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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-29
MILITARY POLICE
TO Be AUGMENTED
Maj.-Gen. Bell Says Provost
Guard Will Be Increased
every Soon"

The Provost Marshal's guard. which
must be relied upon to check rowdy-
ism on the part Of furloughed and de-
modified soldiers and sailors In New
York, Is soon to be heavily increased
This information was given to THE
Sun yesterday by Major-Gen. J.
Franklin Bell. commanding the De-
partment OF the East.
At present the guard. which has
barracks north OF the Municipal Build
ing on the site OF the proposed Court
House. numbers only 800 men. under
the command Of Major p. L. Thomas
Recent explosions such as the attack
made by soldiers upon the Bolshevik
meetings in Madison Square Garden
and in the Palm Garden and an in
creasing disposition shown by men in
uniform to knock the heads off parad-
ing and demonstrating Revolutions
ries' have proved the necessity for a
much stronger, much more active mil
itary police force.
There Is no doubt" said Gen. Bell
yesterday afternoon, that the guard
must be largely increased very soon.
Soldiers and sailors must be kept, in
order and in obedience TO the law
They have no more right TO disorderlv
conduct than other people have-less,
as a matter Of fact. The guard as
now constituted is small because It
was formed while we were at war and
while We were unable to detail for the
duty the number OF men that eXpe-
rience has shown to be necessary. We
had to take limited service men be-
cause every man fit for active servic.
had been sent overseas. Now. how
ever, there will be plenty Of men avail
able. The guard will be heavily re-
enforced"
Gen. Bell could not say exactly what
the strength of the military police force
would be in the future. but il was sug-
gested that at least 1000 men will
be needed. Various authorities. mill
tary and civil, are agreed that disor-
derby soldiers and sailors must be
handled by the military police. The
civil police are averse to employing
harsh measures out of respect for tho
uniform OF the United States. More
over, the soldiers and sailors have
little real fear or respect for the civil
police, but they do jump to attention
when they are stood up" by an NJ. p.
Gen. Bell received the letter Of COM
plant written by Major Hylan and
containing an even more insistent let
ter from Police Commissioner Enright.
The General would not discuss tho
letter. saying that any comment re-
garding 1t must come from Washing
ton. He left the distinct impression,
however, that the military authorities
are alive TO the danger of serious riot
ing in New York and are preparing to
take proper measures.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-29
MANY HOLIDAYS IN PRISON.
Plea of Man Again Arrested May
Help Promised Reform.

II may be that James Mcdonald 81
or 176 Marion street, Brooklyn, will
not be in jail year from yesterday.
or maybe he will get his turkey in a
place of his own choosing on Christ
mas Day. II he does, it will be the
first time since he was 9 years old
that he hasn't partaken Of his holiday
meals in some sort of a disciplinary
institution, for his plea to Magistrate
Dodd, in the Gates avenue court. did
not have the desired results yesterday.
Mcdonald spent the day i'm Jail for
getting drunk the night before and in
terrupting the performance at the AL
hambra Theatre. Brooklyn, where he
insisted upon entering when he was
told to so away.
Mcdonald pleaded earnestly with
the Magistrate TO set him free for the
day. His father and mother died
when he was years old he said, and
when he was 0 he went to a truant
school. He got out of there just be-
fore he was 3, but after a few months
he was sent to the House Of Refuge
for eighteen moths. A few weeks
after that term expired he went to the
pentitentiary for eighteen months for
receiving stolen goods, and then TO
Sing Sing as a second offender on the
same charge. lie was released in
October. The navy refused him be-
cause Of his criminal record. He said
he did enlist an the Merchant Marine
and was told he would he sent to Bos-
ton, December /. The Magistrate re-
manded Mcdonald and is having hts
story investigated. with II view OF
helping him IL he finds his assertion
that he wants TO go straight is worth
entertaining.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-29
KEEPER DIES AS HE CHA SES
BEAR IN CENTRAL PARK
Children Lead Crowd of 5000 in Pursuit of Young
Bruin and Finally Police Captain Lassoes
Her in Tree.

