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The sun., 1918-07-24
4 MINUTE MEN SELL
$4,000 WAR STAMPS
Enthusiastic Meeting in City
Hall Plaza Despite Heat.

The rattle and bang that came we'll
ing out of City Hall Park to disturb the
upper floors OF the Woolworth Building
from ] until 5 yesterday afternoon was
caused by the sale Of $4,000 worth of
War Savings Stamps under the insipira-
ton of an energetic committee.
w. T. Wetmore. chairman OF the Min
ute Men. was In charge, with Paul T.
Vernon OF the paper trades committee
Jefr Davis delivered some Knockout ar
guments and was amply rewarded JUS
tin ID. Lawry directed the music and
the Liberty Trio, consisting of Bert For
rest. Helen Brennan and Frank DON
nitto. sang.
Other meetings at the Liberty Bell
will be held. II Is announced, to helm
the members of the pioneer division sell
It's full quota of stamps The record
sale so far for an afternoon is $4,000.
A new War Savings flag was nuns
over Fifth avenue. between Thirty-first
and Th'rty-second streets. yesterday, do
mated by the United Cloak and Suit De-
signers Mutual Aid Association. 1t
measures 25x35 feet. A rally was held
while the flag was put up. Christie pher
c. Keenan,. Assistant Collector OF the
Port; Sergeant Hal Oliver and David
Deckar spoke. A big crowd collected
and reserves were called. Twenty suit
models sold $4,000 worth OF stamps.
Brooklyn postmen have sod $685.
66l.92 worth of War Savings STAMPS,
Prizes offered by the banking institu.
tons of brooklyn were awarded at a
meeting In the main Post Office Build
ing yesterday. Francis Kinsella won the
first prize, $50, for selling slOs,69S in
stamps. Anthony Meinfelder won sec
ond prize. $40. Twenty-Five other prizes
were awarded.
The sun., 1918-07-24
NAVY BOON IN HELL GATE PLAN
Hubert Points Out Advantages to
Come From New Channel.

4 statement calling attention to the
advantages which will follow the deep
ening of the He'll Gate channel as called
for in the river and harbor bill signed
by President Wilson July ~ was issued
yesterday by Murray Hubert, Commits
sioner OF Docks and Ferries.
while the completion Of this forty
foot channel will mean n nsw era In
port development" ran the statement.
Its most important phase is national
in scope. for before long the navy will
he assured double entrance to and exit
from the Port OF New York in time OF
emergency. The passage of the bill
has dspelled the universal fear that an
enemy might bottle up important units
of our fleet while standing OFF Sandy
Hook and render useless the New York
Navy Yard. In addition. II has opened
up to our fleets what has been termed
the greatest natural naval rendezvous in
the world-Long Island Sound"
Included In the statement was a re-
minder that the Dock Commissioner
when a Representative in Congress, had
started an agitation for the deepening
OF the channel.
The sun., 1918-07-24
ENRIGHT KEEPS HIS STAR.
Comm issioner Receives Ext .nsion
of Leave as Lieutenant.

Police Commissioner Enright is still a
member OF the uniformed police force
Mayor Hylan granted to him an lndefi-
mite leave of absence yesterday. although
as Commissioner Mr. Enright will stay
right at his desk. II was said the for
mality was necessitated by the fact that
at the time of his appointment TO the
head OF the department he was on six
months leave as a police lieutenant. The
leave expired yesterday.
Second Deputy Commissioner Lahey
was granted an indefinite leave as n
uniformed policeman by Commissioner
Enright. The present law provides that
uniformed policemen who have served
twenty years or more and are appointed
Commissioners or deputies and serve at
least six months In such capacity may
retire on a pension of So. 900 year
The sun., 1918-07-24

sent in IL was half an hour. however.
before doctor arrived and Serope was
taken TO a hospital. Inspector Cray, In
charge OF the homicide bureau, assumed
personal charge OF the case, and scores
OF detectives were sent out from the
West Twentieth street station and from
headquarters In an effort to find the
murderer. Mrs Unitarian was over
come when plain clothes men visited her
homo and told her what had happened.
The shots we're heard on Fifth avenue
through the open windows and the police
had some difficulty In scattering the
crowd which blocked the sidewalk for a
time between Twenty-sixth and Twenty
seventh streets
The sun., 1918-07-24
O'NEIL AND OTHERS
ACQUITTED OF PLOT
Jury Finds Nc Conspiracy
Against Draft.

