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Enricht claims for II. the question OF
bringing It into practical use Is one TO
be considered. That Is all That can
now be said about it,"
This Is Mr.. Enrichts oner:
Just let anybody make me "A reason
able Offer and give a pledge that the Sc
crct shall he disclosed to the world.
will enter into a contract to give satis-
factory demonstrations that my inven-
ton does all | claim for 1t. and Will place
my formula in the hands OF the Govern
ment. Henry Ford or any n who cares
TO be a public be nefactor In this matter,
but I will not sell to n one who VIII
try to hide my secret so that gasolene
might continue to hold the market"
II is probable "a demonstration OF the
fluid will be made for the Government.
Mr.. Enricht said Theodore Delavigne.
personal representative of Henry Ford.
had called on him and seen a demonstra-
ton and wanted to take the inventor
back to Detroit right away. Hut Mr..
Enricht preferred to have Mr.. Ford come
here, and expects him to-day or to-mor-
row. Also he expects to meet a Dr.
kuebler. a chemist who represents the
Austrian and German Governments. lie
said two representatives OF the United
States Government mad discussed the In
ventioh yesterday with Nv. Yoakum. who
liz Interested in the Acme Cement ana
Plaster Company OF st. Louis. which
manufactures fireproof hollow tiles IN
vented by Mr.. Enricht.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-19
LIFE IN PERIL AFTER
LONG DIVORCE FIGHT
Mrs. Robert Lee Fisher Under.
goes Operation for Removal
Of TumOr.

A.. u, ~
-. ''"e'' W" s"'e
i'"e mas successfully resisted four suits
for divorce brought by Robert Lee
| Fisher. a broker. underwent, an onera-
,to, ~, 81. o. vt u.... -
49, " 49, ~" -'''P'''' '
nay TOT the removal. OF an abdominal
tumor.
The operation was performed nv m
c,. - "a
NAN" '"'' r"s' "N'seeoo""
street. assisted ny Or. Herbert l.. Gray
Of 23S West Twcnty-serond street. Mrs.
Elsher,e far,i,y ,nvsjci.p and mr. r,r..
>, -. - 49,.
~ Ne"'o" :" % "'s' rn'y-e'sh'n
street. Mrs. Fishers condition was eN-
'roinelv serious late last night. but the
SURGEONS have homes that sh" will live
Mrs r1shers attorney. Phtlip Carpen-
Ter. III recently obtained
from justice GaNegan an order compell-
ing nor husband 10 pay $500 In order
mat she c"uid detraN IN" expenses OF
an OPERATION fcorse t"rdoh fa''Ie.
fisn'rS attorney, went INTO court ana
a~hhounccd mat MS client would appeal
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NO WORD OF KIDNAPPED BOY.
BROOKLYN Mother Repeats ReGuest
for Sesrch in Atlanta.

Mrs. william II. Richter. Cos Macon
street, Brooklyn, said last evening that
she had received no word from Atlanta,
Ga. I'm response to her requests for In
formation concerning the boy resembling
her kidnapped son.. Robert Allan Stry-
ker. by her first husband. who was re-
ported to have been seen In n beauty
par,or at Atlanta with a Mrs. Jessie
Scott Ailing. The mother has repeated
her request to GOV Harris Of Georgia
and to the Atlanta police to interest
themselves in tho search.
Mrs. Alling IL said to be n sister OF
Victor T.. 1nnes. under arrest In At
lanta on n charge OF larceny following
the disappearance of Miss Beatrice
helms and her sister. Mrs. Eloise helms.
Dennis.
Mrs. Richter was much distressed over
a statement mad In Atlanta that ii
was understood Sheriff Mangum intended
To report to Gov. Harris that he believes
Mrs. Richter IL tho first wife of lines
and that the Atlanta boy is their son.
This statement Is untrue Mrs.
Richter said to n Sun man. "My first
husband was Robert Lyon Stryker.
Perhaps II IL because of this wickedly
false story that I was 1nncs's divorced
wife hat ! have received no answers
to the messages | have sent TO Atlanta.
| never saw lines.
II do 50 hope the authorities will help
us run down this clue. We only know
that the child who was seen with Inncss
sister bore "A striking resemblance IL
our hoy, even to a scar on his lip"
Mrs. Richter said she would commune
cate with sheriff Mangurn at once.
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MRS. TEARLE ASKS $l5o A WEEK
says Actor Husbands borrowings
Made Her PcnniIcss.

