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The sun., 1918-09-26
CODE LETTERS TRAP
A HINDU STUDENT
Secret Information About
Plot Sent to Mexico in
Notes.

Purnendu Marin Sinha, a Hindu stu
dent at New York University. was in
dIcted yesterday by a Federal Grand
Jury. charged with attempting to send
code letters out OF the country through
the mails in violation OF the trading
with the enemy law. Sinha mailed a
number OF letters addressed TO a Hindu
in Mexico city, the indictment charges.
conveying secre. information relating to
Sailendra Nath Chose and Agnes Smed-
ley, alleged conspirators against Brit
ish rule in India. Both are under IN
dictment here charged with represent
ing themselves Illegally TO be commits
sioners OF the India Nationalist party
Seven letters are alleged TO have been
mailed between April and July II ad-
dressed TO "A. DAILY. Post Box 1885,
Mexico. y. +. Mexico" or TO "Mr. J.
bartlett. Apartado Postal 1741. Mexico,
=. F, Mexico" \. DAILY is alleged to
have been the alias OF Mohendra Nath
Roy.
Sinha was committed 10 the Tomos
prison in default OF 5000 bail.
4 Young man who seeks to renounce
American citizenship was examined al
the Enemy Alien Bureau yesterday by
Perry NJ Armstrong. chief examiner.
He Is Willy Spiel,er, 20, OF Ole West
iSOth street. an artist.
Splelier's case was referred to the
bureau by Local Draft Board 14s.
Splelier told Mr.. Armstrong that his
parents were born in Germany. His
father Is musician who has made pc
riodical trips 70 America. lie was born
here.
According to Mr. Armstrong Spielier
said II do not consider myself an
American l am n German. I regis
tered as German with my father.
tried hard to get back 20 Germany when
the war broke out. I would be there
now II I could get there
Herman Robert Soelter. IS, a German
alien who was a cook aboard the steam
ship Kellogg when 1t was torpedoed on
Barnegat. was arrested on the steam
ship yesterday. He Is charged with
having obtained a seaman's certificate
OF citizenship by falsely swearing that
his name was Herman w. Mertza. He
was sent to the Tombs in default Of
81. 900 bail.
Paul Koschur. IS. an enemy alien who
was a fireman on the Naterland before
the steamship was informed and has
been employed on pier in Hoboken in
TIE waterfront barred zone, was arrested
yesterday. lie was committed to the
Raymond street J4.l In Brooklyn to
await investigation.
The sun., 1918-09-26
MOONSF7LNE STILL IS FOUND
BUBBLING IN HENRY STREET
Raid on Plant Leads to Wiett Street House-Liquor
Sugar and Cornmeal in Large
Quantities Seized.
Liquor,

carted out OF the tenement apartment
and twelve moro barrels were found In
the Ridge street still. Hundreds of bot
ties. some OF them full and some APP
parently ready TO be nlled. were found
In both places.
Discovery Of the Henry street still was
purely accidental Detectives oliver,
Finn, Holman and Cooper went 10 the
house hoping TO md there trace OF n
man for whom they were looking in con-
nection with an entirely different matter.
When they entered the basement hall
way they heard several persons walking
about In the apartment and knocked on
the door.
Immediately the place became quiet.
The detectives waited a few moments
and when their rapping was not an
swered knocked again on the door Still
no answer came and tho door was
crashed in. The barrels OF fermentlng
mash stood all about and the fame in
tho gas Jet beneath the boilers APP
parently had Just been extinguished, FOR
tho liquid in the boilers still was steam
ing hot.
Knell denied at first that he ever had
been In the basement apartment, but the
janitor OF the place told the police he
had been tenant there for several
montha Persons in tho neighborhood
SAID tney tnOuEnt the men VINO OcCupleu
the apartment. as we'll as those who fire.
Quented the Ridge street building, were
peddlers OF nuts. because pushcarts were
seen by the neighbors being trundled
away from both places late at night
But the neighbors also told the police
that they had seen boxes and bottles
that bore no labels also placed on the
pushcarts before the nuts were thrown In
While tho police were on their way
out OF the Willett street place with
| Louis Knell he set up the cry Of Thief"
and caused big crowd to collect In
the m,xup tina. followed several OF the
bottles filled with liquid which the po-
| lice allege contained oil of kummel were
broken and their contents spilled. As
the police reached the street with their
| prisoner one OF the men in the crowd Is
/ alleged to have interfered with the de
tectives and he was placed under arrest
! He proved TO DE Benjamin knell. brother
OF Louis. and at first the police made a
charge against him OF operating the al.
! legged Illicit STILL When the Fedora
authorities were SUMMONED, however
they said Benjamin would be charged
merely with interfering with the detec
tives
The sun., 1918-09-26
D. S. TO SELL BUSCH
LOT ON THE DRIVE
Proceeds to Be Held or Invest
ed for Benefit of Brewers
Widow.

