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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-25

PrrTsBrRG, Nov. 24.-Andrew Car
negie, on the eve OF his eightieth birth
day and after giving away nearly sioo.-
100000 Is a man OF only moderate for.
tune, according to DR. Henry $. Prit-
chett, president OF the Carnegie Foun.
6A&ion. in an address to-day at the Car
Hegie day exercises here.
TO my thinking the first sreat SER
vce OF Mr.. Carnegie was the corsecra-
ton OF his great wealth to humanity" :"
said Dr. Prtchett
HE has made vital. in our country
d least. the conception that the owner
Of great wealth is a trustee :or the pub.
10. obligated to divide 1t for the puai.-
w
The notion, when Mr.. Carnegie pre-
SCI ted II twenty years. ago. was not "a
Lev one. Other men had advanced the
theory Of the responsibility OF private
xeain, but SUCH philosophy had been
7ut forward mainly by theorists never
beforc lad any man. himself possessed
n enormous wealth. 80 frankly, 40
clearly and so strikingly enunciated the
'oTnua of the responsibility Of wealth
10 The general good.
"l' j. simple Justice to add that Mr..
Carnegie'S emphatic support OF this con-
reptfu l. in Il large measure respon-
splc tor the sentiment which exists in
cur country to-day with regard to the
responsibility of the man of wealth That
sentiment has crystallized into a univer-
sl feeling that the man who dies pos
s,ss-d uf great wealth and who de-
Votes no part OF 1t to the public's use
has failed in life.
N the shades OF those who were in
ths mortal life possessed of great
wealth and who have passed out or II
with no recognition of this obligation
ever walk their ancient ways and listen
10 tho words Of those who were their
fellow men, there are many ears To-
dar on the utter side that burn. whether
they reside IN one place or in the other
Tile most noteworthy thing about Mr.
earn, gic's preaching of the doctrine oil
the conservation of wealth is the TACT
that his practice has squared with ms
preaching The great bulk of his accum-
uations, nearly s40O. 100000, has been
turned back by him TO the public to be
used In the cause Of human betterment
He l. to-day "A man of moderate Tor
tune
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MUSICAL FLATS ARE
T0C0ST 100000
SOundprOOf Apartments in
West 9th Street to House
Artists Too.
EXPERIMENT NOVEL ONE

y syndicate u artists. among wnom
Devoil and Dr. NJ. l.. Rhein. will erect AT
" 10 80 West SiNty-seventh street. be-
tween Central Park West and Columbus
avenue, an eight story apartment studio
building To- cost 81 100000 and in which
TN" partitioning viii be- ~ completely
sound proof that prima donna prac-
Using arias with the full strength If her
lungs will not disturb or be disturbed
ny, an amateur trombonist, say. who
may be strldently perfecting his art.
Shortly after the syndicate acquired
early this month the abandoned factory
and site In West Sxty-seventh street
with the purpose Of putting up build
Ing for artists their attention was called
TO the plight OF musicians who. 70 far as
any one was aware had no apartment
house where they could essay To practise
as much as they pleased and as loudly as
they pleased at any hour of the day Or
night. Owing to the restrictions that
had been placed upon musicians by
apartment house owners musical
colony had grown up In the neighbor-
hood OF Carnegie Hall.
SO Mr.. Ranger and his associates
after buying the site from the estate OF
Daniel f.. Seybel instructed their archi-
tects. shape Il Bready. to construct one
wing OF the building, the EAST wing with
seventy-five foot frontage. solely for
the benefit OF musicians who might want
10 try their voices or practise loudly
upon their pianos, or horns or strnged
instruments. In order to make the
building agreeable to the musical fra
ttrnity, the architects planned "A sound
proof construction, with walls and floors
of such sound resisting capability as
would permit OF brass band playing
in one apartment while soprano was
running through her exercises in the
apartment adjoining
Many musicians have already ex-
pressed their intention to lease apart-
ments Dudley Buck and Paul Savage
are among those who have already
rented, and several singers of the Met
ropolitan Opera company are expected
to sign leases.
The west wing Of the building, OF
the same frontage as the east. or mu-
sicians' wing. will he constructed with
of those who live by brush and pencil
The architects have designed an Eliz-
abethan structure of granite terra
Gotta u new stone composition. The pre-
vailng tint will he light gray. The Ellz-
ahethan treatment permits of the use
of many windows. a feature necessary
in studio building construction. 1t was
said yesterday that work ON New York's
first sound proof studio for musicians
will be begun very soon.
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ALL U. s. BUILDINGS GUARDED.
Armed Patrols FIJI WashingtOn,
plots Being Feared.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.-Fully armed
guards are patroling IN and around all
publIc buildings In Washington. This week
strict regulations have been In effect It
was learned to-day. Special care is
being taken at the White House and the
state. War and Navy Building. All
persons whose appearance Is in any way
suspicious are being halted, and all per-
sons carrying parcels are questioned
1t IL said the precautions are the re-
suit OF confidential reports regarding
possible plots 10 destroy Government
buildings. Some OF the guards for IL
time were allowed 10 discard their
weapons, but all are now armed again.
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WHOLE WORLD NOW
LED BY U. S.-SCHWAB
Build ships and Grant Free
Passage to Americans
Through Canal.
GOOD TIMES WILL STAY

