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778,000 TO ENROLL
IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
t
JiicronRft of 11,000 Expected
Over IlefiflHtratlon of
LnHt Year,
75,000 IN HKUI H01TOOLS
filiortnfjo of UiilldliiKfl Mny
Compel Part Tlmo for
Soino ClnflfiOR.
Officials of the Hoard of Udurat on
to making rendy for tho reception
next week nf 771.000 pupil In the ele
mentary schools or now oru niy. u in .
expected Hint registration will reveal
nn Increase In tho five UoroiJKlm of annul
K000 over last year. About 76,000
will take up work In the IiIkIi schools, nn
incrrano ni wires or tour
hut year.
15. A. Nlfenrcksr, assistant to Super
Inlendent nf HchooU Kttlnger, Mid tho
Hoard of IMucnllon had hern promised
Inst week hy tho Building Department
that within ninety day enoush new
school conitructlon would have teen
completed to rare for tho expected In
crease nf 11,000 In tho elementnry
sohonls, F.vrn no, there remain 67,000
children who had to he placed on purl
time lnHt year. It In feared that duo lo
the uncertainty of the building situation
thern will he morn congestion In tho
schools than u year nil".
Two new schools are being erected In
Mejahnttan, seven In the llronx, ten
In Brooklyn, three In Querns and ono In
Jtlchmnnd, Of theso ten nro rxpectsd to
to ready thin fall und seven during tho
winter, The sections where tho conges
tlon will he mom felt lira Tho llronx
und tho llrownsvlllo section In Ilrooklyn,
Thero will to no shortngo of teacher.
In fact, thero ! u gopd slxrd woltlng
lint which enn' be drawn from. Tho In
cleaned salary schedules nnd thoialnck
enlnc In other opportunities for womon
workers nro probably reponlble,
Thin year the "11'J Continuation
School net goes partially Into effect,
Last year, tftider tho existing law, 7,000
children who had left school without
graduation und wtre working hnd to at
tend whool it few hour i week, This
year the enrolment of those pupils la
expected to reach 11,000,
SOLDIER SHOOTS
WIFE AND HIMSELF
Shell Shock and Gas Broke
Down His Mind. '
George litrry, a cildier, who was
ahrll shocked mid Kami twice during
the fighting In France, culled tu see hla
wife ninl "ulr six. month-old baby nt
hrr father' Inmo In l.'nlonvlllo, N. J,,
yexterduy mooting, ll.i lind been at hie
home In I.nkcsldo for month necking
rccnvory from Id wounds.
Half nn hour after he hud kissed hla
wlC both were dend, Hue hnd a bullet
Wound In he- breast and Im a hole
through tho head, He fell beside the
crib In wills') l.lu child waa sleeping, nnd
tho revolver Ik besldo him.
Wnlter U Iletflcld, prosecutor, mndo
an Invcstlg-ttluii and n;d that unques
tlonnbly l'.irry wns tompuiarlly Insano,
hla condition having Hen brouKht -on
by the suf.'olng liv enduro. from hla
Injuries.
Mrs, Tarry wns 21 yeirs of ago. They
wero married two years ago, when he
returned from France, lie wim In tho
Itegular Army and stationed nt Lake
Ide, l'a. It was his first visit homo
for several months, llcforo per mar
riage Mrs. larry wns nsslitant pou
mistress nt Inlonvllle.
DEVIL GETTING EVEN,
ROBS REV. STRATON
At Least That's the Way He
Explains Burglary.
Tho Hev. John lloach Strnton. pastor
of Calvary llaptlit Church, an
nounced last night that na u result of
his crusado hgalnst the devil and all his
works burglars broko Into hla apart
ment In 305 West Fifty-sixth street ro
cently nnd stolo tho only suit of preach
er's clothlnir that he poswessed, besides
other clothlnir belonging to him and
vnrleua gown belonging to Mrs. Strnton.
The value, of the stolen. .property, Dr.
Htruton said last nlKht In his announce
ment, Is more than 11,000.
Dr. Straton nlso announced t,h,nt this
wan the tlilrd tlmo that hla apartment
has been robbed since ho began at
tracting public notice by his fight against
tho devil, and he Is Inclined to look
upon the deprcdntlona an something In
tho nature of 'a reprisal. The minister's
announcement talso said that "twice be
fore tho devil's' gang sot Are to my
home, trying td'hurn up my wlfo and
babies, but God delivered us from them."