Under the rule which prevents any
enemy alien from owning property in
the close nelghborhood OF naval sta
ton or base, an unimproved parcel on
Riverside Drive. owned by Mrs Lilly
Busch, widow OF Adolphus Busch, the
ST. Louis brewer. Is to be sold by the
Allen Property Custodian.
The sale. which is to be private. will
be made under the authority OF an
executive order of President Wilson is
sued in Washington last night. The
proceeds Will be held or invested for
Mrs. Buschs benefit pending an action
on an application which she has made
TO have all her property restored to
her on the ground that she Is a loyal
American.
In tho announcement last night that
the sale would be made. 10 indication
was given as 10 the site OF the prop
erty beyond the fact that il Is on
Riverside Drive.
Adolphus Busch died IN Germany in
1913 and Mrs. Busch was there when
this country entered the war. She was
informed In Germany as an enemy alien
because OF ner alleged American Citl-
zenship and sympathies and all her
property there was taken into custody
by the German Government. At the
same time all OF her property in this
country. valued at millions. was Sc
questered by this Government because
OF her German residence.
Mrs. Busch returned to this country
when by order OF the Kaiser a num-
Der OF wealthy foreigners were allowed
to depart from Germany as a measure
to help in the conservation OF food
1t is understood that an attractive
offer for the Riverside Drive property
was made just before IL was taken
over and that AT Mrs. Rusch's request
1t will be transferred at private sale
TO the persons making the offer,
The Busch estate contracted in A3rll
10 sell plot of forty-slx lots fronting
2s2 feet on Riverside Drive and 242l0
feet on Northern avenue, adjoining the
grounds surrounding DR.. Charles V. Pa
avenue end OF the property is rs feet
north of lslst street. and on the drive II
is about EOS feet from the cross street.
David Stewart. one OF the brokers in
this deal, said last night that the title
was set down 10 pass to-day. hut final
action had been postponed until October
The Presidents step taken Yesterday is
believed TO complete this deal begun in
the spring. TIE buyer. whose name liza
never been revealed, is to form cor
poration and take the title In its name.
The sun., 1918-09-26
LAUNDRIES TO AID RED CROSS,
Clothing Collected to he stored In
Grecnhut Building.

The Greenhut Building. at Sixth ave-
nue. and Eighteenth street, has been
turned over to the American Red Cross
as a temporary receiving headqua rters
for donations OF old and new clothing
for the relief Of destitute persons in
occupied Belgium and France, As the
Government IL remodelling the building
for use as a base hospital the Red Cross
use OF the structure will terminate Oc-
tober S,
In the meantime $50 laundrymen have
contributed the use Of their delivery sys-
tenn TO the Red Cross for the collection
OF bundles The Red Cross drive for the
collection OF clothing will begin Monday
Donations will be sorted at the Green
hut Building and then sent To the New
ark headquarters of the Red Cross. from
where they will be sent abroad.
The sun., 1918-09-26
A. s.. ROCHE NOW IN ARMY.
Author and Reporter a Captain in
Intelligence Branch,