Mrs. Roberta Menges Corwin lin
Tearle asked supreme Court Justice
l~rlehanty yesterday for $3.50 = week
al,mony pending her divorce suit against
Conway Tearle, The actor, AMI for 81 100
counsel fees ~ IN" ground that she Is
now penniless and in. absolute need of
funds. Tearle is accused 90 misconduct
with Adele Rowland.
For several years after our mar
rage" said Mrs. Tcarlc in her affidavit,
MIR, Tearle continually borrowed large
sums from me Ia use for living eX-
penses, travel and various ~eXtravagances
until my resources were depleted, Once
IT. London he pawned "A necklace. my
property. for many thousands of dollars
and kept the money"
Frederick T.. Goldsmith. attorney for
Toarle. told the court that NE had also
been retained by Miss Rowland and
would put IN an afndavit denying the
allegations involving her, lie presented
an affidavit by Tearle in which the actor
denies pawning the necklace. He denied
also that his earning power is from $500
TO $3.50 ID week, tic insisted that there
is nothing "unseemly" in mis- friendship
for Miss Rowland. He added that he is
heavily in debt.
The court reserved decision.
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CONDUIT PLANT SHUTS DOWN.
Action NJ Rioters at Hastings
Forces Com pa Decision.

HASTINGS. n. ". April ls.-The Ma
tional Conduit and Cable Company closed
Its plant to-day following threats OF the
strikers TO make trouble unless the COM
pany agreed to their demands. About
5000 men and women Gre now out of
employment. including 1000 who had
not gone on strike.
Sheriff Wiesendanger. Thomss J.
Goodwin, president Of the village, and
Michael j. Reagan and John J. Realm
Of the state Board OF Arbitration spent
the day In trying to bring the company
ana the strikers TO an understanding.
The strikers demanded an increase OF
five cents al hour. The company agreed
TO an Increase Of two and n Quarter cents
an hour to 1900 Of the strikers and one
cent an hour to the others. No amount
OF argument to the strikers on the part
OF the arbiters was availing.
At 8 4. NJ. the strikers gathered at
the entrances to the plant and attacked
the employees who had refused to Join
them. The strikers had stones and bot
ties stunned in their pockets awaiting a
chance to start something. and when the
chance arrived many heads were struck.
Many employees turned when they saw
the anger of the gang Of strikers and
went back 10 the village. All the win
dows along the railroad side Of the plant
were smashed. Windows of passing
trains also were broken.
The rioting continued until . O'Clock
In the afternoon when the 1000 loyal
employees left the plant At the request
OF the company. which has a number of
contracts with the Allies.
Edward : petot. president Of the
company. said tonight the concern would
lose S5oo.oo0 II II granted the increases
asked, He added that it was now for the
strikers TO decide whether they would
agree TO the company's terms or seek
work elsewhere.
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PUBLIC CHAUFFEURS PROTEST.
win Fight Ordinance Under W hitch
Their Licenses Arc Revoked.

Hackmen and taNicab chauffcurs are
to fight the power of the Bureau Of liz
censos and the bureau 81 Public We
hicl.s. which they say have been sis-
pending and revolving their permits and
nning them in an 'ehitrary and illegal
amer
Committees from the Taxi Owners
Association. the Public lItckmcu's Assoc
citation. the International Brotherhood II
~Chsum,urs. local -, and tho owners
and ChauTeurs League. representing I'm
all 900 public drivers, met Yesterday
I'm tho oftic" - their attorney. Joseph
Ncmcroy. liil broadway, aud arranged
10 hold a protest meeting I'm Bryant
Han. sixth avenue and FortN-frst street.
ON SUNDAY. Resolutions Forthcoming the
Board of Aldermen To amend the or
dinaucc under which liccnses can now
he revoked or suspended without a
hearing viii he presented at this mass
meeting,
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SUBWAY STRIKERS
SETTLE TROUBLES
Twelve Thousand Get a Raise
and Go Back to Work
To-day.
SCALE or WAGES FINED

