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The sun., 1916-11-10
7 INDICTED IN LENOX
SUBWAY BOMB PLOT
Six Under Arrest. Other Name
Naturalization Books
Examined.

Two blanket Indictments. one ,harging
/ violation OF the Penal cod" and tn"
other charg ing conspiracy. were handed
d wn yesterday by the Grand Jury
against seven men said To have been
implicated In the effort to blow w the
subway station AT llotr street and IFnoX
avenue on the nigh, ~ October "a. Six
Of The men are under arrest. held In bal!
OF $40. 900 each. but the seventh has not
| been arrested and his name has not been
divulgcd.
The SIX men under arrest against whom
te indictments were returned are:
Michael J. Hcrlihy. n, of ls+ East ll6th
street. former elevated guard and now
financial secretary of Local .3l Of the
Garments Union Lawrence Kubla. "a.
OF l3l East 10th street. former subway
guard and recording secretary of Local
13l George Pollak. rs. OF 80 East 18th
street. former elevated guard and as
sistant financial secretary OF the local:
BENJAMIN :, Hamilton, -. OF l27 East
Eighty-fourth street. former elevated
guard and business agent of the local:
James j, Merna, -. OF 776 Ninth ave-
nue.. former subway guard and member
OF the union honas j, Mcclure, ~. Of
500 bloomfield avenue. Caldwell. n. j., a
chauffeur.
The first Indictment was handed down
under Section 1895 of the Penal Code,
wrich declares it a felony to endanger
life by 'maliciously placing explosives
near buildings" The punishment pro-
yided is from five to twenty years.
Michael curley, president OF Local 131.
yesterday was forced by Judge D~clehanty
to permit the financial records Of his or
gauization 10 be by the Dis
trict Attorney, lie was served with a
writ ordering him to surrender the books.
hut refused. 4 warrant for contempt Of
court was applied for and finally Cuiley
agreed to permit the records to be ex-
amincd in his presence, but still de-
| clincd TO let them out VI his possession.
The sun., 1916-11-10
TO STRIKE WHEN IT RAINS.
l mbrcllR Makers Want Had
Weather to HeIp Them Win.

Twenty-Five thousand girls I'm the
United states are praying for rain, and
for a purely selfish reason. They make
umbrellas, and they are waiting for a
few stormy days SO that the strike they
are planning Will have a better chance
Of succeeding.
They believe that the time to strike
IS IN a rainy season. when Aere Is an
increased demand for umbrellas. so from
day to day they are a~nAlously consult.
Ing the weather man. This liz TO be a
national strike. n Meyer Abromson
OF the Umbrella Workers Union, who Is
organizing IT., said yesterday that all
branches OF he trade. handle makers
and stick makers included. would Join in
the movement and tie up the entire in
dustry. They want an eight hour day.
The sun., 1916-11-10
HUGHES CONSENTS
TO RECOUNT PLANS
Sees Republican Leaders and
Agrees to Necessary
Legal Steps.
DROPS CARES AT SHOW
Willie Collier Starts Cheers by
AnusiOn to Doubtful
Result.

