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New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
Red Cross Gets
Tons of Clothes
For Belgians
and Private Citi.
zens Hasten to Answer
Appeal

About 600 tons of clothing have
reached the collecting stations the
Red Cross has established for the re-
lief of the destitute inhabitants of Bel
gium and Northern France.
Although clothes have been coming
slowly from city homes, encouraging
reports were made by merchants and
manufacturers at the clothes col.ec-
tion luncheon at Delmonico's yesterday,
at which ]. NJ. Gliding, representing
the Fifth Avenue Association, presided.
There were present representatives
of the National Association of Cloth
iers, the Garment Salesmen's Asso
Association. the Retail Clothiers' AS
sociation. the Eastern Millinery Asso-
citation, the wholesale and retail shoe
dealers associations, and the hand and
steam laundry associations of the city.
All of them pledged cooperation to the
work of gathering clothing, and many
of them reported specific results.
Franklin Simon e. Co., and Bonwit.
Teller G. Co. each sent vanload of
clothing to EST Broadway, the store
room of the Belgian Relief Commits
sion.
Two large trunks full Of clothing
749 pieces in all. were received Mon
day at headquarters, "a West Thirty
ninth Street, from Mrs. Richard Nor
timer. of Tuxedo Park. The trunks
contained fifty pairs of shoes and d
quantity of leggings, socks, shirts, pa
jamas, suits and overcoats, all in c%-
celent condition. Mrs. Mortimer sent
all the clothes Of her son, Richard, jr.
who is in the British Flying Corps
after training at Oxford, England. She
is the aunt Of Victor Chapman. who
lost his life flying for France.
Nine hundred pairs of trousers and
200 blouses were received yesterday
from A. Goldstcin g. Co., 18 White
Street ST. Agatha's School sent &
wagonload Of girls clothing yesterday
and 1000 garments were received from
Public School 1874.
A woman telephoned to the Fifth
Avenue Association that she had SIX
suits of clothes which would be ready
as soon as they were returned from
the cleaner.
J. NJ. Price, chairman Of the collec-
tion committee. was enthusiastic about
the quality of the goods received.
at seems that people al, sending
their good clothes to the Belgians and
wearing their old ones" he said "Per-
haps they are beginning to feel as
they do in England, that it is no longer
good form to be too we'll dressed"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
Long-Sought Data
On Spies Given by
German Plotter

Following startling revelations made
before the Federal Grand Jury in
Brooklyn by DR.. Walter T. Scheele, the
German plotter who was taken into
custody at Havana two weeks ago, it
was learned that the long expected
roundup of dangerous enemy aliens is
about to begin. Scores of arrests are
expected among those who have long
been looked upon with suspicion by the
authorities, but whose arrest has been
delayed because of lack of evidence.
The removal of DR.. Scheele from
Washington to this city was guarded
with the greatest secrecy. He was
rushed to the Federal Building N
Brooklyn under guard, and was ques-
toned by James w. Osborne, Assistant
United States Attorney, for some time
before going to the grand jury room.
Mr.. Osborne has been appointed as a
special prosecutor against Scheele by
Attorney General Gregory.
Involves Other Persons
While nothing definite is known of
the testimony before the grand jury, it
was learned from reliable source
that Scheele threw interesting light on
certain persons being investigated by
known for some time that Scheele
financed many of the bomb plots engi-
neered by Captain Won Rintelen, who
was convicted and sentenced to serve
eighteen months in the Atlanta Peni-
tentiary for placing bombs on ships
carrying supplies to the Allies.
Federal officials would not make any
statement regarding the placing of
Scheele before the grand jury. 1t is
believed that this action was decided
upon last week when Charles De
Department of Justice, made a hurritt
trip to Washington for conference with
his superiors. Mr.. Osborne was present
in Washington at the time.
De Woody refused last night to make
any comment on the case against the
chemist. After Scheele was arrested il
is understood that he made a detailed
confession to the Federal agents.
Spread Chambers Germs
His trunk, containing a mass of cor
respondence, was seized and is being
examined. These papers show DR.
the plot which resulted in an epidemic
Of glanders among the horses at the
Empire City racetrack, where the ami
mails were being concentrated for ship
ment to France, and that in the factory
operated by DR.. Scheele, iii Hoboken
/ germs of ganders were propagated ir
culture and later injected into the
/ horses.
There also was a report current ir
the Brooklyn Federal Building that ir
the Hoboken plant large quantities Of
been kept which were intended for use
| in plasters and bandages for the Allec
armies. In addition Federal agent,
discovered that lubricating oil, whcf
is in such demand in the Central coun
tries, was being shipped by Scheelc t.
Norway as fertilizer and later bein,
forwarded to Germany
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
Dutchmen Weep
At Leaving Ships;
One browns Self
Hollands Flag Nailed to
Mast and the Mast Is
Creased
By BRIGGS

