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The sun., 1918-11-02
WORST WRECK OF ITS
KIND IN N. Y. HISTORY
Recalls Park Avenue Tunnel
and Other Accidents.

None Of the many wrecks In the his
tory of New York city's transpor.
tatIon lines can equal last nights dis
aster In magnitude. The most serious
accident In the past occurred on jan
uary S. 1909. when a New York Central
train from White Plains crashed into the
rear of train from South Norwalk in
the tunnel at Fifty-eighth street. kill
ing fifteen persons and injuring thir-
ty-fve others. some of whom died later.
In the history OF the elevated lines
the worst disaster was that of Septem-
Der II, 1908. when twelve persons were
killed and forty injured on a Ninth ave-
nue. elevated train which took the curve
at Flfty-third street at high speed as
the result OF n confusion OF signals.
On December 9, 1914, Ninth avenue
elevated local, carrying hundreds OF pas
sengers, crashed into an express train
standing at the 10th street station. Two
men were killed in the panic that en-
sued and about eighteen other persons
were injured.
A motorman was killed and eleven
passengers injured In rear end COLL
sion between two Third avenue elevated
trains Just north OF the 149th street sta
ton on June S, 1915.
In another rear end collision on the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit line on October
IS. 1915, twenty persons were hurt. on
June 81 OF the same year fourteen pas
sengers were injured when a Vanderbilt
avenue surface car smashed into the rear
OF a stalled Culver line train at the
Van Sicklen station. Coney Island Sew
eral other accidents on the l. lines in
recent years resulted in the injury of
about a score of persons.
The sun., 1918-11-02
SUE MAY IRWIN FOR FIRE LOSS
Occupants of boarding House sa ,
IL Lacked Escapes.

Nine suits for damages agsregatinE
$4,000 were fled yesterday In the
County Clerks office against Mrs. Ma.
Irwin Eisfeldt, better known as MAJ
Irwin, as the result OF fire DecembeY
9, 1916, in a theatrical boarding hous"
at 165 West Forty fourth street, j..
which Mrs. Bertha NJ. a. Holmes los
her life and a number Of others were
more or lees severely burned. Mrs. Ei.-,
feidt Ia the owner OF the properly
Among tho plaintiffs is Mrs. Jare BIZ
lock, proprietor of the establishmen'
who wants $4,000 Several years ag.
Mrs. BlaiocK sued a Mrs. Grace Irving
of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel for $4,000
for alleged alienation Of the Affection
OF her husband, William ]. Blalock
Charles ., Holmes OF Holmes Brot!
ers, athletes and comedians, wants $50
900 for the loss OF his wife. who died {
the Polytechnic Hospital a few days attc~
the fire. Others seeking monetary re-.
dress are Rita Zalmani, Spanish dancer
$4,000: Mrs. Cecilia Zalmani. mothc-
OF the latter, $1,000; William Hall
manager Of Annette kellermann, 81, 900
George Murray. Jr., inventor and
forme" actor, $4,000; Inella Murra,
ius wife. $1,000, and Robert Murra,
their son. $1,000
The plaintiffs allege that there were
TO fire escapes on the building and thap
few months before the fire there was
another blaze in tho structure, in whloN
five lives were lost.
The sun., 1918-11-02
WALDO SAYS CHAPLIN
WAS NOT ECCENTRIC
Newspaper Men Testify as to
Sanity of Wife Slayer.

Four witnesses were examined yester-
day by the commission in luuacy APP
pointed to inquire into the mental con-
dItion of Charles f. Chap,n. who killed
his wife. Nellie. In the Cumberland Hotel
in September. The commission consists
of George w. Wickersham. former United
States AttorueylGeneral: Lamar Hardy.
former Corporation Counsel for New
York. and DIR. Smith Ely Jelliffe. alien
list. The session was held In the law
library In the Criminal Courts Building
and, as predetermined, was private.
Chaplin appeared pale and haggard.
Although the proceedings were private.
Major Rhinelander Waldo, Y. 8. A., who
has been a close friend of Chaplin. said
before he entered the chambers that
Chaplin was the last man in the world
he would have believed 10 be eccentric;
that he was struck with the marked de-
votion of Chaplin for his wife.
other witnesses were Seymour T.
Scott. cashier OF the Plaza Hotel. where
Chaplin lived for some years. and Clyde
West and Sam Williams. both OF the
staff Of the Eueniag World.
The commission will resume its sit
tings November and continue daily
until a decision IL reached.
The sun., 1918-11-02
B. R. T. STRIKE ENDS
WITH AGREEMENT
Employees and Company
Reach Understanding Early
This Morning.
SERVICE NEARLY NORMAL
BY Evening About Half Of the
Places Of Men Who Quit
Were Filled.

