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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Ordnance Board
Offers Explanation

Several conferences between repre-
Sentativcs of the magazine and of the
Ordnance Board followed. On August
% the following telegram was re-
ceived at the office Of the publca-
ton:
Erred II. Colvin,
Assistant Editor American Ma
chinist,
New York.
with reference TO our talk to-
day. find one point awaiting de
cision, viz, sighting graduation on
leaf, which will be decided in a few
days. Signed THOMSON
When the leaf" of rife is low
cred the sights are so that the bullet
will hit its mark at longer range
without elevation. When the leaf
is raised the bullet will find its mark
at shorter range.
This is very simple mathematical
problem. But on August % il was
supposed TO be holding up the manu-
facture of rifles for the National
Army. Colonel Thomson is head Of
the Small Arms Board. a subsidiary
body TO the Board of Ordnance.
On September 6 reporter for The
Tribune visited the Winchester plant
at New Haven. He was permitted TO
20 through a part of the factory, and
found little activity beyond that dis
played at the time Of Mr.. Colvin's
visit. The various departments are
housed in more than fifty buildings
The employees number approximately
1000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Koenig Sees Tammany
Defeat by Republicans
Reelected Chairman Fails to
Say Whether Mitchell or
Bennett Will Be Supported
By BRIGGS

Samuel S. Koenig, who was re-
elected chairman for the seventh time
by the Republican County Committee
last night, declared the party would be
the agency through which Tammany
Hall would be defeated in the APP
preaching election. Whether the sup
port of the Republican organization
would be thrown to William NJ. Ben
nett or to Mayor Mitchell he did not
say.
In fact, there was but one direct
reference made during the meeting to
the political situation. State Senator
Albert Ottinger, seconding the nomi-
nation of Chairman koenig for re-
election, declared Judge Hylan was un-
fit to be Mayor.
What we want to know" said the
Senator, ais whether Judge Hylan is
the American or German candidate. |
will not stand with Judge Hylan with
a Murphy muzzle on. | want him to
come out in the open and make his own
speech, without having a secretary
write it for him."
As soon as the election of officers was
ever the committee adjourned until Oc-
tober 4. when Chairman Koenig said
he hoped it would possible to formulate
plans for a campaign that would keep
Tammany Hall out of power. After the
meeting it seemed TO be the opinion OF
most Of those present that the commit
tee next Thursday would declare for
William NJ. Bennett. If he is shown by
that time to have won the Republican
primary nomination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Checkers to-
Kill Time in
Rifle Plants
Continued from page I

editor and one Of the technical experts
of The American Mdchini't, visited the
plant of the Winchester Repeating
Arms Company. at New Haven, Conn.,
with the idea of observing progress III
the manufacture of the Enfield rines
for which he knew the concern held
contract with the War Department
signed in April. He found the SHOPS
idle. Expert machinists, trained IN the
long grind of making several million
rifles for the British, were playing
cards and checkers in the various ma
chine rooms, while their pay went uh-
intcrruptedly on. Photographs Oh 'hese
scenes Of inactivity are now IN MS pos
session. .ho
Inquiry developed that test OF the
rife which the plant was equipped 10
make. rechambered for American am,
munition. had been held in June and
had proven satisfactory to the govern
ront's EXPERTS. No orders had been
received. however, TO so ahead with the
manufacture. ".
Wr, Colyin went to Washington. He
was told by representatives OF the ora
nance Board that the matter which was
holding up the guns was the question
of interchangeability between the rlnes
of the winchester, the Remington and
the Fddvstone companies. On August
16 the following editorial, entitled
chow CAN OUR BOYS FIGHT
WITHOUT GUNS" appeared IN me
american NdchiniSt:
This editorial is not an attack on
any individual, but on system.
Suppose, Mr.. Manufacturer, with
emergency orders filling your shop,
YOU should discover that through
lack of executive decision your work
men had been forced to kill time by
playing checkers and cards during
working hours! What would you do
with the man responsible for this
condition? Would you accept any
excuse from the official who eYer-
cised full authority?
Scores Of skilled rifle makers in
one of our best known American
plants have been for weeks, and
are to-day, retained on the pay
roll. killing time with checkers and
cards during working hours, simply
because certain officials have been
unable to arrive at a decision regard
ing details.
This work is being done on cost
plus basis for our government, so
that you and ] must pay these men
for killing time. But this is of small
moment compared TO the inexcusable
and dangerous loss of time in making
our new army rifles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Single Tax Ticket to Run

