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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27
NAVAL UNIT NEEDS MEN.
city College Lacks 1OS of It's
Quota of 200.

The naval unit forming at the Col
iege of the City of New York is asking
for more men. Thus far only ninety
five have been accepted. while the coll
lege's quota is 200.
The service Is open to all men Is
years Of age or over who are college
undergraduates or who have had n
high school education or its equivalent.
1t Is expected that the same regulations
and conditions which hold for the army
unit of the Students Army Training
Corps will apply to the navy men.
Though no commander has been as
signed to the institution yet. Ensign
Raderick has been detailed to enroll
navy candidates. Examinations have
been going forward by navy doctors
since Tuesday afternoon, but the phys
ical requirements. which are slightly
higher than for the army. have barred
many. The rigid eye test has proved
the greatest obstacle.
Those passed enlist for a period OF
four years as apprentice seamen and
receive $3.50 month pay. While
quarters are not provided at the college
men will get $1.5s per day for subsist-
ence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27
MAGYAR COMMITTEE
REPUD!IATES KONYA
Rev. Frank Kovacs Telegraphs
Chairman Creeps Regrets
for Embarrassment"

The Rev. Frank Kovacs, chairman Of
the Committee for Magyar Democracy.
sent . telegram to George Creel last
night in which the chairman OF the Com
mittee on Public Information was in
formed that the Hungarians Of New
York regret the embarrassing position
in which the Committee on Public Infor-
nation Is placed by disclosures relating
to the activities Of Alexander Konta."
Mr.. Konta until recently was chair
man OF the Hungarian Loyalty League.
He was appointed by Chairman Creel.
His efforts have had the warm COM
mendation of Creel and the league has
had financial assistance from the Gov
eminent. He has been under attack
from various quarters since a letter he
wrote to Amba ssador Dernburg in 1915
advising the financing Of German
newspaper in New York with brewers
money was published in connection with
the controversy over the financing of
the Washington Times by Arthur Bris-
bane.
Magyars who declare that Konta does
not represent any considerable part OF
United States. but was the personal Sc
lection Of the chairman OF the Commit
tee on Public Information. formed the
Committee on Magyar Democracy after
the publication OF the Dernburg letter.
The Rev. Mr.. kovacs. the chairman, is
pastor OF the First Hungarian Presby
terrain Church OF Newark.
In the telegram sent last night Chair
man creel was told tina. the &ommit-
tee on Magyar Democracy had called a
mass meeting Of Hungarians for Octo.
Der .. An object Of the league, 1t wa.
asserted. is to obtain cooperation with
the Czecho-Slovaks and other oppressed
nationalities for the overthrow OF tho
Junker despotism.
Mr.. Creel put the Hungarians OF tho
United States into hole. when with
out consulting them. he appointed Kon.
ia as chairman Of the Hungarian 10y
atty League" said member OF the Com
mittee on Magyar Democracy last night
Now we are asking for a chance TO re.
pudiate Konta, and that chance we will
have"
GeZa d. Berko. editor and publisher
OF the Amertkat Md0yar Nepssapa and
who has been associated with Konta ir
the work OF the Loyalty League. gave
out statement last night defending him
! self. the league. Konta and Creel
They try 10 picture US next to the
Brute OF Berlin.'' said the statement
I'VE were pro-Hungarian before our
| adopted country, the United States, en-.
| tered the war and while the Russia ms
| threatened tire land of our nativity. We
were pro-American from the moment
Uncle Sam unsheathed his sword &c
make the world safe for democracy. We
defy any one to prove that we are MOI
| 100 per cent. American"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27
TWO GROCERs FOUND GUILTY.
VIII Contribute 10 Red Gross
string Beans Plentiful NoW.

G. and II. MINERS. gIoccrs. c0ol
Broadway. and Nachman Koros'of' q
-four dealer in 112 Moore street, rronH.
iyn. were found guilty by the Fedora
Food Board yesterday OF violating the
rules OF the Food Administrator and
were given their choice OF contributing
to, the Red Cross or suffering a NOR.
severe penalty.
Korostoff, who admitted selling t"r-
without the required amount Of wn"a'
substitutes prior to March l.. Mas pc
mitted to contribute $3.50. The cAlrss
against G. and II. MINERS was IA;
in the sale OF sugar they had asked
higher price from charge and deliver"
customers than from cash and 0a"'"
customers. They will contribute 50.
The Federal Food Board ,ssie.
bulletin yesterday recommending That
housewives serve stIiig hesns a.l So"
preserve them for future consumption
by drying them In the oven and t"7
pickling them In brl9e and spircd rN.-
gar.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27
Great Bargains at Private Sale.
Stocks Of Fine wh!skey and Gin
Must Be Disposed OF.

