Children's Classics in the DK?1 beautiful Eng? lish bindings arc for sale at the s v R 1 B N E R BOOKSTOR? juvenile department. These bookfl are permanent treasures? as permanent in body as thex- are in spirit. Your eJiiidren will hand them down to their chfldtrn'l children Fifth Avenue at 48th Street FORD SHIP MAY KEEP ON GOING England, Indifferent, Not Anx? ious to Take Peace Ark to Her Shores. Leaden, D-c It The ?teamer Q?C!?r II, which ha? on board Henry Ford ?.id hi? pence advocates, ha? not yet beer reported. 1" i? learned in official dr? iles, however, that It || hardly like% that the ship, which I? destined lor Christiania, will be taken Into Kirk wall. It I? believed that th? 0?car II bas no c?rjro abroad, and. folloxxine the policy outlined recently hy Lord Robert < e-il, T'nder Secretary for F.. sign Affair?, in the RoOSe of ( omino | that the government ?will hardly take Bleps to brins; the pflOSSBfera nearer the English eoa?-t than is neeesssry. the government views the enter? prise of Mr Foi I th ar. indifference which admit? neither of recognition nor Interference. The International Committee of Women f'ir Permanent Peace, through the president of ?he Swedish section. has Issued an official communication which ?ays that neither the Swedish section nor the headquarters of the committee at Amsterdam will have any connection xxith Henry Ford's peace mission. A dispatch to th? Exchange Tele? graph Company from Its correspondent at Zurich, says: "I am assured that local pacifist? have ?eked (iermany to permit the C'ord peace party to reach Switierlam) y way of Germany without passport? ?r any formality, in order that they fiay cooperate with the peaco colony ere." $800 STING IN MOSQUITO AD. Lieutenant, Pi.-tured a? "Giant Killer." Sues. | The ?Vyanoak Publishing Company ess stung yesterday for 1*00 in the Supreme Court. That i? ths ?mount p." damage done, a Jury decided, to the trace of mind of Lieutenant J. War ret, tVelsenhimar, of the 17th United ???fites Infantry, by the use of hiepiet jre i advertising a cure for mosquito pitea The lieutenant wa? the youngest in the We?; l'oint class of *!>14. and a? inch h?> ??a? photoi?anhed with (?en irai Ciibvoti. tie oldest living graduate. } rom thi? picture was taken the one u?ed in the mosquito ad. MThan lieutenant WeiRenhelmer saw huns'-K in an Aniercan Prucifist Svn d'cate alverti?ement of ''Mosquito ?o \"o. 23" and "Giant Mosquito h?? immediately ascertained Iba *?"?'*, ra?.ook Publishing Corn had circulated bit picture and OSBORNE GLAD OF FINISH FIGHT IN OPEN COURT Warden's Only Fear Pros? ecutor May Repudiate Publicity Offer. BECKER CONSPIRATOR RELIEVES WILLETT Sheriff Denies Knowledge That Convict Was Allowed to Roam About White Plains. Thorns? Mott 0?borr.e, warden of Ring Sing, last night made public hi* answer to the charge? made against him in White Plains on Monday, whe' Assistant District Attornex ?Vallo'. branded him as morally unfit to hold hi? office In it Mr. 0?bome welcome? 1 the offer of the Assistant District At? , torney to make public the mmutii of the grand jury and the securing afti davits and promises a fight to the f.n iah. "My only fear now," hs snys, "x that District Attorney Week? will not dare to keep faith as to hi? assistant x offer and may persist Ifl trying to fight under cover " Mr. Osborne was to bave cot.t nue ! hi? testimony before the WeStel ' gran.l jury yesterday, but ihe mem? ber? ?f the jury were ?tormboun?) and h" wan notified to appear tnis morning Hnntinftofl W. Merchant, of hi? ?.-oui ?el, was on hand early and ?led wltl the District Attorney a formal accept SOCS sf the offer of Mr, Fall?n. Welcomes Open Tight. Retarolog to N?w York, Mr. Mer chant Joined Mr. Osborne at the Hots! lieimorjt to go ov?r the new develop? ments in tb? case and ju?t after din ner the warden's i-ecretaiy gave i _ his statement. It I? as folloxvs: "For ?ereral months pant I have been chafing under the knowledge that these despicable and malignant charge? were being whispered about. Kmanat ing from a group of disgruntled con? victa whoso removal from Sing Sing I had forced because their influ'?n\ i n 11 Id > ' -? iio ras i a toa real i< found a ?o.t ee ??' our aid a gieat favor if you will help me