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The sun., 1916-10-26
WHITMAN ENDS RACE
PREJUDICE In GUARD.
Order Follows Adjutant-Gen.
erals Report on Feeling
Against Jews.

AIBASY. Oct. S. Discrimination
against Jews IL not general in the New
York National Guard, but there have
been isolated instances Of Il, according
to the report Of Adtutant-G General l.. w.
S~totesbury to Gov. Whitman made pub
lie to-day. The Adjutant-General con-
Quoted an investigation following the
complaint Of Max J. Klein and others.
The Governor has directed Mr.. Stotes-
bury Co issue an order that officers hav-
ing the authority TO pass upon appiica-
tons for enlistment should be guided by
honest Judgment as to the applicants
ntness for service. The order also d.
rscts that no applicant shall be rejected
because Of his nee or religion.
No action other than the order issued
will be taken. II was announced. because
the organizations and individuals said to
have discrtminated against Jews are In
the Federal service and are not in the
State.
Part Of the Adju,ant-Generars report
reads:
The evidence adduced before ma IL
confined to the practices In certain or
that II relates to acts Of officers Of sub
unitA In other words. the dlscrimina-
ton In by individuals IS distinct from
the result of any policy or generally
prevailing sentiment.
Tho evidence shows that several who
complained Of unjust treatment when
they applied for enlistment were so dealt
with INC 40 spoken to as to AFFORD rea-
sonabie Qualification on their part for
the belief that thsir applications were
not considered favorably bscaus Of their
religion.
"There are other instances In which
il would appear that the co~mpla!nants
were unduly sensitive n even hasty
In their conclusions n there were times
when those rejected In n organization
have been accepted and entered the SER
vice In others.
Two surgeons who had direct rels-
ton with the enlistment of recruits have
admitted = distinct bias against Jewish
applicants. No persons holding such
opinions should be permitted 70 have
anything TO do with h matter OF en-
l,stment."
The sun., 1916-10-26
OSBORNE ATTACKS
WHITMAN AGAIN
Asserts Sing Sing Chaos lis
Due to Him, as Were In
dictments of Warden.

Thomas Mott Osborne yesterday issued
an omen letter to Gov. whitman. charR-
ing him with being responsible for the
~upheavals In Sing Sing. with breaking
faith In regard to the Osborne prison
reform and with having permitted the
westchester authorities to charge Os-
borne with what he terms the ytlest of
crimes" The former wa rden asve rts
that when he was persuaded by the Gov
ernor to become warden he was assured
Of the fullest suppor and cooperation
He says In his letter.
~ charge yo,, Wien h.,,. a.. .,.s
The sun., 1916-10-26
GREGORY MOVES TO
END ELECTION FRAUD
Attorney General Appoints
Special Investigator for
Middle West States.

wAsHINoToN. Dot. $50 many re-
West have reached the Department of
Justice that Acknowledgement Gregory
sppointedsto-day Frank c. Daley Of m
dianspoiis. former United ststss District
Attorney. a. special assistant to the At
tornsy General In charge Of invsstiGa-
tions and prosecutions Of election Law
violations In Indiana. Ohio n Illinois.
Mr.. Dailey's designation followed con-
ferences which Attorney-0eneral Greg
Dry had with him and with Senator Tag
CART OF Indiana. who made Q iyinG visit
to the city. It also follows a mysterious
trip Of Assistant Attorney General
Graham last week. about which infor-
nation was refused at the Department
Of Justice at the time. Mr.. Graham
will have charge Of tho Washington end
Of the investigation.
Neither Senator Taggart o Mr..
Daley Is willing to discuss tho situa.
tion or their conferences At the Depart
ment. Reports have been reaching the
Department from time to time about the
possibility Of frauds In election for Fed
ersi OFFICES and special agents have been
looking into these not only In the middle
West but IN rome places In the East. 1t
was stated at the Department that thsrs
will be no politics in the Investigation
and hat n Democratic offenders will
be dealt with a. rigidiy - any member
Of N other party.
The Department oficials pointed TO.
day to the fact tina: there have been re-
Gently a number Of convictions at Terre
Haute. that there have been prosccu.
tons In West Virginia and elsewhere,
some OF them successful and some Of
them unsuccessful. and hat the situation
In Michigan has been psrticuiar iy closely
watched at the instance OF Federal Of
icers, who have been keeping IN close
touch ny direction Of the Attornsy-0en-
eral.
The sun., 1916-10-26
TWO "CABINET LADIES"
MISS DEMOCRATIC VAN
Mrs. Boiling and Secretary
Daniels's Daughter Get Lost
on the Way.

