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MRS. PRESTON GIBSON
SUED BY HER MOTHER
Suit OUer Furniture Foliows
DisapproUdl of Marriage.

That Mrs. Beatrice Rogers BENJAMIN
Pratt Gibson has not been forgiven for
her marriage recently to Preston Gibson
of Washington. was indicated yesterday
in the Supreme Court when her mother.
Mrs. Anne II. Benjamin. caused to be
filed summons and complaint In an
action to recover furniture worth SEQ, 600
which she alleges her daughter removed
from apartments In 1140 Park avenue
and stored in the care of the Harlem
Storage Warehouse Company.
on affidavits OF Mrs. Benjamin. ms
tice Gavegan issued a writ forbiddiny
the removal of the furniture pending de-
termination OF the suit The paners
were served on the warehouse firm nv
Deputy Sheriff Conlin after Mrs. Rem
jamin had put up bond for $40. 600. a
sum twice the alleged value OF the prom
erty In litigation
Trouble between Mrs. BENJAMIN and
her daughter came to light following the
latter's divorce from Lieut.. Alexander
Dallas Bache Pratt Mrs BENJAMIN ia
sued a statement expressing the disan-
prevail OF herself and other members 81
the family with the proposed marriage
of her daughter and Gibson. DespIte
the open opposition, the pair were mar
ried by a justice OF the peace In Green
witch, Conn, after a minister had re
fused TO perform the ceremony.
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SEVEN QUESTIONS.
An American Of italian Birth Seeks
Light Regarding Flumc.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. In
THE SUN OF October 20 I notice that the
latest Fiume plan has been rejected by
President Wilson. While 1 feel instinc-
! lively that this action is wholly unwar-
ranted. my strong desire for Justice and
fair play. as we'll as my fear that there
may be questions involved in this con-
troversy that Z do not know of, prompt
me to ask for light on the following
points:
1. II Is my understanding that self
determination Of peoples is one of the
Fourteen Points promulgated by Presi-
dent Wilson. Am correct in this?
2. / also understand that Fiume is
both nationally and geographically Ital-
ian. If this is so. should not the doc
trine OF self-determination apply to II.
and Is not President Wilson acting coun-
ter to his own pronouncement in refus-
ing to recognize the right of Fiume to
join her mother country, Italy?
3. Did not Italy most opportunity, to
the fullest extent of her power and
without reckoning the cost, jump into
the fray and help stem the tide and
beat back the common foe?
4. Are not the Jugo-Slavs of to-day
the same people who yesterday under
Austria's flag fought Germany's fight
against our allies and ourselves?
5. Wherein lies the justification for
President Wilson's insistence that Italy's
and our own erstwhile enemy should be
30 richly rewarded, while one of our
much in defence OF our common cause
should be so outrageously dealt within
s. And when both France and Eng
land recognize the fairness of Italy's
claims and stand ready to accede to
them, why do we, America, the least
concerned and the furthest removed
block that adjustment?
T. There are rumors abroad. both
among Americans Of Italian origin and
those who trace their ancestry back to
Mayfiower Pilgrims. that the President s
well known personal dislike OF Italians
actuated his Fiume decision. have
steadfastly refused to believe such ru-
mors. Can there possibly be any truth
in them?
My name Is Italian, Italy gave me
birth, my father. now dead, was n
naturalized American citizen, and 1 am
an American citizen by personal choice
as we'll as by virtue of my fathers citi-
zenship. l am naturally lover of Jus
tice and fair play, characteristics which
believe to be synonymous with true
Americanism. And it is as a true Amer
lean, keenly anxious properly 10 under
stand, in order to approve and support,
and. IL necessary. defend. Americas
stand on this as on all matters. that
I ask the above questions.
MARIETTA SINoPoLL
BROOKLYN, November 3.
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INSURED AND GRATEFUL.
An Ex.Soldier's Complaint Receives
Quick OfficiaI Attention.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. AS
result of my complaint printed in
THE SUN concerning my war risk insur-
ance was told to send a statement of
the facts to II. w. Emerson, Assistant
Director Of the Bureau of War Risk In
surance, Treasury Department, Wash
ington. I did so and in less than a
week received a very courteous reply
from Mr.. Emerson. which was followed
by a complete and satisfactory adjust
ment of my complaint.
1t Is a great pleasure and relief to
have ones confidence restored in an in
stitution which should be OF much bene-
fit to the public. The Bureau of W.
Risk Insurance when 1t passes throu,h
the primary period of development will
undoubtedly be conducted in a practical
and efficient manner.
While 1t Is true that its files and &C
counts may have been somewhat con-
fused and many mistakes may have &C.
CURED. still / am convinced that the
Bureau of War Risk Insurance desires
to give the insured every opportunity
for adjustment, and am positive that
II the policy holders will convert or re-
tain their war risk insurance they will
receive a benefit for which they will be
thankful 10 later years. j. e. l..
YoNKERs, November 3.
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Early, Mrs. Voter, Early!

