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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-15
SENATOR WHITNEY
LOSES 5000 BERTH
Expected Whitman Post and
Did Not Run.
Special Despdtch to TIL Sun.

ALBANY. Nov. 14.-State Senator
Whitney of Mechanicville, Saratoga
county, was not renominated. expecting
Gov. Whitman would be reelected and
that the Governor would appoint him
as State Commissioner OF Narcotic Drug
Control for a term OF six years at a
salary OF SO 600
Senator Whitney talked ~ Gov. Whit
man to-day and II developed this APP
pointment may be left TO the incoming
Governor. because Gov Whitman cam
not appoint Senator Whitney 10 a State
office during the term for which he was
elected. which expires December 81.
II was expected the Governor to-day
would announce the appointment of
William 4. Orr. his secretary. as State
Superintendent of Prisons at salary
OF $4,000 a year. 20 fiji the vacancy
caused by the resignation Of Superin-
tendent Carter, Buffalo. The Governor,
however, said tonight he had no an
nouncement TO make regarding this APP
pointIHent, and II is not expected he will
have any until the recount Is settled.
II IL thought Republican State Sem
ate would refuse to confirm any sue
cessor to Mr.. Orr as superintendent of
Prisons who might be named after jan
nary by n Democratic Governor and
that Mr.. Orr would hold office through
the incoming Governors term, unless
removed on charges.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-15
MAYOR PROCLAIMS
DAYS FOR PRAYER
Asks That Churches Be Kept
Open Tomorrow and Sun
day for Thanksgiving.

Mayor Hylan has appointed to-mor-
row and Sunday as special days. Of
prayer and Thanksgiving for the SUCCESS
ful termination Of the war His pro-
clamauon follows:
The momentous events OF the last
few days bringing to a close the great
est war In all history. overthrowing
kings, dynasties and intrenched au-
tocracy, rescuing the world from the
dominance OF might and establishing In
its place right and Justice. have caused
the hearts of our people to rejoice and
God for His guidance, care and prctec-
.tion In this unparalleled crisis through
which ve have just passed.
Our faith in God is indeed strength
ened we know that He Is neu-. This Is
true of soldier and civilian alike. Let
us therefore take the earliest oppor-
tunity to express our thanks to God be-
fore We deyote a time. as we may. and
will. Justly and proudly do. to celebrate
the glorious deeds OF those great lead
ers here and abroad. OF our own army
and navy and the armies and navies of
our allies. who led so valiantly and
fought so gloriously and successfully in
defence OF justice and humanity.
For this purpose I proclaim Satur-
day and Sunday. November 16 and II,
as days OF prayer and thanks to God
for His special care and guidance and
protection in the war which has just
come to an end. and ask that the
churches be kept open on either of these
days and that special prayers OF thanks
giving be offered up"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-15
INFLUENZA ORPHANS
ALL TO GET HOMES
More Requests Receiued Than
There Are Children.

More applications for permission to
adopt influenza orphans" than there
are children TO go around have been re-
ceived by Royal S, Copeland, Health
Commissioner Between 500 and 400
children are in the Seaside Hospital M
New Dorp Staten Island.
Every mail brings in scores of re-
quests for children. and DIR. Copeland
has had many personal visits
Each applicant Ia fully looked I'D BY
two sets of Investigators, and n favor
able reports are made the child IL placed
In the home OF an applicant on proba-
tion for one year, At the end of this
period the necessary legal papers may
be filled out.
Epidemic cases reported yesterday
showed a large decrease. there being ass
of Influenza. as against 44 reported
Wednesday. Pneumonia cases totaIled
IS. as against i59 on the previous day.
Epidemic des this yesterday totalled l7s.
a decrease OF II compared with Wednes-
day
Health Commissioner Copeland said he
believed the epidemic had virtually sub
sided.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-15
BRITISH HONORED IN
SERVICE AT TRINITY
Army Officers Attend Cere-
n,ony of Thanksgiving.

