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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-19
1000 WATERS STRIKE;
FIGHTS ARE FREQUENT.
Lower East Side Invaded by
Leaders aud 200 Proprie-
tors Agree to Demands.

-Four thousand walters In lower East
Side went out on strike yes
terday TO force restaurant keepers to
agree to the demands Of the union which
labors Under the name Of the Hotel and
Restaurant Employees International AL
lance and Bartenders International
League Of America.
Clashes between strike committees n
restaurant keepers-or their wives
were frequent. Umbrellas. knives n
plates were used against the strike COM
mittees. hut according to Max Pitkowski.
the unions organiser. more than zoo res
taurant keepers have agreed to the de-
mands Of the union. which are many.
The union expects 70 extend the strike
TO all sections Of the city. but III dis.
trlct between Chatham Square and
Fourteenth street, east OF Lafayette
street, was chosen for the initial test OF
strength.
strike committee visited the restau-
rant at 247 East Fourteenth street TO
call the walters out. According to the
report made by the they were
confronted by a fat who hourished
a long carving knife and threatened to
use II on members of the committee W
they didn't get u IN q hurry. The COM
mittee left without temporizing Az
Bernstein's restaurant, ISL Houston
street, q woman with an umbrella
welded It vigorously on tine heads or
the committeeman. most OF her thwacks
descending Upon the derby hat OF l.
At Warman's restaurant. 1O$
Allen street. there was another clash
in which the committee was worsted.
Employers of 1900 walters signed an
agreement with the union Their wait
ers stayed al work. In only W places.
according to the union heads, did the
walters refuse to strike. Pitkowski said
that 1000 more walters would be out
to-day.
ar the strikes are successful the wait
ers In the Broadway hotel district will
called out next, according to Pitkow-
ski,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-19
WOMEN SEND OUT
A DEFENCE APPEAL
Belgian Relief Workers Dis.
solve 10 Take Up Campaign
for Preparedness.
AMERICA SAFE


The woman's section OF the Cominis-
siol TO- RELIEF III Belgium has dissolved
and the board has r~eorganized as the
Woman's Section of the Movement for
National Preparedness.
Inc needs or Belgium in the matter OF
iooh nave p"eh met ana the commission
announces a campaign Tor clothes only.
VIZ national nodes OF men are enlisted
n oe"am OF these remaining REQUIRE
.ne"ts' ,ne woman fectioh' 'hrousn its
poaiH, ,eit NAT overlapping OF 1toit
sou.u pe No'ue anu unanimously Noted
u ~
u,sso'uuom, oea'ihs
,hora"an s " n''ee
80. .a,. a., -. '' ''e""' ''
~, A.,
,.r a., go. 49, :. "..n
n~a.lonai orya,i,a,Lnn ana 20 nr,h. an,
state co,n,ni,taas whosa ,ns.,ssh vol.
of benevolence mas enabled tne vou,n's
saction tn oyer, suyeri,y 4, l,ol,i,,r
will. N & ,pdiyiduaI. copri,u, "a ,o.
~operate with Tho various star, and local
committees which, in response 10 the
dent Wilson. are now e~ndeayorin
ing"
In an appeal issued in behalf Of the
newly organized Wonan's Section of the
Movcmen, for National Preparedness the
same women say
Across the leaden sky is written
openly Woe 20 the Hation unequal to
its W defence" Belgium. proud and
prosperous, in an hour struck down.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-19
CAR FALLS WITH BRIDGE: 7 DIFF
Grow ded Trolley Carried Down "a
River by Cavein.

SPOKANE. Wash, Dec. 1s.-The North
Division street bridge caved in early
to-day. carrying a crowded trolley car
many feet to the river below. Seven
or the passengers were killed and
twelve severely injured.
A g trolley, following close
behind the car which took the plunge,
hung suspended or the brink OF the hole
while the terrified passengers scrambled
Out OF the rear exit,
II was several minutes before fire.
men and patrolmen called to the rescue
reached the scene. In the meantime
a dozen or more men who struggled
out Of the partly submerged car were
pulled Out by spectators.
The accident took place just before
daylight and the car was crowded with
workers. o had any warming In
dime 10 jump and every passenger was
carried down with the car.
Requisitioning tugs and rowb O Is,
rescuers cirCled the mass OF debris
showing above the rivers surface and
pulled out the bodies OF the dead and
injured.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-19
A x SCORES PACIFIsTs.
In the Pay Of Carnegie Peace
Foundation, lie says.