This means that hundreds of saloon
Keepers md themselves dangerously
overstocked. They realize that the time
ahead OF them In which to sell Off their
boards of hard stun is too short. More
over. II won't be long until Uncle Sam
claps on the new tax, which viii run
excise payments up to IS a gallon, in
stead OF s3.20. the present Federal rate.
That tax must be paid If the liquor re-
mains in the cellar.
Saloon men realize that IL wouldn't
40 to try TO come out even or TO make
a profit by raising the price of drinks
over the bar TO figure balancing the
rev tax and the other expenses. People
Probably would refuse to buy. There
fore they have got 10 sell privately
20 households. clubs and so on that want
TO provide not against a rainy day. but
against very. very droughty day. In
one sense. therefore, there will be bar
eains, very likely, for people who may
want to put away a quantity OF whiskey
or gin, for the stun may be. obtainable
under these peculiar conditions, at prices
the saloon men would have turned their
noses up againEt few months ago.
There IL enough beer In stock at the
breweries to last until the middle OF
February or perhaps tho first OF March
but most of this win have to be bottled
10 keep. since beer is extremely perish.
able In barrels The big hotels and
cafes are uniting for the purpose OF
bringing carload lots from st. Louis
Cincinnati and Milwaukee, one place
taking 100 half barrels. say: another
nifty ana so on. But even with these
ezpedientB the end 10 plainly in sight Il
'bs President declines to modify or re-
send the brewing introduction.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27
PARK FOR WARS WOUNDED.
Catholic Fund Leases Land fol-
Auxiliary to Base Hospital.

that the New York Catholic War Fund
had leased approximately eleven acres
IN the University Heights section OF The
Bronx and that upon completion of re-
pairs to buildings ON the land will lease
the property at 81 a year to the Gov
eminent to be used as an auxiliary to
Base Hospital No. for wounded and
sick soldiers returning from France. The
lease rs for three years
Mgr. Michael J. Lavelle Is presiden,
Of the fund A committee OF women
composed of Miss Elisabeth Marbury
Mas Teresa r. O'Donohue. Mrs. viii.
lam TX. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Cornelius Tiers
and Mrs. Michael Gavin. has been ap.
pointed to cooperate with the army au-
thorties in the management OF the hos.
pital auxiliary.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27
VEHICLES BARRED
FROM NASSAU ST.
Police Reserve Thoroughfare
for Pedestrians From 3 to
6 O'Clock Daily.

Within a day or two. or just as soon
intended to decorate the old Manhattan
COW path known as Nassau street, ve-
ticular traffic will be barred between
S y. NJ. and P. NJ. from the crooked
little thoroughfare which runs from the
teart OF tho financial district north to
the City Hall Brooklyn Bridge region.
Nassau street during the busy hours
will be open only to pedestrians. There
is an excepting clause TO the new police
traffic rule, however, which permits We
hicles that have business reasons for en-
tering the street--automoblles and
wagons belonging to Nassau street con-
Germs or any other vehicles delivering or
receiving passengers or goods in the
street---to use Nassau street as n thor
oughfare provided such vehicles enter
and leave the thoroughfare at the near
est cross street to the point the drivers
must reach.
Nassau street, as every one Of the
hundreds OF thousands OF citizens who
have damned asphalt and sidewalks OF
the canyon during recent years knows,
for long time perforce has been more
a pathway for pedestrians than an ave
nue. for veh!cular traffic. Police Com
| missioner EnriGht and Special Deputy
Commissioner Harriss Of the traffic d.
! vision have for some time. through
Traffic Inspector John OBrien. made the
progress OF the pedestrians who choke
the street during the rush hours some
what easier by making Nassau street a
one way thoroughfare for yehicular traf-
fic during business hours.
The Commissioner and Deputy Com
| missioner Harriss." said Inspector
o Brien, uniformed head of traffic mat
| tiers, yesterday, when asked about the
! new ruling. brought about a great i'm
had become intolerable---in Nassau
street by their enforcement OF the one
way street order. and thereby won the
| appreciation OF the citizens most inter-
| ested, general approval which was ably
voiced at the time in an editorial In
| THE EVENING Sun.
The latest ruling, which bars all uu-
necessary traffic from Nassau street
during business hours. is a step toward
further improvement of conditions which.
the Commissioner and Deputy Commits
| sioner Harriss believe, will meet with
public appreciation as hearty as the
| earlier changes"
theoretically the new rule went into
| effect yesterday. but II will not be en-
forced until the signs have been placed
| along Nassau street. On Sundays and
| holidays and always from 6 o'clock In
the evening until 8 o'clock the next
morning there will be no traffic restric-
lions But at all other times drivers of
vehicles going north or south must use
broadway. William street or other thor
| oughfares
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27
NEW YORK TOLOSE
HALF ITS SALOONS
Excise Officials Predict That
Many Licenses Will Not
BE Renewed.
TRAFFIC's DOOM Is SEEN
Some Hope Large Hop and
Barley Crops May Lift Ban
on Brewing.