Too attempt nt burglary which tho min
ister haB reported to the police, how
ever, was successful,'
BOY FALLS 4 FLOORS
INTO BABY CARRIAGE
Smashes Buggy, but Escapes
With Scratched Cheek.
Joseph Vccchlo, 19 months old, rolled
off his blanket on a flro escape four
stories above tho stroet at his home,
303 East 111th street, yesterday after
noon. Instead of bouncing down the
Iron stnlrf, tho Infant plunged through
tho well 'in the flro escape nnd lilt
nothing until ho got to tho bottom.
Then ho landed In n baby carrlago
which a neighbor had left outside. The
carrlago was smashed, but Josoph got
only u scratch on ono cloek.
Tho child's mother rushed down nnd
finding him still breathing carried him
to a drug store. The pharmacist looked
tho child over, but could find nothing
tho matter except tho check wound.
An ambulance surgeon who arrived a
few minutes later confirmed tho
diagnosis. The father, Antonio,
promptly offered to buy tho neighbor
a new baby carrlago to replaco tho ono
smashed.
CHILDREN'S CAMP CLOSED.
Oatlnff Given Younnstem From
Tabercalnr Families.
The season of the Summer Day Camp,
conducted by tho New York Tuberculosis
Association In cooperation with the De
partment of Health, closed yesterday
with a final outing for the children and
some speeches by the sponsors at tho
Old Hunter's loland ManBton, I'elham
Bay Park. .
Tho mansion nnd the park were de
voted to the wclfaro work without j
charge by oraer or josepn t: jionncssy,
rnrk Commissioner of Tho Bronx. Mr.
Honnessy, Dr. Royal 8. Copcland, Dr.
John S. Billings ot the tuberculosis asso
ciation, Arthur J. O'Lcary, Assistant
Sanitary Superintendent of Tho Bronx,
and the Ilc,v. William A. Courtney wero
the other speakers.
All the children Bhowcd gains In
weight. They wero taken from homes
of tubercular parents nnd allowed to
play In the park dallyl, being brought
back homo at night. They weru given
free dinners. ,
POLICE HERE ADOPT
RAPID FIRE PISTOL
New Weapon Discharges 100
Shots in Six Seconds,
A row firearm, a machine gun In the
form of a pistol, has teen adopted by
tho Now York police Acting Captain
Charles flehofleld, head of tho Pollen
Training Hchool and commander of tho
riot battalion, received the first con
signment of Ihu guns yesterday, Ten
of them aro being purchased by tho de
partment nnd lh 400 member of tho
riot battalion will receive Instruction by
quads. In tho use pf tho now weapon,
It Is known as tho submachlno gun
and Its principal usefulness will he In
street Hots nnd In chasing automobile
thieves, The gun, In Its largest calibre,
the ,t, which Is tho one tho police will
us, weighs only seven pounds and fires
100 shout In five and ft half seconds,
Fired automatically, It can ho sprayed
llko a hose, Ily pressing nn attachment
the sun Is converted Instantly to n single
shot weapon, which can be fired as fast
as the finger ran pull tho trluger,
The gun Is the Invention of tlon, John
T Thompson, D, R M who was chief
of tho small nrms division of (ho United
fltntcs Army during Iho war, having
chnrgo of all small arms production, It
Is being manufactured by tho Auto
Ordnanco Corporation of &01 fifth ave
nue. Tho gun Is said to tho almpleM
made, It has only eleven parts,
POLICEMEN MARCH '
AT BOYS' FUNERAL
Honors Paid Two Children
Killed by Automobile.
Patrolman Kdward Tolntlng of the
West Forty-seventh street station walked
nt tho head of tho procestlon yesterday
when the fufiernl of Jimmy Wyll nnd
Harold Hchuman, both seven years old,
was held front their homo In J00 West
l'Mfty-fourth street. Tho i)oys wore
killed by nn automobllo last Tuesdny,
nnd Patrolmuu Pointing led tho coriago
nt tho request of tliolr parents, becnusn
hu had once snvt4 Harold from death
In n fire, nnd both boys took all their
troubles to him. For n long time ho hns
I.Cfii tho pnl and confident of all the noys
In the block.
Marching behind Patrolman Pointing
were nve other policemen, sent to the
funeral by Capt, James McAulcy of tho
West Kortj'-sevcnth street police station,
and behind the otllctTS enmo more than
S00 children of tho neighborhood,
dro'scd In white. Tho pallbearers for
Jimmy and Harold were twelve of their
playmates, from 6 to 13 years old, and
In . thu ltomnn Catholic Church of Ht.