In the issue Of the Army and Nary
Journal, out Yesterday. Is a letter from
Hudson Maxim In which he says he has
never made any money IN the past out OF
war devices OF his invention or from
the manufacture of war supplies. How
ever, he Is now IN the business of making
war supplies and does not see why that
should necessarily prevent him being
honest in favoring greater military pre-
~paredness by this country.
III war should come upor this country
in the near future l should be able 20
make more money in one year. because
of this country's unpreparedness. than !
would make IN ten years " the country
were prepared, for II the country were
amply prepared II would not have TO pay
fancy prices and big profits 10 manu-
facturcrs in time Of war" says the in
ventor. mo II seems to a noticed
that the pacifsts who are making the
loud shouting are in the pay Of the
Carnegie Peace Foundation. Turn of
the limelight and eliminate recuniary
reward aud do not believe there would
be "A single pacifst left in action
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-19
DEFENCE ESSAY WINS $500.
Coluunhia Man Gets Prise offered
by Jules =. Bache.

The prize Of $500 offered by Jules
r. Bache through the National Secur-
ity League for the winning essay on he
wisdom and necessity OF preparedness
has been awarded Ia Landon NJ. Town
send OF Columbia University. DR.. Cy-
rus Northrop. president emeritus or
the University of Minnesota: DIR.
Harry Pratt ,Judson. president Of
the University of Chicago. and Prof.
Albert Bushnell Hart OF Harvard Uni
versity. the Judges. unanimously agreed
without conference that Mr.. Townsend
with an essay entitled Are We Sc
cure deserved the prize.
SECOND place went to Pitnar +. Pot
ter. SO waverly Hall. Cambridge. Mass.
and the following contestants won hon
orable mention:
Mrs. Arthur F. Hartman Of Selma,
Ala: Job Dolman. Jr. Swarthmore.
Pa: f.. V. Stoddard. Rochester. y. Y;
clifford +. Ward. Batavia. III; Carl
Holiday. University of Montana. Mis-
soula, Mon: william II. Walden. 40
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-19
weeks Customs Receipts &:.4SS,-
75O.

Collections for duties al the Custom
11ouse last week we~e Weiss 1853 DC.
Collections Yesterday amounted TO S3lO.-
504.s0. OF which 81. 1928. 81 was for goods
withdrawn from bonded warehouses and
s23s.576,46 was for recent importations,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-19
TWO BREWERS INDICTED.
Doe r sch ck brothers ard FOur
Drivers Accused Of Conspiracy.

George g. Doerschuck, president OF
the North American brewery. and his
brother. Henry Y D~oerschuck, vice.
president, have been indic,ed by the
Federal Grand Jury Ia Brooklyn for
~"pnspiring to defraud the Governn mt
Of the tan on liquors. They dave been
Leld In $4,000 bail each BY judy Chat
Held.
Fonr nep, employed as drivers By
lie company, are also charged
- par',es to the COZ spiracy AID were
leld iG Sl,n"0 nall Nj &C irr me- su,-
lH:1"d ""Di aud Ne" 'e!eas,d 80 await
trial
'"' alleged plan of operations was Tor
''' 'pnpaly 10 sell ls bottled beer u
",''fs or vehicles who did not POSSESS
Int necessary dealers license.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-19
MRS. AST0R AIDS SERBIANS.
Lends Ballroom to- Pav1owa for
charity Entertainment.

Mrs. John Jacob Astors ballroom ut
$40 Fgfth avenue win be turned into
q theatre Tuesday afternoon when
Madame PavIowa, coming especially
from Boston, will head a programme
presenting Mirs Ethel barrymore Mrs.
~l.angtry. Lou-Tellegen. Madame Denise
Lyskra and NJ Janpolski. The en-
tertainment In offered by the Serbian
Relief Committee and the proceeds will
go to relieve suffering In the war ridden
Balkans.
Applications are being received by
Mrs. Helen Hartley Jenkins. 232 Madi-
son n chairman Of the matinee
committee, for tickets at So. Madame
pavlowa, VINO az n Russian In natu-
rally Interested in the Serbian cause
has promised "A novel ballet. Among
the ~patronesses are Mrs. Douglas Rob
inson. Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler.
Mrs. Peter Copper Hewitt. Mrs. Herbert
l.. Satterlee and Mrs. W. Seward Webb.
ON the list Of subscribers are Mrs.
chauncey VI. Depew. Miss Anne Nor
gan. Mrs. w. j. Schieffelin, Mrs. e. II.
darkness. Mrs lselin and Mrs. Ernest
Sabir.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-19
NAVY'S NEED A BRAIN.
AYERS G. Won l.. MEYER
Former Secretary Takes Issue With Wilson and Says
Complete Reorganization of Policies Is Necessary
to Establishment of Adequate Defence.