Frank g. O'Neil. former State Boxing
Commissioner was acquitted yesterday
by a jury In the United States District
Court on a charge OF having conspired
to defeat the selective draft. The same
verdict was returned by the Jury In the
cases of Lieut.. Oswald l.. Simpson OF
the Quartermaster Corps and Samuel
Reichbach. who were tried with ONeil
The verdict was reached early Mon
day night. but was ordered sealed and
was not opened until Judge Martin t.
Manton assembled the bench yesterday.
O'Neil, Lieut.. Simpson and Reichbach
we're accused of accepting money to OBJ
tain either exemption or preferred posi-
lions for men called into service by the
draft.
The defendants lawyers declined to in
terpose a defence, asserting that none OF
the evidence produced by the Govern
ment constituted Interference with the
draft.
The sun., 1918-07-24
PLOT
IN SUGAR CHARGED
Pool Formed in Cuba to Prof
iteer Off Allies and L. s.,
Says Knight.

Details OF an alleged plan by wealthy
Cubans. acting with officials of the Gu
ban Government to form gigantic
sugar poo! and exact an increase OF
800, 100000 in the price paid for sugar
by the Allies. including the United
States. during the war. were contained
yesterday in complaint filed in the
Supreme Court in n second suit brought
by J. V. Knight against President Mario
G. Menocal OF Cuba and Eusebio s.
Azpazu, the iatters private secretary.
Knight was formerly director OF the
Republic OF Cuba news bureau in New
York, and agent here for the defendants.
His suit is for breach of contract and
for an accounting. knight charges that
the alleged conspiracy had its inception
early in the present year in Havana and
that the defendants and their business
and political associates in Cuba and New
York were parties to II.
II Is alleged by Knight that his ser
vices were sought 10 induce Louisiana
sugar planters TO join the profiteering
combination by which II was expected to
control almost 100000 tons Of cane
sugar. constituting the worlds available
supply Cablegrams and correspondence
relating TO the alleged combination are
cited.
That the scheme met with only par.
tial success is said by knight to be due
to the refusal OF the Louisiana planters
to deal with the defendants knight ex-
presses the conviction that the proposal
was contrary to the interests Of the
United States and the other Allies.
When knight returned from Cuba In
May he says he turned his Office records
over to the bureau of investigation OF
the Department of Justice. This led. he
asserts. TO his discharge in a cablegram
from Havana. He says his discharge
was In violation of his contract with the
defendants.
Knight asserts that the efforts at
profteer!ng on sugar are at present con-
fined sOlelN TO Cuban territnrN
The sun., 1918-07-24
WRIT FOR W. H. CHuDS ASKED.
Primary Election Manager Seeks
Release From Bond.

An application for writ of habeas
corpus on behalf Of william Hamlin
Ch!lds, manager OF the late Mayor
Mitchers primary campaign last year,
was made 10 Justice Finch in the STU
preme Court yesterday by Isidor Kresel
and ]. Arthur Leve, Mr.. Ch!lds's attor-
neys.
The action is an outcome of the re-
cent decision OF the Appellate Division
that the Supreme Court presided over
by Justice Goff and convened to try cleo
ton cases is without Jurisdiction be-
cause OF improper advertising The writ
Is returnable to-day.
ITS object" said Mr.. Leve yesterday.
as 70 obtain Mr.. Childs's release from
the bond he was compelled to give when
no pleaded to the Indictment, We ahall
try also to establish the broad pr posi-
tlon that none OF the things charged
against Mr. Childs are indictable under
New YORK. laws"
The sun., 1918-07-24
SHIFT EXPLOSIVE ANCHORAGE
Onicinls Relieve Gravescnd Bny o:
Loading Menace.