An agreement has been reached be-
and the strike has been settled. accord
Ing to an announcement by Public Ser
vice Commissioner Hervey shortly be-
fore o'clock this morning.
In obedience to the strike order issued
Thursday night by the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers, ESQ motormen
employed on the subway and elevated
lines Of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company quit their places yesterday
morning Their action had the effect
of hampering the service to consid-
cradle extent in the early hours. but
by the time the heavy traffic from Man.
haitian to Brooklyn had begun In the
evening, about half the strikers places
had been filled by men drawn from else
where on the system.
j. j. Dempsey, vice-president OF the
p. r. T., figured last night that the
system had been able to operate its
subway and elevated trains at about So
per cent. of normal in the rush hours,
His agents were out all of yesterday
recruiting men to take the places of the
strikers, and he said he was sure the
trains would be run on normal schedule
to-day.
The company. although unable to re-
cruit all the substitute motormen Il
needed, was able to take care Of much
OF It's traffic by running more cars to
the train than has been the custom for
several weeks
The strike was called rs n result
of the refusal of the company to take
back twenty-nine motormen recon-
mended for reinstatement by the Fed
eral War Labor Board October 2S. In
statement given out yesterday Col
Timothy S. Williams, president of the
company. said that the recommendation
of the war Board had been referred &c
the b. r. T. Employees BENEFIT Asso'
citation.
The Federal War Board, of which
Ex-President Taft is chairman. ha;
thus expressed itself in regard to the
Employees BENEFIT Association:
THE. form of the association seems
to have been changed from time to time
but one feature which has persisted !,
that the president of the company ha,
appointed the president OF the associa
ton and the president of the associa
ton has either himself conducted "
elections or appointed other persons Il
do So"
The sun., 1918-11-02
EVENTS TO-DAY.
Fire Prevention Day.

Fire Prevention Day.
Solemn mass OF requiem for French ano
American soldiers and sailors who have
died In the war. Fordham University. 10
A NJ.
Lyceum Society meeting. waidorf-As-
Daughters Of 1912 meeting. waldorf
Astoria, $50 p. NJ.
Esthetlc Principles" Metropolitan Mu-
scum OF Art. p. NJ
Col. Theodore Roosevelt and Irwin Cobb
speak at benefit for Circle for Negro
war Relief at Carnegie Hail. p. NJ.
New York Infirmary for Women lunch
con, McAlpin. 1880 p. NJ.
Womens Law Club meeting. McAlpin
II A. NJ. n
Opening OF the Cardinal Farley's Soldiers
and Sailors Club Is East Thirtieth street.
DR.. J. II. Barnhart lectures on plants
as Insect Traps New York Botanical
Garden, p NJ.
Lecture for children on "our Amerl-
can Army in France and the World War"
by a; j. Wall q, the New York Historical
Brooklyn Institute: DR.. william Starr
Myers lectures on Current History"
1890 a. NJ; Prof. j. +. Rice lectures on
THE Poultry Profession" 1850 p. NJ;
Orchestra of the symphony Society gives
Its FIRST concert at +. NJ; the Institute
Players give The New Boy" S:I5 p. NJ:
the Institute Chess Club meets at ana
8 p. NJ; conference on The Problem OF
the Coal Supr'-" conducted by Edward
". Parker, S:lo p. NJ.
The sun., 1918-11-02
w0MEN's CLUB IS NEUTRAL.
University Organization An
nounces It's Political Policy.

