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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-09
COLISEUM PLANNED
ON CAR BARN SITE
TO HOUSE BIG EVENTS

Backed ny promoters from Chicago
been concluded to build "A coliseum on
the car barn site on Eighth avenue.
F~orty-ninth to Ffftieth street. designed
60 take a place similar to that occupied
by Madison Square Garden In the
amusement life of New York. Two
syndicates have been formed n an
option has already been secured on the
property. Between $4,000, 900 and 3d.
900. 900 IL involved. including the cost OF
the building. which is to house a series
Panama Canal" one Of the successful
concessions Of the San Francisco Expo
sition.
r. W. Mcclellan, formerly associated
with Frederic Thompson in his Hippo
drome and Coney Island enterprises, and
now representing the promoters. made
public details OF the plan last night.
Names Of the hackers will he withheld
until a lease has been signed. This lease
has been drawn for twenty-ono years,
Will All opium ~ i'Ht ~ - "a iiiiA
term. The negotiations have been con-
Quoted for six weeks through the New
York Railways Company and Theodore
y. Shonts of the PETERBOROUGH Rapid
Transit Company. The promoters or the
scheme are expected here within a few
days to sign the mai apers.
Plans for the erection of the Coliseum.
as IL will h called. have been drawn by
Thomas Lamb. architect OF the strand
and Rialto Theatres. The site Is 200
feet on the west side OF Eighth avenue
and extends back on Forty-ninth street
AS feet and on Fiftieth street for $50
feet. The new building will be about
four stories high and constructed OF
brick. steel and concrete. The present
walls of the car barn will he left stand
ing.
In many respects It will resemble
Madison Square Garden. except that II
will be larger. The Coliseum Will seat
$4,000 persons and take rank as the
second largest structure Of its kim In
the world. being exceeded only by
the Olympia OF London. The arena will
measure i6v by $50 feet. 1t Is expected
the building will be ready for operation
In June or July Of next year.
Mr.. Mcclellan. . Snowman Of wide
reputation. discussing with a T. re-
porter what was hoped TO be ac-
co,nplished with the Coliseum. said last
night:
" expect 20 charge n nat admission
price OF 80 cents and the show Will
run from about II A. N. 10 midnight
every day. including Sundays, Several
other sites had been under considera-
ton but this one was chosen principally
because of its easy access from all parts
OF the city.
The Coliseum, when finished. will also
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-09
DROP CONTEST ON SLOAN WILL.
Relatives Agree to Acceptance NJ
1925 900 by -. Luke's Hospital.

An accounting filed yesterday by the
Farmers Loan and Trust Company, as
temporary administrator OF the estate
OF George Beale Sloan, who esca ped
from a sanitarium in Westminster
county on July IS, 1914, and committed
suicide. shows that the contest Of his
will has been dropped.
Mr., Sloan. who left an estate of ST.
sol ,iS7, gave the bulk of the estate
for life to his mother, Mrs. Alvira c.
Sloan of Oswego, and provided that on
her death the principal was to go to
81. Luke's Hospital. Robert s.. Sloan,
~ brother. and Mrs. Helen l.. Dannen-
hover. a sister. who got only $4,000
each, brought suit with their mother to
break the will on account of the gift
to st. Luke's.
The accounting shows that the hos
pital has accepted 1925, 900 In full set
Element. The remainder will he dis
trlbuted among the heirs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-09

chan, received s37.ss1 and his niece, the
Comtesse Castor de Fontenilliat, got
sl2.S21. Sh. CAV her brothers. Nell
son W. Winthrop and benjamin U.
Winthrop. si3l.O4s each. and left $780,
O?1 and sl53.s2O respectively to her
brother. k.gerton l.. Winthrop. and sis
ter. Mrs. Anna Nelson Curtis. The
latter received her Jewels. valued at
s25.s2S. while the former got her paint
ings. worth $4,000.
Mrs. kernochan had $4,000 real
estate, s52.103 cash. S21O.ol+ in mort
cages and $685. in securities. The
most valuahl jewelry was "a pearl neck
lace, siNty-one stones. valued at sl2.-
00o. diamond layalliere, twenty three
large and twenty-four small diamonds.
$1,000. and two pairs of diamond ear
rings, worth $500 and $1,000. The
principal paintings were italian Land
scape' ,Corot), $4,000; River View
Daubigny). $4,000; pool and Cow
DDuprep. s1.5oo. n Woman and
Dog OD!az). $500.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-09
NAVY YARD SMOKE LESSENED.
Mechanical stokers Are Installed
on Brooklyn Boilers.

