J ^irrier' nur-.?. ? - pool, ela?.? rooms, and workshops for the use of boys beta a:xteen mm,i ?.. ?.,. de vclop into uaeful i "I am heai h such a project. The '? tot an aderju.ne plant for this club, which has l.. loverai years. ging eo'uli Uons. is ? b? oui Ne* com a unique group. Its 1 ties of i: ?.dependence and courne . i rsons, however, are freouent d impatient ? authorit favorable environment, a society. "It M.ust be remembered that wha i ver the opinions of Individuals a^ 1 ibility of the newsboy hin neif, ht- is a ddinite problem to r reckoned with. While he is with us 1 should be protected so far as ponsib! from the valions dangers to which hi and encoui most of himself." Martin W. Littleton, chairman of *h peiieru! comrattt?.; thi ten-day tan ? T the News m. \?. .11 pr-'- ??!,? a' a ?iinn?'r ? '? line ' lub o May ?1, 'l : day of the pu.gn. Membei ? ol the fifty te ?' ? who bave enri'. ? the work wi I attend and ? rard will start the canvass fron di.Tcrent points in the city. Texas Alumni Dine To-night The first annual dinner of the I'm vanity of Texaa Alumni AsBOciatioi will bo held to-ni?,'ht in tho Greer Room of the McAlpin. Thomas Watl Grcgoty, Attorney Genera!, and Albert S. Burleaon, Postmaster General, both gmduates of the university, are ex l to be present. Other e? ? announced are R. I. Batte, 1'. A. Frank, John M. Colcman, Walti r ? l.fton Sh ;p i/ell and It. . 1er Will hi? ? M Ml ore OJZR A CENTURY IN BUSINGS 782-786 ixth Ave^ (BROOKLYN STOttW1?"^4?*1* } FiatHishAv-c Fulton stjOne Dbek Afove ilippcxta It's Our Move Into The Heart OjT yew WoPiXs Sheppina c: 782=786 Sixth Ave. Between, 4$thSK Only a Step from the Subwag A Quality FirstConside ration We ?hall maintain in every way the well known re? liability r commu? tation I?) West cluster, Jersey or Long Island. Let us quote you rentals on your office space requirements. "Anolian Uall?th? best sj tiMi U d?triet." FalaLEN & JEFFERY RENTING AGE.NT3 1 OH ?VEOLIAN IIAl.L 33 W. FORTY-SECOND STREET JERSEY BOY ROAMS THROUGH EUROPE Newark Lad Wanders Alone, Without Money, for Nine Months. - IS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY GERMANS Receives Help from American Consul After Arrest at Dutch Border. By JAMES O'PONNKI.I. BENNETT. . , artal : . - - : .*,<> THI une 1 ^This is the ?jeeond in a series of ' nrtieies by Mr. condition? m Germany.] Aai-h.il, German?/, March 21?. This is ? form Mr. and Mrs. Voi Orntn:? Street, Newark, X. J . that their boj , I and well. Set ri;;ht ?id? up with rare he was atarted on his way to llollnnd this .'.- American ( on ;;, irj Damm. From 1 Rotterdam he hope? he can ?ail as advi nturou? Adolph V? , ag^d .. ,-..!, He ha.l n an honest *.,1 not rr.nrh to recomn end ? . ? counted ?? h? had . ocket u ? ?id: "I ?a; fii.ni !.. ' " Th?* :? of diplomatic extenuation in . i? 1 ; immediately ?aught ' Mr. ? 11 cy, and he set th? con? sular machinery going in Adolph'? be? half. When the lnd left he had n paper ' with 11 big i"l seal on it an I a- hand? ful of mark?. The paper r? him to the go? ' ropean power? n* . ?. and the : - , * fellow men whom A ibly dependable qua ? ? keep him in food till he r? Sailed as Officer's Servant. the wanderlust sti him, the mild-eyed Adolph left Newark Bremen a? servant to a ?1 er did his ; i. B? for him. !.. .. ; he th mor. . than In i tally ?s : ith K: .?' u nd Ger Didn't I tl '?? .. would hav? If th? war I caught in the vortex, ami. ?o far a? I could get th?> bans of his laconic narrative, he has been wan. dering trustfully over the dial face of th.. earth ever since, earning a i-s .?ometimes by don : ?bout farmhouse? or by running ? .1 carrying parcel? for ?ol - had no money he ate With the soldiers and other good lerful part of it is that with? out a 'it or any kind of on paper he ha? moved about pretty much a? lie listed, keeping out of prison and th.e alm?house. anil never encountering any rebuff until he the border into Holland this morn ? Then rman military* authori told him to go to the Aachen po? lice and th? ni him to the eon sulat? in - .'