Charles f. Hushes conferred for "
last night with leading Repuh-
Leans at the Hotel Aston. Though no
definite statement was made. 1t was gen.
orally understood from the comments
OF those who saw the candidate that
plans to demand a recount In close
states were considered In detail. Mr..
Hughes. It became clear. had consente |
10 the necessary legal steps.
The fret man to meet him was Ever
EFT Colby. leader OF the Republican AMI
Progressive forces. who was successful
In New Jersey. When he left the can
dldate's private apartment he let It be
understood that legal suits lad been
ticularIze. George W. wickcrsham. for.
mer Attorney-General. and National
Chairman Wilcox also saw Mr.. Hughes.
Perkins II silent.
George w. Perkins was another caller.
but he refused to talk about recount
or contests. saying that these were mat
ters to be settled by Mr.. Wilcox.
Last night Mr.. Hughes demonstrate
the same remarkable ability to put aside
the cares of the campaign that he has
shown since Tuesday. and went to the
Longacre Theatre to see William Collier
in Nothing but the TRUTH With him
were Mrs. Hughes. Mr.. M Mrs. Charles
+. Hughes. Jr., and Lawrence Green. a
secretary.
Their entrance into the theatre was
so quiet that few In the audience real
lied that the candidate was there. 1t
not untl Mr.. Collier. learning OF
the presence Of Mr.. Hughes. began to
Inject a few topical references into his
lines that the attention OF the specta-
tors was drawn TO the Hughes box.
Audience Cheers.
When Margaret Brainard. in the part
or Gpendolyn Rdisfon, said to the star
with reference to 10000 she wanted
him to double for her hat II he invested
1t there would be no risk. Mr.. Collier re-
piled: II can't tell you-not till hear
from California
The audience caught the point then
and began TO cheer Mr.. Hughes.
The sun., 1916-11-10
MARRIAGE BY DURESS.
19-N cRr-Oid wife Asks Court Ia
Annul The Ilc.

Blanche 'ottcsman, "a wears Old, 81
1914 Boston road, told Justice ponnclly
IN the supreme Court yesterday that she
had been cocrced Into a marriage with
Nathan Fishhcin. -. n salesman, and
that IL was her reason Tor bringing an
action for the annulment OF the yerc-
mony,
She said that she yer 10 the MunIci.
pal Building on August { last with Fish
bein through fear that hcr brotlcrs
would b. done bodily harm un!rss She
entered into u pact OF eternal friend
ship with the salesman, She testified
that she did not understand at tho time
that the performed actually
united them in marriage,
Justice Donnclly reserved decision.
The sun., 1916-11-10
HELD FOR TRYING TO END LIFE.
James ~. whitley Prisoner In
Brooklyn Hospital.

Charged with attempting suicide.
James II. Whitley, an engineer, Is a
prisoner in the Brooklyn Hospital. Two
of the three shots he Is alleged 10 have
fred grazed his right temple, one Of the
bullets lodging therein. His condition
was said last night not to he danger
Gus.
The injured man Is an uncle Of Fred
crick y, whitley, ventilltinG and heat
ing engineer, with an office at Concord
and Fulton streets. About . o'clock in
the morning clerks in the office were
startled by revolver shots. on the floor
near his desk lay Mr.. whitley.
The only reason assigned for his act
was that he had suffered recently from
severe headaches. He IL 81 years old
and lives with his wife and two daugh-
tiers at 1853 Gates avenue.
The sun., 1916-11-10
z HURT IN CAR COLLISION.
PatrOimnn Among Those Injured
hen BronK TrolIeys Cr..h.

Seven passengers were slightly injured
last night when a trolley car in West
chester avenue. The Bronx, buinped INFO
the rear Of another car which was stand
Ing at Jackson avenue.
Glass was splinterCd In the two cars
and many OF the passengers were thrown
from their seats, Patrolman Fauth. who
was on duty in tho vestlbule Of the rear
car with Edward Brady, motorman. re-
ceived Commissions OF the left knee. six
other men n women In the cars were
cut and bruised. DR.. Zion OF Lebanon
Hospital treated Ave persons. Two men
refused treatment and went home.
The sun., 1916-11-10
DANCES IN JAIL ARRANGED.
Mrs. Cram 10 Play for Queens
Female Prisoners.

Mrs. J, Sergeant Cram has obtained
the consent OF Commissioner Lewis of
the Department of Correction to hold
weekly dances for the female prisoners
In the Queens county jail. There are
ninety women prisoners at present, but
The number frequently runs as high as
1870.
Mrs. Cram will play the piano for
these dances. which are to be held every
Friday afternoon from 1880 to $3.50
o'clock. A professional drummer will
accompany her.
The sun., 1916-11-10
PETER COOPER HEWITT LOSES.
Oyster BAY citizens Vote Down Ills
Island Purchase Proposal.

