Newspaper Page Text
*fir\M% The Slippery Pinnacle ? There is always room , at the Top. And it is ? partly because the people in sleepy pos ; sei-V-m of that emi ! nence are continually falling off. Cross Duvetyn Bag Blarh. blue, tan, brown or ?MM*??* shade?. Attractive sVk lining*, fit? ted with framed silk rein purs? and o'fn hed mirror. Celluloid frame ?*?i inches Icnff. bao 7*6. inchvs ***9 .425.65 Croas Bill Fold Tan genuine piffakin, > alft'mn Untnp, tilk~Un>'d bin parket, fa'ra carm pockets, four H-kt. gold comer?. Sise: **4x4 Snrhe? folded.... $J J.1J Initial? ?tamped vi?t,o**t chsu-po. Cn>ne Writing Bex Shown open and clonad. BUff bio* %'X pad. ample npn. ? underneath for ?tationery, pens, etc. Olassd calf' ?Kin leather, border desiffn of gaf? tooUnp. 8U?; U%xli% incXsa. Vn?tt?4L...?. .?..?M.-SlfLOO Oen "Wemk-Enf Cas* ?fi ? h rs-?? For_ women. Suit ~ca** rf?jti?rn. lBlarU or calorad morocco toother til*? Un in ff, shirred podket insida cover, tissai H, t? inches. $41.50, $46.45 Initial? ?tamp?d without otW**, Cresa "Victoria" Bos , rar s**-?*??**?. Block or colorad mo? rocco leather^ ?ilk lining, two poch? st? inaide. Two sises: H, it tnohaa, $41.50. $44.80 stomp??! iritAsrut cA Tie Worlifs Greateit U?tk*r Store* New T?rk 404 Fifth At* (At nth attest) Boston 145 Tremont 5t. 253 Broadway 'Opp. cUn UaU) London 8*- Regent St. Dealers Throughout the World [Democrats Halt Naval Inquiry Plans of Hale ! Filibuster Threatened to Hold Up Resolution Gill* ing for Legal Counsel and Also Clerical Assistance Medals for Enlisted Men | Heroic Action by Seamen, J J as Well as the Officers, Says Secretary in Awards WASHINGTON', Jan. 26.~-Democratf ? opposition blocked action to-day 01 , the resolution introduced by Senate i Hale, Republican, Maine, authorizin* ! employment of legal counsel and cleri c:i! assis'ance for the sub-committei investigating naval awards and tb< navy's conduct of the war. Senator Hale, who is chairman o the subcommittee, late to-day brough I the resolution before the Senate fo: ? the third time, with a request foi i immediate consideration. A threatenei : Democratic filibuster, led by Senator! ! Pittnian of Nevada and Walsh of Mon tana caused him to withdraw Mie re ! quest, with the announcement that h< i would make it airain to-morrow. Secretary Dar.iels, who had been ex pected to appear before the committe? ?Thursday, notified Chairman Hah j to-day that it would be more cor. venient for him to begin his testimonj : on Friday, and the next session was j set for that day. Daniels Makes I'ublic a Letter To-night Secretary Daniels mud' i public a letter to Chairman Hale of j the Senate sub-committee investigat j ir.g naval war decoration award-, trans ? mitting a list of awards made to en i listed men of the service by the Secre? tary, without reference to the Knigh' j modal award board. It consists of ?twelve awards of distinguished servie. | medals, the only instances Mr. Daniels 'explained, of such awards to enlisted 'men. and 144 Navy Cross awards. Chairman Hale was informed also that n list of awards to officers made j by direction of the Secretary "without ! the action of the board" was being ?compiled and would be transmitted I when compieted, as the Senator hnd I rcr'tiesteil. ! Secretary Daniel-, in his letter, said ?that when the report of the board of i awards reached him he noticed "that j out. of ?V.iO.OOO men in the naval service 11 during the war only about lis enlisted men had been recommended for the I Navy Cross and none had been recom? mended for the Distinguished Seiwicc ' ! Medal." "1 know." Mr. Daniels's letter con j tinued, "that there were reports of brave,and heroic action by many en? listed men as well as by many officers. ' I directed a study of these reports be i made, and as a result of this partial study directed that Distinguished Serv? ice Medals and Navj Crosses be . awarded." Mr. Daniel? recalled his order rall ? ing upon the entire service personnel | to report instances of courage or un? usual service within their knowledge, j and add-*d : * "Many men whose deeds are yet un ! reported will be rewarded. N'o final : .action would be just without t.he in? formation and recommendations re quested from a? officers arid