With women battling for both Repub-
lican and Democratic candidates, the
Women's University Club. whose head
quarters are in log East Fifty-second
street. announced neutral policy yes
terday.
They will let both sides be heard from
their platform and members of women's
clubs throughout the city are invited to
be present at s p. NJ. to-day and the
same hour on Monday to hear Demo-
cratic or Republican doctrine ex-
pounded.
To-day will be Democratic day. The
speakers will include Alfred T.. Smith,
Senator Wagner and Herbert c. Pell.
Jr. Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch will
preside. Monday will be Republican day
and the speakers win be Eugene II.
Travis. Nathan ottinger and Schuyler
NJ. Meyer. Mrs. William Eastman will
be in charge OF the meeting.
The sun., 1918-11-02
SERB WOMAN SUES
HUPFEL FOR $3.50. 900
Asserts BresDer Had Her Com
nnitted as Insane Person

Asserting that the defendants con-
trived to have her committed as insane
to the Manhattan State Hos pital in
April by Supreme Court Justice Hotch-
kiss Kora Spalajkovitch Germanitch, who
says she Is the sister OF DR.. Mirosslav
Spala1kovitch. former Ambassador from
Serbia to Petrograd, began suit yester-
day In the Supreme Court to recover
$4,000 damages from Charles G. Hup-
fel, wealthy brewer. and the latter's
alleged agent. Paul Marlscano. Papers
were filed in the County Clerks Office.
Nine. Germanitch. who lives at 222
East Thirty -eighth street. sets forth that
her sympathies for the cause of Serbia
and the Allies caused her troubles. She
alleges that Mariscano hailed her before
Magistrate Groehl March 20 on a charge
OF disorderly conduct and that the latter
sent her 70 the psychopathic ward In
Bellevue for observation. On April 4,
she added, Justice HotchkisS at the al
legged instlgation OF Hupfel committed
her to the Wards leland institution.
She was discharged therefrom, she
stated, September IL.
Nine. Germanitch IL employed in a
large Brooklyn fur establishment at q
salary Of so . week.
The sun., 1918-11-02
EXPERTS TO RELIEVE
GOLD MINING CRISIS.
McAdoo Acts to Remedy Con.
ditions in Industry.
Spec,al Despatch to ruE suy.

WAsHINGToN. Nov. 1.--Active step.
We're taken by Secretary OF the Trea.-
ury McAdoo to-day TO meet a si,uatio,
in the gold mining Industry OF the l'nitet
states that is regarded az nAcAssita. I'm.
national action. He announced the A.
pointment OF committee to study ca re-
fully and thoroughly all tho diffcultle .
confronting gold production" and to ''suS'
NIT suggestions OF sane and sound meth
DDS of relief"
The committee appointed to solve this
situation includes fnanciers, economists
and mining authorities. They are Albert
Strauss. vice-sovernor OF the Federai
Reserve Beard X. T. Baker, Director OF
the Mint Gov. Emmett d, Boyle, Ne
vada; Dean Edwin L. Gay and Poue
Ycptman.
The sun., 1918-11-02

August HecKscher, wealthy real es-
tate ard mine operator. has Withdrawn
his two Islander suits for 100000 each
against Mrs. Dorothy Van SchaiCk and
Mrs. T. n. Johnston OF Huntington. |. l..
II became known yesterday. Mr., Heck
scher charged that the two women had
accused him publicly of being pro-
German. They denied the accusation
and sent a letter OF regret to him Dir.
Heckscher's attorney said the suits were
brought solely to preserve his clients
reputation and that they had been
dropped because they had accomplished
their purpose,
The sun., 1918-11-02
MILK DRIVERS COMPROMISE.
Threatened Strike Called on Ate,
Conference.

