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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-21
TELLS OF CONTRACT DEAL.
Manufacturer Testines Against
Jobber Accused OF Fraud.

Morris Stelnthall. a manufacturer OF
carriage robes and blankets, testified at
the trial of Felix Gouled and David l..
Podel yesterday that he was unable to
get contract for army puttces until he
made an arrangement with Gouled.
Gouled, a manufacturer and alleged job
Der In Government contracts, and Podell,
a lawyer, are on trial before Judge J. c.
Hutchinson and jury In the Federal
District Court, charged with conspiring
to defraud the Government,
Steinthall testified that\after he made
an agreement with Gouled he received a
contract to make puttees. Capt. Aubrey
Vaughan, a codefendant, pleaded guilty
and is not on trial,
Sergeant Herman H. Cohen OF the Mil
itary Intelligence Bureau admitted that
he had continued business dealings with
Gouled after he had been assigned 10 in
vest!gate Gouled's transactions. He did
not inform Capt. Houghton. his superior
at Fort Totten, that he was transacting
private business with Gouled. he said.
After becoming a member OF the Mill
tary Intelligence Bureau, he said,-he was
assigned to investigate alleged ra.ncoat
frauds. He made reports about Gouled
on this assignment, he said. and during
tho same period introduced manufac-
turers TO Gouled for private business
purposes
The trial will go on Monday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-21
ONE DEATH DUE TO
SPANISH INFLUENZA
Jersey City Woman Succumbs
to Malady-Many I'LL.

Twenty cases of Spanish influenza,
two of which have developed into pneu-
monia. were reported in the city yester-
day These figures. filed with the Board
OF Health. show a decrease in the num-
Der of similar cases for the same time
last year, and a decrease in the number
Of cases reported the previous day. One
Jersey City yesterday.
In addition to the report of civilian
cases 24s cases Of sailors and others at
Ellis Island. which are cumulative cases
from the time the influenza was first
discovered In this vicinity. were also re-
ported to the Health Departn snt. There
are at present about $50 cases In
Greater New York.
Brooklyn had eleven cases yesterday.
Manhattan five. The Bronx three and
Queens one.
Health Commissioner Copeland said
he was satisfied that the influenza was
not getting away from the Health De-
partment, but Is decreasing.
Citizens who have contracted the dis
ease are being quarantined. DR.. Cope
land said he is prepared to force
patients into hospitals where 1t is for
the good of the community.
The psychologists of the department
are Analysing the influenza germ. study
ing its social aspirations. ambitions and
breeding In order to learn preventives.
DR.. Parks of the Health Department
laboratory has found that the influenza
cases develop so per cent. OF Pfeiffer' 3
bacillus and in addition n minute or
ganism as yet not identified. He and
his assistants are concentrating upon the
unidentified factor in the belief it will
reveal the secret OF the concagion. and
III.
find means of combating ii.
The death Of Miss Catherine Janelli,
80. at her home. A. Clifton place. Jersey
City. from influenza yesterday was the
first case to be reported in Hudson
county. She Is said to have contracted
the disease from her brother Anthony,
who returned from Camp Dix ten days
ago and became i'll at her home he was
later Isolated at Snake Hill Hospital
Four new cases were reported from Jer-
sey City last night.
A marriage plan was interrupted by
the death Of George S. Abbott. 26. who
Intended to marry Miss Sarah Cone, a
nurse. In ST. Johns Riverside Hospital
in Yonkers. yesterday afternoon. He
came TO Yonkers from Boston Sunday
afternoon and was taken i'll with In
fiuenza. Miss Cone. who lives at $50
Lexington avenue. Waltham. Mass, had
gone for the wedding ring and a clergy
man when death came to her fiance.
NEWPORT. r. l., Sept. 20.-Although
the weather was unfavorable to-day only
3 deaths and 1856 new cases of influenza
were reported in the Second naval dis
trict There are only few cases In the
district outside of the naval stations
here. Twenty-six new cases among the
civilian population of Newport were re-
corded to-day
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-21
I.R.T. UNABLE TO RUN
ON 2 MINUTE TIME
Subway Trainmaster Explains
Express Train Limit at
P. s. c. Hearing.

