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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-29
u. S. Learns Names
OF 40 Men in Army
Cloth Conspiracy
Dozen Establishments Here
Said to Have Prohted in
Uniform Fraud

Names Of more than twoscore per-
sons here suspected OF engaging in the
conspiracy 10 steal hundreds Of thou
sands Of dollars worth Of army cloth
are in the possession Of the police and
the Army Intelligence Bureau. which
Tor two months have been tracing
leaks" of the uniform material from
the Quartermasters' Department.
ore OF the officials handling the case
declared yesterday that the plot would
be found 20 have been carried on in
more than a dozen large establishments
in this CITY and in every other place
where large quantities Of the goods
were handled. Although no official in
formation was made public yesterday,
this official said there was no doubt
that countrywide investigation OF
,he wholesale footing would be made.
Louis Davidson. the one man arrest
ed whose name was divulged, was re-
leased yesterday on $4,000 bail after
arraignment before United States Com
missioner Hitchcock. Davidson, pro-
prietOr of cloth sponging place on
Twenty-second Street, was arrested on
Thursday, charged with the theft Of
$4,000 worth of the cloth.
According 10 officials. government
employees are involved in the thefts,
which are believed to account in part
for the shortage Of uniforms for en-
listed men. Through collision with
auditors and the falshcation Of records
large quantities of material disap-
peared without leaving trace.
One Of the unique frauds practised
by the spongers is peculiar 20 the
trade Contracting TO sponge the cloth
by system which would give certain
shrinkage the spongers would use an
other method which provided smaller
shrinkage Then they would cut of
enough cloth TO account for the differ
oncc and sell this.
Detectives, it is known, have been
working in many of the plants where
the footing has been going on and have
seen proof of theft. Several Of them
have bsrgsined with persons impli-
Gated One officer was approached by
a man on the outside who said:
81 have been buying this stuff from
the boys. You get me all you can at
any hour Of the day or night and I'll
pay you good money"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-29
Defence Councillor
Denies Profits Have Gone
To New York Concern
LStdf Correspondence

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-"Not one
cent of profit has gone to any one con-
nected with the Base Sorting Plant"
This was the vigorous assertion to-day
of Charles Eiseman, assistant chief of
the Finished Products Division of the
Council of National Defence, in answer
TO the implied charge OF Quartermaster
General Sharpe before the Senate Mill
tary Affairs Committee yesterday TO
the effect that those connected with
the Base Sorting Plant were in fair
way 10 make cleanup" had not the
quartermaster's department interviewed
- prevent it.
General Sharpe had charged that the
contract negotiated by his department
with the Base Sorting Plant had been
annulled after il had been discovered
that the contract price of six cents
provided for sorting the wool uniform
clippings was excessive. To this Mr..
Eiseman's comment was, General
Sharpe is mistaken in his facts" He
produced the original documents TO
prove his case.
These documents show that on Au-
gust 22d last the government entered
into a contract with the Base Sorting
Plant and agreed 20 pay six cents per
pound for the work Of sorting wool
clippings gathered from the several
uniform manufacturers engaged on
government contracts. These clip
pings, following sorting, we're returned
TO wooller mills, where they were re-
converted into cloth for uniforms.
However. as explained by Mr.. Else
man, this contract was a tentative one
and carried with it a verbal under
standing that only one-half cent profit
would be paid by the government for
the work. On September 20 the con-
tract was amended 10 read that the
company would be paid five cents a
pound. with the continuing understand
ing that only half cent profit would
be permitted.
Early in November the half-cent
profit provision was reduced 20 writ
ing and added TO the contracts as a
retroactive clause covering the original
contract Of August %. On December
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-29

Bowles said any explanation Of the rea-
son should be made in executive ses-
sion. and he matter was not pressed
Admiral Bowles told the committee
that the Independent pine growers
wanted to charge the board $50 thou
sand feet for lumber, SO more tnan
the price fixed in contracts made with
The Southern Pine Association, but that
his price was refused. He said the
independents claimed that, owing TO
the construction of large number OF
army cantonments. they could get high
or prices for their product than the
board was paving.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-29
Nieuw Amsterdam
Arrives Off Holland