Up to the time when Capt. Edward
Bourke OF the Arsenal station, who is
called Sailor Bourke" by~those who
knew him when he served before the
mast, climbed a tree in Central Park
and lassoed Mollie. a 75 pound bear
cub, the animal had things pretty
much her own way in the park,
Summarizing her achievements, these
things followed her escape from the
cage:
Louis Seaboldt, so, a keeper, fell
dead from heart disease chasing the
bear.
Five thousand persons Joined in the
chase that ended with the capture.
Patrolman John Z. Copeland was
bitten on the calf OF the right leg.
Michael Griffin, a soldier, lost his
right thumb, which was snapped off
by the bear.
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning
Mollie was In her cage, where she had
been since she gave up the job Of be-
ing mascot for the Twenty second In
fantry at Governors Island. Seaboldt
went over to look after the bears and
when he came out forgot to lock the
door Of the cage.
Mollie worked her way out of the
pen and ambled peacefully over to-
ward Fifth avenue. A girl and youth
were sitting on a bench near the wall
and bruin sauntered up and began
shifting at the girls handbag. There
was shower of face powder. the
bench went over backward and the
pair raced for their lives.
Then Mollle turned her attention to
a baby carriage containing an infant
and was having time with the child
until the little one tried to pick out the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-29
SCHWAB TO RESIGN
SHIPBUILDING POST
Will Quit Emergency Fleet
Corporation After Putting
1t on Economic Basis.

Charles NJ. Schwab, director-general
Of the Emergency Fleet Corporation,
announced yesterday that as soon as
he has put the enterprise Of producing
ships upon an economic as distin-
guished from an emergency basis he
will ask President Wilson to appoint
some one to take his place and permit
him to retire.
Mr.. Schwab made it clear that he
will not retire hastily ana that the
only reason which impels him is the
pressure of his own business and az
fairs. He does not know how soon he
will make his request formally and he
intends to remain at his post as long
as he may be considered at all neces-
sary. He said last night:
Il am working now TO put the
Emergency Fleet Corporation in such
a position as will enable me soon to
ask the President TO release me, and
1 will make my formal request when
the change has been made from emer-
gency to economic work.
I'VE will keep right on and COM
plete the original programme OF 49,
100000 tons Of shipping. The plan
for the future is to build for economic
permanency. all our past work having
been strictly emergency work. The
plan then for all the shipping decided
upon Originally will go right on. We
still contemplate employing all kinds
of labor, and the standard of wages
to be paid will be fixed by the Govern
ment board
Il am anxious to leave the director
ship in safe hands and will not quit 1t
under any circumstances until the
President has decided upon a man who
is satisfactory to him in every way.
When Mr.. Wilson asked me to take
charge of this work he pledged me his
whole hearted support, and he has
stood by me TO the last letter of his
word.
MY sole reason for finding it neces-
sary to resign is the pressure OF private
business. When I became director
general / dropped my own affairs sum-
marty and many OF them stand Just
where left them and require my at
tention as soon as l can possibly give
1t to them"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-29

bears eyes and then hit her with a
milk bottle. This proceeding did not
seem to meet with the complete APP
prevail of the animal. Mollie began TO
run and big crowd. composed chiefly
Of children. Joined the chase.
The bear climbed a tree and Sea-
boldt. the keeper. came UP. AS he
neared the tree he fell to the ground
dead. Patrolman Copeland and Sol
dier Griffin then tried to capture
Mollle and both were bitten for their
pains. Somebody called Capt. Bourke
and he rode up with several police
aids. By this time the animal had
reached Transfer road, near Sixty
fifth street, making the journey most
~ by the tree route. Up one tree to
dodge pursuers and then down and
UP another went Mollie.
Once, crossing a road, she was
struck by an automobile. The bear
went over a couple OF times and then
ran for another tree. Bourke and a
sailor went up after her. Out on the
tcpmost limb she hung, snarling at
the officer. Somebody brought a rope
and Bourke made a moose in it and
slipped it over Mollie's neck with a
stick.
While the sailor made the rope fast
tc' the tree, Capt. Bourke shook Mollie
from her perch and she was soon
dangling in midair. The hanging took
all Of the fight out OF her highness
and she was glad to let Bourke lead
her back to the cage.
Within a few minutes after being
locked up again the mascot was fast
asleep and totally oblivious to the eau
Gus that was being held TO determine
whether or not she should be shot.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-29
SENDOFF COMMITTEE
ASKS PART IN RETURN
Seeks Mayors Permission to
Welcome 9th Home.