Ambrose a bos' choir sang tho requiem,
Tho streets through which the cortege
marched were lined with neighbors nnd
friends of tho Wylles and tho H-hu-mans
nnd the police kept nil t radio off
the streets during the funeral.
Tho other four boys who wero hurt
by the samv automobllo thnt killed
Jimmy and Harold nro In it critical con
dition In llooscvclt Hospital, Two of
them mny die,
POLICE AND FIREMEN
ASK FOR $2,500 A YEAR
Claims of 14,000 to Be Heard
by Board of Estimate.
Fourteen thousand patrolmen nnd fire
men have tiled with tho llonrd nf Katl
mate and Apportionment a petition for a
sulnry of 12,600 a year, effective Jan
uary 1, 1021, The petition Is signed on
behalf of the putrolmcn by Joseph J'.
Moron, president of tho Patrolmen's
Ilencvolcnt Association, nnd on hchnlf of
thu firemen by Albert E. Guinness,
president of the Uniformed Firemen's
Association. ,
Police Commissioner Itlchard K. En
right and Fire Commissioner Thornm J,
Drcnnau will appenr beforo tho Ponrd
of Estimate to-day to discuss lh" pro
posed Increaso In salaries. The petition
pled with' tho bonrd says!
"Wo do not believe It Is necessary to
present any facts or figures on thu cost
of living or tho wages paid My private
corporations for work Involving less
hours a day and no risk to Ufa and
limb. Such facta and figures are np
parent to nil ofllclnla and cltlxcnn. We
havo learned by personal experience In
all parts of the city that tho taxpayers
and tho peoplo In gcnernl are willing to
give the patrolmen nnd firemen a salary
sufllclcnt to cnnble them to live prop
erly." The salary paid to patrolmen and fire
men, slnco thO Increases which went
Into effuct August 20, Is I2.2S0 u year.
ENRIQHT'S CAR IN COLLISION.
Dr. Dayton Rets Huiuniniin After
Ills AutnmoMle In Wrecked.
An automobllo owned by Police Com
missioner Itlchard E. Knrlght, In which
ho wes riding, wns In collision early
yesterday morning with nn automobllo
driven by Dr. Chnrles It. Dayton of 132
Herkimer street, Ilrooklyn. Tho nccl
dent occurred at Pacific street and New
York avenue, Ilrooklyn, the Commis
sioner's car turning from New York
avenue Into Paclflo street and crashing
Into tho physician's cir, which was
wrecked,
Immediately after tho accident Com
missioner Enrlght's chnuffeur, Detective
Sorgcant Desire, handed to Dr. Dayton
u summons to appear In tho dates ave
nue court, presumably to-day. Dr. Day
ton procured e camera from a nearby
drug store, and, according to a state
ment made by Dr. Charles Soldel, from
whom ho purchased the camera, he In
tends to suo the Commissioner, Neither
Mr. Enrlght nor Dr. Dayton would dis
cuss the accident.
SEARCH FOR "COL." BETTS.
Noted .Iportuninn In Wanted to
Fncr Chnrite of rinmbllne.
A police search Is on for "Col." Lou
lUtts, ono of the best known sportsmen
of Lcng Island, who was Indicted laBt
week by the Nnssau county Orand Jury
ns n gambler. District Attorney Charles
It. Weeks of Nassau county asked tho
New York police to find "Col." Detts
nfter the sporting man had failed to
appear at his office.
Mr. Weeks Bald counsel for "Col."
Hetts had promised to produce his client
nt any tlmo and ho had sot 2 o'clock
Thursday afternoon for tho examination.
Counsel came, but Betts did not, ac
cording to Mr. Weeks. "Col." Betts Is
said to have run King's Cottage at Hew
lett. The Indictment grew out of John
Doo proceedings, beforo Justice Town
send Scudder at Mincola which closed
lost week. "Col." Betts Is about CO
years old, G feet 6 Inches tall, nnd
weighs 195 pounds. He has gray hair
and a gray mustache. His wife, suing
for divorce In 1908, referred to him as
"tho king of gamblers."
$3,000 JEWEL ROBBERY.
Anothejr In I.ontr Series of Borough
Park Thefts.
While Jacob J. Hartmnnn, an Insur
ance broker, of 4822 Eleventh avenue,
Brooklyn, was away from home with
his family Thursday, buixlars entered
nnd stolq Jewelry valued at J3.000. The
pollen of the Fourth avenuo station In
Brooklyn Jld not make known the rob
bery, but It Vas confirmed yesterday by
Mr. Hartmnnn.