one-half the saloonkeepers OF Greater
New York will paddock the old front
door within few weeks, murmuring as
they go:
There, little ginmul, don't you cry,
You'll be q drug store by and by.
The percentage Of retirements from
the historic traffic may be greater even
than so, but figures on Ale in the ex-
.ise ofiices OF the 1--WE boroughs inei-
cate that about half have had enough
End are ready to quit. Many are waver-
ing. clinging and clawing to last des-
pcrate hope that Washington may let up
on their business. But the signs Of the
times do not make for optimism in the
rum business, for most OF the ssSns
read in big lecteraa'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27

cities for display during tHo ram3o'F7
The guns range from three TO- s.N '" 90
In calibre and bear the pen,IloD ,'h"
of thousands of American soldier
Late tomorrow afternoon Ita.aA ".+
French aces will bomb New Nur- egg
with 10000 "aerograms" urging 'N''-
ulace TO help win the war by sNtS. '.''
ing to the loan. one Capron! aUt '"o
Nieuports will start from M.n'o.H ~
O'Clock and fly to New Nor". 'h'
Jacques Boyriven and Lieut. &C.
FTachairs, under the direction 80 "''.
Beroetta of the French aviation pr -'.'''
will fly two fast NiCurort CON -
planes used recently A. the ~ow1u ~
by famous French aces.
Lieut.. Julian Parvis, famous i.. Al
ace, will pilot the new America '."r...
equipped with three Liberty motor. ~
passengers will he Capt. HUGO d \ rii'
zio, son OF the poet and f!sr, and .a.'
Testoni.
The Caproni will represent ,' y
machine starting on Il raid and -
escorted by the two NIeun""
machines will manmuvrc ua ID
After the bombing the aces w.
exhibition OF the latest tr. SIS
warfare.
Ten tanks and ships wiz h'
after the towns in the Sec0I -..
Reserve district that pile NJ '.' -..
oversubscriptions based or p.G." -
The ten ships will 10 named
banking towns making records
tanks after the non-bauking ~
ties.
A rush Is reported FOR tl,.,.. d.
great concert to be given :. -
Hall Monday evening by IN" d.. '''
sic. industrial and profession t'.
Vice-President Marshall WI
principal speaker at the dru..1 A
the Liberty altar in Maids" .'..
Park tomorrow at Noon
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27
CAMP TALKS TO ROTARIANs.
Athletic Leader Says Exercise
and shows How to Do II.

Walter Camp, once a famous Vale
coach and now commissioner of ath-
letics for the Government, showed the
Rotary Club yesterday at its weekly
luncheon at the McAlpin Hotel how
setting up exercises should be done.
The old coach peeled of his coat and
made n practical demonstration.
This war;" no said. Twill be the test
Of US. 1t will get tho best OF US and
make men of the rest OF u.s."
Mr.. Camp advised all the club mem
bers to take exercise. He said he was
amused sometime ago when officials In
Washington told him they were too busy
to exercise. He paid particular atten.
ton to men over 40, years In his talk
and said II was never too late for them
to begin work.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27
X. of g. Membership Cam paign.

The forty-two councils of the Knights
of Columbus in Manhattan and The
Bronx will conduct a membership cam
paign beginning Columbus Day. To pro-
mote this a meeting OF AL Catholic
priests. members OF the order, will be
held In the Cathedral College Hall,
Fifty-nrst street and Madison avenue,
at o'clock to-day. Mgr. Francis II.
Wall. chairman of the committee, will
preside. Addresses will be delivered by
James A. Flaberty. Supreme Knight
Justice Victor J, Bowling and William
p. Larkin. Supreme Director.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27
MISS sT1NsoN BRINGS AIR POST.
Comes From Washington in just
Over Three Hours.

