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f AR LISTS DRAW
JEWISH CROWDS
Thousands Fight Police
for Chance to Hear News
from Refugees.
GROANS AND WEEPING
INTERRUPT SPEAKERS
Sien and Women Surround Bank
of l'nit d Mates Building
I -til lark Morning.
great grief, took poa
j>?, M. Slowly the
.,?,<?* ai Tewi?h war refugees were
aassl bj * I rn*n on the Platform, lie
^ j?M one, the name of a
man, si ? ? woman's scream rang out
? *? I
?Pank Go*.'"' ihl erled. "He 1? aliv.-!
Re la Rlive!"
the ?r-pn
? itreet choked
i raping men, woman end children
trying * ? : their be
'jot?'I orf* ?nc ren <nrouKri tn?
gkaaeai ? S of happiness, her
h? r flyir.i?. Bai In the hall the audl
|Itt ; ew names, more
un;?*.
?>Qa 1 ed the chair?
man.
There wai no ai sorer. No one I
m Cohen: no one cared wheth? :
h* was sea I alive, excepting
ta? ore ?'?- tne cr<
tjlneJ. - know of
a beloved husband in Minsk, a t
la Dombrovr.. a I I mother, or
father Is Oitrov.
N?me after n:. the
platform rend. Rachel Meyerowitz
sa? in Petrogrf.ii waiting to hear from
h?r hu?ba: lived at bo and so
Cannon Street. Laughter and cries of
]or ?6T?*,t*(* tne calling of one name;
asjrnVfSading not.? th?* s .ftly enunei
?ted ram? of a relative or friend who
b?d perished or *u in need.
Ontude 11 a H??nk of the United State?
?
crowd lad gat!?? i I, eal n ited by the !
police ?? ' thousand
w ten thouiand persons. They fought
th? r?!erv?? *'? elTorts to get
Il They *: n protected r>y
Un. They curl
?h?!ani of bluecoata that rammed them
tack
Men an I \\<men >\ all.
"Dont b? mad!" a policeman cried.
"There art p.
You can't get 11
But the eomman Ii of the police were
rain. Til cr a
?ire 1 ? >d they rushed :
the pelican I a He?
hr?* came |
-. ?? . ? men ,
an eea< ta that an |
?eportunr.y arou b? givea each man |
tad e ? r lin Information of a
or Galicia, Belgium ,
e France.
"?H*?r ail" they cried. "Hear ui, men i
?ad women! The Fire Department does
. '. in. Use
As Jews we appenl to
"r.lted States Build
isf had bean loaned to the society for
g the me I
Th V ? ?. was alto
r the purpose. When
the door? wen at 6 o'clock last
1 in and filled
etery ?<??. i ?, space In
the large ?t ? room?
il th? ?. .,pened for
th? over-' seal was
taken, aid with
p?nor.s, thi n and men
!
E
On the i r, Irving P.. I.ip
??ks, ' ? ty, and his aids read
tt? r.*?es ol ? ? ne refugee's who
^*r? ??-- and friends in
??? Cn.t -, Canada and other
?art? aj ? ?
Wai?r:
?*?? al . aker was
'udfre
Uor, Sei ;.
??i tn;
' ; i reach Ute
? names
*?W ?? ? am, where they
**re ? ? ? :sand? sent
<nx stair parti jrope.
Crowd Waiting at Midnight.
"?? ? ?- ? - ?av"
at this
-
"I take care of
"Our afleo i v-> open ontll 10
kers
I ? v '? :
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l"r ?- d th? ren '
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**">* * i ',ui?h the audi
U? r
?ator of the
?BbL ' *
gjarance waa al for an out- ,
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V*Xi SMITH ? MICHIGA.'i
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di date.
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,i Jr-rtaldexit.
I BEATEN IN HOUSE BY ROBBER
I
; Ceorgo Weather'ny. Skull Kra-t u-, d.
Supposed ft, Hare Surprised Thief.
???ell known in the clothing; tr
? . I -
.
- In which 1 '
'
och by as
( tht> house, an
.-1 noi t 1 to Polyelinic Hoi
.vas prone
critical. He Is m a fract
Kull.
It Is supposed Weatherby ? m return?
ing from Stf-rn Hrothers' store,
he met hii assailant in the hallway.
is In the house heanl r.o acalle
Weather!
showed tha- ?? was raade I
?rce an
ee into ?.ne of I nents.
W ratherby at one time was a IB . ?
1 J. Benjamin A Co. He
yean old.