The anchorage ground for the loading
of munition ships. by order of Collector
Of the Port Newton and Captain o:
the Port Godfrey l.. Garden. has been
shifted to a section Of the lower bay .
mile from Sandy Hook and GravcscnG
Bay yesterday had on its bosom no OK
plosive material to make residents along
its shores tremulous.
The Borough of Brooklyn had PEI
toned the Government for the removal
of the menace due to the loading ~ ex-
plosives on vessels at her back door, and
that Is why the change has come about
The new order also requires sailing YES
sells to leave the bay and find anchorage
on the east side of the Hudson between
Fort Washington Point and Tarrytowr
Only naval craft will be permitted
hereafter 10 anchor between Seventy
ninth street and Fort Washington Point
The sun., 1918-07-24
FIREMEN HURT IN LOFT BLAZE
Flying GInss>Cuts Three In $4,000
Wooster street Fire.

A Are which started on the sixth floor
of the eight story loft building at la9
Wooster street yesterday afternoon
spread from the Offices of the New Jer-
sey Felt shoe Company to the two upper
floors. Deputy Fire Chief Rankin was
cut by flying glass and Gottfricd Vo-
macha and John Kelly, both OF Hook
and Ladder Company Q, were injured by
n falling skylight. The two fremen's
arms we're lacerated and they were
taken to St. V!ncents Hospital in an
ambulance by Or. Moran.
The Reliance Novelty Company oc-
cupied the seventh floor and the Gangemi
Havana Cigar Company tho eighth The
damage Is estimated at $4,000.
Workers in the building were taken
to the street In an elevator by John
Dunlevy It's operator He made seven or
eight trips before all were out The West
Houston street surface car line was tied
up for an hour.
The sun., 1918-07-24
FINLAND-ALLIES TIES INTACT.
No Danger of Break Says IcnRue
President.

Danger OF a break between the Allies
and the Finnish Government has all but
passed according TO II. Montagu Bonner
president of the Finland CONSTITUTIONS
League OF America.
German propagandists have failed IN
their efforts to persuade the Films To
favor a constitutional monarchy Va d
Mr.. Bonner. "Svinhufud, the so-called
Finnish dictator. Is republican a.
heart Because he yielded to Germar
pressure / am Informed in advlces from
Hels!ngfors that his Government has 'o''
its grip on the country"
Proof OF the friendliness of the Films
Bonner added can be seen in their pol
ICY OF non-interference with the Mur'
man-Petrograd railroad. which Is now
held by the British and Americans
The sun., 1918-07-24
THEATRICAL FIRMS COMBNJE,
KIaw and ErlanRer, Henry Miiir
and Ruth ChattertOn Unite.