Miss Katherine Stlnson. who recently
made a flight from Chicago TO New
York, reached Belmont Park yesterday
afternoon with 100 pounds OF mail from
Washington and Philadelphia. Aviator
De Hart, flying in an accompanying ma
chine. brought 400 pounds of mail. They
left Washington at 1886 o'clock A. NJ
yesterday and landed at Belmont Park
at 2:40. IT was said that Miss Stinson
would probably be given q regular as
signment on this route.
Lieut. Culver cut the mail record be-
tween Philadelphia and New York by
five minutes yesterday. He flew in n
machine with the Liberty motor and ne
gotiated the distance in thirty-flve min
utes. His time from Washington 70
New York was hour and 35 minutes OF
actual flying time.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27
COOPER UNION IN WAR WORK.
Tech nicsl school VIII Train Men
to Become Army Omcers.

The Day Technical School OF Cooper
Union has been recognized as a train
ing unit for the Students Army Train
ing Corps. BY this arrangement the
teaching organization and the scientific
and technical laboratories OF tho inst!-
tuition. equipped with the most modern
apparatus and machinery. costing more
than $4,000, will be placed at the
service of the Government In the Ia
OF training officers and technical ex-
perts for the army.
Students Is years or more old who
have had four year high school edu-
cation or Its equivalent and are phys.
ically fit who enroll in the institution
will be indicted into the Students Army
Training Corps as soon as an officer is
assigned to the institution.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27
MAYOR C0MMENDs ENRIGHT.
HylNn VIII Fight Retirement OF
Lieut.. Jones on Pension.

Writing to Police Commissioner En-
right yesterday in regard to tho case OF
Lieut.. William A. Jones. who obtained a
mandamus from Justice Cropsey COM
pelling his retirement on n pension be-
fore reaching the age limit, Mayor Hylan
said:
II commend you for the stand you
have taken In this matter not TO burden
the taxpayer with pensioners because OF
influence SO that they can be retired and
accept other lucrative employment.
shall instruct the Corporation Counsel
TO proceed with this matter as far as
the law allows him to 60"
Commissioner Enright had Informed
the Mayor that he had been importuned
daily by politicians and others to retire
lieut.. Jones.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27
$500 Manhattan Applications.

In every borough more applications
will have been received by October L.
In Manhattan II ia expected that the
lumber OF applications will run to $500 :
N Brooklyn. to 1900: in The Bronx, to
800; in Queens. to 400. and in Richmond.
10 zoo, making a possible total of &. 400.
II all Of these applications should be
converted into licenses the percentage
OF falling OF would be about IS per
cent. but the excise officials believe that
hundreds OF applications will 20 by the
board as the inexorable logic OF the sit
pation boreS into tho mental processes
of the rum sellers. Their best guess
therefore Is that half of the saloons
throughout the city will 90 dry.
At 1851 Broadway. where the ONCE
OF the State Excise Commission for
Manhattan is located. it was said by a
deputy yesterday:
III my experience Of twenty years
goes for anything about half of the
applications will never be taken up.
THIS means that in Manhattan only
about 1850 to 1000 saloons will con-
tinue in business. The decline in traffic
will amount, I am snre. to 60 per cent.
in some OF the other boroughs 1t will
rot be so much. so that I should say n
80 pee cent. decrease for the whole city
would be a fairly close estimate"
hsps, since the great habitat of rubber
plants and baby carriages carries with
II suggestions of respectability and
sobriety not always applied to other
boroughs, saloonmen seem TO be show
ing more nerve. The excise Office over
there thinks the decrease will amount
TO about 3o per cent Queens also Is
going dry most reluctantly. Already
$50 licenses out OF a possible 500 have
nd hx
differing from that employed in the
ether boroughs in that cash must be
handed over the counter with the ap-
rl'cation) and at least 400. may be 450
paid up applications are anticipated
This would make the decrease fos
Queens about 80 per cent Richmond's
liquor traffic will be hit hard, the esti.
mated decrease there figuring at GO
per cent.
Hope for Resembling of Beer Ban
The whole situation is so much UT
In the air that there is a good deal oil
cuesswork about the excise estimates
Saloonmen are leaning ears toward
Washington with the intensity OF con.
demned men yearning for a feprieve
The word got about yesterday that the
brewers hope for resembling Of the
Executive order forb.dding the brewing
VI Dcci nAhei bcCtiiDcT i. IHe brewers
hear that the hops and barley crop,
are very large and that this may swa,
the Government to a more favora Bile at.
titude. On tho other hand. the nationa
hone dry act, which would kill Off the
whole liquor trade on July !. 1919, 10,
the period OF tho war and demobiliza
ton. is in the Presidents hands fol
signature, and nobody in the trade OF
selling alcohol is kidding himself abou,
the outlook. Wherever they peer tn.
rumsters md the future as dark as 6
stack of black cats in a cellar at mid
night.
Perhaps the best indication of wha
they really think OF the prospects Il
found in tho placards which nowaday,
decorate windows and front doors o.
large saloons. Most OF these read abou
as follows:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27
SOLDIER, LOVING BROTHERS,
WIFE, KILLS HER AND SELF
Tragedy in Park Ridge, Following Double Disap
pearance, Recalls Childhood Romance-"We
Love One Another" Explains All.