The campaign sounds iiko the Saliva
ton Army"
Miss Floyd O'Neale. niece Of Secretary
OF the Treasury McAdoo, looked around
with . disapprovinG eye from her seat In
the front OF the decorated van from
which the women's bureau Of the Ma
tional Democratic Committee IL en-
~deavorina TO persuade masculine New
York to vote for Wilson. The bald hat
half hlled the van was playing extra
loud In honor Of Cabinet ladies' day"
and Miss O'Neaie didn't IKE II.
The van left the Democratic hHadQuar-
tiers In Forty-second street at II o'clock
yesterday morning and travelled to the
Ford automobile factory In Ions Island
city. where the spsAksrs, Mrs. Winter
Russell and Mrs. G~lendower Evans. were
received with great enthusiasm BY the
employees Of the pssce advocate who y
supporting Wilson.
But as "Cah1nst ladies' day. the oc-
CASTOR was q failure. oa account Of two
Of the ladies. Misc Evelyn Hops DanAsla.
daughter Of the Secretary Of tn Navy.
M Mira. Rolfs Boiling. Mrs. wilson's
sistsr-in-iaw. getting lost on the way
from their hotels to the van. and not
turning up IN time for the start. Tho
only Washington Representatives. there
fore. were Mics O'Nsais and her mother.
Mrs. J. 3. O'Nsaie.
The sun., 1916-10-26
ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS.

Bltmore-Mr and Mrs. =, = sheldon and
Miss 4. sheldon. ONO; Mr' ane
Kn,ckerbccka-O, r .Bu,h. , G. Ora,
AMI w,is CHICAGO; $ A Hopkin. ss sn
Bolmont-J. A. Allison. 5, A. Fletcher. c
d. Sommes. r. Il. Sweet. INDIANAPOLIS; Rob
:,t Keith. Kansas City; c. " Durham ssr
vsndsrb.n-Mr, A. r. Carlton, Colorado
snrinss; T.. + H9aeE' schsneS;n dy; y J
M s,.Sa,s S'G'Tsa' ue NM; ~ w + 1l%"fa' liar
Claridye-M. j. Mcdonald and wife. osweso;
Eax.rd Morris; vi sal',s%Sre; LNi no y
c. b Hitc6cocc. sprins held
R. ROGERS, Phiisdelnhia; Charles n. moore,
Chicago; Mrs T. II. r. Mcknight, A, G.
McAlpin-Georr. n. Norc-oss,. Cleveland: II
r. sherman. Minneapolis; Charles w. Powell
kSS:.: cay csS;. NJ n r. AND we Mr. i. f CSa.ch' 4
R-sde Davis. Toronto.
Plazs-Iohn : and Mrs watson Brook;
Field, Chicago: senator lie Baron Colt, Provi'
Hsh.rlana-s N Noyes Wheeling; II. D;
RITZ csri,on"wanac. G white. Fl. W and
Mr,. Corning e 2 css slsy:,."eesi ,s r; !; xsa 6 brs NsS,
bridgeport: Boylston and Mrs Besl Boston
Murray H,I-Gaetano Pouardi, Italian Con
S'u. Phtl auflpnla, Alcninl Doyle, Rochester
y l, Barnett. Lakeville. Conn W. II.
park AvcnHs- II, PIai.,ed. Reading; W. M.
Chnrchmnn Philadelphia: W. W, Robert son.
Keene, N. H.; r, II. Halstead. Syracuse.
STRAIT ford-Mrs. Samuel Rea and Mins r.
Rca. Bryn Mawr; Mrs, Robert Taylor, Bslti-
more.
Wolcot-Chsrles J.. and Mrs. Bauer. Spring.
field: y. II. and Mrs. Anderson WellsburY.
Russell and family. ssnto Domingo: r. j.
Lyons. Minneapolis,
waidorf-Astoria-G. H.. Caperton. Charles.
ton. w Va: Mrs, James n Mckee, Miss
Virginia Mckee. wheeling: Mr.. and Mrs. j @,
Hutchins, George II Barbour. Detroit: r. X.
Diamond. Moutr~al: Mr., and Mrs, George j.
Long, Louisville: Mr., and Mrs. John d. Stet.
.Msrie Antoinette-r. II. Chapman and wife,
New York: D. f. Menosue, Boston: J. d,
Grand-C, 9 Emery, Buffalo: l.. NJ. Murphy.
Denver: A, u, Hitchcock. Boston, William
T., Hookes, Cleveland: +. G. slawson, R0ch-
ester.
imperial Frederick A.. Gale. Chicnro: 9.
Bradley. Baltimore; o.. NJ, Fowler. lndianapo.
lis; w, w Corey. 81. Louis: q. A, Holland.
Des Moines; l.. X. Starr, Atlanta.
SsvOy-Mr. and Mrs. Edwin X. Stevens.
Milton, Mass. Mr., and Mrs, George T, Dunn,
woodstock-Mr, AMI Mrs.. =. W. Hall. vii.
minston. nsl.; Mr. and Mrs. L. ne Long
A!ssnS; r. and Mrs. I. J. Wolf, Mount
The sun., 1916-10-26
BIDS HIGH FOR RATTLEaHIps.
FOsr Concerns Increase Prices, hu
stay In Cost Limit.