SANTA GIVES WAIFS
FIGHTING SOLDIERS
Rc.il Guardsmen Smash lach
Other While 1,200 Orphans
Watch in Glee.
? "where in Yorkville. More than
were capt?
ured last night and nobody was hurt
r es of fiei ? ? ? .
That was hurt .
? pea in the twelve hun
failed ;o aettle buck in
? plaeea, causing componed .
in, not to mention complet? dn
location.
- belonged to an nrmy of
youngsters from orphan aayluma and i
other benevolent inat
bulging was eau i
rnndly charging each oil ?
?inters and by '?? ?
backing of machine guns in 1
stopping ch?
it was to the twelve hundred a mail,
deliclously terrifying attack on
then to aeelng I
. . ? ; han
- only somewhere in war-torn
The particular "somewhere" where
this happened last night waa the ar?
mory of Squadron A, eavalry, N. 0.
N. V., Madison Avenue ntul Ninety
fourth Street. It was the second an- '
mial Santa Claus circu? given by the
?quadron for the youngsters whose lot
in life does not include homes and
Chriatmaa trees.
The complet.- capture of the children
whet! light! were dimmed and;
?eindeer dashed into tha
? g a float with a lighted (
mas tree on it. piled high around with
many gift boxes, and with a
Claus and l?verai aaaiatanta to hand;
them out. Then the youngsters wcro
allowed to come down from tTi-vtr places
get their gifts.
? Lieutenant Colonel Mer
ritt, II. Smith. Sergeant J. Norrish
Thorne had charge of the affair.
cers in charge o? the ring were Lieu?
tenants Graham Youngs and Latham R.
?
charge of Sergeant David Stuart, Cor
oral Allan Foal - oral George
latthews, Sergf '
and S. Blodget.
EXPERTS TO TALK BUSINESS
Convention at Hiltmore to Hear Gary,
monil. Vaadeellp and Johnson.
' methods of pre
,? a training for businesa men,
two hundred of them from vai
I a country' will meet at the
? lore for a fi
. ? ?-dajr ander tho au- '
'. r Hamilton In- '.
Among those who will lei
ira Judge Elbert H. Gary,
chairman of the
consu. or; Frank A. Va
1*1 International Corporation,
pnd l'rofessor J'
New Y
STOCKS WITHOUT PAR
AROUSE TREASURY
Inquir> to Determine if Shares
Were Issued to Dodge Tax.
The Treasury Depart
. it was learned in financial cir
' ng the re
?
of s'.ii a. The pur
Irj i? tu learn
involved arc Becking by
this method
war revenue measure passed II
?ax of five cents a share on
issues rk with a par value of
ir fraction* thereof.
? tho enactment of the B]
revenu it is estimate-.
? ek in
four big companies alone have been is
Bued e ' value, from which no
tax can be collected. Among the Corpora*
.
eh .racter Bl
I
the In*
rpora
If it is found 'hat thesr ?.hare
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,.-.-?
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. the law, I. . ;. ng ? tax on ali
?ues of sr .*. reference
to the par value.
.
W. R. BEACH. LAWYER. LEAD
New York Attorney DleS at Mount Ver
non Home at Siity-elght.
Walt'-r Rog4 rs I!
minent at'
?
Mr. Bsacl I il ford, t
i lacendanl
?e BO*
He wa r of Wolf
Kappa. Hi ri
j or n he
?was a*
I
..- Columbia 1
be wa
bla wife
FRENCH FREE BR00KLYNITE
lfele--.se PateSt Tahea Off American
HsaaMS I>t?rln<jiirn.
Wi.? hi i atea,
? th.
? . ! ? " ' a In I
? v.i.'i re D If, has
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? test Au.
i aeteralisettea ynynro.
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FAMISHED JEWS
DYING IN AUSTRIA
Letter Paints Distress as
Thousands Merc Give
Aid to Save Brethren.
NEW BELGIAN CRISIS
NEAR, SAYS WHITLOCK
Salvation Depends on Immediate
Help, Minister Appeals?Sails
Back To-day.
Thousands of Jewish refugee? are
dying cf hunger In cltiea throughout
the Austrian Empiro, ths American
Jewish Relief Committee learn-d ye?
in a le'ter from F>r. D
? of the "Oesterrelehlsche Wochen
?chrir ..na. A largo ; I
ipalatlOfl of the Austrian !
Is in ?lire need of assistance.
"Recently there cr.l'.ed upon me a
deputation from Kolomea. where thou
? upon thousands of refogeei IN
dying of hunger," ?ays Dr. Bloc1
ter. "The same I? true of Lancu .
rillow and a jrreat many oth' r cities.
