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A New England
munitions man?
ufacturer sent
to New York
for Detective
Garth, who left
a? once and landed
in a plot of unusual
thrills and mystery.
"Through the Dark"
is a tale of spies spied
upon, by Charles W.
Camp, in this week's
Colliers
TUB NATIONAL WEEK LT
though It I? realized that if Austria
continues her policy another I
which American- are Involved may
arise at uny mon.?tit. It
increasingly clear that th? (?erman
aromies :ti the Arabic case ?
to her awn ^n:ps, and tha'
rlne ?ampalgn will be ;n all
irs except those surrounding Fng
lan?) until lorn?
ing Austria.
Merlin Peniea Hlame.
At ' to-day It
wa? Stated thai an far as i? known
?
.it the
Dardanelles ha> to the
Uiack Sea. This ??> taken to mean
that Germany wail ee her ha? di ol 'he
Mediterranean caiei and thai
United Btal ? pend on wb
may hor?el! do with Au?tria for |
tion of her cit!. ?
Meanwhile, although official r
to-diiI reports that tl
hhks Nlaru had been sunk without
in? 6 ether W. J,
Leigh, . ported
to be an American, was really one The
Department hai been unable to
find any record
nlni This would not prevent action by
thi? (ro\eri,tn?'i.t if hii eitisMship wai
proved, but II that no action
will bo taken ui.til some ?uch proof is
iurniihed.
Tl..- State Deiertmen! to-day in?
structed Edward Lyell Briatow, con?
sular ?Rent at Port Said, to interview
Leigh and attempt to ? aether
he !? an American citizen. Prell dis?
patches have Indiea!
born la China of American parciitsatnl
wb.? on his way from Fngland to China
aboard the Yasaka Mara. If th?
port? prove true. State Depertmei
cials said, and Leigh hns I
nounce hi? citizen ihip he ha? lost his
right to claim , i the
I'nited States govern
The report of Mr. BriltOW that th"
Yn?aka Mara was torpedoed without
warning and made no attoi
cape alao stated that nothing was
known a? to the nationality of the sub?
marine. The aaderaea bent, ha suid,
whs Bot s? en until after the ship WBI
OOd, lad then only her periscope
was visible. This, of course, would
give no grounds for protest to any one
power, though official? are convinced
that the vessel n.u.-t havs
trian or German. Until something
definite is known both as to the nation?
ality of the war boat and the ita
Leigh, no representations are possible
by thi? government.
The early report? that there were no
American? on the Ville de la C'iotat
will, If confirmed, make It imp
for th!? government to act in the.:
either. The ca?e, however, will be care?
fully niveatigated by American i
at Malta.
The incident ha? served to emphasize
the importance of an immediate un?
derstanding with Austria a? t?> the
right of a belligerent warship to sink
an enemy merchantman w-ithout wani?
ng and without providing for thi
ty of passenger? and erew.
Yasaka Was Not Warned,
Reports to Tokio State
Tokio, Dec. 27. Detailed advices re?
ceived here to-dav from pi
cerning the ?inking of the Yasaka Maru
corroborate previous statements th'it the
steamship was t? I thoat warn?
ing. It i? said she wa? attacked at
2:8B p. m. by a IBBBsai
?nee had not been or ? . , flag
was l isible
Shortly after the torpedo was
eharKi?d two periscopes, one lonqr and
in? ehort, appeared above the ?rotor
vuthin 400 feet of the steamship,
moved to a position otT the stern, on
J ad?
vices relate, a? though ready '
charge a second torpedo if neo
After thi Taaaka Muru sank I
ning tower was visible for a brief time
at a point ab?'u! ? mile awav.
The reaorl ? the manner in
which all on b.
tered the b
accomplished within ten minutes of the
time the torpedo wa- , . The
captain caused ? be tied t"
? ordance with a
?.usly by wireless,
. wa? taken. This was held until
n.idnight, when I . .-.boar.
which rescv and crew
J?heXftnDoir?
?rib?nr
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V?*< l?J.?o,w?. '
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upon good?, to identify
them and fix thr respon?
sibility. So Tke Tribune'?
trade mark, while identi
fying. signifie? also the
acceptanre of Oka r?sajpoiV
?ibihty for all th..? Ihr
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OSBORNE SPURNS
AFFIDAVIT OFFER
-
i Ex-Convict Had Accusing
Secret Papers for Sale,
Battle Tells Weeks.
WARDEN'S WITNESS
LEST PARED BY JURY
Hears Four and Then Reverses
Itself by Refusing to Hear
Further Testimony.