ROTTERDAM, Dec. 2s.-The Dutch
steamer Nieuw Amsterdam, with
cargo for Belgian relief, passed the
Hook OF Holland at noon to-day, bound
for Rotterdam.
The arrival Of the New Amsterdam
was an event OF almost national i'm
portance. Crowds Of persons came
from all part Of the country, and thou
sands cheered themselves hoarse when
the weather beaten liner came in show
ing scars of the Halifax explosion.
The Nieuw Amsterdam sailed from
New York some time ago with the same
credentials and safe conduct as are sup
piled TO all Belgian relief ships.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-29
White Dress Shirts at S1.S5

8 the directors of the base sorting
plant. in a memorandum signed by Ira
|. Kaplan, president; Nat c. Myers,
treasurer. and Edward A. Stone. sec
rotary, offered to do the work for the
government without profit, and this
proposal was accepted, and that is the
present status of the matter according
to Mr.. Eiseman.
Mr. Eiseman conferred to-day with
General Goethals, acting quartermaster
general. regarding the status of the uni
form and clothing situations. At the
conclusion Of the conference Mr.. Else.
man stated he had found General
Goethals the kind of man with whom
he liked to do business. General
Goethals wants facts and figures and
action; that is the kind OF man with
whom it is a pleasure to work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-29

to-day by VI. Klotz, the Minister o.
Finance
". Klotz said that the returns for
the loan were still incomplete, but
that the subscriptions, not including
those from abroad, aggregated S2,0l5,-
100000
VI. Klotz recalled that the 1916 loan.
excluding foreign subscriptions. real
lied Sl,922 100000. He said it was
impossible as yet TO state the num-
Der of subscribers TO the new loan.
but that cash subscriptions represented
about half the total
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-29
Women to Serve as
Nurses on Hospital
Ships for First Time

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2s.-W Woman
nurses are 90 be employed on nayal
hospital ships in this war for Tic first
time in American naval history. II be
came known to-day that they will be
assigned to two ships soon to be ready
FOR service. the Comfort, formerly the
Ward liner Havana. and the Mercy, for
mcrly the Saratoga. Of the same line.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-29
Club Gusts La Toilette
Senator Expelled Because of
WJnpatriotic Conduct"

MADISON, Wis, Dec. 2s.-Robert NJ.
La Toilette, United States Senator
from Wisconsin, was expelled from
membership in the Madison Club TO-
night because of "unpatriotic conduct
and giving aid and comfort to the
enemy"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-29
,;raIDecIares Many Are
Trying to Take Advan-
tage of Government
Outlines Legislation
Needed to Speed Up
Tells Senate Committee
Poor Housing Conditions
Waste Much Time


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NA>iiiN''' ''' '.0, co. ~. 49,
b legislation wanted by the shipping
c..r3 f8 provide additional powers Tor
Pc. ,,..,r,ctio, Of tho new
Hcto"- g.. L.. H..
~ercfan, Tee. was si''" ''-"a' ~
r.s~ Admiral BowlcS, assistant 20 inc
.........r cs ,bc Emergency
genera ...;...:... ~. a.
l.cc' t"iN'I"''''' '''''''' ''e
S,ratc Committees inquiry into the
.,..,.-~ ..ta.'ion.
-....,.. .l..cs AIy,;,s1 Rovvles
A''.,'' ....5 s..:,o5 .,,.bor;zo,io, 70
81. '"' ..'..-ouo .to .ovr;,or,. eur-
oc.aIe 81" "
ulrdgr ptaIos' as wen as 10 Vo'"-
,,r5crr houses and local tranSporta-
r..r...l. 81, as IN hotter take care
'.' II. o1.o
Of woIan." al ''' P'"''S' '''
.g-cc,'ci chat Congress should protect
t.,br.r5.r- from the operations Of the
do. ..,. lou. nv O.. least
'a3 g..
modify DIS PROVISIONS '' ~ -''
.,-,ains 60 thcm.
10"
Vf,'" -. ~. - e.
rf'a.n' .' 'NP'@.''eo' ''."' '.'' '0"'" 80
having great difficulty ln placing con-
,-.r.s q. ID reasonable price. as the
.+ .-.--. ho,. ,,.;ll bavo mac
-.'.''' 81 -
tcaliy nothing ieI' rom lhe p'o''S o''
The stius after paying the tax.
r.oI
az Id" - re"'e"
p.-r..-,. 81, Senator Jones. Of Wash
...-...-, -..,.,..,.
Hg'on' mo "'S-s 'si'' sv"ei"' i''"'''e'
said fear OF the tax law is general
among builders. and not confined 20
~. mop. Of tho Country Senator
i -s,. ...l b.. had seen kilograms indi-
IN, .t.. p,c'.c Cost bulIders were
80. 80 %, o., contacts
az .. verr Lig5 rr;cos" replied
i4,-,rs1 p.v.ra. ."Thcir prlccS are out
'ns-...t.
p. r,... rrar+s. he added. have
49, -,'..'5 .s.;- 6e1,ords from SIS 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-29
100 Ambulances called out yesterday
1000 Hospital Beds filled with i'll and injured
5000 Treated and sent home by dispensaries

