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UrEek staten IsIa nd Piers

Another big feature which appeals to
the Federal authorities is the utilization
OF waterfront section OF Staten ISL
and almost directly across the harbor
from the Bush Terminal Commissioner
Hubert will argue that waterfront prom
erty suitable for this pier system can be
purchased reasonably and that piers con-
Meeting the Baltimore and Ohio Rail.
roads traffic from the South could be
put up at reasonable cost. He has pros
pective tenants for these piers, and the
city. he states, would realize Handsomely
upon the investment from the first
Still another link In the Hubert plan
is the taking over OF three Pennsylvania
Railroad piers, 3. and :, North River,
tearing them down and constructing I'm
their stead two big modern piers. which
would be exceedingly productive as we'll
as useful In commerce. Commissioners
Hubert Is negotiating at present with
the Pennsylvania Railroad COMPANY for
the purchase of these piers. which tho
Pennsylvania does not need, and tho
negotiations have proceeded fayorably
from the outset At the same time the
Commissioner would take from the L.
high Valley Railroad a pier which il not
being intcnslvely employed
All the way up and down the East and
North River pier systems he sees weak
spots that could be strengthened. and
lis detailed plan sets out these s,Ip-
gested improvements Dredging must
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keep up n fellows spirits to get some
tobacco from the good old u. s. A."
The Christmas idea has proved already
u powerful incentive to many new con-
tributors to THE SUN Tobacco Fund. In
nearly every case where a name unfa-
miliar to the smoke fund appears OIL let
ter and check the formula used is:
I'VE want the boys TO have a good
holiday and We know THIS means plenty
OF smokes"
DO they really know what plenty Of
smokes" means when 1t comes to sup
plying our vast army over In France?
The soldiers have told how they hus-
band the tobacco and how glad they are
when after Investigating their pockets
for the remains of a bag of tobacco or
the crumblings OF a few cigarettes THE
SUN Fund distribution comes along and
puts them on Easy street again"
To keep them there "en Easy street"
IL beyond the power OF this most gener-
Gus of all funds for their comfort: that
is easy to appreciate IL one will but re-
call how many soldiers are in Europe.
but of course the fund has never yet ad-
mitted II was impossible. But tits maxi
ing a tremendous effort to send over
enough tobacco SO that all the American
soldiers shall feel free to smoke on
Christmas and New Years as much to-
bacco as he cares to. That can be done
with the prompt and generous response
of donors. Send along your gifts now,
don't wait until you have a bigger sum /:
what you send will go into the Christmas
fund and you can supplement your gift
later.
One enemy THE SUN Tobacco Fund Is
fearful Of that is time. If we do not
get the money promptly the aim of
everybody interested will be defeated.
That aim is to get plenty OF smokes over
so that the soldiers can treat themselves
to tobacco on the coming holidays with
out stint.
1t is pleasant to say that the fund has
heard from The SUN tobacco boxes
placed for the reception OF coupons and
certificates in the Schultz and United
cigar stores. A great number were
taken yesterday to be counted. and these
will be soon transformed into money
that will buttress up the holiday smoke
fund.
How the Fund stands To-day.
THE SUN and THE EVENING SUN a.cp. %
United Cigar Stores boxes, including
special So OF gross sales day.. 6s.3i4 10
Otherwise acknowledged ............ $50 rs 10
New contributions ...........,......... les. 90
Total Observation-Disclosures , SIS. 20
Shipped and paid for. 1895 1902
Cash balance ....I....... 3l06.A
Received through the Schultz cigar
''o'es '.''''''''.'.'.'.''.'''.'.' @s'2o2
Grand 1894, es7 IS
New contributions are:
Greenwich ....;....:...............,.... $3.50
Miss Mary l.. Holmes, cs7 Lexing.
| tou hNs..s..-.. Observation-Disclosures. D.p
Mrs. Marcel NJ. Mirabeau. ss7 Mad.
son NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. -. 1000
Mrs. Edward !. Frost, 81 Nassau ct. 5000
Edward W. Underhill. Syosset, l.. l. 500
bury, Conn. ...... -.......,............ 800
MRS; y. X. Bailey: Westfeld. N. j.. 500
Evelyn Beatrice Longman. II East
ootn ht, 49,. ......... .......... =. O
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MRS. STOKES FREED
ON REDUCED BAIL
Warned Against Voting After
Case Over Registration
Is Adjourned.