The Holland America liner Nieuw
Amsterdam will leave this port at 2
o'clock this afternoon with about 1000
officers and members of the crews of
the forty-six Dutch vessels taken over
here by the United States government.
About 800 applied tor passports yes
terday at the Custom House, but it was
said that 800 of them would not be able
to obtain accommodations on the ship.
Because of the ro-Germanism eX-
pressed by some Of 1he Dutch sailors
and attempts to obstruct the seizure of
the ships, passengers, cargo and lug
gage on the Nieuw Amsterdam will be
thoroughly examined before the liner is
permitted to sail. Phonograph records
will be played and documents treated
chemically to stop the taking out Of in
formation of value to Germany.
Naval officials yesterday related some
OF the incidents accompanying the seiz-
ures last week. On one ship the Dutch
flag was wired to the mast and the pole
creased A young naval reserve man
solved the difficulty by improvising
steel spikes, by which he was able to
mount the slippery mast and remove
INC OuICA Coio4S Will HipperS.
On another vessel the United States
sailors had a wordy argument with
the captain, who insisted that his
country's flag be not lowered. He was
satisfied, however, when the flag was
taken down and put in his care for
safekeeping.
Another captain, whose family has
lived here for fifteen years. retired to
his chartroom and wept when the ma
rines took charge of the ship that
had been his home on numerous trips.
Peter Ecklebloom, sailor on the
Mercurius, Dutch ship lying in the
North River off 135th Street, took the
seizure most seriously to heart. He
refused to leave when the vessel was
taken over and was permitted to stay
on until yesterday When his time
limit approached Ecklebloom. after
days of brooding, dived from the deck
of the vessel.
A United States sailor on guard
threw him a line and life preserver,
but the Dutch seaman declined both,
intent on ending his life. A lasso
was thrown about his neck as he was
sinking for the last time, but Ecklc-
bloom managed to wriggle out of the
moose and disappeared. His body was
not recovered.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
Poolroom Raid in
Office Building
Occupants, Indignant, Declare
They Were Doing Real
Estate Business

Detectives Hickson and Demarest. of
Inspector Costigan's staff, strolled into
Room 511 in the Office building at
1265-1269 Broadway yesterday and
after standing around for a few min
utes served summonses on four ex-
tremely busy young men whom they
charged with being. gamblers. 1t was
quite the most modestly conducted
poolroom raid the police could recall
last night
The men, who will have to appear
IN the John Doe proceedings being
conducted by District Attorney Swami
gave their names and addresses as
Louis Simon, 541 West 111th Street:
Isaac Carson, SAB West 146th Street:
James Lichtenstein, 1914 Broadway
and Louis Brooks, 1851 Amsterdam
avenue. They are accused of conduct
ing poolroom.
According to the detectives, it
seemed to have been the custom for
comparative strangers to stroll into the
Rooiroom with no questions asked
1hey asserted they heard bets being
maze on the races, both at Hot Springs
and at Havana.
When the detectives made them
selves known, the men on whom the
summonses were senved appeared highly
lnolgnant@ and protested they were
merely conducting a real estate office
Plcklng an hour when the place was
Almost deserted, detectives of Inspector
McDonald's special squad entered an
once on the sixteenth floor of 81
Onlon Square and arrested the three
men who were there on a charge Of
making books on the races at Hot
Springs and Havana. The prisoners
said they were William Olin Chubbark
Frederick A. Nelson and Merritt Cor.
kins. WI
y, They were locked up in the East
Nv rr'wcnty-second street police station
Ihree telephones and documents de-
st, sGrlbed as racing charts were seized
me arrests were made on warrants
a..o "l.houe the knowledge, it was said
OF Inspector Boylan, the chief of that
district ~ Via
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
Two Youths Held in Plot
To Blackmai /. F. Loree
Letter Demanded 900 Under Threat Expose Scandal
Involving Son-Detectives, Carrying Money" Catch
One After Chase and He duplicates Another