The escape OF dense fumes from he
two chimneys Of the power plant AT the
Brooklyn navy yard has been dimin-
ished, according tn an announcement
from the Health commissioners office
yesterday.
After representations of the annoy
ance TO residents from the plant had
been made to Secretary Of the Navy
Daniels by the Health Commissioner an
Improvement was effected by the install
lation of the latest type OF mechanical
stoker on four of the twelve boilers.
similar equipment is promised for the
remaining boilers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-09
FILES BRINCKERHOFF CLAIM.
hite Plains Man Who Lent Heir
S1,5OO In 1907 Acts Against Estate

\ Claim against the estate Of Edwin
q. BrNlckerhofi. who died on Tuesday
in Bloomingdale Hospital, where he
had been confined for nearly forty years.
Was filed In the S~urrogate's Court yes
,erday. Mr.. Brinckerhoff left more than
81. 900, ooo. which Will be distributed
among his heirs AZ law.
one heir is Frederick W. Cooper, a
nephew. who borrowed Sl,30o in 1907
and agreed to pay IL out of his share
OF the ~Brinckerhof estate. The claim
was filed by g.. Bell Coldw.ll of White
Plains. who lent the money.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-09
WILLS AND ~APPRAISALS,

MAX II. STRAUS. who died on June %
last. left 36l.s45, OF which he gave 81, 900
TO his sister ana the remainder TO his
wife and children. He had $l+,37t In
surance and 2s5 shares Of stock, worth
stT, O20. in the Long Island Knitting Mills,
OF which he was president.
HENRY HERMANN. formerly a large
s~tockholder IA the $. Lehman Sons Brew
ing company. who died on March 81 last.
left s734.06b. lie gave the entire estate
for life to his wife. Emma Lehman OF AZ
East Seventy-second street. and on her
death Il goes to three sons and three
daughters. He had Sl5G,s66 In real estate,
fSl, i72 In mortgages, and securities worth
$3.50, 24s. The bonds included t2S, 900 OF
the :. Lehman 4 Sons Company. Be
fore his death Mr.. Lehman gave away
ali his stock In the brewing company to
his children.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-09
S. GIRLS BECOME WAR
VICTIMS GODMOTHERS
Former students In France
Form Group to Send Md
tn Child.
OTHERS TAKE uP IDEA

Once upon n time when France was
happy a group " seven American girls.
each , student Of one or another Of the
arts IN Paris. formed "A friendship which
has remained 20 steadfast that every
christmas here IN New York since their
return they assemble around a studio
Christmas tree to exchange presents and
enjoy a festive party generally.
But this year when they got together
to range for their annual Christmas
party a new idea came to them. That
was only a week ago., but already the
idea II looming large and lusty.
Late Yesterday afternoon all Of the
seven and their friends-women writerk
artists. sculptors-who could he on hand
met at the studio of Miss Alice Rough.
ton at . East Twenty-third street fer
AN organization meeting Of the outgrowth
of their week old idea. the Composite
Godmother" groups or units, who at next
TO no expense to each member obligate
themselves to adopt "A French child made
an orphan by the war.
France was our godmother In her
sunny days" Miss katherine Glover said
In explaining the Composite Godmother'
groups idea. Whatever any of us earns
by writing. modelling or painting France
taught US To earn. Fol- as little as SO
a month a little French boy or girl may
he placed In the home OF a good family,
clothed fed n trained to dc useful
work intelligently when the time comes
Tot the orphan to go to work.
What small sums Can DO.
III the combined contributions of An
entire group total $50 n month or s24O
u year, the child Of a professional man
or Paris killed In battle may be raised
and educated to "A profession also quite
as well as the father would have been
able TO have II educated"
What especially appeals to this pa.
rent group of the Composite God
mother" idea is the personal note in
their work, which lis altogether lack
ing where one person or several con-
tribute to any OF the countless war
relief funds devoted TO tho needs OF
wartime sufferers unknown to the
donors When the "Comrosi,e God
mother groups adopt a child they re-
ceive through the cooperation Of the
Holophane Personal Relief Fund OF
Paris a photograph of the particular
mild the group has adopted. together
with the name of the orphan and a
detailed account of its m~isfortunes, the
address Of the family it has been placed
with and just how the morey sent hy
bringing.
There is nothing to prevent a gener-
Gus individual from making an entire
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-09