men in ? the service." Citations accompanying the Mst of awards transmitted show that th<> medals have hern awarded not only to men on snip- in the war zone but also i to several members of ?he naval bos pita! unit which served with th<* \ia rine Brigade in France. One award i a to Joseph B. McCriskan, Washington, Ind., pharmacist's mate on the Man ' etta, who stuck to his post in the sick? bay during the influenza ?pid?mie in 1918 until he succumbed to the disease himself; another to Osmond K. Ingram, Pratt City, Ala., gunner's mate aboard ' the destroyer Cassin, who was blown to pieces while, trying to dispose of depth charges whpn the vessel was struck by an enemy torpedo Another posthumous award was to John V. Mailon, Brooklyn, seammi, who ! remained on duty as signal man on watch on the bridge of the trawler Bulklov, 8iink by 8 mine, and went down , with the ?hip. Gunnery Sergeant Emil Wiman, Marine Corps, observer in the marine aviation force, Fiance, also was awarded a medal for having made four flights over a party of besieged French troops at low aititude and under heavy fire to drop them food packages, an? also for attacking twelve enemy scout i planea, shooting down one and himself finally being brought down in the Bel? gian front line trenches. Awards of crosses were made for ? : great variety of exceptional services. j many of them to members of the armed i guard detachments on merchant craft : attacked by enemy ?submarine?. Australia to Build Great Dam SYDNEY, Deo. 26. One of the largest irrigation dams in the world Is to be built across the Murray River, the largest In Australia. It is to bo named the Hume dam hnd erected at Mitta Mitta, on the island between Victoria and New South Wales. The irrigation scheme will benefit three states. Cor?on&Dibrar?i ?-- Real ?? ObanceMabmaude * ?_ ASK FOR and GET Hoiiick's Tho ?Original Malted Milk ?a&??ri&A.*??te!*. i Wm. E. Finley Is Acquitted Politician Cleared of Charge of Aiding Gunmen PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26.- Wm. E. Finley, an executive officer of the Re-, publican city committee and a member of the new City Council, was acquitted by a jury to-night of the charge of conspiring to aid in the'flight of New York gunmen after one of them had shot and killod u policeman during the primary election tight In the Fifth Ward of this city in Septer.her, 1017. The jury had been out more than forty eight hours. It was alleged by Samuel J. Maloney, the representative'* of a detective agency, that he received a $1,000 bill through the mails to pay the expenses of the gunmen, in Philadelphia and that it came from Finley. Finley denied the charge. Three Are Rescued From Boat Caught Iii Lower Bay Ice ? Policeman Swims 250 Fee! Through Freezing Water f to Ill-Fated Yawl Just t as Patrol Brings Help r ?. AH the hardships and perils of n dash to the pole and all the valor of a relief expedition wire reproduced ' early yesterday when Knute Ander? son, Join? Foben and Louis Larson, of , Port Thompson, N. J,, ?rot out in the 1 , Dun. an open yawl with a small engine, ! to go from the Lank ford dry dock, at Port Thompron, to Johnson's coal yard at West Brighton, S. I. The three men had "et out about 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon, and were well oui in the Lower Bay when they found themselves wedged in between : heavy masses of ice, exposed to the cold and tho heavy gale, with the ! water coming over tho side of the small boat. For several hours they drifted with the ice, the water in the boat mounting until it was up to their ', knees. During the evening they reached a point off West Brighton, and And r son, sighting some one on shore, shout : ed his home telephone number, with a request to telephone his wife of hi* predicament. After waiting several hour- in vain for help to come fron; ?this message, drenched with wut?r and half frozen, Anderson started to crawl over the ici' floes to the shore. At about 11:30 o'clock Robert Lank ford, owner of the Dan. failing to heat j of the arrival of '.he launch, had askec ' Police Headquarters to have the ma ; rine division look for the launch, in 'the vicinity of Staten Island. It wa? a? ? result of this request that Patrol? man Hans