothers who are members Of St An
drew's Episcopal Church of Richmond.
staten Island. will no longer be oblged d
20 remain away from the services to
watch over their babies.
The Rev. Robert B. Kimber. rector OF
the church, will begin to-day check
your baby At the door system He e1-
poets as "A result n fun attendance At the
mora!ng service.
A nursery will be opened in the parish
house and will be in charge Of a trained
nurse. Each mother as she arrives at
IN. church can check her baby with the
nurse. who will see that the baby IL
given the best OF care until the service
is over.
St Andrews Church is one OF the old
est Episcopal churches in tho state.
The sun., 1915-10-03
WILLIAM H. FLEMING SLAIN
Shakcspcnrenn he"t"r"- nrIic.rd
t. Have Been Murdered.

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 2.--N lam n
Fleming. ~ years of age. Shtkr~r. .i, ~,
lecturer OF this city. was murdered u1 +,
lonely road near ltopuois, i,. u.I h 4,
body thrown on the PennsylNar.t E...
road tracks to hide the Crtma. dcD..,iin,
to information here late to-day
The body was found d"cdp,'t'oi y,
Thursday. but WAS not identfcI Il. II
to-day. when the Rev. by t. Il
Yerkes. rector of the Episcopal Clur,n 4
Of the TRANSPORTATION OF this ,..
identified the inangled body and clo.h n
as that OF the aged lecturer.
The Iroquois police believe 'ha' it..
berry was the motive for the ,rlm4
When the body was found eve y ar'...
of value had been removed from r.
victims clothing, which was scattered
near tho tracks.
The sun., 1915-10-03
PROGRESSIvES REJOIN G. o. P.
Bay state Republican Platform
Includes Hull Moose PIanks,

BosroN, oct, 2,-The Republicans and
Democrats met in their State conven-
lions to-day, adopted platforms and
listened to speeches by their leading
candidates for Governor and other state
offices, The gathering of the Republi =
cans was Of chief interest because il
marked the Ie;urn Of most OF the Pro
eresslres and apparently showed that
Grafton GUSHING felt no political enmity
toward Samuel W. Mccall. who defeated
him for the nomination for Governor.
The platform contained several so
cal welfare planks, which were urged
by Charles sumner Bird, the former
Progressive nominee. EX-Gov. Foss Of
fered his national prohibition plank. but
1t Nas rejected by the convention
The sun., 1915-10-03
MINE OFFICIALS ABDUCTED.
Deputy Sherins Rrscue Them From
Arizona strikers.

FL PAso. Tex. oct. Six officials
OF three copper mining companies in
VOWED in strike OF 5000 miners al
Clifton. Ar.z.. were seized to-day and
abducted by the strikers.
The officials were soon rescued by a
posse of deputy sheriffs and received
refuge In the county court house. where
they we're KEEP, under the protection Of
a guard. The Detroit Copper Company.
controlled by Phelps. Dodge & Co. OF New
York. Is one OF the companies involved.
The sun., 1915-10-03
M0NAHAN SEEKS A DIVORCE.
Author Also Asks Custody Of Three
Minor Children.

SorrH NoRwALK, Conn. Oct. .
Michael Monahan. editor OF the Phocnir
and well known as an author. has
brought sur for divorce from Anastasia
+. Monahan of Port Chester. y. Y.
In the papers II Is set forth that the
couple were married In December. 1859.
The offences alleged in the papers are
said to have been committed between
October |. 1914. and September 90. 1915.
The custody OF three minor children is
sought by The plaintiff
The sun., 1915-10-03
Defending Fleet Ready 70 Leave
Hampton Roads.

NORFOLK. Va. oct. 1--WE thousand
seamen from fourteen battleships now
in Hampton Roads are in Norfolk to-
night enjoying the last liberty they will
get before the beginning OF the greatest
war game ever attempted by the navy.
The ships will leave sunday night and
Monday to begin battle with other Amer
lean ships representing an invading
fleet