PIrTsnrRG, Nov. 81. -- Charles ".
Schwab predicted that the United states
is TO lead the world financially and in
dustrially. advocated free passage
through the Panama Canal FOR Am.ri-
can vessels and urged that Pittsb"rg
lead the fight for tn. CONSTRUCTION Of
ships to carry American products to
foreign ports at the regular weekly
luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce
here to-day.
Mr.. Schwab cautioned business inter-
ests against entering new fields Of en-
deavor without due preparation He
said that such action meant disaster
TO many. This country is now In a pc
rod OF prosperity that will be commeu-
surate with the period of recent despres-
sion. according 10 his view
THE events Of this age show that the
United States Will lead financially and
industrially." said Mr.. Schwab. I'VE
must have means of sending our products
to foreign countries. Pittsnurg ought to
be the first city in the fight for the con-
struction of ships to carry our products
to foreign ports. The canal should be
free to American ships and American
commerce.
After his speech Mr.. Schwab was
asked;
"Do you think that Plttsburg and the
United States are due for unprecedented
prosperity"
They are having tha, prosperity
now"
DO you think that when the Euro
pean war Is over the United States will
be the dominating nation
''rhe United States is the dominating
tinn hn 1n npt s,ttt
as big figure from a tonnage stand
point as the world attributes to them
So far as tonnage is concerned. our ex-
port business is not extraordinarily big"
In reply to the question. what about
the Bethlehem Steel and reports of a
merger of steel companes?' Mr.. Schwab
said;
$50 far as am concerned no merger
involving ,he Bethlehem Steel Company
Is or has been in prospect The COM
pany's organization is the same as it
has been right along"
When Mr. Schwab was asked. What
caused Bethlehem Steel to go 10 600?" he
replied II do not know. the cause.
have been neither buyer nor a seller
of Bethlehem Steel stock. ] am not in
terested in the price of the stock on the
market. I have the same amount of
Bethlehem Steel stock as | have had for
some time"
Mr., Schwab expressed the BELIEF that
the present prosperity will continue for
a long time but added that no man is in
position 10 tell definitely how long it
will continue lie drew attention again
TO his prediction made fifteen years ago
when steel tonnage originating in the
United States amounted to 10000. 900
tons that 1t would be 10000. 900 tons by
1920. lie pointed out that with his pre-
diction Ave years 10 run the tonnage OF
1915 amounts to $1,000, 900 tons and that
expansion in steel production is being
| prosecuted all along the line.
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ADVANCE ON TEHERAN.
Russians Menace Persian RebeIs--
Foreigners Flee From Rioters.