wAsHISoroS. Oct. s5.-Blds for the
-four new ba~ttleships, Colorado. Mary
land. Washington and West Virginia.
were opened to-day at the Navy Depart
ment. While all Of the tenders show the
heavy Increase In prices due to the alb
normal conditions In the shipbuildins in
dustry they we're within the depart
nsnt's limit OF cost. and II - virtually
certain that all four ahips will Be
awarded to private concerns. and that
the Government itself will not construct
any Of these craft or the twenty destroy
ers for which Offers also we're received.
Prices for the battleships quoted
ranged from $40. $50. 200 20 s11.475.o0
as against the departments limit for
hull and machinery OF 81. 500. 900. A
study Of the bids Is now In progress. and
awards will be made only after a care
full review Of the modifi cations proposed
by every bidder has been made. II 10
believed. however. that the Fore River
Shipbuilding Company, Quincy. MasA.
will get two Of the big ships. n the
Newport New, Ship n Dry Dock Com
pany the other two.
There were two other bidders. the New
York ShipbutldinG Company AID Will
lam Cramp 4 sons Of Philadelphia. The
former may get one ship on Anal exam
ination Of the ngures quoted. The Cramp
company's offer was to build n ship
on the basis Of cost plus 10 pr .
commission. q proposal which annot be
entertained legally on the battleships,
but would be N order for h four bat
tie cruisers, bids for which will be
opened In December.
The Department received t~wenty-four
Offers for the construction OF the twenty
destroyers, contracts for which are to
be let. The limit Of cost IL fixed at
81. eco, 600, which again Is 4 decided In
crease over the limits for the last simi-
lar ships contracted for. Bids ranged
from S1.150.o00 to 3l.1ss.0oo each and
the time of delivery from twenty-five to
twenty -eight months.
The sun., 1916-10-26
TO RAISE LONG HAUL RATES.
TrssseentinentaI Lisss Aspse o.
New Freight Tarias..