The polls are open to-day from 9
A. M. to 6 P. NJ. In the 720 minutes
about a million men and women will
vote in the 1857 polling places of
Greater New York. That's vote
every two minutes in each place.
No voter need hazard spoiled bal
lot or an incomplete marking by being
hasty. The law allows five minutes
in the booth. But all voters who
value comfort and time should make
II O point to vote early. This advice
applies particularly to Mrs. Voter
A large number of women failed
to register because they went to the
polling places late on the last day and
found them crowded. They may find
them crowded again late this after
noon. Get the job done this MORN
ing-and early.
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TEMPTERS AT THE PIER,
Drug Sellers Said to Lie in Wait fO
Riverside Hospital Patients.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: 1t
seems rather bad business for the city
to spend large sums on hve and six
week cures of drug addicts at Riverside
Hospital and then to let them loose on
the pier at 1921 street, many of them
homeless and penniless, without either
State or local authorities to hold out a
helping hand to them
That pier and the adjacent streets are
infested with Illicit drug sellers, who
offer the released patients, who are still
more or less weak. the temptation of a
shot" Not a few succumb. and If
there is only one indulgence it is all up
with the man upon whom the city has
spent SO much to restore him to efficient
manhood.
All the released men are not home
less, but a considerable percentage come
from other parts OF the country, and
others who belong here had beggared
themselves before they went TO the hos
pital. L.
New YORK, November 8.
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As to General Strike In the United
States.

There has been much talk lately of
a general strike to be called by con-
federated labor leaders in the United
States to support strikers in various
Industries or to enforce on the people
Of this country reforms of one sort or
another demanded by factions of the
population.
We think it might be an excellent
thing IL general strike were called.
A general strike has never been at
tempted here. 1t never could have
succeeded here. 1t could not succeed
here now. 1t never will succeed here
unless the American people 20 utterly
daft, which they show no symptoms of
doing.
This being the case. it might be well
to have the general strike called now,
break 1t now, and proceed then to 20
ahead with the JOB of putting the
United States ON a business basis once
more.
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JUSTICE AND THE POOR.
New York State Has Not Neglected
This Important Subject.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str. In
view of the wide publicity given to the
bulletin OF the Carnegie Foundation on
the subject OF Justice to the Poor" II
seems an act of justice to this State to
call attention to the fact that at the
last session of the Legislature there were
presented to that body two reports on
the simplifcation of the practice in the
courts, one by the Board OF Statutory
Consolidation and the other by a joint
Legislative committee.
The board referred to has been I'm ex-
istence since 1904 and has been engaged
on a revision of the practice for a num-
Der OF years, presenting its first report
in 1915.
Since 1915 a joint legislative commit
tee has been examining the report Of
the board and has finally presented a
report Of its own. These two reports are
quite divergent in principle. and it is now
for the people OF the State to decide
which plan shall be adopted.
Criticisms like those presented by the
bulletin of the Carnegie Foundation are
serviceable in awakening public senti-
ment, but reports such as those referred
to are far more practical and useful.
The readers OF THE SUN should not
be misled into believing that the State
has been neglectful of this subject.
ADoLPH J. RopENBEcK.
ROCHESTER, November 3.
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A Memory System for Making the
Job Easy To-day.

