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DI ED.

CRoSSEY.-on Friday. Nay .. 1919. James crossey
In his Ssth year, beloved husband Of Catherine
CROSBY nee DAILY. and father Of Msrg sret and
the Rev. John I. Crossey.
Funeral nom his late residence. 67S Tenth av..
Monday. Nay II. At 10 A. NJ; thence to the
Holy Cross Church. West Aed 81. Omit flowers.
1nterment in Calvary.
NuLDooN.-CecilIs, last surviving daughter Of
the late James and Ann Muldoon. and grand.
daughter OF the late Philp and Hannah o Bnen
On May Q. At her residence. ia East 9TH ST.
Remains at the home OF her aunt. Mrs. Ellen
T. Mckinley.
Requiem mass a. the Holy Rosary Church, iia'n
st.. near Pleasant av.. has been postponed n
Monday. May II. at 10 O'Clock. Relatives
and friends are invited to attend
PRICE.-on Thursday afternoon. At his resideae.
10 this city. In bis aSth year. pr. Thomas
Randolph Price Of Columbia College.
Funeral services will be held al Trinity Church
Sunday afternoon. May 10, at o'clock.
~ special meeting OF the Executiv.
Council Of The virginiaps. society
composed OF former residents OF that STATE
now living In New York. the following
minute was adopted and spread upon the
records Of the Society:
In view OF the death OF their Vice Governor.
Prof. Thomas r. Price. Phi. D.. The virein,an.
are moved by their affection aud admiration
for their late associate. TO testify their appre
citation OF his genius and character
His learning. especially In tho classics and N
the early English literature, sufrced to dis
tinsuish him among the scholars OF the countr!
while his discourscs on the topics Of his chosen
studies gave him renk among writer's OF hlsn
repute.
To our familiar observation he seemed devoid Of
every Vice and TO he ehdued with every virtue
conducive to the happiness OF mankind,
Withal he was eraccd with the sweetest disposi
ton and every charm ~ presence
The loss OF his coupanionsn'p mto us irreparablr
but his example remains TO beckon us along
the same noble career.
ROGER 4. PRYOR, Governor.
r. Z. L. LEWIS. Corresponding Secretary
Thursday. MAJ :. at his resi-
dence. - West Ssth ST., of heart failure. George
G. Williams. In the nth year OF hts age
Funeral services will be- held At st Bartbolo-
news Church. Madison av and 1%th ST.. on
Sunday afternoon. May 10. at 10 o clock
wILMoT.-on May I. 1908 c. wIlmo,.
Funeral from his late residence, Aia An1asrdam
sy., 81 IL NJ TO-DAY
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receipts have advanced by leaps and
bounds. Any woll-informcd official OF the
postal service will tell you that the sole
reason for this lies In the modern methods
for the collection q the revenues. the safe
guarding Of the Governments interests,
the new regulations with regard to premium
publications and second-class matter. and
q host OF other reforms which have been
introduced. ,.--.
But the trouble has been that, however
great the increase IN revenues might De,
the increase in expenditures was gre1ter.
There Is no doubt In my mind that money
was absolutely thrown away; that the sal
airy and allowance division was ineHclIsab bly,
extravagant; that rural free delivery routes
were established without any other reason
than the desires Of Senators, and Nepre-
sentatives In Congress ana whore the ''lc
and distribution Of the p9pnlation did not
require such s"rv'ce, aud that ~ general
the Department has been honcyconpei
with lrregularlt'es and incic'hts OF IneA-
cusaDle extravaganza "h'c'I mas prevented
its becoming sei-s,istainIhg
but predict that the next hscal year
VIII see the 'DePaitinc,t WITH ail its eh-
penses paid ana ,nfiinon nCl!ars 70 '1s
credt IN the hlted states treasury; ~
may De tnouRht that this Is an optimistic
Preolcuoh; blt u Is iouhden on nsures ana
iacts fonowing me conclusion OF lhih
invSeuRauoh theIe %lll De sreiat economy
- the salary arid allowance di'lsiqll ana
N we Tree oenveIy d.ViS,oh. !hstead
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on LEAKING SHIP WITHOUT FOOD
Crew Of the james Slater Frustrated When
They Reach Port.

