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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-16
ARREST FOR FRAUD
IN MOSS PETITION
Krause, Witness Against Beck
or and Election Officer,
Accused of Trick.
OTHERS UNDER INQUIRY

In the belief that evidence had been
found OF a conspiracy to Improperly
use names of voters to nominate Frank
Moss as a candidate for District Attor-
ney the election bureau OF the District
Attorneys office caused the arrest yes
terday of Louis Krause. a Deputy State
Superintendent of Elections and a Com
missioner of Deeds. He was accused OF
taking a false acknowledgement He
was locked up at Police Headquarters.
but was later released in 81 1000 bail for
examination by Magistrate Ten Eyck.
who issued the warrant.
Krause is a well known figure in the
Criminal Courts Building. He was a
police lieutenant. who was executed for
hiring murderers to kill Herman Rosen-
thai, the gambler.
From information in the hands Of
Assistant District Attorney Weller,
Erause was an active worker In the
campaign to get signers to the Moss
petitions. His Commissioner OF Deeds
number is l12S and it appears fire.
uutNtlN III the record OF nil1les examiner
in the District Attorneys office. 1t was
said that at least so per cent. of the
PERSONS called to lock at their supposed
signatures have sworn they did not sign
= Moss petition.
In the complaint krause is accused
of having taken Il false acknowledgment
on a Republican petition to which was
signed a name similar to that OF Rein
hold Fredel. Jr.. of 329 East Eighty
ninth street. Fredel says that he did
lot sign his name to the petition and
that he never saw krause to his knowl-
edge. on the petition Fredels name
appears as Fredel Reinhard. Jr.
Three other mel whose names appear
IN the same petition have sworn tina,
they did not sign It. They are James
Farrell Of 236 East Ninetieth street,
Aaron Greenbaum Of 32S East Nlnetietn
street and Henry Greenbaum of sos
East Ninetieth street.
There were more than 1000 names
on the Moss petitions. but only abou'
200 have been examined. OF this mum.
her it was aid in the District Attor'
uey's office yesterday at least 12J are
fraudulent signatures. Warrants will
he asked for the arrest OF eight or te,
notaries public and COR missioncrs oi
Deeds.
Mr.. Moss was very active IN the prose
cution Of Becker ~ the first trial. "a,
was not in the District Attorneys othc'
when Rocker was tried the second time
Herman II. Binder a notary public 81
533 East 13:th street. was held in 81 .5o'
bail by Magistrate Ten lsyck In tn,
Tumbs police court yesterday for exam
inat.on on Tuesday charged with takins
an aCknowl adglncut az a false ~signatur,
on a petition designating John J. OCon,
nell. whom Frank Moss succeeded. a.
candidate for the Progressive nomina
ton for District Attorney.
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Continued from First Page.

estimating the latter at 1901 900 each,
would make a total of 1920. 900 men. the
total force available for service after
six years.
Mr.. Garrison's plan Is to have his new.
or continental force, to be created at the
rate OF $4,000 men each year for three
years. assembled at the various army
posts In the United States for two
months of intensive training each year.
During this period of service the men
would receive the same pay and allow
ances as the soldier in the regular army.
AT other times they would receive no
pay. The force would he organized into
companies. regiments. brigades and divis-
ions. Each man would be assigned to
a definite place in a particular organ
ization. SO that on a call to the colors
he would know In advance just where
he was to report and what his duties.
officers for this force MIR. Garrison
expects TO obtain from the National
and from semi military educa.
tional institutions. lie proposes to give
n Captain Of the National Guard. for
example. the opportunity to accept "A
Captaincy In the continental soldiery IL
he prefers the latter service.
No Com i ssiOns Yet.
1t is not the plan at present to give
commissions TO these officers. but war
rants instead. BY cooperation with the
military schools Mr.. Garrison believes
many more officers can be obtained
that the courses at these schools could
be standardized to suit the army re-
quirements by Offering officers war
rants to the ranking men of each gradu-
ating class.
The increases in the regular army are
designed TO give "A balanced tactical or
ganization to the regular military estab.
lishment. to fill up the gaps in the forces
In the United States caused by the gar.
risoning Of insular possessions. and
finally. 20 provide a nucleus and in.
%struction force for the National Guard
and the new body of citizen soldiery t,
be called into being.
The increase OF ten regiments of in
fantry will make a total Of three com,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-16
SIX WARSHIPS HERE
AFTER BATTLE GAME
Report Great Success of Ma
nTuyrcS in Actual Trim
for Service.