Anderson, of Patrol Launch No. 1, was sen: by land to Wort Brig h ton, when he :. rrivi d j u :t a Knute Anderson reached Uk shore after his trip over the ice cakes. Patrolman Anderson, with a rope tied around his body, started out over :' r> ice to rescue the two men left in 'he boat, lie had not gone more that fifty feet when the ice floes parted be? neath his feet and he was plunge?; into the icy waters. Ahead of him lay a ?trip of el par water, about 25C feet wide, leading to the launch, and ?his dis'am-' Anderson ?warn, getting aboard 'he launch with Larsen am Folien. At about . o'clock yesterday morn mg the police Ftcamer Patrol, ir charge of Sergeant George Ellis brought, final rollet to fh<* Dan by cut :mg a way throng;', the it o to 'hi little yawl nnrj taking the three mer aboard the Patrol. I'm- men wer? warmed in the engine room of th< Patrol, given dry clothes and sent !.. 11 eir home; lilt!? ? ???? - :. tin i .!???'? exi i'i( i ??". Pal rolman Ander son reported back for work after get tirg a dry uniform. Flu Fighters Expect 3,000 Cases To-day Contlnnr?! from pne? 1 Mighty-seventh Street, diod yesterday of pneumonia which followed an at? tack of influenza. Norria had been ??mploycd in the department since 190t$. and Dr. Copeland said his loss would be felt keenly. Six Department Heads III Six heads of city departments were reported ill yesterday. They are Philip Berolzheimer, City Chamberlain: Charles L. Craig, City Comptroller; Francis D. Gallatin, Park Commis? sioner for Manhattan and Richmond; Grover A. Whalen, Commissioner of Plant and Structures; Jacob A. Can? tor, president of the Department of Taxes and Assessments, and Frank Mann, Tenement. House Commissioner. Mr. Berolzheimer is Bt St- Luke's Hospital preparing to submit to an operation. Ail the others are said to; be suffering from influenza. Warden John J. Hartley said at. the Tombs last night that seventy-one eases of influenza had developed among prisoners. Fifty-one of these cases are in isolation wards at Bellcvue. I Twenty milder cases are being treated in the institution by Dr. Frank McGuire, attached to the prison. If these lat? ter eases l'ail to respond to treatment within twenty-four hours they will be removed to IJellevue. Six keepers attached to the prison ?Iso are down with influenza. Warden llanley himself is recovering from a slight attack of the malady. The total population of the Tombs s -100 men and thirty-six women. All lie influenza patients are men. Dr.; McGuire ha? all the prisoners under ibservation. ? Tnree parts of the Court of General Sessions in the Criminal Courts Build? ing felt the epidemic yesterday. Part 11 did not. function because Judge Otto A. Rosalsky is ill. In Part. Ill the trial of Adriano A. Herra, charged with burglary, scheduled for yesterday afternoon, was postponed because Ramon Rodriguez, chief witness for the prosecution, is in Bellevuc Hos? pital seriously ill. The trial of George Lewis, charged with the murder of Thomas ("Tanner") Smith, was called off in Part V, General Sessions, when Robert Moor", counsel for the defendant, informed Judge Wadham.? that his client was ill. Swann's Force Also Suffers The District Attorney's offlice also : hit by the epidemic. District Attorney Swann said last night these assistant district attorneys had influenza: Theo? dore L. Waugh, John T. Dooling, Jnmes J. Wallace, Fdwin P. Kilrne and .L.nv Korrester. There was a large ?rathorin'r of so cial workers ?it the Health Department in the afternoon and beginning to-day practically all of the activities of these '?enters will be directed from th Health Department Building, 505 Pearl Street. ("flices have been established there Coi the following: Miss Lillian Wald, m the Henry Street settlement, who . chairman of the Nurses Emergnncj Council; Miss Anne Goodrich, Teach is College; Miss Elizabeth (ire'*-..:. Health Department uipcrintendent of nurses; Miss Jane Hitchcock, bur'',in ? ;' information of the Atlantic ?'i- ?sion American Red Cross; Miss lane Pincus, Community Council; Mi'<s Indc Albaugh. American Red Cross; Vliss Mary Arnold. Child Welfare A ? ,oeia< ion. "Their function will It* to consoli late nnd coordinate the activities ? ?;' he various volunteer nursing orear* > ?'ion.