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The sun., 1919-04-02
STAGE COPS ATTEND
THEATRE AND DANCE
They See Les Folies des
Ni9htsticks" Produced.

Almost all OF the $50 men In the
theatrical regiment OF the Police Re-
serves. including their wives and daugh-
tiers End pretty nearly everyone who Is
anyone along Broadway. went to the
Ans erdam Opera House In West Forty
fourth street last night to see Les
Folies des Nightsticks," which was pro-
duced by the regiment, and to dance at
the ball which followed.
Between the numbers there was
rythmic dancing by Beatrice Morton and
her pupils; Russian folk dancing by
Saveli Walevltch and a Marlborough
sword dance by a troupe from the
Peoples House ut Z East Fifteenth
street. The Police Reserve Band of
which Irving Weiss Is conductor, fur
nished the music,
The theatrical regiment OF the Re-
serves Is made up OF actors and others
connected with the stage and has re-
iieved firemen and regular policemen OF
theatrical duty during the war as we'll
as aided the authorities in other ways.
Col Z. F. Albee.- commander of the
regiment was present last night, but
Lieut.. Col. Henry w. Savage. the sec
ond in command, was absent in Florida,
Others present were F. a. Wallis.
Fourth Deputy Police Commissioner
Inspector John +. Dwyer, uniformed
head Of the Police Reserves and stan
Capt. Charles Mckinney OF the West
Forty-seventh street station, and
George NJ. Conan, Marcus Loew, Lee
Shubert. William Fox, II. S. Moss and
A. L. Robertson, all Majors In the
theatrical regiment. and Capt T. j.
Carpenter, Capt Irving shannon and
Capt Patrick V. Kyne, manager OF the
Park Avenue Hotel.
The sun., 1919-04-02
BOSTON'S 1918 FISH
STORY A WHOPPER
The Years Catch los, 227 ,02I
Pounds, Says Report.

BOSTON. April 1.-Raids by German
submarines. influenza and twelve
weeks strike of fishermen on steam
trawlers did not prevent 1913 from be-
ing the most successful season expert
enced in years by Boston fishing COM
panies, according to the annual report
of the Boston Fish Bureau, made public
to-day.
Arrivals in 1918 numbered 1880.
bringing 's7,176.084 pounds OF ground
fish and 12,050,9S7 pounds of other fish
principally .mackerel and swordhsh. The
report Gays this catch establishes Boston
as the worlds leading fishing port, sur
passing Grimsby, England.
Fishermen earned high wages, the re-
port says, the schooner Frances 9. Grue-
by, with a gross stock Of $4,000. lead
ing the fleet. Capt Enos N!ckerson wa 8
master and each member Of the crew
earned about $500.
Receipts of swordhsh declined. but
haddoek and Goldfish were abundant
The feet numbered $50 vessels. In
oludinS sixteen steam trawlere. OF the
twenty-nine fishing craft sunk by sub
marines. the majority slied to Boston.
The sun., 1919-04-02
REHEARSAL CLUB TO
HOLD A RECEPTION
Stage Foik viii Attend Event
Next Monday.

