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Evening journal., 1918-04-22

A Cedar Chest will fool those Pesky moths.
Buy one now and protect your woolens and furs for
next winter. The chest shown is Of colonial design
and comes in three Sizes 80. SO and 48 inches long
and is marked $500, $3.50 and $1,000. Others
up TO $500.
Evening journal., 1918-04-22

wanted sizes.
Crex Rugs come In all sizes
from 1886 inches to 10dS
feet and are priced from 55c
to $1s.75. sx10 feet marked
SITS to s12.OO. 9u2 feet.
s9.75 to $14.5o. Porch size
4.6x7.6. $3.50 to $6.75. 6x9
feet. $3.50 to $500.
Rag Rugs Of imported and
domestic makes very suit
able for bedroom use: cod
and light weight, are marked
in the 9x12 feet size from
$500 TO $3.50. sx1o feet.
$1O.75 to $14.Oo.
Small sizes. very suitable
for bathroom use, are marked
$1.OO up.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

One of Admiral Rodman's infrequent smiles But
then he couldn't help it. with Admiral Beatty. the
King the Prince of Wales and Admiral Sims so pleased
the German navy surrender cunderDooa Underwood
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The sun., 1918-08-13
CIVILIAN AIR MAILMAN UPSET.
Lands in Ploughed Field, Seeking
to Escape storm.

The first day for civilian operators
over the air mail route from Philadel-
phia to the Belmont Park station wound
UP dlsmally when Maurice Newton drove
his $50 horse power Hispano motor BIZ
plane head on into violent thunder
storm 1000 feet up over Jamaica late
in the afternoon. The aviator volplaned
and sought a favorable landing place
in what at that height appeared to be a
level field.
When IT was too late TO check the
biplane's descent Newton saw that the
fielH toward which he was dropping was
ploughed The wheels of the machine
sank deep into the heavy, loose earth.
its nose was tilted sharply downward
and II turned over. Newton escaped I'M
hurt, but the, propeller was broken
and the machine suffered other damage.
The accident happened when the civilian
fier was only two minutes from the
Belmont station. The first part OF the
trip from Philadelphia was made without
incident.
Herbert Shanks. the other civilian
aviator who flew over the route. made
the trip to Philadelphia without acct
dent. The accident to Newton's ma
chine was the first to any that has beer
| flown on the Philadelphia-New York leg
of the route. None of the air mai
| aviators has been hurt.
The sun., 1918-08-13
MRS. GAVIN is ASKED
TO TURN OVER $4,000
SWann Suggests French Am.
bossador as Recipient.

District Attorney Swami suggested
Yesterday to Mrs. William A. Gavin Of
$40 Park avenue. the metropolitan wo-
man golf champion. that she turn over
the $4,000 she declared she had COL
lected for the Drake Section Sanitaire
at exhibition golf matches to the French
Ambassador to be used as the donors in
tended II to he used. namely. for the
advancement of the French ambulance
service.
Mrs. Gavin thought the money should
be returned to the individual contribu-
tors, who should then be at liberty TO
make the contribution again. Mr..
Swami said that Mrs. Gavin was trying
to persuade Ambassador Jusserand to
let her establish a committee to care
for the sections money. This commit
tee would NOT contain the name OF Miss
Ethel Langdon Drake. organizer of the
camp at Raysde, l.. l., for training
Young women as ambulance drivers.
Miss Virginia X Chandler of LAG West
Forty-ninth street, captain in charge OF
the camp at Bayside. has offered to be-
come a member of this committee Mrs
Gavin said
In her account of the money collected
Mrs. Gavin said that she should be al.
lowed 10 keep S.. 900 which she had spent
for transportation and hotel expenses.
The sun., 1918-08-13
30 APPLY DAILY FOR
MILITARY TRAINING
Ne.u Workers Among Those
to Be Sent to Camps.