OYSTER BAY. l.. T.. Nov. By a vote
of more than two to one the citizens OF
Oyster Bay defeated the attempt OF
Peter Cooper Hewitt. the New York in !
%ventor, to buy Short Beach, an island
owned by this town near Long Beach.
Mr.. Hewitt said he wanted the island
as an estate. He offered $1,000 for Its
nifty acres. The people Of this section
believe he wants to get the property at
"A bottHn price and develop il into a
none maker similar to Long Beach. !
The sun., 1916-11-10
BITTER FIGHT IN MISSOURI.
10th Parties Claim Election al
CsndIdates for Governor.

ST. LOUIS. Nov. Both Republican
and Democratic State committees were
claiming tonight the election OF their
candidate for Governor or of Missouri
Returns from all but 296 of the 3,Ao'
precincts of the State. however, gave
Gardner. Democrat, 357,l3Q.. and Iamn'
Republican. 352.743. a plurality for Gard
ner of 4.3s7.
The Republican State Committee
claimed l.amm's election by about 300
votes and the Democratic Committee III
sisted that returns from MISSING pre-
cincts would not reduce GARDENERS lead
to less than 5000.
The sun., 1916-11-10
HOPPER ESTATE INSOLvENT.
Politician Left sO,d73 Assct.-uis
Debts aud Expenses x50,:,0D.

Isaac A, Hopper, a widely know poll
tician, whose death occurred ON Decem-
Der 81. 1912. left total assets of s9.673,
an appraisal filed by Appraiser Sweeney
showed yesterday. and the debts and
expenses of administration mounte to
s5s,369. leaving the estate insolvent.
Mr.. Hopper had an equity amounting
to $3.50 In n vacant lot on the south side
Of West forth street, west OF Columbus
venue. and a leasehold Of 2l9 East
12jth street appraised at $500.
The sun., 1916-11-10
CAR KILLS BOY: SPEEDS AWAY,
Detectives Hunt MOtOrist Arter Ac.
cident III Amsterdam

Detectives were searching last night
for The man who while driving a light car
knocked down and killed ~eight-year-old
Irving Static, Jr,, and then sped away.
The boy was playing In front OF his
home at 2lS3 Amsterdam avenue. near
l6Sth street. when he was hit by the
car and hurled ten feet. striking on his
head. The driver shot away while>spec-
tators yainly endea v0red to see the num-
Der on his car.
The sun., 1916-11-10
WILSON BEATEN BY
54,776 IN OWN STATE
With % More Districts to Re-
port. Hughes's Plurality
Will Grow.

With twenty-five small election districts
still, to he heard from. most OF them
small farming villages or fishing settle
ments along the coast and on the shores
Of Delaware Bay. the New Jersey cleo
ton returns OF Tuesdays election show
that Hughes had 54,776 more votes than
President Wilson la In his own state.
The vote for Hughes with the twenty.
I'VE districts missing was 262.3Ss and
that Of the President 207,6l2.
The detailed vote was:
The sun., 1916-11-10

James W. Gerard, Ambassador to Ger
many who Is here on n vacation, paid a
visit yesterday to his former secretary,
Thomas d., Mccarthy, now United States
marshal. Mt the latter's office In the Fed
eral Building. After discussing unofi-
c!al topics the Ambassador and the mar
shall had luncheon together.
The sun., 1916-11-10

HELENA. Mon. Nov. o.-The State Re
publican central committee on revised
and fuller figures from the State to-day
claimed the election OF Miss Jeanette
Rankin to Congress.
The sun., 1916-11-10

ALBANY. Nov, a.-iov. Whitman filed
the first election expense statement to-
day. II reported no receipts except those
to he reported by his campaign commit
ieo and his own contribution Of $1,000
10 the State Committee,
The sun., 1916-11-10
WILSON GOES TO SEE
GRANDCHILD NAMED
Confident California Vote Will
Reflect Him. Last Words
to Tumulty.
TO BE GONE UNTIL SUNDAY
Starts for WilliamStOwn. Mass,
After Getting Reports
From West.
TO BE GONE UNTIL SUNDAY