?riet Attorney Weeks, of Wool
1 cheater County, who has been conduct?
ing the investigaron into Warden <i?
borne'e conduct a? an individual and
I lea of Sing Sing, was notified
... bj QeergB Gordon Hattle and
Huntington W, Merchant, counsel for
the warden, that one of the ex-convlct?
active In the work against Oshorne
had been trying to ?ell the warden th?
l-raiid Jury minutes.
This man elan offered to procure fof
the warden any papers he might wish
in connection with the case and as an
evidente of hi? ability to produce the
, for sale exhibited whut appeared
a copy of an affidavit by Sidney
Welsh, a convi t witness against the
v. ar dt ?
"I had the original lor an hour last
night," he told the warden. "I ran get
you the minutes or anything else you
want."
I want nothing obtained in that
way," the warden told the visitor; "you
:on Hattle if you
have any more propositiona of this kind.
But before you do it, remember it is
a crime to ?s'en! such papers."
According to the itory turned over
to Mr. Weeki by Mr. Hattle in a let
snd by Mr Merchant orally, the
ex-conviet, who bod worked for tue Dis*
trict Attornej Bf f?i bach as ths Ken?
nedy investigation wh'.cn resulted in
then warden of
notiheti him one day last
iiim on iin
At tiie war.ion's order his secretary,
? plied that the warden
! adviaed him to
? . touch with Mr. Hattle. The an
-wii ? - that counsel had ad
hia seeing the warden and that
y then,
? I that Mr. Hattle had told him
? the prison.
Weeks Denies Leak.
At the prison this conuct produced
two document?, one the Welch ai'r
in which the warden was charged with
This is the affidavit
? At1 rney lallnn pro?
duced In court a? proof that witnesses
?? aflda rita
warden. He alao had on
ule by one (ioldman. Hoth
were acknowledged before a notary at
i ison.
? the warden had refused to ac
pers or have anything to do
I .'or asked for a loan
I, Haying he WM about to be
-.1. This was refused, and he
asked for $'Jr., which he also
: He oral told not to visit
the prison again anil warned of the
likelihood that he would be in serious
trouble if he had anything to do with
removal of such papers or in
peddling them.
District Attorney Weeks told Mr
? ,i>- that he did not be?
came from his office.
He Wi ad, he said, that there
was no leak, and he was positive that
the ma - .ts had not
had a? papen In h'..- office.
He did not indicate what action he
? .plated taking.
r County (irand Jury,
which rest gal rig condi?
tion? In Sing Stag, reversed itself again
refused to hear addi
t.unal for Warden Osborne.
- nnouneed after a ?
list of former inmates of Sing Sing ,
and men now in the prison had been
submitted to District Attorney Fred*
? a tm-n, if called, \
' have contradicted the testimony !
I f the convicts whom :
tornsy Weeks has had be
Jury and upon I
testimony the charges against Warden
Thorn. : orno reit.
Hearing Searing End.
At f on to hear
no more witnesses wa? interpreted as
meaning that the Jury wa.s ready to re
It w o u 1 tl not 8i.
mends of Warden Osborne If indict
: st him were given to-day.
be] ave, mnj include
? persona! immorality.
Persons elo Dlati ict AttOl
? d to think tint le^s
serious ehl : I preferred, deal?
ing with ir..- .i ; - n omissions as war
and ] "s.sibly with
? K- ? ? ? ?.'%, a guard who has
? 1 that he !ost his place through
? ? i .-:??-? mony.
Should ir. . r to found District
for an
imme-i Any programme of
delay, however, will be fought by the
?
?.itnesio? were heard
: ray. They were l'harles F. Kat
tubaru Pi Ison, where
en ? ; was born: the
in, of the Jewish Theo?
logie!.1 'Tord B. Harmon
leh L Dorner, for twenty
vears an attach? of the prison
und now- principal keeper.
I'nxterulor Invites Charge.
Warden Kattigan was the star wit
He ?aid tea Osboens lystem wa?
the only ?ystem. antl defended the
warden against all the charges made
i. t him.
^?rar.d Jury or any number
said he, "can block '
of prison reform in this
"l>o yes mean to say that this grand
?g to block prison reform?"
a member demand
"No, at ail," replied the witness. "I
am m?kln;* ; a charg?e."
? is trying to pu' an end to
mi"" asked A?sistant Dis
I alien.
? I .?o : ? eure to make any charges
' against ar
?king ?tate
ments of that sort. You ?hould give
?
if you
? on the
? tard named."
:" : of im
i 1'iincipal
i ln.rn.r told of rond lion? a?
This
: rongest put
' ' re'fare s\s
I WOB better,
?nt the
? .i and would be
As to ahn'?.- in the prison,
?.< a resilient of
'A . -i 04 ?? r : a ? B an interest
: mi ?ni".!ai lioei
. .i > I. Bold I "?