The robbory Is one of a scries In the
Borough Pnrk section of Brooklyn
within the last fortnight
THE SUN AND
inxnno
) UUHAIW
LIKELY ACQUITTED
Sorffcnnt O'Karo In Not Locked
Up After Court-Mnrtlnl nt
(JovornorH Inland.
YOIIK'H CASE ENDED SOON
Defondiint'fl Testimony Differs
From Tlmt of Friend nnd
Couimel of Slncker.
f
Sergeant John O'Hnre, thirteen year
an army sergeant nnd with twenty yearn
of service, wns not taken Into custody
at the does nf his court-martial yester
day ,at Clovornors Island ror mo escape
. ...II TtLII:.
ot Hmver ueveianu )icriiiiii inim
delphlu draft evader, This was taken
to Indicate an acnulttnl,
Sergeant Calvin York,, who with
O'Hnro took Uorgdoll to 'Philadelphia on
tho way to lliiirerstown. Md won tried
In less than twenty minutes, nnd II la
bolleved wns acipiltted. Tho findings of
the court mut go to Washington for
review,
Sergeant O'Hnro told n clear, direct
story which varied In soma details from
the testimony of Judge James Itomlg ot
Philadelphia, a friend of the Ilergdolla,
and i:, Clarence Olbboney of Ilergdoll's
counsel. O'Hnro denied having mild
that tho automobile which met tho party
at Philadelphia was In need of repairs.
Ho imlil although he never had ridden
In ii passenger automobllo before, tho
car seemed to bo working properly. They
took n long rldo beforo going to the
llergdoll homo nnd nt no tlmo did
O'Haro sen n mrchanlo nt work on tho
car or Imvo nny cnuw to bellovo It wns
working faultily. O'llaro testified that
the party waited thirty hours lit tno
Uorgdoll home, nnd that tho delay was
made neocssury by thu failure of Q lb
bonny to communicate nny other ar
rangements to him,
llergdoll escaped through a second
door In n room to which ha had retired
and which wns locked when Sergeant
O'Hnro tried It earlier In tho day, uc-
cording to his testimony. Just before
the1 escnpn ho said llergdoll, who hith
erto had been perfectly composed, np
peared to bo nervous, nnd walked up and
down tho floor sovernl times,
llefore tho court-martia board retired
to determlno upon a verdict Lieut,
Thomas I.. Heffernnn, summing up, asked
the court to remember that tho Wnr De
partment, former Ilrlg.-Oen, Ansell nnd
l.leiit.-C'ol, Hunt, commander of the dis
ciplinary prison nt Governors Island, hnd
been duped by the plan, nnd In these
circumstances It wan not remarkable that
an cnllited man had been taken In,
I.leut,-C'ol. Charles Cresson, Anslstant
Judge Advocate Ueneral un tho stuff nf
(len. Dullard, testified thut thn Depart
ment of Justice had Information of a
plot Ho enable llergdoll to escape months
neforu May 21, when tho flight took
place. This Information was not given
to the Wnr Department, so far as he
knew. I.lcut.-Col. Crusson said the plot
hinged on nn attempt to obtain n writ of
habeas corpus as soon ns the prisoner ar
rived in miinrtcipiiiii nnd contained tho
statement, the witness said, "that llrlg.
Gen. Ansell Is to see nbout that."
. M. SMITH SUED
ON CRUELTY CHARGE
Wife Seeks Separation From
Kailroad Supply Man.
Edgar M. Smith, vice-president of the
Q. and C. Company, 90 West street,
dealers In railroad supplies, nnd n mem
ber of tho Engineers, University und Old
Colony clubs, wns numed defendant yes
terday In n Supremo Court action for
separation.
Mrs. Nannlo I. Smith, who lives nt 29
Clarcmont avenue, charges him with
having treated her cruelly slnco 1911,
They wero married In 1S98 nt Newton-
vllle. Mass., nnd have three children.
Carolyn 8. Tnlcott, n daughter, mar
ried last January, Is living nt Kes
wick, Va. Itlchard, ll, and E. Ilyam,
12, aro with their mother.
In her complaint sho declares thnt
she Is now destltuto nnd III. Her hus
band had allowed her $350 n month,
prior to time sho filed the nctlnn, and
this sum sho says l necessary for the
support and maintenance of herself and
her sons. Sho says that her husband
receives 16,000 drawing nccount nnd a
shnro of tho company's profits.
In nn Itemized nccount ot her hus
band's alleged "cruelty" Mrs. Smith
charges htm with having choked her and
with having torn her gown at a theatre.