Ex-Secretaiy Of the Navy George Won
j. Meyer contributes TO The current num-
Der Of the Yale Reptew an analysis OF
our navy In the event OF wal IN which
he takes Issue with the statement OF
President Wilson in his speech at the
Manhattan Club on November g that
all that Ia needed In the navy "to bring
1t TO a point OF extraordinary force and
e%fioiency as compared with the other
navies Of the world IL that we should
hasten our pace In the policy that we
long have been pursuing"
The ex-Sscretary asserts that a COM
plete reorganization Of the naval policies
lishment Of an adequate line OF defence
The fundamental need. he saws. 10 q
brain--a competent military organizs-
lion comparable to the General Stan OF
the German army. charged with the
preparation OF the fleets for war and
their conduct In war.
We have" to quote the article. mo
tested war plans. no tested organization
Tor war. no tested mobilization scheme !,
and as to gnnnery our competitors have
uitoihlitFiNfh - Si'aNti thai "o y
ever attempted
Points out Defects.
And to quote again The real danger
OF the defence movement throughout the
country is that, as a result OF this g!ta-
ton. Congress will only quicken the
pace BY increasing the appropriation in
order TO enlarge the building programme
and then continue the policies which
wa have been furthering'-the result OF
which has been an unbalanced fleet. I'M
seaworthy submarines. innumerable and
unnecessary naval stations, shortage OF
ammunition n personnel and ar
archaic organization in the Naval De-
partment at Washington"
Secretary Meyer points out the pos
sibility Of invasion which by threat OF
the destruction OF New York city could
force a huge indemnity. He calls TO at
tention In his summary that tho navy 10
20. 900 men short of It's full complement.
that our submarines are unit Tor sea
service. that our fleet in last
May and October was unable TO prevent
the landing OF a theoretical enemy fleet,
that the strategical ability OF the COM
mander of the fleet has been seriously
questioned. that our hydroplane and
seroplane development In weak, that u
system Of navy yards has been built up
largely through the endeavors OF Con
gressmen to secure the yards in their own
districts irrespective OF the value Of the
locations. that there IL not a single
adequate yard in the whole system and
only two adequate Government docks
on the whole Atlantic coast. and finally
that our shortage OF all kinds OF ammu-
milton liz an open secret.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-19

Il would require five years to develop
the organization of the Navy Depart
ment and the feet to a high state OF
efficiency. ON aiiouher occasion an Of
ncer. we'll up In authority. after calling
attention 10 the wonderful work OF the
General Staif of the German army. an
nounced that Congress has failed to
provide a general stan in our navy. II
should have beer done years ago. We
have no tested war plans. no tested Or
SANITATION for war. no tested mobiliza-
ton scheme and as to gunnery II
competitors have accomplished feats
greater than any hat We have ever at
tempted.
AT tie present time II Is the rare
exception for a ship OF the United
States navy TO I'VE it's full compile
ment: and to provide the necessary
crews for all Inc ships IN the navy
thar would be useful In time OF war
would require 10000 additional men.
Meanwhile IL is becoming more difficult,
with the increased size OF our ships. TO
provide them with sufficient crews when
completed. The torpedo destroyers OF
tho Atlantic fleet are % per cent. short
Of their proper war COMPLIMENTS; about
a dozen destroyerS are in reserve with
half compliments about a dozen more
are to he placed In reserve Immediately
and only about twenty will be left in
Active service. Thus there will be fewer
boats under training for war than there
are laid up IN reserve.
THE problems of transportation as to
troops. supplies and ammunition in case
OF war have not been worked out BY
the army and navy. These involve tho
furnishing OF cars and the establishment
OF fast trains between certain strategic
points. including parts of different trunk
lines. This will require cooperation
among the different railroads. and prob
ably a special department in the rail-
roads. which II framed tentatively in ad-
vance could co,ne into actual existence
when needed. The railroads of the coun-
try must he prepared TO meet the exigen-
cies Of war and the needs OF the army
and navy but 1t devolves upon the
two departments Jointly to furnish the
information necessary in order that tho
railroads shall he prepared TO give tho
required transportation.
studied by Germans.
1T Is interesting TO learn that Ger
many has already studied the problems
OF landing several army corps on our
coast and what would he required Of
them In order to he able to besiege New
York city. At a mass meeting held In
Boston last October DR.. McLaurin, pres
ident OF the Institute OF Technology.
quoted from a report of a German Cen
eral published before the war, showing
ahe possibility Of Germany transporting
to the United States and landing four
army corps. conveyed by its fleet.
since the United States Is able to
mobilize only 5000 regulars Il would
not he difficult TO secure n base extend
Ing t~wenty-four miles inland, and with
the aid OF the railroads to move mon
and siege gun within an area which
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-19