. : id i-i i n approach! d
with .. t th? war
Others had told dim
?, > that was
'?t the anti
c ii . i,: ? '.,,
.J do any thing
to "get"^ th? ward.ii.
BIG GEM MAY TRAP THIEF
12-(aral Diamond In $30 00? Loot from
Kaat Orange Home.
East Orange, N. J., Dec H *
twelve-carat diamond, the pendant of a
1 lavaliiere, may lead to the ar
-?.rked the
'residence of Mr. and Mil ilH "?
? ? tasa? Night, it will be
, difficult for him ? of the
because of Its unusual size.
S only
clew- to the identity of the robhaS
.escfcpi.l from a stfcond -tory window
?uhen llaraaed by the return of Mr.
and Mrs. Kagle from an aotei
ride. 'He wa? about the luckiest rob
' ber that aver apera.?
Orange," aaid Chief of Pol
I tO-day "Me ?tumbled across the
.
: the police aaaal been BOtJfled that the
h?use WIS temporarily empty."
Ail the jewel? '.'.ken. valued at
rn uniler a
[ dre-s. It had he? l| ai ?! placed
lia a trunk in a
: n t ? dreem.
BOY-ED SAILS TODAY
WITH COL. HOUSE
Recalled Kultur Advocate Will
Also Have Whitlock as
Fellow Voyager.
Brand Whitlock, Colonel i:*M House
and Captain Karl Boy-rM will sail for
Ian t?i day on the Holland
America liner Rotterdam.
It is a curious coincidence which
| ther a? fellow passengers
the man who has won aaiveraal admira?
tion by his efforts as '?' 0 Bel?
gium to alleviate the that
country of (icrman Kultur; the friend
of the President who i? going over to
t how matter? Stand at pr? II
and the officer recalled from the Ger?
man Kmbassy because of hi? alleged
- to propagate that Same brand of
Kultur in this country.
Boj Ed BBent the entire day
at his office in Room ")<?, it 11 Broad?
way, attending to vusiness affail
rent ment. Shortly before leaving
?r surrounded him and
While this
taking was in progress in t! ?
several reporters entered and
tala.
Bo] Ed, who im hi? baeh te ths
door, suddenly turned around and eaa?
Itors Asked
place wai thi ' ?' ?'? "f ' aj tain Boy-Ed,
rmer nava sd: '"?'???,
What do yon 'van'. ?"
He ?*?- saki d if hs had deeid
make any statement previous to his de?
parture, and hs replied? "I am very
? ou, but I have nothing
at all to ?ay."
The captain's stern manner was not
in keeping With his diplomatic rejoin?
der, and, us-lr.g the door a? a means of
ejection, he pushed the reporters out
- hall.
Tares minutes later another reporter
was informed In Boom >>o;i that Captain
I s is not in; had no! been In all
day. and was not expected again at the
once.
?
MRS. BELMONT WRITES
A SUFFRAGE OPERETTA
It's Heroless, and Marie Dressier
Will Play Principal Role.
? Mr?. O. H. P. Belmont has written
an operetta. It is for suffrage and it
has no hero, though various men '
marchers In a suffrage parade fill minor
parts.
The plot deals with the eight daugh?
ter? of one Mrs. l'epj" r, of Oshkosh
'I hey are all taltnted except one, wl.
is a suffragist. She is the family black
sheep, so when mother ha? a hundredth
birth.lav or something ihs neglects to
invite Melinda. The seven wicked sis?
ters dance in with their frlenda ar
tiata, n;'inrian% dancing men and four
Other varieties of geniuses. But Me?
linda comes any way. without an inv!
. and brings with her a whole
?:?? ; Blade. Then, und then
?in?? Me l'epper fee her m:-t
Meliaaa and the parade to ber
Mis Belsaeat ?aid yesterday that
she expected "Melinda and 11m
ters" would be produced all over the
country and would make 11,000,000 for
the lause. Its premiere will be at the
Waldorf-Astoria on February Ifl
underatood Mrs. Belmont hit-.::
.? i itt? B a!! the iync. while the I
? n the contribution of '
MlZWeli, author of the marching song
which is known at
stand m London.
Mill Mane Dreasler Will play the
I art af Mr?, l'epper.
B. R. T. FACES FULL-CAR RULE
Emerson Determined (u llave More
Tn.ins Pal Inlo Operation.
The "full car" edict will soon !>" ap- :
plied to every lias of tue Brooklyn
Transit, according to Health
laaioner Emeraon reaterday. He
e Ji?d asked ( hairriari Mr.
the Public Sen... Com?