Six hattleships of the Atlantic fleet
arrived off Sandy Hook early yesterday
morning from Newport and the lately
completed war games. The Arkansas
went at once to the navy yard. Fly .
o'clock in the afternoon the vessel was
in dry dock for general overhauling.
The five others-the Ncw York, Texas.
Wyoming. Utah and florida-anchored
off Tompkinsvillc, staten Island. where
they will await their turn for berths at
the navy yard.
Four hundred jackies from the Arkan-
sas got last night their iitst overnight
shore leave since the btttleships de-
parted for the southern drill grounds off
Hampton Roads early in June. The war
games. according to capt. William r. vile
Shoemaker of the Arkansas, were sat
isfhCtory from every standpoint. 1t was
the first time, he said, that the fleet had
ever m~anwuvred In actual Wal trim.
Noticing had marred the smpothucss OF
the trials.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-16
J. E. KELLY STILL MISSING.
Father of American Fighter for
Fra Hears From COmrnde.

James T.. Kelly of A. Broadway, father
OF Russell Kelly of the American Corps
of the Foreign Legion, received "A postal
card yesterday from Lawrence Scan
lon OF Ce%darhurst. l.. l.. another mem
Der of the Foreign Legion, saying that
no word had yet been received from
Kelly. who was wounded at Souchez
on June lG n believed to have been
taken prisoner.
leg and back in the same fight, has
been in IA hospital at Orleans since
that time, most of the time in Il plaster
cast, lie has been removed to rHospital
trancais de New York, Passy par Veron.
Ionne. where the doctors and nurses
are Americans. lie writes to Mr.. Kelly
that he Is getting along fine"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-16
STRIKERS WIVES PELT POLICE.
Arrested In RrnOiIyn and
Fined - Each.

The strike Of l~onu~horcmcn and
freight handlers of the N"w York Dock
Company ON N" liroo'lNu waterfront
was cnllvcucd Yesterday moruiu when
more than loo wi,cs Of tn" strikcre,
some Of Them with babies in their arms.
congregated at Front and Adams street
and started a battle with three police
men and three sirikchrctlyrs. whom
they were eScortiuG.
The women jeered at III" policemen
and strikebrcahers and in spit" # orders
TO dispense they started to throw stones
and other missiles. on" uf which struck
Policeman I'awick of the Poplar street
station, decorating his hand. \ hurry
call to TN" station brought tn" reserves
and ten OF the women We're arrested and
taken to the Adams street court,
Magistrate Nash fiucl each 81, with
the alternative Of COINS to jail Tor the
rest Of the day only three Of them
paid their fines.
Most Of the woWou who iook part in
the rioting were Poles ard lithuauitns,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-16
TO MAKE POWDER FROM KEEP.
Hercules 90. VIII Drug Ocean He'd
for Potash plant.

SAN FRANCISCO. oct. l5.-ln order to
obtain chloride Of potash with which TO
MI war orders one Of the largest anu
faCturcrs OF powder in the United States
viii undertake. To- harvest the kelp crop
OF the pacitic ocean, 1t was said here
to-day, The kelp found along the cal
ifornla coast il rich in this ingredient.
according to experts.
George H. Markell. secretary and gen
eral manager Of the Hercules Powder
Company. who ~ now in san Francisco,
has designed a submarine rcape which
will cut the kclp in six inch lengths. The
pieces are to he drawn into a wire basket
by suction. The pieces of kelp are placed
in a roasting vat, the needed chemical
substances being afterward extracted,
\ trial off Monterey Bay, 1t is an
nounced. will he made under Govern
ment supervision as soon as the sub
marine reaper is completed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-16
ADMIRAL LITTLE TO BE
TRIED FOR K-2 DEFECTS
Daniels Orders COurt-M Martial
of Retired Officer Who
Inspected submarine.