AsBuRy PARK. y. J., Nov. e-Prcsi'
Dent and Mrs. Wilson left after dinner
to-nigh, for Wiliiamstown. Mass. to at
tend tho christening Of Baby Sayre. The
President will return to the White House
On Sunday.
They went by motor car to Atianuc
Highlands. where they boarded the
Presidential yacht Mayaower, which Is
to take them to Rhineclin, y. Y.
The President persisted in his refusal
20 make a statement. asserting he would
await the final counts before making
any comments.
His last words to Secretary Tumulty.
However. were OF the greatest confidence
that california would swing him into
the White House for four years more.
DR.. Cary T. Grayson. White House
physician. came to the executive offices
In Asbury Park this afternoon and said
the President had withstood the stress
Of the situation remarkably well.
SIX ID the Party.
In the party are President and Mrs.
Wilson. Miss Wilson. Dr. Cary T. Gray
son. Miss Helen Woodruff Bones and G..
l.. Sven. stenographer.
President and Mrs. Wilson spent most
Of the day near the telephones. getting
reports rclayed from Secretary Tumu,ty
and Chairman Mccormick. They took
time for a round on the golf links and
Q motor spin through Shadow Lawn.
As the afternoon reports came in the
President was in a more cheerful mood
than he has been for several days. He
smiled his approval OF the Western silt
ustion. and even when adverse flashes
came he showed no signs OF worry.
h President made no enort to con-
ceal his emotion when he received the
following telegram from Gavin McNab.
Democratic National Committeeman In
California:
II have the honor to inform you hat
California has decided to cast her th'r-
teen votes for the man who stands for
the rights Of men, women and children
1rst and secondly for the rights OF prop
erty-Woodrow Wilson. California feels
that her thirteen votes are a lucky num-
Der for humanity, progress and the ma
ton. GAVIN McNAB."
Tumulty IL Elnted.
Al tho Ashury Park executive offices
Secretary Tumulty and his stan were
keenly elated over the returns. When New
Hampshire flashed the prospects of a
Wilson victory Tumulty Jumped up with
q gleeful shout. lie announced to news
paper men at 3 o'clock in the afternoon,
"t's. all over, we have won. but wei
wait n while anyway to be doubly sure"
Frequently he stepped to the booth to
telephone 10 President Wilson that this
or that newspaper. n strong Republican
organ. was out with headlines that fiared
Democratic victory.
Tumulty's force OF clerks were bus,
all day packing and hammering. The
Offices will he moved tomorrow to Wash.
ington. The departure of President and
Mrs. Wilson for Wiliiamstown ended
Shadow Lawns term as the summe,
White House.
Secretary Tumulty issued n statemen;
Tonight Offering the Presidents thanks
for the cordiality OF residents of Ions
Branch and Asbury. Park and for the
loyalty with which the men OF Asbury
Park stood by him in these trying days.
The sun., 1916-11-10
M'DEVITT GIVES UP
OF PRESIDENCY
One Time "MilliOnaire for u
Day" Comedies Wilson or
Hughes Has Won.

