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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF
NACLE IS INJURED
Back Sprained in Crash, but
He Goes On to Fire.

with a badly sprained back and side
and possible internal injuries Deputy
Fire Chief Michael ]. Nagle responded
to a fire alarm in the manufacturing dis
trict in Long Island City yesterday after
having been hurled thirty feet and
pinned under his automobile when 1t was
in collision with a heavy sightseeing au-
tomobile at Sixth street and East ave-
nue.. Morris Kelly. his driver. was pain
fully cut BY flying glass and both his
forearms were injured.
The accident occurred only three
blocks from the fire house. Kelly was
driving the department automobile down
East avenue. when he realized a smash
with the heavier machine. which was
running In Sixth street. was unavoidable
Both drivers swung their machines and
the heavier one sideswiped the lighter
throwing II across the street and against
the side of a building.
Chief Nagle was pinned underneath
his machine. but managed to crawl out
and pull Kelly with him. He then COM
Wandered passing automobile and
drove to the fire. Later he was sent to
his home when hospital surgeons said his
injuries were more serious than he had
thought.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
LABOR DAY PARADE
MAY INCLUDE 100, 900
Airpianes to Bombard Route
With Pamphlets.

New York's Labor Day parade is ex-
pected to contain at least loo. 900 march,
ers, according to labor men who are
arranging It, AS the long line swings
up Fifth avenue from Washington
square. Starting at 10 o'clock In the
morning, American, British French and
Italian airplanes will bomb the line of
march with pamphlets. The air fleet
will be led by gigantic Caprotis.
The marchers will be reviewed at
Forty-second street and will disband at
Fifty-ninth. Secretary OF Labor Will
lam r. Wilson will represent President
Wilson in the reviewing stand.
John Sullivan. president OF the Brew
cry Workers Union, Local 81, will be
grand marshal and will be assisted by
]. +. Reilly. William Kohn and James =.
Holland, president OF the State Fedora
ton of Labor.
At meeting In Manhattan Casino
after the parade. Secretary Wilson will
be the chief speaker. Others who will
speak will be the Mayor, Alfred +
Smith, president of the Board of Alder
men A. b. McStay, Commissioner OF
Street Cleaning: Murray Hubert, Com.
missioner of Docks and Ferries and
NJ f. Connolly, president of the Borough
OF Queens. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurs,
and Major Lancaster OF the British Mis-.
sion also may speak.
Before the parade George Creel of the
Committee on Public Information will
address a mass meeting of the New
York Post once clerks In the Maxim,
Elliot theatre. -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
BRITISH. SAILORS
SEELAUNCHINGS
Two Steel Fabricated Ships
Take to Water at Port
Newark Yards.

Several thousand persons. including a
detachment OF sailors from H. NJ. s
City of London. saw two more steel
fabricated ships-the Ingoid and
Phoenix Bridge-go overheard at the
Port Newark yards OF the Submarine
Boat Corporation yesterday. Waiting
tugs towod them to the canal at the
southern end of the yard, where they
will be equipped with the machinery
necessary to make them ready for sea.
The ships are built on the same lines
as the four which had been launched
previously at the Port Newark yards
They each have a displacement Of ap-
proximately $500 tons and a dead
weight carrying capacity OF $500 tons
When fully loaded they will make al
least 10h knots an hour.
Miss Helen H. Palmer, daughter oil
George H. Palmer of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation, was sponsor for the
Ingold, and Miss Eleanor Ward Deans
a daughter Of John S. Deans. vice-presi
dent of the Phoenix Bridge Company
christened the other craft ., .
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
CASEY STENCILS $50
TAKES RAPID FLIGHT
Ex-BaH Player GaUe Boy His
Coat to Hold.

The astute police have been requested
by Casey Stengel, one time outfieder
with the Brooklyn and Pittsburg Ma
tional League baseball teams, but now
toiler in a shipyard, to ind the boy and
the $50 which disappeared simultaue-
ously yesterday from that part OF Pros
pect Park where Mr. Stengel was prac-
Using baseball.
Stengel Is captain OF a shpyard nine
which Is to play another shipyard nine
to-day He led his men into Prospect
Park yesterday for little necessary
practice.
In the old days the man at the club
house used to look after Stengers bank
roll and bibeiots. In the park yesterday.
no other repository being available, he
left his coat and wallet with boy
from the side lines, who stepped forward
and offered himself as custodian.
There the matter rests. There was
$50 In the money sack. BOY and money
were missing when the practice hour
ended, and although Stengel has made
all the traditional motions Of informing
the police his expectation OF ever glimps-
ing his cash again Is exceedingly small.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
2 HURT IN CRASH
OF SUBWAY TRAINS