*, social settlement! and all ither relief agencies." Dr. Copeland 'xplaincd, "There is so innrh work to bi lone ?ha! it *voiiId he nothing short if :riminal to permit any duplication ??. ?ffort or 'ost motion. 1 can sai* ? < Influenza Akin To Winter Colds ALBANY, Jan. 26.?Except for the occurrence of the com? paratively small number of se , vere types of influenza in New York City, there is no reason to regard the present prevalence of winter colds, which frequently ! are followed by pneumonia, as i differing in extent and character from those annually occurring; at f this season, Dr. Hermann M. Briggs, .State Commissioner of Health, said to-night. New York people now that every last ? agency that can aid us has been ? hitched up to the machinery of the Health Department." Schools to Remain Open . Dr. Copeland declared that the schools will be kept open, "even if every school teacher becomes ill." He said, if necessary, he would hire enter taincrs to amuse the children. Ex? plaining this attitude, he said: I "We have 1.000,000 school children in ' New York, and 700,000 of them come ? from tenement homes. We know what : tenement homes are, with a dozen per- ? sons crowded into a couple of rooms. : The mothers of those children love tl*em just as much as I love mine, but; they me not so well informed. When a child comes to school the teachers are in duty bound to look him over for the very apparent symptoms of influenza.; Then they send the child home, and the case is reported to this department. An inspector is sent to the home, and ' if. in his judgment, the parents are not' able to give the little patient the bust of care, he urges them to send the child to a hospital. "If wc could have the same control. of the entire 0,000.000 population of New York, there would not be any in? fluenza epidemic." Doubts Value of Whisky About whisky, Dr. Copcland said: "There have been so many distorted statements made by newspapers outside the state and abroad regarding my at tltude toward the use of whisky in in? fluenza, that I consider it necessary to make ?i formal statement. "A ! through the epidemic of 1918 and up to the present moment I have never recommended whisky as a pre v?ntative of influenza. Personally, I do not consider it of any value in the prevention and treatment of influenza. There are certain stages of pneumonia vvl . ? imu lat ion is neces ?ary, and mai v reputable physicians look upon whi ky or brandy as the liest drug for this purpose. As Health Commissioner it i. not my business to advise treat ment or to. criticize tho methods oi treatment of any disease; it is my busi? ness to prevent disease. I do feel, however, since reputable practitioners of medicine are asking for whisky for legitimate use in the treatment of cer? tain stages of pnemonia, that whisk;. ihotild be made available, and for this p nson ! have urged drug stores to k''rr: whisky in stock exactly as they kcej other drugs in stock, and I have aske< tho Prohibition Commissioner to cui ?red tape' so far as may be possible an? to facilitate the efforts of sneh physi ciana as are in the habit or' depending upon whisky in the treatment of pneu monia. ?ceci Cross worker:, of the Atlanti* Divi ?on ivcre busy yesterdaj d?.>'r;,o?t ng i upplies to these points which hav been designated as health centers b; the Board of Health in the presen on: l**l West 145th Street, 30 !.Ve ? ! ; . ?;. ' hird St reet, 128 Princ ?* : :? ?? ." ? I 1'. room?? St reel. 'II Eas rentli Street. 439 Hast, Fifty-sevent! Street and 811 Pleasant Avenue. ?hoit time after the Health Depart nient had divided the city nto thes ones n mple quantit ?es o w^ Almost 2,000 Miles of Cables for you have been laid beneath the streets of Manhattan to carry the million and a quarter average dai?y horse-power hours of electrical energy from the generating plant of The United Electric Light and Power Co. to your homes, your shops, your offices and your factories. ?I Laid across country, the cable would reach from New York to Denver. But ft is bet? ter disposed through an intricate network ?an artery system, as it were?of under? ground cables reaching here, there, every? where, to be of service to you. Connected through