Special Cable Despatch TO THE SUN
SAN JUAN, p. R.. May s.-The schooner
James Slater which left Savan-la
Mar, Jamaica, on April with a cargo OF
logwood for New York. was compelled to
enter here yesterday. On April II. during
heavy squall she broke her jib and gaff
topsails and sprung a leak. The water
filled the vessels hold at the rate Of eight
inches an hour The crew were compelled
to work at the pumps night and day until
their arrival here
The schooner was OF Hatteras on April
20 when she encountered storm which
forced her to head for ST. Thomas for re-
pairs. The supplies of provisions and
water became exhausted. and the crew OF
six urged the captain to put in here When
the vessel arrived at San Juan the men,
including Capt, Petersen, were famished
and suffering from exposure. The men
were so exhausted by their exertions and
lack Of food that they were Frustrated when
the Slater came to anchor
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CANAL INVESTIGATORS BACK.
Won't Tell What They Saw TIL They Re.
port to the President.

Rear Admiral John G. Walker, Gen.
Peter {. Hams and Prof. W. H. Burr of
Columbia University, the members of the
old Isthmian Canal Commission, who were
recently appointed by President Roosevelt
as special committee to make an inspec-
ton OF the Panama Canal work, return ed
from the Isthmus yesterday on tie steamship
Allianca.
The committee sailed from New York
on April 8, arriving week later at Colon
where they made their headquarters for
fifteen days while they travelled up and
down the Isthmus, sizing up the big ditch.
They were companied by Major W. NJ.
Black Of the En- gineer Corps with two
assistants and Victor NJ. Newton, an official
of the Panama Railroad Company. Major
Black and his men are still on the Isthmus
completing some details of he inspection
The Commissioners declined to go into
any discussion of their findings or Of the
general situation on the Isthmus. One of
them said:
I'VE went TO Panama solely to look over
the canal work under Instructions from the
President, and our report will be submitted
to him in due time. Everything appeared
to be going on satisfactorily. but that's
about all there is to say"
Rear Admiral Walker and Gen. Hams
started South shortly after their arrival.
Admiral Walker went to Washington, where
he lives, and he will transmit the committees
report to the President
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MYERS SOCIETIES POLICY.
To Give the Police Information and Warn
Them to Use 1t.

At the annual meeting yesterday Of the
New York Society for the Enforcement
Of the Criminal Law. whose operations
have been principally in Brooklyn the
following officers were elected, viz. The
Rev. Cortland Myers, d. D.. president;
John r. Walker, counsel; Edward Insley,
secretary; William E. Tise, treasurer; e1-
ecutive committee. John R. Walker, chair
man, the Rev. George BUCKLE. D. D., Thomas
H. Weinhold, William A. Kloeppel, Edward
1nsley and William f. Tise.
The following resolution was adopted:
That the policy OF this organization Is
that the counsel Of this corporation procure
the proper evidence against the different
places in which the criminal law s vio-
lated; that he present the fact OF such vio-
lation, and the places in which violations
exist, in writing, to inspectors and captains
in whose districts and precincts said viola
tions exist. with notice that unless they are
suppressed within week, raids will be
made by this society's agents and com
plants made against delinquent officials
TO Police Commissioner Greene"
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HOLD-UP OF NEGRO CARRIER
All Free Delivery Routes to he Abolished
Where Carriers Are Inundated.

WASHINGTON. May s.-Postmaster-Ge Gen.
cral Payne has decided to abolish the rural.
free delivery route in Tennessee upon which
the carrier. a negro. was held up by masked
armed men near Gallatin last Wednesday
and compelled to agree not TO serve any
longer. Mr.. Payne will deal in a similar
manner with al! such cases Of intimidation
of negro postal employees His statement
to this effect is emphatic.
Representative John Wesley Gaines of
Tennessee has this to say concerning negro
mail carriers in rural communities in the
South:
-The farmer leaves his house early in the
morning and goes out on his farm, often
on Of sight and beyond the reach and call
Of his wife. The children go to school, a
mile away. and the wife is left alone with
the babies and spends the day until II
clock without any male companion to
protect her, In the afternoon the farmer
returns to his work again, leaving his wife
defencaless.
Knowing the characteristics of the
negro and his recently intensified luminosity
toward the whites because OF the late dis
clsson of the negro question and the negro
episodes in high places. the wife and the
husband, too are in a state of distress
when they realize that a negro, whether
he is mail carrier or not IL walking about
through the neighborhood
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Thanks French President.