The subway strike was settled yes
terday AZ a meeting bet ~ccn representa-
tives of the unions and of the contrac-
tors IN ,hc office of Oscar :. Straus.
chairman Of the Public Service commits
sion. and more than 1000 workers in
the new subways will return to work to-
day.
Terms Of settlement include. besides
raises of wages. AZ agreement on the
part OF the union that there will be no
more strikes during the life OF the con-
tracts. hat the contractors do not have
to discriminate in favor of union men.
but agree only not TO discriminate
against them. and that there shall be
no additional classification OF labor other
than that at present existing.
The raises OF wages call for a mini
mum Of 81 "A day for laborers: concrete
mixers. $3.50 "A day: timbermen. S4.20 a
day and their helpers 32.75 a day: engi-
neers. $50 a week for straight time and
IS a day for broke time. commencing
June I. 1915.
Thomas r.. O'Brien. president OF the
International Tune and subway Con-
structors Union. said that the agreement
was satisfactory rs far as the workers
were concerned and that all the workers
favored it's acceptance.
w feel much elated at having brought
the strike 10 a satisfactory conclusion
he said. I'VE are glad TO go back 10
work tomorrow and are glad also that
there have been 10 accidents or caveins
during the strike. We carefully guarded
against all dangers. as we sent men TO
shore up the timbers at all weak spots
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SANTA FE HEAD WARNS MEN.
Says = Hour Day Ia Impossible and
Advises ThOuRht.

CHICAGO. April 1s-E. =. Ripley.
president Of the santa Fe Railroad. in a
letter written At Santa Barbara. Cal.
his winter home. has sounded II warning
TO the 1900 employees of the system
that the demands of the four railroad
bro~therhoods for a basic eight hour day
r. impossible and advises them to con-
s!der their course well before acting.
The letter says
"a strike will cost the company a
great deal of muncy--perhaps ncccssitate
the passing Of one or two dividends.
working much hardship or many inno-
cent people-but !. will not help the men.
and after the loss of wages and s,and-
irg other mon Will take their places and
the work will 20 on. Is the game worth
the candle? 80
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THREATS IN BOY BOXERS CASE
Club, Dortor aud Inspector suffer
tf ~ Looks Under IS.

Fred \. Wenck. chairman OF the State
Athletic Commission. ordered the APP
p%earance before him to-day of Irving
Wolkow Of brooklyn, said to be only 10
years old. who was recently allowed to
box AT the broadway Sporting club,
Brooklyn, The clubs officials. the club
doctor and the commission inspector
VIII also appear,
"If the boys appearance be such that
any one could tell at u glance that he
was not Is years old and IL It appears
That despite his he was passed as is
by the clubs physician, matchmaker and
This commissions inspector. the ply
sician will he barred from work IN box
Ing clubs of this State, the club will he
recommended for II severe penalty and
the Inspector win be deposed.' said MIR,
I Wenck
when this matter was first called ia
our attention, Ia" club. It's physician, o,r
inspector ana the iioard az Education.
truant ofhc"r reported TO inc that tho
boy had assured them that ne was is
fArerSadts-
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FOUR INQUIRIES GHTEDGE
WRECK; ARE DEAD, III HURT
New Haven Employees Give Conflicting Statements on
Signals at Inquest Behind Closed Doors-Com-
pany Defends Safety Devices.