All In Vienna need help. Vienna is
poverty Strieker. Those that were rich
? l-to-do are go no longer. It i?
very sad, and I am writing th;-? with
'.nee, for ? do not even know that
the censorship will permit this
' 1 be wiat in Galicia la unparalleled,
-ituntlon among tho .'
tieal that ( hrlatian ef
I ed in appeals to Viern
A ?atenea from th!a source
?
Contributions ranprintr from $1 to
? -'n poarlBg in at the
of the American Jewish Relief
Committee since the enthusiastic mass
meeting in Carnegie Hall last week.
Creer Sends Contribulion.
Loals Marshall, the chairnv.n, reads
? the following letter,
which accompanied a check from
Bishop Divid H. Creer, who fpoke at
the meeting: "I was ?orrv to have to
leave the other evening before tho col
Will you be kin?! enough to
-eck for $50 to it? I
wish 1 con ? BSaay, many times
a* much, but 1 want to ?how || ?
un I am interest?
ed in this attempt to minister to the
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the trensu: up to
ber 27 nre:
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Il DOS, and Mr. a. 1 Mr?. E.
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Belgium's Need Pressing.
If the work of the Commission for
Relief in Belgium should be inter?
rupted for one week that country
woald ?utTer n calami! rto aa?
: ; read v?h t?
.1. Heraphill at
lb, Ail r:? ?
ami clothing had
:ntion. Mr. Whltloe?
ed a i
ado "? ?? ?tribal ?
a ,n the country t?>
Rotterdam of
America Line to
- of the committal ap
. i., I'm ildent Wilson to eo
eommisaion att?
? '?n: Alexander J. II? rnphill,
?. and treaaarer; B. l
L i ? . R. Falt?n
?
i? car 8. Streue, i- ra
Il hn l'.i?ivrr W I
froi
MA;1
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enta for the tar day
?
. tnhattan to a..l Jewish wnr sof
ti.mle r.y the f
Dr. 8. Ell
of ths tag ?lay eommittee,
. ? -, bis tho? indi ?if vol
It of instruct;.ins
.the fella? li ..? " It
-,- one, rieh or poor, arithout
.?er no circum-'
? r net gii ' ? ?
not make replv to any
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CAPT. THOMAS, U S A.. TO WED
Will M?rr> Mis? Kl.anor B. Marshall,
of Conni'llsvllle, I'enn.
? aptala Reher?
:;. 'i beaui, if ths Unit. I tatas army,
it Uftk Street,
. im h'T'i to
day to marry Mis? Eleanor B. M?r
aball, of ' oniH-iisviiir. Misa Hanhall,
arha ? m\m\ Is a mem
? ;, wi-ii an? ? tmm
Y oik
O? tli"
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a i?ti?l
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II" bIm a gTBd lltl Ol ths EagiBOOr
and Mounted l.tivic? atlioola.
MASTER DANCERS' CLASS ON ?TALPIN ROOF.
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS
ASSAIL CORONER,
Suggest Inquiry Into 5,500
Pneumonia Deaths.
Robert S. Ron, of the Christian Sr-i
i 'ur.rr.tttee on Publient! for the
i.f New York, issued a atatei
rt.s of
H. Schubert on Christmas morning while
be cat
M says: "1
l -.vas a Chriatl at, the
a detective waa
put on the caso, and, according to re?
port, has been ordered to
undergo an inquest.
"In other werde, the- Coroner, whose
.1 with cases of foul
?his as he would
murder or at ' I arill SI lesvor to
hold s lible f.ir tho de- i
of oae wl ' .in ? a moro i
In Ged than in a doctor's pills
and in
"An annual report of the: State De?
partment of Health shows that there
deaths by
. In greater New York in a
single yea:
of medical treatment. If coront i
it is thell tlgste' occa
ci les of 1 ire materia
? is not employed, why do they
not act on tl at oc?
cur annually where materia medica is '
y ed.
"The absurdity and injustice of the
situation wi "le.liately appar?
ent if the present order were reversed
and penalties Inflicted upon thoie io
presumptuous as to employ In times
of need anything but Christian Science
?
CIVIL SERVICE FACES INQUIRY
Oeaualasssa Baspeeted of irreg.iiaritic-?
in Its Work.
Alrary, I'ee. T V ? ,,n of
Comn in may
be made, it was said here I
I ?
ttee, ?- : ?
of standardizing p...sit uns ami
' atete employee the committee
had found conditions which the mem
d emed warranted a thorough In?
vestigation.