New York would open its heart and for such misery
if concentrated into a SUDDEN DISASTER.
Yet the above is just the AVERAGE "a HOURS of service
which the 46 United Hospitals dependent voluntary support
are doing 800 days in the year.
And because they do it QUIETLY so WELL and CON
STANTLY their needs being forgotten in the loud de-
mands of war charities which should be needed But shall it be
at the expense of the destitute who suffer for lack of medical and
surgical care at our doors?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-29
New French War Loan
Is Oversubscribed
More Than $2,000,000,000
Asked For Already
Pledged

PARIS. Dec. 2S.-The $4,000, 100000
asked for in the third war loan has
been exceeded, according to state
ment made in the Chamber Of Deputies
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-29
$500 will care for one patient one day

If your purse is slender can you nc
may be the next patient. If you are W
Good Samaritan to 10 or 100?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-29
Silk and Cotton Mixtures, Imported
Madras and Colorful Novelty Cloths

q Sizes for little, medium, large and extra large
men, in both soft and stiff cuff models
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-29
Mems Pure Silk Shirts 1896
Mems Silk Cravats
Special at 39c, 55c and Csc

q A brand new collection of scarfs that were intend
ed to retail at much higher prices. The patterns are
most tempting and reveal wealth Of originality in
their wonderful cOlOrings.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-13
Await Testament of
 Mrs. Theresa Moll

Although no will or Mrs. Theresa A. Moll, the nonogenarian who died yesterday at her home at Arlington, has yet appeared in the probate court, it is believed that such a document exists and that it will be presented as soon as the funeral services for the aged woman have been held.
 As told yesterday in The Farmer, litigation instigated by Mrs. Theresa A. Oberly and Mrs Lily Thorpe, daughters of Mrs. Mou, against her son, Gustavus Moll, who has been her conservator, has been carried on in the probate court here for the last 13 years. Yesterday after the death of their mother the sisters, through their attorneys, Cullinan & Cullinan, brought another action asking that Ernest Ortlepp, the undertaken en- ga ged by their brother not be allowed to conduct the burial of their broth CT. The also asked that Rev. Paul Clemen, pastor of the St. Paufs Ger man Evangelical Lutheran church in Harriet street, not be allowed to of- ficiate at the funeral.
 Judge Miller held the hearing on the telephone Cullinan & Culljnan stated the petition of Mrs. Oberly and Mrs Thorpe and Attorney Alex L. Delaney for Gustavus Moll oppos- ed the petition. Judge Miller refus- ed to grant the request of the daugh- ters and the funeral arrangements as made by Gustavus Mill will be car- Tied out at 2:3O Monday afternoon from the home and the burial will be in Park cemetery. N
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-13
Herbert c. Baldwin Obtains Lease Upon
 Main Street Corner

A five year lease of the new store at 1914 Main street from Charles J. Berger to Herbert c. Baldwin. was recorded today in the town clerks of- fee. MT. Baldwin has for number of years conductedIthe cafe at S1 Can non street, known as the Hiccororical cafe. The property in which his bus mess is located was recently pur- chased from John H. Greenwood, the owner, by Col. T. J. Murphy. The colonel recently sold his property in Main street where he conducted bus iness, to the Bridgeport Land & Title Co. It is assumed that his purchase of the Cannon street property is for the purpose of establishing his bus mess there.
 The Main street store which Mir. Baldwin has leased is on the north east corner of Main and Congress streets. The widening of the street will bring this store on the corner. The lease is contingent on Baldwin being able to get transfer of his liquor license and carry on business there. The annual rental for the first three years is $3,0O0 and for the last two years is $3,500.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-13
CITY OFFICIALS
 TO MEASURE AIR
 IN CITY ''FL0PS''
Health Authorities Declare Cheap Lodgings Must Not
 Be OvercroWded.