seven persons were cut and bruised
Yesterday at the Forty second stree,
terminal Of the Il. r. T. subway, when a
train arriving from down town banged
into an empty train which was standing
at the north end OF the station.
Three Of the injured passengers were
taken to Bellevue The other four had
their injuries dressed at the station.
The three who went to the hospital were
Margaret Thomas, conductorette Abra-
nam Kondor and Joseph Mangara.
The accident occurred either through
some fault with the brakes Of the incom-
Ing train or because the tracks were slip
perry. 1t happened just before noon and
made a lively half hour in and about the
station.
According to George Little. motorman
OF the moving train. he had his train well
In hand as he approached the station. and
after shutting or his power applied the
brakes. The train, however, seemed not
to be affected by the brakes and kept on.
The dead" train stopped 1t finally. and
as, the two trains came together there
was loud crash Of glass and all the
passengers who were standing went to
the floor.
The accident afforded an opportunity
for little active duty by the police re-
serves from West Fifty-seventh street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
T. R. SPEAKS HERE MARINE DAY.
Jusserand to be Chief Guest at
Principal Celebration.

Col. Roosevelt will deliver an address
at the principal exercises OF the Lafay-
ette-M Marine anniversary, which will take
place in the Aldermanic Chamber. City
Hall, on Friday at 3 :15 P. NJ. NJ. JUS
serand, French Ambassador. who will be
the chief guest of honor. will make the
response. John Jay Chapman will read
poem. Justice Victor ]. Bowling win
preside, The guests of honor will include
officers representing the American and
allied armies and navies.
The observance of the Lafayette
Marine anniversary under the auspices
of the Lafayette Day National Commit
tee and the Lafayette Day Citizens Com
mittee OF New York Is to include the
launching of the steamship Marine at a
nearby Government shipyard.
The Ladies Committee of the American
Defence Society will be in charge Of the
chldren's Lafayette Marine day fete In
Central Park on the afternoon of Sep
TENDER 6.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
DOCTORS ARRESTED
IN DRUG CAMPAIGN
Revenue Men Find $4,000
Morphine and Heroin Pre-
scriptions in Pharmacy.

DR.. Emil H. Keidanz Of las West Six.
ty-third street, DR.. Solomon Rothman OF
lis East Twenty seventh street and
William Cohen. alleged part owner o.
the Lincoln Pharmacy. 1s Amsterdam
avenue. were arrested yesterday on
charges Of conspiring to violate the Har-
rison drug law.
When the men were arraigned before
Samuel NJ. Hitchcock, United States
Commissioner, Laurence H. Axman. As
sistant United States Attorney, asserted
that $150,000 worth Of habit forming
drugs had been sold at LINCOLN Phar-
macy during the last year. Bail was Sc,
at $500 for each defendant.
The arrests were the result Of an in
vestigation made by John d. Murphy
chief internal revenue agent. who has
been In charge OF the Governments eff
forts to suppress illegal traffic in drugs
in New York. The investigation dis
closed 1t is alleged. that $4,000 prescrip-
lions calling for heroin and morphine
have been filled since January 1 at the
Lincoln Pharmacy.
All OF these prescriptions. II Is as
serted. bore the names of one Of three
physicians. Prescriptions calling for
other drugs at this pharmacy numbered
but four or five a day 1t is alleged.
All the defendants denied being guilty.
Cohen. who said he had been an inspec-
tor OF the city Health Department for
twenty years, declared he had no inter-
est In the Lincoln Pharmacy. He said II
was run by his brother. Louis. Louis
Cohen also is named as a defendant In
the complaint sworn to by DR.. Charles
H. Perry Of the Internal Revenue Blu
reau.
Cohen's lawyer declared all Of the
sales complained Of by the Government
had been made In compliance with the
State law.
Much Of the testimony upon which the
complaint was based was taken from
drug addicts. The inquiry has been I'M
der way for several months. Coincident
with the arrests, a search warrant was
issued by Commissioner Hitchcock
against the Lincoln Pharmacy. ]. Vein
berg a clerk at the pharmacy, was ex-
amined by Mr.. Axman. The arrest Of
another physician is expected. .,'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
GARFIELD CONFIDENT
MOTORISTS WILL HELP
Consented to MoUe Only as
Necessary for Army.
Special Despatch to TIE suS.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-Conhdence
that the request of the Federal Fuel
Administration against unnecessary au-
tomobile riding tomorrow WI be gem
orally complied with by the people cast
of the Mississippi Riveri was expressed
by Dr. Harry A. Garfield to-day
President Wilson will head the list
Tomorrow OF those who comply with the
request by walking to church services
and will abandon his customary drive
in the afternoon.
Telegrams TO DR.. Garfield to-day In
dicated a general inclination to COM
pIy faithfully with the spirit OF the
appeal. Taxicab companies In many
cities, II was stated. made known their
intention of using their vehicles only
for necessary trips. One message from
EYndlay, Ohio, said the automobile deal
err of that city have decided to close
their garages on Sundays. beginning
to-morrow, for as long as the Fuel Ad-
ministration desires.
The curtailment appeal was not Is
sa,ed this week. 1t is learned. without
vigorous protest on the part OF DIR. Gar
6ejd. The pressing need OF the Amer
lean forces in France for more sasolene
however. and the necessity of immedi-
as shipments from the Atlantic sea.
board led him to consent
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
TWO AUSTRIAN NAVY
RADIO MEN SEIZED
Wireless Experts on Foes Pay.
roll Discovered Here and
Consigned to Jail.

