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The sun., 1918-10-10
WAR DEATH ENDS ROMANCE,
Filler Killed ms Ftancce Awaits
Him Here.

I'VE were waiting until alter lie
war to be married." Miss Selma Rad
den said yesterday as she told ot 30
death OF her nance. Lieut.. jay roljin'
OF the Royal Flying Corps. who was
killed on the western front
Pollins Joined the Canadian fcrs N
order to get quicker action. lie vas
sent to the front almost a year aEo and
had accounted for four enemy plane
In letter to Miss Raddeu p" cA'
pressed tho most profound admiration
for his fellow countrymen who "''s
fighting on this front
Pollins lived on farm uC.r NrN
Brunswick. n. j.. and attended IT," % :.
school there. where he was p0pg an1
made many local records In Spc'. u"
was also a member OF the foo'oa' ava
baseball teams and played bot' games
well. He received his aerial trJ.3n- ~
Camp Hicks. Toronto, and was a. " S'''
abroad.
His fancee, Miss Radden. lives a. %
Fifty-ffth street. Brooklyn. f"ut-S was
23 years and his hancee not 20,
The sun., 1918-10-10
OIL MEN APPLAUD
WILSON DIPLOMACY
National Association Also
Discusses Increase of Rates.

Members of the National Petroleum
Association in session at the Hotel Bit
more yesterday cheered Judge C. d.
Chamberin when he said that Presi-
dent Wilson In his note on the German
peace bid had proved himself a states
man and a diplomat. Judge Chamber
lin was talking upon diplomacy as APP
that the constantly arising disputes be-
tween oil producers and jobbers re-
quired much smoothing down OF angles.
NJ. J. Freeman told how concrete oil
tanks had superseded steel tanks since
the war started. He said that more
than. 100 tanks. with $4,000 900 gallons
capacity, had been built in the United
States.
J. A. Roman said that freight rates on
oil had been raised to the detr!ment OF
the small refner. or short haul ship
per-" and that the courts would be in
voked by the independent oil men to get
a revision OF the rates. lie said that an
increase OF from 2t to 225 per cent
hangs over the small shipper II the
proposed rates are enforced beyond the
central West.
Merle Sidener. chairman of the ma
tlonal vigilance committee OF the AS
ISOLATED Advertising Clubs OF the World,
said that promoters were invading the
legitimate field Of oil operators and
running their credit by floating the stock
OF bogus oil concerns. He asked the OPP
orators to work with the Governments
committee on securities to suppress
these buccaneers.
The delegates TO the convention were
guests of the Eastern members OF tho
Independent OIL Mems Association at
tho Hippodrome last night.
The sun., 1918-10-10
BROKER A SUICIDE
In LAWYERS OFFICE
Edwin w. De Leon Shoots
Himself Awaiting Return
Of Nash lockwood.

Mystery surrounds the reason for the
suicide yesterday of Edwin W. De Leon,
4 wealthy insurance broker. who shot
himself in the law office OF Nash Rock
wood. 527 Fifth avenue. where he had
gone for a conference on legal matters
with Mr. lockwood. The shot was heard
by Miss Edna L.arkin. n switchboard op-
orator in the lockwood offices, who had
requested Mr.. De Leon to await Mr.
Rockwoods return from luncheon.
When Miss Larkin entered the room
where De Leon had been seated she
found him unconscious on the floor, with
bullet wound in his right temple and
a revolver in his hand. She went out to
call policeman. Before he arrived De
Leon was dead.
Two letters were found in the dead
mans pockets, one addressed to Mr..
lockwood, and the other to Mrs. Il. w.
De Leon, his wife. bearing the address.
" ashington Valley Road. Morristown.
N. j. The contents of neither OF the
letters was made public and there was
nothing to show whether De Leon wrote
them while waiting in the lawyers Of
fec or before going there. Mr.. Rock
wood did not return TO his Office during
the afternoon. and no cause for De
Icons killing himself could be ascribed.
So far as known De Leon was in excel
lent health, his bushes prosperous and
his home life happy.
At Morristown II was learned Mrs.
De Leon started for New York immedi-
ately upon receiving word of her hus-
bands death, He had a fine summer
residence in Washington Valley. a short
distance from Morristown. Neighbors
said they were unable to understand why
he killed himself
The sun., 1918-10-10
CITY LOSES $s1,4s2 IN DEAL.
Recovery on Brooklyn Land En-
cumbrance IL Denied,