Ono summer, whllo they wero stopping
at their cottngo In Nantucket, she says,
her husband threw her out to tho porch.
At another time, when sho protested
against her daughter meeting a certnln
woman, Mr. Smith said sho wnH "a big
blister."
Mr. Smith donles her charges of
abandonment nnd cruelty.
LEAPS TO HER DEATH
TO PREVENT ARREST
Woman Fatally Injured in
Jump From Window.
A woman who could rut endure tho
mortification of nrrcst Jumped early
yesterday morning .rom n aoMond story
window of a house nt 155 East Fifty
sixth street, whero sho rcr.tod n room
a .week ago.
Detocttvo Mouchner of Iho vlco squad
of Inapc:tui' i&mucl Helton said his sus
picions wero nroused by the nctlons of
the woman and ho followed her home.
He knocked m tho door nid Informed
her sho w.vi under nrroit
"It will Jlsgraco my mother and sis
ter," he laid the woman explained.
Sho closed tho door nnd ran to a win
dow. Tho detective followed, but he
was not fast enough, alio had, Jumped
to tho. yard. Sho died In Hcllcvuo Hos
pital. Tho polloo said tho woman n namo was
Mrs. May Walsh. A search of tho room
failed to yield nny Information regard
ing her relatives. She wan nbout 36
years old.
MEDAL IS GIVEN HERO.
City Kniployrr Honored for Hes
cne ol 1'our Children.
Henry H. Curran, Borough President
of Manhattan, awarded a medal last
night to John nusscll, an employee of
tho engineering division, at the annual
summer nigius iesivai oi mo em
ployees of tho offlco or tho Manhattan
iloroueh President. The medal was
voted by Russell's fellow empoyees be
cause of his rescuo last July of four
children playing on a rnft In the North
Illver when It swiriea into tne cnannci.
Two of the children foil off.
Tho entertainment was held at Man
hattan Casino, to raise funds for the
welfare work dono from tho Borough
President's office.
Stettlnltii to Leave Hospital.
Edward B. Stettlnlus, of J. P. Morgan
ft Co., who underwent on operation for
appendicitis nt Booscvolt Hospital re- i
tently. will be taken homo to-day or '
to-morrow, It was said nt the hospital
yeiterlny.
MEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTgagElg,
ATTACKS METHODS
. OP DRY LAW AGENTS
Court Holds Search Without
Warrant Is Illegal.
Judas Oarvln of the United States
District Court In Ilrooklyn handed down
n ftclolon yesterday Attacking tho prac
tice ot trying persons accused ot violat
ing tho VolsKAd act on Informations,
In the case of Harold W. Quarltlus of
2138 linckaway avnnue, Ilrooklyn,
brought Into court on Information filed
by the United Stales DUtrlrt Attorney,
Judge Oarvln held lhat tho nctlnn of the
prohibition enforcement ugents In
searching Quarltlus' saloon without a
warrant was a clear violation of the
Fourth Amendment to tho Constitution,
"No conviction could ho had upon
avldonca so obtained," en Id Judge Mar
vin, 'The rights guaranteed lo thu pro
nlu by tho Fourth Amendmont cannot
bo dliregarded, As n part of tho funda
mental law of tho land they wero
granted iu n safeguard against opprei,
slon, Informations cannot ho grnnlrd
In the present caso, as sufficient subrtnu
t n evidence has not been Adduced,"
On July 15 n wnrrnrit was Issued for
Iho arrest or quiirltlui nnd nnothcr for
the arrest of his bartender, John
'J'rnlnnr. They word nrrulgnud beforo a
United HtateH Commissioner, but wern
discharged on tho ground thnt when tho
enforcement agents asked for a drink
In tho saloon It was refused nnd thnt
thry then proceeded to search the place
nnd seized a quantity of liquor without
i search warrant, The District Attorney
then filed Informations against them In
tho United Stales District Court, hut
they requested a hearing nn tho grant,
lug of tho Informations, Judge Garvin's
doclilon wus upon this hearing,
AMMONIA DRIVES
GUESTS FROM HOTEL
Escaping Fumes in Marlbor
ough Cause Excitement.
Ammonia funum escaping from it
broken pipe In tho cellar tit the Hotel
Marlborough, IJroadwny nnd Thirty
sixth streot, last night drovo nnrn than
a hundred persons from tho dining room
and cabaret, Tho fumrn penetrated tu
tho first lloor ot the hotel beforo they
wero shut off by firemen. Tho hotel
corridors for a tlnm wero crowded with
excited patrons und ntorcs for n block
In either direction of tho hotel wero
forced to closo their doors until tho nlr
hnd cleared.