The one time millionaire for a Day.
the Hon. John Jay Butch McDeFit OF
Wilkesbarre, Pa. simplifed " ffee'-
dential contest last night at least 20 inc
extent Of narrowing down the country
choice TO one or the other of " can
didates. Mr.. Hughes or Mr.. Wilson In
a special delivery letter to THE SUN
Presidential Candidate McI)evitt ad-
mitted that personally he had given up
hope.
Mr.. McDevitt, although n landsliding
winner In his home ward. the Fourteenth,
where the voting always Is done on the
first Sunday before the Tuesday atter
the first Monday In November. acknowl-
edged defeat in a letter which IAN IN
part
Losea S:5,OOO u Year job.
warning! This Note Paper For ~;
elusive Use ~ Guests. ftrcprn"f-n Hotel
Fireproo: European ,IIin
Every Modern convenisn nee. one Minute
From Iehigh Valley Railroad station
\. 4. Rcdins'on. Prop, j. y. l.enahah.
Mgr. Meals Served In Rooms charged
Extra. DO Not Remove Fruit From Iln-
ing Room. Northeastern Pennsyi'ania's
Leading Hosiery.
"WLKEsnARRE. Pa. Nov. 8. 'ls-
Editor of THE SrS: Friend Editor
tdke JbH1 TtCuiIlStbHS l'i. ihN "'''
pm per In hand TO kindly ask YOU TO please
inform your perusers throughout the
United States that | accept defeat grace
fully. Thu loss OF S15.0oo "A year for
our years with potatoes at 81 per hushel
Ia a hard loss. However. seriously speak
ing without acrimony. the people think
they kno best and ! must eneNitAbly
submit to the enevitable. 'Sicncd) joins
JAY McDEvirT, late Candidate for Press-
dent"
Statesman Mcpevitt ran so far ahead
of his ticket during the sentimental bal
loting in the Fourteenth ward Of Wilkes
barre last Sunday that when the polls
were officially opened for the perfume
tory balloting Of Tuesday the f'w voters
who dared to venture into kfa.k"nfous's
barbed shop early Tuesday morning {"
vote found that the ballot box was al
ready crowded 10 capacity.
The sun., 1916-11-10
BROOKLYN LOSES 2
DEM. ASSEMBLYMEN
McCOOcy Discovers Socialist
Defeats Isaac MendelsOhn
by Forty Votes.
CLOSE IN DIST DISTRICT
Joseph 4. WhitehOrn. Win
ncr. Will BE Colleague Of
A. !. ShiplOcoff.
CLOSE IN DIST DISTRICT

The Democratic organization Of Brook
lyn discovered yesterday that 1t had lost
two .Asscmblymen instead Of one. but
the second goes to the Socialists, not the
Republicans. Corrected returns from
the Twenty-1rst district show that Jo-
seph A. Whltehorn, Socialist. defeated
the Democratic incumbent, Isaac Men
delsohn. by just 40 votes.
II was nip and tuck in the district,
with the Democrat leading most OF the
time. AM the real fight supposedly be-
tween Republican and Democrat. Mr..
Whitchern's plurality at the last wa. a
complete surprise. The vote was
Whitehorn. Socialist. 1888: Mendclsohn,
Democrat. 1899; Nesslere. Republican.
1884.
The election OF Mr.. w%hitehorn, a Ru-
manian by birth, denotes IN Increasing
Socialistic tendency in East New York.
which was the fret section to send a So
ciaii't to the state Assembly. The
Twcnty-third district sent A. 1. Shiplo-
con- to the Assembly two years ago and
returned him this year.
winner Once a Newsboy.
Mr.. Whitehorn came to this country
when 10 years old-he IL 81 now-and
sold newspapers for a time. He at
tended night school as a boy and young
man and later. while clerking by day.
studied law in the evening classes OF the
New York University. lie took second
prize IN his second year and vas gradu-
ated with first honors In 1904.
with the exception OF Mr.. whitehorn
he results announced yesterday remain
UNCHANGED. In explanation of these re-
suits the following statement was given
out yesterday at the McCooey headuuar-
tiers in the Thomas Jefferson Building:
We lost OF the Governor because
Whitman was the better vote gettcr.
w lost on the Senator because
Calder was stronger than McCombs.
W lost the Supreme Court Justice
because cropsey had a ronge personal
following.
W lost the District Attorney fight
because of the combined strength Of the
Republican candidates affecting our
nominee"
Fitzgerald Ahead Of Wilson vote.
Representative John J. Fitzgerald had
this to sag In regard to his reelection
The fact that MY majority exceeds
that OF President Wilson by nearly $500
votes In the Congressional district ,the
SEVENTH Is conclusive proof Of the wide
spread interest in my election
The expense vouchers filed yesterday
by Representative Fitzgerald and Fred.
! erick W. Rowe showed contributions oil
$40 tor Fitzgerald and expenditures OF
$50; contributions of $50 for Rowe
and expenditures Of $4,000. In each
case the bulk Of the expenditures repre-.
scented contributions to political organi.
cations. The contributions TO Mr.. Fitz-
gerald included one OF s2j from Bird 5
colcr
The sun., 1916-11-10