group Of hereelf--or himself. for
that matter-and a group or lndi-
vidual "godmother" or godfather" may
adopt" "A crippled soldier or devote
the contributions to frightening the life
Of a sturdy son of France still lighting
In the trenches. In all cases the
photograph and condensed III. story Of
the child or adult adopted will he sup
piled to the contributors Of a group or
the individual contributor.
Want schools co Adopt Idea.
The members of the parent "Compos-
ito Godmother' group are anxious to see
mo idea taken M In the schools. At
an expense OF i've or ten cents IA month
from each pupil a school class could
adopt a French child and raise II or
an invaded soldier and have him in
structed In some trade that his arm
less or legless condition would permit
him Following IN later years
Miss Mary Quinn of the art DEPART
ment of Pratt Institute is chairman of
the parent Composite ,iodmother'
group. Its membership includes the
Misses Janet Scudder. Alice Boughton.
Iessa kelso. Katherine Glover, Frances
Delehanty. Claire Avery. Ida Haskell.
Beatrice Wilcox. Abastema st. l.. Eb-
erie. Alice Morgan Wright. Elizabeth
Phillips. Carol Fleming. Katherine Bur-
net. Alice simpson. Zulma Steel, Edna
Walker. Edna W. Chase. editor OF
Vogue; leila De Milhau. who just re-
turned to New York after months of
driving u motor ambulance In France (:
Mrs. Ruby Ross Goodnow. Mrs. Pearl
FRANKLIN Godfrey. Mrs. Mathilde de Cor
dova n Mrs. Heloise HAYNES.
The parent group hopes to see the
bachelors get together form Com
posite Godfather" groups too.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-09
CAPT. MORRIS OUT OF GUARD.
Municipal "ourt Jurist Wa III
Years I'm Militia,

capt. William +. Morris, command
ing Company T. of the Sixty-ninth In
fantry. y. q. y. Y. has resigned after
about thirteen years of continuous SER
vice because of inability to devote the
necessary time to military service.
Capt. Morris, who is "A Judge of the
Municipal court. is one of the few sur
ViVore OF the famous battle OF the Lit
tie Big Horn In 1876 against the Sioux
Indians. At that time he was a private
in Troop NJ. Seventh United States Cav
airy and was with the battalion under
Major Reno, which had separated from
the troops under Gen. Custer. He was
shot through the breast and was in a
dangerous condition for a long time.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-09
81. 1000, 900 CHECKS FOR XMAS.
Westchrster County Banks to Dis
tribute club Fund.-.

MOUNT VERNON. y. Y. Dec. s.-N.xt
week many poor people in Westchester
county will be made happy when IN"
banks In Yonkers. Mount Vernon. White
Plains. Port Chester. New Rochelle and
Peekskill send out their Christmas Club
checks. 1T Is estimated that the banks
in these places that conducted Christ
mas clubs, which have caused many
poor people to make weekly deposits
since the first of the year, will pay out
close 10 81 900 900.
In Mount Vernon the trust company
will distribute more than $4,000, and
in White Plains the Citizens Bank will
send out Christmas checks for about
$l+2.00 In Yonkers mary OF the fac
tory hands. who have been masking
weekly deposits. will receive large
checks.
All The banks report gains in the
Christmas funds over last year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-09
MRS. TAY0 SANDS LEFT $l2,l37.
Widow of Mrs. w. II. N~anderbilt's
Son WilIed 5000 TO

Tn appraisal of the estate OF Mrs.
Tsvo Sands. who died on August 90,
1914, in Paris, shows that she left only
sl2.l37. She vas the widow of George
Winthrop Sands. son OF Mrs. w. X.
Vanderbilt. who was killed in an auto
mobile accident in France in 1908. Mrs.
Sands gave $1,000 to Andree Pilot, for
many years g%overness in her family,
and LEFT the remainder of her estate to
her two children, Ann Barbara and
Iieorgr Winthrop Sands.
Mrs. Sands named Mrs. Vanderbilt
aud Ogden L. Mills guardians for her
two children and asked that Mile. Pilot
bc retained as govcrness.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-09

Three masked men held up ard
robbed William d. Lee of 1917 Andrews
avenue, The Bronx, alrly yesterday
morning al University avenue and Burn
side avenue, The Bronx. where many
robberies have been reported lately.
The men got "A diamond pin and ring
and u gold watch and 81 in cash. Dis
trict Attorney Francis Martin lives
nearby.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-09
COLORADO VETS STOCK UP.
state GOesD Dry jan. . and Drinkers
PREPARE for Drought,