After lcaping from cliff in Central
Park and leading detectives in COM
mandeered automobile chase along
10th Street and up LenoX Avenue.
Isidor Gerstein, nineteen years old, a
student in the High School of Com
'nerce, was arrested last night on tn.
charge of attempting to blackmail Leon
T. Loree, president of the Delaware &
Hudson Railroad, out of $4,000.
Acting on information said to have
been obtained from him, the detectives
arrested Morris Bernstein, twenty years
old, at his home, 10 West 105th Street,
OH the same charge. Both were locked
up at Headquarters.
The threatening letter was received
en- Monday night by Mrs. Loree in the
Loree home in the Chatham Hotel,
Vanderbilt Avenue and Forty-eighth
Street. In addressing the letter the
word "hotel" had been spelled "hotal." ="
The writer threatened vaguely to eX-
pose a scandal which would involve
Mrs. Lorees son, Majo James I. Loree,
of the headquarters staff of the 9th
Division, at Camp Wadsworth.
Demanded $4,000
Only the prompt payment of $4,000
would seal the writer's mouth, he said.
He stipulated that the amount must be
in $40, $50 and S100 bills, and directed
Mr.. Loree himself. in his own motor
car, should take it to the northwest
corner of Forty ninth Street and Fifth
Avenue at 9 p. m. last night.
Mrs. Loree took the letter to District
Attorney Swami, and last night the
Loree limousine started on the short
trip from the hotel to the rendezvous.
Within its luxurious, illuminated in
terror sat Detective August Mayer, Of
District Attorney Swann's office, dis
guised by fur motor coat, as rail
road president. Out of sight, on the
floor. crRuched Detectives Joe Russo
and Joe Brown.
The car halted at the appointed cor
ner, and presently a shabby youth, who
was Gerstein, accostcd the theoretical
railroad president, who held package
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27

of alluring proportions. Gerstein, ac
cording to Mayer, admitted when his
authority to take the money was chal-
lenged, that he was the one who hac
left the letter at the hotel. At the
words Russo and Brown arose from
their ambush and yanked him into the
car, taking vindictive care to dash
Mayors cigar from his lips in the
process.
According to the detectives, the you'll
told them that two men who he be
lleved to be Secret Service men had di
rected him to take the moeny at thai
Central Park. Learning that the rocl
was near the entrance at Seventh Ave
nue. and 10th Street, the detectives di
rected the chauffeur to drive there.
Gersteln conducted them to the edge
OF sharp, rocky declivity some ten o,
fifteen feet in height and said that
that was the spot. While the detec
tives peered over the edge he dove
headlong off, crashing into a clump of
bushes below.
The. detectives promptly jumped
after him and raced, firing as they ran
after the shadowy figure that was
speeding toward 10th Street. Reach
ing the street, the detectives leapec
manded its driver to speed after the
fleeing, figure ahead. AS the car Glove
a perllous passage through the traf
tic the detectives leaned out and sent
bullet after bullet after Gerstein.
None reached the mark. He turned
into LenoX Avenue and vanished into
an apartment house near 111th Stree
just as his pursuers were preparing tc
leap upon him. Mayer, leading tn,
race despite the fur coat, came in sigh
of Gersten just as he was crouching tt
vault fence in the rear of the house
At Mayors challenge he gave himsel
up. 1t was lucky for him he did, fol-
Mayer was the one man of the thre,
who still had a cartridge left in his re
volver.
At HEADQUARTERS. in the course of ths
quiz which led to Bernstein's arrest
Gersteln was told to write the wore
"hotel.' He wrote "hotal," the dc
tectives said. Both l.e and Bernstein
denied their guilt. Gerstein's home i.
at 67 East Ninetyninth Street.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
What Is Going On To-day
MHEATLESS DAY.