When a man or woman enters the
booth it Is better, considering the form
of the ballot, that he or she should
remember the names that are to be
voted for rather than the names to
be opposed.
In Section No. 1, LA GUARDIA; in
Section No. 2, McCooK and New.
BURGER; in Section No. 8, SMITH,
DAVIS and CHoRosH In Section No.
A. OMALLEY; in Section No. 8, Our
RAN-by voting for these men, putting
cross in the square between their
Games and the Republican eagle EN-.
blem, the voter will be casting his
ballot against the candidates Of Tam
many Hall.
A simpler aid to memory is this !:
Put an x mark at the right Of every
eagle emblem on the ballot.
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A Man Who Won't Work Needs
More Spending Money.

1t does not surprise any one to see
that strikers In various trades are
demanding, and in some cases getting,
increases in the weekly allowance
made to them from the tout of work
fund" of their unions. The idea of a
striker living and running his touring
car and going to the movies on an
allowance of $12 week is naturally
preposteroue.
A man who is not at work of course
needs more money than the man who
Is on the job. To employ leisure
pleasantly Is one of the most expen-
sive occupations there is. The appe-
title, jaded by lack of exercise, de
mands choicer viands. Going about
In a social way calls for better cloth
Ing; and no respectable striker will
buy an overcoat costing less than $40
so long as there is coin in the union
strong box. Little excursions into the
country must be made by the striker
who pretends for the sake Of techni-
cality that he Is on a vacation; and
this means railroad tickets, or gas
for the car, and money for the rural
caravansaries.
Even IL the striker remains in the
neighborhood where other men are
working to make money to support
him he should have good appearance.
1t will not do to turn up otherwise
than fat and well groomed when cadl-
Ing upon the men whose muscle and
brain are making his idleness posi-
BILE. 1t might weaken their belief in
the blessedness Of strikes.
Why should the striker get only $12
or SIS a week while the worker gets
$50 or $50 and contributes only a
quarter Of 1t to the fund of the idler?
The figures ought to be reversed. The
worker has warm place to spend
the day and needs no movies at night
to lull him to sleep. Let him give rs
per cent. Of what he earns to the
striker so that the striker may bear
his martyrdom in comfort and show
himself to the world as an example
of the truth of the bolshevik theory
that the less you work the better off
you are and that absolute idleness
means perfect prosperity.
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Bell Of the BuIusan.

The Bulusan was a small Spanish wal
vessel captured at Manila Bay. but which
has since disappeared from the shipping
lists. The ornate Spanish bell which once
belonged to the ship now hangs In this
home OF an American naval ofncer.
Brave Bell. wish you'd spin a yarn,
And tell me all your story,
or all the seas you've looked upon
And all the ports OF glory.
And did you strike the golden hours
In palm frinsed Island bay:
And send the sailors to their resi-
When you were under way,
know you hailed from some far pIacs.
From some famed Spanish town,
For theresa legend on your rim
with here and there a crown.
And whereaway's the Bulusan?
wonder where she'll ride
Is she safe in sunlit harbor,
Or far down beneath the tids7
srAsuHr LAwlEScl
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TEMPLES OF LIBERTY.
Another Protest Against Barber ShoI
Polling Places.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: I
have read with much interest the letter
in THE SUN of November 2 by "a
Woman Voter" in which she asks ::
why should it be necessary for the
registration place to be a barber shop?"
/ also am a woman voter. and / quite
agree with her in this matter. Why not
use the social rooms of the churches and
let the church societies get the benefit
as l understand that the BARRIERS are
well paid for the use of their shops? Or
If the churches are not conveniently To-
Gated the halls of organizations or va
cant stores might be used
But in any case I believe it is our
duty to register and to vote for the men
who recognize the power of the worlan's
vote, and If the women of New York
city will turn out and do their duty I
believe that remarks followed by
smokers" will be few and far between
at the next registration.
MARBLE HILL.
KINGsBRIpGE. November 3.
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THE BRAVES MEMORIAL.
Indian Carved Picture Of Squaw Near
Place Of Her Death.

