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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-21
PLEADS FOR GERMAN BABIES
Doctor to Tell Wilson That @,OOO,-
900 Need MIX.

WARRINGTON. Dec. c0.-An appeal will
he made to the President to use his office
In preventing the death by starvation OF
1000, 900 babies In Germany. threatened,
4, is said. by a milk famine.
Or. Edmund o Mach. n Boston
nhysician and executive head of the
citizens Committee of Food Shipments
az New York, called at the White House
to-day, seeking an audience with the
President. The conference will he ar
ranged now or Immediately upon the
Presidents return to Washington.
DR.. Won Mach insists that Eneland's
biockade OF Germany Is not Affecting the
adults of Germany. but that thousands
of babies are In danger OF dying Tor
lack of milk. He will urge the Presi-
dent to take up with he British Am
ba ssador. Sprtng-Rice. the question OF
permitting a relaxation of the British
blockade on shipments OF condensed milk
10 German infants. A million quarts Il
day are required. he says. Some snip
ments of condensed milk are being mace
10 German mothers by the committee via
first class mail, and It 10 understood that
a formal protest against even this action
has been laid laid before the state De-
partment by the British Government.
In regard to advertisements cal,ins
for contributions Of condensed milk Sec
Rotary Lansing said to-day that no ar
rangements had been made with thf
Government for the shipping OF any such
supplies.
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CENTRAL PARK CAMELS
ARE KILLED BY POISON
Brown SlOth Bear Dying From
Arsenic TOO-POlice Seek
the Culprit.

Pete and Daisy. the car,els In the Cen
trail Park ZOO. are dead and Buster. the
brown sloth bear. ~ dying Of arsenic
pu.soptng. With the death Of Pete ana
Daisy the camel family at the ZOO II
wiped out. The entire matter hae been
turned over TO the police and efforts are
being made to find some one with q
warped m'rd who is trying TO kin the
ZOO animals by poison given them IN
1904.
Saturday night Keeper Jim Coyle saw
Pete ami Daisy lying down and ap
parently III. BIZ Snyder. The head
keeper. was called and he administered
an eme.ic. The animals grew wors.
and q veterinary was summoned. The
case was diagnosed ~ n Of poisoning
and every effort was made TO save TN
animals, but to no avail. After two
10 VS. OF terrible suffering they died.
shortly after finding the camo!s -ict
Buster. the sloth bear. was taken Ill IN
the same way. He was Immediately re-
novel to the sick bay. where he now lies.
There IL no way TO save MIN.
The c5tirels were valued at 81 $50 and
The bear at $3.50. Several months 4
iJn'sv gave birth 10 n baby that wa
called Cleopatra. One morning Snvuc
and his men found Cleopatra crushed 20
death under her mother, In view OF thit
serious EFFORT To wipe out the zoo tn.
nolice vigilance will BE- increased and
the rule r-ohib't'ro the feeding -
animals viii b. rightly enforced.
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MAY REOPEN TEUTON
PARCEL POST SOON
U. s. Trying to Handle Big
Holiday Mail Through
European Ncutrals.
SERVICE AT A S%TANDSTILL

WARRINGTON. Dec. :o.--To meet the
Christmas demand. the Post oHlcs De-
partment has made persistent efforts to
r%eestablish parcel post service between
the United States and the Central Pow
ers. The parcel post conventions be-
tween the United States and Germany.
Austria and Hungary provide tina, par
GELS shall be despatched from the coun-
try of origin to the country OF destina-
ton by steamers sailing direct from a
port in the country Of origin to a port
in the country Of destination. Follow.
Ing Is the order Of events connected with
parcel service between Germany. Aus
tria and Hungary and the United States
since the beginning Of the European war:
August I. 1914. direct steamship COM
munication between Germany. Austria
and Hungary and the United States
/ ceased, and the former countries gave
notice that parcel post service In each
direction was suspended.
November 80. 1914. parcel post SER
vice between the United States and Ger
many, Austria and Hungary. via Rotter-
dam. resumed after successful negotia-
tions between the Post Office Depart.
ment and Holland.
October 10. 1915. last despatch Of par
Gel post mail from Germany. Austria
and Hungary to tho United states by
way Of Rotterdam.
october 81. 1915. last arrival at New
York Of parcel post mail from Germany,
Austria and Hungary.
November 10. 1915. Holland-America
Line advised the Post Offfce Department
that Il would M longer carry parce
post mail for Germany. Austria anc
Hungary.
November 10. 1915, there being nc
other steamship line available and nc
other ports open for receiving parce
post mail intended for Germany. Aus.
tria and Hungary, the Postmaster.
Gt neral issued a general notice OF sus
pension and ordered the return OF par,
Gel post packages which could not b.
shipped and the r~efunding OF postage
on such parcels.
November 20. lal5. the Post One,
Department bv wireless to Berlin asked
whether Germany would accept from
Sweden and Denmark delivery Of oul
parcel post mail under the same condi.
tons AS Il had previously accepted mai
from Holland.
November 90. 1915, the Department
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-21
MISS WARD SANE, SAYS
A STATEN ISLAND JURY
Army Officers Daughter De.
clared Capable Of Handling
100000 Estate.

