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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18

honor. They are both a nuisance. They
are IA grea. nuisance"
And so the court overruled defend
ants motion and allowed the plai..t'n
to put in his main case.
There were one hundred and seventeen
witnesses, of whom eleven were per-
mitted to testify before the noon recess.
None was materially shaken upon cross
examination. They swore that the asses
began braying at dawn every morning.
kept 1t up until breakfast time and then
continued until noon. That after noon
the braying was not intermitted until
nightfall and that rarely. II ever, after
nightfall, WAS there any cessation In the
braying before midnight. That while as
rule both asses were accustomed to
bray together. there were times when
only one ass brayed but that none Of
the witnesses was sufficiently versed in
ass acoustics to be able to testify post
lively, AUST when and where one ass left
Off and the other ass began.
At this point Mr.. Blankenhorn raised
another Issue Of law. He explained that
1.-THE asses were In reality Mexican burros
introduced into the United States by a
New Jersey, regiment returning from
BORDER service, and were harbored and
kept under deed OF gift which pre-
cluded their being sold and made II
iuAUudtOII upOfl tne uOUcc 10 tEcdt tHcin
kindly. The law recognising such a
property-or trusteeship-was under d
duty of safeguarding It's enjoyment, and
furthermore the proposal by the plain
tin that the asses be muzzled was unen-
forceable as in 'contravention OF the
statutes requiring the humane treat
ment Of animals, 49,,
And then, louder than before, the
asses. tied outside brayed again:
Mr.. Blankenhorn, Sisibly perturbed,
asked tho indulgence Of the COURT while
he conferred hastily with his client The
consultation over his client FASTENED
out and fed the asses with carrots which
he had brought for just such aT emer-
gency,' but had forgotten in tho stress
of court proceedings. And before the
asses could bray again Mr. Blankenhorn
ended the case by giving his personal
word that the creatures would be taken
home and be not only muzzled, but, kept
muzzled.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
MARINES GREET 5
MORE MARINETTES
Two Sisters, Who Refuse to
Part, Among New Women
Sea Soldiers.

The United States Marine Corps
opened its arms yesterday to gather
eight more sister privates to its bosom
and the newly made marinettes ad-
mitted blushingly that they enjoyed the
figurative embrace. They were Mrs.
Helena Dupont, whose husband. Ser
geant Albert Greer Dupont, is now In
France: her sister. Miss Janet c. Kur-
gan. Of 444 East Eighty-fourth street
Miss May Balfour Of 20 East Eighty
eighth street. Mis- Edith d. Barton OF
40 West Ninety-third street. Miss vio-
let Van Wagner Of Brooklyn, Miss Elsie
Manisof of Coney Island. Miss Marie r.
Schlight OF Glendale. L. l.. and MISS
Florence NJ. Weidinger of Jersey City,
M. 800 !
With the three marinettes sworn In
Friday and still another who will be so.
lected within the next few days, these
eight recruits will be sent down to
Washington to serve as enlisted .'stenos,'
in the office of the Marine Corps Adju-
tant. They will be uniformed nattily
and fed wholesomely by Uncle Sam and
In addition will receive $1l0 per month.
They will take the place Of twelve of
their brother marines who are to be
transferred from the typewriter to the
machine gun corps.
Miss Barton had a dual motive In
Joining the Marine Corps. First and
foremost of course she wanted to serve
her country in q capacity that would be
just as useful and a trifie more official
than sewing shirts for soldiers. Second
arily, however. Miss Barton doesn't want
to be left out of the show when her two
brothers. one in the Marine Corps and
the other In the navy. come marching
home from war.
After taking the oath Mrs Dupon,
confessed to a secret hope that her par
ticular division OF the typewriter corps
may some day be transferred to France
where her husband Is In an officers
training camp.
you see. Albert and are simply liv-
ing up to the Dupont tradition" said
Mrs. Dupont. "Albert's great-grand-
father was Gen. Dupont. who fought I'M
der Napoleon. you know. Then there
was his uncle. Col. John Greer, who un-
til lately was in charge Of Governors
Island"
Sergeant Albert Dupont graduated
from Harvard in 1918 and was one OF
the four men from his class who hoboed
their way around the world after gradu-
ating.
Mrs. Dupont and her sister. Mrs Kur-
gan. have been inseparable companions
since childhood. Even marriage didn't
mar their Intimacy. SO Of course they
weren't going to let q little thing like q
world war stand In the way OF their
companionship. Consequently. when
Helena enlisted, Janet simply had "a
como along. She told the recruiting Of
flcer so. and the latter. after one look
into her pleading brown eyes, agreed
with her.
Miss Van Wagner Is likewise the sec
ond members Of her immediate family to
don uniform. Her brother Is a rising
young member of the balloon company
In France
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
Deficiency Trolley Judgment.