bring conspicuous example? of those wno mislead the public by fraudulent ad rertisements ,r' 'astiee. The com? mercial atmosphere mu?t be clarified. The pure fo"d and drug? act ?as an Step in "hat direction; ?egi?latlo'i and prosecution against fal?e ndver nsttal he the neal step?" District Attorney ( ropsey, el Kings County, took a rap at what lie charac terized the newspapers' advertisement of crime. The newspapers were, he said, the greatest single agency for ad? rertisiag of eriaie among boys. He ssid: "Advertisement, by which 1 mesn the pu hi ?cation nt' crime in the newspapers, does not tend to minimize crime, bur spreads It. The newspapers ??re filled with accounts of crime? of every v;iri e'y, and their only resiiY is evil a spreading ot the knowledge of crime ai d the ?rays of erinsinala ami.i'- ho;.?. You business men don't read these Stories, but boys feed upon them. "I recently bought two evening paper?, one "i Manaettaa Hud one in Brooklyn. In them i foun 1 aeceants of thirty one crimes Nal one or' them had anvtiinii unu?ual in i?; not a one of tnem ?a?, ?bout a person of any importan-e; no: a on? of them ?ac calling the public's attention to an;, special n oaeee. In Bet a one of them had there hern an arrest. Of cour.ie not the police had not had time to make a* arreat. ITaaallp arrests arc madu later, hut in the stories that the hoy? re-A,\ the criminals get ???ay. I'.e sult: one-tinrd of ?11 criminals aro under twenty one ,eurs of age.'' Chief i 'v Magistrate Willlnm Mr Adee ??as optiaiiatic -hont New fork's observance of law, Mjring th?it we arers infinitely better than the _ennr?t mfc preced? i us. bul thai the care >?? aistribatlon of small flreerrai w?-. our greatest sin. He advocated a ra?: (of $."> or 910 on every pistol or re- Ol? iver, and "hat the government should ?manufacture them, -eriallv numbered. St.erifT-elect Alfred B. r-mith was to . h.ive ?poken, but was detained at his 'home, on account of illneis. Preston ! P. L-nin, the president of the club, ?presided. Besides the speakers, there jwere at the head tsble William H. I Brown. Alexander Russell, George Ethridge end Col?n Armstrong. ?$313,000,000 ASSESSED FOR PERSONAL TAXES 1 Board's Figures Show 53 Per Cent Increase Over 1915. Lawaea PnTdy, president of the Ta?; ' Board, announced yesterday that the , figures for the personal assessment for IPl?) will nor. be completed until the end of January. The assessment? of corporations have not been seted upon. and many esses of individual as3ess aientl have been held over for furtl.ei investigation and examination. The ! statement pointed out that up to De ?ceniber 1 the amoi;;,- held against indi ?H? gr-tlM.000.000 an increase of $10;?.DOO.000. or 63.1 per cent over laat year. For eorpora'ions. the nmotint held ? fo- 191."? was ?U7.!<0_,o.O. The state i ment declared tr.3t if the *ame ratio of I increase was maintained the amount ! lie!.i again?- corporations for 1916 would be $228.715. '16. an increass of I g7ti.OOO.000. I "The total asne??inen". therefore." the Stateaieat said, "based upon the Bgurel up '.o December 1, will be Sj.'jp. 745,416, ar. increase over last vear of $|R7.s:;?l,'i?t. The board thlakl It prob l percentage el increase on rations bat eacoed .-on?. Iti the! on natural persons. In recen* vears about 70 per cent of the levy has bean colleced. Thi? year i" is believed Wat ? 'fry much larger collection will be made trau ever befen " THREE MIDDIES DISMISSED Charged ?ith Violating Rule, During F'arole for Recent Scandal. Vaakingtea, Dec. 11. Tnree midship? men wire ordered dismissed from the N?**al ' ? U da] I v BeCfetarj Dame'?, with ".he appro? si o? Pres. ? [,'? ? '.'. The names of the nien were rot inade ?rabile The-, were among fifty mid ? r of- ' a -h the r??ce:-* | and eribbias investigations at the scadeeiy, all of ? hnm wen- placed r?..tioit for or," vear. rated slatiei ?f acedeta* reg I '- s ore .-na-g? -i nisaed I ??n minor II I -??? ?jun? of r ile? ?muid result in di-mt??a! ' The doubters Columbus Urs doubted when he steered west? ward, (^alile?* w?*? ?gaoled when he said the earth v* as round, and a lot of people said the Equitable Building would not he a success. Columbus made good. Galileo was right, and the Equitable rent roll has silenced the prophets. Look the Equitable proposition over ant? you tritt knoic why. Equitable Building Corporation 120 Broadway _i-.