WASHINuTnN. oct. 15-Iioar admiral
William y. Little. T., : y. retired. VIII
be tried by court-martial 81 charges Of
negligence and ,arclessuesS in the per-
Torrance uf his duty as inspector OF
machinery on the submarine k-2. This
secretary Daniels.
This action is almost Unprecedented
in the navy Icy reason OF The fact that
ADMIRAL Little is now on the retired list.
The order for hie trial involving acts
of two years ago was pIinlel 10 by
Navy Department officials to-day as EVIL
dcure If the determination Of Secretary
Daniels tina inspection of the ships
under construction for the navy shall
be conducted with the utmost care and
thoroughn,sS.
The trial court will convene AT tho
Boston Navy Yard ou October IS II
VIII toe composed Of Rear AdmIrals II. \
Fiskc. j. NJ. Helm. W. NJ Parks, w, +
Worth!ngton. \. GleaNcs and II o. Dunn d.
paymaster-,ienoral r. J. towie and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS \ ", Johnson,
the las, named rs judge advocate.
rhe charges against Admiral Little
are the result ~ llbuO'f 'Nl"l 'lN'h
during the last two years with the stol-
age batteries Of the submarines of the
X class, particularly with the k-c. EN-
animation of the latter showed that
faults were due tn Workmanship and NOT
to design
Admiral |littlc's last active duty was
AS Inspector Of machinery At the Fore
River ShlphuildinG Company's plant At
Quincy. Mas, where the k-@ was con
striIcted The Admiral said he had
called the attention of tho company tn
IN" faults In the storage batteries OF IN"
X. Tn" company assured hun, he
said, that If truuhl" developed Win the
batteries il would make the matter right.
| Inquiry ly the Navy department
brought forth a denial from the cont
pany that amy such arrangement ever
had been entered into 1t appears that
Admiral Littlc's understanding was en-
,.rely oral. The Fore River company
therefore ann he held responsible, as
the United States Government has &C
cepted ana paid for the vessel
Admiral Little was retired on Decen-
her 81. 1914. aud 10Y lives in Boston.
QuINcy. Mass. oct. l5-rresldent
Powell of the Fore kiNer ShipbuildinE
Corporation issued This statement to-
might, regarding tho submarine boat N
The storage battery m the X was
installed under the supervision OF the
manufacturers representatives, Th'
battery troubles were due to causes
which have only recently been thor
oughly understood, aud II has required
the most painstaking search to discover
the reasons for the grounds in storage
batteries, which can NOW be prevented
MY personal knowledge of Admira
Little's close attention to duty. and e
the high standard of performance tina
he uniformly eXacted, leads me to be
l.eyc that the martial proceeding
are founded on a MISUNDERSTANDING tina
will speedily be cleared up before thu
court"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-16
NEW HAVEN
! CASE DEFENCE
IS OUTLINED
Benefit to Commerce, Hints
NicOll i'm Examination
Of Talesmen.
;JJ'RY .
l.. $. + MONDAY
JURORS Wiz WILL HEAR
THE NEW HAVEN CASE

i-STEpHEN u. HlRSCHMAN.
real estate. 2O0 Broadway home, 800
West tDgth street.
MAC HARTMAN. dress goods
b,,ker home. Hotel Wellington.
3--AbBERT II. WELDON. vault
sight builder. 3i6S cambridge ave-
nue.. The Bronx.
THOMAS y. P'3LI.. secretary.
"a Pine street home. liz West Sew
e~nty.secoud street.
FRANK :. DOUGLAS, sales
| man. 1850 Nelson avenue. The Bronx.
s-FREp e. BONNY, secretary,
100 Broadway home. ?F West
iesth street.
JAMES II. CARTON. home. 1913
West Ninety-siXth street.
S-lOEi. KROtS, real estate, 4f4
| Central Park West.
PETER WAGNER. retired
| builder. 2S6 West Roth street.
lO-C. A. FLINT. electric heating
engineer, home. a. Fordham road.
| The Bronx.
ll-HENRY &. DATER. real es-
tate home. 500 West l31th street.
lc-ANDREW l.. GRACE. cleo
tr.cian. 1903 West ll6th street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-16
TRAINED ARMY OF 100000
IS PLANNED BY GARRISON