Miss Mary f, Mckay Ward. daughter
- the late Gen. william ]. Wari. U,
:. a. Was declared sane and thoroughly
competent to handle her own affairs by
a jury In the supreme Court In Staten
Island yesterday. Miss Ward has laid
claim TO being the inventor of the wire.
less telegraph. according to testimony
obtained yesterday. She said recently
that her father had forced her TO marry
an army officer when she was IL years
OLD.
Assistant District Attorney Stevenson
lives in n bungalow on the Ward es,
tate on Grymes I'M, Staten Island. Hs
testified hat he IA talked with Miss
Ward many times. and that she i'm.
pressed him AS being an EXCEPTIONAL.
capa bile woman one time. after he had
prosecuted some cas SEES based on the wire
less telegraph. he talked over this sci,
ence with Miss Ward, he said. and she
told hin that sh. was the first person
In tine world 10 conceive OF tclegraDhing
without using wires. She got the idea
during a heavy thunderstorm. she told
him, and added that her fathers secre-
tary gave to Marconl Miss Wards con.
ception Of the great Invention. The sec
rotary. Miss Ward said, was q clos<
friend of Marconi's.
DIR. Ramsey Hunt, a mental and rer,
vous disease spe ialist. testified that hs
believed Miss Ward "A victim OF chronic
delusional insanity, Henry W.. Poor
vice-president OF the Lincoln Trust Com
pany. which brought the present actor
against Miss Ward. said that the com
pany now holds for her property worth
about 5000. 900. Erie Edison. occupan
OF one OF Miss Wards bungalows, sale
! that he thought Miss Ward was excep'
tionally intelligent strong minded
DIR. william P~ritchard. a%lienist. said h,
thought Miss Ward had delusional In.
sanity,
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WARBURG AIDS BRONX YIN. H.A.
Banker Gives s..5OO-wm Add
$4,000 More.

A check for 50 500 from Felix NJ War
burg was added yesterday to the sub
scriptions for a new home for the Bronx
Young Meas Hebrew Association. which
will cost $4,000. The Warblrg gift
brought the total subscriptions 20
$4,000.
In A letter announcing his gift NJ
Warburg promised to Increase his con-
,ribution from time 20 time 40 az to pay
10 per cent. OF all contributions received
until $4,000 has been raised. making
~ Wa~burg's m,s'num suhsc -'p;icn
$500. This is contingent on $4,000 ne
ins collected by tn. erd OF January.
Nj. Warburg addressed a noohday
meeting at the hea quarters IN The
Bronx. at which, In speaking Of tho SIM
iiarity between the WORK of the Y. VI. II
\. and the !. VI e. ~, he announces
gifts 81 $500 from George W Perkins
and $3.50 by W. Feilowes Morgan.
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EASTLAND, DEATH SHIP, SOLD,
Vessel on which 500 Were I.ost
Brings so, 900.

CHICAGO. Dec. Gothic lake steamer
Eastland was sold at auction to-day for
SAC. 900 to the Illinois Naval Reserve and
will he used AZ a training ship. The
fund for tts purchase was subscribed by
public spirited citizens,
The auction. conducted before Judge
Lands In the United States District
Court. brought out only two bidders, the
Naval Reserve and o., A.. Gilbert. repre-.
senting the Continental Steamship Com
pany of New York.
TIL Eastland. which turned over IN
the Chicago River last summer. with q
loss of more than 500 lives. wac owned
by the Chicago-St. Joseph STEAMSHIP
Company, which went into the hands OF
a receiver after the disaster. Its value
when new was estimated at $4,000.
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NJ r. y. GRUMPY.
Special Cable Despdtch to TuE 8,