A theatrical alliance Of Interest Wa
consummated yesterday when k'a~
Frlanger. Henry Miller and Ruth Chat
terton reached terms whereby they VIII
be united for five years. Under terms
OF the agreement Klaw & Erlaneer ar-
ouire an interest in the new Henry
Miller Theatre and In all productions 90
he made by Mr.. Miller and Miss chat
terton during the term of the arr-r-
ment.
Mr. Miller will continue 70 be N" s'''
manager and director of the theatre
bearing Ms name. and while II s. '''
plan 70 devote the theatre to pres"r''t
plays in which either he or Miss '."'
terton. or both. will appear k,a"
Erlangcr will have the exclusive iT.'
eyes OF booking their attractions A. ne
Henry Miller Theatre.
The sun., 1918-07-24
The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For eastern New York. showers tn.
day; tomorrow partly cloudy little
change in temperature; gentle to mod.
/ crate south winds.
For New Jersey. partly cloudy and cc,.
tinued warm to-day; probably showers b.
night In north portion; unsettled to tnor
row; gentle to moderate south winds
For northern New England. showers IA,
day or at night: partly cloudy to.morrow
gentle windS. mostly south.
For southern New England marty
cloudy to-day. showers by night: fair ~,
morrow; gentle to moderate southwest
winds
For western New York. showers to.da,.
partly cloudy tomorrow; cooler In wett
portion.
WASHINGTON. July 2s.--warm woatn..
continues east of the Rocky Mountains or.
cept In Montana, where there has been
great fall In temperature. accompanied BY
marked rise in pressure. Ths wratht-
Is stu unsettled throughout the country
and there were showers over nearly All
districts east Of the Rocky Mountains *
, cept In New England. the middle Atlantic
and west Gulf States
More or less unsettled weather VIII con.
! tlnue Wednesday and Thursday cast OF
the Missississlppl River, with local shower,
except in the east Gulf states and Ten.
nessee.
II will be cooler Thursday in the upper
lake and western lower lake region.
The sun., 1918-07-24
RUMOR INFLICTS CASUALTIES.
sinks LiRhtship, bombs Coast and
Skaters Relief boat.

Morning rumors circulating yesterday
among shipping men had the staunch
old Nantucket lightship sunk by Ger
man submarine and the funnel OF Bel
gian relief steamship cut down. pre-
sumably by Hun she'll fire. Washington
denied there had been any subma rine
activity OF the Atlantic coast yesterday
The naval district with headquarters at
Boston said the firing of Cape Cod was
Incidental TO testing bombs used by
aviators seeking German submarines.
The Belgian relief ship seen passing
an Atlantic port in tow of the wrecking
tug Rcsolute S short funnelled. She
recently was damaged by an explosion
and was being towed from one port to
another for completion of repairs.
The sun., 1918-07-24
HEAT IS FATAL TO 3,
MANY FRUSTRATED
Breeze From Sea Brings Re-
lief in AfternOOn-Mer-
curry Lower.
RAIN NAY COME TO-DAY
Showers Fall South and West,
Expected Here by
Evening.
RAIN NAY COME TO-DAY

1t Is getting a bit cooler ir the alti-
tudinous places, such as the top OF the
weather observatory on the Whitehaii
Building and in the unrecorded spaces
higher up. but down where the world
works and perspires for a living It was
not much different yesterday than 1t had
been the day before. when the mercury
made record for the date OF "a.
The street thermometers varied In
their ambition according to- location:
Some. in the sun. marked 100, and
others, In shaded spots. rested at 20
The official top notch of the day was
90. recorded between and . O'CLOCK
The humidity was slightly higher than
on Monday and the breeze. mostly from
south and southwest. had enough liie.
blowing at a maximum OF twenty mics
in the late afternoon. to relieve the sag
cling spirits of the town bit.
Deaths and Prortrations.
The accumulated heat of three days,
stored in walls OF stone and steel, made
life worse for enervated folk than the
hotter preceding day. and there were
several deaths and many prostrations.
Among those knocked out was Acting
battalion Chief Joseph II. White. who
was overcome while at fire at 70 East
Eighty-sixth street. He was taken 10
his home. 1892 Bathgate avenue
Another victim was Kenneth 0. smith.
many years a Sun reporter and lateiy
in the advertising business. lie was IN
the PENNSYLVANIA station waiting TOT
train to take him to Nantucket 10 !oin
his wife on vacation there when ne
succumbed. He was taken to Bellevue
Hospital. 90,
Margaret Shellenberg. g., OF 3sl
Grand street, Brooklyn. died In the
Williamsburg Hospital after removal
from her home. where she was over
come Morris Schenchen of this borough
while cleaning a window In the Loose
wiles factory in Long Island city, was
Frustrated and fell five stories to the
street and died OF fractured SKULL :
Ethel Rotael, aged 3. while seeking re-
freshment on a fire escape. fell and was
killed.
Many sleep in Parks.
As usual on hot July days the keep
Off the grass" signs were ignored by the
steaming populace or not enforced by
the police and all the parks were dormi-
tories for the exhausted. who preferred
the bedless outer air to hot and un-
ventilated rooms. Some women TOOK
pillows and sheets into the parks ana
improvised comfortable beds.
The tenement roofs were crowded and
fire escapes were utilized, as always In
torr!d spells.
The southwesterly breeze rose to
twenty-four miles in the evening and
brought relief in all boroughs. and the
temperature dropped to the bearable
mark of S3 Showers did not hit this
neighborhood. but fell TO the southwest
and west Of us. helping the heatworn.
II Is not going to be cool to-day, but l,
may not be SO hot. and It is not I'M
likely that rain may come before sun
set
The sun., 1918-07-24
TO QUIZ PRISONERS ESCAPE.
serEeant-Major mt Fort Jay Got
Pass. Officers Think.