I .'? r Horton, chairman of the eom
., wea In Buffalo to-night, but wai
expected to reach Albany to-morrow,
It waa Bald, hi probably **. ml I
?
r>'
flraa said then* was m complaint
* the pre'- ? : ?;, but
luapecti
? .i to b? due to the work of minor
,-,?a. -
MAN AUTO HIT IS DYING
Tailor Identllli-d by Haughter's Wed?
ding Announcement ?n Pocket.
? Samuel Berkowits, ifty, a tailor, of
;ck by an
? antomob ',. at I - IS and I42d
Bt ed 'rom
in front of a e
I Hoipital ?' I tract
\ area
arm ?
?
i hat. i ? Ml
: rben
- ami
her daughter, Ette, wi Is the
tonnet
Berkewlts was 11 I Sed by mesns
of an ann< ' tert
wedding, Which was to take place next
lay, found In bis pocket.
Baby Boy Abandoned In Subway.
u
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nal i h tire b, n fi I. iv,: .
-..1 to the
-
I
d! "I
B ill be able to give this
, than h? rm receive
from lui pnrente." Mr? MeCleliea took
tl,.- be| t? Bt John'a UoapiUl. Youkers.
BANK ROBBERS SHOT
BY MAN THEY BOUND
Victim Captures Handits with
$4,000.
Grant. Okla., Dec. 27. After having
b.en thrown into the bank vault with
his hands tied by two vouthi who to?
day lobbed the Dank of Grant of
Cashles Webb aliened out of his
ri 'errrpted the bandits and shot
Bl -i badly wounded both. The robben,
whoie names officers eava as Claude
Jones and Arthur McFnrlai.d, were
taken to jail ar Hugo to-night. Physi?
cians RMiti Jone? prt?bablv would die.
A cus'omer. who was ip the bank
when the ro*)be**s entered was driven
with the cashier into the vault, the door
of which the young robbers could not
lock. Webb loosened his hands and ai
the banuiti left the building, he pushed
out the vault door and obtained a
shotgun.
Talcing a ihort cut to the railroad
station, Webb concealed himself behind
B rile of ties. As the bandits ap?
proached Webb ordered them to put
up their hands. Thev failed to obey
and the cashier opened fire. The money
was recoven-i.
F'-rt Smith, Ark., Per. 27. Five men
entered the First National Hunk, at
Reavener, Okla. late to-day and
escaped after robbinr ths cashier of
$7,500, according to reports received
here.
TO FIGHT SNOW ORDER
Hallways Appeal to Court from Public
Sen-Ice Decree to Clear Footpaths.
The New York Consolidated Rail?
road Company, controlling twenty-sev?
en miles of eleTated tracks In Hrook
lyn and Queens County, will not obey
without a fight the order of the Pub?
lic Service Comminion to remove the
snow from the footpaths of its roads.
in moving in the Supreme Court .??*?
terduy for a writ of certiorari to re
i. action of tht commission it
was said the Consolidated company
was also acting in the interest? of the
lnterborough and the Long Island Ball*
road.
The Consolidated company was noti?
fied on November 19 of the Impending
order, which was Issued on December
I, It is alleged that bl - in opposi?
tion in this move were rejected by the
comm.ssion. It is contended by the
railroad company th.it it is impeai *
Bply with the order without en
? i ing the livea oi the ample -es
work; that it cannot spare
the men from mora important work,
Sad that the Public St nice Commis?
sion ihowcd no necessity for the w irk.
lieiidei, the company contends the or
.r is unjuit, unreaionable, unwar?
ranted and illegal.
CHINESE REBELS
FORM "REPUBLIC"
Yuan Asks France to Isolate
Them In Yunnan.
ng, Dec. 27. The revolutionists
la Yunnan declare that they are main?
taining a republic and that they have
aly legal government in China.
Tu - last Yuan Shih-Kai has Baked
the French minuter to isolate the
revolutionise by levering railway,
telt.-fc.raph ?nd mail service from
in Pu to the iea. He alio ha?
Bought permlnion to icnd troops to
Yunnan by the French railway. Hia
ita have been referred to the
Paria government.
Dee issued a statement
to-day Baying thai the revoluttenlats
were HCting or: the m. t. ken belief
that Presiden! Vui.n ha.I pro?leeS the
rriple Entente Pewers ipssisl privl?
t" tin chantre from u republic to
a monarch) ?as set sppessd b| thi-m.
ii,,- itatemsnt arges the Entente
powers tO declare that they he
interfered in Chinese Internal atfair?
and never have demanded ipecial
privil?ges.