A service of Thanksgiving for victory
was held yesterday noon In Trinity
Church and was attended by many OFF,
Gals of the army and navy of the
United States and Great Britain, includ
ing Major-Gen. Franklin Bell and stan
and MaJor-Gen. Kenyon OF the British
army and STAFF. II was held by the
various British societies which. with
men prominent in the financial and so
cial life OF the city and their families,
filled the old church to the doors.
In the middle OF tho church were long
lines of men In uniform, and before the
chancel sat two rows OF young English
sailors. British and American flags
stood on each side OF the chancei and
were carried at the head OF the process
sional and occasional. After hymns and
prayers giving thanks for victory the
Rev. DR.. William T. Manning, rector of
Trinity, made a brief address
We are hero to give thanks and
praise to Almighty God from the DEPTHS
Of our hearts," he said. FOR tho victory
He has given us and the promise OF a
just and righteous peace At this SER
vice We thank God especially for the
noble part afforded by Great Britain.
I'VE thank Him that In the hour of
the worlds supreme crisis Great Britain
did not fail. that on land and sea she
showed herself worthy of her noblest
took her place without stopping to count
the cost.
I'VE are thinking OF the 1,500,00O
British dead. May we, for whom they
gave themselves, show ourselves not un =
worthy of their sacrifice by carrying on
In their spirit the great tasks that re-
main"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-15
SAYS SHE IS SALvN's WIDOW.
Woman Claims Part of Estate OF
Part Owner of the. Toxic.

Application was made yesterday by
Mrs. Blanche Sslvin to Surrogate
Ketcham in Brooklyn for permission 10
Inter sene as an ir..~rested party In the
pr "a ton OF the will OF Harry Salvin.
rSstaurateur who died October II.
Salvin's will. dated September 2. 1914.
left his entire estate to three sisters and
n brother-Mrs Bessie Sub!n, $40 West
l6ad street; Mrs. Jennie Altman, c?6
West Ninety-seventh street; Mrs. Annie
Kaplan, $50 Riverside Drive, and Ben
jamin Salvn, Nevtns street, Brooklyn.
The estate includes an interest in the
Ritz In Brooklyn and the Toxic In Man
haitian and insurance policies BENJAMIN
Salvin. executor, denied that his brother
ever lived at sos West 122d street Mrs
Salvin's present address, or that he was
ever married.
Mrs. Mary Ryan, sister OF Mrs. Salviu
testified that Salvln told her he was
married on July II. 1907. IN Windsor.
Canada. Miss Catherine Messina. II.
Mrs. Salvin's daughter in her testimony.
referred to Salvin as father" She said
she remembered living with him and her
mother for ten years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-15
SAYS ENEMY CAUSED
BLOWUP AT MORGAN
superintendent Testifies Ex-
plosion Could Not Have Been
Due to Accident.
UNIT IN PERFECT ORDER
Charge That One Of Inspec-
tors Was a German Dis
proved by Committee.