When man lays down his 15 or 20 cents for a 'flop" in a Water street lodging house, he is entitled to 800 cubic feet of air-if he is over :s = and the health department proposes to see that he gets it, according to an announcement today.
 There is suspicion that some of the drifters who camp in these places have been getting short measure. So, the health inspectors will start out next week armed with pencil and pa per and tape lines and Ready Call culator, to see that everybody gets a square deal A
 It has been rumored that the pa- irons of several of the lodging houses have been complaining of the wretch ed service. It has been whispered that several have openly alleged they were short 20 or 30 cubic feet on more than one occasion. Of course, if patron is a mkior, he can't eX- pect any more than 250 feet, the amount allotted him by law, out then, it is, rumored, some have had diff culty in getting that much.
 On the other. hand the health in- spectors do not deny that there have been complaints of too much air. Some ,disgruntled ones who are hard to suit have protested that too many cubic feet of the cold variety have come in the cracks in the windows.
 Dr. w. H. Brown, health officer, said today that he, favors licensing such places, so that if there is over crowding and frequent violation of the law, the licenses of the offenders may be revoked.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-13
COMMITTEE GETS GREATER POWERS
 IN LEAK" PROBE
House Passes Resolution Authorizing Fullest In
 quiry Into Charges.
LAWSON IS CALLED
 TO TESTIFY AGAIN
All Witnesses Will be Com pelled to Tell All They
 Know of Case.

Washington, Jan. 13-Plans for reopening the 'leak" inquiry on a broad scale were agreed on today by the h buse rule committee, which drafted a resolution to present to the House to empower the committee to compel any witness to testify before it. Several New York brokers and Thomas W. Lawson will be called early next week.
 A resolution to empower the rule committee to compel witnesses in the leak inquiry to answer all questions in relation to the investigation was adopted without objection today by the House.
 The resolution applies to both of Representative Woods resolutions, so that no person, whose name has been connected with the investigation, will escape testifying.
 Lawson probably will be the first witness called. James R. Reilly, managing news editor of the Walt Street Journal, will be asked for more details about how his reporter learn ed that brokers private wires had ad- vised Wall street of the coming of the Presidents note on Dec. 20.
 The resolution specifically provides that witnesses shall be compelled to give al the information they have whether hearsay or otherwise. This provision was included to compel answers particularly by Thomas w. Lawson.
 Lawson has been subpoenaed to re- appear.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-13
TWO KILLED IN ;. BIG ExPL0SI0N;
 DOZEN INJURED
Officials Unable to Estimate Damage By Blow-up at
 DuPont Plant.

New York, Jan. 13-While off cial information was lacking, it was reported today that two persons were killed in the series of powder explo- sions last night at the plant of the du Pont Powder Co.,, in Haskell, N. J.
 About a dozen employees were slight ly injured. No estimate of the dam age was given by Haskell officers, who said statements might be forth coming today at the company's head quarters in Wilmington, Del.
 Only powder was made in Haskell, After nine explosions within 10 mini utes, ton after ton of powder flared up until the blaze burned so brightly that 1t was visible at points many miles away:4 Several of the detona- tions were heard as far north as Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
 Haskell residents who fled from the scene found their homes wreck ed when they returned today. In other towns the. deputy slieriffs spent. the night guarding banks, public buildings and dwellings where all glass panes had been shattered.
 It was estimated that the loss to glass alone would amount to several hundred thousand dollars.
 The death of Mrs. Peter Gould, an elderly woman who lay sick at her home, was attributed today to the shock
 There were persistent reports lat, CT today that there are two dead aand six injured at a local hospital.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-13
M0RTC CAGES FOR LAST WEEK HERE. MAKE HIGH TOTAL
Important Transactions Are Recorded in Real Estate
 Circles.