The board of managers OF the Re-
hearsal Club, 220 West Forty-sixth
street. will hold a reception there next
Monday afternoon from 3 until s, when
the clubhouse and school will be open
for inspection and classes will be In ses-
sion. Addresses will be made by Mr..
and Mrs. Coburn OF The Better Ole"
This club Is designed TO do for the
young women and children OF the stage
what the service clubs are doing for
our soldiers and sailors mt home and
abroad 1t provides a club room with a
domestic atmosphere and the personal
contact of friendly advisers. 1t was
opened In 1913 with a membership Of
twenty-five and at present It has 36s.
1t offers rooms at low rental and its
cafeteria serves food at moderate prices.
In the school there Is instruction in elo-
cution. French and singing. and special
attention II paid to the study Of history
and literature
The officers are Mise Jean Greer.
daughter of Bishop Greer, president
Miss Alice Smith. vice-president Thomas
s. Mclean and Miss Lois Scoville. treas
urers; Mrs. Monroe Douglas Robinson,
secretary, and Miss Jane Hall, direc-
treas Among the directors are Mrs.
Douglas Gibbons. Mrs. James B. Taylor
Mrs. Edward 8. Hardness, MIRA James
NJ. Varnum, Mrs Henry r Hoyt Mira
J. Clifton Edgar, Mrs James Speyer
Mrs. Thomas s. Mclean. Mrs. John J
Riker. Mrs William Sloane, Mrs. John
Jay Chapman. Mrs Allen N. Thomas
Mrs. John 8. Thatcher. Miss Susan d
Bliss, Miss Grace Scoville and Mis-,
Beatrice Pratt Bishop David Il Greer
Is member of the advisory board.
The sun., 1919-04-02
u. S. SHELL MAKERS
INDICTED FOR FRAUD
OliUer Cmpany Officials Ar
rested in Tennessee.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April 1.--lndict-
ments charging fraud and sabotage in
the manufacture Of shells for the United
States Government were returned by a
Federal Grand Jury here to-day against
the william ]. Oliver Manufacturing
Company and q number OF officers Of the
company. A separate Indictment was
returned against J. A. Zeigler. one Of
the Governments Witnesses
Indictments were returned against the
following, In addition to President Oliver !:
Thomas p. Roberts, J. e. Campbell. C.
Weber, John Godfrey. Thomas E. Rob-
erts, ]. Swatterman, Charles H. Wood.
John M. Walker and John Dean. Return
Of the indictments was followed by the
issuance by Judge Sanford Of instanter
capiases for the arrest of the defend
ants. They were released on bail for
hearing tomorrow.
The indictment charging sabotage.
fraud and conspiracy in manufacture of
shells and munitions contained twenty
six separate counts. Another indict-
ment charges an agreement, combina-
ton and conspiracy to defraud the Gov
eminent by obtaining payment on false.
fraudulent, fotitious and padded claims
to the amount of several thousand dol
lars.
The fraud and sabotage indictment
specifically charges that the company
purchased, without the consent OF the
United States Government, lead sheets
from which discs were cut Of greater
weight and thickness than specifications
prescribed. and that these were sub
stituted In the base of the cover OF the
shells for the discs specified.
The sun., 1919-04-02
WOMAN is EVICTED
BY ARMED INDIANS
u. S. Prosecutor Probes Incl
dent Near Syracuse.

SYRACUSE, April Federal District
Attorney Lucey to-day started an in
vestigation into the alleged forcible
eviction Of Mrs. Mary Knox. IS. from
a cabin which she had occupied on the
Onondaga Reservation. near here. for
forty-eight years by a band of Indians
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Knox. who leased tho cabin and
an adjoining farm year after year. al
leges that ten Indians came to the cabin
and ordered her to vacate It When she
refused she claims nve of the Indians
broke down the door with hatchets while
five more stood guard with guns. They
then removed her furniture and the
members Of the family.
The Indians claim that Mrs. Knox
invalidated the lease by removing some
gravel from the farm when 1t was speci-
fed nothing could be taken from the
tract The Indians also deny the 1uris-
diction Of the Federal or State authori-
ties
The sun., 1919-04-02
DYING LIEUTENANT
URGED SOLDIERS ON
D. s. @. Awarded to Brooklyn
Officer Who Gave Life to
Repulse Enemy.

90 on hghtinsi Never mind what
happened TO me-" cried a lieutenant Of
the 106th Infantry when he fell mortally
wounded in an attack upon a forward
trench in the Ronssoy sector last Sep
TENDER. He was Horace B. scanlon.
son Of Mrs. John l. scanlon Of SAT
Gates Avenue, Brooklyn. and the War
Department has Just cited him for his
heroic lighting. awarding him the Dis
tinguished Service Cross. Tho citation
says:
Gathering about 10 mon from various
units In q forward trench, Lieut. Scan.
lon organised them into an attacking
party and led them forward under heavy
maohine-sun fire, repulsing an enemy
counter-attaok. While in the perform-
wounded. but attempting 70 push for
ward with his men, he called out ia
them TO go on fighting"
Others who were awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Cross yesterday for
extraordinary bravery include the fol-
lowing:
Col. Halstead Dorey, South Man.
chester. Conn. Capt Herman H weiner
sandusky. Ohio; Lieut. Ralph W. HAr.
wood. Boston. Mass Lieut. Robert
Merel, French Mission; Capt Walter w
Manton. Detroit, Mich. Sergts. William
T. McKernan. Eaglevills, Conn.,. will
lam Jones. Houston. Texas; John j
o'Keefe. Chicago, ILL.,: Robert Blalock
Webb City. Mo Arthur Odds. Milling
ton. Mich. William r. Campbell, Tus.
caloosa, Ala, Frank A. Barnhart, Chi
cora. Pa Corporals Henry Peter Lynch
~ West Post Road. White Plains, N. Y.
James Manning, Alberta. Canada Franz
p. Koerper, Chicago. Ill. Ira w. Swan
ger. Persia, Iowa John J. Doyle. Pea.
body, Mass. Roland w. Ray. Salem. Ill
| Jack Jordan, Tulla, Texas; Prvatei
Edward d. Ritchie, Ralph Meyer, Valen
ella, Kansas; Christian Kurle. wishek
N. D.; William J. Peterson, Becker
MINI; Charles Galloway Hammond
South Roanoke, Va; George Deggs
| Buford, Texas: Robert g Pierce
Asheville, N. c.: Lieut.. Jacob Lienhard
Almond, Va and Lieut. vern A. Cover
dell, Atwood Colorado.
The sun., 1919-04-02