Special Cable Dsspoteh to TEE sun
PARIS, May Seen. Horace Porter, the
American Ambassador to France, has writ
ten letter to M. DecassA, the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, in behalf Of Rear Admiral
Cotton, the commander Of the American
European feet, and himself, in which be
asks the Minister to convey their thanks to
President I.oubet for the courteous and
warm reception. hospitality and considera-
ton shown the Admiral during the recent
visit Of King Edward.
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HELP FOR KISHENEY VICTIMS.
EAST SIDE JEWS RAISE S12. 900
FOR MASSACRE SUFFERERS.

More Than o. 900 Sent Yesterday to Hell
Those Lett Destitute BY Russian Out
bFeak-Chinaman Oners Beno
ut Performance In DOyers Street
The Jews OF the lower East Side are
carrying their dollars, their dimes and theil
pennies to the State Bank. in Grand street
where they are received by Arnold Kohn
the vice-president and forwarded to Russia
for the relief OF the families which suffered
from the wholesale massacre of Jews in
Kishenev the capital OF Bessarabia. Ur
to and including yesterday the East Side
had subscribed $4,000 to the relief fund
and that is only the beginning.
Mr.. kohn cabled 10000 rubles, or about
$500, to Odessa yesterday. From Odessa
the money will be sent to the presidents
Of the two Jewish congregations in the
Bessarabian capital and by them dis
tributed among the sufferers.
A despatch from Kishenev, received yes
terday morning via Odessa, stated that
more than hundred Jewish women and
children, as well as some who we're not
Jews and whose only crime, so far as is
known, was that they sought to defend
helpless Jews when attacked, have been
killed and 1000 have been MANNED.
From what can be learned the cause OF
the first trouble was sto ry that somebody
circulated to the effect that q Christian
boy had been killed by some Jews Of Dubois
sary that they might use his blood in the
observance Of rites in connection with the
Passover.
Jews all over the country have been
stirred by the occurrence and Mr.. Kohn
learned yesterday that subscriptions 70.
the sufferers have already been started
in Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburg and
Scranton. In New York besides the in
dividual subscriptions, the managers OF
the Jewish theatres have arranged benefit
performances for the fund. These perform
ances will begin this evening at the Windsor
Theatre, where new play. specially written
for the occasion, entitled The Destruction
Of Kishenev," will be produced. Mayor
Low has promised to attend.
A Chinese merchant, whose United States
range, at his own expense, a Kishenev
benefit performance to be given at the
Chinese Theatre. S and Doyer street, on
Monday evening. Congressman Goldfogle
and Judge John Henry Mccarthy will at
tend the performance and make addresses.
"The whole East Side has become aroused
over this thing said Mr.. Kohn yester-
dav afternoon. Mothers, with babies in
their arms, come in here with silver dollars,
quarters, dimes and even nickels to give
TO the fund. Everybody, no matter how
THE remarkable thing about 1t is the
in kishenev. Few Of them can read Eng
fish and many cannot read at all. Yet there
is hardly an East Side Jew who does know
what has happened. And they have learned
it by the news being passed from mouth
to mouth. Now everybody wants to help"
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BICYCLE CLUES RUN DOWN.
MURDER or MISS STURTEVANT
STILL A MYSTERY.

Case Against Italian Laborer Arrested
Very weak-Reward OF $500 OTeret
by Medford-Neither the Handbas
BosToN, May s.-The murder OF Miss
Nellie Sturtevant Of Medford late Wednes
day night is apparently no nearer solution
tonight than II was twenty-four hours
ago. Barring the fact that Tomasso LON.
bardi, an Italian laborer. was arrest ed
here carly vest erday morning because he
was found riding bicycle on Causeway
street, the officers have taken no steps
that seem to indicate that they are on the
track Of the murderer
Chief Of Police Holmes Of Medford said
tonight
We have not found the missing handbag
or the revolver with which the shooting
was done. No ore would be able to identify
a suspect II we did arrest another one
The case against Lombardi Is very weak
and II he does not confess there will be
nothing to do but let him 60"
rs there any truth in the report that a
resident Of Medford is suspected OF the
crime?" was asked
None at all. was the reply, -and as to
these stories that have come to us about
men being seen on bicycles late Wednes-
day night in several sections Of this city
and in the neighboring towns, can only
say that we have run them all down and
found there WAS nothing in any Of them.
There is nothing in the talk Of neighbour
hood feud. so far as we can learn"
With only bicycle as clue to the iden-
tity Of the murderer the Medford and State
police working upon the case have hard
task before them,
The description Of the man as given by
Mr.. Sturtevant is very hazy one as would
be natural where person saw his daughter
shot down in almost a seconds time under
the dim light of an incandescent lamp,
twenty-five feet away and on foggy night
As TO Lombardi the statement of the
Stutevants, that the murderer used good
English when he yelled, Hands up" to
the daughter, is. in itself, almost sufficient
to warrant his release from custody, for
the Italian has been in this country less
than two years. and speaks the language
very poorly.
The Medford authorities have offered
reward Of $500 for the arrest Of the muir
derer. The theory is that the shooting
was done by some man possessed Of an
intimate knowledge of Mr.. Sturtevant's
business relations and who knew that he
was treasurer of the Medford Cooperative
Bank.
Seeing him carry home a handbag on
each night Of the monthly meeting Of the
institution, it is believed the robber formed
the conclusion that the days receipts were
taken to the Sturtevant home and laid his
plans to capture the bag.
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Tho Weather.