young man whose army uniform
was as new as the two silver bars on his
shoulder appeared at the desk of the
Hotel Majestic last night and registered
Capt. Arthur Somers Roche, Washing
ton. y. c."
Which means that Roche, who Is. the
author OF Loot" "A Scrap OF Paper"
and other hair ralscrs OF fiction has
entered branch of the United States
army where he undoubtedly will en-
counter stranger things than he ever put
Into books. lie has just been commits
stoned in the Intelligence service, and IL
his luck holds he VIII make the acauaint-
dnce OF no end of spies before long
! am proudcr OF that word Captain
than OF anything else that has ever
come TO me, he said.
Roche is son OF the late James
jeffrey Roche. lie used 10 be a New
York newspaper reporter
The sun., 1918-09-26

Three queer looking boilers nestled
snugly on top OF the triple burners OF a
gas stove in the basement apartment OF
the big tenement at s12 Henry street
last night when the door to the apart
ment was crashed in by a squad OF de-
tectiyes from Police Headquarters. The
place was empty OF occupants. but the
bubbling contents of the boilers were
seized. and internal revenue agents who
examined the stun later said tho police
had stumbled upon the biggest Illicit still
the revenue agents ever had seen In this
part OF the country.
As the detectives got Into the place =
rear window slammed. so several OF
them hurried to tho yard. Half way up
the fire escape they saw a man, who re-
fused TO heed their summons TO halt
Two OF the detectives drew revolvers
and fired. The shots brought the man
to a stop quickly and he was placed I'M
der arrest. charged with operating the
still. At Police Hea dquarters later he
said he was Louis Knell. n laborer, and
gave his address as SIS Willett street.
Without waiting to take their prisoner
back to headquarters the detectives led
him around to tho Willett street address
There they reported finding dozens OF
bottles OF alleged illicltly distilled
whiskey, kimmel and other liquors which
the police said were tho product OF the
Henry street distillery. In tho willet,
street address they put Knell TO a long
period Of questioning and obtained from
him, they said, information that led
them to go TO the dingy three story
| building In the rear of 1870 Ridge street
The windows OF the Ridge street place
were covered With boards and burlar
when the detectives got there, and the
doors were fitted with locks on both tbs
outside and inside.
| One OF the floors. tho detectives
charged, was fitted out deliberately as q
bottling works. while the rest Of the
building apparently was used as a sup
ply house. except for the upper floor
where the detectives said they found an
other complete still set up. but not II
| operation.
Between the Henry street apartment
and the Ridge street building the polio,
conhscated 500 pounds of sugar, sol
bags of corn meal and 700 cans of mo
lasses. Thirteen barrels of mash wer,
The sun., 1918-09-26
EDITOR SUED BY SOLDIER.
j. Lynn Eddy OF "Outlook" CO.
defendant With Gen. Eddy.

Didore Shuster, young artist serving
as a private with the American army in
France. has brought a $4,000 SANDER
suit against ]. Lynn Eddy of the edi-
torial staff OF the outlook. IT became
known yesterday when Justice Cropsey
in tho Supreme Court, Brooklyn. re
served decision on an application for
Judgment on the plead!ngs. Shuster had
already brought n similar suit against
Brig Gen. John c. Eddy. retired.
Shuster alleged both defendants made
statements TO a local draft board to in
dictate that he married for his wlfe's
income and that he had not been sup
porting her. These statements. he as
serts. are false. AS result. he says.
he was placed in Class / b in the selec-
tive draft. which includes men who do
not support their wives.
Mrs Shuster was Miss Elsie Eddy, a
settlement worker. before her marriage.
She Is ]. Lynn Eddy's sister and Gen.
Eddy's niece.
The sun., 1918-09-26
NEW CHECK ON BUILDING.
Contractors Must Obtain Licenses
for Purchase of Material.