About the best the marlborough can
do is to run express trains two minutes
and fifteen seconds apart in tho East
Side subway and from 21a to az min
utes apart in the West Side subway. so
Lewis d. Hayes. subway trainmaster,
who arranges the schedules, told the
Public Service Commission yesterday.
Mr.. Hayes said the principal reasons
why the company could not obey the
commissions order for express service
on two minute Roadway were insult
ficiency Of the temporary terminal of the
West Side line at William and Wall
streets and lack Of inspection sheds OF,
the incompleted East Side line in The
Bronx.
ct might be possible to try to op-
crate on a two minute headway," he
said. but the delays which would al
most certainly occur would destroy this
schedule"
]. S. Doyle, superintendent Of car
equipment, said that many skilled men
would undoubtedly be lost to the
marlborough because the Government
had transferred rapid transit work from
the first to the second class of essen
tial industries. He said some INTERIOR
ough machinists had already been d.
rected to seek other employment under
the work or fight" order. The com.
pany had directed the men to claim ex-
emption wherever possible owing to the
depletion OF the shop force
The hearing was adjourned to 2:3o
p. NJ. September "a.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-21
QUEENS VOLUNTEERS MUST
AWAIT FIRES AT HOMES
Their Wives Balk When Husbands Are Asked to
Sleep in Fire Houses-"All in" Signal Replaces
the "All Out"

When the selective draft began to cut
deep into the ranks OF his department,
Fire Commissioner brennan. after care
full thought, invited those citizens.of New
York who felt themselves called and
worthy to step right up and become
members Of a volunteer fremen's Or
ganization.
He was certain there we're many above
draft age who had felt the lure OF the
fire house in boyhood and who would be
glad in their maturity to put this imag-
ined vocation TO the test. He was quite
right. From every corner OF the city
the eager volunteers responded. They
were given uniforms. They promised
fealty. obedience and 'punctuaiity and
agreed to run to fires on demand and
sleep inf engine houses oil assignment.
Brought Queens Regulars Acros.
River.
Now Commissioner brennan has dis
covered that he has reckoned without
Queens. A few weeks ago he put into
effect programme of filing vacancies
In the regular department In Manhat-
tan with men of the regular department
from Queens and calling upon some OF
his Queens volunteers to take the places
Of the regulars drawn from their Dor
ough
1t has not worked well. A sample
communication from a group OF his vol
unteers puts the case in a nutshell.
I'VE are more than willing to volun-
teer our services as firemen and as a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-21
WOMAN WILLS 500
TO DEFEND O'LEARY
Mrs. Martensen's Testament
Has Distinct German Flauor.

According to the will of Catherine Ma
RE Caroline Martensen, late OF 4O3 West
18th street, who died on July 10 in the
German Hospital, 500 is to be taken
from her estate for the defence of Jere
miah OLeary.
Other portions of the will are very
German in tone and in one clause the
decedent states she has $4,000 marks in
the Second German War Loan on de-
post in the Leipzig, Germany. branch Of
the banking house of Knauth, Nachod
& Kuhne. of 1870 Broadway.
The loan is divided into three beauests
as follows: Heinrich Willers. Mildstadt.
Germany, cousin, 5000 marks: to the
town of Borsbull. Germany. $500 marks,
and to the town of Brecklum Germany.
$500 marks The last two requests are
to be used for the benefit OF widows and
orphans, blind and crippled of the war
and for old and feeble people. The will
directs that the banking house attend to
tho transfer Of the requests through Its
German ofrlce.
Peter sonsken of Altoona. Germany.
decedent's stepbrother. receives $500 /:
Edward Willers of Husun. Germany,
cousin, gets $3.50. and Lorenz Fleischer
Of Goettingen. Germany. $3.50.
Three charities are remembered az
follows: Wartburg Orphan Asylum,
Mount Vernon. $3.50: German Odd Eel
lows Home. Tuckahoe. $500; children's
department OF the German Hospital.
5000. and TO the Nurses Aid Society of
the German Hospital. $500.
Decedent directs that all her clothes.
jewelry, shoes, blankets and linens shall
be sent to Mrs. Christine Willers, Mild
stadt. Germany. when the war is over.
Mrs. II. Heggblom of 116 Saratoga ave-
nue.. Yonkers. and Mrs. Jenny svenson
of 35 FNfty-ffth street. Brooklyn. are
named as the residuary legatees.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-21
MOTHER SEEKS CASH
FOR CRIPPLED SON
Fight to Give Boy Education
Barred in Plea for
AlimOny.