The high pressure area yesterday covered all
the country north OF Tennessee and Georgia and
east OF the Mississippi River. The weather In
this section was fair and generally cooler In the
morning.
In the central and east Cult States. thence north .
west TO Montana. the pressure was low and the
weather cloudy and showcry. The storm, which
was showing some force In the Gulf States, had
partly dissipated. II was warmer 10 all the Cen
trail States and somewhat cooler In the extreme
Northwest, but there no free zng temperatures
or frost reported and none indicated.
In this city the day was fair and slightly warmer
with fresh northerly winds: average humidity.
IS per cent; barometer, corrected 10 read 10 sea
level. al q A. NJ, so.l5 p. NJ. soil.
The temperature yesterday ~ recorded By the
ofcial thermometer 10 shown 10 the anne xed table:
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TURKEY WITHDRAWs NOTE.
Forced BY Russia and Austria TO Recognize
BulSaria's Protest.

Special Gable Dispatches 10 THE SUN.
LoNr"N. May s.-A despatch from Con-
stantinoplo says that Turkey. as a result
Of representations by Austria and Russia,
has withdrawn the note to Bulgaria, which
the latter country resented
VIENNA. May s.-Advices received from
Constantinople via Belgrade state that
another important discovery has been
made at the Turkish capital OF far.reach.
ing plot against Turkey. There is great
apprehension of prompt military action by
Turkey against Bulgaria il the Macedonian
outrages continue.
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Accountants.

Wanted - Staff Manager for
Audit Company in Eastern city.
Practically no travelling. Salts
factory terms to one capable of
handling accounting force and
editing reports. Replies conf
dental. Address
A, box 200 Sun office.
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CROTON DAM NOT IN DANGER
PARTS or 1T, HOWEVER, NAY
HAVE TO BE REBUILT.
Chief Engineer Hin OF the Aqueduct
Commission Wants TO Make Further
Investigation Of the FOundati0n-A
Consulting Expert to Aid Him.

SOHSutWB LApcTt 70 Au HI"
The alarming reports which were first
heard more than a year ago concerning
| the stability Of the new Croton dam have
been revived. When W. r. Hill succeeded
Alphonse Fteley as chief engineer to the
Aqueduct Commission Mr.. Hill found that
solid masonry wall had been used for
four-ffths Of the dam and that the rest
consisted OF a core WALL banked with
earth. This was placed at the southern
end OF the dam 1t was constructed OF
masonry about eighteen feet thick at the
base and banked on both sides. Before a
proper foundation for the core could be
reached it was found necessary to dig.
in some parts. as deep as ninety feet
Mr.. Hill satisfied himself that even at
this depth the foundation wasn't strong
enough and recommended that the core
wall should be replaced with solid mas
onry structure.
He reported that the core wall was built
upon natural limestone foundation, which
was disntegrating. Mr.. Hills advice has
been, followed and the insecure wall is
now being torn away.
Mr.. Hill also secured the services of
biologists to determine the character of
the rock upon which the new masonry
- W 10 puiit. ~ WAC tlu5 IdCt, IL Is uuOeT-
stood, which led to a renewal of the fear
that the dam as whole is insecure.
In report made yesterday to the AQue-
duct Commissioners Mr.. Hill says that,
while further examinations are desirable,
and more rebuilding may be necessary,
it does not follow that the stability of the
main part OF the dam is involved. In re-
Spouse to request Of Mr.. Hills the COM
mission yesterday appointed Prof. William
h. Burr OF Columbia University as con-
sulting expert
MIR. Hills report has this to say Of the
Prof. Kemp of Columbia and Prof Steven
son Of the New York University
In their reports the insecure and unstable
character Of the formation underlying the
core wall Is shown, In certain locations
" is stated that the material was found
so soft that II runs with water like sand"
ana that 1t is uncertain how far down the dis
past. They find the condition OF the founda-
ton Of Gate House No / and the ad Joining
portions OF the old aeueduct as deserving
very serious consideration" These last men,
TONED portions of the STRUCTURE are south
partly removed.
AS result of these investigations it may
be necessary to remove and reconstruct
Gate House No, and small portions OF the
adjoining sections Of the old aqueduct and
TO make further geological and engineering
examinations.
The, conditions to which call your atten-
ton do not necessarily involve the stability
OF the main portions. of the dam There
may be leakage under the masonry but
there Is no evidence of 1t and the Investigation
suggested will set at rest any doubts on this
point.
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Movements OF Naval yesseI,.