Magistrate Mcclellan granted yester-
day continuance until Friday of the case
against Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes, who
was arrested Monday night at her home
at SIS Grove street on a charge Of IL
legally registering for the election. Her
bail was reduced from $4,000 to $500.
but both the court and her attorney ad-
vised her not to vote and told her that
IL she did so 1t would he at her own
risk
Immediately after Mrs Stokes was ar
rested she was taken TO the Night court
where Magistrate Marsh admitted her to
bail for hearing When she was brought
before Magistrate Mcclellan in the JEFF
ferson Market court Alfred L.. Becker
Deputy State Attorney General, quoted
Section 10 of the Penal Code in support
OF his contention that a person who had
been convicted of "A felony forfeited the
right of ballot. He also declared that
Section 1852 made 1t felony for such
persons TO register or vote. He asked
for forty-eight hour adjournment TO
give the people time to prepare their
case, but this motion was denied.
George NJ, Gilman, who appeared for
Mrs. Stokes, said he could prove that
court decisions had been rendered which
gave an adverse Interpretation Of the
law to that expressed by Mr.. Rocker.
He argued that conviction in "A Federal
court OF an ofrense not recognized as a
felony under the New York law did not
bar one from voting here
THE people should be prepared" said
tina court in granting all hours adjourn
ment. II think 1t was absolutely wrong
Ia arrest this woman on the eve OF cleo
ton when the crime she Ia alleged to
have committed took place on October
12."
When the hearing was resumed the
prosecution was reinforced by W. J.
Driscoll and Robert NJ. Johnson of the
District Attorneys Office and DR.. Fred
erick l., Marshall, State Superintendent
OF Elections, After a consultation Mag
istrate Mcclellan announced contin-
uance until 10 o'clock Friday to give
the lawyers on both sides an oppor-
tunity to prepare and present briefs.
"Why, this postponement practically
forbids Mrs. Stokes to vote. as wpuldnt
advise or permit her to under the cir
cumstances." said Mr.. Gilman. II move
the charge he dismissed"
'lf YOU don't want the postponement
we may as well thrash out the whole
matter here and now" returned the
court.
But the attorneys for the people OBJ
jCctcd to this and the continuance was
finally agreed upon. Magistrate Me
GeChan and the lawyers OH both sides
warned Mrs. Stokes what "A serious thing
II might be II she tried TO vote
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POLICE WILL MAKE
|, COAL SURVEY HERE
Will Canvass Dealers and Con-
sumers, Including Flat
Houses and Residences.

Announcement was made yesterday
at police headqua rters that the police
will make a coal survey throughout
the city for the Fuel Administration.
The survey will begin November and
all the returns mus, be In by midnight,
November Is. Police reserves will be
employed in making the survey as COM
plete as possible in every detail.
Blank forms will be furnished by the
police to the managers of all coal yards
doing business in Greater New York,
and careful record of the date.
names. addresses and number of tons of
coal supplied TO customers by all coal
dealers throughout New York, for the
period covered by the survey.
From November TO November ~
the survey will confine itself TO private
residences. tenements. apartments and
office buildings. On November Is data
will be collected regarding factories.
business plants. gas and electric plants,
coal yards, retail coal dealers and SINH
lar places.
Two cards are TO be issued to the
officers taking this survey. They will
be white and yellow. On the white
cards data showing coal shortage will
be entered, while the yellow cards will
carry the information regarding coal
excess. Ali notations OF coal require
ments noted on these cards will covar
the amount required within thirty days
OF the date of the survey.
The cards also will show the daily
consumption Of private residences. fac
tories. business plants Office buildings
and gas and electric plants. where the
amount of coal used passed the three
ton mark daily.
In the case of families that have no
coal or that order their coal by the
ton or in smaller quantities. no card
will he turned in, but list of all such
families will be carefully compiled for
the use OF the Fuel Administrator. The
same method will be followed in the
cases where the owner supplies the heat.
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WAR WORK AT ATLANTIC CITY.
Famous French Band TO Open Cam
paign for Funds.

ATLANTIC CITY. Nov. 5.-The famous
Garde Republicaine, one of the veteran
French army bands. will come TO the
shore on Saturday as the headline fea-
tnre In big public demonstration along
me Board~alk as the opening appeal OF
the United War Work drive.
Among the arrivals are Mr.. and Mrs
Eugene Martin. New York. Traymore ::
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Trenchard Patterson.
strand; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Laturc
New York. Chalfante Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Smallin. New York, Haddn,l
Hall Mr.. and Mrs. l.. o. Morrison, Troy
chelsea; Mr. and Mrs Arthur Truet,
New York, Boutwell,; Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Whittier. Baltimore, AlamAc Mr.
and Mrs. Nathan b. Marks, New York
Royal Palace Mr.. and Mrs A. ]. Ham
ilton. New York, Wiltshire Mr.. and Mrs
r. l.. Zimmerman. New York, Haddon
Hall Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ericsson. New
York. Traymore.
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FOUR DIE IN EXPLOSION.
Bound Brook star Bomb Powder
Plant Blows Up.