w i'fAIA LESS DAY,
Free admission to the American >,,so,,
ra wal History Metropolitan Mnsemm S'u o Aoi Of Nat Nat
scum A'aIos1fal ams1ta Park. Van Corandt Park Mu
ASuarium m'''ef'csH Museum OF Safety and the
CSifcus, S1n, Madison Square Garden.
MIX SHOW. Grand Central pslaro
'''S1HnS MSaSnn OF the Girl Scouts OF New York. Hote.
Meeting sst. Of The National Wholesale Lumber Deal,
crs t,a Association Waldorf Astoria 10 a. M re-
Ada;sssss I BY Govs1nor Charles s. Whitman on
NeS York 'FsSy sa Now Coz
paTs ram, I9mmissoner John A alrss on sons
,lio Broadway Association Hotel McAIpin - so S
New York. Al East Twenty nth Street It' IaSo 30
SSaYaton Armys Work Amons T'sFe 9S soldiers Gn rhs he
LnneheoH inch Of he New York Lumber % Trade Assoca
Mssiins sHa ssSEs sotiey Of p inols I'M Women ,r,.
poasI As'pr; mss,, b. y m; n; III. x '''''' 'i''''
A%Srs;s @ y srs Auss! 3 @ Belmont ON women.
tho tho Council OF Womens Organizations. Cosnn os,U1c
pohtan Club. 1873 East Fortielh Street, $40 a.so
l'f3n5S Tra"so by a Cna"0me caeanel The Soul of
fss SS' ,Ss paad r9d' of Gau@s,.on E % hal. Of tn.
board. Park Avenue and Fifty ninth street. '"s
Addresses by Count llya Tolstoy and j. r. Her
msst maa at ms"E sss ,s .. snss assr
"IItess 1i 10y Gipsy Smith on Behind the Battle
line line Ill France. Fifth Avenue prcsbyterian
Address by Samuel M Bell Thomas on ..rn. ,room.
Iax at meeting OF The Bronx Bonrd Of TrnIs
AdIpas df3"ns' ~ is'th Street @ and Third Avenue D. M
Methods. Pratt sccretarlal school 6s VIZ,
,y rory' nth Street sl5 y. m. '''
Msetihg OF the Womcn's Auxiliary 10 IN, l6,.h
Infantry; u s. A. armory. is Lexington Ave-.
lSture by Charles A. Boston on The Uistor,,a,
@ Esoiu'ion OF IHgal Ethics as an Essential Elc.
@ nun. Ill w" ai'nn'straiion of Justice assembly
Ler'nrS rnS BY William :; purant on Psychooxy, ~, OF
hrnon,es rn,n,,es Labor @ Temple. Second Avenue and
'1dreSs Sn,s & by Mrs H. O. lavcmcyer on THE wom-
W,s WWis ,,m1, nsma Army OF America. before the Arr
War hciiet: rHsitlcncc of Mrs. John Henry Ham
.0rut ~.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
Sviss ENJOY Confirms
Statement by Muck

Hans Sulzer, Swiss Minister to the
United States, who is visiting New
York, told The Associated, Press yes
terday that tho claim of DR.. Karl Muck
that he is a naturaized citizen Of Swift
zerland is correct
The minister said that up to the pres
ent no presentations had been made
to him by DR.. Muck in regard to his ar
rest in Boston, and that SO far as he
knew none had been sent to the lega
tion at Washington.
The minister added that unless DR..
Muck should claim protection of the
Swiss Legation he would take no action.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
News in Brief