Tho leak was discovered by Edward
Smith, engineer of tho hotel, who tried
to enter tho basement und close the
pipes, but was driven buck by the fumes,
Almeat Immediately tho nmmonla per
mealed tho kitchen, dining room, cabaret
and the hallways.
' A flru alarm was turned In by a
steivnrd, Deputv Battalion Chief John
F. King refused 'to allow hln men to
enter tho basement -and summoned the
rcrcuo squad, The members of the
squad, wearing oxygen helmets, lowered.
tnomreives tiirougn u shaft nnd tumed
off tho nmmonla nt tho condenser. He
serves from the West Thirtieth street
pollco station wero called to keep back
Iho crowds that gathered In llroadway.
SOLDIER SOLICITED
MONE.Y FOR PRAYERS
Wounded Veteran Wins Free
dom in Court.
Ills slm'pli story of hlr exploits In the
war won fr'edom yesterday for Samuel
Sapllo when ho was arraigned In tho
Gates Avenuo Court. Ilrooklyn. charged
with soliciting money In tho streets. Tho
soldier presented to Magistrate Dodd a
elation for bravery signed by Qen.
''(rshlng.
",I vlanted to Ret funds to pay for a
mass to bo said by tho priests of fit.
Lucy's Church for my dead comrades
In France," Snpllo said, "I served four
teen montlH nnd was wounded seven
teen times, I got th.i Idea when I was
lying six months, In f, hospital getting
over a wound In tho head. I pru'yed to
fit. I.uoy thnt If ever ,1 got well I
would pny for n nnuis for tho men of
n v outfit who were kdled In action."
Thn soldier snld ho ' had been em
ployed on the II. It. T. nnd lost his Job
through the strike, To admitted he In
tended keeping his fii.nily a few dajs
njt of tho proceeds ef his collections,
Tho Magistrate told Sapllo ho might so
licit for thn mass among his friends,
Vtt not publicly.
AUTOMOBILES KILL
TWO MORE CHILDREN
Score of Persons Hurt Also in
Motor Accidents.
Two children wero killed nnd n scoro
ot persons were Injured In automobllo
accidents yesterday. Thn dead nro Anna
Carlmcnn, six years old, of 341 East
107th street, and Joseph Krnljlc, nged
Ave, nf 170 West street. Both were
playing In front of ,thelr homes when
they wore run down, Daniel M. Sulll.
van of 22 Newton nvAnue, Astoria,
driver of the car that killed the' KrolJIe
boy, was locked np oh n homicide
charge. Thcro was no arrest In tho
other rnso, In which the automobile wns
driven by Andrew McKenna of 203 But
ler street, White Plains.
Both legs of Frank Klug, 6 years old,
of 331 E.ist Korty-nlkth street, wero
broken when he was run down by nn
nutomobllo truck near his home. Tho
driver, Alfred Ferrlgo, of Elmhurst, U
I., took the boy to Dcltovue Hospital
on tho truck.
Holen Scully. 3 yearn old, ot 560 West
F.lfty-second street, wus knocked over by
nn automobllo when crossing tho street
and It Is feared sho may havo n frac
tured skull. Tho driver, Addison Austin,
of Nonvnlk, Conn., wns held on a chnrgo
of felonious assault,'
Thcro wero many other accidents
causing minor Injuries,
TElLLS 'KING CHARLES'
IT'S ABDICATION TIME
Lunn Says He Is Serious in
Letter to Tammany Boss.
Signing himself Vour Bebelllnus Rub
Jcct," Mnyor Oeorgo It. I.unn, Insurgent
candidate for the Democratic Senate
nomination, addcaiscd last night a letter
to tho "Boss" of Tammany Hall, whom
ho nddressed ns: "King CharlcB F. Mur
phy. Your Mnjosty."
"It Is with no deslro to bo facetious
that 1 thus address you," wrote Mr.
Lunn. "It Is to express on tho part of
a rebellious subject from tho up-Stnto
country my contempt for tho autocratic
power assumed and exercised by your
self In matters pertaining to the Demo
cratic party, r am Interested In our
party. I wnnt to sco It grow, do
olop uid win victories. I pray you lot
mo make a hunfble suggestion as to
how you can tremendously help the Dem
ocratic party.