Manufacturers, supply dealers and
builders are cautioned not to contract
for or TO issue any building materials
for non-war construction work In New
York city without Federal license OBJ
tanned from the Mayors Committee on
National Defence. This announcement
was made yesterday by Henry MacDon-
aid. Director-General OF the Mayors
Committee on National Defence. after
a conference in Washington with the
War Industries Board. The personnel
OF the committee TO pass upon applica-
lions will be published the latter part
Of this week or early next week
All applications filed must be accom-
panied by affidavits giving In detail the
purpose and scope OF the contemplated
work
The sun., 1918-09-26

The Public Service Commission or
dered yesterday a hearing Monday al
1880 o'clock on the proposal OF the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company to cut
off Communication fares from Coney Island
10 Manhattan and return. The company
had sent a letter to the commission say
ing the summer excursion fares had been
discontinued lin view of prevailing CON
ditions." The Communication system, es-
tanlish several years ago, allowed rate
o. 10 cents n round trip to persons leav-
ing Coney Island between o'clock and Q
o'clock 4. NJ. and returning between .
and s u. NJ.
The sun., 1918-09-26
BATTLESHIP SINKS LIGHTER.
Crew of Seven Rescued After Acct
dent in North River.

A battleship proceeding down the
North River yesterday rammed and sank
the fifty foot lighter Rudolph Brothers,
owned by the NJ. ]. Rudolph Company,
coal dealers of Brooklyn. Capt Charles
Nelson and the seven men Of the light
er's crew leaped overheard and were
picked up by the steam tug Edward j.
Berwind.
Laden with 40 tons OF coal, the
lighter, due to confusion OF signals. ran
squarely across the path Of the warship.
Tho collision was witnessed by a
crowd of passengers on the ferry boat
Arlington bound for Manhattan.
The sun., 1918-09-26
Speedway Police Camp Closes.

The Police Camp at the Sheepshead
Bay Speedway closed last night after
n nine day session, during which almost
the whole police force was enterta lned.
Each day goa policemen arrived in camp
IN the morning, passed the day aud night
had breakfast and departed for The CITY
and work again that morning. Recrea.
lion and games were featured
The sun., 1918-09-26
HoIub Held ms Aero svindIer.

John Holub. an Austrian. who is al
legged to have swindled a Mrs. Mary
Wright out of 81 200 upon the represe
tation that investment in stocks in his
aeromotor would pay large dividends,
the stocks being mythical as il the aero
engine. he admitted. was arraigned he
fore Judge Wadhams IN General Sessions
Court yesterday upon charge OF grand
larceny, He was committed 10 the
Tomhs to await trial. lIoluh was ar
rested I'm II Paso. Tex. and returned
here Yesterday
The sun., 1918-09-26
LOW WATER THIS DAY
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Meeting 20 consider coal cons>rVa.'o,
plans OF the Fuel Administrator. Msr-
chants Association. 233 Broadway. 2SN
Z. NJ.
Educational mass meeting under 49,"
pieces OF tho National Security LcagaN
Carnegie Hall. +. NJ.
Address by former United states SeTa.
tor Theodore L. Burton. Grand l"iIi
room of the Masonic Temple. 10 i, NJ
Ellis Parker Butler will address a ma"
meeting az the Washington Irving h!Ga
School, s i. NJ.
The sun., 1918-09-26

William +, Allen. a negro elevator
operator who had a furnished room in
'1s West l26th street, knocked yester-
day at his landlady's door and told her
the police were seeking him. Then he
ran TO the roof OF the five story building
and Jumped to the courtyard below. The
man was taken TO the Knickerbocker
Hospital. whore he died.
The sun., 1918-09-26

Assemolymau II. Edmund Machold Of
WATERFOWL, jefferson county, will have
charge Of the Speakers bureau of the
Republican State Committee in the cam
paign. lie was at headquarters yester-
day going over the work with Deputy
Comptroller William j. Mailer OF Seneca
county, who was Is charge of the speak
ers in the last campaign.
The sun., 1918-09-26