~ j
The American Committee for Armenian
and Syrian Relief has received message of
thanks from Tcheran Persia acknowledge
ing receipt of $230,000. The message states
that conditions in that country are appal-
ling.
Frederick Engelbord. scvcnty-seven. and
Mrs. Katherine Vert. sixty, both residing in
Evergreen, Long Island, have taken out a
marriage license. 1t will be Engebord's
third marriage and Mrs. Wert's second
The police of Long Island City are trying
Beth Israel Synagogue. in Sixth Street
near Vernon Avenue. and carried away
every bit of metal in the building. They
even took the pendulum from the clock This
is the fifteenth burglary in Long Island City
in six weeks
magnatc. now has four in the service
of the country His youngest son. Reed, has
just joined the ale unit and hopes to be
abroad shortly.
Andrew Calvo. twenty-six, of 23l9 Hughes
Avenue. The Bronx, was sent TO the work.
house for ten days 10y Magistrate McGeehan
IN the Morrisania court, for insulting soldiers
while in the subway. He was charged with
swearing at them in Spanish and it CHANGED
one '' inc soldiers understood tRe language
William Cullen twenty-five, of J48 West
Forty-frot Street, is being held without bail
to await the action of the grand Jury on a
charge Of homicide in Connection with the
death of Charles Reilly. Of ol7 West Forty
sixth Street. on the night OF March is.
Reilly was shot through the head and his
throat was cut. He died at the French Hos
pital
RUTHERFORD. n. j. State Bank EN-
amincr William f.. Walter. of ths place hus
been appointed to the new post of Federal
ncserye c3nfnincr with the Federal Reserve
Board of Washington.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
u. S. Marine Assassinated
On Duty in Santo DOMINGO

WASHINGTON, March 26.-William
II. Knox, an American marine sergeant
temporarily serving as captain in the
National Guard of Santo Domingo, was
shot and killed March, "a. presumably
ny band of outlaws, the Navy De-
partment to-day was advised.
knoX's home was in Montreal Can.
ada. His body has been recovered and
guards and marines arc searching for
the assassin.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
Sergeant Arrested at Devens
On Charge of Sedition

AVER. Mass, March 26-Sergeant
Ernst Flemtje, of F Company of the
301st Infantry, was arrested at Camp
Devens to-day, charged with making un-
patriotic utteranccs. Flemtje is an
American citizen Of German parentage
and comes from East Cambridge. He
was locked in the guard house tonight
to await court martial.
f. Nimke, of Torrington, Conn, was
sentenced recently to thirty years i'm
nriSonment.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
Mexican Bandits Kills
After Looting Amer'e''
Ranch Make Their Escape

MARIA, TEX, March 26.-Gle''h :"
Will. eighteen years old, was end end
seven times and two Mexican me" - a
one Mexican woman were killed msll
raid by Mexican bandits on the Nsath
South Ranch, forty-three miles ss RI.
of Van Horn, Tex, early to-day nd
bandits looted the ranch end esesSsll
Troops from Evert's Ranch, aIa.g Ia
shortly after the raid. The snsT'an a.ss'
Van Horn and party of citizen. as'a
started on the trail Of tho banass's
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27

ce-rt for a trial. No information on
th.s point was forthcoming tonight.
Dut officials did say that no further
arrests were expected before to-mor-
row.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27

II. II. Vreeand. the well known traction
magnatc. now has four sons in the service
of the country. His youngest son. Reed, has
just joined the Yale unit and hopes to be
abroad shortly
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27

II vas pointed out that Dr.. Muck is
row held as an chemy alien, subject to
ORDERS from Washington, and without
any privilege Of trial. II the papers
sejzcd At his house reveal incriminat-
ing information he may be charged
With a violation of one or more Of the
regulations Of the espionage act, in
which event he would be arraiuned in
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Sailors Aid Benefactor