The Military Training Camp Associa-
ton Is receiving applications at the rate
OF thirty a day from men who WISH 70
attend the camps. although assignments
have been suspended pending action
upon the Is to as year man power Din
Applicants who were accepted prior 10
the order suspending recruiting VIII DC
sent to the camps at any early date.
Some 10000 Officers will be needed tor
the army.
Thirty-three men have applied from
this city. Among them are Ira Richards
Jr., Of the brokerage frm OF carlisle.
Mellick & Co.. and Harrison Tweed =
lawyer. Theodore d. Robinson. Jr'. OF
Mohawk. n. T.: Calvin Truesdaie' son
Of the president OF the Lackawanns
road, and others Of equal prominence arc
among the successful candidates among
others who will go to the camps are:
LleweIian A. Tobie. Bloomfield. conn.
John Allen Coe, Waterbury; Alien o
Hubbard, Pelham Manor: Allen G. swim
merton, Oneida: Edward J. MuIaney'
Clemens F. Holz and Warren II. Haw-
kins, Brooklyn; Harold w. DunninS'
New York; william II. Bramwen'
Bronxville: George r. Riegei. Elizabetn
Sidney J. Dettlinger, Jersey CITY; VIII
lam o. Jeleme. Passaic;. Wadswor.n
Doster, Torrinston; John H. Jewett
HazIet. N. j.; Irving w. Scare HACK
snsack; Cyrus c. Steven and Emihe
Mariana, Hartford. '
The sun., 1918-08-13
BLUEJACKETs TO BE HOSTS.
VIII Entertain Argentine ant
BraziIian Sailors Here.

Officers and enlisted men of the Ar
gentine battleship Rivadavia and OF the
Brazilian battleship Sac Paulo will be
the guests Of American bluejackets at a
supper and entertainment in the Seven
ty-frst Regiment Armory Wednesday
evening. The invitation was extended
yesterday through Rear Admiral Usher,
commandant of the Third Naval district,
and accepted by the commanders of both
visiting ships. 1t is expected that the
guests will number 1000.
Supper will be served at 6 80 o'clock.
with music by the Pelham Training
Camp Band under Bandmaster George
Briegal 1t will be followed by an en-
tertainment given by enlisted men of
the United States Navy who were on the
vaudeville stage before the war. The
Aim. "Our Navy" taken under Govern
ment supervision and showing life on
shipboard. will be exhibited. A naval
orchestra OF forty pieces, under Band
master William Schroeder. who wrote
tho music for the Pelham sallors' show.
"RiK. Eang" will pIaI
The sun., 1918-08-13
TAXI BANDITS MIX UP
WITH COPS AND NAVY
Fight in Subway; 2 Jump
Windows and Escape.

Walter B. Dayton, a chauffeur. of AL
bany, drove his taXicab into the metrop-
oils yesterday morning and in the subse-
quent proceedings the subway. the po-
lice and the navy all had a swift and
lively part Four men engaged the
chauffeur at Albany at noon Sunday to
take them to Hudson, n. Y. for SIT.
Near Hudson the four stopped the
car, held UP the driver and took S24.10
fran him. Then they forced the chauf-
feur to sit with the back seat delegation
while one of the men drove the car to
Poughkeepsie. where the bandits made
the driver resume his occupation as
driver and head for New York.
When the taXicab reached Amsterdam
avenue and Ninety fourth street the men
ordered Dayton to halt and they ran
to the Ninety-sixth street station of the
subway. with Dayton and Policeman
Corcoran In pursuit. The police stopped
train that was about to pull out of
the station and found the four men In
the front car. Two of them jumped out
OF window and escaped. Corcoran
turned one over to the station man to
hold and then added TO the collection a
man who said he was Eugene Farrelly
| of 42s West Fffty-sixth street, The man
with Farrely struck the station man
escaped and ran toward the Hudson
| River. Chief Petty Officer Mullinger. in
charge OF the naval guard at the Ninety.
sixth street landing, tried to stop the
fugitive, who fired at him. Then the
G. p. o. hurled his club at the man and
, knocked him down. The fugitive was
up In an instant, fired two more shot.
at Mulinger and escaped through River,
side Park.
l. Magistrate Simpson In West Sid,
court held Farrelly for examination thl
The sun., 1918-08-13
CLOUD PAIL GIVES
LOWER CITY A THRILL
Midnight Darkness Precedes
Thunderstornn in Afternoon.