DENVER. Dec. S.-Many Colorado men
are doing their Christmas drinking
carly. Nearly $500, 600 worth of wet
goods IL to Ice disposed of before mid
nieht December 81. For ~ New Years
DrN tuloradn's statewide prohibitory
iiuunr law goes into effect. Hundreds
%urauwhilp are laying in a big supply
iu, the dry spell.
Keeping liquor in private club lockers
viii be illegal and even the use Of brandy
IN lniuc" pies will bs unlawful.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-09

The heirs at law of the late Frank
Leslie have discontinued their suits in
the Supreme Court to recover 81, 200 900
from the estate Of Mrs. Frank Leslie on
allegations that Mrs. Leslie agreed to
leave this amount of her estate to her
husbands heirs. James II. Westcott, at
torney for the heirs, sat that new ac-
tions in equity will he filed at once In
which they will ask for AS much Of the
estate as the court finds should go to
them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-09
MRS, KERNOCHAN HAD 1896, O42.
MS I" husbands Relatives All
She Inherited From Him.

Iuv estate Of Mrs. Eliza :. K.rnu-
ea-n, VINO died on Decembcr 90 last and
was IN" widow Of william \. krIno-
rp'n, WHs appraised yesterday Al sSgG,-
"i. bi his amnuul $l5u."H6 was the
'"ln' .t IoI 'u'orts' I'm sg.2d>.u q real
'.1r. h.t l. her father. Henl,miu H.
Witju.a.
~. 'Nv.t.o',. '.'l to ~. husband,
'"''lN'- eli .'' property she Inherited
l'"n iIu .n tutNior 10 which me d,s-
,t.'tl'o Nl"",""p nworp ,h,n. Iicr
h""p'YuS l%rntu'', j. Frederic k.rno.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-02-13
BENEFIT IN WAGGING EARS
Exercise Is Declared by Physicians to
Have an Excellent Effect of
the Hearing.

You will rarely find that man who
can wag his ears suffers from deaf
ness The reason for this is very sim
pie Wagging ones ears exercises
them just as much as walking exer
cises the muscles of the legs A great
deal of deafness is caused by the mus
cles of the ears becoming stiff and
refusing to respond quickly to the
sound waves
Quite large proportion of children
can move their ears, Just as they can
move the skin on their forehead UP
and down, but as they grow up they
lose their power through want of prac'
tice. 1t is mistake to let child lose
this power, for it may mean the diff.
ference between good and bad hearing
in after years
Dr. M Fernet the famous Paris doc
tor, has even gone so far as to suggest
that people should be trained to wag
their ears just as they are trained to
exercise any other muscles of the
body.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-02-13
GREEDY HOGS ARE DESIRABL E
Oregon Station Finds by Actual Feed
Ing Tests That Heaviest Eater 10
Most Profitable.

The Oregon agricultural station has
found out by actual feeding tests that
the hog which eats most greedily Ia
the most profitable. Thirty pigs were
divided into three lots, the heaviest
eaters in one lot, and others graded
according to their capacity for con-
Stunning feed.
A hundred hogs like the heaviest
eaters at the rate Of gain made and
present prices, would make profit
of s297.65 or almost exactly 50 a
head. A hundred like the poorest
feeders would have made profit OF
s115.65, or only little more than q
dollar a head They were evenly
graded as to size and sex. II there
is this great difference between the
heavy. eating hogs and the light eat
ers-then most hog growers will agree
that the breeders might well devote
themselves to breeding appetite In
hogs. instead of color or fancy points.
II the appetite makes the profits.
breed appetite.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-02-13
USED THE ENEMYS BULLETS
shrewd Maori Warriors Played Neat
Trick on British Soldiers Whom
They Were Fighting.

An amusing Maori story is told of
the period when these natives were
at war with Great Britain. All sorts
Of tricks went on, such as are not
only fair but commendable in war
When the Maoris were in want Of
bullets they used to show a dummy
from behind a tree. and, of course.
1t was Immediately fired at. A man
in the background at once pulled 1t
down by string.
oh" thought the British soldiers,
we've done for him!"
Up came the dummy again, cautious
ly. Bang bang! went the British
rifles Down fell the dummy; and
this went on until some worse marks
man than usual cut the dummy's rope.
No Maori had the courage to expose
himself to splice 1t, for that meant
certain death
The bullets were all taken out of
little earth-bank which the Maoris
had made behind the tree where the
dummy appeared, and were used
again.
1t was long before this artifice was
discovered.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-02-13
Welsh Songs Promised.