SUFFOLK street. New yot, NJ Ma
Marriott Norris. Mon iAipvi. -
Ewart Harris. Chicago. Dlv.- p,.,.
Milwaukee, wallace Soie-tniu f'u.,,
riiv Of Mirresota. Minncapolie g..
Usher Brown. OIy mpla, Wash. p,.
Hopkins Hunt. White Plains, y y
John Q. lIodsson. beverley. Mas ana
Major Charles -. Rhodes, =
Fort Riley. Kan
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-19
APPEAL FOR BELGIAN NEEDY.
Funds Requested Ia Aid Cardinal
Nercier'a RrIief Work.

IN appeal for money to be sent 20
CARDINAL MERCER IN Belgium and used
Evening star., 1915-11-13

Prof. T. W. Richards Of Harvard Uni
versity is q member of the interna-
tional commission on atomic weights.
He was awarded the Davy medal by the
Royal Society in 1910 and the Willard
Gibbs medal by the American Chemical
Society in 1912. He is a member Of
Of Germany. Sweden and the United
States.
Evening star., 1915-11-13
Henry James an Englishman.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Henry James naturalization as a
British citizen will not lead to rioting
in the country he has deserted, in spite
Of the. fact that Americans are inor-
dinately proud of their few large-cal-
iber literary guns. For forty years Mr.
James has been happier in England
than in America, and where the heart
is there also should be the allegiance.
America both bored and irritated Mr.
James. as it has many artists. James.
Whistler and Sargent are but conspic-
uous representatives of scores of their
countrymen who have sought d more
sympathetic atmosphere in England.
just as Byron, Landor, Shelley and
dreds of Englishmen who sought in
geniuses America Is likely to remain
still bent on the economic develop
ment of continent whose surface
scarcely has been scratched; and the
rampant business man is death to the
artist Whitman found inspiration here,
but he lived through the emotional
publication of the civil war. Hopes for
"the great American poet" and "the
great American dramatist" are not like
ly to be fulfilled so long as business
and puritanical ideals are dominant.
If a child is born in America with the
temperament of a great genius and
reaches manhood in the heat of an
emotional crisis, he will be able to
Evening star., 1915-11-13
OCTOBER BUILDING OPER CATIONS
MAKE BEST SHOWING OF YEAR
Permits Issued in Seventy-three Cities lndi-
cate an Increase of 429d Over Same Month
Last Year-Majority Report Gains.


Of a off IA
a o
Springfield
cal
corresponding months of
details
Evening star., 1915-11-13
AMERICAN GETS NOBEL PRIZE
Prof. Richards of Harvard Is Given
Chemistry Award.

LONDON. November ,13.-The No
bel prize for physics for 1914.
says a Reuter- dispa tch from Stockholm,
has been awarded to Prof. Max Won
Laue Of Frankfort -on Main for his dis
covery of the diffraction of rays in
crystals. The chemistry prize for the
same year has been awarded to Prof.
Theodore William Richards Of Harvard
University for fixing the atom weights
Of chemical elements.
Evening star., 1915-11-13
DUTCH COLONIAL HOME
FOR EDGEWOOD PARK
Residence Being Built for H. Mel.
Walker From Plans by
c. L. Harding.