-??? ? AUTO BTJMP WHITENS HAIR Injured Woman Obtains Verdict for $.1.000; Husbsnd Gets S1.000. NY". Emma Phillip?, who was li by an automobile, yesterday obtained ? Terdict of 13,000 and her husband one for $1.000 for the loss of her service?. Max Desnatier. a furniture dealer of Williaauaerg, an* ?*? -efeadaat The esse wis tried befen feetUs l.arret son snd s jury in the Supreme ?'uurt, Brooklyn. Mr?, Phillips hsd sne.. for MMN for Injuries. It was revealed at the trial that the hair of the plaintif, who i? only twenty-fear years old, had turned white as a result of the suffer? ings sr.u hail undergone. The accident eccarred at Hewlett, Long Hand, on v.g?*-.' in, ifll ? HELlTK-TCHEN"' must GET MUSIC IN AIR Street Rands Ruled Into River by New Ordinance. The Board of Aldermen yes'-riny handed a lemon to ?11 itinerant ?.erman street band.. The proverbial effect of a boy -marking his lipa over that fruit in proximity to a band of wander? ing Teutonic tn'.nistrel" could have no more fatal effect in demoralizing such an orgnnlzf.tioii than ? ordinance p??-.?.i by the aldermen. laeidei I of course, the ordinance referred to all '?itinerant tnu-unans." Alderman Louis Wendel, jr., of the 11th Aldermainc Distric", whose an? cestors are ?aid to have come from the land of ?he Hoheniollenis, made it an international issue by raising the only dieeenting raie? to the adoption of the ordinance. "1 come from a crowded district," said Alderman Weadel. "Il these mu? sicians cannot play within live hundred feet of a publie school or a church, as provided in thi?. ordnance, we would Bar? te peoh them lato the river or send thein up in an air?hip." Alderman Wendel"* district includes 1 Hell's Kitchen." The erdlnai M siso provides that the street p'.ayei? eaaaet F|s*y wltheat a $10 license, and that they cannot so tab or request any money for their performance in any way, shape or manner Furthermore, they cat not p-rform before I a. BL or after 1 p. m., und nol si all on Bander. The i amber of licenses te be li aed Is limited to eifhl hundred. MAYOR VETOES CUTS IN BUDGET Mitchel lolls Aldermen Reduc? linn?. Might .leopardi/o Kconomy Plan. Majet Mitehol ye'terday ser' to the Board of Aldermen his veto of the cuts of $!?n.'nn l'unie b.T the Fiaaaca Cees ?Ittee el the board la the Itld badget, a? pasied by the Board of Estimate. The Mavor based ti i rete praetically on the ground that the ettta violated the standardi-.atio?! of stuarie? ;.-> worked out by the Bureau of Standard i-.ation. The *. eto probably ?111 be al lowed to stand by default, as the pres? ent Board of Aldermen will adjourn sine die on December 21. The budge* must be signed by the Mbtot, Ceatrel 1er and Citj Clerk on or before Decem? i ber 26. The Mayer in his me??age discussed the specific redactions made bv the al dermen, pointing out that the reduction of the anpropriation of IT&.fno tot th? i contingent fund of the Board of *?">? mate to ?50.000 would merely raqnlr? s request for specie! revena? beads freai the Board et Aldermen r ?V year. "In view of the fact that the Board of . Estimate, my commissioners and my? self have all cooperated m reducing the appropriations to my departments for l!?lt* by SO bagi a sum as $l,T00.00?i," said the Meyer, "I feel th?' ?.: srould be most unfortunate to jeopard succ?s? of the p'ars for economy and reorganization which vre have adopted by denying salary increases and new positions which have been allowed b| the Hoard of Estima"??, as an integral part of the scheme of reorganisation "it is latereoting to note, further? more, tha* tinea the present edmiaia? , trat,on took eflee the appropriations 'to the departments i ador the jarlsdie tion of the Mayer have been reduced approximately |2,*00,a00, ont of a total appropriation In ion of V o.7_?..?oo. Tl seenii? to he eeidene? of Yik sin? cerity of the administration In rffcetinf everv pos-!b!e economy, and I hope that your board will no" press the mat". I of making further red ictions in the face of auch a record." JUSTICES TO NAME SCOTT Supreme Bench Knvors Him for Place of Justice ! igr-ih to? The trial justice! of the Bopreme ?our-, H is underatood, latead te rec onimend Associate JtUtic? Fi_' Scott, o' the Appellate Division, for the piace of t-enrge L. Ingrahani, Presiding ' ' s, wbea th? latter resign ? en Jan Bar] 1. A-iociate Ju-itice Ji Clark? was cor.? likel) Ingraham's place by Govei A mar.. Whll? the S.ipn m? Court ? ices have no objection to Justice ?lark? for the place, it was pointed ut that should he be mad?? ?'n ,:d -._ Tustice h- would serv.? hi.? fall term f fourteen year?, having j..