.'.ion.
"There is no reason why the B. R T
ihouldnt run more cars on its'
crowed lir.es," ?aid i lemml
"While, eongi ition on the
Brooklyn Bridge cannot be Inert
the ii. K. T. can run more short I
from the Brooklyn end of the I
for local tra'' (
".some pereOBa complain that wa
for ears beeass of the 'ull-car
causes then t.. take cold. Bra
apera have taken this up ai
? the R I: ,
keeping this phase before the public.
i tal ta l?. pe? tn
p overcrowding <?n 111
run on an eight-minute
TH0RNE SOUGHT AS FORGER
Mining Broker Accused of Obtaining
?aalt] loan by raise Pape'?.
I* was announced at Pol id Seed
quarters yesterday that ?
, charge examinai Richard Vu:.
.- .
forgery. Thome eoadected buaineea a:
IM Broadwa-,, and was reported mi??
mg about two Wl -
alarm for his arre.-t has been ?ent out
The complainant is Gilbert II. Moi.
B law>e?. ?if ;,. Wall Street
I hon e is accus?.! ai ? :?:.. ail a ..
"' c Broadway,
ner !??'., 1914, I
I i.e police deecriptioa of i
state? that he i? fort., six year, aid
( live feet ten inches tall, weigj
pound?, i? smooth shaved, has .Un.
brown hair and eye- an I h nv.?> ??? hi
i l?'f' rh?'i k near his aai
i with a Southern accent
Missing Man in Potter s Field.
By ?aaaai of a pi
relativ?
l :.'l .i? ad ? B West I
Mark 8 Karr, who had !,\, | .,- u . ,
Fuit.n Avenue, The Bronx. Thi
?. was |nir:eil in the I' |
aadei thi name of "J Powers,"
j had I -
j will be buried in the family plot.
'LIAR!' CRIES LADY
AT HEATH INQUIRY
Also, One Leaguer Threat?
ens to Choke Another,
Who Says, "Try It."
MIL HEATH'S WHISKERS
FIGURE IN TESTIMONY
Attempt to Persuade .Members
to Patch Up Differences
Meets Failure.
I >'.ike voices crying "She'? a l.ar!"
freely expressed offer by an irate
woma- ? '?-.low hou
groti . I ihncy to the hearing
rdsy of the troubles of the
Houei .gue and Mrs. Julian
Broedway.
Everything went wreeg with the em
. - ter.lay. In the
?'.ret place, several lug food manufact?
uring concerns refused to obey the
?ubpu Bty Attorney General
Juiius Obenaeyer. This up*et the
hearing, and caused an
adjournment lait night untii Tuesday
. ? -. .
Then some unidentified Heath sym?
pathiser apeke right out in court, and
in the middle of the testimony of
Scribner Herd, to eell 'hat lady a liar
at the top of her lung?. Added to thi?
was ths "ffvr of Mrs. Nsllis Van Sllil
gsrlond, a Heath adherent, to choke
Mrs. Chnuncey M. Marsh, president of
?he Montdeir branch of the league, and
the sad tale of Mr Heath, who could
And no place to ?have in the home of
rhe founder of the HoUSOU ivei' League.
In this drear eommenr on the ?tate
of American husbands Mrs. Heath ln
. the testimony of Mrs. Mar.h.
"Mrs. Heath laid," the latter an?
nounced on the atand, "that at the time
of the founding of the league, her
hou?e was ?o crowded that Mr. Heath
had no room in which to ?have."
"I hat Is true; that is true," Mrs.
Heath broke in, ?haking her head
mournfully. "The place wa? io crowd?
ed with women that the poor dear man
actually couldn't lad ? jnace to ?have
himself."
Whether Mr. Heath -till wear? whis
? ? ??? as a memorial of the league'?
lir'h Is not known.
Mrs Hard wa? testifying to the re?
lations between Mrs. Heath and the
Beechnut Company when the shorten
and uglier word ->_? thrown into the
t our!.
Mrs Heath, according to the witne??,
had gone to the Beel
?aid product *
I b>- tuberculous smployee. The
certificates
tiCS to disprove this, and
-, r advertiaod In the league magazine,
? lied by Mr?. Heath, and placed a
rn the headquarter?. Jl.
?? tina, Mr-, ii.tr.i teatifi? I,
a month.
At this point some one shouted that
Mrs, Herd was a liar, but the woman
Bmlled and went "n with her tei
timor.y.
At th" conclusion of the day'? ses?
sion M ai iand bore
u? on like a proud galleon
"I ! hol?
lowly. ? . ? sly motiona with her
ths vton.an b
throat ! all this."