Testimony 20 the effect that the series
OF great explosions which took place
October at the plant Of the T. 8.
Gillespie Company at Morgan. n. j.,
must have been OF enemy alien origin
was given yesterday by Hugh Leonard.
superintendent Of a unit in the yard
where the FIRST explosion occurred. He
made this statement before the United
States Senate committee investigating
the disaster. which is holding its sessions
at Perth Amboy. N. ].
Leonard would not name any one spe-
officially after making the assertion that
the explosions were caused by some one
In tho interest Of Germany. but said
there could be no other explanation Of
the disaster, since the unit OF which he
was in charge is small and was in per-
feet order when no was last in II few
minutes before the first explosion OF the
series took place. Just before he left
the building ne had inspected every foot
Of II, he testified. and gave 1t as his opin-
ion that II would have been impossible
toF Iio cAplOalNcs III LILO pldSo W hoNo
become ignited accidentally
Yesterdays session OF the investigat-
ing committee was the fourth II has
held. : At its preceding session T. A.
Gillespie. treasurer OF the company.
swore that he had reason to believe that
a Government inspector whose duties
had brought him to the plant from time
to time was an enemy alien. Mr.. Gill
lespie could not remember the mans
name hut an inquiry since then has
established the fact that all Govern
ment inspectors who have had anything
to do with the plant since the war began
have been United States citizens.
One man who was formerly an In
spector OF munitions appeared at the lin
vestigation yesterday but was not
called. He said during a recess that he
would take legal action against any one
who questioned his loyalty and that the
only charge that could be successfully
proved against him was that he had
been inflexible In rejecting imperfect
work upon which he had been called TO
pass.
E. A. Yates, general manager of tho
plant. testified yesterday that little
less than $4,000 pounds Of trinitroluol
or INT blew up on the day OF the eS-
plosions. He said that this was only
small part IF the explosives which
might have been destroyed as there were
on the grounds between 20,000,000 and
30, o0o, 900 pounds of INT. nitrate am
monia, loaded shells and smokeless pow
der
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-15
EVENTS TO-DAY.

tinted War WORK Drive.
Exhibition OF series OF pain..nss
the Avenue OF the A!hos by Chiide IL,
sam. IL East Fif;y-seventh street, aftcr.
noon.
Service in memory OF Lieut., JanAs
Porter who was killed In Tho Arg17rs
Forest on October 6. Central Presby rim
church Madison avenue and Fft,y-s - ems
The National Special Aid socle,, m.c,
Joint meeting of the board of Esua.-.,
ers OF the Sinking Fund to consi!~t
steamship transportation facilities a, 80,
pors OF New YORK. City Hall. .:l6 =. VI
kilmer, who was killed in the dgh,.,.
on the ourcq. arranged by the De.,k,r.
c csiIo"shi 4, Il Il New York. Malone: AZ
FREQ concert III the auditorium q o..
S s,p.ss Ok 81 MpnsiS l2s EOs. Fssy-oign'"
"saiespeoplo's seminal" Metropo.,.sa
Museum OF Art, 10 a, NJ
H. lecture by Samuel W. Grafnin a. 'Tl
I'sycho.ogy OF Failure" West Side
C. A. sl5 p. NJ
Formal reception to the French at
BE Eian missions, City Han; P. N.
conservation." New York Railroa on "a. M
10 Liberty street. p. N
Bl hsstqre g, in n. English ,. by Dr. Et..,'
on pasteur as Representative OF a.
French sciep,ino Spirit" New Yorr
ASa1smy OF Music, sSO y. y.
address by Charles NJ. Andrews m
The Newer Colonial History" New yo-k
G.eneaoiogiIsl and Biogra phSal Socla,
Meeting OF. the Woman's Forum -
by DR.. William slocum or The Az. .
math OF the War Blltmore, lO:45 \
Lecture by Seymour de RECT on a.,
Matteau to Prnd'hon," Metropolitan N .
Lecture BY Prof Emmanuel de NJ
tonne on THE Real France Reveal H.
Her scenery and Peoples" Ullusttatrt
Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia Univ.rs..
Review o: the slxty.nln,h Infar,-
New York Guard. by GOV. Charles
whitman. Armory. Twenty-sinth ste. .
and Lexington avenue, $40 p, NJ
Lecture for children by Miss Thor ,
on "HiHwathas People" American NJ
scum OF Natural History. $3.50 T. NJ
4, Mass meeting for girls, speaker M
MARGARET Slattery. Central Branch : "
L, a, 60 Lexington avenue, $3.50 r. N
Aniian's FraIcaSe' meeting, Wa'i :
United Lutheran Church IN Ams-
business sessions, Engineering hui 30
West Thirty ninth street. all day, M.
Meeting, Hotel Aston. s r. NJ
>, RAILWAY Accounting Officers, moot
Hotel McAlpin, 10 A NJ
Joint recital by Nine Marie Sundr .
soprano. and Herbert sand by, ',s.. %
Music Hal Sis =. NJ, auspices Brook.
,yietory concert in, from, ., 80 F
tual Protective Union, IL noon,
Free lecture by DR. s. Psrkes Cad.
on Victory. Not vengeance" Gsn.
y. NJ. {. A., BROOKLYN S y NJ
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-15
RAINCOAT MAKER ON
TRIAL FOR SABOTAGE
Accused of Delivering Defec-
tive Garments to Delay
Military Operations.