Fer the first time in the history cf
New York City, the Single Tax party
will have a regular place and ticket on
the ballot ~ the fall elections. IL
was announced at the new headquar-
tiers Of the party, at 2i6 West Four
teenth Street. last night that sufficient
signatures had been obtained to the
petition TO get the party on the ballot
Henry George, the famous single
taxer, was a candidate for election
thirty years ago, and again in 1897, but
in neither case did he represent the
Single Tax party.
The following candidates on the new
ticket were announced last night: For
Mayor. ex-JudCc George Wallace; Con-
troller. Antonio Bastida; President Of
the Board of Aldermen. Benjamin ".
Burger; President Of the Borough of
Manhattan. CASTOR HaNo. and Sheriff
Of New York County. William J. Lee. jr
The candidates will speak tonight at
meeting az which the headquarters
Of the party in Fourteenth Street will
be formally dedicated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Police Hampering
Primaries Murder
Inquiry, Says Rotan
Philadelphia District Attor-
ney Charges Witnesses
Are Tempered With
ESPECIAL Con1oniencel

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. %. - Wit
nesses vital TO the prosecution of the
men involved in the conspiracy to in
timdate, with blackjack and revolver
voters at the last primary election in
the Fifth Ward, it is said, are being
tempered with by members Of the Po-
lice Department interested in shield
ing men for whom warrants may be
issued within a few days.
This charge was made To-day BY eli
Gals in the Office of the District S.Cor-
ney after Mr. Rotan again demanded
that Mayor Smith remove from the
district Police Lieutenant David Ben
nett, who with Isaac Deutsch and the
Chief Magistrate of the City, is named
in a conspiracy warrant.
District Attorney Rotan, rapidly COM
plotting his preliminary investigation,
fatty stated in his communication to
the Mayor that Lieutenant Benefits
activities in the ward since the murder
Of Policeman Eppley and the black
lacking of James a. Carey and John
". Maurer, Assistant District Attorney,
have been such as to hamper his work.
Policemen who are needed by the prose-
cution to testify against the conspira-
tors have expressed fear of being
marked for revenge if they put them
selves on record" against the wishes of
Superiors, friends to the political fac
tion opposing Carey in that district.
Shortly before the District Attorney
renewed his request to the Mayor that
conditions in the Fifth Ward be rene
died so that the higher police officials
there could not interfere with his work,
the retiring September grand jury hand
ed to Judge Patterson, in the Quarter
Sessions Court. presentment officially
urging the prosecution of every man
involved in the primary election plot.
District Attorney Rotan and all the
members of his staff were busy until
late this evening sitting the evidence
they have obtained from statements
made by witnesses. These, coupled
with the confessions obtained from The
Bronx New York; gun fighters and
James Clark, brother of city police
man, who implicated the imam higher
up" in the case, will be the basis for
the numerous warrants which Mr..
Rotan is preparing TO serve
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
News in Brief

Louis G. Fraina and Edward Ralph Chey-
rey. conscientious objectors" arrested on
Thursday night AZ the Labor Temple, Four
teenth street and Second Avenue, were held
in $1,000 bail each b. United States Com
missioner Hitchcock for a hearing next Fri
day.
Mayor Mitchell hss appointed committee
TO arrange FOR religious services in the
churches and synsgogues October l3 and IA
10 commemorate the completion OF the Cats
kill Aqueduct-
OSSINING. ~. Y.-"Bg Bill Green, Sing
Sings most noted bad man. has been trans
ferred TO Dannemora prison As punishment
FOR hts recent assault on two guards.
Edward Walker. a telegraph operator. liy-
inC az 2l9 Buena Vista Avenue. Nonkers, has
returned home after an absence OF nine days
He has TO knowledge OF where he was before
he found himself ia Baltimore Thursday
night.
David Rsbinowitz and Jacob Moscovitz, OF
Trenton. were killed instantly when a Cen
trail Railroad Of New Jersey train struck an
automobile in which they were riding at
Freehold |
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
1000 Old Krag Rifles
Arriue at Camp Upton