An investigation Is being made by
military authorities OF the escape from
Fort Jay. Governors Island. OF Sergeant
Major Gladstone of the Forty seventh
United States Infantry, who was await
Ing trial by court-martial on a charge
OF attempting TO shoot his Captain.
Gladstone was on kitchen duty when
he escaped. although 1t is required by
army regulations to confne prisoners
awaiting trial 1t Is believed Gladstone
obtained a workman's pass.
The sun., 1918-07-24
MAMMA LAUNCHING SATURDAY
DIR. Eaton's Daughter Ia Christie"
First of Fleet of Ten ships

The first of fleet OF tAu ships s.. F.
are being built for the Emerg"H.E FI1"-
CORPORATION. will be launched a. -"
Yards OF the Downey snip Build'"t
Corporation at Arlington, Staten Island
Saturday. when the MAMMA ,aErS 70 irr
water She is of 1900 tons, a9f Zee,
long, with beam of httv-t"' "r' an"
"a ,ieT;h ot 80 feet. She WI 10" N-o-
PEELED by a single screw.
Miss Aubrey Eaton, daughter %. ''s
Rev. DR. Charles Eaton, travelling CLAP
lain Of the corporation, viii act as s,"''
sor for the Mamma. Directo--'icr'ro
Charles n. Schwah is expected to ~.
tend the launching Rear Admiral wa.
els T Rowles. retired. in charge ~ 10
Hog Island yard, also will be presC"'
The sun., 1918-07-24
Necktie Makers warn strikers.

The National Association OF Mems
Neckwear Manufacturers, controlling the
shops where $500 cutters and trimmers
are employed, threatened to resume full
operation OF their plants tomorrow I'M
less the strikers. who have been out for
a month. return TO work. The unions
answered that the strikers Will immedi-
ately remove their tools from the shops
In case a lockout is attempted.
The sun., 1918-07-24
CALLED LOAFER. KILLS SELF.
Maurice Brody Ends Life in Cell
while Awaiting Trial.

Maurice Brody. "a, awaiting trial on
a charge of violating the ant!-loafing
law. committed suicide an hour after he.
ing placed in cell on the third floor
Of the Tombs yesterday
He was found suspended from the ton
door of the cell and died a few minutes
after being cut down Brodys home
was at 81 Debevoise street, Brooklyn.
on arraignment Brody said that he
was laborer. He had no registration
card and Magistrate Ten Eyck ordered
him held in $500 hail, which he could
not furnish.
The sun., 1918-07-24
IDENTIFIES PAYROLL ROYBER.
Cashier of Automobile Co. FccOG-
Mics One Of Gang of Three.