PORTLAND, Ore. Oct. ss.-A general
increase Of from 10 to 95 per cent. In
the transcontinental railroad rate on
most Of the heavier commodities moving
eastbound n w~estbound has been
agreed upon by the tia~nscontinsntal car.
riers. II Wal to-day At a
meeting Of traffic oficials and local ship
pers In Portland. The announcement
was formal n concerns lines serving
the north Pacific terminal cities.
The proposed increase. II was ex-
planned. 10 for the purpose Of complying
with the requirements Of tho Interstate
Commission laid down In its
recent spokane rate case ordor that the
preferential rates In favor OF the coast
terminals and against Spokane and other
inland cities should b removed. The
commission recognised the inland cities
contention that the war. causing q LACK
Of bottoms. and the r0osn condition of
the Panama Canal had eliminated actual
water competition.
The sun., 1916-10-26
College Men 10 Dine prcs,,...

President Wilson has been inv,.o,
and Ia expected to attend. a dinner \,
ing arranged by the Woodrow Wis".
College Mems League at the IIo,ol nv.
more November 4. Plans arc bot.
made to have the President me, by no.'
than . thousand members Of the lear,.
and escorted to the hotel. Other sps,I
ers will be Samuel Seabury. cand,a,,.
for Governor: William r. Mccom,,
candidate for United States SENATE,
Irving 8. Cobb and others.
The sun., 1916-10-26

ing the streets. He came to the high
cost OF living, saying:
The high cost of living. which 10 said
to be the illgotten offspring of the Re-
publican party--that same offspring, q
little higher, Ia now In its own fathers
home"
Nc Tariff Abuses.
He was for a protective tarifY, but he
would permit no abuses. He made this
promise:
a" have not come back TO political
life. leaving the career to which I de-
sired to devote The remainder Of my
days. for the purpose Of parcelling out
special privileges to a few"
He warned young men to think OF
economy In government because taxes
were mounting higher. Experts must
be had. said Mr.. Hughes. to meet the
plain problems that touch closely the
life Of every citizen.
MIR. Hughes spoke at length on the
Democratic Misrepresentation about the
Adamson law. warning labor that II was
going to be deceived In expecting beneht
and asking what railroad men who have
been earning a days pay in four hours
under the old wage scale would think
when they find themselves required to
work eight hours for a days pay under
the new scale.
He warned the public as a whole that
the bill for Increased wages comes out
OF the public's pocket and especially he
condemned b cowardics which led to
accepting legislation before the facts
were known.
Mr.. Hughes returned to the Hotel
Aston at 10 rs p. NJ. He will start NJ
sos A.. N. to-day from the Grand Gen.
The sun., 1916-10-26
Tries 10 Conserve Pap.r,

TRENTON, N. j., oct. 25.-Pleading the
hlgn price Of paper ard the threatened
pap~r aniine az an additional reason
iov economy. state Editor benjamin r.
i,oonitt to-day sent communications 10
III stste departments and institutions
"rS,nk orevi'y In the preparation Of the
forthcoming annual reports.
The sun., 1916-10-26
FIRE CHIEF ATTEMPTS sU1crnr
ID. J. Mu1holiand Of T~arry,.,.
Drinks Carbolic Acid.

TARRYrowN, N. Y. Oct. 25.--fJan,. ,
Mulholland. chief Of the Local Air. /.
partment, attempted suicide this s,,..
moo by drinking carbolIe acid a, ~,
home at Mechanics avenue and W,,S.Ns
street. His act came on the eve ~ ,s'
annual firemen's parade. which ia n ~.
held Tomorrow. ="
The chief was found in an urconsc,o..
condition by his wife. He was rc,rov.
TO the Tarrytown Hospital. whoro g.
was treated by Dr. J. e. Todd la,o ~
night It was announced tina, h. Viii w.
cover. "
The sun., 1916-10-26
JTTNEY BUS KILLS POLICEMAN.
Going 90 Miles an Hour. witnesses
say-Nesre Driver Held.

: Patrolman Dennis McElroy OF the
Yonkers force was crossing Yonkers ave-
nus to the second precinct house yester-
day to report for duty when q "jitney
bus struck him and killed him in
stantly. The bus. according to police
men who were In the station. was going
forty miles an hour.
James Richardson. a negro. of 242
South Eighth avenue. Noun Vernon.
was the driver. He was arrested,
charged with ma sla tighter.
Patrolman McElroy Ia the third person
killed by titnsys since the car strike
started September 10.
The sun., 1916-10-26
WILSON PLEASED BY CROWDS.
says Greetings on Trip West Mea'
PuhIic's ConAaenee.