Two expert wireless operators who
were put on the New York payroll of the
Austrian Government three weeks after
the United States went to war with
Germany were arrested by Government
agents yesterday They are George Fer
gal. rs. and Guido CASA, So, both Aus
TRAN enemy aliens.
Both men have knowledge OF the Aus
TRAN secret codes. They arrived here
from Trieste on the Martha Washing
ton on August 2. 1914. The steamship was
at once interned. The two men remained
aboard of her until she was taken
possession OF by the Government. Since
then CASA has been working for a
jeweller in Lexington avenue. Fergal
drove a wagon for a Madison avenue
baker.
Since April "a. 1917. it is alleged, the
Austrian Government has been paying
salaries to the two wireless operators
through the Transatlantic Trust Com
pany. This company was taken posses
sion Of by the Allen Property Custodian
several weeks ago. The seisure pro-
vided the Information that led to the
arrests. CASA received SO a month
and Fsrgal 355.
CASA Is said to be one Of the most
skilful wireless operators in the world.
He speaks six languages: German. Rus
sian. Italian, Bohemian, Spanish and
English.
Fergal has had three brothers in the
Austrian army, one OF whom was killed
He enlisted In the Austrian navy In 1911
and became a wireless operator. serving
on. various battleships and at land sta
tons. In July. 1917. when war became
imminent. he was sent to the Martha
washington by the Funken Telegraf In
spectory. Papers In his possession prove
he belongs to the imperial and royal
wireless department OF the Austrian
navy.
Fergal and CASA were sent to the
Enemy Alien Bureau. where they were
questioned by Rufus w. Sprague. Jr.
head OF the bureau. He committed them
20 Raymond street Jail in Brooklyn
pending investigation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
K. OF C. SEEK MORE TRUCKS.
supreme Council to Take Up
Motor Aid Question.

The question of expanding the motor
ization OF the knights OF Columbus or
ganization in France and of authorizing
additional fleets of motor trucks to carry
supplies for American soldiers in the
fighting zone will be taken up at a meet
ing of Supreme Directors of the X. of c.
and representatives of the Catholic Ma
tional War Council which begins in Chi
cago to-day. The K. of c. proposal to
the Government. suggested by Supreme
Knight James A. Flaherty to Secretary
of War Baker. that there be only one
big drive of all the principal organiza-
lions engaged in war relief work instead
OF several will be discussed.
William J. Mulligan. chairman of the
committee on war activities, will present
plans for the contemplated extension Of
the motor truck service. Ten per cent.
of the Knights OF Columbus membership
of 49, 900 is in the army and navy SER
vice.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
NEWBURGH TO LAUNCH SHIP.
Yard Expects to Turn Out I
FreiGhter Each Month.

A 5000 ton steamer for the Emergency
Fleet Corporation will be launched to-
morrow at the plant OF the Newburgh
Shipyards Corporation at Newburgh
Mrs Irving T. Bush. wife Of the chair
man Of the board Of directors Of the cor.
poration, win chris.en the vessel New
burgh and Col Roosevelt will deliver the
principal address,
The Newburgh is 401 feet long. 42O
feet over all, and is 81 feet wide. The
Newburgh Shipyards Corporation has re-
ceived contracts to build ten vessels OF
the same type. In about sixty days the
corporation Will be able to turn out one
completed ship a month.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01

Prof. Thomas Masaryk. a leader of
the Czecho-Slovak revolutionary move
ment, will speak at a meeting of the OPP
pressed nationalties of Austria in Car
negie Hall Sunday afternoon. September
IS The meeting will be under the super
vision OF the New York War Savings
Committee. the Y. NJ. c. a.. the Y. w.
c. A., the Four Minute Men and the For
eign Language Press Bureau of the
Committee on Public Information.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
Goth to Get Xmas Boxes.

