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The sun., 1916-12-19
]. N. SPEERS HEADS
BILLY SUNDAY, inc,
j. d. Rockefeller, Jr., Ap.
pointed Member Of the
Finance Committee.

The hoard q directors Of the William
A. Sunday Evangellstlc Association. Inc,
which was organised asst week. held a
meeting yesterday In the ONCE Of WILL
lam II. Van Benschoten, 10 Cedar street.
and elected James ~. speers. president Of
James M%cCutcheon 4 Co., president Of
the corporation.
Stephen Baker. president Of the Bank
Of Manhattan Company. was elected first
vlce.presidsnt tho Rev. c. Il. Goodell.
pastor Of 81. Pauls Methodist Episcopal
Church. second vice-president L. L o.
colt. president Of the Hudson River Day
Line, treasurer; the Rev. DR.. Henry
Cobb. pastor Of the West End Collegiate
Church. secretary. Jonn d. Rockefeller.
Jr.. In to b = member Of the finance
committee.
Mr.. Speers. as president. appointed .
nance committee Of seventeen members
and an executive committee Of twenty
1ve members. The first committee II to
have control n supervision Of the rails
ing OF money and the disbursements.
eral supervision OF the vast work to be
undertaken by the association.
The chairman Of the finance commit
tee il Arthur II. Harris. The other
members are John ID. Rockefeller. Jr..
Eben L. Olcott. John A. Andrus. George
Arnold. George Gordon Battle. DR..
Edward NJ. Crasin. Edwin J. Gillies.
Alexander n. Hadden. Mortimer c.
Hewlett. Henry W. Jessup. William Il.
Miliar. Jordan l.. Mott. George W. Per-
kins. +. Robert Schell. James NJ. Speers
and Stephen Baker.
At the head of the executive commit
tee is Mr.. Speers. The Rev. c. L. Goodell
was made vice-chairman. Messrs. Baker.
Olcott. Arnold. Harris. Jessup and Millar
are to be members Of this committee
also. In addition DR.. Henry Cobb. will
lam NJ. Amerman. the Revs. James A.
Empringham and +. 8. Holloway. DR..
A. Edwin Keigwin. Or. Allan MacRossie.
DR.. Wilton Merle-Smith. James NJ. Mont
gomery. John Nicolson. DR.. Christian +.
Rcisner. william J. achicfYelin. DR..
Arthur J. Smith. DR.. H.. A. Simpson, DR..
c. =. Tinker. DR.. wilbert W. White and
". II. Van Benschoten were appointed.
The sun., 1916-12-19
MRS. N. P. DRAPER'S
REQUESTS SHRINK
Gifts Of $45O,OOO to N. Y. Pub
lie Library and $4,000 to
Harvard Reduced.

Bequests which Mrs. Mary Palmer
Draper made to the New York Public
Library and Harvard University have
shrunk considerably 1t became known
yesterday. when appraisal OF her estate
was filed. Mrs. Draper was the daugh-
ter Of the late Courtiandt Palmer n
widow of Prof. Henry Draper. a noted
expert on astronomical photography.
In her will Mrs. Draper. h died De-
cember 8, 1914. left gifts exceeding si5o'-
900 to the library and a legacy OF tl6o.-
o TO Harvard. where she had already
established the Draper Memorial In the
university observatory. with which ner
husband had been associated for years.
Tho report made by Appraiser Befwin
yesterday revealed that the net estate
amounted to 11.S30.22o and was insui-
Acient 10 nay the specific beQuests In fuii.
Accordingly they were abated proper
~tionateiy. The gifts to the New YORK
Public Library as enumerated were Z:
Books. portraits. engraved gems, etch-
ings and c~nsravings. S25.5is In value /:
cash requests OF S.eo.ooo. anateo 70
S23S,SSS. and q remainder interest In the
trust fund for Rosin b. Palmer. S64.7s6
in value. The requests severally were to
found the John q. Billings Memorial
Fund for the purchase Of books and the
Anna Palmer Draper Fund as q memo
rial to the decedent's father.
The bequest I Harvard Is abated 10
S1A3,3Oi. Under the terms OF the VIII
this was to be expended In preserving
and using the Photographic plates OF the
Draper Memorial. Mrs. Draper also gave
the museum all her husbands plates and
scientific apparatus previously loaned to
the observatory.
The Polytechnic Hospital. which 70
receive 10000, will get S47.7s7. The
Children's Aid Society. the New YORK
Association for Improving the Condition
OF the Poor. the New York Skin and
Cancer Hospital and the Laboratory OF
surgical Research Of the New York uni
versity. which were bequeathed Sse.ooo
each. are apportioned S25,Ss3. The Met
ropoiitan Museum OF Art will get art OBJ
jects worth S21 $40. Requests to indi-
v,duals are likewise reduced.
The sun., 1916-12-19
BOYCOTT ON BUTTER
BEGINS TOMORROW
Statewide Movement Is to Be
Combined With Egg Ban
for Four Weeks.