CAMP UPTON, l.. l., Sept. 28.-Na-
tional Army men in training here are
to begin their rife work with the OBJ
solescent Krag -Jorgensen rifles instead
Of with wooden guns, it became known
to-day, when 1000 pieces with ammuni-
ton arrived in camp. That is about
enough rifles to equip the men now in
the cantonment, but makes no pro-
vision for the contingents arriving
daily.
More Krags are expected soon, and
rifles probably will be issued within a
few days. For four or five weeks the
only use to which the pieces will be
put will be in the manual of arms. For
that the Krags will be almost as good
as Springfie .ds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Workers or Managers
Not Responsible

"These mechanics are not responsi-
BILE for this condition. The shop
management is not responsible for 1t.
Ordnance bureaucrats at Washington
are the men who cause this delay IN
arming American troops.
These bureaucrats have been do
ing a job shop business for fifty
years. They have had no experience
IN modern quantity production. Pres
ent conditions have put them in Off
cial positions of such magnitude as to
paralyze their powers of decision.
England was forced by bitter ex-
perience and delays of this kind to
eliminate bureaucratic control Of all
munition manufacture, and place this
work in the hands of those qualified
by experience 10 decide quickly be-
tween the essential and the non-es-
sential.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Swami Investigates Frauds

District Attorney Swami pursued his
investigation yesterday of possible
fraud in the Republican primaries. He
declared that he had evidence of fraud
against twenty primary officials. Ed
ward +. Boyle, president OF the Board
OF Elections, sent the District Attorney
the payroll OF the election officials IN
New York County, with addresses ard
districts in which they worked, to as
sist him in locating them.
On Monday Judge Mulqueen in Cen
eral Sessions Will swear IN two grand
jurios. one Of which will investigate
the alleged frauds. District Attorney
Swami, after a conference with his as
sistants, Nelson Olcott and john G..
Wallace, said that it would require
some time TO work up the evidence and
get It into shape FOR the grand Jury.
Letters were sent by the District At
torney TO Abraham S. Gilbert, counsel
for Mayor Mitchell, and TO William NJ.
Bennett requesting them to turn over
all evidence Of fraud or irregularities
in their possession.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Had Equipment,
Got u. S. Contract

Got u. S. Contract
consequently. when the American
government decided to adopt the En-
field the three plants which had the
machinery, tools and men were
awarded the contracts for the max
ing of the guns. Because OF the
difference in the American ammuni-
ton, there were some changes to
make in the chambers OF the rife.
This was done. Then the question OF
the interchangeability of parts
arose. Here the Ordnance Board had
a difficult problem to decide; was
il best TO order the rifles rushed so
that the army could be supplied as
soon as possible, or to settle the
interchangeability problem SO that
the value of the rife in actual ser,
vice could be improved? Tho board
decided to settle the question by
demanding that all Of the essential
parts be interchangeable.
Regarding the postponement IN
the final decision, 1t is TO my nina
matter of opinion as TO what con-
stitutes a reasonable delay. | do not
wish to criticise any one. l know
that the Ordnance Board has had
grave responsibilities to meet. In
order to cope with the tremendous
pressure of business, it has been
expanded many times, and | think IL
has done extremely well in the face
of all the difficulties 1t has encoun-
tered"
A second visit was made to the plan
on September 26. In the interval INT
Tribune had learned that neither o.
the other two factories was manu-
featuring guns. On this date 1t wa
found that the Winchester shops were
running and were turning out 400 En-
field rifles a day. Seyenty-three hun
bred had been made up to the time o.
the second visit.
These rifles were not made on TN
order of the ordnance board. 1t was
stated authoritatively that the com
pany had taken chance and had gone
ahead on its own initiative TO con
struct the guns and the necessary
gauges. The rife which this plant /:
now manufacturing will not be inter
with those which the Rem
ington and Eddystone factories VII
produce, except to the degree whicf
satisfied the British boards OF lnspec'
ton.
1t is understood, however, that the
ordnance board has accepted these
rifles pending the time when the out.
put can be standardized with that o,
the other factories.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Cohalan Makes No Reply
Paying No Attention to Won
Igel Reports, Says Secretary

Supreme Court Justice Cohslan would
make no reply yesterday TO the state
ment published in The World that
he was frequently seen at the German
club with Wolf Won lgel and Captain
Won Papen, the discredited German
military attache.
Justice Cohalan could not be inter
viewed. His secretary said he had no
intention OF breaking the silence as
sumed after the publication Of the Won
BernstortE cable message, in which
Cohalan vas quoted as advising a Ger
MAJ air raid on England.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Filler Who Lost Leg Returns