\ 10 inch shell weighing 700 pounds
was found Yesterday at Canal and West
streets The shell was taken to the
Beach street police station, where IL was
said il was probably a relic Of the Black
Tom explosion. having been thrown from
the Jersey side TO New York.
The sun., 1918-09-26

Edward Saunders, %, killed at the
Pensacola, Fla, aviation station Tues
day. was the son of Mrs. E. E. Saunders
Of l32 Euclid avenue, westfeld. n. J,
Three brothers are in the service.
The sun., 1918-09-26

IMMATURE ALMANAC,
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Standard Time.
Sun riser.....6:4s M Sun sFs..... .6NPS
Moon rises .........ll 20 +
HIGH WATER THIS DAY.
Sandy Hook. .i2 20 A NJ Gov. Island, ..i:SAN
He'll Gate ..........3 :oo + NJ
LOW WATER THIS DAY.
Sandy Hook 80 :o2 A NJ Gov. Island ..7:cAM
He'll Gate ..........9:tS A NJ
Note-The foregoing table has ben eor.
rected TO conform TO the new artificial
tune"
The sun., 1918-09-26
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS

Highest temperature, 81 at 40 =. N
Lowest temperature. 81 at ) A. NJ.
Average temperature, 81
Observations yesterday at United sac,
Weather Bureau stations showing a,no,.
pheric conditions In tho various cities,
Temperature. Neloc.
The sun., 1918-09-26
Gray Supporters Angry.

Gov. Edge. who went into Essex with
the support of number OF the leaders,
together with the backing of the Anti
Saloon League OF New Jersey. defeated
Representative Edward w. Gray in the
latters home bailiwick, polling 1926
votes TO Grays 1856 and George l..
Records 1000
This beating has angered those ele-
ments OF the organization which sup
ported Gray and include the hackers OF
Col Austen Colgate. another Essex mar
who was defeated by Edge for the Guber-
Material nomination two years ago.
The Indignation OF Essex men has been
heightened by two successive defeats
Of the country organization Assembly
candidates at the hands OF the Anti
Saloon forces. A year ago tho dry"
element nominated and elected eleven OF
the twelve Assemhlymen. and Tuesday
they repeated the trick. only one organi-
Zation man winning place on the ticket.
Tho wisescres are looking for a re
alignment Of the leadership in Essex II
he organization Is 20 continue to exist.
Those who believe they know the trend
of Republican affairs would not he sur
prised at movement that will ulti-
mately result in new county chairman
in the place OF John r. Woolston and
probably new faces among the officers
Of the county committee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-05
NATIONAL LEADERS TALK
WAR TINE THRIFT PLANS

NEW YORK, June 6.-Leaders in
the political and economic affairs Of
the United States today began a two
days National Conference on War
Time Economy here
The conference Is under joint
auspices Of the Academy OF Political
Science and the Bureau Of Municipal
Research. In cooperation with the
National Municipal League.
Budgets. thrift, and economy in
public expenditures are the general
topics that will be UP for discussion
President Nicholas Murray Butler,
Of Columbia University; Gov. Carl
1EIT1iken, o. Maine: Gov. N. G. Brum-
baugh, Of Pennsylvania; Gov. F. A
LoWden, Of Illinois. and Gov. E c.
Harrington, Of Maryland, are among
the speakers on the program at to-
nights session in Horace Mann audi
Sorfum, Columbia University.
The National Municipal League is
holding separate meetings today at
Greenwich House, but will meet
5ointly with the Conference on War
Time Economy tonight and THURSDAY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-05
MARGARET WILSON TO
SING AT CAMP MEADE

CAMP MEADE. Nd. June 5.-Miss
Margaret Wilson. daughter Of Presi-
dent Wilson, will sing tonight and to-
morrow in Y. n c. A. bungalows.
sIen Of this camp. who have Deen
reviewed by President Wilson. who
called on them when they were in
Baltimore for the war anniversary,
April 6, viii have their chance to re-
turn the call on Saturday afternoon
when the President will receive in the
White House grounds soldier guests
from Meade and from other camps.
One OF the biggest coming events
Is the military mass under the aus
pices Of the knights Of Columbus on
Sunday morning. Father Bryant,
chaplain for the knights, has arrEng-
ed for special trolley cars from Balti-
more at 6:45. 7:15 and 7:45 a m. AMI
from Washington at Z a. m Cardinal
Gibbons will be the central figure in
the ceremony.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-05
JOHN PAUL JONES'
SKELETON WRECKED.
HOUSES, SHE SAYS