The story OF a mothers ambition and
was barred yesterday In the Suprems
Court when Alice w. Schmidt asked that
Justice McAvoy grant an order for an
increase in almony from 81 900 to s9,soo
a year Justice McAvoy granted the ur.
der. but said the additional $50 a month
was to be used for the care of the boy.
Mrs Schmidt was granted decree 4
separation from her husband in May,
1911, and since that time she and N'r
seventeen-year-old paralytic son law
been greatly handicapped by his crippled
condition. The hoy contracted ,ufau|,e
paralysis two months after the sopari-
ton decree. lie has worn braces eve
since and has been able to walk orig
with crutches.
"Since that time said the mother !
have been wheeling him, rain og r,
winter and summer, to and from Scto',
a distance OF several blocks from oar
apartment, IN an inval!d's chair ara
not as strong as l would like to h' ant
sometimes in severe winter weathor
have had to turn back and my b.. 'tS
lost his schooling for the day The, too.
with the increased cost OF living N'S
come the necessity Of careful conserve
ton OF funds in order to make boii O. -
meet. I do my own housework, even our
washing for the most part John woods
more clothing than most boys, Is o."
steel braces which he has on wear o"'
suit OF clothing in two or three m ',' 8
III my son is ever to become sei'-s."-
porting II is necessary under tho rlrpi"'
stances that he should be liberally ''''
Gated. A collegiate course should ~
given TO him so that he may tai. .p
literary work for his life career N''
have pawned all my jewelry and ''-
deemed none of 1t and cannot s'r"i.H
my allowance any further"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-21
SEIZED AS DESERTER,
FACES NEW CHARGES
"Captain" Storck Accused of
Bigamy and Hotel Beating.

Desertton from the army. falsely rep
resentlng himself as an army officer.
bigamy. obtaining money under false
pretences and beating his hotel bills
were the charges upon which Captain"
Clarence Starck was arrested yesterday
by agents of the Military Intelligence
Bureau. Sharpshooter's medals. won
during service in Cuba and Mexico, were
stripped from his uniform by his captors.
who say he Is a private In Company d.
13lst Infantry.
According to the Authorities Starck
enlisted in the Twenty-seventh Infantry
in 1907. Three years later he was dis
honorably discharged. 1t is asserted.
after six months Imprisonment For de-
sertion. He was later mustered into
the Federal service again with a Chi
cago National Guard unit during the
Mexican trouble. He was sent to Camp
Upton May 10. receiving a forty-eight
hour pass five days later.
1t is charged that Starck borrowed
money here by posing as a captain and
that he later ran up bill of SOS at
the Hotel Cumberland in Pittsburg. in
addition to borrowing $50 of a young
woman at the cigar counter there.
The police say he married Miss Lo-
retta McMahon of GA Grove street.
Jersey City, August 81 at Plattsburg,
telling her he would give her $3.50 a
month as soon as he was made cap
tain. The couple stopped at the Hotel
Knickerbocker. but the girl returned
home each night as she feared to tell
her father OF her marriage. 1t Is as
serted that starck admits the existence
at Houston, Tex. OF another wife. whom
he married In Chicago in 1910. There Is
a hve-year- daughter as a result of
this union.
Starck was taken before United States
Commissioner Hitchcock and held In
5000 bail, He went TO the Tombs In
default thereof.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-21
PRIETH CONSPIRACY
JURY DISAGREES
No Verdict in Case of German
Newspaper Publishers.

Unable TO agree. the jury that tried
Benedict and Edwin s. Prieth. former
publishers OF the New Jersey Ereie EEL
tur0, a Newark newspaper printed in
German. and William Won Katzler. the
managing editor. on charges of con-
spiracy TO obstruct recruiting was dis
charged by Judge Thomas c. Haight in
the United States District Court In New
ark last night.
The court said he was not inclined TO
discharge the jury and ordered II back
for further consideration. One Of the
Jurymen asked what effect had tho
espionage law on the freedom of the
press. Judge Haight advised him that
II was not intended to curb the press
unless In so far as the publication of the
articles might obstruct the recruiting
system of the United States.
In his charge the Judge told the fury
that IL must be gulded entirely by the
evidence and by the law as defined by
him. He directed the jurors not to let
bias or public opinion sway them
ut Is not necessary for the agree
ment to be formal" he said, at is sur
ficient II 1t appears that the mind of
the defendants met understandingly al
though the understanding be not mani-
tested by any formal words or writing.
If they were knowingly acting In con-
cert for the carrying out OF the unlaw-
full purpose charged that is sufficient
to constitute a conspiracy no matter
what means or methods were employed
to bring about such an understanding. =
Tho Judge further told the Jury Il
was it's duty to decide what was the in :
tent and purpose of the publication of
the articles complained OF, and If Il
was proved the intent was to obstruct
the recruiting and enlistment as charged
they were guilty whether they believed
what they wrote or not. He also sal
that the evidence OF the defence must
be considered the same as the Govern
ment evidence and that any impression
made by the defendant witnesses on the
stand and by character witnesses must
also receive the weight II might deserve.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-21
Is DEATHS AT CAMP DEVENS.
Military Omcials Report MaIady
Is on the Wane.