hdHietee Correspondence Detroit Heps
On an old cedar log in the village OF
Copem!sh is mute evidence Of an Indian
braves great love for his squaw
Years ago Albert T. Sanders and his
Two brothers went hunting in the Upper
Peninsula and camped on Ford River.
They met an Indian called John, then
104 years old, but active as a schoolboy.
John told the following story.
There was a young brave who took
his squaw from Marquette and came to
Ford River TO trap. He was very much
in love- He was a good paddler, but he
couldn't keep. his eyes off his squaw.
The canoe rushed into some brush near
shore and capslzed.
The brave escaped. but the squaw
did not come up. The young brave
wouldn't go away. Day after day all
that summer and fall he searched. The
river never gave up the body.
I'm despair one day he gave up hope
and on a large cedar tree near the river
he carved picture of her as memo
rial 1t was his last tribute Then he left
this region and never returned"
The Sanders brothers were impressed
with the legend and started to hunt for
the carving. That was eighteen years
ago. The first search was frultless.
But they did not give up. Fourteen
years later they again took up the
search. Again they failed to locate the
carved image. They began to doubt the
story of Indian John.
Two years passed and again the San
ders brothers went north to hunt and
trap. One day while waiting for deer
near the Ford River they saw the cedar
tree for which they had searched. 1t
still bore the carving. weather beaten
but clear. Albert Sanders chopped il
out and had It framed, and it is now in
his home in Copemish.
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man is nervous, but not utterly down.
cast. He does his best to smile, and
Is supported in his effort at cheerful
ness by recollection Of the vast heaps
OF pie he has stored away in pie
vaults secure against attack. no mat
ter what happens. A revolution
among the pie getters would wound
his sensibilities, but 1t would not re-
duce him to want. Even If in the fu-
ture no more pie were brought to him
the pieman Of Tammany might, did it
please him-and it does-eat pie for
breakfast every day as long as he
lives.
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Mr.. Rockefeller's Splendid and In.
telligent Generosity.

The latest gift made by JOHN d.
J RocKErELLER to the institute for medi-
cal research which he founded and
which bears his name testlfies not
only to his intelligent generosity but
also to the satisfactory results science
has been able to obtain through the
| inquiries and experiments rendered
possible by this benefaction. The
/, whole world has benefited in the most
practical way because Mr.. RocKEFEL-
LER, with keen insight. recognized the
possibilities for the common welfare
of an institution adequately endowed
for advanced work in the prevention
and control Of disease, pursuing its
inquiries under the exclusive control
of scientists aud unhampered by de-
pendence on any other Institution
however worthy its purpose.
1t may fairly be said that such an
institution as the Rockefeller Insti-
tute for Medical Research could not
possibly fulfil its object under politi-
cal patronage, or IL it existed as a
department of another corporate body.
The work it does is beyond suspicion
OF Interior purpose. Its devotion to
scientific truth and the improvement
Of mankind's lot Is not questioned.
Its officers and agents are relieved of
the necessity of explaining why some
body else remotely or closely asso-
ciated with them in the public mind
did something or other which caused
resentment.
Mr.. RoCKEFELLER's ability to see
the advantages of this isolation was
due to his power of Imagination. A
man Of narrow vision might have been
induced to believe that such an en-
terprlse as the Institute could best
serve his design II included in an es-
Establishment of an all embracing phil
anthropic founda ton having all hui
man activities and all human needs
for its field. 1t required Of the man
financially able to endow the Institute
n clear comprehension Of the advan-
tages of complete independence to
make its founding possible. A smaller
man Intellectually would have missed
the virtues of the plan Mr.. RoCKEFEL-
LER adopted, and consequently the
honorable determination to serve his
fellows might have been deprived of
a considerable measure of its present
effectiveness.
The Rockefeller Institute for Medi-
cal Research has already justified its
creator and conferred inestimable
blessings on mankind. In it the in
telligent purpose of Mr.. RocKErELLER
to do all man can do for his fellows
has borne abundant fruit. The latest
addition to it's funds indicates that
the success it has won Is fully under
stood by its founder, who has earned
and should receive the heartiest
thanks Of the unnumbered millions of
his fellow men whose welfare has
been served by his benefaction.
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port them, of need for their possible
dlscoveries-sharpest of spurs to eff
fort-there is no deficiency. With the
field Of experimentation kept open,
with caste feeling and caste constraint
sedulously excluded from the schools,
the vigor of America will earn new
distinctions, In which men Of all races
united in a true republic Of science
will share.
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FOR MEN IN UNIFORM