Special Cable Despatch to The Sua.
PARIS. Dec. 20.-As returned yester-
day from IA three days visit 10 the
French front between Rheims and sois.
sons regretted sincerely that It is i'm
possible to send all Of France to the
front for a similar trip. as well as nu-
nervous representatives Of all neutral
countries directly affected by the war
through their territorial proximity to
tho belligerents. As I feel sure all would
return as I did. deeply impressed by
the confidence felt at the front.
This confidence Is not merely ono to
Withstand any effort Of the Germans to
break through. but It 10 q confidence
that II is the French armies that are
now permanently on the offensive. Fur
sive movement IL bringing to perfec-
tion means of attack suitable to trench
warfare and which the Germans are
failing to meet by parallel defensive
improvements.
party Of Swedish representatives. most
Va y st tAoi NuatSs I
Gently went to the French front. Al.
though such a party was sure to con
tain sympathizers with Germany AMI
might very well have contained German
agents, the members were allowed 10
see everything and II was no secre,
that they returned home with "a greatly
changed impression OF the French
strength and one not at all similar to
that created in Sweden by the German
propaganda.
Our party Of six included a repre-
Government to supply articles to the
Australian press.
Australia ms Bravery Praised.
II was pleasant to note how the Gen.
erals commanding the army. men like
Gen.. Franchet d Osprey as well as three
who we're commanding divisions and one
who was commanding an army corps
to whom We were presented, spoke frs'
TO the Australian representative OF The
Australian bravery on the Gallipoli PEE
ninsula- And this. even before welcoin'
Ing the distinguished historian GugiielmS
/ Ferrero, who was with W..
We stayed for some hours in Rheim'
and raw what remains OF the much dis
cussed Rheims smile" Although th'
Eyes and nos are Obliterated. the dim
| plinx mouth stu exists to prove the cor
rect identity. The caretaker OF the
cathedral, who daily studies tine condi'
ton Of the ruins. II convinced that the
winter II severe will 30 dilapidate the re
! naming walls and unroo:ed interior tina
restoration will be impossible. The arch
prizes. at Scissors was more hopefu
about his beloved building. az experts
have told him that restoration Is stl
possible. a. added the arch-priest II
doubtful tones. enough money Is forth
coming after the war"
Those who remember the worlds mrs
great aviation meeting at Betheny. out
side Rheims, where Farman won thu
distance championship with ll2 miles Il
his credit and Latham the altitude
championship at 5O4 feet, miracles sly
/ years age. will be interested TO know
that Betheny is now in ruins Seven
teen inhabitants still cling to thei'
homes, which are liable TO be shelled a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-21
SAYS BRITISH DREAD
TO RISK THEIR FLEET
evil Think Twice Before At
tacking," Declares Ger
man Writer.
KAISER'S NAVY READY

Special Cable Despaseh 10 tbs Sun.
LONDON. Dec. 2O.-Herlin reports that
the German feet plans a dash are ridi-
culed here. An Official statement Issued
by the German Admiralty received here
to-day says:
A portion Of our feet last week
searched the North Sea for the enemy.
II then cruised on tho 18th and 18th
In the Skagerack to watch commerce.
examining fifty-two vessels and selling
one carrying contraband. During the
wnole time the English naval forces
nowhere were sighted.
British warships we're officially re-
ported a week ago In the SkageracI;.
where the Germans say their ships
we're cruising.
Naval writer's point out that Germany
a already lost fifteen OF her forty-hvc
light cruisers. The British destroyed
twelve Of them. the Russians sent the
Maxdeburg to the bottom. while tho
Geier 10 informed and the Karlsruhe was
lost. Six OF the min German armored
cruisers were destroyed.
Great Britain. on the other hand
II IL announced mere, lost only the
Argyll. which was wrecked OF the coas,
of Scotland.
The Germans do not share this view
Announcing tho contemplated sea dast
u German naval writer says that the
German navy prepares to celebrate tn,
secon wa Christmas by corr piets
readiness. n continues:
Our navy has been engaged In
sixteen months Of stille taetigkeit tquie'
activity. the Importance Of which viii
not be appreciated until the end OF thu
war. Think Of the situation had tbs
feet not kept faithful watch England
planned to land troops on the coast Oi
Jutland. Only the presence Of a strong
battle ready German fleet prevented the
realization Of this plan.
England also planned to and 100000
Russians on German soil. The readiness,
of the kaiser's fleet prevented th'
realization Of that scheme. hut FOR thu
German feet British troops would have
been landed on the Belgian coast.
England will think twi,e before hei
feet attacks the German navy. She
knows too well that when the houi
strikes tire German avy Will show
itself second 10 no other fleet In th'
world.
From the bombardment OF L!bal
two days after mobilization until th'
achievement OF our wonderful cub
marines in seas thousands Of miles ava.
from home ~ feet has displayed. TX,
a shining ribbon. a long row OF heroi,
actions Names like the Koenigin Luise
Goeben. Breslau. Emden and karlsruh,
names like Won spec, Meyer-Waldeck
Weddigen and all o;hers-aro engraveC
IN world history.
THESE ma mes will bear witness L
coming generations OF the herolc spir1'
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w 10 QUIT POLITICS.
viii Retire This Week as Leader
In Goth District.