Having been persuaded by their attor-
ney, William Karlin. that "a bird In the
hand is worth two In the bush" the 5000
milk drivers who had threatened to go
on strike for higher wages held con-
ference with representatives of the milk
interests at the Continental Hotel last
night and agreed to resclnd the order,
According to the agreement the retail
drivers will receive $33 a week and l
per cent. commission on sales. retail
ehauffeurs viii draw $3.50 and whole
sale chauffeurs $40. Chauffeurs for
trucks carrying less than two tons will
be paid $34 and those for trucks carry.
ing more will get $40. One day OF n
month IL granted to the drivers.
The sun., 1918-11-02
ELECTION FLASHES BARRED.
FUEL Chief Says Lightless Might
Rule Must he Observed.

Publishers will not be allowed to flash
election returns heavenward In varied
oolored lights next Tuesday night for
the benefit of millions of persons within
glimpsing distances of the sky lines of
newspaper homes. according to Mercer
p. Moseley. Chief of Fuel Conservation,
as there can be no modification OF the
Eighties night" order to permit special
illumination
mo exception can be made and there
fore next Tuesday evening will be as
Iightless as other Tuesday evenings"
Mr.. Moseley said. 1.-THE people will miss
the newspaper searchlights which on
former years flashed the results OF the
count as 1t progressed. The necessity
for the conservation OF anthracite is still
urgent"
The sun., 1918-11-02
CARDINAL. Soldiers Club to Open.

Cardinal Farley's Soldiers and Sail
ors' Club Mt Is East Thirtieth street,
named in honor OF the late Cardinal. who
tahlishment, will be formally opened to-
day. Every facility has been provided
for the comfort Of American and allied
soldiers and sailors. The committees are
in charge Of the following: House fur.
nishing. Mrs. w. n Vanderbilt, Jr (:
canteen, Miss Teresa II, O'Donohue /;
hostesses, Mrs Joseph Slevin. Jr. chair
man. Miss Elisabeth Marbury; enter
tainment, Mrs Harry -Gloster Arm
strong; library, Mrs. Lyttleton Fox (;
lips, and publicity, Miss Elisabeth Mar
bury.
The sun., 1918-11-02
POLICE INSPECTOR
BACK FROM SERVICE
Army LeaUe Expires-Return
to Be Explained.

Inspector Thomas ]. Tunney. who was
In charge OF the bomb squad OF the Po-
lice Department until May, when a six
months leave OF absence was granted to
him 80 that he might enter the Intelli-
gence Department OF the army, returned
to police duty yesterday.
He has not yet been assigned to any
special duty, the place he occupied being
now held by Sergeant Gegan.
One explanation of his return to po-
lice work. circulated yesterday was that
an extension of his leave had been de-
MED Commissioner Enrlght, however,
said that Inspector Tunney had not APP
piled for an extension. Mr.. Enright said
that he would make a statement regard
Ing the case to-day,
The sun., 1918-11-02
sCUTT HEARING POSTPONED.
Testimony May he Taken mt VIC
TINS Bedside.

Magistrate McQuade In the Harlem
court yesterday postponed until to-day
the examination of Mrs. Maud Scutt.
charged with shooting her husband.
Howard Il. Scutt. In the meantime the
Magistrate will consult legal authorities
upon the demand OF the District Attor-
ney's Office that Scutt be Intercepted in
the Harlem Hospital.
The District Attorney insists that
Scutt Ia too weak to be moved and that
az his testimony Is vital to the prosecu-
ton the Magistrate should move the
hearing to the bedside OF the wounded
man. Emil Fuchs, representing Mrs.
Scutt, objected on the ground that
proper cross-examination could not be
made in such circumstances.
The sun., 1918-11-02
DUJAT, CONVICTED, LOSES JOB.
Republican Leaders Declare
Queens County Cierkship Vacant.

Upon the filing OF the certificate of
conviction OF County Clerk Alexander
Dujat OF Queens county of bigamy yes
terday, the Republicans declared that a
vacancy in the office was automatically
created. The leaders have appealed to
Gov Whitman TO appoint Immediately In
Dujat's place Mrs. Clara A. Rodger of
Richmond Hill, the Republican candidate
to succeed to the Office on January |.
The Governor said last night he was
seriously and farorably considering the
petition, Friends of the convicted
County Clerk had hoped 70 keep him In
Office by Ming nOtice OF appeal
The sun., 1918-11-02
Arsenal Need. 500 Laborer..