All the chickens in Park Row and
Nassau street went summarily to roost
yesterday afternoon when, just after 8
o'clock, there descended over the lower
city state Of darkness like night In
Egypt.
The Weather Bureau men said that
the shadows were caused by local thun-
derclouds which on account Of the ex-
treme humidity were flying low. Mean
time the man with the long hair who
stands in Park Row selling his mono
graph predicting the end of the world
was smiling from ear TO ear. From his
countenance II was clear that he thought
his prophecy was due to make good.
For fifteen minutes until the rain be.
gan every building was allght and the
automobiles and taxis switched on their
headlights. Every doorway was filled
with clerks and stenographers. Some
thought the phenomenon portended the
end of the war: others a closing dowr
Of the open air movies for the night.
The humidity stood at s5 at noon. the
highest reading of the summer. Tenn.
peratures were not especially high. rang.
ing between the middle seventies and the
early eighties. The forecasters say to-
day will be hotter.
The sun., 1918-08-13
NINE. FOCH PRAISES AMERICA
Appeals for Continued Assistan nee
of French widows.

Nine. Foch. wife of Marshal Foch,
paid high tribute TO American partici-
patton In the war and to this country s
generosity toward France both before
and since the United States entered the
conflict In a message received from her
yesterday by John Moffat. executive
chairman OF the French Heroes La
fayette Memorial Fund. Inc. The mes
sage is the first Nine. Foch has sent to
America.
what a debt of gratitude binds us
to the noble American nation" Nine.
Foch's message said. which has for
such a long time brought its aid to
the relief of our victims OF war and
whic! now gives Us the best OF its blood
and pours II out on the battlefelds In
the fight against the common enemy
Such magnificent solidarity can only
shortly be rewarded by victory"
Mime Foch also makes an eloquent
appeal for continued assistance by this
country for French widows and children
and others made destitute by the war
and particularly for funds TO remove
into the country from Paris children
who are in danger from the enemys
long range guns.
The sun., 1918-08-13
SISTER SAYSEMPEY
DID NOT SLUR DRAFT
Cancellation of His Commits.
sion as Captain in Army
Still Is Unexplained.

Mrs. A NJ. Platt sister OF Arthur Guy
First Call" denied yesterday that heI
brother had lost his commission as g
Captain in the United States Army be
cause OF any disparagement on his par
Of drafted soldiers Since his departure
for a cantonment in the West Mrs Plat
has been In charge OF her brothers at
fairs here.
Empey was commissioned Captain
July 10. Despite reports 10 the con
trary the commission was signed. sealed
md delivered and rs now hanging in hi
Office at 220 West Forty-second street.
He left New York July rs, at the In
stance of the War Department. to joir
his division at Camp Fremont, Palo Alto
Cal, but In Chicago he was notified o
his honorable discharge. When asked
';or an explanation he replied:
las a soldier of the United States
neither wish nor am I at liberty to com
ment upon the orders OF my Govern
ment. which I am cheerfully obeying,"
Empey has not yet returned to New
York. In press dispatches 1t was as
serted that he made a speech in Wash
ington In which he said that volunteer
and not drafted men were the Only rea
fighters In this war. This speech. whicl
was heard by President Wilson, was re
sponsible for the loss of his commission
II was stated.
Capt. Empey did make a speech he
fore President Wilson in Washington.
said Mrs. Plat. 1T was the sam
speech he has made throughout tn
country attacking the pro-German ele
ment, our real enemy. a subject that h
has always had very much at heart"
When Enpey first returned fror
France, she added, he became one Of tn
most ardent advocates in the country o
conscription, and SO in her opinion It |
absurd to believe he would attack tn
system In behalf OF which he had spoke
many times Mrs. Plat added tina
Empey's book First CALI was writte
especially for the benefit OF drafted mel
in whom he was greatly>i
The sun., 1918-08-13