Four workmen were killed yesterday
when All explosion of unexplained origin
destroyed the four frame buildings COM
posing the plant OF the Metals Disin-
tegrating Company at East Bound
Brook, \. ]. Two other TRen at work
in the place when the blowup occurred
escaped unhurt.
The plant had been converted to war
work for the manufacture OF powder
used in making star bombs which IL
Illuminate mo Mans Land" for night
firing. The blast shook the surrounding
district and shattered glass panes in
nearby factories and residences. An in
vestigation is under way.
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FAKE FIGHT PAYS FOR FOOD,
Pair Evades supper Check. n. DO
30 Others.

4 tail man and a short man appessed
the election day appetite at restau-
rant In Park row last evening With
fair amount 10 pay. they took stock
and discovered that they did not have
enough money. Then they started to
fight. being careful not TO hit each other
except where there was plenty OF cloth
ing. In trice they were elected from
the place. as they had expected TO he.
With the fighters went about twenty.
more men, who in their excitement to get
TO the street and see the finish Of one or
the other of the fighters, neglected to
pay their checks. The two fighters sepa l.
rated and escaped, while the proprietor
Of the restaurant assisted by several
Mattresses and Countermen, scurried
through the crowd in an attempt 10 col
lect what was due the restaurant from
the fight fans
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SALVATION SANTA PREPARES.
Calls for Labels to Put on Wal
Gifts.

The salvation Army added impetus to
the United War Work campaign. now
about to open. when 1t sent a formal re-
quest from its national headquarters
here 10 the American Red Cross at
Washington yesterday. asking for 5000
Red Cross labels to insure the shipment
10 France of that number of Christmas
packages for soldiers. The Salvation
Army specified that the gifts would go
to American soldiers, sailors and ma
rines abroad who had no relatives or
friends and who might otherwise be
overlooked when II came to distributing
Christmas rememhrances
John d. Rockefeller. Jr.. will open the
drive in Queens county this afternoon.
when he will speak al a conference and
dinner TO be held in the Queens Chamber
OF Commerce in Long Island City. He
will meet workers from all sections OF
the borough, marshalled under the direc-
ton of Richard s Newcombe
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The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.

Eastern New York-Fair to-day and
tomorrow; warmer tomorrow In in
terror; light northeast winds, becoming
southeast.
For New Jersey, fair to-day and to-
morrow: not much change in Temperature
moderate northeast to east winds
For southern New England. fair to-day
and tomorrow; diminishing northeast
winds
FOR northern New England. fair to-day
and tomorrow; light north winds, oecon-
For western New York. fair to-day snd
probably Tomorrow; warmer Tomorrow.
WARRINGTON, Nov. 5.--The weather
has been fair in ell parts of the country
except in the southern New England
North Dakota and the north Rocky Moun-
tain region. There have been no changes
in temperature Of Importance in any part
OF the country except in Montana ana
Wyoming, where II Is 20 to rs degrees
cooler. Fair weather will continue In the
Washington forecast district during the
next forty-eight hours. except that ram 10
probable In upper Michigan "WEDNESDAY
with lower temperature. Important tenn
perature changes are not anticipated.
Storm warnings are displayed on Lake
Superior and extreme northern Lake
Michigan.
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KOSHER BUTCHERS TO STRIKE.
Five Thousand WIN Begin walk
out Next SUNDAY.

Five thousand kosher butchers voted
yesterday to strike next Sunday In an
effort to reduce their working hours a
half hour a day and to force an In
crease In wages Isidore Kern. business
agent OF the Hebrew Butchers Cnior.
will be the strike leader. He was dis
charged from Gouverneur Hospital yes.
terday after having recovered from stab
wounds received in a campaign riot
Samuel Jacoby. secretary of the union,
said the strike would tie up 500 shops in
the city. and that the employers would
speedily be forced to terms, lie as
serted that the strikers would have the
hacking OF the United Hebrew Trades.
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TAX CERTIFICATES OFFERED.
McAdOO Announces Limited Issu,
mt -Four and n Half Per Cent,