Whenever the battle SCARED TWEEN
ty-seventh Division is set down in
New York, whether this year or next
the New York Sendoff COMMITTEES
wants to be in on the big welcome that
Is surely coming to the men who
helped smash the Hindenburg line.
Convinced that it has a legitimate
claim to a part in arranging the cele-
bration the Sendoff Committee wrote
to Mayor Hylan yesterday placing it
self and its machinery at the disposal
of the city. 1t was the Sendof Com
mittee that arranged the two day cele-
bration marking the departure of the
division for Camp Wadsworth, South
Carolina in 1917, and the committee
accomplished that task without a sin
gle cent of its expenditure coming out
Of the city's treasury. Nevertheless
the committee gave a banquet at the
Biltmore for Major-Gen. Organ and
his staff. and on the following day II
filed every man OF the division with
turkey and all the trimmings that ever
went with a genuine warriors feast.
And then, just to make certain that
none was overlooked. the committee
fed every organization under arms
near New York.
The committee started out as a pri-
vate venture. but Mayor Mitchell took
it over and made 1t the official enter
tainment body for the city. For that
reason August Sllz, chairman Of the
committee. made the new offer of the
committee to Mayor Hylan. ''Our
committee" the letter to the Mayor
says, was a volunteer one and after
ward made official by your distin-
guished predecessor, the late John
Purroy Mitchell.
at acted for and in the name OF
all the people of our city. 1t organ
lied and carried out successfully n
two day celebration in honor of the
Twenty-seventh Divisions departure
for Spartanburg. On that occasion
the committee pledged itself to repeat
on the return OF the troops the accom-
plishments OF those two nights which
had been so generously praised by
them and the public press. 1t is in
fulfilment of that pledge that the COM
mittee once again places itself and all
its energies at the disposal OF the city,
to act in any capacity your Honor may
see fit and. of course, under your di-
rection."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-29
The Sun Calenda,
THE WEATHER.

Eastern New York-Rain ,o.A
colder at night; tomorrow code, ~
generally fair: strong south IN ~.
winds, shifting to northwest to.n,sS.
Southern New Engiand-Rs,r
warmer in east portion; to-morrov 10y,
and probably fair strong south and so,.su
ives, WINDS shifting to west and nor,G
Northern New EnEland-P,,,
warmer to-day; tomorrow rain y. ,M
and an, colder; strong south and sou,h nv
n,S New ;saInr-o5s .o-dsy colder .
southwest winds. shifting 10 IVES. 'ohg
northwest tonight. aat
Western New York-Raln to-day. ,,,.,
portion and at night in ea,t B N Wv
south 10 west gales: to-mo-rogY '''!osl
SHOWS. colder In east portion. ''A
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s-rs, ~
.d tnroa nee, that was over Arkansas wsi5s.
WIN a great Increase in intensity :.
Tended by general and suhS;ar,iai r.'.,
ma; been no precipitation OF cons;qu e.
II Is warmer In Atlantic States, the fo,.s:
AXE region and Texas. but elsewhsr. tsT.
be rain Friday in New England " sn5 WI W.
middle Atlantic States, rain tur1In, a.
snow in the lower lake region and SNOW "a
the upper lake region. Continuing sa,S,s.A
IN the lake region and northern New ~,
lana. In the Ohio Valley and thu soun
ihe weather Will be fair Friday and sstp.
Gay; II viii be colder Friday in tn, IN,
region, the Ohio Valley and the South 49,
Friday night or Saturday in the riis',
Atlantic states and New England Sio.-
warnings are displayed on the Ersa, a..
ana on the Atlantic coast from Nor.oIk "a
Eastport.
iobservatious at United States weather n,.
reaus, taken at p. NJ. YESTERDAY. ,er.nt,.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-29
FALSE ALARM STIRS
SOCIALIST MEETING
Police Gather, but No Rioters
Make Appearance.

Several things combined last night
to make possible the statement that
the New York county Socialists held
their meeting in the New Star Casino,
East 10Th street and Park avenue
without the slightest trouble. The
steady rain, the posting of police re-
serves and provost guards and the
generous supply Of turkey all served
to keep any soldier or sailor interfer-
ence among tho things missing from
the meeting.
The session was a celebration OF the
establishment of republics in Germany
and Austria. Whether it was tho rain.
the turkey or the threat of Commits
sioner EnriGht to use machine guns on
disorderly Combatants, the rumor that
a large number Of sailors, marines and
soldiersS were headed for the hall
turned out TO be false.
a company Of the provost guard
under Lieut.. NJ. J. Maher and Lieut.
NJ. Payne found nothing to do at the
hall. The reception started at 3
o'clock in the afternoon and continued
until l o'clock this morning. No red
flags were flown. Some OF the ardent
spirits Wore red neckties, red fezes
and even red blouses, but nobody dis
obeyed the order against red flags.
The police had arranged to protect
the meeting not only with the five uni
formed men and fifty in plain clothes
who were sent at first. but with such
reserves as might he needed Shortly
after s o'clock Major Thomas. Provost
Marshal, sent nearly all Of his guard
back to the barracks.
The report that soldiers and sailors
were headed for the meeting came
from n man who gave his name over
the telephone as Capt. Williams" As
no officer of this name is known in
this jurisdiction an investigation was
started to see who had given the
alarm.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-29
Dead Man Found in Areaway.