the finest on the liner. were filled with
trunks when they arrived.
Miss McAvoy did not like the paper
clothing OF Dresden and preferred to
come home, as she said. In "the style OF
1919" She had no trouble getting 10
the border. But she was held UP there
by a German official who cut the paper
top from her own hat and that OF Mrs.
Otz because nopocy was permitted TO
take paper out OF Germany. She held
up a boat until she could get hatpins
and a substitute for the paper tops.
Other passengers by the liner from
Norway and Sweden said that the latter
country was a hotbed for German propa-
ganda. Five hundred German agents
had displayed in the shop windows pla-
cards depicting, thousands of American,
British and French prisoners In German
camps.
Eric Palmer, once secretary 90 former
Borough President Pounds of Brooklyn,
who happened TO be in Sweden, made an
effort to counterfeit the German pic
torial influence by persuadlng the shop
keepers to post pictures showing Ger
man prisoners In British and French
camps and the landing Of Americans In
France.
The sun., 1918-08-13
ScHUhMANN TRIAL THURSDAY
Paper Importer Accused nf swear
Ing He Was Citizen

Ferdinand Schurmann. preS'ef''
the Felix Schoeller Paper C'mTf''
lis Broadway, will be placed on To ~
Thursday in the Federal Dtstr..' on"
charged with perjury. He was ',.E Nv,
last week accused OF having 'a'""
sworn that he was citizen In oi.T
obtain from the Federal Trade AHN.S,.
a permit for his company 70 'HP'
merchandise.
The indictment charges also NAV w
Felix Schoeller Paper COMPANY Re " va,
man firm controlled hy enew" i"'
The Arm has been taken over
Alien Property Custodian
Schurmann's papers are SAID
been found his first raiu'. III
papers dated April l6, 1873, a. 10.
names Of the owners Of the Fol> ''
Ter Paper Company, all OF W. az
said to he Germans.
The merchandise which Schur
alleged TO have attempted 10 h' co.,
import was carbon paper mad" .'
many and worth about $3.50 hO' ..,,
Schurmann. who is 81 wears OH. ~.
at $50 Eighth avenue, Brook!S a. WIZ
he acquired FIRST citizenship T'aT>Nr'
The sun., 1918-08-13
JERSEY BOY WINS WAR CROSS
sergt. FitEsimmons. south Orange
First of His Town Over the Top.

The French Cross OF War has been
awarded TO Sergeant Thomas l. Fitz-
simmons, who went abroad with the
l65th told Sixty-ninth New York; In
fantry, and who is credited with having
been the first resident Of South Orange.
y. j.. TO go over the top" in France.
Word that his son had won the coveted
decoration was received yesterday by
Michael f. Fitzsimmons, village clerk
OF South Orange.
Sergeant Fitzsimmons was cited by a
French commander just after the start
OF the big German drive last March.
Fltzsimmons. with Second Lieut. F. j.
Mcnamara, under heavy German fire
risked his life by creeping into No
Mans Land and locating and rescuing
group OF American fighters who had
been cut of
Fitzsimmons is graduate OF the
South Orange High School and quit the
study of law to enlist In the Sixty-ninth
He is 20 years old.
The sun., 1918-08-13
DOUBTS HUSBANDS SANITY.
Wife OF James j. McCnbe Induces
Court to Act.

On petition of Mrs. Marcella A. Nc
Cabe OF 429 West 147th street, Justice
Guy in the Supreme Court yesterday
appointed James p. Butler a committee
to inquire into the sanity of her husband.
James J. McCabe. who is passing the
summer with his son. James J. McCabe,
Jr. at Deal y. J.
Mrs. McCabe says her husband has
"delus.ons of great wealth" She Gays
he owns real estate valued at $3.50, 500
and personal property worth 1895, 900
DR.. r. Valentine Wildman, an alienist
asserts McCabe believes himself worth
s36, 900, 900 and on the eve of making a
tremendous coup In the steel market
which he expects will put him In a po-
sit;on to leave $4,000. 900 TO each OF hir
four children. Percy Jackson is Mrs
McCabes attorney.
The sun., 1918-08-13
DENIES SUBSIDY FOR FERRY.
sinking Fund Board Rejects Pies
of East Houston street Line.