The trial OF HAIRY f. Lazarus, a rain
coat manufacturer at Nineteenth street
and Sixth avenue. which began yester-
day in the Federal District Court before
Judge Augustus y. Hand and a jury, is
the first OF it's kind In this district
where the defendant has been charged
with violation of the sabotage law.
Lazarus was indicted unde- that act,
and also is charged with having paid
brides to Charles L. Fuller. chief in
spector OF the Quartermaster's Depart
ment-
In opening his case Joseph A. Burdeau.
Assistant United States District Attor-
ney told the Jury that in October. 1917,
Lazarus obtained q contract from the
Government for the making OF 10000
military raincoats He explained that
the sabotage Indictment was based on
the charge that instead of living up to
the contract specihcat tons Lazarus will
fully manufactured defective 'rainooats
so as to impede apd obstruct our mill
tary operations. He said that this In
tent would be shown by proof that the
defendant had paid money to Fuller to
see to It that the defective manufac-
lures were passed and sent to France.
on direct examination Charles L.
Fuller. the inspector, testified that In
June he had made a statement to an
Assistant United States Attorney-Gen-
eral In Washington. In the course OF
which he stated that he had borrowed
different sums of money from the de-
PENDANT at odd times He mentioned
ono loan OF $500, and also said that he
had obtained another $500 which was a
present from the manufacturer. on
cross-exannlnation by Martin w. little
ton, counsel for Lazarus, Fuller said he
told the Assistant Atorney-General that
he had never known the defendant In the
case TO have given brides to any one.
A. w. Willet, special agent OF the De-
partment of Justice, testified that on
three nights in June OF this year he was
hidden behind a piano in Fullers home
In Brooklyn and overheard CONVERSE
tons between the inspector and Lazarus
He swore that Lazarus appeared one
night with three bottles Of whisky, and
that when he was there one evening
Fuller had told the manufacturer that he
Cutlery was afraid that he was going
to be transferred to other work
According TO the witness Lazarus re-
piled that he would see personally that
Fuller was not transferred and at the
same time advised the inspector to come
to his factory and raise hell and to do
the Same in other factories under his
charge.
willet also testified that Lazarus "a I'd
he would AK things with Capt. Aubrey
W. Vaughn, who pleaded guilty TO an
Indictment sor months ago charging
him with congpiring to violate the es-
pionage law.
The trial will continue to-day.
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To-day in the War
Work Fund Campaign