Philip Rogers, PCS East 124th street.
a cleaner employed in the Police De-
partment, was found dead yesterday in
the areaway OF l02 West 12sth street.
The body showed small cut on the
side of the head and its peculiar char
ter led to an investigation by detcc-
tives. An autopsy will be held.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-29
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAc

MINIATURE ALMANAC
United States Coast and Geo1eN- slFVU-
STANDARD Time $50,
sun rises ...6:Ss \ NJ sun sets ~ y
Moon rises ....G.lI \
HIGH WATER THIS DAY
Sandy Hook T. - \ VI Gov. lslsrd 6l An
Hell Gate ......' a A
LOW WATER THIS DAY
Sandy Hook 10 50 \ NJ Coy, Island y u IA
Hell Gai=......;..S = "
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-29
ARRIVALS THURSDAY. nov .

Ss san Gennsro Genoa, Nov. I
SIS. Jcthou. Rotterdam. Nov. T.
IS Xamora. Liverpool. Nov,
IS AraSa7 Plymouth, Nov. =.
IS. War CyEnet Gibraltar. Nov. s.
IS Henrik Ibson. - John. y 2 Nov. =
s. AnEoulemr. Halifax. Nov, 3
Sc w l. Radcliffe. Weymouth. y : NoT. n
IS Baliuo. Galveston. Nov, Is
So. Kralngen savannah. Nov. ..
IS. President Grant Hampton R. Ms N0T H.
s., EIka ILL.,. Jncaro. Nov. -
s.. Princess Anne, Norfolk Nov. n.
So, Ossabaw, Galveston, Nov. =
IS. SocOny. Boston, Nov. =.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-29
VICTORY sing SAVED
BY MAJ BELL
His Thunderous "Tention!'
Fuses Crowds Spirit and
Starts Things Moving.
10000 LIFT THEIR VOICES
Chorus of Four Hundred Pei
ham Bay Sailors Is Feature
and Girls Parade.

A Major-Generai Is useful insti-
sutton beyond peradventure. So Is a
megaphone. But when you combine the
two, when you reinforce the authority
that just naturally dwells in Major
General with the sonorous authority
that flows from a speaking cone. why.
then, oh, la, lal you get results.
Major Gen. ]. Franklin Bell plus one
somewhat battered megaphone Just
about saved the Victory Sing" (what
a title!) from innocuous desuetude
yesterday afternoon in Madison Square
Garden. Like Henry ]. Horatius at
the bridge Gen. Bell was there when
he was urgently needed. he and the
megaphone that goes back to the days
of the Bill Show.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-29
WOMAN OF MYSTERY
BURNED TO DEATH.
Imperious Recluse, Clad in
Silks, Lived With Dolls
and Parrot.
STOVE FIRED CLOTHING
Halter of Men, She Filled Home
With Theatrical Clippings
and Fine Furniture.

Tho woman. of mystery, who for
years lived alone at 412A Sackett
street, Brooklyn. and whose identify
during that entire period was a matter
Of conjecture. was burned to death at
noon yesterday. Her Thanksgiving
dinner was on the table. A shoulder
ing oil stove lay in the back yard.
She sat crumpled and charred in the
kitchen. When Detective Charles Low,
who lives next door, burst in he found
she was past aid.
The neighbors, with whom she sell
dom spoke, knew her as Mrs. Ben
ner,' tall and imperious, perhaps 65
years old, a woman of strange silk
and satin gowns and unusual hats, a
woman whose manner not only awed
her own sex, but men too. The police
have her name as Mrs. Dolly Ben
ner."
Few dared to open the iron gate in
front, and those who did came away
with tales of a raucous parrot, who in
cessantly Chartered Dolly. Dolly Ben
ner," or Louise, Louise: of costly
antique furniture scattered about the
house; OF a gray cat and a little ter
rier. who appeared to be particular
pets, and Of two child sized dolls, also
objects OF loving attention.
Strange History Unsolved.
Mrs. Benner first appeared at the
two story brick house some twenty
i've years ago. Her mother. accord
ing to the neighbors, lived with her
and died about ten years after, and
was buried with loving care in Green
Wood Cemetery by the daughter. Ever
since Mrs. Benner has lived alone in
the house, without any light, save that
OF oil lamps. Many OF these were
scattered about.
Some said that the old woman had a
secret sorrow and that she often gave
vent to her feelings in a denuntiation
OF men. "A man hater," they called
her. Some hazarded the opinion that
years ago she had been prominent in
the theatrical world and pointed 10 the
silks and satins. Others. however,
shook their heads.
Nobody knows" they said,
For never by word or action did the
Mrs. Benner" reveal what was in her
mind or what went on in her house.
1t was generally conceded that she
owned property, one of a long row of
substantial dwellings. Occasionally the
strains Of a piano fioated from the
windows. For days at time she did
not leave the house and when she did,
usually in the morning, she was seen
to lift her hands TO the sky and MUIR
muir:
Mother, father"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-29
ARRIVED FROM NEW YORK