A Cardiff correspondent OF an Eng.
fish newspaper says:
"Cymric ardor on the battlefield Is
going to be inspired and sustained by
Cymric music. Not the least impress
sive sight today, and during the past
week, among the Welsh units training
at Porthcawl has been the gathering
OF the soldiers for choral singing.
When the new Welsh army of 10000
men take the field it will go to battle
to the sound of Cymric war chorus,
which experts have described as the
finest martial music in the world
THE organization just formed is
known as the Welsh Army Male Voice
chorus, and as the recruits include
some of The finest singers In the
Welsh valleys, men who have COM
peted III scores of Eisteddfods the sol
diers' practice sings at Porthcawl par
take of the character of first-class
concerts, which attract to the vicinity
of the hall large numbers of residents
OF the town and visitors
Miss Gee of Denbigh, an ardent
patriot, is distributing a fine selection
of Welsh war songs, with request
for the rendering of these and less
singing of Tipperary
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-02-13
Eqvpt's New Flau,

The new Egyptian flag, which was
hoisted on the government building
at Cairo for the first time with the
announcement of Egypt's divorce from
Turkish suzerainty, bears three white
crescents with their backs to the staff
each with a five-pointed white star be
tween the horns of red field. This
flag was formerly the personal stand
ard of the khedive, and now takes the
place of the former national flag, which
was distinguished from the Turkish
flag by a star of five instead of six
points.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-02-13
DON'T KEEP TOO MANY HOGS
Overstocked Farm 10 Improbable One
Give Every Pig or Other AMI
NAL a Fair Chance.

1t is a mistake to overstock your
place with pigs or any other animals.
Too many farmers In attempting to
make money by increasing the num-
Der of animals do so at the expense
of quality. An overstocked farm Is
not a profitable one. A farm that Is
overstocked is one that has more
animals of any character than can be
properly cared for or kept in good,
thrifty, growing condition. Wherever
the numbers interfere with the growth
or with the attention that should be
given them it Is overstocked. If the
pastures are too small for them or
too short, necessitatings the purchase
of feed, the profits are cut with a two
edged sword, first because of purchas-
ing feed, second because of injury to
the thrift and growth of the animals.
More money can be made with half the
animals properly fed and cared for
and kept in thrifty, growing condi'
ton. Every pig or other animal
should have chance, and II they are
crowded 1t is impossible to give them
a good show Numbers sometimes
are the sole cause of losses instead OF
profits.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-02-13
ONE OF LIES GREAT TASKS
Showing Boys and Girls Their Work
May Be Properly Described as
the Divine Profession.

There are no men nor women alive,
Of too deep visioning, nor OF too lus-
trous humanity, for the task of show
ing boys and girls their work No other
art answers so beautifully. This is the
intense cultivation of the human spirit.
This is world parenthood the divine
profession.
Il would have my country call upon
every man who shows vision and fine
ness in any work, to serve for an hour
or two each day, among the schools
of his neighborhood, telling the chill
dren the mysteries of his daily task
and watching for his own among
them"
There was an old priest who served
men in Siberia Around him, in that
bleak winter land were the best and
worst of the Russian empire He tend
ed the sick, and prayed with them;
brought food, cut wood. procured
medicines, watched with the dying,
prepared the dead A certain young
Red came out to the colony and OBJ
served the priests manner of life
Father he said, finally, I should
think you would lose your soul in the
midst of such misery and evil and
darkness-as our life here is made Of
"The old man leaned back and
looked at the ceiling, shutting his eyes.
well, now, that's queer he said,
presently, I had almost forgotten that
had a soul viii Lexington Com
fort.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-02-13
Naval Construction for Slam.

A navy league has been formed In
Siam, its present object being to col.
lect funds to the amount of $1,110,00C
to build or buy scout cruiser Of
5000 or 3,4O0 tons, drawing 10 feet,
steaming 2S knots, and armed with
7.4-inch and smaller guns, and torpedo
tubes.
A committee composed of Siam s
leading navy officers and mobiles has
already been appointed, and an APP
peal to the people issued calling for
subscriptions, and stating that, though
Siam has no intention of attacking
any other country, 1t is deemed advis-
able to prepare for defense against
the contingency of invasion
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-02-13
Mrs. PenfleId,s Decoration.

Mrs. Frederick c. Penfeld, wife of
the American ambassador at Vienna,
has been awarded the grand cross of
the order of st. Elizabeth by Emperor
Francis Joseph for her kindness to the
soldiers This is the first time that
the order has been conferred on a
lady not connected with the imperial
fssniIy Mrs. Penfield was the widow
of wealthy Philadelphia before she
became the wife of Mr.. Penfield, and
has always been noted for her charity.