Another Old Tanmany leader Is going
to resign. Ex-senator James Fra WHEY
said yesterday n a. he Will get out OF N.
political arena for goo! when NJ
formally ~retircs as leader o! thu Twenty.
sixth Assembly district before the
pre- cent week Is ended.
Nathan Rurkan. u lawyer. will prob
ably be chosen by the count, committed
as ~E'rawley's successor.
Frawley retired az Senator in 1918
He was a big factor in Tsmn, my politics
for years and Was chairman Of the lee!s.
lat've committee which crowded the
evidence upon which william Sulzcr was
removed from the Governorsh!p.
Some months ago Frawley bought q
farm at Suffern, y. Y, which he stocked
with cattle and az soon rs he retire from
his political duties here he will hccom.
n voter In Suffern.
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T.mm.uy winners to Dine.

Those who arranged the speaking
dates for Tsmmany Halls successful
candidates during the recent Campaign
are to have a dinner tomorrow night Al
the National Democratic Club. John W
Keller will be tho POSTMASTER and among
the 500 or more guests will be Dis
trict Attorney-elect Swami. Sheriff-elec,
smith, Charles j.. Murphy and former
|Attorney-General Thomas Carmody.
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received a reply from Berlin In tho af-

reCeIVcu n fcpIy rT0W bcrIH n II UT
irmative.
November 30, 1915. the Department
asked Holland. Sweden and Denmark by
wireless II any Of those countries would
accept parcel post mail for transmission
to Germany. Austria and Hungary.
December s. 1915, Denmark replied.
saying that II such mail matter was
sent 10y Observation-Disclosures Line mail
steamers 4, might subject such ships
to search. Denmark did no; reply 70
the specific question asked.
December 20. 1915. no reply from
Sweden or Holland had been received.
The despatch OF parcel post from
Germany. Austria and Hungary to tho
United States ceased twenty-five da's
prior to the suspension OF the service
from the United States
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Ao.rt.un9le ~ Congressman has been
vo''"d o., Frederick G. HlckD from the
-" long Island district after a year
~ I"sI Ggt'inR with lathrop Brown,
Demo r't Mr.. Hicks Immediately APP
pointed ~ Ills secretary j. Huyler Ell
w o. + report, Ellison " secretary
o' the r"m of Ellison 4 Co, Ell West
l!s'N @t-."t, New York. and ID = friend
" CT i.lJ. ..rlt.
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N NEWEST Z NJ
TROOPS "A POOR LOT"
Correspondent at Front Says Latest Prisoners of French
Are Stunted and Deficient Boys-Steel Hell
NETS Reduce Wounds 70 Per Cent.

any ome They have several cows
whose milk Is much enjoyed In the
nearby trenches.
The whole district about Rheims Is
~honeyconbed with trenches. On a ten
mile front here there are $50 miles Of
trenches and 'boyaux." communicating
bitches.
The Scissors sector has 1875 miles Of
excavated trenches. the minimum depth
being six feet. They are of the m
modern type. turning at right angles
every few yards, being lined with wood
to prevent the sandy soil from caving In
and fioored with wood.
One OF the most interesting incidents
OF ovr visit was the capture Of seven
teen prisoners the day before our ar
rival by seventeen French soldiers. They
were found lined up awaiting examine
ton Al We motored into certain head
quarters. A German speaking Swiss
correspondent. who was with Us. was
allowed to question them. They were
with n exception degenerate and
stunted youths between eighteen and
twenty years of age. but appearing TO DO
W fifteen and seventeen.
They were the product Of a Rhenish
manufacturing town and belonged to the
class Of 1915. They had been trained
for six months before transportation to
the front. Letters from home found on
them detailed n scarcity Of food.
One letter said There Is no oil
and no butter. wen II you have The
price to pay for IT," Another Of the
letters seized was written by the bearer.
but a been stopped by the rerlmentai
censor and consequently was still In the
writer's possession. The words I'VE had
terrible losses doubtless caused the
letter 70 he stopped. Their regiment
had participated during September In
the German defence TO the French offen-
sive In Champagne.
Another party OF prisoners captured
earlier than these was busily raking
the headquarters garden. They were
decidedly superior In physique to the
first seventeen We saw. fellows who
were The understood dregs Of a manu-
featuring city. II Is of curse impossible
10 say TO what extent they represent
Germany's latest recruits. They were
the only Germans We saw. but the fact
that sixteen OF the seventeen were 81.
cept'onally poor specimens of manhood
woul Indicate that the particular draft
In which they were taken was not made
up OF exceptional stock.
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Walter Pulitzer Of 2025 broadway was
taken to The French Hospital yesterday
AMI operated on for appendicitis by D:.
Cariin Phillips,
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Every one. from Genera to private.
wears the rev steel helmet. all ranks
having the same make without d'stinc-
ton. It's protective virtues secured It's
popularity. Although the medical ser
vice has not yet published any statistics.
u ~ believed that the helmets have re-
durcd head wounds 20 per cent.
SO short a visit to the front does
not ent'''e one to compare the life there
To the life In Paris. but II II imposs'ble
~ot 10 be struck bv one great difference.
While Paris is full Of talk about officers.
events at the front. Parliamentary de-
velopments with an unerding supply OF
mysterious cabals, the front has become
a great workshop Of employees who
work at war with much the same spirit
displayed by any workers toward their
industry In time of peace.
Except for family ties. thew have be-
conn "A distant thing utterly lacking
In interest for the outside world. They
are eager &c tell visitors about their
work hut they ask no news from the
interior.
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WILSON STILL HAS
HOPE OF MEDIAYING
Letter to League for World
Peace Is Quoted to Show
His View.
HE IS URGED TO ACT NOW