Madame crignIer,, Of Paris, should
be paid $13,5I1.1B. so the President OF
the United States has recommended.
1t was through the cellars OF
msdame's three houses at 43. IS and
~ Rue Grange-oux-Belle that the
excavations were made when the body
Of Admiral John Paul Jones was dis
covered In 1905.
She is old. Of small means, and has
suffered considerably through litiga-
ton after the body Of the old admiral
was exhumed. When the city engi-
neers Of Paris haa completed their
work and left the houses in appar'
entity good condition. two of them
suddenly began to crack and settle.
Two Of madame's tenants sued her.
The courts were long and tedious,
ana hnalIy in 1909 the Tribunal of the
Seine decided she must pay $4,000
francs to the tenants.
Then q long correspondence began
between the French and United States
governments over a claim the French
woman made. Ambassadors Jusse-
rand, Bacon, Herrick, and Sharp and
Secretaries of State Knox, Bryon, and
Lansing. and Representatives Of the
French foreign office have all particI-
pated Il Is only lately that a set
Element has been definitely agreed
upon
The recommendation of the Presi-
Gent, inclosing Secretary OF State
Lansing's report, has arrived at the
Senate, and has been referred to the
Foreign Relations Committee. It d
expected it win be acted upon with
out delay.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-05

Ayers Moth and Freckle To-
tIon. CSC.
Ayers Luxuria Cream. 3Se, csc.
SI.25.
Ayers Skin and Tissue Builder,
Csc and s1.25.
Dagget & RamsdelIs Cold
Cream. Gle. 3cr. 42e, S5e.
Hudnut's Cold Cream. 2Se. soc.
SI.OO.
Bradley's Morning Dew Cream.
zoe and soc.
Bradley's Woodland Violet. zoe
and soc.
Miro.Dena Cream. zoe and CSC.
Miro-Dena skin Food. Csc and
SIS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-05
ONLY BIG EEL.

DUFKIRR, N. Y, June 5.-one OF
the largest fresh water cells taken
from the lake on this port in several
years was caug-.t by Frank Richard
son, who thought he had hooked
small sturgeon, and the struggles OF
the eel on the hook nearly pulled
Richardson OF the breakwater into
the lake. The eel measured four feet
and two inches from tip to tip and
was IS large In circumference as q
bicycle tire. Il was the first OF it's
species caught here in several years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-05
KAISER BLAMES FRENCH
FOR HORRORS OF WAR

AMSTERDAM. June 5.-"When I
see such horrors Of war rendering
thousands OF people homeless and
converting fOurishing stretches of
the French country into hideous des-
erts, the thought is forced upon me:
What suffering and misery France
might have spared. herself and her
people IL the peace offer Of December
II, 1916. had not been so criminally
rejected" said Emperor William
while 5ourneying through the devas-
tated Marne region, according to
Karl Rosner, the war correspondent
OF the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-05
LAFOLLETTE'S SON AT
CAMP FOR OFFICERS

MADISON. wis, June 5.-Phlip la
Toilette, youngest son Of United
States Senator Robert NJ La Toilette,
has registered along with the I25
other University OF Wisconsin IGen
who kill take the officers training
course at Fort Sheridan preparatory
TO taking examinations for commits
sions in the army.
The officers training camp at Fort
Sheridan has formally opened with
several hundred men who are candi-
dates for commission. The training
season will close on July 3. Young
La Follette is said to be making an
exceptionally good record, and he
feels confident he will earD/a commits
sion and be assigned to- one OF the
big cantonments