"Abdicate Iho throno which you havo
set up during these years, nnd from
which you seek to utter nnd In most
cases do utter, tho final word that de
cides the most Important nnd vital mat
ters that havo to do with tho organisa
tion. Do this, King Chnrles, and your re
belllous subject submitting this appeal
will be. Joined by a multltudo ot others
In acclaiming you as ono of tho most
self-sacrificing Democrats In the history
of New Vork politic."
JOKER REVEALED IN
FOREST HILLS LEASE
Tennnt ArIch Court to Strike
Out Owner's Privilege to
Cancel Itonownl.
OirAHOEN 40 P. 0. PIIOFIT
Ilrooklyn Protest Commltteo
floffl Eneourngement From
Mnyor'u Board Counflol.
Hamuel Chandler, a tenant In Iho
Onrdens Apnrlments, Forest Hill". I""
stituted yesterday a nupreme Court ac
tion for reformation of his lease. The
MM is a test one, many tenants being
interested In tho outcome,
When lie leased hui Apartment of the
Gardens Apartments, Inc., In 1017. for
n period of flvn years ,t 106 a month, lie
assert that ho was Informed by tho
owner, or his agent, thnt tho lesse con
talned n ronewnl clausu nt the old rent.
Be says that ha has slnco learned that
tho lease contains a clause permitting
thn Inndlord to revoke tho renewal pro
i.i.inn un wnntN this clause, stricken
cut, because ho hns received notice that
tno landlord wants 1825 a month for
his npartment at the oxptration of nw
lease.
Chandler rstlmntea that there nro
600,000 families In New York city who
fcro hard put to find a place to live.
He alleges thot tho aportment house i In
which he lives wus assessed at UOO.OOO
In 1018 and that the proposed ronts will
yield an annual Income equal to 10 per
cent, of this valuation.
A committee representing fifty-six
tenantH of flvn npartment houses on
Huvcnty-flfth ntrret, Brooklyn, wero en
couraged yesterday on appearing bcMro
Julius P. Wilson, counsel for tho Mnyor s
Committed on Kent Profiteering, to hear
him express tho opinion that a Justice
of the Municipal Court would giro them
a year'H cxtumdon of tenancy If they
laid their landlord u 10 per cent. In
crease, Tho houses havo been owned, by Max
Qoldberg of Chicago slnco August 15,
and hi ngents hero Jacked up tho rents
to 30 a room, Tho ngents demanded
nn Incrcnse of ii per cent, over present
rate nnd submitted figures to the com
mltteo In Justification of Iho Increase.
Mr. Wilson said that ho thought a 10
per ceht Increase would bo held num-
clent by tho courts,
In the West HMO yourv
Magistrate Max I.cvlno held Mr. and
Mrs, Thomas Mnhoney under bonds ot
1500 each to keep tho peace for six
months. Twenty tennnOi in no npun
where Mnhoney Is Janitor, testlded that
ho and his wife hnd ohoved them nbout
and abused them beyond endurnnco. A
slitant District Attorney K. P. Kllron
t stifled that ho hatl made a flyo day
Investigation of the charges and that he
had nearly been driven to vlolcnco b
tho vllo language Mahoney used,
ENJOINS CHARGING
OF $1.40 GAS RATE
Justice Scudder Holds P. S. C.
Cannot Fix Levy.
Justice Townscnd 8cudder, In the Su
premo Court. Brooklyn, granted an in
junction yenterdny restraining the
Brooklyn Borough Ons Company from
charging $1.40 por thousand cubic feet
ot gas to Its customero in mo iniriy
flrst Ward of Brooklyn, which Includes
Flatlaiyls nnd Coney Island.
Application ror ino injunction wnn
mndo by Gerald Mnrrell of 20tl Hast
Thirteenth street. The Injunction nlso
restrains tho company from entering
the homo of Mr. Morrell to adjust his
gas meter, In order to compensato for
tho difference between tho previous rate
of (1.15 nnd the present rate of Jl.40.
Justlcu Scudder holds that tho Public
Service Commission hnd no Authority lo
fix either ot the en rates, despite the fr.ct
that the eighty cent gas dispute has been
set asldo by tho higher courts on the
ground that tho law wao confiscatory
nnd unconstitutional.
Justice Hcuddor at tho same time
granted permission to tho City of Now
York to Intervene as a plcjntlff and
suggested that the city bring nctlon ao
trustee to hnvn thn gas rate fixed. The
courts, he said, havo tho right to fix
thu rate, and thn compnny as well ns
tho city may bring r. court nctlon for
tlia samo purpose.