8 A. M.-Teams resume canvass
Tor subscriptions. T.
8 A. M.-Public Library steps:
Howard Giles begins
painting symbolizing
the War Camp Com
munity Service.
III A. MIL p. Nm a d so n
Square Garden: Horse
Show, another fund
day.
IL MI P. M.-Fifth avenue at
Forty-fifth sire 9 t:
Lambs-Friars silver
coin race continued.
2:45 p. M.-Chamber Of Com
merce: luncheon of
division chairmen and
leaders to report SUBJ
scriptions. .-.
/ 80 P. M.-Grand Central
Terminal and Penn
sylvania Station:
Green Room Club re-
hearsal and free en-
tertainment.
2:30 P. MIL p. M.-Exhibitions
of war relics and en-
tertainments at First
Field Artillery
Armory, Broadway
and, Sixty-eighth street
and at Twenty-third
Regiment Armory,
Bedford and Atlantic
avenues, Brooklyn.
Up. M.-Cosmopolitan Club,
Lexington avenue and
Fortieth street: Junior
League girls, Miss
rgaret Kemp.
leader, sell "Y Pies"
at tea.
1880 p. M-Grand Central
Terminal and Penn
sylvania Static
Green Room Club en-
tertainment and re-
hearsal.
7:30 p. M.-Meeting ut Camp
Upton in drive for
$4,000.
8:15 p. M.-Carnegie Hall: Vic
tory concert.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-15
The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For eastern New York and New
Jersey, fair to-day and tomorrow
warmer to-day; moderate south wind,
Northern New England---Falr TO-DAY
and tomorrow: somewhat warmer -
day; diminishing northwest winds '"
southern New England--Fair to-Jny a,
tomorrow; somewhat warmer to.dsv
fresh northwest winds becoming south
disturbance Of more Than ordinsTyy 'on,,
verify has reached the extreme norm
vest coast of Warrington with a baron.
ter reading Of $500 inches The barcns
ern plains States, The Rocky Mountsp1,
region and westward to the coast Es,'
OF the Mississippi pressure 10 mod.ratsI
hish; General rains have set In over
wss'hin9,on, OREGON. northern caiifofn.
nS,. s si,o set IN over eastern TeIs. and
rain has fallen the last twenty -four hou-,
Tain 10 Indicated during tho next forty.
eight hours IN the east Gulf States was,
ern Tennessee and the lower Ohio Va loy
Elsewhere in the Washington for-tas.
district the weather will continue iai,
hut IL seems that the present spo,I q,
fine weather In eastern districts viii com,
perature will rise slowly I'm Atlantic cos.
districts Friday and Saturday. Storm
warnings are displayed on the Parill"
coast from Point Hayes northward.
Observations at Omitted States westh,,
Bureau stations taken at A. NJ to.dsy
seventy NTH meridian time:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-15