WASHINGTON. Nov. 5--Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo announced to-day
the offer of a limited number of GER
tihcates OF Indebtedness, series T, bear
ing interest from November and nay
able March Is, 1918. These certificates
VIII pay the usual interest of 4la per
cent.
They are tax certificates as dlstin-
guished from bond certificates ana do
not bear the circulation privilege and
will not be accepted IN payment on bond
subscriptions. They will be. received
only for payment OF income, excess
profts and war, PROFITS taxes.
The sun., 1918-11-06
Railroad Worker slain,

RULERIcA. Mass. Nov, 5.--Local and
state police to-day began an investiga
lon OF the death Of Fred Soulia, an
employee of the Boston & Maine railroad
car shops here. whose body was found
in a shallow grave near his home ycster-
day. Marks on the body led to the
theory the man was murdered
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B. R. T. DEATH LIST
Is RAISED TO 9S
Injured Girl Dies and Body of
Man Is Found in Private
Vault.
HYLAN REMAINS SILENT
Makes No Comment on Asser-
ton He Himself Was Dis
charged for Speeding.

Three more names were added yester-
day to the death list of the B. r. L.
wreck Of last Friday. Rose Calibria,
10, OF 1895 East Ninth Street. Brook
Ign, died yesterday morning In the
Kings County Hospital Joseph Van
canzo Of s45 Gravesend avenue, Brook
lyn, was-killed in the wreck, but as his
body was placed in private vault be-
cause the morgue was crowded his name
did not reach the official record until
later. vancanzo's brother Louis, and
their cousin, Mamie Russo. were also
killed.
Mrs. Gertrude NJ. Harris OF $40
Avenue W, Brooklyn, died in the Long
Island Hospital.
City Hall heard yesterday that Mayor
Hylan was preparing reply to the at
lacks of Travis II. Whitney. public Ser
Vice Commissioner, but word finally came
from his office that there would be no
| statement.
whitney's Undenied Charge.
Mr. Whitney has charged the Mayor
with preventing, by opposition or mac
ton, tho carrying out OF plans that
would Nave compelled the B. r. T. to
use steel instead of wooden cars; with
having sought and obtained favors from
! the company when he was County
Judge with having had advance notice
of the motormens strike and failing to
use his influence toward averting II and
with being disqualified to sit as Magis-
, trate in the wreck investigation because
he himself was discharged by the
b. r. r. for the same offence attributed
to Motorman Lewis-running a train
around curve too fast.
In the John Doe hearing before the
Mayor Monday 1t was made known that
the complaint not only says that the
train crew was incompetent and mex
| perienced but that the road bed and
track at the place where the wreck oc-
CURED were improperly constructed
In this relation II developed yesterday
that experts employed by District At
ptorney Lewis and the Public Service
Commission have been studying the
curve where the train jumped the track
TO see II II was properly laid out and
the outer rail adequately elevated Bor-
ough President Riegelmann raised this
question on Saturday.
Safe for 30 Miles an Hour.
| vice Commission said the commissions
engineers deemed tho curve safe for
thirty miles an hour. the maximum speed
! OF subway trains. Robert Ridgway, the
commissions chief tunnel engineer, said
| the construction at the Malbone street
! tunnel was entirely p. r T work. both
| In planning and construction. and that
the curve was laid according to the best
modern engineering practice.
THE radius was about 240 feet" he
said. and the angle less than A. degrees.
Tho outer rail was super elevation.
| There were showdown signs before the
curve was reached, there were lights It
night. and, as am informed, there were
| inner guard rails"
When the Mayors hearing is resumed
at J. A. NJ. tomorrow one of the first
witnesses is likely TO be T. +. Blewitt d.
vision superintendent. On Monday Will
| lam Brody. trainmaster at the Culver
depot. testified he was authorized by
Blewitt to send Dispatcher Lewis out as
| motorman of the Brighton Beach train
| that was wrecked
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HAVANA, Nov. 5.---The Cuban Govern
ment has recognized the belligerency of
the Czecho-Slovaks. A Presidential de-
cree to this effect was published I'm the
Official Gazette this afternoon.
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be done at some places. At others the
bulkhead Is rotten and crumblinE. Al
others Street Cleaning Department
dumps should be acquired for pier space
by the Dock Department. At others i'm
improper or insufficient employment is
being made of invaluable dock space.
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Would De Generous and Fair.