LONDON. Nov. ai.--Despatchcs from
Germany Indicate that Russian troops
are marching on Tcheran the capital oil
Persia. 1t IL reported that the activity
OF German and Turkish agents Ia thc
northern third OF Persia. which by the
Anglo Russian convention Is under the
hegemony Of Russia. has been so sue
cessful That The native troops. or gem
darmeric, have revoltcd Thc Russian
advance has been made necessary. it is
SAID, TO check the destruction OF prop
erty and to safeguard the lives Of Euro
peans who live iu the Shah's capital
The Cologne Gdsetso states tR.t u
large force of russians is bearing down
upon Toheran and upon its arrival
Will set up military government ". IN
IusHian officers directing Persian affairs.
The German. Austrian and Turkish Mn
lsters are said to have irf, T.h.rau. .yi
IDENTIFY believing II mus, socn fail into
RussiaU hands The American Minister
a. Toheran has taken cha-ge Of the Ger
man LeGa tion.
The Foreign Ot'lce to-day is-ucd the
following 5ta,ciuoat on tho situation IN
Persia:
Information has reached the Govern
ment OF an attack upon the Br. tsn con.
sui and tic British colony at Shras
i-ou'hwestcrr rersIaD on the IOth. Per-
sian EeDuarTnellc without any Warnlrr
seized the Consul, the superintendent oi
Government telcgraphs ana the STAFF OF
the Bank II Pcrsi, while proceeding to
their offices.
''The bank buiidnI was seized and all
the property coniiscated. The Euro.
peans were deported
"The wife of the bank manager, her
two daughters and the wife of the Super.
intendent of Telegraphs arrived al
Bushire ,on the northeastern coast oi
the Persian GulfJ. escorted by a party
Of gendarmerie. They say they were
well treated. but that AT two places on
the road they were objects of hostil.
demonstrations.
The gendarmerie in northern Persi.
is in open revolt. The lire OF the Indo
European telegraph has been cut. Euro
peans are being seized and robbed.
THE British Minister Al Teheran re-
ports that Nice-consul Hamadan. will
the Consul from kermarshah and III,
British colony, started for kaiveu oI
the sd The acts of the rebels ar,
being done In defiance of the Govern.
nent.'
Ry the convention of August II. 1907
Persia was divided into three zones
the north becoming the Russian sphere
the central neutral. and the southern aut
the Persian Gulf becoming "A british
sphere.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-25
sl7,75e,2so DU POINT DIVIDEND.
Powder Concern Makes u 10 Per
Cent. Cash Distribution.

PunApELPHIA, Nov. 24.--War order
profits make Thanksgiving real among
holders of Il. 7, du Pont lie Nemours
Powder Company stock. Dividends Were
declared to-day which will give $i7756,-
26O to holders OF the new common stock
In real spending money.
These dividends. an initial quarterly
OF II, per cent, and an extra al rs ~
per cent, make the first big cash dis,ri-
button OF the huge prohts which the
concern is making.
On October ! last the old company
was taken over by the present company
and holders of common stock. OF which
there was $2s,i 90, received Il zoo per
cent. dividend In common stock OF the
new corporation, which bought out the
old at a valuation of 100000, 600. In
this operation per cent. was assured on
the old common stock and sjS.S54,@oO
new common stock was re 'eived. Now
this stock gets as u starter 80 per cent,
N cash Dividend, The stock sold to-
day at si50 q share,
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ART COSTS HERSHEY $4,000.
Loses Action for Fountain, Then
Gives u Away.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Nov. 2i-After n
trial that lasted all week and drew art
experts from New York and Philadel-
phia jury In the Dauphin county court
rendered verdict of $21.s64 tonight
against NJ, S, Hershey, the wealthy
chocolate manufacturer of Hershey, Pa,
In favor of Giuseppe Donate, IA Phila-
delphia sculptor In payment for Il foun-
tain entitled the dance of Eternal
Spring" Mr.. Hershey Immediately
made cash settlement OF 1000,
turned over his check for that amount
to Donate, visited the office Of the Mayor
OF Harrisburg and presented the foun-
tain to the city of Harrisburg, with his
compliments.
"if set 1t up at Hershey I'd get mad
every time look at It," said Hershey In
explanation. "but with II in Harrisburg
can come up here and admire It,"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-25
CARNEGIE so TODAY.
VIII See Few Birthday Callers on
sician's Advice.