Justice Greenbaum of the Supreme
Court handed down a decision yesterday
showing that although the city of New
York lost 91.4s2l9 through the fact
that the South Brooklyn Ferry and
Steam Transportation Company gave It
deed on December 81. 1906. appearing
to convey properties in fee simple. de-
spite encumbrance, the city will be I'M
able to make any recovery. The Justice
set aside jury verdict returned In
favor Of the city.
Representatives OF the city arleEe that
the defendant company received $780,
900 from the city of New York in con-
sideration for lands at Thirty-ninth
street. Brooklyn. The defendant COM
pany Is alleged to have covenanted That
the lands 80 conveyed were free from
all encumbrances. The papers of COM
plant charge that at the time OF tho
execution and delivery Of the deed, the
lands were subject to the lien OF a lease
made by and between the defendant
and the Brooklyn City Railroad Com
pany on August 22, 1892.
The sun., 1918-10-10
ROTHENBERG TO PLEAD ALIBI.
He L. Placed on Trial for Murder
of Harry Cohen.

Morris Rothenberg. charged with the
murder of Harry Cohen. alias The Yap,"
was placed on trial before Judge Rosal-
sky in General Sessions Court yesterday.
His defense will be an alibi. District At
torney Swami said that since Rothen-
berg's arrest he had received Information
to the effect that some other man than
Rothenberg had killed Cohen. However,
the States chief witness. Joseph Edney,
an elevator operator is positive in his
Identification OF Rothenberg as the slayer
OF Cohen.
The killing occurred In the hall OF an
apartment house at West Ninety-sec-
ond street, Cohens home, on April 1.
One theory of the killing is that il was
the result OF a gambling feud waged in
that neighborhood. 1t is said Rothen-
berg killed Cohen because of his turning
informer TO the District Attorney, caus-
Ing a number OF raids upon the gamblers,
The theory Is also advanced that an
other man killed Cohen during a quar-
rel over the affections of a woman. The
Jury was not completed yesterday.
The sun., 1918-10-10
ENVOY OF DEAD BARDS HERE,
Wounded Poet Warrior WIN Lee.
ture for Red Cross.

Robert Nichol. q tall, spare, blond
poet OF Essex. England, removed from
the fighting line by wounds sustained
early In the war. arrived at an Atlantic
port yesterday on a British liner as the
representative OF the ghosts OF the bards
said he had been called by a fanc,,uI
Briton addicted to the habit OF verse
the Ambassador of the dead" and thst
he rather liked the title.
Mr.. Nichol Is the author OF a volume
called "Ardours and Endurances." and
knew most OF the young poets of Albion
killed In the war, He says the roster ia
large and none may know what great
songs the dead might have sung II they
had been spared.
Mr.. Nichol will lecture here and the
American and British Red Cross will
get whatever money may come from his
efforts
The sun., 1918-10-10
CLYCERINE IS LOST
BY GARBAGE WASTE
Government Deprived of Mu-
milton Material by Dumping.