?-.-'.art with me, Mr?. Van Slinger
land," Mrs. Marai volaateered, i
flinchii i
"(i Mrs. Msrsh," Mrs. Van Slingor
ng i-ud ?"illy from ter*
"how could
it? Why. you ?at there end '?
after l:e af'er !io ntt.-r lie"
"Thanh you <o much, dear Mr
?''and." Mrs. Mnrsh interrupted,
? i tly.
During the acedos Krank C. H
?' - ? anti-Heath
made severa: i-'T
Mrs. He i'h to take the stead. ThU
ahs refused to do.
If Aient Mairin Uppnaen,
> er, addrc .-od tl
.urgen*? impassionedly, urgtug
? ?? .
with?
in inat
publi.
murmured thm it wai
? 01 Mrs. Heath w<
? tfully.
DRANK, PLAYED POKER,
HAD GIRL; WAS WOMAN
Autopsy Reveals Sex of Negro
Waiter with German Name.
An autopsy pi i fanned yeaterd
: ...--.'.
of Brooklj. . r. real? d the ai
that "Rudolph Weinkopf,"
worked as a wa be o .aiding
Portland Avenue :<>t
?very
man, was really
a woman.
Markel, who conducts the
I.! red
of an
\ment agency in Kingston. N.
V. Ha was always willing, and did the
al work about the house. She
'. arlth him '
was that he WO? -t little
late with the other negro boys, and
??
ri the Hud?
son A
men there thought a great deal of him.
-.tl with them freely, ?molted.
: . terdaj
I th a colored
girl v. bom *ake to thi
and mi ?? ing plctui
Mrs. Merkel fount! the waiter lying
on the kitchen floor on Chi: I
?'?a* aich :.: d .
mee Ha i i to Brook
?
? '
eccou- ? -, an.I Ku
OUSTED DOCTORS MEET
Plfty-eeves of Hospital Muff. Asked to
Kesign, to Take CeSS to Maynr.
? ? ?
.- I of rhe ? nmberlend Street
tal, Brooklyn, whs were ?sked to
l'y ? hur.* c i ommii
?.ded a mi
f Di Herb i ? D
Bi klyn.
g, which
'
? .
immediate!) tteaded
i te s brought h
i it IL added tl
ill he placed :
ilae.
foui of the
! board had been
n ? ad eoi misaieoei up to
ast i He denied that he had ap
? lorj committee to dia
;tion of other staff?.
Chummy Car
a four passen?
ger Apperson
Roadster will
be the newest
thing at the
Motor Show
Six and Eight
$1550 $1850
for tale by
DIMOND-APP^RSON
MOTOR < i?Mi" IM.
r.r..i,,,?.i> ni ?Miii ItroeS.
MISS WILSON'S TRIP
HERE TO BE BRIEF
Will Not Remain in New York
for Rest of Winter.
l?r Ts.ear?, at?Ik* 11 kSSM 1
Washington, Dec. IT. A ?tory that
Miss Margaret Wilson and her cousin,
Miss Helen Woodrow Bone?, would go
to New York this winter to devote
their timo to social setUeSBBBt work,
was contradicted to a certain extent at
the While House to-day. Miss Wilson
has devot? dl of her
time to school settlement -?"? for
some year-., and ?lie probably will con?
tinue to work along that line. Thi?
Bill cause her ubsence from the White
Hoase from time to tima this winter,
just as it ha? i:, the last two raen
M ?s Bones have joined the
| dancing class at the
New Willard, of which Mrs I haries
Mit bord :s chairman, and have ac
?tveral dinner Invitations
'I be in the Biue Boom
at the tI rat White House rec? i ;
January 7, aad Mn. MeA?oe will staad
:n thi -, ig line, third from the
new mista i or the V Mr.
ami Mrs. SHyre will reme i here until
I Day, bat It li not
they will stay much lun>rer, as they
left their infant ?on, Prancii Wood
iras it' Wl
?
WILSON'S PHYSICIAN COMING
Dr. Grayaaa, Prealdkat'a Friend, t?> Da
Raaaarch Work at Peiycltaie.
Dr. ? arj ? Orayaon, U. s. N , Pr< il
dent \\ 'a ;?.-'.-? aad friend, is
.; to New 101 K thCl w. ? ? I
gage in research work a: thi
til. It ?B I.'
line? h s r - a*.
Dr G raj son bai I ? sa in lai ??asti
fr.. nd of -dr. v. begin
niag ' ' u. of
;? the one i y in touch witfc
the pei ? Pi ?idem
LUCKY JOHNNIE!
HE BROKE HIS LEG
Tumulty Consoles Mini White
Hou^e Car Bringt Smiles.