substations to the central power plant, a reliable supply of electrical energy is insured for your every conceivable light, heat and power need. Our engineers will gladly explain this dis? tribution and the desirability of electrical energy for every commercial and domestic purpose. Their service will entail neither cost nor obligation to you. nited Electric Power Co. %\0 East icth St Generating Station Weat 201st Street and Harlem River District Of?icea and Show Rooms 89th Street and Broadwaj 14<*th Street and Broadway i blankota, towels, sheets, pillow cases [ apron?, pajamas, nightgown?, abaorb : ent cotton, gauze, paper drinking cups and other nick room equipment were on the way from the Ited Cross ware? houses to the- addresses. Arrangements are completa for plac? ing the entire strength of the Red Cross behind the Health Department i $500,000 Granted For "Flu'Inquiry "Moonshine91 and Soda Is Remedy in South, Says Senator Overman h'"r York Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. - A join resolution carrying $500,000 to investi? gate the cause of influenza and to nid : in preventive measures against the i malady wan adopted to-day by the Senate after brief debate and without ' n record vote. The original resolution, introduced by Senator Harding, Rep?blica:., of Ohio, ? last July, called for $5,000,000, but the ? Committee on Public Health, to which it wna referred, cut this amount to $1, UOO.000, and tho Senate to-day reduced it to $600,000. The resolution recites that 560,000 deaths were caused in the last influenza epidemic, and says itj cause should be investigated, together with allied diseases, notably pneu? monia. The War, Navy and Treasury departments arc to he utilized jointly through the personnel and facilities o? the medical branche* of the army and navy and public health service. The resolution was brought to the attention of the Senate by Senator France, of Maryland, chairman of the Public Health Committee, who urged prompt adoption because of the influ? enza epidemic. Objection was made by Senator King, of Utah, but when Sen? ator France asked that he be permitted to read a letter from Secretary Glass of the Treasury, the Utah Senator with In his letter Mr. Glass referred to thi' new outbreak of influenza and it 3 rapid spread in cities, with the danger I to the rest of the country. He urged the necessity for immediate action on ' the plan to give funds for investigation of the cause, mode of" transmission, and , ways in which to combat the disease ' and prevent its extension. The Secre ' tary said the proper fund of the public I health service virtually is exhaused. Senator Townsend, of Michigan, ssid ?I would be a crime to refuse an ap~ propriation if it were to be employed usefully. Senator King explained hts protest by saying that the proposal was an? other effort to multiply the activities of the government, and said that the Pub lie Health Service has become an autocracy which is seeking "to coddle the people and take over the duties which belong to parents, to local com? munities and to -tare";." After Senator France had explained that $1,500,000 had boon spent last year in influenza investigation Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, and Senator Rmoot, of Utah, made further objec- j lion. Senator Smoot paid if the money were granted by Congres? it would "bol used largely in sending physicians on t.r p? throughout the country and not in a*" McCreery's Cnglt?F Clothes TAILORED IN AMERICA FOR JAMES M c CREER Y * CO M PAN', having them care for the sick in com? munities where the disease existed." "It is well within the facts, I think." . said Senator Smoot, "when I say thai nothing in particular has 'nee;-, deve! I oped by the investigation except *.,.?'