A deficiency judgment for $t,4s6.-
$3.50 was entered yesterday against
the Central Crosstown Railroad Com
pany OF New York in favor of the Guar
anty Trust Company as trustee. The
judgment Is the outgrowth OF the fore
closure sale of the franchises and prop
erty Of the company operating across
Twenty-third street. Eleventh street,
Eighth street and along Broadway and
Seventh avenue between these streets
The property was sold on July % by
Lyttleton Fox, referee. to satisfy liens
amounting to $3,545434 and interest
The buyer was the New York Railways
COMPANY. for s2.ll4,O0O
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
GAS MASK STRIKE ENDS.
Day ana Might Shifts Planned TO
Make I'm LOaaea.

The walkout of 5000 employees Of
Rosenwasser Bros. Orchard street. Long
Island City. was ended yesterday after
conferences with Prof William S. Rip
ley. head of the administration of labor
standards for army clothing.
The terms Of the new working agree
ment provide for hiring new men
whether they have been former en-
ployees or not Morris Rosenwasser,
president Of the concern. said that day
and night shifts would be put on to-
morrow to make UP for the low produc-
ton last week. He said the plant turns
out normally 5000 pairs of shoes. 1900
gas mask bags. 5000 gun covers and
1000 aviators' suits daily.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
K. OF C. TICKETS GO WELL
Excess of 100000 over si,ooo.ooo
Coney Goal Likely.

Tickets for Knights Of Columb-s We.
at Coney Island which opens AnsH'' y
are being sought so eagerly 'A' "f"
tors of the big Catholic war IN. .',T
believe the dollar head sales '.'
at least $1,000 in excess of tho h ".'
mari. SCI. as the goal
President Wilson i to set the 30 ~.
ton in motion by pressing ~ ''
button In Washington, and -.
Daniels. Secretary Baker. GOV "'.''"
and Mayor Hylan will be present
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18

DIR. Robert Z. Speer. chairman of the
General War Time Commission OF the
Churches. has received from President
Wilson, II was announced yesterday. an
acknowledgment OF the resolutions OF
loyalty and confidence adopted last Me-
mortal Day by churches representing
thirty-nine denominations all over the
United States. All the worshippers then
united in prayers for the success of the
allied arms The President wrote to DR..
Speer that he was impressed by the "in-
teresting and inspiring messages"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
Change. in Board OF Health.

DR. Frank }. Monaghan. secretary OF
the Board Of Health, has been appointed
acting Deputy Commissioner of that de-
partment in the place OF DR.. Frank b.
knause, who has gone into the sanitary
service OF the United States Army. Or.
Monaghan, who Is a personal friend and
the physician of Mayor Hylan, will get
$4,000 year in his new post. Charles
l.. kohler. private secretary to Commits
r'oner Copeland, has heen made acting
secretary In place Of DR.. Monaghan.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
War Clubhouse at Library,

An emergency clubhouse FOR officers
Of the army and navy is being erected
at the Forty-second street end of the
Public Library. A canteen Is at the
south end, The building will be under
the auspices OF the Mayors Committee
on National Defence. 1t will be the
only open air clubhouse in the city.
Books and writing materials will be-
provided, Foreign officers on Visits viii
he welcomed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
, Hurt In Motor Bus Accident.

Three persons. including Policeman
Patrick Grady Of the City Island station
and two women. one of them 81, were
slightly injured yesterday when n motor
bus owned by the City Island Motor Bus
Company ami operated by Arthur La
cour made too sharp a turn on Pelham
Parkway and was ditched. There were
twelve sailors in the machine. Medical
aid was given and the three Injured
went home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
BIG SHIFTS IN TIDE
OF SUBWAY TRAFFIC
Brooklyn Bridge and Grand
Central Stations Suffer,
While West Side Gains.