'?' ' ' . This wai I mo?
mentous day for J?rn,
i? thi.
'?id, mar WaihlBgton Ha broke
his right leg in three places, was con
Rolfl by J P. Tumultj
rency Hospital in one o? the big
White House automobiles.
Johnnie was hart l-y falling over ens
of nis rh His lather
him to Washington <.? ,- car
I !.?? parei ? bt can
i, and when Seei . imulty
g along in
fro.-.t of the Whit?. Ho,se with Johnnie
II I : - arm -.
Mr. lun,.. . ?f ?i)t
.. ? ..i..i ?
;. I
limousine a'
? -, bat a White II,?. .
soon appean i and ? big pol
Johnnie ai -.. ,t.
1 '?' ' ? ; ri?le,
smiled
? i that he did
?vc-n whimper when tl-.e broken bone
was, set.
6 YEARS FOR MODEST THIEF
stole l'air of Treason frasa Hunt After
ITeoing Jail on Biker's.
< from
a n ? tor boat, v. rraody. ?vith
?
?it to
in ?!:?? '..' .
? ?
arded
owned by forme
?
"f Long I land <
?
:
? '' ?,'icing
tecon'l
FILM ?DRUNKS" STIR UNION
l.lassaorkers I'rotes; VgrM-ist Depicting
Workmen la >J!..oti l-.ii'c?.
? ?
-.
ca? i ? (at ??..?.-?? \v ark* mala?
tains. It ha? adapted i - pro
Bg workmen in
motion picture scenes of drunkenness
baaehery.
Ition will he sent to all the
pistara produe? rs aad ?
ten i' paiats out that it la unjust
to | kctan a mason >lr pping a brick mi
' a passerby just to get a
laugh, and It il I .w a
Bg the exp.
? te a I
climax.
Court Enjoins Ferry Rate Cut.
Juo,-. ' the FadenI I ourt
la tempo?
.
tonnt) Baa
fonii the
Tort ! .. '. I Kerry
i ..it.pan. to ?barge only three
for ..era ami to sell two
cent ?. T '
>rg .
I aa an
i.u.'.i loai of 14,1
?
Carries His Dead Baby in Street.
ra of Polyi
aa?
Jacobe, ?
old, whose father had run ?
sdieal
aid. I he father. I BO I lb]
ill in his home,
Street, and ta a time picked n in ip
and raahed te the hospital. He ?
the baby's dead body homo for burial.
THEORIES BUSTED,
GRIP GERM SAFE
Thawing Weather Idea
Exploded, but Microbe's
Deadly Work Goes On.
DO AND DONT LISTS
CONTINUE TO GROW
Beware of Sneezes and Crowds.
Doctors Say?If You Get It.
Just Be Miserable.
Don't blame the weather, blame your
neighbor, if you have the grip.
Don't worry abuut it; |eot be wretch
sdly miserable, and burn with a tsver,
and cough, and turn up your no?e at
alleged tempting dish, and know
that , well if? like being
?eaiick unlesi something else sets in.
Bal have a care if pneumoaia I
along, ?'r, if you are aged or an in?
fant, be wary, for the cowardly grip
germ ?trikes a peculiarly deadly blow
at the very young and the very old.
This is the advice that half a doren
physicians, hospital ?uperintenden's
and health authorities gOTS yesterday.
One and all, they exploded the theory
that it is the thawing weather that
the grip.
"it is not the weather," ?aid Dr.
(liarles F. Hol.lu?n, director of health
education; "it is the way wo dress,
then the people we meet On a warm,
thawing morning we wear the same
I.?svy elo bee, get overhi .
? truck by a gust of U
Three good sneezes are enough to sen?
?te a whole aubwoj car. It is the
rapidity of ils extension that makes
grip dungerouh."
lhen he turned to Dr. Osier's defini?
tion of la gripper "A pandemic dis?
ease, appearing at Irregular lutti
characterized by extraordinary rapidit>
of ex' i the large numi.. r
peoj .'? a :.,,- -.
\\ ith reyerta coming in from West?
ern eitiea of the extent sf the gr.p
within their boun.iui iee. Neu liara
fast how much grip it ha- It
'; know, but it r. a a s It ha? it.
Crip is not a discase reportable to the
?. Deportment, and the death cer?
tificates rarely say Just "gup" Pri*
? i ? rnrelv (.'or a case until
nothing else, yet each
rta that the gi ill thi
the atoa*. Bolleras says that the only
straight grip ca.es it gets are lodging
? ms and Bowery di
The city dispensaries -ay tnO) are do
1 little better than the regular
holiday rush business.