Work has been started on an at
tractive home of the Dutch colonial
type to be erected on Edgewood lane.
Edgewood Park, Nd, for III. Mel.
Walker, from plans prepared by Clar-
ence L. Harding, architect.
The first story and gable ends are
to be of wide clapboards and the dor
mers shingle, painted white. The roof
will be of shingles stained a brown
green. The main house is forty feet
by twenty-nine feet and the plans call
for wide central hall with colonial
staircase othe third floor. Back of
staircase to the third floor. Back of
the rear entrance, and a toilet and
coat room. To the right of the hall Is
living room, fourteen feet six inches
by twenty-eight feet. and on the left
are the dining room and den.
French doors will open from the liv-
ing and dining rooms upon the wide
covered porch across the front, and at
the rear there will be smaller porch
with a sleeping porch above. The sec
ond floor of the main house will con-
tain three master bedrooms with plenty
of closet space, tiled bath and a linen
closet. On the third floor will be two
bedrooms with closets and a bath.
Service Rooms in Wing.
The service portion will be in a wing
eighteen feet six inches by twenty
four feet and consists of a kitchen and
buffers pantry, each with built in
dressers and sinks, a laundry, service
stairs. an entry with refrigerator
space and servants porch. The sec
ond floor of the wing will contain two
servants bedrooms. with closets and a
servants bath and linen closet. The third
floor is storeroom. There is cellar
under the main house, with heater and
coalrooms and storage space.
The main part of the house is to be
finished with white woodwork and ma
hogany doors. The living and dining
rooms, den and owner chamber will
have open brick fireplaccs with colo
NAL mantels of wood. The service
wing is to be finished in pine for hard
oil finish.
The house will be heated by the va
por system and lighted by electricity.
Evening star., 1915-11-13
HOUSE FOR n. A. WISER
OF SPANISH DESIGN
To Be Built in Chevy Chase, D. c.,
From Plans by Macneil
& Macneil.

Plans for a residence of the Spanish
type of architecture to be erected on
Morrison street east of Connecticut
avenue, Chevy Chase, D. c., for Nor
man A. Wiser, have been prepared by
Macnei1 & Macneil. architects. Bids
are to be received in about a week, it
is stated.
The house is to be of frame construc-
tion with the exterior finished with
stucco. The roof, which will have
overhanging caves with exposed brack-
cts, is to be covered with green tile.
There will be a terrace porch at the
front, portion of which will be COW
cred.
The house is to be of the central hall
type with dining room, kitchen and
pantry at one side and living room
and music room on the other. A door
in the music room will lead out into a
conservatory.
Four bedrooms. dressing room and a
hall bath and private bath will be on
the second floor. Between the main
windows on the lower floor, which will
be of the French type. there will be
trellises.
Evening star., 1915-11-13

biologists compute the rate at which
the lands are being carried away II
mas been shown that the Missouri river
- lowering the surface of the land
drained by 1t at the rate of one foot ~
6,oS6 years. The surface of the United
states as whole is now being worn
down at the rate Of one foot in 912o
years 1t has been estimated that IL
THIS erostve action of the streams of
the United States could have been con-
centrated on the Isthmus of Panama il
would have dug in seventy-three days
the canal which has just been COM
most powerful appliances yet devised
by man.
Evening star., 1915-11-13
Muddiest of Rivers.
From the New York Sun.

from the New York sun.
The Missouri river is the muddiest
river in the Mississippi valley; 1t car
ries more silt than any other large
river in the United States. except pos
sibly the Rio Grande and the Colorado.
For every square mile of country
drained 1t carries downstream 3S1 tons
of dissolved and suspended matter each
year. In other words, according to the
United States geological survey. the
river gathers annually from the coun-
try that 1t drains more than 123, ,000. 900
tons Of silt and soluble matter. some Of
which 1t distributes over the food
plains below to form productive agri-
cultural lands. but most Of which finds
it way at last to the Gulf of Mexico. It
is by means Of data Of this kind that
Evening star., 1915-11-13

listers at Athens have entered a protest,
couched in friendly terms. against tho
presence of Anglo French troops in
Greek Macedonia. as NOT being in ac-
cordance with Greek neutrality" says
the Overseas News Agency.
M. Skouloud!s, the Greek premier, re-
piled. according to the Budapest ad-
vices. that he took notice Of the pro-
test and that the government would do
what was possible in order to clarity
the situation"
Evening star., 1915-11-13
DIPLOMAT BUYS HOME
Jose G. Machado, Former Minister
From Guatemala to Belgium,
Makes Purchase.

Jose G. Machado. formerly minister
from Guatemala to Belgium. has
bought a residence at 1900 Keokuk
street. Chevy Chase Heights. from
Capt w. W. Bill. who was diplomatic
representative Of this country to Aus
tralia during the administration of
President Hayes. The house Is one of
unusual design. 1t occupies a lot 81
by $50. The sale was negotiated by
Morgan Brothers, Iuc.
Evening star., 1915-11-13

So by advertising and example, the
American people have been induced to
Evening star., 1915-11-13

break through the Indifference and hos
tility of the crowd: but the sensitive
artists of smaller stature. like Henry
James, will continue to seek abroad a
quiet corner in which their gentle
flowers may gently bloom.