In addition to these concrete sugges.
tions. the Commissioner has put for
ward policy for ending river tran,
snarshy and ipstituting policy Of fair
dealing toward the city's pier tenants
He would end. he said Yesterday. tbe
custom OF treating a corporation sue.
piciously and hostilely merely because
II Is a corporation. lie would encourage
by generous treatment the small, oh.
scure steamboat lines which serve Sound
ana New England points not touched or
favored by the big steamship lines.
lie would do away with the trad
uonal penny wise and pound FOOLS
policy OF the Dock Department and make
the department something bigger arl
better than mere collection agency Hc
thinks he can constitute II the devclopcr
ana protector OF commerce, and that lr
can make the department pay better b,
being big and fair In its attitude thai
by being small and selfish.
The sun., 1918-11-06
GOVERNMENT BACKS
HUBERT PIER PLAN
Federal Railroad and Steam
ship Managers Urge I'm
provements, He Says.
ASK MAYOR FOR HEARING
Changes VIII Result in Profit
to City and Will Not
Increase Taxes.

The plan put forward for improved
pier facilities and general port terminals
Improvement by Murray Hubert, Com
missioner OF Docks, has enlisted the &C
tive support Of A. II. Smith. Regional
Director. Eastern Region, in the United
States Railroad Administration c. II.
Markham, Regional Director Allegheny
Region, and H. b. Walker, Federal man.
ager for the Railroad Administration OF
the coastw,se steamship lines.
These Federal officials have been so
thoroughly impressed with the practical
side of Commissioner Hulberts pro-
gramme that they have asked Mayor
Hylan and the Sinking Fund Commits
sion to hold meeting as soon as pos
sible for the consideration OF the Com
missioner's ideas.
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LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.

Higheu temperature, w. at siie
Lowest temperature, Al, at S:1b A. M
Average temperature, as.
Observ ations yesterday by the United States
Weather Bureau stations showing atmos-
pherc conditions in the various cities;
lily ~. Sr,na az, n ain v'they
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-02-14
BANANA FLOUR AND BREAD
Green Fruit, Full Grown, Is Peeled,
Sliced and Dried, Then Ground
In Ordinary Corn Mill.

AT meeting OF the Horticultural
club Of Trinidad. samples of banana
-four and bread were exhibited and the
method of preparation described. II
was explained that the bananas from
which the -four and bread were made
had been taken from trees only five
days previously the silk fig small va
riety Of bananas producing the best
results, reports Henry ID. Baker, Amer
lean consul ut Trinidad:
The process was described as fol-
lows: "Full-grown green bananas
should be selected. Peel, slice and dry
quickly, preferably on galvanized
sheet. then grind in ordinary corn
mill. From 90 pounds of green ba-
nanas 1914 pounds OF flour had been
obtained in the specimens shown. The
bread. which was very palatable, had
been made from two parts of banana
flour and one part Of wheat flour. The
banana flour could also be used as
substitute for oatmeal porridge and al
so for making buildings.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-02-14
PATRIOTISM OF THE STOMACH
Found by Hungry Hunters on
Farmers Table.

There are all kinds and varieties Of
patriotism-almost as many as there
are pickles of certain variety. There
is the patriotism Of speech, the patri-
otism Of arms, or money, of service
and SO on. But of them all the hard
est for the average Individual is the
patriotism Of the stomach. So thought
bunch Of indianapolis men who in
vaded Brown county for day of hunt
ing. says the Indianapolis News.
After day Of hiking and trampIng
over the hills. In which nice string
of rabbits was the prize. these "tired
business men" adjourned to the farm
er's house where they had planned on
big feed" You can imagine their
surprise and disgruntled feelings when
on seating themselves ut the table they
found neither meat nor bread. The
expected fried chicken and hot biscuits
were missing. OF course, no one said
anything, but good many thoughts
made the air quiet.
That evening as they were leaving
for the train the old farmer friend
pointed to a small placard In the win
dow, and said: "Well, boys, the next
time you come down Wen have that
fried chicken and biscuits. Mary said
we was a member of the United States
food administration now, and what
was the use of havin' pledge card
If you didn't keep the pledge"
They had chosen the wrong day. Be-
sides bringing home a lesson to some
of the party 1t served to call their at
tention to the fact that almost every
home down there, no matter how hum
BILE and how far back in the hill. had
n food administration pledge card in
the window.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-02-14

with the work under surgeon Genera
Gorgas, says the Medical Journal II
Is estimated that Mt least $4,000 ply.
sicians will be included In the person.
mel of the department when full
strength is reached. Every step in car.
Ing for the physical welfare of the SOL
diers from the time they are sworn
into service until they are discharged
comes under the medical department
In this work Is included inspection OF
foods to be served soldiers, sanitation,
care Of the sick and wounded, the oper-
alton Of field base and convalescent
hospitals, "re-education" of the perma-
nently crippled. handling the supplies
for all this work, etc. The total num-
Der Of hospital beds will be on basis
Of 25 per cent of the strength of the
army.