81 am amazed that good citizens have
the audacity to ask the city to take over
what they fear will be a losing venture"
declared Mayor Hylan at a meeting OF
the Sinking Fund yesterday in voting
against a proposal from the Nassau
Ferry Company that the city either pur-
chase its property or grant to II a sub
sidy OF $4,000 a month.
Then We will have to stop" said the
company's representative.
IF you stop, you stop yourselves" re-
torted the Mayor. You will never get
me to vote to give you $4,000 a month
or to buy your old boats"
The proposal was> unanimously re-
jected. The company operates boats be-
tween East Houston street. Manhattan,
and Grand street, Brooklyn. Tho ferry
between Twenty-third street, Manhattan.
and Broadway. Brooklyn, suspended
some time ago.
The sun., 1918-08-13
SUICIDE BALKEDBY
QUARTER GAS METER
Only Child Dies When Woman
Tries to End Lives of
Entire Family.

Little Christopher MetcaJf. years
old, was lying on bed yesterday with
his arms around his mother when the
police broke into the Metcalf home at
1875 West Sixth street. Coney Island.
The boy had been dead two days. His
mother was unconsclous On the moor
was Christopher Metcalf. father OF the
child. also unconscious
Two letters were found on table.
One of them, addressed to Charles
Georgia. rs Broadway. a brother OF
Mrs. Metcalf. said:
DEAR BROTHER: AT the time you re-
ceive this I will be dead. I am going to
turn the gas on for Christopher and
myself and also for Chris II he is here.
"BLANCHE."
Another letter. dated August ?, was
written by Mrs. Metcalf to her Husbands
brother, care Of Sanderson Co. 2f
Broadway. In It she enclosed the mall
box key, life insurance policies for W.
900 for her husband. $500 for herself
and 5000 for the boy. Instructions were
given to pay an $500 mortgage on the
house and have the bodies cremated.
Neighbors told the police the family
had frequent quarrels and there wa:
trouble in the home Friday night. The,
heard the breaking of glass and G
woman's voice said:
Let 1t alone; it is broken now"
Silence followed. Mrs. Josephine Ariz
zova who lives next door. concluded
yesterday that things were entirely too
quiet in the Metcalf home and started
an investigation.
1t Was found the gas had been turned
on in the bedroom and in the hall, bu
1t was supplied by quarter meter. ant
when the twenty-five cent limit wa
reached the supply stopped.
Mr.. and Mrs. Metcalf are at tn
Coney Island Hospital The man will
recover, and the doctors said last nigh
| tina. his wife had chance. She Il
charged with homicide, felonious as
eault and attempted suicide.
The sun., 1918-08-13
Phonosraph's 4ist Birthday.

Associates gave a solid gold model Of
his first little talking machine TO Thomas
A. Edison at the West Orange labora-
tories yesterday, It being the forty-irst
anniversary of the monograph.
Mr.. Edison made the little box say
MARY had a little lamb" FOR the first
time August IL. 1877. In celebration OF
the event the national sales and dstri-
button organization attended a confer
ence at the Edison plant and later had
luncheon at the Essex County Club.
The sun., 1918-08-13
REJECTS FOOD; LOSES PERMIT.
Renke Put Out of Business for Not
Accepting Salmon Shipment.

the George T Renke Company, commits
sion merchants of &c Broadway, have
been revoked for an indefinite period by
the Food Administration on recon-
mendation OF the Federal Food Board
because of the refusal Of Renke to ac-
cept consignment OF $4,000 cans of
Alaska salmon shipped by the Seaboard
Trading Company under a contract.
The Federal Food Board declared yes
terday that an investigation showed
Renke had made various pretexts for re-
fusng 10 accept the consignment. one of
which was that "it was contrary to the
food laws"
The sun., 1918-08-13
EXHAUST PLAYGROUND FUND.
Mayor May Ask Police to Keen
Breathing Spots Open.

Funds to keep the Fairgrounds open
under the supervision OF the Board Of
Education will not be available after
Saturday Eugene c. Gibboney. super
visor Of recreation OF the Board Of Edu-
cation, Is trying to get volunteers to do
the work. Writing to President Somers
Of the Board of Education yesterday
Mayor Hylan asked for an immediate
report on the condition OF the play
ground. and added:
THE Fairgrounds should not be closed
and II It Is impossible to get others to
keep them open I will ask the Police
Commissioner to assign police officers to
these Fairgrounds to see that they are
kept open for the benfit Of the children
during the summer"
The sun., 1918-08-13
JUNIOR ORATORS TO SPEAK.
W. 3. s. Rally Takes Place in Mad.
isen Square Garden To-day.