The city has been dumping into the
Atlantic Ocean every day since las.
Thursday more than 900 tons of gar
bage, which contain a great quantity of
gly cerine needed by the Government for
the manufacture OF explosives, to say
nothing of material that ought to be con-
verted into fertilizer The waste will
continue for an indefinite time or until
some more reasonable way OF disposal
can be found.
The explanation of this scattering o,
largesse to the fishes lies OF course in
the closing OF the city owned garbage
reduction plant on Staten Island, the
building OF which against the wishes Of
Staten Islanders became an issue of the
1917 municipal campaign. The operating
lessee. the Metropolitan By-Products
Company. was TO pay the city sI9l, 900
a year, but went into bankruptcy. The
receivers and the city, working together.
have been trying 10 persuade the Gov
eminent 10 take over the plant for the
sake OF the / 900 900 pounds OF glycertne
It could produce annually. but without
result thus taT.
THE plant is one of the finest in the
world" Arnold b. McStay, Street Clean
ing Commissioner. said yesterday. "But
due to lack OF proper care the machinery
has run down. leaks have developed and
unloading OF garbage from scows at the
Staten Island pier Jagged until the ac-
cumulated garbage was offensive"
Consequently the Board OF Health has
ordered the plant closed. The order is
not effective until the end OF this week.
but because the plant is already clogged
with garbage all the city's collection
since Thursday has been lowed out TO
sea twenty miles beyond the Scotland
Light and dumped overheard Commits
sioner McStay says he still believes that
not the plant itself but the method of
operation constituted the nuisance. Any
way. New York city has reverted TO a
method of garbage disposal that was
employed last many years ago.
The ocean is getting the garbage be-
cause there Is no other place to nut n
Mr. McStay thinks the dumping is being
done 30 far from land that the beaches
will not be endangered.
1t Is understood that Proctor & Gam
BILE. soap manufacturers. who have a
factory ON Staten Island. have made an
offer 10 operate the city's garbage plant,
The sun., 1918-10-10
EVENTS TO-DAY.

This IL registration day.
National Opera Club. meeting Waidon
I p. N.
Eastern Bar Iron institute, mcetInh
Waldorf, 10 4. NJ.
American Association Advertising Asen.
cies convention, Waldorf, all day.
Rotary Club. luncheon, Hotel McApin
1880 p. NJ.
Illuminating Engineering Society. dinner,
Hotel McAlpin. $40 p. NJ.
Railway Accounting OFFICERS, meeting
Hotel McAlpin. 10 A. NJ.
Brooklyn Institute-Lecture by barrett
II. Clark on Personal Glimpses Of French
Dramatists." p. NJ: Prof, William starr
Myers lectures on popular current history.
s:lb p II.
Meeting Of American Women's HospJ'
tails. 637 Madison avenue. p. NJ
Otto II. Kahn and Frederick T. Fish
speak at dinner of industrial leaders on
stimulating war production, Hotel Aston
p. NJ.
Merchants Association, luncheon, H3e.
Aston. 1880 +. NJ.
Meeting OF New York CHAPTER tinted
Daughters OF the Confederacy. Hotel Asio',
1880 A. ST.
The sun., 1918-10-10
GIRL ATTACKED AND ROBBED.
Boys Find Victim Unconscious nm
Hour After Attach.

The Brooklyn police were searching
last night for two men who attacked
robbed and beat into Inconsistencies
Miss Josephine b. oBrien. a book
keeper. %, OF 995 East Thirty-fourth
street. The girl was struck from be-
hind with a blackjack. The blow
rendered her temporarily blind.
Miss O'Brien was returning from her
place Of employment in Manhattan. and
aligh'ing from a Flatbush avenue car
waited for another that would take her
close TO her home. When the second
car failed to arrive Immediately she de-
cided to walk the rest OF the way but
failed to notice two men who followed
close behind. Near vacant lot in Ave-
nue. II. short distance from her home
the men attacked her. took $24 from
her handbag and fled. Boys playing in
the neighborhood found Miss O'Brien
unconscious on the sidewalk nearly an
hour after the attack.
The sun., 1918-10-10
17s NEW CASES IN BOSTON.
115 other Massachusetts Towns
Report este.

BosToN, Oct. s.-The heavy traffic on
subway and elevated trains has been
merely changed to different hours In
stead Of having been lessened by closing
retail stores at certain hours, STREET
railway officials say to-day, thus defeat
ing the efforts Of authorities fighting the
influenza epidemic.
From Newport one death vas reported,
that OF Lieut.. Byron ]. Brown. L. S. A.,
Of Fort Adams At Newport 1t was also
announced that in the second naval dis
trict there were seventeen new cases OF
Influenza and two deaths.
Reports Of the Boston officials showed
119 new cases and 1913 deaths. One
hundred and fifteen cities outside Bos-
ton reported n total OF 6,S76 new cases
and 1863 deaths. Pittsfield showed six
teen deaths and 1874 new cases Reports
from many cities In Connecticut show
an increase throughout that State, the
total Of cases being about $4,000.
The sun., 1918-10-10
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT
Manhattan.