M,RrINsBrRd. W. Va. Oct. 2b-Presi-
dent Wilson was greeted by q crowd
when he arrived here tonight on q
special train en- route to Cincinnati,
where he will speak tomorrow.
at IL certainly very delightful TO be
greeted in his way. and II shows that
my fellow citizens believe In me-" he
said.
The President left Shadow Lawn at
noon. Mrs. Wilson. Joseph p. Tumulty
and Or. Grayson are with him. He II
due in Cincinnati nj II 80 o'clock In the
morning.
The sun., 1916-10-26
Three New Paralysis cases.

Two new cases Of infantiie paralysis
were reported to the Health Department
yesterday from Queens and one from
Manhattan. making three In the entire
city. There were no deaths and no new
cases In h other boroughs. Six new
cases and no deaths were reported Tues
1ay.
The sun., 1916-10-26

trail station on his fourth Western ,u.-
with a preliminary swing through V WW
England. speaking to-day in lIar,,'',
and Providence and tonight IN Hos,.'
Tomorrow he will spend In up.s,,..
New York. W."
The sun., 1916-10-26
G. 0. P. CHIEFS PLAN
TO CHECKMATB FORD
Wilcox Holds Conference
With National Committee
men Of Ohio and Michigan.
A BATTLE OF DOLLARS
Automobile Man Said to Have
Ordered Agents 10 Spread
Wilson Gospel.

Plans for coping with .he campaign
which Henry Ford In about to start in
the Middle Western States on behalf Of
PRESIDENT Wilson. with whom he con.
ferred Tuesday at shadow Lawn. were
discussed at a conference in Chairman
willco1's ofics At Republican headouar.
tiers yesterday.
National .Commi{tesmsn r. II. Hy-
nicka Of OHIO snd Charles B. Warren Of
Michigan were among those at this con-
ferencs. M. Warren had Just returned
from Michigan. where the Ford cam
paisn 10 already under = Mr.. Ford's
activities have spread TO Ohio and In
the next few days are to include indiana
ana Illinois.
His plans. SO the Republicans have
been informed. not only include page adj
vertisements for Wilson in every news
paper in those States. but he Ia also US
Ing his automobile agents to spread the
Wilson gospel These agents are scat.
tered all through the rural districts and
all or them are said to have got orderp
10 boost Wilson from nov until election
day. Mr.. Ford In to foot all tho bills Of
this campaign.
Democratic Hopes.
Information has reached the Repub-
Ncan managers that the Wilson peop,e
have virtually aba one hope of carry
ing New York and New Jersey, but win
the help Of Henry Ford inc his bank roll
have high hopes OF carrying Michigan.
Ohio, Indiana. Hlirois and Wisconsin,
Onnn which THAR "a ynpakvn d ,pnurv nAn-
centrated.
To meet Mr.. Ford's outlay for adver-
tising purposes the Republicans arc
plannina to spend considerable sums
themselves In these States. Mr.. Warren
reported yesterday that Michigan. in
spite OF the Ford campaign. would In his
opinion be carried for Hughes. The Re-
pu%blicans In that State are well organ
iced and expect to roll rp \ big enough
vote to overcome the Democratic vote
In Detroit.
Mr.. Hynicka insisted that conditions
In Ohio were not so bad AZ had been
stated. He. said thst the Republicans
expected to carry the State by $4,000
and that 1; might reach 100000 Tho
big Issue there" he said. rs the
tariff and protection"
Signs Of a split In the railroad vote
in Ohio were reported yesterday. and
there were other things hat gave The
Republicans confidence that they were
gaining there.
Tread TowaPd USghes.
I'm spite Of Mr.. Ford's activities the
Republicans here are confident that
they are 20 carry every one Of the mid
die Western States. Advices from all Of
them show the trend Is now toward
Hughes.
The sun., 1916-10-26