. the authorities have instructed people ? to keep warm and that they must be fed." . Senator Overman announced that he was informed that the mountaineer: of his state. North Carolina, have discov? ered a remedy for influenza. ' 1 -vaut to *eii this for the benefit of the in\ * tigators," said Mr. Overman. "I am in? formed that common baking soda will cure the malady, that many cures have been made with it, and that as a result of using this specific 'hey no iongei have any deaths in that region on ac? count of this disease. I presume they us-- a little 'moonshine' along with it.'1 Hrazil Quarantines Ships To Avert "Flit'* Epidemic RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. "6. The. gov? ernment of Brazil is taking energetic measures to prevent a repetition of th< disastrous influenza epidemic of l9iS Ail ships from suspected ports am* vessels whose condition is consid?rer unsanitary are compelled to go into quarantine. The f'ritish steamship Parro, frorr Liverpool and Lisbon, and the Italia: liner He. Vjttoria, from Genoa and waj ports, arrived to-day with eas?'s of in fluenza aboard and were placed undet strict quarantine. The posf.office au? thorities have refused to handle mai matter until after it has b<*en disin fected. Chicago Deaths Grow, Neiv Cases Decrease i 20 States Are Swept CHICAGO, Jan. 2i..- Although the number of death- from pneumonia ani nfluenza reported here to-day was the greatest since the epidemic began Health Commissioner Robertson . coi idenl that the marked decrease in tin lumber of new eases reported indicate? i wane ?.>*" the disease. In flu en 7,-1 is prevalent get:era;S, hroughout twenty states. Those ir vhich a great number of cases have leen repor'ed include: New York Massachusetts, Illinois, Ohio, Ncrt1 Dakota, California, Texa? \u. florida, Georgia. Kansas id.h ?1 nnesi ta and Wyoming ' Io*a* A recui rence of ,: -. but D, ? :,.: M K "?"of Heap *,"? '."? "nothing ? c to warn ta" ,?? of ano .; ", , ....??--. " es< ' irginia i ., ties were . ked by Dr ? P Tr*5?0thwi* Wheeling, to relax :...?,. r*2 P?; >' might b? obSdT physicians to . ght influcna n? ? Te*. L?n^r81 ?n ,he ^und7tht ' ' ' ' '"" '?-r to act. Raid Big Moonahiue Plant ?U. S. Agents Seize Seven Still, ?>ear Birmingham, Ala. BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Ja, 26 Th largest "moonshine" establi.hmant en, found in Alabama, composed of Sere stills. ranging in capacity from 125 to ?250 gallons, was discovered a-d de stroyed by prohibition enforcement ?r ftcers Sunday in the hills ne? pX? twenty miles south 0f here. ' Ihe raiding officers destroyed I?juwi gallons of mash and arrested?.^ .^i*,:"!s "cr'? " fu? bier ?. ne raiders rari -jp0r them TJ>? V fleers said it wa? from this 4,w that I .rmingham's SUpp*v oiP'V, liquor has been coming.1!; bring, $S a gallon here now. ' ? Williaimport Passe? As "lumber Citv" , WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., .T8n .*6 ' ?ast log cut, Williamsport ha-T?..,,* as a lambe,- center. One big K company has moved to Sheffield m'h to be the ereatest hardwood timber tract in :ne rast. This 19 eXp?ted t last fifteen years. For many years Williamsport ???? Known as the "lumber city." Churchgoers Gel Free Rj<j, HEMET, Calif., Jan. 28.-A free rid, \ ,rUno,ay serviced is an Induce? ment offered by th" i;<- y \ ?," pastor of the Heraet M ?' ....*, ;.' A motor bus traverses the outlyint districts of Hemet every Sunday raoi ing and take-- to church everybc-dy who has no otl er means o going; I ??. jftankUn Simon & d?. Fifth Avenue, 37th and 38th Streets Fir?h to Introduce KJ iX H? JL Hi vJ l-J l\SnJ Hi IN SPRING BLOUSES For Women and Misses A Neiv Silk with the Charm of Georgette Crepe, with all its Softness, Much of its Sheerness, Less of its Transparency ||^E?| NEW fabric for Spring?Crepe Glac?? feml?|? adds to the charm of Crepe Georgette the M???Jl?i virtue of a more opaque material; it is more substantial without looking so, and looks just as evanescent without bein& so. In color, in fineness, in clin&in& softness, it is the same, but foregoes the chief fault of the older fabric?that of showing too plainly what is worn under it. c?hree New Models in Crepe Glace Blouses 18.50 Tax .36 The pretty fancy of short sleeves is particularly smart in these new models. In two of the models the short overblouse is cleverly achieved by a tied girdle arrangement instead of by a peplum, so that, these blouses of Crepe Glac? have the formality of a one-piece costume instead of the unsatisfactory effect of a separate waist and skirt. Rose, &reen, Co? penhagen, blue, &old, or &ray are the colors. FEMININE BLOUSE SHOP-Third Floor TEMPORARY BUSINESS HOURS'. 9.30 A. M. to b.00 P M