? -. --1 A I .'.
Maurice teaching new step while
country*! experts look OH and take
li sert, Professor Louis K^? t
low, of Chicago? seventy y?ars old,
in one of his most graceful poses.
DANCERS' SHINS
DEFY BLEAK WTO
Way Station Masters Cav
Atop iMcAlpin While Shiverii
Camera Man Cranks.
It's not ev.ry day in thi
party of dancers from Pitt, burgh, H
falo and wny stations can d
?kill on the roof garden of a hig N
York hot?-!. This honor was given
the American National Association
Maaten of Dancing yeaterday m??rni
when they disported atop the McAl
under the leadership of Maurke,
grillroom pet.
What if it wer? th.? dead of winl
with a chill wind i weeping tha lo
clearing, ami on!;.- a eamsra man
hand to watch the r i ffoi 11
. the film tl
wa? to hring them fame and gt<
when flaBheil on the screen of the
eel Opry Bo
They daaeed on in spite of goo
llesh, while Maurice whistle.l A ,'. :
ata) De foi Some, but Not i
Me,'' and old Colonel Kretlow, the 01
?lancing great-grandfethei ever rat?
,n i hicag.i, thanked bis stars that
was u.- _- ? ?en socka under 1
dance pumps and that he had ne\
shaved his goatee in threescore yea
and ten.
Colonel Kretlow, whl after consu
ing the public punts yesterday mor
ing, found himself fai
was not a hit abash? 1. "Yo
what you want aboat my rubber c?
lar," he ?aid, "but 1 a S
thi?, young roller ml bor collars n
a lot dreseiei than starch one? ai
much more econ?mica'..'' The colea
would not discus? ths report that
used his dancing pumps, described
"thi softelt In the world," for loungii
slippers.
When Maurice appeared for tl
morning lesson he was quite incens?
over the stories which R. 0 BlBC
burn, B from Pittsburgh, hi
toll reporter? th?1 .lay before. BlBS
burn claimed that ho had been teac
ing MaOl s in the Sooty Ci
Ma :::ce mounted a chair and ?ai
?la beat Pai n ihrag: "If
am not teaching you anyth
there is : i ? . ?? i for me to I
time and yours." Later Blackbui
came around to say that "Maurice
ivy Idas of the finest dancer in tl
worlil." That put everybody in goc
spirits, particularly Maurice.
"i'h, in?,'' he said, magnanimousl
"profeaaional ?lancers are not such
much. Go to any dance with a lot I
Beilege beys and you will see ft doze
dancers as good as the IB tilled Pri
fessionals."
HIS MELD WINS IN COURT
Pinochle "Burglar," Ar.u-.ed by Womai
(ashes on Twelfth Draw.
r'inrp",1. with robbing tho ipartmefl
ef Mrs. Mary BaeUey, at
h Street, .lames P. Brennai
<?f the sai.'' addreaa, asaerted in th
Jeffenaa Malta
he wa? hoat in a pinocho party at th
timo of the burglary and melded twelv
laes ??? prove it.
After the twelfth estahliahment o
Brennan's claim Magistrate Simms r*
faied te hear the thirty other
mho were Waiting to explain that thei
hoat ?vu aal a burglar, but just I
pinoehl ?
Mrs, Bai ited that I rennai
mail have itolei the ?.0 worth o:
re aaa she foun?
a hat of bil
I le?.', it that it wa? anfalr for him tr
be reapoi <ihl* for a hat he wa? no
wearing, either before or at the time ol
or after ':. ? bur :iary.
FAIRY PLAY FOR CHILDREN
"Peter Rabbit in Dreamland- Coor
Christmas Fntertalnment.
The rabbit and the bear and the wo'.]
and the fox and the asean took poase?
aion of the stage of thi Lexington The
a're reaterday afternoon. And the?,
only a few of the multitude
"!' itei Rabbit in Dreamland," a fairj
BBipicea ?.I
I delightful
eut for the kiddie?, partieu
larly at thi? i?a.?on of the year. A
? of ?everal hun?ire?l, largely amateur,
rmed the pantomime for 'he tirut
tin? y?-*'., r .? mad?
un principally of children and those
wh in they had brought along.
"l'tter Babbit" wiil be repeated to?
morrow, Thursday, Friday and Satur?
day afternoon? and Friday evening, and
the profit? of the venture will be given
to charity. Six reels of "Alice in WOB<
der.and" will nil in the open date? at
the Lexington this week.
Orders Nine Million Flasks.