That tho current Of subway travel In
Manhattan has been changed consider.
ably since the opening Of the new H
system is shown in a report Of the Pub
lie Service Commission made public yes
terday g., -, ...
Taking into consideration tho fact
that statistics were compiled during the
holiday season the report states that
many passengers. unfamiliar with the
new lines were diverted to the elevated
roads and the Broadway division of
the b. r. T.. which carried 1000 pas
sengers more during the first few days
OF August than the previous daily aver
age. Figures show that by last Monday
passengers were becoming better &C.
quainted with the more direct north and
south routes. the number reaching S.
900 in a day. g.
The following table shows how ticket
sales on the Lexington avenue ribway
compared with the Seventh avenue line
under the conditions of temporary oper-
alton as they existed on July 20 and or
the two succeeding Mondays. In show
Ing the growth Of traffic under the new
conditions stations between Grand Cen
trail and Woodlawn were used on the
Lexington line and stations from Times
Square to South Ferry and Wall and
William streets on tho Seventh avenue
line:
JaIyas. Aug s. Aus. II.
Seventh avenue~ss.s:s $3.50 ,les,oss
Large traffic shifts were noticed at all
stations, particularly those In down.
town Manhattan. On July 20, the last
Monday the subway was operated under
the old system. the stations at Brooklyn
Bridge and below showed 164.572 ticket
sales. but by the subsequent Monday the
figure had dropped to 1860. A still
further drop was recorded on August L..
when 127.052 tickets were sold. In
other stations a gain was recorded in
ticket sales. but Brooklyn Bridge re-
ceipts fell of badly. Wall street and
Fulton street both recorded gains after
the initial drop. Times Square has
gained and Grand Central has lost traf-
fic.
The stations OF the South Ferry
branch OF the West Side line, including
Cham hars street. Cortlandt street, Rec
tor street and South Ferry. showed an
astonishing increase following the
change of operation. When this section
of the line was first opened there were
sold on July 20 about 5000 tickets, Fol-
lowing the operation of the II system
on August IL ticket sales were 2g,135.
On the Wall and William streets branch
Of the same line the ticket sales in
creased In two weeks from 1892 on Jul,
20 to 1926 on August IL. the principal
gain being at the Wall street station.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
Ammonia Explosion start. Fire.

The explosion Of an ammonia tank in
the engine room OF the Sheffield Farms
Milk Company. 1874 Fulton street.
Brooklyn. early yesterday caused a
panic among families living In the neigh.
borhood and started "a fire In the plant.
None of the worknen war injured, al
though hvo of'ths engine shift were
found dazed from the fumes. The dam.
age was estimated at 5000.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Unitsd States Coast and Geodetlc surr,,-
Standard Time.
Sun rises. 8 :0s A N Sun sets7npv
Moon sets....2: 0l A NJ
HIGH WATER THIS DAY.
Sandy Hook. IS 100 A NJ Gov. Island. .S:aAN
He'll Gste...7 :o9 A "
Low WATER THIS DAY.
Sandy Hook. II III N Gov. Island. :GAN
Hell Gate....l rs AM
Note-The foregoing table has been oo--..,.A
to conform to new artificial time :"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
A. w. Work Discharged In Court.

Andrew w. Work. rs, Of 24s East
Fourteenth street, who was arrested on
August l2 on charge OF extortion pre-
ferred by Adolph Il. Wupperman OF 81
West Seventy-fifth street. was dis
charged when the case came up before
Magistrate Ten Eyck for q hearing on
Thursday last.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Opening of the Stage women's Wa,
Relief Service House. ISL Lexington ava.
nue., p. NJ
Concert by the New York Community
Chorus. the Mail. Central Park. T.N
p. NJ.
Unfuriing of service nag. Nineteenth
street near First avenue, II A. NJ
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18

HIBhest temperature, IS, at b:l5 p N
Lowest temperature. So. at $40 A. N
Average temperature. 10
observ atoms yesterday al United Stat,
Weather Bureau stations showing ANA.
pheric conditions In the various cities,
Temperature. Veloc-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.

Eastern New York--Falr to.a..
and tomorrow; warmer to.morrom'
diminishing northerly winds.
New Jersey-Fair and coniInp,,
To-day; tomorrow fair. slightly S,.eool
nsht north winds becoming south mer
Northern New England-Falr
snu tomorrow; warmer to-morrow; mo-
crate northwest to north winds mug
southern New England---FaIr ro,u..,
cool to-day and tomorrow; fresh I'VE" .'N
Winds on the coast '" east
western New York-Fair ,o.d,v
Tomorrow. warmer Tomorrow ano
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
LOCAL WEATHER REPORTS

The temperature in this city yes,.rd,.
shown In the annexed table: u
Arizona republican., 1918-12-22
LITERATURE AND ART
-. Conducted by LEW HEAD