p. panGes-Grace Church Unit Cw. G. C. =
Unit No. ls), 9S Fourth avenu, near
Eleventh street =. NJ, Chris Cr4rsh
House, Sl4 Yves, Thirty-sixth street.
=. NJ Riverside Community House "
G, c. s, Unit No. 49,, Riverside Pan. md
Niney-seventh street, to II p.
Dancing Ciasses--Grace Church JuIf s.
c, c, $. Unit No 49,, 9S Fourth .reng-
near Eleventh street, : 90 p N;
riverside Community House CIV G - s.
Unit no. S5), Riverside Park and Ninety
seSenth street, ! to p, NJ
spanish Class. Frca--Nationsl E-ner'
gency Relief Society. 23S Madison avenue
near Thirty eighth street, 1880 10 $50 p
S 81, rSg me" IN service or recenus dis
Instruction in Boxing. Fencing Public
speaking and Dramatic Art-HoatGuar'
tera Unit No o, 55 West Twenty en'h
street. 1880 p NJ
Chestnut Roast aud HometIme-Aa od
fashioned bit Of home cheer In lonely
New York, Everybody round tho blazing
FIRE and roasting chestnuts. popping corn.
telling hsh stories. Rsfreshmeut- and
conn nni0nshin aplouty Han % Strei
- West Twenty-ffth street Fro sAh
Il
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EVENTS TODAY.

, This n is Election pay. Polls open from
Red Cross drive for new members. da,
Dinner and meeting of the Golden Rul,
league, Hotel Majestic, 7 p. NJ
lish Noys, ny Iy 81, 1iIoert Canaan on The Eng
Fifteenth street, p NJ
Lth uanian Development Corporation
meeting ting Hotel Pennsylvania. 10 4. N.
,Weeiis-Mariage," Terrace Garden. s:15
Rotary Club dinner, Hotel McAlpln
., american Legion meeting, Hotel Nc.
Daqghters Of Columbia County. meet.
ing, Hotel McAlpin $3.50 r. NJ
,, Gen. Nathaniel woodruff CHAPTER ID A
H.; meeting. Hotel McAlpin, F. II.
luro Sper bqx Credit Protective Association
'uH nnisS s Hotel MeAlpin. 1890 P. NJ.
note! MeAlpin, 2:30 p NJ.
As Jew York Theatre Club meeting. Hot.l
Woman's Health Protective Association,
meeting, Hotel Aston. 1850 p. NJ
YORK Food Show and conference %,
S SeeIal ogfScers' Twelfth Regiment Armory
SlAty-ht.h street and Columbus avenue nj
day and evening. -
Exhibition Of books from the library Of
M, me rate theodore Roosevelt. with presen.
sa 70 Nolunes from the former Emperors
Oh Germany and Austro- Hungary and vari.
Gus gus authors; the New York Historical So.
oiety, ny Central Park West. all day
memorial exhibition OF the paintings OF
frederic Crowingshield. Brooklyn Museum
illustrated books OF the last four cen.
turtles stuart Galleries; the maxim n,
prints. New York Library, Forty-second
street and Fifth avenue,
,,,,a-,Nl ioltlon or model (ife slze) African
pygmy camp in the Belgian Congo -
can Museum OF Natural History. ali day.
EAhloitlon OF tapestries and laces LOANED
. .rUm private collections, Metropolitan nv.
btltish commercial posters, exhibition
AaVertising Club, ~ East Twenty-dfth
street, until 5 r. NJ III -"
7 Nhipitlon OF French official painting by
L,eut, Henri Fare OF The sky Fighters
OF France, for the benefit of the fund ro-
we Iatheriess children OF France AndeT.
son OALIerles. until NnNnrnh nr a