So. West Ekonk, az Genoa
-, Lake Superior. at Halifax
Motor ship Panama. at llIlue
IS. City of Atlanta, az New Orleans
IS. De Soto. at New Orleans
IS. santiago. az Wilmington, -. G.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-29
Received No Letters.

Few visited her and she received no
mail. Her meals were simple. Trades
people were always quickly paid. Her
high front stoop was always clean.
But the front gate was a forbidding
one. concealing behind it a house OF
antiques, scattered about, an old
woman and parrot that cried Dolly.
Dolly" Last night searchers in the
place found bales OF clippings OF the
atrical news and of murder case re-
ports.
Policemen are guarding the house.
II Is thought that when the oil stove
became aflame Mrs. Benner seized it
and hurried it to the rear yard. and in
doing so her clothes became ignited.
Detective Low Of the Butler street sta
ton distinguished tho flames. DR..
Friedman of the Swedish Hospital pro-
nounced the woman dead. Relatives
are being sought.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-29
warbIinE Is Feeble at First.

New Workers. are a funny lot, as
everybody knows. When they assemble
In large punches they want plenty OF
action. color. hip, hip. hooray and all
that sort OF thing. Drive them within
the window of big barn and tell them
to sing and they promptly get fused,
uneasy, trifie timid, 1t may be.
That is exactly what happened yes
terday when 10000 people in the Gar
len met to celebrate Thanksgiving
by singing THE Star Spangled Ban
ner," the songs of the Allies and any
thing else tuneful that happened TO be
lying around loose. They couldn't get
started. Feeble warbling arose here
and there and died distressingly. The
spirit was in the crowd, but they
lacked a leader.
Gen. Bell as the principal guest Of
the National Council Of Women, which
was giving the Victory Sing" in the
Garden. as we'll as promoting similar
celebrations all over the United States,
was John on the Spot. He sensed the
Gwkwardness of the moment, the curl
GUS bashfulness and timidlty OF the
great throng. He pondered briefly and
demanded a megaphonc. ono was
resuTected from the junk of the prop
erty room and placed respectfully in
his hands. Thereupon the General
mounted nimbly into the high balcony
upon the east wall OF the Garden, wait
ed a moment, and then through the
megaphone delivered a laundering
"'Tention."
That collected the crowd and tied it
together as with ropes. That made
the 10000 one person in spirit. 1t
started them right. When Mrs.
Frances +. Clark got ready to direct
the singing of The Star Spangled Ban
ner" she found choristers ready to her
baton, thanks to the Major General
and the megaphone, and the result was
distinctly successful-a great, smash
ing. crashing delivery of the national
anthem, one, indeed, that Is seldom
heard.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-29
Gen. Bells Talk Wins Cheers.

The programme thereafter ran like
smoothly working motor engine.
without skip or miss. Miss Lucille
Lawrence sang The Three Stars" and
everybody sang, under the direction of
l.. Camilieri, Come, Thou Almighty
King" America the Beautiful" and
The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Gen. Bell made n two minute talk
which stirred up the cheering. and the
Rev. DIR. Karl IRELAND spoke a few
words in memory of the soldier dead.
Robert Lawrence directed the sing
ing OF familiar songs. There's a Long
Long Trail My Old Kentucky
Home" Pack Up Your Troubles" and
Keep the Home Fires burning"
Rabbi Joseph Silverman led in the rec
itation of the Hundredtk Psalm, and
400 sailors from the Pelham Bay sta
ton let loose with "A string of songs.
"Good-by Alexander" The Depth
Bomb" The Coal Pile" THE NAVY
VIII Bring Them Back" Sweet Ade-
limo" and Taps"
Then Percy Hemus directed "The
Songs of Victory. and the afternoon
closed with a parade Of the Allies.
Girls i'm the costumes Of the twenty
two allies marched around the Gar
den To wild cheering, while the 10, OOO,
this time with immense viGor, sang
THE Star Spangled Banner"