The Women's Auxiliary to the 165th
Infantry told Sixty-ninth) has under
taken to send Christmas boxes to the
boys of the regiment, The boxes must
be ready for shipment by September Is.
The auxiliary asks Tor moderate sized
boxes, addressed to individual soldiers.
The boxes must contain nothing perish
able or inflammable. The auxiliary meets
each Wednesday evening at the armory.
Twenty-fifth street and Lexington ave-
nue.. On other evenings the members
gather at the armory to work for the
men who have no families to send them
comforts
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
CAFFEY's BUSINESS BOOMING.
Federal Prosecutors Cases In.
crease From 37S to 2,O7O.

War brought large increase in the
business of the United States Attorney
for the Southern district of New York.
The report of Francis G. Caffey, United
States Attorney. for the year ended
June 80. to Attorney General Gregory.
transmitted yesterday, shows 2,o70 pros
ecutions were instituted, as against 37S
In the preceding year. The comparison
as relating to criminal cases that were
settled in court was 1,7S9, against 442.
The increase in civil cases was not alb
normal.
More than 10 per cent. of the criminal
cases were based on the new war
statutes and so per cent. grew out of
transactions directly related to the war.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
FRIEDsAM WINS COLONELCY.
Efficiency as State Quartermaster
General Brings Promotion.


The efficiency of the services per-
formed as OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of the
New York State Guard by Major
Michael Friedsam prompted Gov. Whit
man to promote Major Friedsam to a
Colonelcy and the appointment was an
nounced yesterday.
1t was in October, 1917. that Col
Friedsam, who is president of B. Altman
q Co.. received his commission in the
guard after having announced his eager
ness to serve. He considered that the
work offered an exceptional opportunity
for service. Previously Col. Friedsam
had been serving as representative of
the New York State merchants in the
administration of the food control law,
and in this capacity Col Friedsam de-
vised and put forward plans for meat
less. wheatless and fireless days.
He has been actively interested In
the work of the American Red Cross
and provided for the use OF the Red
Cross the old Aston Trust Building at
Fifth avenue and Thirty-sixth street, a
contribution amounting to $4,000 a
year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
ALIMoNY REFUSED MRS. JUST.
Margaret Hanson, Whom She
Names, Denies Her AlleHa lions.

Alimony was denied yesterday by
Justice Lazansky. in Brooklyn, 20 Mrs.
Elizabeth c. Just. pending her suit for
divorce from Blair Fuller Just of the
banking house of Henry Zuckerman Of
SO Broadway. She named as correspond
ent Margaret Harmon. appearing as a
motion picture actress in Merely Play
ers." Just rents a room from the act
ress at 90 Convent avenue.
Replying to his wife's affidavit of al
legged misconduct, Just sets forth that
Mrs. Just has pending In the Manhat-
tan courts suit for separation from
him and denies all her alles atoms. Miss
Harmon joins with him in denying i'm
lropriety in their relations.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
EVENTS; TO-DAY.

Heroes Day Celebrations In public
parks in Ave boroughs
-, Concert of the Union of the Jugoslav
singing Societies. Aeolian Hall, 2 p. NJ
British Canadian celebration at the sta
dunn OF the College of the City of New
York. =. NJ.
Address by the Earl of Dunmore,
washington Irving High School, 8 p. NJ.
Concert by the Police Department Band
Highland Park. Queens county, =. NJ
Address to the men In training at Pei
nam Bay by Mrs. Emmelne Pankhurst.
Y. NJ {. A. hut. p. NJ
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
Retired Builder Ia Found Dead.

The body OF Patrick Prendergast. a
retired contractor and builder. was found
in his apartment. las West Eighty
fourth street. yesterday by the janitor
Prendergast was IS and had lived alone
since the death of his wife a month ago
He last was seen alive on Thursday. He
had built hundreds Of upper West Side
apartment houses. -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
N. Y. u. WAR FUND IS 1901 ,o6o.
Money for Emergency Work of In
stitution Coming in Fast.