plete infantry divisions in continental
United States. Three Of these regi-
ments are to be of war strength for
service overseas. In which service all
organizations are now kept at war
strength
The increase of four regiments OF
field artillery Is to supplement the tao
teal divisions and make up a deficiency
now existing In the proportion OF field
artillery to other troops in the United
States army.
More Gaps to He FILLED.
The ffty-two companies Of coast ar
tfllery are needed to make up for the
losses sustained in the defences OF the
Continental United states by assignment
OF companies to the defences In the
Philippines, Hawaii and the Panama
Canal Zone. They will permit the man.
ming of the coast defences OF Continental
Unised States at half strength. the Ma
tional Guard being counted on to supply
the other half.
The engineer companies are a neces-
sary accompaniment OF the other in
creases, while the -four aero squadrons
will be a brand new adjunct to the
United States army. The plans fer the
aero %squadrons call FOR twelve machines
to each squadron. with a personnel oil
at least t~wenty-four officers and about
260 enlisted men.
All of these increases are to be spread
over "A period OF two years. The bill for
the first year In Mr.. Garrison's scheme
will be $4,000. 900.
Secretary Garrison returned TO Wash.
ington this morning from Hot Springs
Va. having been notified yesterday tina
the President had approved Of his
recommendations. He spent practically
the entire day in conference with officers
of the Department. putting on the Ana
touches to the estimates for carrying hi,
plans into effect. II is expected that q
complete statement OF the details of hi.
proposals will be given out ~officiall,
within the next few days.
The estimates of the War Department
total sls4.000, 600. which is about SIS,
900 900 more than the cost of the arm!
last year. The increase represents tn
cost OF Mr.. Garrison's proposed enlarge
ments.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-16
BALLAST CONTRACT APPROVED.
Mayor Doesn't Like II, hut Votes
nv EstImntc Bonrd wishes.

a contract awarded by tn" Publ" Ser
vice Commission to the Upper Hudson
Stone Company for ballast for subway
tracks was approved by the Board of
Estimate yesterday. This Is the con-
tract held up last week because Hresi-
dent Marks said 1t Cooked pretty raw
ON its face
The lowest bidder in the original COM
petition was Calvin Tomkins. TIL" COM
mission changed the specifications and
readvertised for bidders. In the second
competition Tomkins was not repre-
scented and the Upper Hudson stone
Company
In IA report read yesterday Nelson y.
Lewis, chief engineer Of the Estimate
board, said that specifications in the
first contract were pretty crude" hat
the second contract was more scientific
and tina, 1t should be approved,
President Marks said that the change
Of specifications was made to exclude
Calvin Tomkins. The Mayor said he
didn't like the commissions action. but
he and the other members of the board,
excepting Borough Presidents Marks
and Van Name. voted 10 approve the
contract.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-16
Ills Faith IL Volunteers.

81 pla e my faith in the volunteers
because the hght!ng forces of the future.
AZ. crding tn my opinion. will lac made
up more of machinis,s than soldiers in
the present sense. More and more their
work il Incoming specializcd down to
tho m~,niuul.tiou Of machines. This
viii lao TN, natural resuli of the uachIu,
Nnr-,hc war NJ brains instead OF blood
81, is our function to adyise. and not
g., toll. IN, t,itio,iy,, In our work. We
,.u 10 r,,ra, mon IA do ,ur best in
w." ,a ,ho w.. nan,rtu.n,
49,, n -. ~, .,Lo,,i.,s fr,u,
!" ,'imiN ahin, =. ma ,r,un-
,.at,.I s,,,o.
pcIs III tue NV" '''
NO S'e''"V IH'"''.''
lhlt'ei I" US Nel "'"'' wa" wv" VI NV
minor ones, a'S one r"'h'r p'''N 'u'
navy IL lHN'i'S''h 81 pl''''N w :" w
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-16
STRIKERS MAY GIVE IN.
General Electric WOrkcrs E>-
pccted to Accept CO.'S Oncr,

SCHENECTADY, y. V, oct. l5.-As'rr
a heated conference of -four hours lasting
untll past midnight, the executive com
mittec of the Metal Trades Alliance. rem
r~esentlng the. twentN-siN unions inter
ested in the strike of $4,000 employees
AT tho local plant of the General Flee
trlc company, announced that it would
call on General Manager George T.. En-
mons of the company tomorrow morn
ing.
The committee refused To divulgc it,
purpose, but since MIR, Emmons has said
that a ~. hour day with ! ror
cent, increase in wages was the hes, tue
company would offer and that this offer
would hold good for "A limited time ONLY.
ii is believed that the committee viii
accept the offer and that the men will
return to work Monday morning,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-16
PROGRESSIVES OPPOSE.
Executive Committee Against New
COnstltutiOn.