To many In the West and South Of
the United States the war has seemed
almost MS remote as II fought on All
o'hcr planet. They had their daily work
10 do. and IL was enough for them to
do IL.
Educated Americans Of both parties,
with n deeper insight into the issues at
stake, a keener sense OF the interde-
p'ndsncc Of world politics. wished to 10
further than President Wilson and gave
IN" allied cause generous. wholchearted
support. which has been Of great moral
advantage TO us.
col. Roosevelt. Mr.. Taft. Dr. Eliot
nave c~hampioned the right and de-
nounced the wrong with a fervor which
comes from a profound conviction. The
great part OF the American press has
ictrlessly taken the same course, despite
the withdrawal of the advertisements OF
powerful German banks. breweries. dry
eoods stores and other businesses. and
despite the loss Of German subscriptions.
with the limits they have set them
selves the American people as a whole
have given the Allies assistance which
has been recognized with gratitude BY
US and angrily resented by the enemy.
They have iayishly supplied us with
arms. ammunition. equipment. stores
and provisions for our armies. raw ma
t.rial for our manufacturers and food
i"r our people. Their financiers have
taken our loans and have been accom-.
n'"lating 10 lie In other respects. while
Ambassador Gerard's STAFF has watched
the welfare II British prisoners with a
humanity and zeal We never shall for.
get.
The sun., 1916-11-10
100000 IN ARMS,
SAYS JOHN R. MOTT
General Secretary Thinks Y.
NJ. G. A. Will Raise America
in Nations Esteem.

The possibilities OF the Young Mems
Christian Associations a. an agency for
raising the United States In the esteem
OF Europe were set forth last night by
John X. Mott. general secretary of the
international committee OF the Y. NJ.
e. A.. and a member OF the American
Mexican Peace Commission. lie spoke
at a dinner at the Waldorf commemorate
Ing the fftieth anniversary OF the In
terna;ional committee.
In his Judgment. based on personal OBJ
scrva'ion and first hand reports gathered
throughout Europe. not less than 49,
900. 900 men are under arms. either In
the field. in training camps or in reserves
behind the trenches.
Germany" he said. has not less than
IL, 600. 900 under the colors. Russia has
as many and our .Amba ~sador told me
the number was nearer 5000. 900. At
least $500. 900 have been aid under the
sod. an equal number OF men are In
hospitals and 100000 In military and
naval prisons.
The sun., 1916-11-10
TRIBUTE TO WILSON
BY LONDON TIMES"
Notable Editorial Admits Brit
ish Bungling in Treatment
Of Mails.
BLACKLIST Is RECALLED
American Opinion AcknOwl.
edged to Have Been Irri-
tated Needlessly.

Special ratie Despatch TO TaE Stu from tie
London Times.
LONDON. Nov. 10.-A potable editorial
In the Times to-day, under the title,
america and the Allies says In part :
I'VE recall with satisfaction that ever
At the time when German outrage
against elementary humanity and the
first and clearest principles Of interha-
tional law had most deeply stirred the
feelings Of this country. We were always
ready to make the most ample allowance
for the difficulties Of President Wilson.
AS for the points OF view from which
his difficulties largely arose, - under.
stand and to measure them It il enough
TO bear in mind the general attitude Of
the immens masses OF our own people
before the outbreak OF the war.
Like ourselves. the American people
are passlonately devoted to peace on the
ground OF sentiment and morality. az
well as of interest and expediency. Like
US, they hold their national honor high,
but war not demonstrably necessary is
ahhorrent to them. From the first their
~sympathies were with the Allies. and
have remained with US mistaken
throughout the struggle. But the gulf
between sympathy and active interven-
ton IL wide and the great majority OF
Americans have not seen a way TO
cross 1t.