Wilson and Seabury won over Hughes
ard Whitman In a straw vote taken yes
terday Mt the New York University Law
School. President Wilson got $40 votes,
hughes 1ss. Benson - and Hanly /.
Seabury got zoe votes and Whitman lts.
The sun., 1916-10-26
HUGHES FOR PEACE
BASED ON. PRINCIPLE


footllshts the 1000 went TO their feet
ring Determination. Little flags Jumped
into sight on auditorium and gallery
floors and huttsred like q garden OF pop
pies under q passing breeze. The APP
plause lasted hve minutes.
At h outset Of his speech Mr.. Hughes
referred to his first coming TO Brooklyn.
forty-two years g this month. when he
became q member OF the Republican
party. and where. later. he was TO cast
his frst vote. Thinking of those days
iinpelled him to go to Brooklyn to say =
word TO the young voters of the country.
lie reviewed brieny the accomplish
ments Of the Republican party. mention
Ing particularly it's sympathy for labor,
and then he turned quickly and with all
OF his power to a definition Of what
A~mericanism should mean-wM mean
II he Il elected President.
II ask" he said, 'what kind Of q
country does Young America want. Let
me see n l can answer mat question?
As Young America looks out upon the
world and thinks OF IL place In the flu
ture. In the life Of q rapidly growing
population. he must desire that his coun-
try should BE- respected throughout the
world.
"He Toes not desire any brasgart A..
sertion OF power; he does not wish any
policies Of Aggression: he does not de-
sire strife. The burdens Of war would
fall upon Young America, n Young
America desires psacs sDut Young
America must desire that II b a last
ing peace. q peace maintained through
self-respect II must be q peace which
will be conserved by . arm and con
s!stent maintenance Of American rights /;
The sun., 1916-10-26
Aneriesa kuterprise Abroad.

Mr.. Hughes said he could not believe
that Young America could wish the de-
ssrtion Of American enterprise abroad.
could wish American trade pioneers de-
MED the protection Of their nag and
left to ruin or death.
Can he think of America shut In
within itself. denied the opportunities
Of business frustrated" asked Mr..
Hughes, md there were shouts of ="
Mr.. Hughes made his denunciation OF
the P~resident's foreign policy very plain.
He referred to the promise of the Demo-
cratic platform OF 1912 to protect Amer
lean YES and property throughout the
world. n quoted one of Americas
greatest Jurists as saying that an
American citizen Is entitled to the pro-
lection Of his Government on the high
seas and within . foreign land. The
candidate continued:
Yet We have seen American men.
American women and American chill
dren ruthlessly destroyed upon the high
seas. We have seen men. women and
children murdered and property de-
stroyed in Mexico. We have seen Amer
ican commercial rights interfered with
and our Government has seemed TO rep
resent naught but impotence and I'M
availing words.
Now. It 10 said that tho alternative
Of the policy that has been already fol-
lowed Is q 1t seems to me that a
more preposterous assertion could not
he addressed to an Intelligent electorate.
l am = man Of peace. I have been de-
voted all my life to the institutions for
the peaceful settlement OF controversies.
] know. however. that rights do not con-
tinue to be rights unless they ara main.
tsined.'
The sun., 1916-10-26
AUTHORS TELL WHY
THEY FAVOR HUGHES
Twenty-one, Including Art
lists, Give Reasons for vot-'
ing Against Wilson.
FOREIGN POLICY CAUSE
Hope to Restore Americanism
Animates Many Who Sign
Declaration.

At the request OF Hamiln Garland
twenty-one authors and artists have
signed a declaration Of their intention
to vote for Mr.. Hughes and have given
their individual reasons for preferring
him to Mr.. Wilson. The declaration
with it, signers follows:
TO Whom II May Concern:
We. the undersigned authors and
artists. believing that a change of Ad-
ministratioa b necessary for the good
Of the nation. take pleasure in declar-
Ing our ~in1sntion to vote for the cleo
ton Of Charles Evans Hughes.