?to the office - ind ? ried over the rt problem, then ?traightened up and answered questions with the pre and the rigid posture ked up from the soldi? In wartime he has accomplished what I Minan and .-. ? b?-i n unable to accom . even when they had credentials ;n every pocket. Marvellously Kscaped Arrest. Il i< the more remarkable that he should h.. nee in every Inn In the Rhineland hang mili* tention of all vagrom 0 stick to a ?ob only two or tin."* .lays and then ??? ?.? 1 aski I h m whether he had found r? ting. d in hi ? placid way, .? wanted to go home. lie had one do.?e of hitter had luck. day when he was wandering in the ? ? K ho ran straight ? :'? range whai ? ? ? ice, h? never al all. A bullet down. "V nu', bai : ' I asked. of me," he an J * a to a hospital ?" Id his knee. "Il wai here," ho said. "I mended th?- pai So he had. The two inch tear made by the bullet h.* had gathered together with awkward ?til He ?aid 11 In't mad.? it ? ramping, ?ally u? beside? that hurl I once gol hi? foot run over bj a taxicab. He said he had kept the money he ' d ?'il shn hoard ? - I? ng as he could and ail - w< I ? h? wai Us.- ? even In 1 world ugh t.. keep * \ iked fur American .Newspaper?. a d.* ? mat t< r of fact, busin? is man'i -.*. ij whether 'Id et him have ?ome I though he ? read it well. So tl ? coi red up . I .1 as A r ho fell heir to that ? utcheon and 1 obb laui ? 1 p in in ' .- .?"1 al night to - - - hotel for and wh.*n he pa ? irter in treaol I ?urpose he looked pretty : felt it, for Wien he was "1 wa? ashamed to ro*",e here, and with all go oat. VVhatll they ? on 're a friend of ?t comforted hi:n pride 1 had to see pets safe hack good a sort for our ry te lose. "I liked him." ?Hid the consul, "be? cause he wasn't fresh." Seaman'- Fund Now $53,000. The board of managers of the St a ? . the new build Fulton t'ut ??-...us contributor I ? . $'?. ? .en of th? G. I"*A, I x, w R . ,,.*, M j March Hoe. Jonathan Thoir ? Mia? Thaodr.ra Hulsisi and 1 U ....am A\?rtll Uarnn.au, i ;? ;? .- -4 TtStS Ti.'mie J Metuchen, N. J., April 20. Womei 1 under I -ship of Mr?. L? Molineux, daughter of the late Genera E. T. Molineux, of Brooklyn, save? the ?lay hero to-night, when the voted on the question whether to ac cepi or reject a sift of land, valued ?? ?sT.ouo, offered by Charles S. Edgar, foi public school purposes. Metuchen i? to build a new school. The Kdi-rar site was opposed by ?om< of the men taxpayers, but all the worn en voters favored it. When it look?? as though the women were losing, Mr.? Molineux called up Mrs. John I hot. ton, wife of the rector of St Luke's opal ? burch, on the telephone m me, Mrs. Fenton, at once; wo need you. and brin,: your ! with you; we need the votes." Al , though the Fentons had retired for ths ? night, both donned their clothes ' walked a mile and cast their votes fot : the proposition. MILITIA BILL DEFEATED Would Have Given Guardsmen Advantage in Civil Service. Albany, April 20. -The Assembly to day defeated for the second time the Cromwell National Guard bill. Them is no change of the measure's becoming i a law. This brief dispatch will be welcome? news to civil ?ervice authorities in Nev 'i ?-. and Brooklyn, who were planning to make a .-tronic fight against the bill. LtOI George ?veil on April 15, this measure | an amendment 1 civil service law giving mi n bers of the national guard a flat preference of 7 per n nt in competitive examinations. I* hud ?he approval of Major General John P. O'Ryan, Adjutant General ? Mr.-, Lient * el Edward Olrasteaa and other officers of the national iruard w-ho believed iu< ? a bill necessary to encourage enlist , ments and training for the public de , fence. J. P. Cotton to Investigate. J icph P. Cotton, of ll Wall street, Bpec al ? m poratiou iy by ? orporat ion Cow , ?el I'olk to reprei aent of Charities at the eoming ii of the department by the Si ite Board of ? barittes. Joaiah A. Stover, t\ ant Corporation Counael, who la famil? iar with the work of the Charities De l :.r" II ? > ? 