France Since the Revolution tseco7I d
a course OF Ave lectures on the "Hlstor'csl
Background OF tho Great War; by Ear
Barnes, Washington Irving High school
Irving place sixteenth and Seventeenth
streets. Illustrated by maps and charts
America the Land OF opportunly ara
Achievement" by william Carter, lh D.
Public School ,. Hudson and Grove street.
california Under Four Flags" Csscond
Of a course OF Ave lectures on the l'ar.Ar
ststes). by Azel Hull Fish. Public hccl
II, Forty-seventh street, west Of E.shth
avenue. Illustrated by stereoptlcon Views
and motion pictures.
Alaska" by Francis p. Rent, TubN.
School 81. Forty second street. cas-: Of
THE Romantic Fighters in French Art"
tsscond Of a course OF four lectures IN
The Art Of Our Ally Frarce'h. BY louis
Weinberg. Public School IS. lSsth street
and ST. Nicholas avenue.
Patriotism" by Judge James =. js'-
kfns. Public School SO. 22s East FIFTY sew
''The Battle OF the Marnc." by Rufus A
Vance, Public School So. Hvter. Essex ard
Norfolk streets.
"Ths Department Of Charities" b. nd
S. Coler. Public School 1855. :e5 West !ost,
street, east OF broadway, ,,,
The Language OF Music 'n'N'rsa
Real Music Education'D. by Mrs Mary
G. Murray. Labor Temple. souihW"'' cor
ner Fourteenth street and Second avenue
THE Development OF the English N'Es
tnrst Of a course OF six lectures on "Nov.
and Short Stories OF YESTERDAY ard To
day.. by Prof i. c. Carter Troop. 'or'
merry OF the University OF Chicago, NrIrF
Women's Hebrew Association, 81 west
10th street.
Bronx
Victor Hugo" (flrst OF = course - four
lectures on Modern Prophets - p'mNc'
tacy'D, by DR.. John IL Randall. Morris
High School. l66th street and Eusior rna..
"A Volunteer at Verdun." by H"i
Wooley. former driver In the Nm" 'ns'
Ambulance Ficld Service. Publi' SrNoo. 81.
Castle Hin avenue between WH-'" aNd
Black Rock avenues, Unionpor' Stertop-
ticon Views.
Russia: Past and Present ,NrN' -
course of six lectures on RUSSIAN 1.'h.St
tom. by Arthur n. Rces Of the lUNe'-
sity OF Pennsylvania Public School 3
Longwood avenue. Teller AMI Beck street,.
'Mending Broken Men" by John
FAIRIES. Pm. D., Public SChoo' s.. own
street Findlay and Teller avenues
The sun., 1918-10-10
50 DIE AT CAMP TAYLOR.
B7o New Cases OF Innuenxa De-
xelOp There.

LOUISVILLE, KY. Oct. s.-Fifty-ninc
deaths from pneumonia were reported
from Camp Zachary Taylor to-day ard
$40 new cases OF influenza, an increase
over the preceding twenty-four hours.
The total deaths at the camp during
the epidemic have been 230 and the
cases treated 9,0S2.
From Knasas City, Mo, word Vas re-
ceived here that influenza has spread
throughout sixty counties OF Kansas
and that public gatherings have been
prohibited In fifteen Kansas towns and
cities. Three hotels In Springfield. NO.,
have been turned into hospitals. Re-
ports received here from as far West
as Salt Lake City. Utah, tell OF the clos
ing of churches. schools and theatres.
The closing order In Utah includes even
the colleges, whore thousands OF young
men are training for the army.
The sun., 1918-10-10
LID IS ON AT NEW ORLEANS.
Public Meetings Are Forbidden
and schools Closed.

NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 9.--In an attempt
to prevent an increase I'm the number
of Spanish influenza cases. now ap-
preaching the 10000 mark, New Orleans
was placed under stringent restrictions
tonight by the city health authorities
Beginning tomorrow churches. the
aires. private and parochial schools
business colleges and pool rooms will
not be permitted to open. Public meet
ings, both indoor and outdoor, are for
hidden and street cars may not carry
more than two persons to each seat.
Public schools throughout Louisiana
were closed yesterday.
The sun., 1918-10-10

Aviators will drop circulars OYER ~"
city to-day at noon calling The . '''' "'
OF men who registered on Sep''1'" To-
1913. to the fact that the Ar
wants men for all Of the trades
nected with the making and u 30 = az
sirpianes and that thoy-cIE he TO-" Ecu
into this service at once. App, ~ '''
asked to report to Lieut. Ri'lN- Is'"H
90e. l0t Broad street. or 10 l.'t' ''',"
at Hazelhurst Field. Mneo'l N.'
cants for all branches Of tHD A." N''
vice are being examined in ~ .v''
street
The sun., 1918-10-10
TAKE DYING MAN TO HOSPITAL,
Five Unidentified Men Leave Him
In Chair-A Fight Victim.

Five unidentified men carried a dying
man up the steps and into the waiting
room at New York Hospital early yes
terday afternoon. deposited their limp
burden on a chair and then left the in
stitution. Nurses and physicians who
examined the man found a bullet wound
in his abdomen. which they said un-
doubtedly will cause his death.
When the nurses found the man in
the waiting room he was conscious but
declined TO say who shot him. He ex-
planned that his wound had been in
fiicted during a fight at Eighth avenue
and Fifteenth street and Identified him
SELF as Louis Abramowitz, rs, a sales
man, of 232 East 102d street The police
started a search for the men who carried
him there.
The sun., 1918-10-10
PRILEP Is GERMANIzED.
Even the Serbian Names OF the
streets Are Changed.

CORFU, Island OF Corfu. Oct. 9.-An
eyewitness arriving at the Serbian gov
ernmental headquarters here from Pri-
lep, a Serbian town northeast of Mon
astir captured by the Serbs In their re-
cent offensive. says that Prilep has sur
fered little from battle but presents q
desolate appearance, everything recall
Ing Serbia having been effaced.
King Peters street had been changed
to Ferdinand street and Pachitch street
had been changed to Radoslavoff street
To many thoroughfares had been given
German names.
The sun., 1918-10-10

WARRINGTON, Oct e--The harors,.,.
conditions have changed but little in H..
last twenty -four hours. Pressure il his
east Of the Mississippi and relatively Ienn
In the Hudson Bay region and souihea.
Colorado, but no well defined storm cent,s
has yet developed. Heavy rains havs
fallen In the lower Mississippi valley AMI
llght showers In the plains States south a.
Nebraska. Temperature changes have besn
unimportant. Fair weather Ia indicated
generally east OF the Mississippi during
the next forty-eight hours except that
showers are probable Friday in tne lover
Ohio valley. 1t will be slightly warmer in
the Atlantic coast district north OF Viz.
Rinia.
The sun., 1918-10-10
WALK DOWN AND SAVE COAL
Fuel Heads Urge All Below Fifth
Floor Not to Use Elevator.

walk down stairs TO save electric
current and fuel" the State Fuel Adj
ministration says In an official bulletin.
Half the elevator service. with conse-
auent consumption OF coal for power. in
apartment houses consists OF calls from
persons who wish to be carried down.
reach the street more quickly by using
the stairs than by waiting for the ele-
vator.
Walking down stalrs is healthful for
every one who can use his legs
The sun., 1918-10-10

and Saturday and the consequent over
crowding OF the city. DIR. Royal Cope
land. Health Commissioner of New York.
yesterday answered an appeal for doc
tors made by the Red Cross at Perth
Amboy and sent six physicians to the
Jersey town before evening At Rah-
way 1t Is estimated that 1000 have the
disease out OF a population of 10000
All places of public or semi-public gath
ering have been closed In Railway.
The sun., 1918-10-10
General Closing In baltimore.

BXLrIMMRE, Oct Sat Camp Meade
near here. during the past twenty -four
hours there have been seventy-tive
deaths, -166 new cases OF influenza and
2s9 new cases OF pneumonia. All the
schools. theatres and similar places in
Baltimore have been closed. There have
been hfty-six deaths during the past
twenty-four hours and 1926 new cases
during the last twenty-four hours
The sun., 1918-10-10
William A. BRADY Has Innuen.s.