AVER, Mass, Sept 2O.-Fifteen deaths
from pneumonia developing from infiu-
enza were reported among soldiers at
Camp Devens to-day. While the total {
deaths was the largest recorded for a
single day, camp medical authorities said
the epidemic was waning and that the
number OF admissions to hospitals was
decreasing daily.
An order issued by Major-Gen. Henry
p. Mccain suspending the issuing of
passes temporarily on account OF the
epidemic will prevent soldiers visiting
their homes unless these are within
walking distance.
1t was explained this order did not
mean that the camp was quarantined
but that 1t was desired to have soldiers
who might be taken sick cared for at the
camp hospitals. Last week about 100
men who had been given leave were
stricken with influenza while at their
homes and are still absent from Camp.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-21

number of us are owners OF automobiles
we have arranged to keep our cars out
side our houses at night and TO sleep
with our uniforms In ready reach
But we must decline TO sleep In FIRE
houses as directed. In fact II will be
impossible for a number OF us to do so.
The unvarnished truth is that we are
not accustomed to sleeping away from
home, and ii would take some time for
US to acquire the habit. Moreover. many
Of our wives have objected strenuously
to our being away from home a number
Of nights In the week, particularly as
winter is coming on"
Investigator Reports.
Appalled,. but keeping his temper as
best he might, Commissioner brennan
sent. ap Investigator yesterday. who filed
a report to the effect that:
The number of Queens wives who
could think offhand OF no better excuse
than the likelihood OF the furnace going
OF all proportion to the reputation for
ready invention hitherto borne by
Queens.
The wives of Queens do not regard the
vocation OF fireman seriously. taking
the view that firemen as class are
essential gossips, card players and phi
landerers.
The wives OF Queens say that worth
while fires in Queens are infrequent and
that whenever there Is one everybody
who IL anybody goes to it, whether he
liz a volunteer fireman or not
The wives do not desire their husbands
to become firemen even temporarily. One
woman said she would as soon think OF
letting her husband be an iceman as a
fireman
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-21
WESTCOTT CHOSEN
ADJUTANT-GENERAL
Senior in Office Designated as
Acting Successor to
Sheriff..
Special Desparch to The srS.

ALBANY, Sept. 20.-Col. Edward j.
westcott, the senior in rank in the
Office. where he has
served for twenty years. was designated
by Gov. whitman to-day as acting Adju-
tant-General OF the State.
Under the law Brig. Gen. George r.
Dyer Of New York city becomes the act
ing commander OF the New York Guard.
as he Is the senior brigade commander.
Gov. Whitman offered the post OF
Acknowledgement to Major-Gen. William
W. Wotherspoon. State Superintendent
Of Public Works. who declined the place,
because he is a retired United States
Army officer on the reserve list.
At the same time Gov. Whitman is
sued an executive order creating a Sc
cution OF the draft law TO operate di-
rectly under the command OF the Gov
ernor and retaining Major Franklin S.
Hutchinson. the Federal draft official
who served under Adjutant-General
Sheriff., as head OF this bureau.
The 'lrreconcilable difference" be-
tween the Governor and the Adjutant-
General. which led to the resignation OF
the latter was over the retention OF
Major Hutchinson.
The Governor received to-day from
Ma jor Gen. John +. Organ. command
ing the Twenty-seventh Division. a let
ter containing a button from the cap
of the first German captive taken by
the New York forces IN France. The
button Is made of pewter or lead COM
pound and is ringed with green enamel.
The captive from whose hat /. was
taken was a sergeant The letter to the
Governor reads as follows
II enclose herewith a button taken
from the cap OF the first German soldier
captured by this division. The incident
happened some time ago. The prisoner
a sergeant, accompanied by two other
men constituted n patrol. seeking to Sc
cure an identification OF troops in their
front. The patrol crept at night to a
| shell hole post occupied by our men and
demanded their surrender Instead our
men began to shoot, driving off two and
capturing the sergeant.
Sorry I cannot give you other inter-
esting details of time, place. names. or
ganization, &c. but that kind OF Jnfor-
nation Is forbidden. You will be glad
! to know that the spirit and courage OF
our officers and men are on par with
their traditional standards of discipline
| and efficiency. They leave nothing to
be desired. for they are gallant and
modest TO the extreme"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-21
FIRST GRADE COPS GET RAISE
Board OF Estimate Acts to Increase
Pay to S1.65O.