11 ?,.... 11 r r.lt?. TAINTED PAST OF THIS CAT TINTS GRANDCHILDREN'S FUR Peroxide Nellie's Descendants Streaked with Yellow, Just as Site Was in the Sad, Bad Days of China? town Before Mer Reclamation from Opium Habit. luigenists and heredity, give ear ' to t!. ? ? Peroxide Nellie, the opium cat. Miss Mary Williams, nurse Mott *??? f?.ri I for further' ? on. ? 'of ' the -tench of opium and no ? to bother the I In those t :i*(m Nellie left the .farm or wherever th? ? an?l ?o thi m< *. evil quarter of I the great and wicked eity. YVnr-o than ? that, she took up with Ven Shi (.ertie, i opium fiend and wife of a tor.g man by of a marriage certitica'.e . born. ] down and down. Her ?oui within her ma;. Wer ?X 1 i the i rrtie'i hair from j brown to 6 urn. She became ?.nil?'. The cat d-.d not stop there. She went fr.in bad to ?sjlorse II.- r ml j to puff th? dop? ?m..*.. into her i.e.. , At first :*?...? ?a??iti_ later sb? In haled it eagerlv and came back for I . rroaaipa of Mett Street ?I that Nellie had hit the down? ward slide and would doubtle?? ei.d In hep ?uey. Then Yen Shi Gertie one r. ??-?-.ir Lei er, of 2<58 West 1 Sl?r..,.?. v'?? ? -, He ? ith. She had lived licott since Ocoher. when her husband Ed? mund Wlsneusky, entered tl.mploy of a contri:." have a son. eighteen. TO HAVEJEW HOME Shaaray Teflla Members to Extend Socia1 Service Work. Dr. Stephen S. Wi e last night i a mo? - n thousand dollai * r ? ieia1 ervice ? ion trith the work the rbood of '.'? doin?. 'I be tion of the twent ? ary of th?. temple, which la one of the ? in the United Si " I'r. Wl ie 1 m 'h?? Rev. Dr. de Sola Mendea, the i synagogue *'? r 1 WI ie sal l thai the 1 go-rue would do well I 1er the buildinp of a greal .lid rival any church or tern] ? iv,,. . ., ..M,.,, ?..,1.1 fr??m the Battery to 110th complimented oi ' Charitii i a imuei ? tion o' Jewish Sisterh? York, praised 'he record of the Sh - ? -!"o.l for the last quarter of a iry. Phi Beta Kappa Elects Elevrn. ?? ?.?' -nbers of rhi Beta '>* versity Juniors, while | man. New Yoi Brooklyn; \ P : lain I.. Wi , Ferry; : J. Marra. Brooklyn; )' Long Islan I; Charles H '. New York; Arthur Apman, ' ? ."y: Morris l' York* Ed? ward E. Gardner, Jersey C ?v; William Sulzer. Yonk.-rs. William W. Tall man he;uied the . out of a | Boy at Play Killed By Truck. While pi ij ? | tag w.'h \. ? Alabama A. ran in th.? path - 'ruck ?? th.? cha ifl . ?*' "I Thir.l Avenue, 1. bring the mach,ne to a .?.,,, i.io child was cruihed to ?Jetath. S. Aitmatt $c (Co. will place on sale, commencing to-dcy (Wednesday), Eight Thousand Yards of All-silk Crepe de Chine 39 to 40 inches wide. Un white, ivory, fab. color, black and a choice assortier/, of colors, at the special p.~:ce of 95c. per yard Thls Sal? affords a very ur.us^F.l c for obtaining a fabric that is tremendously in demand for blouses, gowns, n?glig?es, un? derwear, etc., at a Earge concession fren the regular price. S- Aitmmt & Ota Women's Ready-to-wear Dresses and Tailor Suits representing all of the season's new fashions, are c:s~layed In the spacious ?Salons cr. '.he rd Picor in a very large assc rtm int. The choice of styles from which selections rr.ay foe made is unusually comprehensive. Inspection is invited. Jtf?h Atrcra? - iHabteon Anrtttc? 3-llh ?A 35tl? 0trrrt0 S*? Cork Per MONTH UPON PLEDGE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY IHK PROVIDENT L?ANSQC1ETY OF M.W YORK _ 1% MAMIATIWN fourth Avenue, cf r. 2 5th Street Eldndge St., cor. Rivington St. Seventh Ave., bet. 48th & 49th St?. Lexington Av., cor. 124th St. (?ia:iv*i St., cor. Clinton St. E. 72d St., bet. Lexington fc 3d Av?. I..is.*. Houston St., cor. Essex St. BKON Courtlandt Av.. cor. 148th St._ HKOORLYN Smith St., cor. Livingston SL Graham Av., cor. Debevoiss St Pitlcin Av., cor. Rockr-v-tv Av. 1 .PER C ENT. CHAK?LI *_? LOANS Rl - ?? WITHIN TWO WEEKS FRO.M DATE. H BUKLINGAME HOLDS UP REFORM BILL Brooklyn Senator Prevents In? troduction of Court Improve? ment Measure. ' From a St.nl* <\.*T>*??>"'.