Wheeling, VT. \ " . HOC. gf, The
I Hasel-Atlas cii?-? Compoay, of this
?
million sis Inch gl
which ail! bs iis ! t" ran i
I food lo the British leldJers In the
[ treiehea The ablpmeal will rehuir?
| one hundred freight cars.
DIG TUNNEL UNDER STORE
Thievft i,et UBI In Inited Cigars Till
?Fermer Clerk Held.
George Taylor, twenty three, sf 21
B, was ar?
raigned yesterday in the Cates Avenue
Palles Court, ehnrged with being con
BOCted with two robbrr.es at the United
Cigar Store? Company branch, a' 753
aadAveaae. Taylor wee formerly
"mployc-i there as a clerk. He wi?
If investigation.
When Stanager ("har.es Lazarus opened
the safe yeeterduy he found it had
bien robbed of |S_1.14, the proceeds of
Sunday.
Detectives Reddy aid Wackerly
four.d that the thievei bad entered a
building several doora BWSS and tun
neled through the adjoining cellaiS
ie cigar at a c
The janitor c" r itert told the po?
lie he sau throe raen coming from on*
of the lUaea anJ they were
bruahtng dirt from their clothes. He
said he iden1.'';.* i TV. ..it it-cause he
knew him when he i ! it the store.
The first r | lees several
months ago, when MOO was itolen.
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ROUND OF DINNERS
AT WASHINGTON
Miss Lillian Hendrick Makes
Debut- -Miss Wilson to Preside
at Civic Conpress To-day.
'Bj MapafB I
BTasIl Bgtei I M tea Margtret
?V | in will pr*?;..'e at the openir* to
morrow of th< American Civic Associa?
tion's annual convention. Mill Wil?
son's chief interest is in the branch
? le\..-ed to the consideration of the
leheelhonss as a community centre.
feaeph F Thronp en
?<'ies?? at dinner
tO-night ii' honor of th.-ir son an.l
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas .
;.p.
Mr.i. Stephen B. Elkina also er.tei
tainetl a . 0 nicht foi
ha? lag sa gaost of hon^r
of Mr and
Mrs. Montgomery Blair, who will m.ik.
her debut this season. Dancing fai?
llie dinner.
. wart Hsndricb intro?
duce. I her younger daughter, Mlaa I
lian Williston Hendrica, to society ?
a tea thil afternoon at Hauscher'i.
Mrs, .tnmes I' Var. * i;uve a large
buffet lunehsen to-day for Mrs
n ; fe ef Bepieoeeta*
tive Dunn, of I. T
Mies Kanada M< n am, daughter of Dr,
Bird ?.{;*. Hart Merriam, gave h dance
to-night for M I M las De?*
othy Trout, da ugh te i of Mrs Harry U
Trout and the lato Captain Trout, U
- A;"-e wilaon, daughter sf Mr.
atitl Mn. Jo----pli \V ?Sen. ar .i n o*M Ott
th.* President, came te B i h ngtes te
day to a?sUt at the debut toa of Mis?
Lillian Hendrick, Miaa Wilson and
? uor.es attended the tea rii s a?ter
noon.
The Secretary of State and Mr? Lan
sing h-!d i at the Pan
Ameriean ' .night for the
*atea to the Lai b American Scion*
tiflc Congress, in n er.
J. Wilson Howe, of BicHaaend. n
nephew of the President, is in Wash
Ington for a few days and i-i staying a'.
?w Willard Mr-. Howe accom?
panied him.
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DIED NOT KNOWING
THE OTHER WAS NEAR
Brothers Thought Lach Was in
Another Land.
[Bf T-.-?r*4>ti to Th? T-llui-.. 1
Philadelphia, Dec. 27. Lying a few
feet apart in the same ward, two broth?
ers who had drifted into 'he Philadel?
phia General Hospital within a few
hours of each other, lulTering from
pneumonia, died within two hours yes?
terday without knowing that the other
was near. Fach brother's dying mes?
sage was to the other, who, each said,
was "somewhere in Itntish Hondura*."
The brothers TheOSOpholui Gentle,
twenty-eight years old, and John Gen?
tle, twenty-fix told the physicians that
they had been wanderers for years.
They were slated at the hospital by dif?
ferent clerks, and each left the in?
formation that in cm?- of death his
brother should be notified. Before the
ho'pital attendants diecovered the rela?
tionship the two were on the verge of
death.
STEEL TOWNS KILL BABIES
Mortality Hate Highest There, Child
Bureau Report Shows.