MERICA IN FRANCE must be read.
1t cannot be reviewed. When Major
Palmer set OUT TO pen the story OF
THE Yankee experience in Europe, l
wonder if he realized the task he
had before him. Now that l have
finished the book, l not only have
greater respect for the American
arms. but a wonderful admiration
for Palmer. When you travel with
the major from that cooped up lit
tie office where General Pershing
made his modest start; follow him
patiently as he unfolds the panora
ma of rising buildings, extending
docks, piling merchandise and
stretching out railroads; jump over
into the training camps and live
with the boys a few days; march
with them when they start for their
first experience at the front; lay
out all night and keep post with
them in the rain and dark; walk
with Secretary Baker, as he reso-
slutely determines to see it all" and
ventures to the zone of cracking
shells; stand aside and gaze with
admiration that brings the tears
weillng to your eyes, when that
,khaki line stands, unbending, before
the onslaught of the Huns,-you
simply have to stop and ask your
self, How in the world did Palmer
ever get over so much ground?"
This is a regular book that Dodd
Mead & company have published for
TINS veteran writer. 1t is an all
Arizona republican., 1918-12-22

American book. a contribution to |
war literature that gets under your
skin and either makes you regret
you were not there to be a part Of
this great evolution, or thank your
living stars that you were safe and .
comfortable and warm and not /
hungry at home. You will not
know,-can never know,-what |
Yankee heroism is until you read I
this Palmer book
The herculean tasks undertaken .
and completed; the business like .
system that Pershfng demanded .
and secured; the stern, untiring /
victorious from the start zeal that /
permeated everything that was
done; these are but reflections of /
the great general that was chosen !
as if by the Almighty to lead the |
world to democracy and tie it there |.
There's romance to it; there's vigOr
to it; there's accomplishment in it. /.
You might close your eyes. open
the book, point blindly to any par
agraph,-then read it and say.
That's the best thing in the book"
And you would be correct accord
ing to any ones judgment. That's
why America In France" must be
read. That's why it cannot be re-
viewed. To review it would be but
to copy it. 70 quote from it would
be merely showing you sample of
Palmer's style, every other bit of
which would be fully up to the
sample.
Frederick Palmer, author of
America In France who has been
a major of the staff of General
Pershing from May, 1917, to Octo-
Der. 1918, has just been promoted to
the rank of lieutenant colonel. He
writes on November II, from the
front, that the guns had just ceased
firing and that the change to him
was the cause of inexpressible hap
piness. because he had heard the
voices of those guns for more than
four years. Probably no officer in
the American AMY has been in
France as constantly and as long as
Major Palmer since the war began.
THERE is A BOOK just received in
Phoenix, written by Alexander
Harvey, formerly on the editorial
staff of Current Opinion, that
should interest every admirer of
Shelley. 1t is entitled "Shelley's
Elopement.' 1t may, and probably
will. upset the fine opinion that
many hold concerning this cratic,
lovable, and at all times generous,
lyric poet of England. 1t will be
remembered that Shelley married a
tavern keepers daughter, Harriet
Wetsbrook, when she was IS. Their
relations were not altogether pleas
ant and led shortly, to a mutual
passion arising between Shelley and
Mary Goodwin, with whom he left
England. deserving Harriet and her
two children. Mary Goodwin, also
an author of small note, Travelled a
wandering sort of life with the poet.
finally locating in Italy. Upon
Arizona republican., 1918-12-22
PHOENIX PUBLIC LIBRARY