Alexander smallens. who has been a
conductor for the Boston and Century
Opera Companies, appeared before Jus
tice Laxansky in the Supreme Court.
Brooklyn. yesterday to have his name
reinstated upon the naturalization cal
endar. Chief Naturalization Examiner
Crooks opposed the application. charg-
ing that Smallens had been In South
America with the Pavlowa Ballet Com
pany and had not been resident here
for nve years. as required by law.
Sma,lens asserted that the South Ameri-
can trip should not he considered. as
no regarded New York city as his home
and had filed his intentions In 1911. De-
cision was reserved.
The sun., 1919-04-02
LEWIS DEFENCE OUTLINED.
Motorman to Contend Articles on
Rail Caused II. n. r. Wreck.

Anthony Lewis. motorman OF the b. R
T. train which was wrecked In the NAL
bone street tunnel. Brooklyn, last No
vember, with a loes OF ninety lives will
depend for his defence against the charge
of manslaughter, for which he is on
trial in the Supreme Court at Mineola.
L. l., upon the contention that the de-
railment was caused by some article
thrown upon the track from above.
This fact became apparent at the trial
yesterday through questions asked by
Lewis J. Smith. Lewis's attorney.
Police Inspector McElroy, who had
charge Of the preservation OF the wreck
evidence for two days after the disas-
ter. was cross-examined by Mr.. Smith,
who offered Police Department photo
graph in evidence. The picture showed
an object lying across the third rail not
far from the wreckage, and the inspector
was asked II It was not a stick and II
a piece of wood could have not been
thrown into the tunnel by children in the
street above. Inspector McElroy ad-
mitted that such a thing was possible
but maintained that the object in the
photograph was a piece OF the third rail.
A chisel found upon the track, to-
gether with a heavy piece OF iron, will
figure in the defence, which is expected
to open to-day
The sun., 1919-04-02
LAUNCHING DEATH
TOLL PLACED AT 4
No More Bodies Recopered-
Employees Accounted For.

BRrsroI, Pa, April The known
death list as result of the collapse Of
platform at the launching of a cargo
carrier at the Merchant shipyard yester-
day remained at four tonight. After
an all day search no additional bodies
were recovered, and officials of the COM
pany said they had no reason to believe
that more than four persons had been
drowned.
Most of those on the platform when II
toppled over, throwing them into the
Delaware River, were employees at the
shlpyard. I'VE have tried to look up
all the absentees." said George c.
Thayer, general manager Of the Mer-
chant Shipbuilding Company. land It is
evident that there IL no one else missing
Time cards have been checked up and
every one appears to be accounted for.
OF course there may have been some
strangers amo1g the victims, but I
har dly regard this as likely"
Another launching was held at the
yard to-day. the steamship Itan, an
$500 freighter, sliding into the river
before a large number Of invited guests
and thousands of workunen. Mrs. W. T.
Wilson. wife Of the works manager. was
the sponsor.
The sun., 1919-04-02
MACKAY FAYORS
OLD WIRE RATES
Ready to Restore Old Charges
IL Company Is Restored
to Him.

In n atatement on the 20 per cent. In
a, ..,.. an. .,,,.,, 80. ,,..
oieseo LII 'e'esi~p" WIS "Nn ""' .'o
effect yesterday by order OF Postmaster-
General Burieson Clarence II. Mackay,
nr..,d.r, ~, ,h. po.toi T.,.pranh-c. bI.
- nI.
company SAID tnet IL 'ne ros'inaS'or-
General would return it's lines to tho
comnanv the Postal Teierrnph Company
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"ouio "' ono' io''o' ''o VIZ
Mackay said:
IF we had been allowed to keep our
nroo..,y ana on.r.,. n MA wo,,,d rot
ha,s ,rovaht ~ ra,.,r., The rate. ana
49,. S-o,,sa NO, hay. hssn On. sIirhte.t
go - e. r.,.,rs th.n, Tho resi
go :. t,at n, pmr,..or no. sgr..d 70
10, ar W.s,a.n IIn,nn r.or. than hs
shs,,,d -. 5000 20 "a in order 10
ras,,.. th.t snnunt n. ha. 70 raise ths
80.
a. ..,,ra -...o, a. ,,.t En-. U..tsrn
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The sun., 1919-04-02

TELLS AIR THRILLS
Famous Ace, Who Got 26 Foes
Brings Down His First
American Audience.