Washington, Dec. 27. The death
rate m the Halted States among babies
of mothers who work out-.de their
homes far exceods the infant mortality
where the mother la not so empl?
This is brought out in the annual re
port to-day of the Federal ChildieBa
Bureau, which is conducting an inquiry
into the social and economic ca-.:
bahi?s' deaths. The report shows an
average infant death rate of 1 it 1 out of
! ?very 1.000 babies in a steel making
: and coal mining town, as against a
: rate of St on* of i n ry IjOOQ Is a resi?
dential suburb. An even greater con?
trast is found be'ween the most con
? i section! and the choicest resi
! section in each of these two
communities.
Commenting upon these findings the
report says: "The more favorable the
civic and family surroundings and the
better the general conditions of life,
the more clearly are th? y reflected in
a lessened infant mortality."
The report adds, however, that it Is
Impossible to determine the re Stfvs
importance of the high death rate
among babies of working mothers un?
til it is ascertained how many mothers
work in industry.
POUCE BEAT HIS CONSCIENCE
i Robber, on Way to Surrender Himself,
Is Arrested First.
(.Bj Te.?|ra;,h M Tbm Z rl! un? ]
Ponton, Dec |t, Jetaos Itarnett, of
Hyde Park, who pleaded guilty in the
Bexhaty I ->urt to-dav to ro'ib.-ry,
told Judge Pernns th . ng the
for New York, but his
conscience bothered him. so he Ii
tra.r at Pro-.;.le: MO and
was- about to gtvi P when the
police arrested him.
Hewaschargi I with a I ing John r0n
r"M. who | it ? ek to a
charge of robbi MePherson,
. un attendant at th>- ii. iti I I te HoS
of two watches, a diamor. !
and 81.
Harr.eit was held in 82.0')0 for the
. grand jury.
GIFT STOLEN. TAKES POISON
Deipondent over the losi of 8100 he
received ai a Chriatmaa gift, Robert
Tiedemana, forty-iia years old, drank
creoaota yesterday In h.\ home. 4?o
Humboldt Street, Williamsburg He
! was on his way ?ning
? hen, at I ark Itnw an.l William Xreet,
j tw.i men lilackjroketl and robbed him
. of thl
On his rotura home Tiedemann told,
i his wife \*.hat had hai I iai?
V.'hilv
- the
creoaote, ami his groans attracted hi'?'
wife, At the Greenpoint Heepit .1 i
was taid he would probably die. '
TEUTON MUNITION
MAGAZINE FIRED
Blaze in Building Housing
3,500,000 Cartridges Put
Out by Police.
OIL FOUND ON FLOOR;
INQUIRY ORDERED
Ammunition and Several Thou?
sand Firearms Were Destined
for Kaiser's Army.
lire was eating a path early yeater
day morning toward 8.500,000 car?
tridges and aeveral thousand pisto'.?
and rifle? which were ?tore?! on th?
ground floor of 200 West Hou?ton
Street when two policemen crashed
through the dour 11 ! atopped short
the attempt of incendiaries t# destroy
the material, which wa? intende?! f??r
the German government.
Trecaa if I 1 were found neu- |
door. If the ftamet had ?pread to the
pile? of munition? the litea of many
in tenement? near by would have been
<s-er.
mas War?), watchman in an ad?
joining building, discovered the tin?.
He called Patrolmen Cheeasaa and
raid, of the Mncdougal Street
station, and the m?'n hroke
threagb a panel of the double door,
seized fire pail? and put out the flames,
which had apparently just begun.
Clarease Koche, the watehmaa of th?
Bg, was on the ?econ?' floor, end
he joined the men at once. He ?si?!
he bad been apetairs far la imur ba
fore t?-, '-i ??'1
The ammunition baa been ?tor.
the factory since an unsuccessful at?
tempt WBI made last Jun?' to ?hip the
stuff to Huron?? on a Holland-America
Line steamer. It i? ?aid that the ma
tenal wa? bought here by H. Tauschet,
of Ml Hroadw.v, who is a dealer in
gun? anil munitions, but that the
Iteamah p ?"used to accept
the contract to carry lb? m when it wa?
learneil that thl ?Itimate destination
of the arn,s wa? 0< ri'ia-'V.
A permit for Itoring tbs munition?
? ue.i by ti.?' Burean ??f Fir? Pia
veaUon to Robert roi Cliff. Mr.
i'aiiscrur ?aid rOD Cliff was ono of his
agents.
"I r?'a!ly care very little about the
whola mattor," ]
day when seen at his offlee. "It is no
Germaa i i?>t to take guna out of th?
country, becauia the Federal govern
. ill ab. '.' It. There is no
great ImportBBeS to it."