The condition OF William A. Brady,
the theatrical and motion picture pro-
ducer. who has been confined to his
home. 316 Riverside Drive. since Mon
day with an attack o. influenza, was
said last night to be satisfactory. Mrs
Brady said II probably would be several
days before Mr.. Brady would be able to
leave his apartment
The sun., 1918-10-10
The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For New England and eastern Men
York. fair to-day and probably 70,
morrow; slightly warmer TODAY.
gentle south to west winds.
New Jersey, fair to-day and to.mo,r.-,
slightly warmer to-day; gentle and vs,,i
able winds. 's''-
Western New York. fair and snrnr.
warmer to-day; tomorrow fair, S
The sun., 1918-10-10

tinue to receive contributions.
Almost ITO tons OF clothing have been
collected in this county, Of which fifty-
one tons have already passed through
the storehouse OF the Commission for
Relief In Belgium. The Red Cross chap
ter's original allotment OF 100 tons was
later Increased to 500 tons.
The branch collection stations have
been closed and no trucks will be sent
The sun., 1918-10-10
Temperature.
lilly IulH4
MINIATURE ALMANAC.

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
United States Coast and Geodeuc Surg
Standard Time.
Sun rises. :ot A N Sun sets s3rS
Moon sds ..........s.2 Z NJ
HIGH WATER THIS DAY.
Sandy Hook IL 20 M Gov. Island II 81 AZ
He'll Gate ..........l:29 A NJ
LOW WATER THIS DAY.
Sandy Hook. liz A NJ Gov. Island ..5:S AN
Hell Gate ..........7:35 A NJ
Eote-The foregoing table has been corrected
to conform TO the new artificial time
The sun., 1918-10-10

Spanish influenza obtained a strangle
hold on the movies" yesterday when
the National Association of the Motion
Picture Industry. which Is the govern
ing medium for the fllm producers. held
an emergency meeting and voted to dis
continue the release Of new films for
an indefinite period beginning next
Tuesday. While the Aim producers
action need not necessarily result In the
closing Of every motion picture house
in the country, since there Is large
supply CT films already in the market.
the situation appeared decidedly gloomy
to the exhibitors and theatre owners.
Announcement of the producers ac-
ton was made by William A. Brady.
president OF the association. at his home,
3l6 Riverside Drive. where Mr.. Brady
is himself confined as an influenza vic
tim. He said statement reviewing
the movie situation from the producers
viewpoint probably will be issued to-
day by Frederick II. Elliott, secretary
of the association.
Two-thirds Already Closed.
Altogether II has been estimated there
are about 1880 movie theatres in the
country. The industry is rated az a
billion dollar enterprise and employs
approximately 100000 persons in vari-
Gus capacities from actors and actresses
to theatre janitors. Pessimistic persons
OF the industry were inclined to the be-
lief last night that unless the influenza
epidemic subsidies rapidly the movies
will temporarily disappear from Amer
lean life. despite the Governments
classification OF the animated screen
drama as a war time essential.
Already. estimates show. approx
mately two-thirds OF the total number
of theatres In the country have been or
dered closed by the health authorities.
Similar action is being taken from day
10 day as the disease makes its presence
felt in new sections, although such dras-
tic measures have not yet been employed
in local territory. The big question along
The sun., 1918-10-10
Cleveland Grip Cases Increase.

CLEVELAND, Oct 9.-Four deaths and
1877 new cases OF influenza were reported
to-day. bringing the total for three
weeks to 10 deaths and SIT reported
cases. City health authorities estimate
the number OF cases at more than. l.so0.
The sun., 1918-10-10
Increasing In Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9.-For tho
twenty-four hours ending at noon to-
day 4.0l3 new cases of influenza were
reported and, In the same period. 304
deaths from influenza and l24 from
pneumonia. Influenza Is on the In
crease,
The sun., 1918-10-10

pressroom STATS of the two newspapers.
Another collection was gathered from
the editorial and business offices Of the
Munsey organization In the Stewart
Building. Broadway and Chambers
street. The garments aSe being sorted
for immediate shipment.
The Red Cross drive officially ended
yesterday. but the New York County
Chapter announced that Il would con-