During the last week mortgages on Bridgeport property aggregating several hundred thousand dollars, have been recorded.
 Among them is one, for $125.000 from Harris Lapides. ct al. of New Haven to the Bridgeport Savings bank on property at the northwest corner. of Main and Bank streets. ! From the same mortgages to Jane E. Russell, same property, $25,00O and from the same mortgages to s. M. Hawley, the same property, $15,- 900. It is said that extensive im- provements in the front and interior of the buildings which face in Main street are contemplated by the nAw owners.
 A mortgage of s6o,oo0 from Ken7 Asth McNeil to the Bridgeport Saw ings bank on property at the north east corner of North Washington ave- nue> and Waeley street is also record ed: This property was recently part of the Mary Whitney estate. The new owner contemplates establish ing coal pockets there.
 Another mortgage of $s0,000 was recorded from James A. Turner, ct al, to James E. Beach. Property at Park and Jackson avenues is the security. MT. Turner anr his as- sociates contemplate development and improvement of the property in question and the esta blishment of a fine residential zone in that sec tion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-13
U. M. C. COMPANY WON'T PROCEED
 IN THEFT CASES
Doesn't Care to Go Further Following Investigation
 of Stock Losses. TRANSFERS CASE
 NOLLED BY COURT Expectation of Revelations Rolled By Calling Off
 of. Trial.

Prosecuting Attorney Alexander De- Laney before Judge Frank Wilder in the city court this morning made the startling statement the U. M. c. Go. had lost thousands of dollars worth of stock, but they could not prove the loss or did not care to and he moved that the charge against Max Held, a teamster, be nolled.
 Held was arrested about a month ago. It was charged by the police and the detective bureau of the U. M. c. plant that Held was guilty of having carted away from the yards of the factory building materials valued at thousands of dollars. It was hint ed at the time that scandal involv- ing prominent Bridgeport builders would result.
 Held, it was said. was small fry" and the case was continued several times to give the investigators time to ''get the men higher upH' The ar rest of Held took place the evening of Dec. 28. His case was continued three or four times but the arrest of the linen higher up" never material zed. No evidence was forthcoming or given to Delaney upon which he could obtain a conviction of the de- fendant and he asked Judge Wilder this morning to nolle the case. The court acquiesced to the desire of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-13
Four Bridgeport
 Candidates Pass
 Bar Examinations

Four candidates for legal honors, representing Bridgeport, passed their recent examinations before the ex- amining committee recently, accord ing to announcement made in Hart ford today. Only Is were success full, out of total of 60 who took examinations.
 The local men who will be admit ted to practise law in this state are Jonathan Grout, son of MT. and Mrs. Edward Grout of Brooklyn, N r., who recently married Miss Alice Bartram Pierce in this city, at pres- ent associated in the office of, Marsh, Stoddard & Day. David w. Price, 195 Catherine street, associated in the offices of DeForest & Klein; Sam uel N. Schnee, member of the firm of .Schnee & Schnee, real estate brok- CTS. in the First Bridgeport National l bank building; William P. SeeIey, 245 Brooklawn avenue. son of Will liam E. Seeley, treasurer of the Re- publican town committee, associated in the law offices of Canfield & Pull man..
 Others admitted to the bar were: Hartford county-George Cutler, Max Goldenthal, Joseph H. O'Connell. ,Slonim and Maurice F. Wrenn; New Haven county-Harold G. Green, John J. O'Connell, Edward L. Ste- phens and Alexander T. Talks; New London county-Traver Briscoe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-13
WARSHIP
 IS SUNK BY MINE;.
 HUNDREDS. PERISH

Rome, Jan. 13-The Admiralty of flee announce the loss of the battle ship Regime Marghedita. The an- nouncement says:
 Serious military reasons, it is an nounced that the warship Regina Margharita struck two mines on the night of Dec. Il and suffered such severe damage that she sank by :he head in few minutes. A majority of the crew of 947 went down with the ship. Unfavorable conditions made the rescue of the survivors most difficult, but 270 were saved The captain and IA officers are among the lost.
 Beyond the~~losses of ships off, cially announced up to the present there have been no others, and news to. the contrary which has been in circulation among the public for some time is consequently absolutely fa.se."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-13
TEUTON FORCES MAKE GAINS ON
 EASTERN. FRONT
Take Town of Mihela by
 Storm, Capturing 400 Men of the Garrison.

Berlin, Jan. 1s.LBy wireless to Sayville, L. I.)-Further successes have been won by the Teutonic forces both along the Russian frontier of Moldavia sand Qn the Sereth line to the southeast, army headquarters an- nounced today
 At the junction of the Bnzeu and Sereth rivers the Bulgarians captured a monastery and Turkish troops took the town of Mihela by storm, captur- ing 400 of the garrison, the rest of whom were drowned in the Sereth.
 British troops attacked again today the German lines at Serre. north of Ancre on the Somme front. They gained footing in one advanced po- sition, army headquarters announced today, but otherwise were sanguin- arily repulsed, the Germans continu- ing to hold the main position.