Detectives Blythe and Murphy. of
the Fifth Avenue station, Brooklyn
were forced to fight their way into a
crowd of more than twenty-five sailors
who had gathered a. Hamilton Avenue
and Sixteenth Street, Brooklyn, last
night to rescue Salvatore Matosi, sew
enteen years old, of 113 Columbia
Street, and Phillip Gulino. nineteen.
OF 238 Sackctt Street.
The two men had been surrounded
by the sailors and were being beaten
because they had assaulted Daniel
Ryan, fifty years old. of 5O7 Hamilton
Avenue. Ryan is known for his many
benefactions to sailors and soldiers.
whom he supplied with cigars and
cigarettes from 81 fund he collects in
the neighborhood
He was known to have collected some
thing like s25 last night and soon after
ward Matosi and Gulino set upon him.
The sailors came to his rescue and
were giving the two bad beating
when the detectives arrived Ryan was
treated by Dr.. Shapiro. of the Jewish
Hospital, for cuts and bruises and left
for home. Matosi and Gulino were ar
rested, charged with assault and rob-
berry.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Victory of Allies
Certain, Says Rowell
Superiority in New Guns and
Food Assures Triumph,
Saws Canadian

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. 3.-With
a great present and potential superior
ity in men, guns, munitions, ships and
food" the Allies are confident of win
ming decisive victory, declared N. w.
Rowcll, president Of the Canadian
privy Council. upon his return here to-
day from London. where he attended
the recent sessions of the imperial War
Cabinet and the imperial conference
In statement dealing also with his
inspection Of the Canadian army in
France. Mr.. Rowell said tonight, be-
fore leaving for Toronto, that there
was remarkable change in sentiment
in Great Britain nnd France from the
beginning Of June to the present time
"Foch's brilliant counter stroke on
the Marns has changed the whole mill
tary. situation," he said 1--WE arrived
In England in the midet of the drive
on Psxia and found sverywhers a spirit
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Three Aviation Officers and
Several Cuardsmen
Are Listed
II. D. Smith Prisoner
Former Broker, Now a Flier,
Falls Into the Hands
of the Enemy

Two New York boys who were only
seventeen years old when they en-
listed, are among those named in the
casualty list yesterday. Both were
killed in action. There were three
aviation officers from the vicinity
of this city in the list. and men from
regular army regiments. the National
Guard and the National Army
Corporal John Russo, of Company I,
4th Infantry, who was killed in action,
was nineteen years old and enlisted at
the age of seventeen. The War De-
partment telegram received by his sis
ter, Mrs. Jenny Butti. of 1910 Bath
Avenue, Brooklyn, stated that he was
in the field artillery.
Private Samuel Weintraub, of Com
pany I, 3Sth Infantry, who was killed
in action. also enlisted when seven
teen years old. He had been in the
army year when ne was killed. He
was the son of Jacob Weintraub, a
baker, of lac Ludlow Street
First Lieutenant Herman st. John
Bo,dt, of the air service. was killed in
action on July 20. His father, DR.. Her
man Boldt, lives at 80 East Sixty first
Street. He was twenty-five years old
and saw service on the border. He
passed the examination for second
lieutenancy in the regular army about
the time war was declared and was as
signed to the 102d Infantry. After
reaching France and obtaining his
commission as first lieutenant he was
transferred at his own request to the
air service.
Lieutenant Herbert D. Smith, Of the
air service, who was listed as missing
in action, is prisoner in Germany,
according to message which was re-
celved yesterday at his parents home,
229 West Seventy eighth Street. He Is
twenty-five years old and was a broker
with the firm of Herrick & Bennett, 66
Broadway, when he sailed for France
about year ago. About three weeks
ago his family received letter, in
which he said that he had made fight
over the German lines, but had to re-
turn because the enemy got his range.
First Lieutenant Joseph Nj. Mellen,
of the air service, who also is listed
as missing in action, is the son of
Chase Mellen, an attorney, of 27 Cedar
Street, whose home is in Garden CITY.
Long Island. In 1915, Mel!cn went to