A statewids\ boycott on butter Ia
scheduled to start tomorrow. It will
run from meal to meal with the esg
boycott. which began in this city three
weeks 9 yesterday. The combination
boycott 10 designed TO last at least four
weeks. according to Joseph HartlGan.
Commissioner Of weights and Measures.
who is the oficial boycott starter for
the New York state Conference Of
Mayors and other organizations inter-
ested In the fight to get cheaper food
stuffs for nj
The plans call FOR AN educational cam
palgn for public cooperation In continued
economy In butter and eggs.
The failing OF In the demand for esgs
due either to the egg boycott or ~ exc
isting high prlces-resulted yesterday In
n drop Of from one-half to one cent per
dozen In three grades Of storage cGgs.
which were more freely offered than
during the past three or four days. when
prices practically remained unchanged.
The men In tho wholesale poultry trade
are now worrying about Christmas tur-
keys. It begins TO look N II the at
tempt TO compel housewives to pay 40
and IS cents per pound for turkeys at
Thanksgiving time will not be repeated
at Yuletide.
"Advices generally indicate q fair sup
ply Of turkeys. more especially from
northerly Western sections" the Pro-
ducers' Price Current said yesterday,
and there are considerable quantities Of
turkeys In freezers put away from the
Thanksgiving surplus. The
general feeling among dealers here is
conservative with h fears that any.
thing above 80 cents per pound fol
average best Western turkeys will check
demand and The market may act the
same a. At Thanksgiving. The Thanks.
giving market proved conclusively tina,
consumers will not pay extreme prices
John ]. Dillon. State Commissioner OF
Foods and Markets. sent yesterday evl.
dence in n number OF violations OF his
| cold storage stamping order 10 At.
torney-General Woodbury.. lie 10 asking
the Attorney General instead OF Distrlc,
Attorney Swami TO handle the prosecu'
tons.
Campbell 4 Boland. lawyers At 81
Chambers street. will fle papers to-day
In injunction proceedings TO be instituted
by the New York Mercantile Exchange
20 restrain Commissioner Dillon from en-.
| forcing his order directing all refriGer'
ator eggs to be stamped with the words
cold storage"
The sun., 1916-12-19

Martha. . straight eyed girl. who has
been the backbone Of the vain fight To
win him q Communication Of sentence.
Even President Wilson was appealed to.
but he took the stand that he would not
interfere with the Affairs Of . State.
Many persons felt that Mtilstsin did
not have much Of Q chance in life and
that he was not really Of evil inclination.
When he was . youngster in Utica he
had some facial blemishes which earned
him the nickname Of Spotty. and led to
his being o~stracised by boys of his own
age. He couldn't md any one to pal
around with. and ~ he grew up took to
the woods and lived the life Of IN out
cast. He GOT to feel that nobody cared
about him.
Then . few years ago he made the
Acquaintance Of another boy who IL in
about the same position. and Spotty and
his pal chummed around hunting for
mischief. Finally they broke INTO . shop
TO steal sorne rsvolverS 70 they could be
real bad men. and when . policeman
caught them Millstein shot him. Rum.
row shot and killed q tugboat captain.
The executions are set for Z O'Clock
this morning and Millstein will probably
20 frst. a. he Ii not Of such hardy ply
siQue a. the moro stolid kumrow.
The sun., 1916-12-19