The United States Employment Blu
reau issued a priority order yesterday
for 500 laborers. to be paid as cents an
hour and time and one-half for over
time. to be sent to Croyland, Pa, for
work on the plant Of the Edgewood AR.
senal, nine miles from Ridgway, Pa.
Applications are to be received at 20
East Twenty-second street al 4:30
o'clock this afternoon
The sun., 1918-11-02
Fight German Made Goods,

The boycott committee Of the An,e
!can Defence Society sent a request
the state Department yesterday ashiar
that all licenses for tho importation {
German made goods be refused in gutuie
and that any such licenses now In force
be revoked, The society said that II hal
been unable TO ind who ordered the :,
cent consignment of German 10, a
slapped TO this country from Holland,
Nobody would admit the responsibilities
The sun., 1918-11-02
FIFTY Lost by ship Founderins

OTTAWA, Nov. 1.-The entire crew Of
nifty men of the Dominion naval patrol
steamship Galiano we're lost when the
vessel foundered in storm or Charlotte
island, d. O., on October 80. II was
announced here to-day by the Naval
Service Department
The sun., 1918-11-02
Mrs. skeeis PLEADS Not Guilty.

LAWRENCE, Mass. Nov. l.--Mrs.
Bessie May Skeels pleaded not guilty
to-day to indictments charging her with
the murder Of Miss Florence w. Gay
of Andover. a teacher In Abbot Acad-
envy. and with larceny from Miss Gays
estate. Mrs. Skeels. who is q nurse. Is
accused OF having administered poison
while attending Miss Gay. "
The sun., 1918-11-02

CHICAGO. NOV. Smoking In the
front vestlbule Of street cars, smoking
cars on the elevated trains and even
those on suburban trains OF steam roads
has been abandoned permanently, John
Robertson. City Health Commissioner,
announced to-day. THE influenza cpl
demic started II and we viii finish h, y
the Commissioter said.
The sun., 1918-11-02
The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For eastern New York, fair to-day
and Tomorrow; continued cool; gentle
west to northwest winds.
For New Jersey. fair to-day and TO.
, 1870 warmer tomorrow; diminlshins
TOT New England, fair to-day and to-
r nn,,; continued cool; gentle west TO
For western New York, unsettled To-day;
parity cloudy tomorrow. -
NJ ASHlN0TON, Nov. THE area OF
s,ttn pressure which occupied the plains
nsa es thursday evening has made some
nv sress eastward and now overlies the
iSwer ohio and lower Mississippi valleys.
M Sycionlc depression Is moving south east
S.o 800 over the Canadian Northwest and o
pashu depression 10 deveipoing 10 the
ha.n Mountein region. The weather has
r., Ieen fsar In All parts OF tho country except
reS,o Upper Ohio Valley and the lower lake
tsion, where local rains have fallen The
n.pe,stnre L. below the seasonal average
go, OF the Mississippi and above to the
syIs'wsro. Tho weather will be fair during
ne III next forty-eis hours in practically
,rio psrE OF the Washington FORECAST dis
.riet. temperature will change but little
~ ea S..in districts and rise slowly In the
sas' our states. Tennessee, tho ohio Val.
'eS ana the upper lake region
The sun., 1918-11-02
Tenn erature.
IMMATURE ALMANAC.

-N'h ibhE hLhANNt.
United states Coast and Geodetic Survey
STANDARD Time.
sun rises. .6:2S NJ Sun sets....4:53 r NJ
Moon rises.....5:i9 4 NJ
HIGH WATER THIS DAY.
sandy Hook. .s:H A NJ Gov. Island. g 80 A ~
He'll Gate....s:57 A "
LOW WATER THIS DAY.
Sandy Hook Il IL A NJ Gov. Island II AZ A
Hell Gate.....8:0s 4 NJ
The sun., 1918-11-02
s1OO,O0O,OOO MORE
SALES BY PALMER
Passaic woollen Mills Among
German Property to Be
AuctiOned.
BAYER PLANT INCLUDED
Bosch Magnetic Company Also
Will Be Sold to Proved
Americans.
BAYER PLANT INCLUDED