The Board OF Estimate. meeting yes
terday for the first time since july 10.
adopted a recommendation OF the finance
committee that the pay of first grade
patrolmen and fremen be raised from
$500 to $3.50 year, beginning Sep
TENDER l. The Aldermen will concur on
Tuesday and establish the new grade.
The salaries of all except the first
grade were raised in July. effective Au-
gust 1. The question as to the top grade
men was held under consideration.
The board received and referred to the
finance committee request for $500
600 for the year 1919 with which to pay
increased salaries to teachers. and for
$4,000 to raise the pay of members of
the administrative and clerical forces.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-21
MARINES CALL FOR WOMEN.
Positions AS Clerks and Messengers
Await Recruits.

The Marine Corps recruiting station
at "a East Twenty-third street will open
enlistments next Monday for young
women between the ages OF IS and 80.
Positions as clerks and as messengers
in Washington will be open to the re-
cruits.
Those applying for clerkships must
have had office experience and be able
to furnish proper references. Those who
seek to become messengers are required
to be alert and smart. They will be
enlisted as privates at $50 a month.
Additional allowances total approx
mately $50. making a total OF $40 a
month in cash. Uniforms are furnished
by the Government
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-21
OPTICIANS TO SAVE GOLD,
National Body Decides to Elm
mate Many styles.

Announcement that opticians through
out the country will eliminate thousands
OF styles in spectacle and eyepIa ss
frames as measure TO conserve gold
was made yesterday by the war SER
vice committee of the optical Industry
With one fourth OF the nations nom
ulation wearing glasses, It was said
several million dollars worth of gold
OF 5b,oo0,0oo used annually in manu-.
featuring goes into optical products
and reduction OF this consumption will
increase the amount of the precious
metal available for coinage
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-21
The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For eastern New York, fair: clear.
Ing to-day; continued cool; fair.
slightly warmer tomorrow; diminish.
ing northwest winds
Southern New England, rain to-day ,,,.
lowed by fair and cooler Tomorrow ,s,y
slightly warmer west portion; modAt.,.
northwest winds becoming variable
Northern New England. cloudy to.d,v
with rain in Maine, cooler, to morroS
fair. warmer In Vermont. moderate sh,,.
ing winds on the coast: probably it..b
over east portion to-day.
New Jersey. partly cloudy. continued
cool to-day; tomorrow far slightly
warmer; diminlshins northwest winds on
Western New York. fair. continued con,
q, WASHINGTON. Sept cc--A very mar.
row trough of low pressure extends alnrk
the Atlantic coast and general rain. hs,s
fallen during the last tventy.four b"n,.
throughout the Atlantic and Guf states
nessee. over the remainder Of the cour
try the weather was fair. with oui,e hfgn
pressure over the central district, II;
Gulf States, and temperatures are n"n
much below the seasonal average eas,
Of the Rocky Mountains. frosts o..
States and the Missouri Valley. tow
northern Illinois, northern Indiana and
lower Michigan. and freezing temperaturs,
occurred as far south as northern Kan
sas. In the far West 1t IL considerah y
warmer. except on the north coast MIA
the exception OF rain Saturday in Marie
and Florida, fair weather will prevail
Saturday and sunday east OF the Ms
sissippi. 1t Will be much cooler saiIr.
day along tho Atlantic coast and Ior
temperatures viii continue in the interior
although with a rising tendency IN tn,
upper lake region. the Ohio Valley and
the east Gulf States. On Sunday tempera.
lures vii, be generally higher, although
not decidedly 50 In the coast district.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-21
z s9f

The showing on puttees was nearly
as bad. Figures for three lots REIN
spected follow: 1874 pairs. I pairs ac-
cepted; l64 pairs, 10 pairs accepted; ISL
pairs. / pair accepted.
The defect was generally a sktmping
on material Aviators' Jackets were
found TO be from one TO three inches
short of the measurements called for in
the specifications. In the monthly pub
lication OF the concern bonuses were Of
fered to employees who saved on ma
terial