was knocked down for so 10 n uold.
berg. ana will share the Same fate. II
was said, however. that about half the
buyers ware farmers or others who Will
give the animals good homes.
looking man on the auctionesr's stand
explained. This sympathy business
usually stops whore II begins to cost
money. Blu some OF these farmers and
10 on know they can get q good bargain
In horsehesh here. Harry R~osenburg. q
Newburgh man. bid in several that he
will sell to farmers up there. oh, they
didn't all 20 to junkmen."
The highest price paid yesterday was
$3.50, given for Boston by . farmer
named Favor. waller and Potter paid
80 for Tad. but in general the prices
were below $50.
The sun., 1916-12-19
BARON SENT TO ELLIS ISLAND.
Immigration Authorities CHARGE
Him With "NeraI Turpitude."

Robert Emanuel Oprenheim. who says
he Is a baron, which IN France Is a title OF
courtesy. slept in Ellis Island last night.
a board of special inquiry finding he was
ar undesirable allen inasmuch as he wa
guilty OF an act Involving moral turpl-
tude' committed In France. What the
act MAS the Commissioner OF ImmiEra-
ton would not divulge. and the baron's
lawyer, Warren c. Van Slyke. knew
nothing about It.
Van Slyke will appeal TO The secre-
tary OF Labor for the release Of his
client. II the Secretary approves the
finding OF the special board tho baron
will he sent back to Holland, whence he
came by tho Holland America steamship
| Noordam, which arrived on Sunday.
The sun., 1916-12-19
SENATE OBJECTS TO
DRINKLESS CAPITAL
Defeats Smoot "Dry" Bill 81
to 8-"Wets" Delay Ac-
ton on Measure.

WASHINGTON. Dec. iS.-Another day
ef sharp debate IN the Senate on the
question Of . dry national capital
found the Issue no nearer solution ap.
parentiy than II was last week. whom
efforts to get an agreement for a vote
on the Sheppard dry bill to-day were
objected to.
Tho smoot substitute for absolute pro.
hibition. which would have forbidden not
only the manufacture and sale but tho
personal use Of intoxicants. was defeated
BY a vote Of CT to 8. Most Of he dvo-
Gates Of the Sheppard bill voted against
the smoot substitute. holding that II was
20 drastic that II . vote were had upon
Il the dry movement would fail. The
Smoot substitute was really the applioa-
tion to the District Of Columbia Of the
Idaho dry law.
Altar tho Smoot amendment was voted
down 70 overwhelmingly debate pro.
ceeded for the remainder Of the day on
the Underwood substitute. providing q
referendum that would permit the people
of Warrington TO vote on the question
whether the Capital shall be wet or dry.
Senator Underwood made a long
speech in which he reminded the Anti
Saloon League that they had been the
principal advocate Of the referendum for
other communities and that they cannot
now with good grace deny II to the peo-
pie of Washington. Senator Williams
Of Mississippi made an amusing speech
In which he said he would like to see
the whole business Of liquor selling and
the use Of II prohibited.
II have q contempt for the man who
uses intoxicants on the alleged claim
that they arc for medicinal uses.' hi
sAid.
mo man was ever benefited by the
use Of liquor as medicine. I nave tried
Il for almost every disease for which II
was ever prescribed and I never wal
benefited. but felt worse afterward."
The debate 10 dragging along In a way
that leads man. Senators to believe thai
II will not be disposed Of before the holi.
days.
The sun., 1916-12-19
NEW YoRK's WORST PASSAGE.
Several Persons Injured By Sac.
cession Of Storms.