rOCNlN FO6IlC LIBRARY. | am
very glad to publish part Of an in
teresting letter received from DR..
Omar A. Turney, secretary. AS
data not usually known to the read
ing public, this will furnish food
for thought for number of people
in the city. Parts of the letter fol-
low:
The city administration has re-
spOnded nobly to our requests; we
have been given a material increase
in our library money during the
last two years. The appropriation
this year amounts to thirty cents
per capita. But it seems that in a
town Of the wealth of Phoenix. we
could set aside fifty cents per cap
tia. This covers the total expense
in maintaining the main library and
two branches.
"A town is considered to have fair
~ sood library facilities when the
number Of books in the library is
equal to the number of the popula-
ton. The Phoenix Public Library
is supplying the needs of more than
10000 people within the city limits
and adjacent to the city limits. We
NCdAH Aiti nave Il SOOQ WORKING IL
brary if we had 10000 books. We
have $4,000 books, a trifle over half
That We should have. 1t is pointed
out that Phoenix is a young town
and cannot expect to rank with
towns in older communities: but
this argument does not hold good.
Books wear out and must be re-
placed. When a book of fiction has
been read 200 times it must be re.
bound, then it is good for 300 more
readings. a book of popular fic-
ton will be read by 100 people in a
year. Towns in older communities
are constantly replacing their worn
out books. The price of books is
constantly advancing. Two years
ago our fiction purchases cost us
a net average of SIC per copy; now
they are costing us about s195.
I'm every library there is defin-
lite aim to secure as large a cir
culation of non-fiction books as
possible. To that end fiction is in
troduced which has a background of
travel or of history; then readers
are led into the habit of reading
travel and history, without a thread
Of fiction running through it. From
this they are introduced to biog-
-raphy and literature. We are not
reducing the amount of fiction
bought, but we are largely increas-
ing the amount of non fiction pur-
chased. Three years ago the read
ing in this library was averaging
over eighty per cent fiction; it has
dropped to about sixty five per cent
We can be well pleased with the re-
suit. especially in view of the fact
that we have not reduced the
amount of fiction purchased. We
do not expect to ever reach the
standard of the Boston public IL
brary, where the fiction reading is
less than thirty per cent. In BoS-
ton there is large leisure class
which ordinarily tends to increase
the amount of fiction read"
THE AUTHORS LEAGUE has every
thing SO much at heart that affect:
the conditions under which book
are sold, that its attention SHOULD
be given more to book stores thai
it has in the past. An eastern
magazine devoted to the publishin:
interests, has this to say:
No matter how many books ar
placed in public libraries or how
many SOLD by mail, there has beel
no successful substitute found 70
the bookstore, as a point of distribu
Arizona republican., 1918-12-22

When the New York assembly con-
venes January LIST at Albany Mrs.
Ida B. Sammis will take her place
among the legislators as the first
"assembywoman" of that state. Mrs.
Sammis has been active in the wom-
ans suffrage party for many years.
She defeated the Republican candi-
date at the primaries and at the
election she won by a majority of
about 1000 votes over the Demo-
cratic nominee
Arizona republican., 1918-12-22

ton. When these book counters are
lacking in many of the important |
points of distribution. the author
as well as the publisher and the
public suffers. 1t could hardly be
expected that the authors would /
take any active interest in the sue
cess of bookstores, but there is no
reason why they should not take a
more human interest than that of
occasionally estimating the size Of
the pile of their own new volumes.
The bookstore in a community
is the most interesting of shops, a
place where authors can find more
of suggestion and of interest than
at any other point Of visit. Their
interest in these shops and in the
people that run them would lead the
community to accept a similar point
of view. and under the influence
of the authors interest, they would
be more inclined to take the book
store less seriously as a community
institution"
The magazine also suggests that
the monthly organ of the Authors
League. OF America deal with this
subject in an aggressive manner.
o.
ERNEST POOLE'S novels are begin
ming to have almost a world wide
circulation. The Harbor" has been
translated and published in Swe-
den, Denmark and Holland, and
TRANSACTIONS are soon to appear in
Switzerland and France, according
to The Publishers Weekly. His
Family" His Second Wife, and
10, Il IL
published soon in England. Canada
and Australia and the rights to a
translation of His Family" have
been assigned in Norway.
Those who have not followed the
writings of this comparatively new
author will do we'll to begin now
and follow him as far as he goes.
Ernest Poole, in my Judgment, is
one of Americas realsts, il not the
leading one
LUCIEN MURAToRE, perhaps the
most talented and renowned French
tenor Of today, and until last Tues
day the leading male voice of the
Chicago Grand Opera company,
severed his connection with that or
ganization that evening. In a state
slHeHl given TO the CnlcasO news
papers, Muratore announced that
he now longs to go back to dear
old sunny France" and that he re-
signed for that purpose. He expects
to enjoy a long period of rest in his
native land. made somewhat pathe-
tic, he admitted, by the terrible de-
vastation he expected to see wher
he arrived home.
MR.. FREEMAN TELLS ANOTHER
good story and with such complac-
ence that we are simply obliged tC
believe it. A gentleman pondereC
for long time over a catalog o.
Dickens, finally giving up in despair
and saying that he wanted a. copy
of one of Charles Dickens books
entitled Sort O Restore Is"
Use The Republican Classified Pages
for Results-Read for Profit.