The executive committee OF the Pro-
Gressive county committee decided AT Il
meeting in the Forty-secoud street head
quarters last night to oppose the adop-
ton OF the new Constitution.
This action was taken despite the writ
ten request OF william II. H~otohkiss, en-
State chairman. that the committee
should not go on record and the en-
pressed desires OF Stanley lsaacs, chair
man of the constitutional committee OF
the party.
County Chairman John j. O'Connell
said that although the proposed Consti-
tuition contained some good provisions II
was largely "A snare and a delusion, 4
South American republic would be made
of New York state. he said. were powers
vested in the Governor such as have
been proposed. and TN" Governor he not
subject to recall He declared that under
this provision a party in W would
remain in power until there was a
political revolution.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-16
PABST LAYS LIQUOR
ABUSES TO SPEED
Greed Of Employers, Brewer
Asserts. Causes WOrkmen
to Resort to Drink.
SAYS PROHIBITION FAILS

S%pRINGrIELp, Mass. Oct. i5.-col.
Gustave Pabst Of Milwaukee. who was
to-day elected president Of the United
States Brewers Association, In conven-
ton here, gave it as his opinion that the
solution of the liquor question rests
mainly with a readjustment of our In
dustrial system rather than at the hands
Of ~anti-saloon reformers. He said:
an the light OF modern sociology and
economics We know positively that drink
is not responsible for all the evils OF
life. ON the contrary, We see that the
drink evil-the abuse of alcoholic bev-
erages-is to "A very large degree a prod
uct Of modern industrial methods.
I'VE are living at high speed. In
every department of life the cry is speed.
speed and yet greater speed. The easy
going life of our forefathers has de-
parted. apparently forever. The Euro
pean immigrant. accustomed IN the old
country to the leisurely life Of the Con-
tinent, Is caught up in the whirlpool
and goes TO excuses undreamed of at
home.
Take conditions in some of our West
Virginia coal mines, for example, the
owners of which were extremely active
In behalf OF prohibition in the recent
fight. Their men labor nine, even ten,
hours a day under hardships almost in
conceivable. Is 1t to be wondered at
when the miner, after spending a day
straining in cramped conditions. breath
ing foul air and half choked with coal
dust, seeks the only solace he knows for
cruelty tortured nerves and muscles OF
course II. when emerging from the SHAFT.
he could step into a well ordered home,
AXE a cold bath and then an automo-
bile ride, the miner might have nu
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-16
SEVENTH NEW SHIP ORDERED.
Hut Federal tpw nrrship Fear
Causes COastwis Ia. to Halt.

BosroN, oct. 15.-The Coastwise
Transportation Company OF Boston has
ordered a 10000 ton steamer from the
New York Shipbuilding Company OF
Camden. with which 1t already has con-
tracted for six boats, This cargo car
rier will be the largest OF all.
Another contract for a 5000 ton
steamer IL contemplated. but the matter
IL held In allegiance because of the re-
vival OF the agitation for Government
ownership. which the coastwise people
say would mean dangerous II not disas-
trous competition.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-16

The body of an unidentified man, who
is supposed to have committed suicide.
was found yesterday morning in Pros
poet Park lake, brooklyn. 1t had been
in the water about twelve hours. The
man was five feet eight inches tail,
about a. years old and weighed $50
pounds, lie wore n black suit and
shirt with a green necktic, A card,
bearing the name Of <'harles Daley, a
member of Pressmen's Union No, $780,.
was found In his pocket.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-16
Excused by Prosecution.

Excused 10y prosecution.
In the place Of No. = came George
Nheatley Of 1872 Franklin avenue. The
Bronx, q lioor manage for a large dry
goods establishment MIR. Wheatley was
accepted ~. Wis oually, and later the
Government let him 90 James II. Car
ton t1en passed for ~. : temporarily
and Francis i. Rue, ietired. Of tn. Hotel
woodward was also accepted tempo
farily. but he was opposed to Ssine
phases OF the sherman act. He went
oui also.
The lawyers then concentrated on seat
No. IL, which became known as the
bankers seat becaus. so many bauhers
and brokers sat in IL for a few minutes
untl they were challenged. William f.
Taylor, Superintendent OF agencies OF
NE Equitable Life, had an opinion about
n sherman act. Albert :. Major. an
official of the American Bank Note
company, had All opinion. otis Il.
Adams, an advertising man. also had
a. opinion. Frederick II. Bennett. born
N Massachusetts,, three years "A resident
o. Texas and o manufacturing bis
cuts in New York. added II little TO
IN" diversion of all IN his
A Mr. Blatts comes from Texas. where
h" was Aforementioned Gregory's law
partner, Nj. Nirull always asked IA tales
ma what h" anew about Texas.
shin Biscuits there now" answered
b"nl"t'-"dog biscuits
\ nh" later Mr.. Bennett said that
- he was a New Highlander and his
ramll! had known So many widows and
o,l'dhs who had been hurt by the New
ha'r' campaigns he had "A prejudice
against the defendants.
.lio'd oU, exclaimed Mr.. Nicoll. I'VE