The fury OF n succession OF tempests
tht delayed more than a day the Atlantic
crossing the American steamship New
York. which locked yesterday. was re-
sponslble for the raising OF umbrellas In
the saloon i've days ago to keep on the
spirdrift that percolated through In
tersticcs like n gentle rain. That. at
least. Is what n man said who had an
umbrella and raised 1t.
The trip was one OF the worst the New
York ever had to the westward. bucking
high head seas all the way. Many pas
sengers were throws down by the pitch
ing or rolling Of the vessel. and two sail
ora. hurled against deck fixtures, were
taken to a hospital with broken ribs.
Mrs. Samuel Hall OF Pittsburg war
thrown down the saloon ~conpanionway
and n stu llmping when the New York
tied w. Paul Gates OF Macon. Ga. and
George Reeves OF New Haven were also
hurt by wave crests that invaded the ship
ard hit them. Ma,ter-at-Arms EMERSON
when making fast the lashings OF a life
boat. was swept half the length Of the
ship and was injured so badly that he
was still in a hospital yesterday.
The sun., 1916-12-19
PARALYSIS FUND Sal, 7e2.
james II. Perkins Hopes 10 Raise
s20O,OOO by January 4.

The New York Committee on After
Care OF Infantile Paralysis Cases an
nounces that 1t has received a total oil
$l4l.762 toward the fund 1t II seeking
TO raise for the treatment Of the 5.35S
children In the greater city who suffer
from the effects Of the epidemic. Re.
cent contributors are Mrs. Edward s
Hardness. $4,000; Bayard Dominick
$3.50. and Sara s. Hotter. Charles A
wimpfheimer. NJ. G.. c. Campbell and
Andrew v. Stout 500 each.
James II. Perkins OF IS Wall street
head OF the appeal committee. says hi
hopes the sum OF $3.50. 600. necessary fol
the work.. will be raised before the nrs,
OF the year.
The committee on after care at q
meeting at the Academy OF Medicine
yesterday submitted a report of tn,
The sun., 1916-12-19
CREMATION FOR MUNsTERBERG
Ills Ashes VIII Later he Sen TO
Germany for Burial.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Dec. 1s-A brief
funeral service for Hugo M~unsterberE.
professor OF psychology at Harvard Uni.
yersity. was held to-day at the Nuns
.terbere residence. The body was
placed temporarily In q vaul at Mount
Auburn Cemetery 20 be cremated In
accordance with Prof. Munsterberg's
wishes. and the ashes sent later to
Germany for burial.
WARRINGTON. Dec. lS.-Count Won
Bernstroff, tho German Ambassador.
to-day instructed the German Consul
at BOSTON to place in his name a floral
wreath upon the CONN of Prof. Munster
berg.
The sun., 1916-12-19
DENIES STAY IN SANTA SUITS.
Justice rhiIbin Orders Burned
Yacht Insurance Case to Trial.

More than ninety suits brought by J.
Albert Fish, eN captain In the British
army. TO recover insurance on his yacht
Santa" burned at Martins Vineyard.
Mass. In April. 1910. will soon be
brought TO trial. after dragging through
The courts for six years.
Justice Philb!n yesterday denied mo-
tons for n stay made by Mclean &
Hayward, counsel for Frank A. Wander
lip. James l.. laidlaw. Adrian Islein.
Jr.. Samuel sloane and the estate OF
Henry G. Tinker as members of the
United States Lloyd's. In which Fish's
yacht was insured. Fish has brought
suit against the 100 members Iompris-
Ing the company.
The sun., 1916-12-19
COAL JUMPS 81 PER TON.
Wholesale Price Of Chestnut Up q
$3.50, Due 70 snow.

1t was announced yesterday that the
wholesale price Of chestnut Goa, had ad-
vanced to $3.50. or m advance Of 81 per
ton. The big snowfall and the conse-
quent difficulties in transportation. to.
gether with lack Of labor at mines. were
offered as reasons for the advance.
Arthur +. Rice. commissioner OF the Coal
Merchants Association. said the market
was almost bare of coal.
The sun., 1916-12-19
Fractures skull II Subway.

Patrick J. Duggan. a game warden Of
Hudson. fractured his skull
yesterday morning when he fell between
the platforms Of two subway cars at the
Dyckman street station. He was taken
TO Washington Heights Hospital.
The sun., 1916-12-19
I. r. T. NAY SUE NEWSBOYS.
Magistrate Advises Company q
Prosscuts TresDassers On Trains.