Henry Brian. cashier of the Whit.
Automobile Company. yesterday identt-
fled Albert Gargulio. "a. SEA Eleventh
avenue. as one OF the three men who
held him up July and robbed him OF
the company's payroll OF s4.450.
The man was held In $4,000 bail on
arraignment before Magistrate Frothing-
ham In Yorkville court. \ second wit
ness corroborated Brian's identification.
Two other arrests have been made,
The robbery was perpetrated in broad
daylight at Madison avenue and Fifty
seventh street.
The sun., 1918-07-24
GER MAN CHEMICAL
CONTRACT REVEALED
Document Making Transfer
From TeutOns Is in SwitZer-
land, Lawyer Admits.

That a contract governing the trans
Ter Of the controlling stock of three
chemical companies in this country to
the men at their head by German share
holders does exist and is at present in
Switzerland was revealed by accident
near the close Of the investigation yes
terday into the affairs Of the company
by question OF Alfred L. Becker,
Assistant Acknowledgement.
At other sittinss Oscar r. Seitz. the
attorney sent to Germany to secure the
stock contI olling interest OF the Roessler-
Hasslacker Company tor his principals
here, said there were no papers in exist
ence dealing with the transaction. A,
yesterdays investigation. however. lie
admitted the existence OF the contract
but said It was of no Importance, as II
was only preliminary step to the real
transaction.
Why He Left 1t Behind.
The court regards the contract as very
necessary and as having an important
bearing on the investigation, as 1t Is
believed that the transaction was only
on nominal basis and that 1t was the
intention OF those concerned to transfer
the stock back to the original owners al
the end of the war. Mr.. Seitz explained
he had left the contract and other
papers In Switzerland. as it was con.
sidered dangerous to carry any docu.
men's In the war zone.
mfr Seitz," asked Mr. Becker, "ha:
there been any direction OF any kind
written or otherwise, given to your
sister or any person or corporation witt
whom the papers may have been de-
posted by her. with reference to the
disposition OF these papers since you
left Switzerland
A. No.
Q. None whatsoever? A. No.
Q. Arc they in the same condition n;
you left them? A So far as know
they are in large envelopes and carefully
sealed up.
Q. The answer is yes or no? A. They
are in the same condition, so far as
know.
Will Send for Contract.
Q. And are YOU prepared and ready
, to give such directions. as may be re-
quested. to your sister to be delivered b,
her to the depositaries instructing then
" IVA otu u way as tHe
ment may direct these papers TO Amer
lea? A. Yes.
The Attorney department
feels that the contract in question will
| have very large bearing on the cas-,
| as the whole transaction may have beer
/ German and consummated to conform t,
the German law. Mr.. Seitz was aske.
| II It had not occurred to him that a
some future time some court might fnC
that the contract would have bearnJ
on the case. He replied that 1t did no
/ occur to him.
The contract viii! be sent for and for
warded to this country Immediately
coming here with the first pouch from
the American diplomatic bureau there
MT. Roessler said the buying of tn,
Observation-Disclosures Company from thu
firm Of Scheide-Anstalt was for the ben"
| Mt OF the company. although he did no
| intend TO hand 1t over to the company.
The sun., 1918-07-24

Two Of the best boosters known 'oi
any cause. Raymond Htchcock An'
Irene Rordoni Of "H,chv Koo," vi! o.
fciate at recruiting rally from the
deck Of the Recruit in Union SGu1-'
Thursday At noon The Iecrui Nt'4
will play and the following artist,
assist, Roy Cumming Ruth NJ -"
the Kouus sisters and Ragtime E"..
of the United States Navy.
The sun., 1918-07-24

Round trip fares between Newark and
Now York by the Hudson and Manhat-
tan tubes will be reduced Friday from
81 TO Ss cents. Mayor Charles r. Gillen
OF Newark was notified OF the reduction
by long distance phone from the offices
of the Railroad Administration In Wash
ington. A provision for a rebate on sim
gle tickets. between New York and Sum
NIT avenue. Jersey City, is also to be
made.