TORONTO. Sept. 28.-Lieutenant
Theodore Narburg, ir., of Baltimore,
one OF the hrst American ayiators 10
return wounded, arrived here to-day.
Lieutenant Marburg lost a leg as the
result OF an accident while flying in
France more than year ago. He will
stay IN Toronto a few days before he
goes to Baltimore
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
What Is Going on To-Day

Ere admission 10 O.. Mr,ropo,.t.n Museum ., A.
American Museum 70 Natural History Nps YORK
Biological Parh. Van tCrtlandt PARK Museum.
tn Aquarium sai TIE Aus.ic-u Museum o,
safety
Parade & the list AMI 23d regiments New York
National Guaril. star F1fty-ninth street FI,lh
Avenue 10 We. Tseay thru srs.S T~ry,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29

make the new gauges and tools for
the improved rife. Our plant and the
Remington and the Eddystone COM
panies went to work and made the
necessary changes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Mitchell and Prendersa,.
Demand That Indirect
Charges Cease
Ask for Inquiry
According to Law
Will Waive Immunity and
Testify in Land Deals.
They Say

Mayor Mitchell and Controller Prs,.
dergast wrote to District A.to,r.,
Swami yesterday advising him to ce,,.
making indirect accusations Of gr,,.
larceny in connection with Sessid. Pa,
and Dreamland Park land deal, ana
proceed as the law, which you Ar.
sworn to carry out, obliged you to ae,-
They would be glad, they said, to 70.
spond to grand jury subpoena. !,
waive immunity and acquaint the rr,ss
jury with all the facts, not with II.
half-truths or misstatemen:s with vhie,
you have sought to poison the publ.
mind"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Mayor to Run
Independently
He Announces
Continued from page ]

committee is made UP Of the district
leaders from the twcEty-three Assem-
bly, districts in New York County. sam
uel S. Koenig, chairman Of The county
committee, said that he had talked
with most Of the leaders and that they
would support Bennett, the regular or
ganization candidate. Mr.. Koenig de-
clared that no formal Endorsement OF
Mr.. Bennett would be made by the
county committee, however, until ne
vas officially declared to be the Repub-
lican candidate.
An examination Of the Democratic
primary ballots by the Board or Elec-
tons showed yesterday q surprising
number Of voters who had written
Mayor Mitchel's name on the ballot IN
stead of voting for Judge Hylan, the
Tammany candidate for Mayor. In Man
haitian alone Mayor Mitchell received 1874
such votes. The figures in the other
boroughs were not available yesterday.
It was pointed out that this Democratic
primary vote for Mayor Mitchell in Man
haitian was sufficient to wipe out the
majority of Mr.. Bennett as shown by
the inspection of the Republican bal
lots.
The Mayor received 13 Democratic
votes in the 10Th Assembly District, or
which Charles +. Murphy is the leader:
In the 22d Assembly District, one OF
the Tammany strongholds, under the
leadership Of Thomas +. McAvoy, 81
Democrats wrote in the Mayors name.
In the 23d Assembly District, another
Tammany stronghold, the Mayor re-
ceived l04 votes. There was not one or
the twenty-three Assembly districts in
Manhattan in which he did not receive
few votes.
Bennett Still Gaining
Mr.. Bennett continued to gain stead
lily yesterday as the election officials
and representatives Of Mayor Mitchell
and Mr.. Bennett inspected the ballots
from the Brooklyn districts. The in
spection proceeded slowly yesterday
and will not be completed until some
time to-day. With nineteen out OF
twenty-three Assembly districts count
ed in Kings, Bennett had a lead of BOB
votes. Mayor Mitchell gained a few
votes in some Of the Brooklyn districts,
which cut down the Bennett lead some
what.
After completing the inspection In
the Brooklyn districts, the six Assembly
districts in Queens and one in Richmond
remain to be counted. Manhattan and
The Bronx have been finished. In the
9Th Assembly District Of Brooklyn the
Mayors vote had been certified as 2,
when in fact the inspection showed he
had received %.
The following table shows the gains
and losses in Manhattan, The Bronx
and Richmord:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29

Bcinstt Bennett Sntc,rt slithal Bennett Mitchell
zsIn Hain NJ IN NJ I'm
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tt. III 81 ll6 100 245
Benefits total gain in Brooklyn, l67.
Queens
The Bronx

Benefits total gain in Queens, II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Bennett Mitchell Mitchell Bennett Mitcs
.ot,s 1atr. lo-ses p.f yains net aaii