In future II the Interborough Rapid
Transit Company models its conduct
along the lines laid down yesterday by
Magistrate Murphy In the West Side 20.
lice court It will sue for trespass news
boys found selling their wares In sub
way trains instead Of causing their ar
rest for disorderly conduct.
The Magistrate discharged hve boys
arrested on this charge. calling to tho
attention Of the subway lawyer the stain
the arrest has put on the boys names.
This Is no violation Of any criminal
law he said. 1T Is merely trespasS
and therefore q civil action"
The sun., 1916-12-19
1000 PACK A GUN" IN N. Y.


Chief Magistrate McAdoo issued a no
tice yesterday to holders Of pistol per-
mits to have them renewed by January
I, when the ones now In use will be re.
yoked. IT In expected that between
1000 and 5000 permits will be issued for
1917. OF this number about 5000 will
b, issued through the various police
courts.
Obtaining Of such permits Is made
more diHacult each year. A very de.
tailed description of each permit holder
II now taken 70 prevent the loaning Of
permits to other persons.
The sun., 1916-12-19
RUTH LAW FLY
ACROSS CONTINENT
Avatrice Expects to Make the
Trip in Two
Days.
DINED BY HER ADMIRERS
Plucky Girl Receives $4,000
From Friends at
Banquet.

$500" "H'- 49,.
'ast hieht IN the s'A"o Os'''Vo" Oh '"e
Hotel Astor At q banquet rendered By
the Civic Forum and the Aero Club Of
Au.,,.. ar. ....,..A a, soo chscr
H"e''e~' e"e 'eee.'e~ 'N's ~
which was presented by Alan X. Haw-
ley. president OF the Aero CLUB IN
recognition OF her achievement In her
New York. She was iauded and toasted
oy eleven
was inc same rutn ns~ VINO no. 20
ont NC was maAin8 IttIe
ntSnts al county taiSs, ooihe nor oest 70
ave enoush from mohtn 10 month 70
Keep the machine IN repair. one Ao-
vanced solely by her " PLUCK IN com.
petition with men OF nerve, without back-
Ing, until she became supreme N the
most dangerous IN the worm.
II has been said that Ruin Law never
knew the meanin OF the word Tear
but IL h never knew 1t before she
learned II last night.
They seated her on the dais between
the OF the North Pole and
the discoverer OF the South Pole. Rear
Admiral Robert 4. Peary n Capt.
more celebrated toik tnan she mao eVei'
list OF speakers toio now ereet sne WAS.
anu st.er All OF mem hHo .pokeh theS
cai,eu upon 'n.s reer.hs M,..o womnn.
An. Eng Svro u !. sTaeetu.y' pIush.ns
.nu .e",v.ns " n...0 ps.n.ps. w. ou..
~A..o's ""uI"s ~nH' We" pe'"Sps Ho
NE. v"u s ~. a. V.S ..
.,oos" = .s .s.o' v '" ." s""
p'""' "'oe '""' o"e
Husheua Nervevs. Tee.
Few OF the diners realised that the
nervous young man At the far n OF thu
Guest table. down on the list a. Charles
Oliver. was the OF the Girl they
were honorinH. sHe twisted 2 squirmed
tnroueh the dinner. showing
felt.
JUST q Few OF tho:e VINO eame " no"D'
VIZ ~. NV n.,I.m A.
- ~. w. ~ 80. ~.s.S. 49,
amS S NJ" NJ. SW;m,su ~ caSd"r ii.nr,
CI~.. -. ana NJ. Irr.d.r,cr n
Cr.ns NJ ana Mr.. ceor,c 7 Gould
NJ and Hfr. s,mon Cucgepheim, Mr.
ana Mr. Char,es %. HIiIes. Mrs, Is. NJ
Houas. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Underwood
| Hounson. Or. George +. Kunx. Adolpl
Lewisohn and Charles L. Scribner.
Ruth Law raj the twelfth speaker
and her speech was quite brief and
very pointed. She expressed her appre
citation Of the honors and the present
! from the Aero Club M announced tina
she would fly across the continent from
| San Francisco to New York In two day,
some time during the next year.
"My fiiSht from Chicago to New Yori
was lone with no expectation of re
ward she said, Just purely for tn
love of accomplishment. I hope to b'
able to give all my time n efforts 4
the p~opularising Of air travel. womei
as we'll as men will soon md II less tire
some and much quicker to ny TO Chicago
than II Is to motor even over the road t.
Boston"
Z. ,. hesat Enessh A''ors'
Rear Admiral Peary was the toast
mi ster Commander r.. X. Crank. l.. :
N as commemorative of the navy. ofYcre,
to Miss law The "homare of the ser
Vice" uaior Car, r. Hartman. II. q, A.
.aL, ,,a, r',s. Ta. h,a .hnwn ona,i,
49,. - .....r... -. %,
The sun., 1916-12-19
Visited By Family.