French. Casgrain made a break for lib.
erty. and, go far as Lieut.. Hitchcock
knows, succeeded in getting away. He
| also met Ensign George Roe OF the
American Navy. who was picked up by 9
German naval craft or Holland--Hltch'
cock thinks II was a submarine-afteI
Roe's motor went dead in the plane he
was flying, compelling him TO seek, q
landing on the water.
Sergeant Thomas Buffin. an American
who had fought with the French,
gave out and he was caught again
Others who escaped, but were recap
tnred. he said. included Sergeants Her
shell Mckee and Herman Whitmore OF
Haverhill, Mass.
or his o~-n exploit In getting away
Hitchcock made light and appeared al
most unwilling to discuss IT, He said
that he and three other Americans were
being transferred from the prison at
Lachfeldt to another at Rastadt In
charge. OF a single guard. He had ra-
tons for eight days. and he and the
other prisoners agreed to try to escape.
every man for himself"
The plan, he said. was a simple one.
When tho train on which they were
travelling came to a station they were
simply all to run in opposite directions.
The idea was merely that one guard
couldn't run four ways The guard dozed
finally as the train drew UP to small
village, Hitchcock grabbed his knapsack,
In which were his rations, land Just
beat II for the front door, He jumped
OF the train and ran pretty fast for a
woods on to one side No one succeeded
In stopping him, so lie kept on running.
In his pocket Hitchcock had a small
compass. That gave him directions
when he needed them, which was not
often, because he had decided upon an
other simple plan for getting some-
where" he didn't know just where. He
had heard that the train from which he
had escaped had been running on q
| railroad that eventually led into Swift
zeriand. SO he just stopped running
batter n while and hid In the woods
until nightfall. He still wore his French
uniform and knew he could not show
himself in daylight
When night fell he crept cautiously
back to the railroad and followed II I'M
I'll daylight was approaching.
Travels for Eight Days.
II was a farming district through
which he was travelling and he SWUNG
Off into a field and went to sleep. The
NEXT ulBnt ne uiu tne same thing, and
| the next, and the next. Finally at the
end Of eight days he decided he mus,
be In Switzerland. but walked another
few miles to make certain. Then he
| came to a small village and met a little
girl who spoke French. He asked her
where he was and she gave him the
| name of Swiss village. He, hurried
on to Berne and reported to the Ameri-
can Consul.
OF his flights In the air. and downing
two German planes in one day. Lieut.
Hitchcock said he thought that the
! story had been told often. enough In
tact. he said, he agreed with his father
who said that Tommy was. Just a plain
American boy. who had done no more
than any other American who got into
the fight" That was the reason the
young man gave for his very positive
declaration that there would be no pub.
lie celebration of his return.
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being turned IN. The carts were carried
on motor trucks to Thirty-eighth street
and there formed as a procession, which
worked northward.
The Human Squirrel. who has been
climbing ths Bush Terminal Building by
a rope hung down outside and then taxi
ing up fund gifts after sliding back to
the sidewalk, says he wants to perform
on the woolworth or Metropolitan Life
buildings provided their. operating cor
porations will give permission.
II the lambs are not ahead in the
Victory silver road race up Fifth avenue
II must be that the Friars are william
Farnum In the course of this stunt yes
terday kissed Marie Dressler for the
funds sake. Lots and lots Of people saw
him do It. Lieut.. Earl Carroll, a flying
Lamb Of the army. is to fly this morning
from Mineola to Fifth avenue, circle
there and drop ads for the Frolic-Gam-
Dol.
Department stores yesterday reported
the following contributions made during
the day: Franklin Simon & Co., $14,-
900: Bloomingdale Bros. 10000; James
McCutcheon Co. $1,000; Stern Bros,
$500; MoGibbon & Co, $1,000 Bedell
& Co. $1,000; Worth. Inc. $500: D.
Price & Co., Inc. 1875.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-15
Jersey City Interns Protest.

The nine internes employed on am
balances from Jersey city yesterday re-
fused to answer calls from Hoboken UNI
less they were paid In each case by the
city OF Hoboken. The Jersey City Hos
pital had been answering the calls from
Hoboken since the Government took
over 81. Mary's Hospital and the city
ambulance service. The internes were
paid $40 month by the Jersey City
Hospital and their contracts did not
include work In Hoboken. Hoboken
pays Jersey City $3.50 for each call and
Mayor Griffin held that the internes
should be paid for extra work. The
only hospital service to Hoboken now
is maintained by firemen, who make the
journey between the two cities.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-15
8 DIE IN BOILER EXPLOSION.
Steam Valve, on Cruiser Blow. Out
as RepaiFers Are at Work.

Lieut.. Alexander Walls. L s y. r. :;
Sylvester Bennmoyer. civilian machinist
3l3 West Hath street. and Paul Turner.
foreman, were killed yesterday morn
ing when n steam valve on the auxiliary
cruiser Louisville exploded as boiler re-
pairs were were being made. Harry
Mercy, foreman. was badly hurt
The Louisville was locked at the Chel-
ssa piers, Twenty-frst street, and was
about to start on All Atlantic trip Once
before the same vessel had suffered a
similar accident
When the steam valve blew out the
engine room was flooded with dense
steam and the working crew was over
come.
Sailors on board displayed rare cour-
age in entering the hold to bring out
the victims. Equipped with smoke bel
NETS. they went into the binding
steam.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-15

Secretaries Daniels. Baker and VIII
son have Endorsed the "Sng for Vie
tory" which will be held In Madison
Square Garden Thanksgiving after
noon. according to an announcement
made yesterday by William Fellowes
Morgan, president OF the Merchants
Association. who heads the committee
in charge. SO many singing societies
have asked for places that II was de-
cided to hold overflow meetings at other
places.