WASHINGTON, May s.-The battleship
Iowa and the supply ship Culgoa have ar
rived at the Brooklyn navy yard, the
cruiser Newark at Buenos Ayres and the
cruiser Albany at Genoa. The training
ship Prairie has sailed from Hampton
Roads for Annapolis, the collier Sterling
from Portsmouth,, N. H., for Lambert's
Point. Va, and tho gunboat Wasp from
Key West for Havana.
The torpedo boat destroyer Hull will be
placed in commission at the League Island
Navy Yard next week.
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NOT A JOKE on KAISER,
Use Of His Features In Statue Of Daniel in
Accordance With Old Gust ON.

Special Gable Despateh to THE SUN
BERLIN, May s.-The explanation offered
by the architect OF the appearance of tho
features Of the Kaiser in the face Of the
Prophet Daniel on the facade Of the Metz
Cathedral is that 1t is in accordance with
a usage which was formerly common as
sort of homage. and that it is not joke OF
questionable taste. The features Of EN-.
peror William I. can be found on many
Berlin monuments
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DOG INVADED HOSPITAL.
When Attendants Put Him Out His Mistress
Went Out With Him.

While Mrs. Emma Gerlach, Of sol Scholes
street, Williamsburg. was cleaning windows
from ladder in front Of the house at 10 Cook
street. yesterday. abe fell and broke her
left elbow. DR.. Jennings came with an
ambulance from st. Catharine's Hospital.
Mrs Gerlach refused to 60 to the hospital
ard the doctor went away. An hour later
80 much that she decided to 60 to the hos.
pital A big Newfoundland dog accom-
panied her.
When they got inside the institution the
dog shifted around and entered a ward
dog barked and scared the patients. Then
the doctors undertook to eject the animal.
II was difficult task and angered Mrs.
Gerlach She became 90 denionstrative
that she was requested to leave. which
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Volunteer LAfe sayers save q BOY.

Harold Grant. 10 years old. Of rs Nine
tenth street, Brooklyn. fell overheard
from Hegemans dock at the foot Of Third
avenue, Fort Hamilton, yesterday after
four Of the members Of the United States
Volunteer Life Saving crew
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The Marquette Sails fer New York.

Special Cable Despafeh 10 THB Sun
SOUTHAMPTON, May s.-The Atlantic
transport steamship Marquette, which
collided in the channel last Tuesday morn.
ing with the North German Lloyd steam
ship Preussen. completed repairs last night
and sailed for New York to-day.
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Special Cable Dtspofcb 10 THE SUN.
GLASGOW, May s.-The oS-foot cutter
Khama, recently purchased. by j. Sey-
mour Hyde of New York. and which sailed
nearly a week ago. returned to the Clyde
to-day because Of stress Of weather.
When the yacht was forty miles Of Tuscan
her jib was torn to ribbors, her running
gear choked and the decks swept. No
one was in jured.
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WARRINGTON FORECAST poR TO DAY AND TO -NoRHow
For eastern Nep York. eastern Pennstleonio,
Men Jersey. DeioTare, hs Dtsfrtrf OF Columbia
and MorWand. fatr 10 day and Tomorrow: Uoh.
edytdbe pnds
For New England. fair to-day and 10 morrow:
light. variable winds.
For western Pennsylvania and western New
York. fair 10 day and tomorrow; fresh east TO
southeast winds.
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Crazy Man Found In Street.

William Seeley Of $50 Sumner avenue, Brook
Ign. attracted attention by his queer actions
last evening at Marcy avenue and South
Fourth street. A policeman sent him
to the Eastern District Hospital. On the
way Seeley became very violent and in the
hospital 1t took seven men TO hold him
down. Seeley was put in padded cell and
will be removed to-day to the Flatbush
asylum.
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