Millstein's father. Joseph; his brother.
Frank, and two sisters. Martha and VIC
toria. went to Sing Sing yesterday after
noon and stayed with him until after 2
o'clock. Then Father Cashin took them
down to the train got them safely
started back to Utica. Kumrow's people
couldn't come from Buffalo, they are too
DOR. and so he faced his last nisht alone.
The interest In Millstein was wide
spread owing to the efforts Of his sister
The sun., 1916-12-19
Fifth
2Uen1le
Bus

work to date. 1t was announced thai,
none OF the money gathered 10y the an.
peal committee will he used for adj.
n illustrative work. this being pro, Ided
for by a contribution from the I.ocke.
teller Foundation. A board of five trn..
tees. headed by William Church O,.
borne. will divide the money between
agencies actually caring FOR the LITTLE
victims.
The sun., 1916-12-19
"THOSE who per.
sist in

sist nowadays in
riding to and from work
atop the Fifth Avenue
Buses need no fresh air
doctrine preached to
them," is a paragraph
which seems to prove
that on an important
point of public health
the editorial writer of
the Evening Sun has the
same feeling as do we Of
the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
NEGRO IS GIVEN
 DEATH PENALTY
Judge Fort Makes New Ruling Re garding Solicitors Fee in
 Prohibition Cases

Will Blackman, a negro convict, was found guilty of murder in the first de- degree yetterday morning by jury and the death penalty was given. The negro will be sentenced next Satur- day.
 Blackman was convicted of having murdered J. H. Bailey, a trusty at Banner mines, several months ago. He was defended by Attorney Tom Roe, and prosecuted by Assistant Solicitors W. S. Welch and James Davis
 Henry Hill, a negro, was found gull ty of manslaughter in the first degree and given five years at hard labor by q jury in Judge William Forts court yesterday afternoon. Solicitor Joseph R. Tate prosecuted and Roderick Bed dow conducted the defense. Attorney Beddow objected to the verdict of the jury on the grounds that when it was first brought it found Hill guilty of manslaughter in the second degree and imposed a penalty of five years, which was in error
 In Judge Heflins division yesterday William Williams, 8 negro, was con- vited of robbery and given 10 years in the penitentiary.
 Judge William E. Fort also handed down a decision yesterday holding that the solicitors fee of $50, which has been regularly collected heretofore in all cases of a violation of the prohibit tion law, will only be charged in the future in cases where the actual man. ufacture or sale of intoxicating H. uuors Is proved. In other cases so- licitor's fee of $10 is legal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
Special Bargains by Merchants in
 Today's Age-Herald

Saks announce they have just received by express hundreds of suits for men, priced at $15 and SIS.
 Porter's-Neckwear of exquisite taste. soc, 75c and $1
 Ponton & Orr advertise exclusiveness and Individuality in their custom tailored clothes at $50.
 Seals Piano company offer greatly re- duced prices in pianos during their an- niversary sale.
 Loveman, Joseph & Loeb says give her furs for Christmas, she'll appreciate them most of all.
 Louis Pizitz is going to sell Mender's s kid gloves that formerly sold for g at 69 cents.
 NJ Veil & Bro feature Varsity Fifty Five suits, $20 up, E. & w. shirts, $150 up.
 Jacobs drug store offers initial station cry at 42 cents.
 Sommer Tailoring company advise wom- en to buy gifts for men at a mans store
 Perfection Mattress company suggest a Perfection mattress for Xmas.