1otals ot'
BENEFITS gain in Manhattan 62s.
Brooklyn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Benefits Mitchel's
net gain. net gain.
Richmond

lOIdlS Sea. ssss..s...s... Il
BENEFITS gain in The Bronx, So.
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-22

Total So.et.t
vsioe o. Pera Taxable 40 Bend street n'-
Grssna PROP pros'r'y Vaorsn Tas rn -
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ro,si special fetal
Value % psrs rsssbs Bond Street oshnat
Ground Prop Property vsieesm Tss rss TS
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-15
W|GGAM WILL
SPEAK SUNDAY
Prominent Lecturer to Ap-
pear at the Plymouth
Church.

Albert Edward Wiggam Of national
prominence for his ability as a public
speaker, will deliver an address at
the Plymouth Congregational church
Of this city next Sunday evening at
1880 o'clock. Mr.. Wiggam appears
here as one of the salient features
Of the excellent lyceum course that
has been offered Grand Forks people
during the past few months.
Mr.. Wiggam will deliver his noted
lecture. "Pennywise People" This
subject has to do with the physical
growth and development of the child,
medical inspection in schools. national
vitality and other similar problems.
Copies Of this one particular lecture
have been submitted to over 1000
eminent physicians and received by
them with the greatest enthusiasm.
His lecture represents not mere col
lections of entertaining personal opin-
IONS but the work of q careful and
cautious student. 1t embodies the
soundest conclusions of modern in
vestigations.
Mr.. Wiggam is undoubtedly a great
lecturer.
Grand Forks people are exception
ally fortunate in having an oppor-
tunity to hear Mr.. Wiggam, and it
is expected there will be capacity
audience to hear him when he ap-
pears here Sunday night.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-15
PUfF[|R| GAVE
SPEECH TODAY
Vocational Expert Address
ed Pupils at Model High
School.

An interesting address was given
this morning at the Model High school
convocation at 10 o'clock by DR.. J.
Adams Puffer, vocational guidance ex-
pert.
DR.. Puffer took as his subject
Methods Of self discovery, and habits
essential for success" After citing
some interesting experiences with
cases in his acquaintance the speaker
stated that he never tells a student
what he can or cannot do. He gives
him some suggestions for safe meth
DDS to follow for self-discovery. He
advised all students to read history,
and to study the lives Of great men.
for these are mirror in which we
may see ourselves. We have the same
powers. the same ability as the great
men, the difference between us and
them is that we don't use all of our
ability as they did. Then he advised
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-15
CURRIERS' SWING
ONTO LAST LAP
Grand Forks Artists Take
all Corners Event Yester
day. Games Today.

With the all-comers event tucked
away as a Grand Forks possession,
play was resumed this morning at the
Caledonian curling rink in the three
other events.
In the Thompson event this morn
ing Gray forfeited to Kibbie because
Of non-appearance, West won over
Sherman 10 to z. Thompson defeated
Strachan 9 to and Sheppard elimin-
ated Wynne 10 to 5.
In the Scandinavian-A American bank
and Northwestern Trust company tro-
ply event, Garvin eliminated Lean by
a IL to 10 score and DR.. Waldron of
Drayton was forced out by Halcrow
of Bowesmont to 6.
In the A. III. Smith event, only one
game was played this morning when
Sherman Schlosser was downed by
Stong Of Drayton, to 4.
The competition in the all-comers
event will not be played this week.
AS the trophy will remain at home as
the result Of the victory over the visit
ing Kinks last night. all Grand Forks
skips now have an opportunity to
play off for the award.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-15


the seeking Of present day counselors
the greatest Of these for any boy or
girl are the parents.
DIR. Pufter then advised the study
of the family tree, because he stated
that all the ability which we possess
Is transmitted to us. though both
training and inheritance have to do
with our making.
The balancing method or the ''Trial
and Error Method" was suggested as
the next step in, the self-examination.
And the speaker urged that the stu
dent get the widest experience possi-
BILE while in the high school age, stu
dying his adaptability to the fields of
agriculture, mechanical work, sales
manshfp and office work.
The importance Of environment was
next emphasized, the use Of ability be-
ing determined to a large degree by
environment. The importance Of FORM
ing good habits was the feature Of this
part of the address, and the habits
named as being most worth while
were: Accuracy, attention to business,
cheerfulness, honesty and reverence