"It Is my conclusion," reads tho de
elslon. "that thn Public BcrvUo Commls
slon had no powir to make tho order
fixing a rate for defendant In excess of
tho stntutory muxlmum, nlthough tho
statutory ratn was adjudged confisca
tory nnd void.
"I am nlso of tho opinion that the al
legation In tho complaint that the SI, 10
rata Is unjust, unreasonable, excessive
nnd exorbitant and is morn than suffi
cient reasonably to compensate tho de
fendant Is
a pleadable conclusion of
fnct."
BROOKLYN TROLLEY
BOYS' PLAYTHING
Strikebreakers Abandon Car
on Switch.
It's a poor strike 'Hint doesn't plcaso
somebody.
When tho strikebreaking motorman
nnd conductor on u Ynnderbllt. nvenue
car hit tho wrong switch last night nnd
wont careening through Brooklyn where
ever rambling mils led thorn, they be
came disgusted with the vicissitudes of
life In the bohiugh beyond tho bridge,
and quit, leaving the inr In Park ave
nue, near Marcy avenue. They took
wllh them all the small change which In
preN'lous dnya went o tho company.
Hardly able to bellovo their good for
tune, a crew of tmall boys manned tho
car, Thero wtro soon fifty-two ambi
tious motormen, Hovernl hundred conduc
tors nnd absolutely no passengers. The,
conductors rnng up enough fares to re
movo tho B. It. T. from the depths of
bankruptcy to tho heights of nflluence.
They ran tho enr back and fortli, each
motorman scrapping manfully for con
trol. They did all tho things Bmnll boys
with large Imaginations could dn to u
renl sure 'nough trolley, '
Then tho good times ended with tho
arrival of tho cops. They shooed away
tho boys and held down the wandering
trolley until nn emergency crew arrived.
POLK TO ENTER N. Y. LAW FIRM
I'ormrr Under Secretary of State
Ilccome Partner October 1.
Frank I Polk, formerly Under Sec
retary of State, will enter tho law firm
of Stetson, Jennings & BusbuH on Octo
ber 1. Announcement of tho new part
nership wca made last evening. Mr.
Polk resigned his Federal post In June.
He was appointed counsellor ot the de
partment In 1015 and Inter became As
sistant Becrefnry of State.
When Congress created last winter tho
office of Under Secretary of State Mr.
Polk was chosen for tho position. He
was r. member ot tho .American delega
tion' to tho iieaco conferenro, and nf,ter
the return of President Wilson and Sec
retary Lansing continued negotiations
for tho United States until the closo of
the conference.
nrrrxnv nncnv MAnF
UI.IIVUI.UUUUI
CAPTAIN OF POLICE
14 Other Officers and 12 Pa
trolmen, Promoted.
Lieut, George Ilusby, attached to thn
detscllvo bureau, who won promotion In
army service to the rank of Major, was
madn a cnptnln of policy yesterday by
VAN
THE RESULT COUNTS MOST
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. here at last is something very choice,
This superior quality is due to many reasons. The filler
is all of cspecially'Selcctcd choice Havana; Ripe mami
facturing experience contributes workmanship beyond
the common kind. , )
But the reasons will , not interest you anywhere as
mucji as the result the very choice result.
Nothing goes higher than an Eagle in quality"
Look for the colored display sign of &Kjfe$fit(
It distinguishes the dealer with an Eagle-eye for style.
EAGLE HATS For Dealers
order oi Pollco Commlsslonei Enrlght.
Tho promotion was ono ot twenty-ooven
announced from headquarters nnd wm
made possible hy n ruling of tho Cor
poration Counsel suspending the regul.
lions regarding Appointment from tho
civil service list, ' . ,. , ,
Meut, Ilusby wan on the old captaincy
eligibility list which was t'""'',2
during his war service hy civil nervlro
tests, Ho contended thot h should !
promoted In tho department from tho
expired list, no he did not Iiavo tlmo to
familiarize himself with technical
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changes In departmental rtdmlnlitHtlon
adopted during hi nbienve,
Lieut, llenjamln Austin received word
of hi promotion to captain on hi fifiy
second birthday, III father in a num.
her of tho iorce, an I hla ott, J,(i,t
Theodora D, Miller, a member ef o,,
force ilnce 1110, nnd Mem .mrr
Hyf, aIo twenty-four yrars In d'lrt
ment service, wero madn captain-,
Eleven sergeant wero made llemti,
nnt, and twelve patrolmen - ni ,i fl
Ihem world war vrteratis wr , h
vanced tn sergeants,
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