Juvenile oratory OF the patriotic va
riety will provide entertainment at Mad
ison Square Garden this afternoon wien
the final rally OF the summer War Saw
ings Campaign will be held. Through
the summer junior -Four Minute Men"
have been out working for the sale Of
War Savings and Thrift Stamps. More
than 400 contcltants competed for ths
chance TO speak at this afternoons rally.
The successful orators are Melvin AL
bert, Brooklyn. Abraham Unger. The
Bronx; Florence Moscher. Queens: Ade-
laide Kilfedder. Richmond: Elizabeth
Maynard. Manhattan. and Herman
Lietzbach. The Bronx. National an
thems OF this country and Great Britain
will be sung, respectively, by Francis
McLennan and Miss Florence East.n of
the Metropolitan Opera Company.
The sun., 1918-08-13
JEWELLERS LOSE LIGHTS.
Korns of Broadway violated Order
Against Daylight Burning.

Announcement was made by Edward
A. Norman. Deputy Fuel Administrator
last night that he had issued orders 20
the New York Edison Company TO dis
continue the lighting service In the jew
elry store OF Peter korn & Sons. 1888
Broadway, for violation OF the l!ghtless
order
Mr.. Norman said the firm was warned
Saturday not to burn lights during day.
light
The sun., 1918-08-13
bronx BARRIERS to strike,

Four hundred Bronx BARRIERS met n
Cascade Hall, 500 East 172d street. yes
terday. and decided to strike at once for
a minimum wage OF $50 a week and half
the profits OF their chairs above s26 a
week, They demand working hours
from O'Clock A. M untn 8
week. Frank Alter, chairman OF the
meeting. said that the 1900 BARRIERS en-
polyed In The Bronx will be affected by
the order. He added that the demands
were presented 10 Adolph Tofeit. presi-
dent of the BARRIERS Association. four
weeks ago and that they were refused.
The sun., 1918-08-13
Elevated Train Jumps Track.

Traffic on the Sixth avenue elevated
line was tied up for about four hours
yesterday when northbound train
jumped the tracks at the corner OF
Fifty-thrd street and Sixth avenue at
4;05 p. NJ. The rear car slipped from
the trucks. but was saved from top
ping over when 1t fell against a signal
post. Charles Cellar. IS years old, of
13t West 1924 street, was injured AND
ar,.,it FN'-tv s>&~~-s -re-e k,At. rhst
The sun., 1918-08-13
KILLED BY ERIE BASIN SENTRY
Swimmer Climbs on Breakwater,
Ignoring Guards Order.

John Schickski, an oil wiper on the
steamship Freis. which was lying in the
Erie Basin. yesterday jumped from he
ehir to fake a swim. He swan for the
hrtakwater, where a military quart is
l.osted with instructions to see that all
persons are kept on.
As Schicski climbed on the break
water tre sentry commanded him IL
keep away. He either did not hear the
orcer or did not obey and the sentry
shot him. When an ambulance from the
Holy Name Hospital arrived Schicski
was dead.
The sun., 1918-08-13
Freight Car Thieves Sentenced.

Judge Haight In Newark yesterday
sentenced Henry Bernsweig OF Jersey
City. convicted Of being a fence" fog
freight car thieves. to ten years in the
Federal prison at Atlanta and fined him
81, 900. He also sentenced Daniel Mecca
and Wesley Thurston OF 43s West Thir-
ty-fourth street, New York, to Atlanta
for q year. They cospired to steal ITO
bsSAs ~ silk IN interstate transit.
The sun., 1918-08-13

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
United States Coast and Geodetic surv,,.
Standard Time
Sun rises. :o3 A NJ Sun sets IL pPN
Moon sets .......e .54FM
HIGH WATER THIS DAY.
Sandy Hook ~ 46 A II Gov. Island .mAN
He'll Gate........2 :36PM
Low WATER THIS DAY.
Sandy Hook. g 81 AN Gov. Island .nAu
He'll Gate..:.....s 81 AM
Note--The foregoing table has been corrected
TO conform TO new ''artifcial time.
EVENTS TO-DAY.
Concert by the Police Department, Band
the mall, Central Park. s P. NJ