-t bee-. f, lected, and that Justice Scott has but years to serve before he would be tired under the age limit The ?ce? feel that Just.ce Clark? n*;??ht no th? position later on ? thought |ik?|y th?t ?iorernor tmen ray follow -he recoi.mienda es. In th..' ?r ma; appoint a Democrat can ta the beneh in i,cr?*ral - place of Judce Edward In? GOATS WAY END MILK SHORTAGE Health Board Hints Way to Halt Lacteal Famine in City. Goat's milk max- yet become the bev eriii;.' of N'ew York. Alrt-sdy the Health Department is gathering scientific data mending its universal consump tion, and it'? do'U?-? to doughnuts that some day the goat will make New York ?? ? ? ? ? a*. Milwaukee. With the boys in the trenches drink? ing up our bent brands of tinned milk and snowdrifts keeping the raw supply the other side of the Hackers?:*. Meadows, this city's milk supply is get? ting to be a pretty serious matter. Bu' xvhen goat? take the piece of cow? lb? problem Will be solved. Far-sighte ' ?ae?eal esperte figure that Europe can the condensed milk "empties' back here for fodder, thus insuring an ftiiequute supply of new milk. A new Public ?Service f omraisiioi' might allow the driving of goat herd? through the streets to b? milked be? fore the door?tep? of the customer? as they do it in some parts of Italy. But the Health Department official* haven't progressed that far as yet. If it would be nopu'nr, the German idea i in geese raising might be copied by , pasturing a million or so goats on the lot? rotate Park in Mow Jersey. An Other plan, of curse, wo'jld be for every man to get his own goat and m sp it Bo thsrol Bol the cream of the idea is atop the ' ' following extract from this Health De . portmeol bulletin: "A number of medical authorities hav? advocate,! the more BBtOBStTB use o? ji'iat's milk, especially for infant . feeling, the main reason being the we!! knoxxn immunity of goats to tubercu losia. In some parts of Italy goat's ?milk is the common miik of commerce, being driven through the streets i an.l milked before the eyes of the cus 1 toniers. So far u.4 the immunity to , t'jberculosi.i is concerned, the use of I goat's milk is advocated not alone be? cause of the absence of the tubercule i bacilli, but because it has beon eon ' sidered that the milk might perhaps contain immune bodies which would ex ert a po: itive action in preventing tu? berculosis or favorably influencing the course of the disease nfection already ?hed." 1 01 the purpose of determining more I definitely the advantages of the new ! brand of baby food the Health De ' partment ha? placed its bacteriological laboratories at the disposal of th? Sea View Hospital, where experiments are no-.' being conducted on twenty-six joa'? bred by the Federal Department. , of Agi ?culture. The?o goats here a family tree of j which they ought to be proud, and ?re ! on a plane much higher than the Har 0/??ParisSXiWmtria %lW?t1&Tm&(SmU *eX_# 56* :t-e ?o sea !?*ifth Aprnur.-*?^' ?et* ?.? -7*; ans ?ARE FEATURING cl?CcT o/pedal OF \Aolidaif]urs~ ESPECIALLY EMPHASIZING: I FIR SETS at $75. $125. $135. $175. $2*45 to $750 ? Of Silver. Blue. Taupe and Cross Fox. Beaver. Mole. Fiihet etc.. Formerly $125 to $1.200. FIR COATS at $145. 1295, $475, $550 to $650 Of Hudson Seal, Caracul and Mole. Formerly $l9*j to $?K)0 At_50 Important Values IN CxcfiiLrUe~ Wraps* - lllai4Ui?^Lailiri? ax>t?kt? fur^lrimmed OxWcK Crouch & Fitzgerald Hand Baga, Fitted Cases, Wallets and fin*? ft?? Cpi^ST leather Specialties. t*m oje? ?***< v ?^ 14 ??eh, ?? I 1'k *i?iri 1'" v- It? WARDROBE TRUNKS?KIT BAGS ?4 West 40th St. ?it/Jif Ti-o 'l'inr; r?rto. ???? bl.-.'-fc ?;?.' ? _ A r-./"?l A a OrVaL Ci ?/.m. ii.?.. ...... tM li)4 r !?th Ave., at 20th bt. Ve1'ei tla