New York's grip la not the high-fever
kind, but It BOBty, It's
the kind you have on your day off, and
make? you feel disagreeable the rest
of the week. It is the lou
ItUffed-UP-head kind, that feel? as
-. you had been hit on the back
of the head by a ball club.
N'ew York.
p going in crow da," ?ays Phila?
delphia.
"Stop kissing," ?ays Milwaukee.
Whin the young man heanl the lat?
ter ho went
Beware 01 Kissing.
Greenwich Grip Warning
[By NasN| wa 1
Greenwich, Conn., Dec. 27.-A public
warning was Issued to-night by Dr.
Alvin W. Klein, head of the Depart?
ment of Puhlic Health, against unnec
. - i.ry osculation, and
rules as )?:? tepa to check
; read of grip and pneumonia m
thi? vicinity.
Ooa hundred cases of grip am! ^pvcw
..f pneumonia bava been rej
in Greenwich during the last
Preventive meaaurea Include wen
>p away from air currents, not to
mix in crowds and trolley
curs antl to check colds in their rir-= t
Grip Taking New Hold,
Philadelphia Needs Nurses
i. .
Philsdelphis, Dec. JT. Cold, clear
? wed the
early yeatei
would have checked the grip epidemic,
?uel *?? Dixon,
The mow
I 'ht air, killing grip and pneu
-..?. ami the brisk wind
r lots of ozone in it? wake, ozone
- of tbe icrip mi
A return of warm, aoggy conditions,
foga rri the early morning
and ram let IVO grin S
. life. Mere than a hundred
sf grip and aixty-tu
. . a wi n : ? ported by local hoe
pilais ir. ths last twenty-four hours.
?
heavy death columns. !
Ac I are of the ?
? nurse-. There ?s no
liou'ut, physicians say, that a number
of deaths have ; to inability
to obtain qualified nurses.
100.000 Victims in Detroit;
Grip's Spread Appals City
Detroit, Dec 87 Detroit li
r tiie grip
??.-.- . .
of a century BgO, I I
I . ? .
greater Detroit ar,.. ill with iefiaenxa
and a ?es. ?The num!"
death? this mou'ii ihOWl B great In
1*1 1 out of all
te ths growth in pe
t...n Nur si ? the main
lid that the ipread of
ihe diaeaae in ths lest few weeks was
iag
?
WHO'LL BE A $35,000 HEIE?
John CsjrlS- $1.576. a it h Intereat, to
Ga to City I'nless ( laimed.
Before John Coj l< u I sway I
in 1-M he pat *1."7>' :ri the Provident
? .tion for Savings in Jersey City.
i ?n the voyage he wa? dfeweod
claimants appeared for the money in
Otts years, and it has grown to
.
Gel appointed administra?
tor of tl ? te, hu? begOS |
rn the Supreme f'ourt for th.* dial
nient of B, and unless a lawful
heir >.. rill SO tO Jersey i :ty.
? Bka Coyls was his an
ii invited to call at the savings
' itlon Washington and Grand
! ihow why he should have
the money. The hank, or Mr. Norris,
or Jersey Cltv will eadeavor to ?how
arhj he shoo
Woman Leaves 164 Descendants.
Mra. Bridget McLean, t igat]
old, who dud yeeterdei at her home in
Hunter's Point, QaeSBS, leaves Dit ?Ir
nini- children, fifty grantl
I ?? greet grandchll
' .inn and IOS gr. at-great-grandchiltireti
Mrs. McLean m boni in Ireland
'??! IB QSM Bight \?ars.
? ?1er husband, Patrick '*-l.?| j,,.,|
eighteen jear? ago.
Biltmore Ice Gardens:
(BILTMORE HOTEL)
OPEN AIR SKATING
OPFN TO thf: public for three sessions daily
Daily (Except Tue?day and Thunday Afternoon?
Saturday Morning? and Sundav.)
GLASS ENCLOSED TEA ROOMS
DWBCJjBf In the (?lass Room After IO-.AO P. Ij
Admission?Morn.Session 9: 3? to I 2:30.$ I
?Aft. Session 2 : ?0 to 6:30. . $2 Usenaatli
?Eve. Session 8: .'-Oto I I :00.. $2 ^jr
WgRE ALFRED and SIGRID NAESS ?
Nat?'? Mu?le 1'omp.rtenl In.trurt,
cur nord lioldinq-their
SEMI-ANNUAL
CLEARANCE
o?
Sortis Qttups ?5J?iy
Croats Lo/ohses
lOetiacr?dvdlues in~
^Ip/j?ret oftliehuj liest
character at reductions
ONE-FOL'RTII TO ONE-IULF
? Ole?ronte oflMllnm/ ?