Andrew Carnegie will eat his Thanks
giving turkey to-day with all the more
satisfaction because the hollda" coin
c'deS with the cightioth anniversary q
hs birth. Ordinarily on such occasions
Ne. Carnegie receives representatives. OF
IN. press az his home At Fifth avenue
dnd NUetieih street and responds TO
many sorts Of questions about his views
o. people and things. but to-day he Will
deny himself that pleasure because his
physician. Dr. Jasper J. Garmany. has
advised him that perfect quiet would be
ludIcous
Not that Nlr Carnegie is in anything
NNe VIVA, might be described as poor
state p! health. but because the tran
quH,,y treatment worked so well last
summer while he was at Bar Harbur
~ ~ Garmany believes II should be
continued While he was at Bar Har-
oo' b. gave no interviews and aw as
"" persons as possible. and for some
tnc Ue Win continue that policy.
Ihc peasant weather enabled him to
N1lk n his garden yesterday and he
Nid JI-' rr'urned from taking the air
%. Tho r"sorteIs asked to see him.
81 carnegie wav"red little; he was
h'A"E' 80 hit secretary said. 10 give
MS annual interview to the newspapers
."d lo irll the reporters that one of
W' great disappo!ntments Of his life
was 'att hr had not been able to be a
.'"'p1peg man, but had been diverted
"N 'tlr nto business life and into the
,oHis Gp of many millions OF dollars.
hlt h' iccded the advice Of his doctor
ara oi Mrs. Carnegie and merely sent
uu' nus greetings and u brief message.
Which Nus:
say % the reporters who usually call
vi my birthday that all goes well with
ue I'r Garmany marvels at the splen-
ga rt'urn to health which "A summer on
We VI IN" coast has wrought
Tho world grows better and we are
soof 70 see blessed peace restored and
y "o'!d court established, when, in the
words VI burns:
Man 20 man the world pCr
shall brothers be for a that"
NJ associate of Mr. Carnegie's who
'H 4" 'ne house Yesterday said that the
t'''' PREDICTION contained In the mes
- 10 ne newspapers was a very sim
Co. OPPRESSION of Mr.. Carnegie's firm
sohV on that the war cannot possibly
VOh iiUed on ScCOud IJ0Oe
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TREASON IN LORDS
TALK, SAYSDERBY
Recruiting Chief Calls St.
DavidS'S Attack on Army
staff TraitOrOu> Act.
DENIES GALLlPOLI NOR

LoNpuS. Nov. ei.--The Eail ut Derby,
change to-day. denounced the recent
speech of Baron 81. Davids in the House
of Lords and said that the upper house
needed "A censorship.
mo gentleman would have made and
no gentleman would believe Lord ST
Davids's accusations" he said The
man who gives information to the enemy
goes by an ugly name. and II should be
given just as much in the case of
speech delivered in the House of Lords
as to man who risks his life in getting
information for the enemy"
Lord Derby also replied to the recent
statement made by Lord Rlbbesdale
that it was common knowledge that
Lieut. ten. Sir Charles Monro, who sue
ceeded Sir Ian Hamilton In command at
the Dardanclles. had reported IN favor Of
abandoning the campaign on the penin-
sula.
Il am In the War Office aud know
nothing about IT," Lord Derby said.
There must have been "A second traitor
to give him Information and We ought 20
know who he is"
Lord Derby said he had not come to
the Stock ENchangr to enlist recruits.
hut the loyal cooperation of the mem
bers. adding that AT the present time no
man had a right to say Nc was iudis-
pensable at his present employ m,ut,
Apart from the numbers We shah got
Is the moral effect upon our allies and
our enemies IN showing them that the
voluntary spirit In England j. as strong
as AZ the beginning of the war" he said
Every man should 80 before a local
Tribunal which win determine whether
he is Indispensable
I'VE are going t. win this war, what
ever the cost, hut there is no use in max
ing that assertion unless every one does
his duty AT TINS crisis
Lord Derby added a plea for patience.
SAYING that the effort WAS being mad, 10
do in six weeks under the volunteer sy>-
tenn what Germany had been forty Years
in doug under conscription. Although
large numbers were enlsting. these must
he greatly Increased in the next three
weeks If the volunteer system were 20
be made unassaiiahle
Lord st. Davids took occasion in 'Ho
House Of Lords To-day to reply Ia the
criticisms Of his recent speech. lie said
that when he spoke OF the visits Of
women 20 headquarters he had in mind
only a single visit dt the beginning OF
ihe war and added that he did not con-
slider Il appropriate rhst 80 great a tr,lg-
edy should be made a peep SHOW"
fRrAT nNNR SpRISG WNrEn
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Special Gable Despatch TO TnE Sun.