German owned property valued at
more than s1oo,ooo.oo0 will be sold at
auction to Americans within the next
sixty days by A. Mitchell Palmer, Allen
Property Custodian. It includes the big
woolleu mills at Passaic, valued at $780,
100000, taken over by Mr.. Palmer six
months ago; the great Bayer and Hey
den chemical companies and the Bosch
Magnetic Company.
A few OF the sales will be held in the
New York offices OF the companies, the
others at the plants. Mr.. Palmer's ad-
visory committee, OF which Otto 7. Ban
nard IL chairman. must be satisfied as to
the Americanism OF the purchaser, in adj
dition to deciding whether the price is
fair.
Dates OF the Auctions.
The auction dates follow:
Ernst Gideon Bek Manufacturing
Co., Newark Jewellery ........... Nov. II
Mass. ........,...........,..N Nov. p
Il. ....................Dec. .
Synthetics Patents Co.. New York. Dec.
Dresden Lace Works. New York. :. Dec. 9
International Ultramarine, Co.. New
Heyden Chemical Works, Gar,eid
\. II
es sS M SH.n ps::aic Dec. II II
Paesaic worsted Spinning Mills. 49,. Dec. 10
Passaic. Dec. 10
Conn. chocolate manufacturers, Dec. /,
Schultz q Koerting Co. Philadel-
phia tvalvee and machines. ...... Dec. II
n, wNOllen
System Co., New York. ..,.........,..De Dec. II
New Brunswick Chemical Co.. New .
Bauer Chemical Co.. New York........Dee. q
VIII Sell Minority, Interest.
On December 10 Mr.. 'Pelmer will sell
~ per cent. interest in the Garfield
Worsted Mills of Garfield, N. j.. the ma
jortty interest In which is owned by
Americans. The Americanization OF the
woollen mills In New Jersey will end
German control OF one of the largest in
dustries in America Since being taken
over by the Alien Property Custodian
they have been turning out cloth for
uniforms.
The Bayer and Heyden chemical COM
panies are among the largest manufac-
turers of pharmaceutical products. The
Heyden company was an important link
in the plan of DIR. Hugo Schmidt to cor
rier the American carbolic acid market
and prevent the Allies from obtaining
picric acid for high explosives.
At Mr.. Palmer's direction 80 per cent.
Of the Bosch Magnetic Company's prod
uct goes to the United States Govern
ment.
Before the end OF the year the Alien
Property Custodian intends to sell to
American citizens German owned estab-
lishments valued at close to 5000. 600, 600.
This Is the answer to the recent note
from the German Government protesting
against the Americanization Of German
firms
The sun., 1918-11-02

1 IC.V teIIIpefHIuTe, Do, at I:Ib- p N.
west temperature, As. at 10 p. NJ.
MNerase temperature, 81.
observations yesterday by the United Statss
Ceatner bureau stations showing aano,
puerto conditions in the various cities:
The sun., 1918-11-02
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT
MANHATTAN.

War Posters" by Louis Weinberg OF
G. c. y. Y, American Museum of Natural
History, Seventy street and Cen
trial Park West Stereopticon views
Current Events" by Nelson P. Mead,
Ph. D.. Of c; c. n. y, Hamilton GranEe'
Library sos West l4Sth street.
distinctive American Drama" by Fred.
er,ck Paulding, Y. NJ. c. A., Harlem
Branch. West l25th street.
The sun., 1918-11-02

9TH. Animal Machine" by Prof Sanus
c. Schumacher, PHI. D., +. s. 81, 1856
street east OF Willis avenue.
The sun., 1918-11-02
Official Figures of -
Epidemic Yesterday

Fisures Of the epidemic yesterday a.
annouDced by the Board of Health were
Spanish Influenza. Pneu.
Cara nAntha Gao. r..sA.
The sun., 1918-11-02
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.

lHo Iemperatnre In This city yesterday
as recorded by the official hermometer. Il
ehoWn In the Annexed tahie. ~ :