Park Ridge. Eventually he vas sent to
Camp Meade. in Maryland, and last
week received word that the contingent
Of troops with which he was serving had
completed training and soon would start
overseas. Edward received final fur
Tough and late In the week arrived at
the home OF his brother and sister in
law to say good-by.
Mrs. Kuttier was the FIRST person TO
greet her brother-in-law and there Was
n pleasant visit with the soldier in the
Kuttler home Saturday night. Sunday
morning when Frederick Kuttler awokc
the house was etill. He called to his
wife. but received no answer. No an
swer came either when Frederick called
Edwards name. Both were gone.
Since Sunday Frederick Kuttler and
his little daughter, nov years old,
searched unsiccessfully for tho soldier
and the child's mother. Frederick Kut-
tier arose early yesterday and went TO
work. He locked the door to his home
before he went, leaving his little daugh-
ter at the home OF his mother. little
further along in Midland avenue. Park
Ridge.
Tragedy Follows DISAPPEARANCE.
Later in the day a kindly woman
neighbor entered the house. as she had
been in the habit OF doing since Mrs
Kuttler disappeared, to tidy" the place
UP for the grief stricken husband
Finally she reached the bedroom where
Mrs Kuttler formerly slept. The door
was closed and the neighbor opened II
On the bed lay the bodies Of the miss
Ing soldier and Mrs. kuttler. An army
revolver was on the bed between them
The neighbor called the police. A
search OF the room was made. ~on
a dresser the police found this note:
DEAR MOTHER AND FRED: Bessie and
I are going to end 1t all. 1t 10 the only
way. We love one another. Please for
give us. Have US buried in the same
grave. 1t is the wish of both OF US. Take
care Of little Dotz and give her Bessie's
watch and chain. ED AND BESSIE"
Where the couple were from Sunday
until they returned to die in Mrs. Kut-
tiers own homo Is a mystery. The police
were unable to find any one who ever
saw them enter tho Kuttler home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27
Seeks CIemency for slayer.

A committee headed by Father Nye,
a Belgian priest. began yesterday to
urge the Communication Of the sentence
Of death passed upon Carl Edward Won
Pouche. convicted in the Bronx Supreme
court last spring Of the murder of
Charlotte Schoulviege and Harry Vande
Wege. Won Pouche served with credit
as a Belgian soldier and was decorated
by the King. He had been Tilted by
Miss schoulviege for Vande wege and
he killed both. District Attorney Mar
tin said he would not interfere In the
case unless direction to that effect came
from Gov. Whitman.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27
OFF TO RELIEVE GREECE.
Red Cross Commission Sails to
Combat Typhus.

4 Red Cross commission. headed by
Prof Edward Caps. formerly profes-
sor OF classics at Princeton University.
has sailed for Greece TO relieve destitu-
ton and 70 combat diseases. especially
typhus. which are reported prevalent in
many crowded localities
The Atlantic Division announced yes
terday that there are approximately sew
enty persons In the commission, includ-
Ing medical. sanitary and agricultural
experts. clerical help. motor drivers,
mechanics and stenographers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27
German "Counte.." Found Guilty

Rena Won Kupper. who says she IL the
wife OF German count. and Leo Was
servogel. described as her chauffeur.
were convicted yesterday by a jury be-
fore United States Judge Chatfeld in
Brooklyn OF having served whiskey and
champagne August 90 TO army officers
from Camp Mills in the woman's hotel
at Massapeaua. Major Elmer c. Jack
son and Lieuts. Hewlett and Nagel were
the witnesses against the Countess"