Taaacher we? asked if he thought
that friends of ths Allies ba I
<d to deetrei 'ha cartridge!. Ha said
he had no ideas inoB thl BBbjeCt and
the Ore Bight have b?-?'n oasi
The buibling !? owned by .l??hn l'a'
rick, of 50 Kdgeciiiilie A.TOBBO. Ill
; I? -?? rdaj. I ut h'n
mother said that she could think o?
no BSOtlva for sitting fire to the struct?
ure.
Hre MHr?hnl I*>nphy said that, a!
though the department wae investigat?
ing tu SIB ?as absolutely no
clew. He said there wa? ondoubtl
an eilor of leroOOBe. but he coul?! n? I
be ?uio that ell had been use?! to Bet
the fire, deopitO thl fa?'t that there
were traces of it aroun?i th?' door
The niles are of thl Springfield
tape ?rid IN of ati old pattern, of
th? en are for pistol.,
and 2,500,000 for ritle?.
Indictments Expected in
Von Rintclen Case To-day
[adietmeata are lapeeted to be re.
turv: 1 t" day by the Federal grand
jury in the reaiplrecy charges l?vele?
lag Ciptaln Frans von Rintelen. David
Lamar ami othen til th?
organization ?>f Labor's National I'earo
Council, which the government contends
?-n.
t ari E. uiii'ney. of aoaaael for La?
m,ir, retarned from Washington last
night. His mission to Washington, he
declared, had nothing to do with th?
present predicament of the "Wolf of
Wall Street"
L P. Straabe, sosrstaif of the coun?
cil, who ha? given SVtdOBce to the gov
err ment concerning the work of the
organization, it is oadortteod, has been
in no way Conner'. I with any of the
charge? of conspiracy. The testimony
read before th" grand jury, which will
reconvene to-day, covers 32,000 type?
written pages.
Sama? (?omperi and Frank Marri?
?on, of the American Federation of
Lahor, als" la PBS contribu?
tor? to the governments fund ?.f
knowledge in matten relating te 4h?>
oriranization and financing of Labor'?
; ? < ii.
Reparts Si yesterday that
the ad
delayed ?jn'il H. Baowdoi Marahsll re?
turt.s to this city nexl week. Hefore
h-? departan on Thunday laat Mr
Marshr.ll nn?l Roger B. Wood, who also
is out of town, intimated that indict?
ments would probably be returned to?
day.
German Employes to Remain,
National City Bank Declares
G. Edwin Gregory, cashier of the
National City Bank, declared yester?
day that the bank had no intention of
?iemlaaiag the twelve German em
?loye? row in the lervies of the firm,
hree m in ha?l been <\.~<
said, including r ? ii. the
rre.lr. clerk, who i? now out on ?
- i irloining pi. ? u?e
I i.erman
corspirator, who Is held in $50,000 bail.
' , re mea were l"t go several days
ago," he said, "as a safeguard to the
boni ind it? depoatton. Information
concerning their artivitiea had come to
us from the police. There was noth
irg In their lrr"gu!arit;?s or vinlatlOBa
? :' the ruV? that would warrant an ac?
tion by the state or Fedenl authori
tiea. There is nothing new In the aur
? d by the bank. The
" ndl haa brought it to pub?
lic ?ttt-nti m,
' 'A ? v ive no Intention of ?'.??misaine
C?i rrnun employes
without cau*e. Some of ti -.? men
have h? en with us f.?r twei yean,
occa?ion to .??pense
with their sen-ice- We have refuse?*
'?ven to-make public the name? of the
''l" vho were discharged after
Fchlelnll waa arrested, ?o that they
would not he handles- getting
, future employment. Some of the Uer
man? now in .n;r employ are urt nat?
uralized and some ar.' i "nan ex
traction s? ho were born in this aity."
Railroad Earnings
The following comparative ladread
rport' for November )m\.' been marl*
ublic :
aa?aa i ,-- ? a sa ? i ?.?'.. i eaaira
rr*a>* I '? I", IB?
,t*r i i3: ?iy
1 moo l'a ?. ?-.? ? - t.. II.TSS
II. nal ?i . ? .. 1 ? ??' i, m:.?;?
KurTa? Il ?< .? ?.r? tOteJil
.r.a?. ' ? - ? i
III II?
Krta k? > '.y>u ?i ?21.???5 Inert?
B). a? |:?l.|,,^i'f|', rvv? ll.I3f.tM.