Great enthusiasm was aroused at the
New York University rally In the Rail
road Club In the Hudson Terminal Build
ing at noon yesterday, when 1t was an
nounced that the emergency fund being
raised by the alumni to tide the institu-
ton over the war period had reached
$301,060 OF this amount $4,000 ha :
been turned in by students and s231, 06o
by the alumni.
The funds have been raised to enable
the university to carry out Its increased
war programme.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
2 LAUNCHED AT WILMINGTON.
Tanker and Cargo Carrier Take
Plunge Into the Delaware.

WILMINGTON, Del. Aug. 31.-Two
more ships slipped from the ways of
yards in this city to-day, the s,130 ton
tanker Charles NJ. Everest being
launched at the Harlan & Hollingeworth
plant and the Lynchburg, cargo car
rier OF 1000 tons. plunging into the
Delaware from the Pusey & Jones yard.
The tanker Is one OF six ordered by
the Vacuum OIL Company. but taken
over by the Government. It is 427 by
SO feet. The Lynchburg is 800 by A
feet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
Retired Police Sergeant Dies.

Peter Cohen. IS, a retired police SER
geant. of ASS East Seventy-eighth street
collapsed in fremont avenue near
Washington avenue, In The Bronx. yes
terday. and died before the arrival OF an
ambulance from Fordham Hospital. The
body was removed TO the Bathgate ave-
nue. police station. y
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
BEAUTY'S FACE ADDS
TO DEATH MYSTERY
c. A. Sherer, Photographer,
Found Dying in Studio,
Carried 1t in Watch.

The death of Charles A. Scherer, 43, a
Harlem photographer who was found
unconscious in the dark room of his
studio at Is Hamilton place yesterday
afternoon suffering from a deep scalp
wound. caused interest to be taken in
the identity of a strikingly beautiful
woman whose photograph was found in
the back of his watch. The mystery OF
the case was deepened by the discovery
of a womans diamond engagement ring
which the police were inclined to be-
lieve had been sent back to the pho
tographer.
The detectives are at sea over the
affair and do not know whether to call
1t suicide. an accident or murder.
Tenants on the same floor of the two
story building in which the studio Is
located could not recall having heard
any suspicious sounds. In the mans
pockets the police found $40 in bills,
80 in change. two diamond rings. a dia-
mond stickpin a gold watch and chain
and other jewelry. There were no signs
OF struggle in the studio.
Alarm Given by a Woman.
Mrs. Ada Bradford Of SOL West
l36th street told the police that she
went to the studio early In the after
noon to get proofs OF photographs
Scherer had made earlier in the week.
She said she entered the reception room
and sat there for fifteen minutes before
she noticed a trail OF blood stains lead
ing into the dark room
She followed this and discovered the
photographer lying In Il corner OF the
| room. Badly frightened. Mrs. Bradford
ran to the street and called policeman,
who in turn summoned an ambulance
from Knickerbocker Hospital. The sur
geon found the man to be in a criti-
cal condition and hurried him TO that
institution, where he died two hours
later.
Detectives Thompson and Willie of
! the West 125th street station made
| a thorough search OF the premises and
| visited various parts of Harlem, where
the photographer was well known, in
an effort to find his relatives.
Had Lived in Hi. studio.
Scherer lived In tho reception room
OF his studio. but a thorough search OF
his effects failed TO reveal the identity
OF the woman whose picture was found
IL the back OF his watch. Pasted In the
front cover OF the watch was a picture
of a gray haired woman
The medical examiner ordered that
the body be taken to the morgue, where
an autopsy will be performed to deter
mine the cause of death. The dead man
wore a toupe which partly covered the
wound which was above and behind the
right ear.
The police say that this may have
prevented mark or marks being left
il Scherer had been seized by vertigo
and had fallen against the sharp edge
OF piece OF furniture. From the posi-
ton in which the injured man was found
it appeared that he was trying to get to
window and open 1t when he lost con-
scousness
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
silent Tribute mt $40.

The committee of arrangements for
the Mayors Committee on National
Defence is composed Of Chairman Will
lam ]. Lee, supervisor of recreation
William F. Grell. Commissioner OF
Parks: Willis Holly. secretary Of the
Park Board. and Philip Berolzheimer
special deputy commissioner OF music.
The committee has requested that AT
exactly 3:fs O'clock all traffic shall
stop and all children cease playing
and with their elders bow their heads
for one minute in solemn tribute to
the boys who have died to make the
future safe for them.
Heroes day will be observed also
with special services in the churches.