we secured some help from Westerly,
some four miles away.
Proper Federal and state officers have
been notified n thorough investiga-
ton under way. Details to follow.
--latest report. which II IL belived Is
authentic. indicates five passengers
killed, two Identified and three unidenti-
fed thirty-one passengers injured. No
train service employees killed"
Defends safety system.
a statement regarding the signal
system in operation on this section OF
road was issued by Edward o.. Riggs.
executive assistant. yesterday afternoon.
in which II In described as one of the
safest IN existence. The statement
says:
The signal system which protects
Bradford station has been thoroughly
overhauled within the past four years
and a always been maintained during
that time in the highest state OF
efficiency. This is one OF the safest
signal systems in operation. 1t requires
the cooperation of two men to work.
Its efficiency IL attested by the safety
Of operation on those sections Of the
New Haven where 1t is installed. This
system 10 called the manual controlled
lock and block SYSTEM
Efforts are being made TO replace
The wooden cars now in use on the
New Haven Al fast as possible. said
Mr.. Riggs. and he pointed out tina from
september /. 1913. to December 81, 1915
more than $4,000. 900 had been au-
thorized for equipment. Steel cars are
being built at the rate Of from 100 "a
100 a year for the road. and at present
700 out Of a total of 1.So0 passenger
coaches are OF steel. Nearly $500, 600
has recently been authorized for i'm
proving the signal system.
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u W. Combs. fagman of train $40,
vas born in 1855. me entered service
AprIl. 1907, AS passenger trainman pro-
NOTED 10 passenger baggagemaster Feb
ruary. 1918 has no entries against his
perfof nance Of duty and is regarded by
the supcr,i sing officers OF the division
as a capable employee. When the train
stopped At Bradford he went lmmedi-
ately back.
Roth towcrmen are positive that
the levers controlling the home and
position indicating stop. The distant
signal Is semi-automatic and would re-
turn to the cautionary indication as No.
633 passed. The home signal II mechan-
ically controlled The caution signal is
located approximately 5000 feet from
the " and there Is Il track circuit
from the c~autionary signal through the
intcrlocking limit. There Is some uues-
tiou AS TO tho cause Of the fire.
ELEVEN doctors located in Westerly
reached tho scene promptly by auto
mobile, Superintendent Lltchhold with
tn" wreck train and doctors left New
London Monday at S 4, NJ. Signal In
sl'e"tor Nicholson, who was a passenger
on train %. made AN inspection IT
the home" and distant signal Immediately
after the accident.
Cars OF train 833 were burned,
also the station and freight house
which were iEnited from the car. There
Is no fire department IN the town, and
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PROVIDENCE, n. L., April 18.-The
death list in the New Haven rear end
collision al Bradford last night remains
at five. with one unidentified body. Mar
garet Bliss of Westerly, previously re-
ported as one Of the in~cineratcd victims.
was found to have escaped injury. James
barber was not killed. but william A.
Barber OF Westerly was. The other
known dead are Miss Jeanette Clark
OF Westerly. Mrs. Olivia Martell VI South
bridge. Mass. and Thomas Boardman
of Westerly.
Three official Investigations OF the
cause OF the wreck were begun this after
noon--by the state of Rhode Island.
through the Attorney-General's office by
the Public Utilities Commission Of the
State. and by the New Haven manage
ment. A fourth one will be started to-
morrow morning. when the Interstate
Commerce Commission will begin an In
quiry directed by Washington.
The Public Utilities Commission spent
the afternoon In looking over the scene
Of the wreck. inspecting the engine of
the Gilt Edge Express and arranging To
III ", -,
Haven officials were rounding up their
employees to determine where the blame
should be laid, while Third Assistant
Attorney-General Fred A.. Otis assisted
Coroner Everett \. Kingsley in arrang-
ing for an inquest at Westerly.
Inquest Held In secret.
This il being held behind CLOSED doors
at the suggestion Of Attorney-Genera'
, Herbert NJ. Rice. who says that To make
public anything Of a criminal nature be-
fore It could be brought to the attention
of the Grand Jury would defeat justice.
There were three witnesses before the
Coroner to-day-Tcwerman John Nc
Closkey. his assistant. Henry +. Nc
Manus who was on duty at the time Of
the wreck. and Engineer Donald NJ
Weathersby Of the New London express
McManus was not called to the witness
stand and the tw, others did not com'
plete their evidence.
McCloskey refused to reveal anything
H. had told the Coroner. but Weathersb,
said that the force of the blow from tn,
! Gilt Edge broke his engine apart from
the train and shunted it sixty fec, dow
the track also hat when he passed IN.
distance signal cast Of Bradford Il
showed green. Immediately turning tc
Caution and h "a the Bradford home
signal was set for "A clear track. The
distance signal. he ssid. could not have
been turned Jack to safety until his trair
lad reached the home signal at Westerly
Il e miles away.
Engineer Charles r. Mansfield still in.
sists t'at that light was set on safety
while Towerman McManus Hdheres to HE
story that he set it against the Gilt Edge
This opens up tho question of whether
the signals were working properly,
Weafhersby added that he had no trouble
In seeing "A mile down the track. hence
Mansfield could lave had no d;ficuity
in picking w the signals.
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|OLD ACTORS POSE
AS HELP TO FUND
Moving Pictures to BE Shown
to Push the Million Dollar
Endowment.
FROHMAN ON THE SCREEN