FOR MO I ( H< ST?SSl i l<AV EJJNG- -S?Ml-LM?tSS AND DRESS (X i AS10W
$5 $|0 M5
Formerly $18 to $45
PARTIClflARLY EMPHASiVIN?. CCI D AM) SILVER LAO. HATS Af $ I C
DSTR1CH TRIMMED IIA.S AND MAUNE EFFECTS Al*U
tyursy ready reduced
$900 Motr? Bab?/ Caracul <\\C\ M2? end $4V) foet? m P?by
Coe4. 1 ???p* Foi ! rimming " (?;?v.il. HuJmmi Seal Mol?. $2V;
?od Nutria.
$*<95 Huxisocae Mole?kin ?.iQZ .,-. _ ? . .
Coat. London Fox Trimming.? *lyJ ?* ??**? ? Hadass. Seel, *w
(?ra/?J ?ad Mo?e. ??
MM Handsome Fla.! Caracul' ^ ^ ^ m ?^ ?^ .
Co... 8,a.hor..SkunkorFoa. ^ C.4??!. ?Leoj-rd and l*,U. ? *?
$W*> Original Bernard Im- $195 HuwUoa !>aJ and Cat*
ported Hu?i?on Seal Coel. <? $400 Cal (oat?, with or w.thoal ? $145
K"lm?ky Tnm. Trimminp ...._... f
Jii?khj??Sdo'
$1200 Natural Silver Fox ?f?Q ||95 Dved Blue ro? Sel $|25
$?50 Handln* Nitural Blue ?7: |I95 Feshioaebk Cub Bear ^
FosSel.I *J'J ?* .
$495 Taupe Silvered Fox <295 ?l?2 M?'' ^ '''? ^ ** $75
$325 Ntfmal Rsaas la.... ,$225 ?,/?, .'?. ,^..?! $50
CHARGE PURCHASES BILLED FEB. 14
NO RESERVATIONS, EXCHAArGES, CREDITS OR APPROVALS
COOK WOULD GO EXPLORING
?hi- lime It's GerSBoay?Hut He <an't
i.tt a United States Passport,
Copenhagen, Dee, 11 Dr. Frederick
A, Coo .. be exploi .-i. sn .
tarj Dr. F. P, Thompson, tailed ??
? - American L ration here.
expressed much disappointment
eau-e the legation would not give them
or? - into G i many.
Dr. Cook and .. iry may ap
?o the Washington government
it tho decision not to lupply them
With the pa
.r Dr. Thompson has
In Germany, it Is ?aid.
Menean Minister i? holding to hi
on. .
PEACE' TOOK WRONG BOAT
Heine Wild Tale About Big French
Tainting living Stolen.
tl by In foot painting
which vanishsd from the French LtttS
pier, will reappear on the pier to-mor?
row afternoon, according to an an
? ? last night by Franck
I the ?luseum of Frei
? ?
"oblong box like three coffiiM
placed end to sad which must
tu-en i>u-iied into the Hudson
lost week?" if Mr. P.
II announcement could have been
due to arrive to-morrow
? l.ochunibea'i. Mr. Car s simp ?
got t: alxed. As I
Heumaen, of the Second Branch Pe?
rec', ive Bureen, ?aid last Wednesday
'.he night of Mr. I'aris'a dis
r announcement "It Iooki
phonsj
Bo, after all the paint.tig may be
X^Vos*2<lP
<THE Kir* Or?-^TABl??W?B?
, . bit I?
aasen?
ELKS SANTA FOR 2.000
*O0 More ( hildren thi I WSIS E-P***1
ed Made Happ*. M Udge ( lubhoaet
For a time it looked M though Sa??
Claus would run abort B. Fr***t,,J
No. !?
the Elks, al ?*? -'?r*HjJ
Street, was thrown open for 1 ****
dren for a ( 'rie Ptny.Z?
Rabbis, ; ? -i ??'?:
in th.- lodgt
A ihorUge of I " "M,/
? ? ?
entertainment
' ;? \_Vf
Half an beul *?" , ?1
puUtion el - ? ' r'n?'
aOVOd , .- nM vti
(if the amount expenued ?5*t*J_3
rai?ed bj
from ?l | terieg tr. e at M ? c*"
tur -_^ist-_-_se/>.
E^GAmEtCO
P/a?inUmsmit?s\ fopHiTHAVEl M^L
A NEW YEARS SUGGLSiiON
inve<st your Money *. .ut in some jewel ?rom
the C?.ittle collection.
It will possess enduring v_lue,and serve duly
a? a grace:ul remin_j: ot the occasion.
Opptsitt Si. Patruk'i CAHiif?ra,