LONDON, Nov. 24.--The British army
reached the ruins Of Ctesiphon tsulman
Pah). eighteen miles southeast OF Bag
dad. the objective OF the expedition.
After taking the town and repulsing
Turkish counter attacks the British
forces were compelled to retire three or
four miles down the river to obtain suit
able water supply. 1t Is presumed that
this fact gave rise TO the German re-
ports sent out yesterday of an important
defeat inflicted OH the expedition by the
Turks.
The advance 10 within twenty miles
Of Bagdad Is the first important news
which HAS been received from the expedi-
tion since September rs. when 1; reached
kutel Amara. on the Tigris, eighty miles
from Bagdad.
The recent successes Of Gen. Town
shend's army are given In the following
Official statement issued BY the press
bureau to-day:
The Secretary FOR India reports tina;
after a night march from Zeur, which
Tcwnshend attacked the Turkish posi-
ton at Ctesipho.,. eighteen miles from
Bagdad. on November -. After Sc
we're fighting the position was cap
tured with 500 prisoners and quantl-
ties OF arms and equipment. our losses
we're zoo killed and wounded. Gen.
Townshend and the General Head
quarters b!vouacked IN the captured po-
sition. On the night "f November a3
-
on November "a the want Of water
compelled us to retire down the river
| three or four miles below Ctesiphon.
the territory between Tia. point now
reached by IN. British expedition and
Bagdad. its goal. is fiat alluviai plain
with no natural deferces against inva-
sion.
The loss OF Bagdad. it is believed
would have an effect OH the Turkish
Empire only second to that OF the loss
OF Constantinople itself. since. although
no longer the religious centre OF Islam
it has retained enough Of its former
/ grandeur 10 he known still TO the Turks
as the glorious city"
J The possession Of Bagdad by the Brit.
/ ish would place an effectual check IL
! tho way Of any Turko -t;crman attemp,
to get to India by land and would alsc
/ he a barrier to the plasi TO build VI
Germanys power IN the Orient Il
I would cut the line OF the Bagdad rail
way $40 miles from the Persian Gulf
! Onl, part q: that railway Is completed
I although work has beeu rushed sine.
the beginning OF the war.
. Ctesiphoil. where the British troop,
occupied the Turkish positions. anC
from which they were obliged 20 with
draw because of lack OF water supply
was the winter home OF the l'arthiar
kings and was an important strategic
point In the wars between the Romat
and Persian empires Opposite the vii
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-25
ENGLAND TO BUY U. s. SHARES.
Chancellor Tells Commons Of Cow
ernment plan.

LONDON, Nov, 2l.--Chancellor of the
Exchequer McKenna told the House Of
Commons to-day that the Government
plans to obtain control of the large
amount Of American securities held by
private persons in England and has be-
gun negotiations to that effect with the
holders.
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While our infantry held the new
positions gained our artillery along
The whole front concentrated IT, hrc
on the cncuNs columns, dispensing
them \ further attack by our in
fantly resulted In tho capture OF ~
AuStrlaus ana a large quantity Of am
muutiou and war supplies.
Enemy acrOplancs yesterday dropped
bombs ON the ArSiero plateau. caus-
ing slight damage. and also on tho
town of Ala, where -four soldiers Were
wounded. our air squadron dropped
bombs on the Austrian aviation folde
AZ AisoNizZa and AiduSSima ao wen
as on the railway stations OF NoG'r-
sho. Hcifenhcrg and san nauiol". on
the road from GoritG 10 Trieste, tn"
aNiators returned safely.
In addition To The capture ~ IN" SUM
NIT OF Monte cHlyario AZ Iodgora ih'
italians by an infantry charge carried
the Austrian positions on m" bridge
head running north Of Iodgora. Two
fort. forming part of these dcf"nccs
as well n 600 Austrian soldiers, fo'
into the hands 90 the invaders.
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no LOSS. SAYS VIENNA.


NirNNA. via London, Nov, - The
b,.r.r cor the t;uri,2 br.dgct,ad con-
t,uu.S with mAbutrd violence ana " III
heavy LOSSES to the ltnliau., according
'o tnr oTniil announcement made to-
a,v by tine Austrian Army Headquar-
tcl-.
'rnc War Once report issura to-day
Sayr
Italian Front During yesterday the
Goritz Orld-ehcad Was again under
heavy DE, hIt no infantry attack &C.
cured. There was severe hgnting on
hu,h sides VI Monte san Michele.