Fiddes Page. despite his crutches and
the attendant afiictions which make
crutches necessary. Is the optimist OF
the Actors Fund Home down on the nils
OF Staten Island. Fiddes remarked carly
yesterday that by the time Dan'l Froh-
man and the movie men arrived at the
home to lake moving pictures Of the
thirty-six guests living at the home the
clouds would scatter and the sun would
come out.
I T.. NJ. q string of cars came to n stop
with a snort on the Rravclled driveway
leading to the flossy building where the
slightly more older actors lhe. actors
here meaning also. and especially. act
resses. Thereupon Dan'l detrained. fol-
lowed by alert young men carrying yell
low legged tripods. theXoung men being
movie operators for tn well known
Pathe boys, the Universe, folks. and the
Seiig Tribune bi-wcekly movie news
paper.
Before going any further 1t. IL just
az well to let the reading public know
that May IL next will be known from
Portland to Portland and from Montreal
to Tampa and back again as Actors
Fund Day In the movies. \ part or
the gross receipts on that day viii be
turned over by all the movie managers
in the country. be they ever so humble,
TO help swell the ! 1000. 900 fund which
Mr.. Frohman and his associates hope to
raise before the year is out.
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PHONE TRICK DIVORCE AID.
How Mrs. Henry j. Hrrts Tr0ppes
Her Suspected Husband.

\ move use of the telephone in obtain
ing divorce evidence was described be-
fore supreme Court Justice ~Newburgcr
yesterday in "A suit of Mrs. Margaret G.
Hertz against Henry j. Hertz, a photog-
rapher. who was served viii the papers
~, the Hotel knickcrbocker.
Maxwell II. Byrd. a tobacco dealer.
chief witness for Mrs. Hertz. said that
it was suspected that Hertz was main
tanning "A woman other than his wife in
an apartment AT l05 West lnith street.
While Byrd stood by the switchboard in
the house he had "a friend call up and
ask for Mrs. Hertz. lie then saw the
for apartment ~, which he knew was
occupied by Hertz.
Byrd and his friend then went up
to the apartment and found the woman
in bed and Hertz In the room. The
court reserved decision.
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Reminder 70 the Family.

And a week or two before Actors Fund
day in the movies the pictures taken yes
tefday will be released to remind movie
patrons that on that day the head of the
family must make some sort of excuse
or other to the boss and slip out the
Other half OF the family must put on her
best and leave the key under the mat
and the children must hurry home from
school to meet the second half, who Will
meet the first half. all the children be
ing assembled around the ticket window.
Whercupon father will dig down nto his
Jeans and shell out for u string of tickets
and will have Joy in the thought that Il
part OF his outgiving will 20 To the
Actions Fund.
Mr.. Frohman. VIC ring the only Nat
crowned derby hat in captivity. headed
a parade of limousincS wherein were
anon others. the venerable '0seph
Dalryinple. So yeats young. whose silh'i
white hair fluttercd in the springtimo
breezes Milton Mobiles of the board al
trustees Of the home Joseph n. SaNad"''
chairman of the Staten Island move
day committee; l.. l.. Harvey and Il
string of unimpnrtant newspaper folk.
In their best bib and tucker the a'to'
folk greeted the party. one whlt'
haired ingenue Of other days greeted Nj,
Frohman with a good hearty smack on
the left cheek. Immediately everybody
pressed forward to ask her name. every
body thcrcupon meeting up with q re-
buzz in the form OF IA naughty statement
from the lady 10 the general effect that
the motherly and ftthcriy feeling which
sh, and the other thiriS-tive residents
Of the home have for Mr.. - Imam Wa
none of the newspaper reading ruhlic's
business.
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M VISIT CITY HALL.
Ten served to Municipal League
before Tour of Building.

The Women's Municipal League was
received Yesterday afternoon in the
rooms ~ tho Municipal Art Commission
IN the city Hail by Mrs. Henry l.. Stin-
son. president " the league. and Mrs
Henry \. Wise Mood. Mrs. Wood Is "A
daughtcr-in-law Of Fernando Wood. once
Mayor of New York.
Tea was served 10 The guests by wait
rcsses in costume from the Peg Voting
ton tea room. and the guests were cs-
cortcl through the han by G;rosvenor
A~tterhury. the architect under whose
direction tho building was restored.