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-Pres'dent WILL
son has not yet abandoned hope OF being
Of service In bringing the war IN Eu-
rope to an end. In q communication
addressed to tho Leasue for World
Peace. made public to-day. replying 10
the suggestion tina. the time Is nov
propitious for making overtures to the
b~eliigerent Powers. the President says +:
81 am following tho development OF
sentiment In Europe with regard to the
war. with the utmost sincere desire TO
be Of service"
The President. however. Il Is known.
Is not Of the opinion that the time has
yet arrived when a renewal Of media
ton suggestions would be received with
good grace by the Entente Allies.
The League for World Peace. of which
Georpe II. Sh,b,cy Is president and
David Starr Jonian. u vice-pree'dent-
interprets recen, ate RANGES OF officials
OF the contending Governments as the
expression OF q desire to end the strug'
gle. The immediate occasion Tor this
optimistic view is the speech OF the
German Chancellor. Won Bethmann-Holl'
veg. who Insisted that h terms o.
peace must provide that war shall moi
return. This. the league asserts in It's
letter to the President, Is In harmon,
| with the u%tterances OF the British Pre-
mier, Mr.. Asauith. and he French Pre-
| mier, NJ. BRAND,
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Here" the leagues letter continues,
"is an agreement by the warning Powers
which covers. as we show In the accom-
panying memorandum. the two prin-
cipal demands OF the Allies frequently
reiterated since the first month oil the
war. Their. being this agreement on
the principal issues In this horrible war
the tine has arrived, we believe. when
a leading neutral Power snould invite
the combatants to confer as TO minor
issues.
"You. as the head OF the United states
Government. and with "A splendid record
for strict neutrality. are doubtless me
one who can best take the needed next
step In the peace movement
To this the President replied
ALLOW me to thank you for YOU let
ter of December IA and 10 say that
have noted with the greatest interest the
statement by Chancellor Won Bethmana-
Hollweg 70 which you refer. and that
am following the development Of senti-
meru In Europe with regard to the war
with the utmost sincere desire 70 be OF
service"
Evidently looking enthusiastically upon
the Presidents reply the League trans
United copies Of It. together with It's wi
letter and memorandum. TO the d!plo-
matte representatives OF h warning
Governments.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-09
Strange Offices.

Washington. Dec. 8.-Strangest Of
many strange Government positions
are those in the Treasury Depart
ment of Mrs. Mary Warren and Miss
Kate Shea. known as the official
waste basket guardians
Finding money and valuable ps-
pers in the refuse from the offices of
Treasurer John Burke is the pecuia'
Voc alton of these two women. For
years they have picked over contents
of the Treasury waste baskets and
desk litter. finding and saving thous-
snds of dollars for the Fe-ersl Gov.
eminent, and most expert have the
two women become in finding smell
fortunes in the official refuse.
IF had all the money l have
found l couldn't spend it in a life
time. said Mrs. Warren.
A pacKaQe of bills in small denom-
nations. worth SIC. 900 is the largest
single find" the waste basket
searchers ever have found. For saw
ing this sum Mrs. Warren earned a
raise in salary. y