Capt Eddie Rickenbacker, leading
American ace, who accounted for twen-
ty-six German planes. brought down his
first American audience In his first leo
ture last night at the Metropolitan Opera
House.
Although Capt Ricksnbacker made IL
plain that the Ninety-fourth Aero Squad
ron-his own-was tho best on the
American front, bringing down sixty
nine Germans at q cost of only fourteen
American pilots. he was reticent cor-
corning his own contributions to the
squadron bag. He told stories of watch
Ing from the air before dawn the flashes
of fiaIne which indicated q great bar
rage before an offensive; Of lodging
flaming onions" balls of burning phos-
phorus which would bring a plane down
In flames; OF single oombats and general
engagements in the air. Of sudden
crashes and miraculous escapes.
To Lieut.. White OF the 1<1th AERO
Squadron Capt. Rickenbaoker gave the
palm for exhibiting the greatest bravery
'-rhreo of our sQuadrons." he said,
'ths Twenty seventh, the 1<7th and our
own hat in the ring outft were fyins
together toward a couple OF German
balloons we had been ordered TO down
when we ran into two clouds of German
Fokkers coming from opposite directions
The 147th was flying away from the rest
Of US 30 gave chase to warn them OF
the coming danger. I saw one of the
Germans dive down on a plane IN the
rear of the formation headed by Lieut.
White. That plane was piloted by an
inexperienced young chap who mad never
been over the front before. ] saw Lieut..
White turn and make for the assauluns
German. His machine guns must have
jammed. for he stopped firing altar q
few shots. He kept going, however,
and mot the German head on at q oom-
bined speed Of ESQ miles an hour.
Tho air seemed full of flying bits Of
planes. Tho wings were shattered to
pieces, the two fuselases. locked to'
esther, went down thousands Of feet In
flames. and both pilots. Of course, were
killed. For sheer bravery I don't think
that feat ever was surpassed The sad
part Of II was that this was to have been
the last flight made BY Lieut.. White boz
fore returning to New York to see Ms
wife and two children"
In the same general fight Capt Rick-
enbacker himself took hand. He saw
a Fokker diving with an American pilot
following firing bullets downward and
followed in turn by another Fokker also
splitting tracer and lead bullets. Rick
swooped after this man and Of the four
dashing downward only he survived, the
| two Germans and the other American
crashing to the ground.
A motion picture Of q combat between
an American pilot and q German ace,
taken over the German lines from q
plane piloted by Capt. Rickenbacker also
was shown. The American won.
The lecture was under the auspices
Of the American Fund for French
Wounded. DR.. Henry Van Dyke intro
duced Capt. Rtckenbaoker.
The sun., 1919-04-02
NEW CASUALTIES REPORTED.
War Department Changes Method
of Publication.

WAsHINoToN. April 1.-The War De-
partment to-day instituted it's new
method Of issuing casualty lists, made
possible by publication of the names OF
practically all casualties sustained be-
fore the cessation of hostilities.
Under the new method only the names
OF those killed In action and whose death
has just been verified and of those
whose death occurred from other causes
will be announced by the War Depart
mnet here for immediate publication.
Announcement OF other casualties will
be sent by mail to the newspapers OF
the country.
The War Department to-day an
bounced the deaths of the following en-
listed men OF the expeditionary forces
Roy J. Brown, Paris, Texas; Henry II.
Steinert, Milwaukee, Wis. John ]. Caul-
field, 141S Atlantic avenue. Brooklyn
Nathan Charnin, Jamaica, n. Y; Diaz
Pedro. 80 Front street. New York Chss-
ter A. Farrell, 5i5 Eleventh street,
Brooklyn.
The sun., 1919-04-02
OCEAN filters DELAYED.
British Pair Meet Obstacles in
Newfoundland.

ST. JOHNS. n. r, April 1.-Prepara-
tions for the attempt OF Harry G.. Haw-
ker and observation-disclosures Mac
kenzie Grieve, British aviators, to cross
the Atlantic in a Sopwith biplane have
been delayed by the limited facilities
available here. The airmen have found
the task of moving the necessary ma
chinery to their temporary airdrome, a
few miles from the city. more difficult
than they had anticipated.
They said to-day that it would be some
time before they could get their air
plane into working order. They did not
venture any prediction as TO whether
they would be forced to postpone the
start of their flight tentatively set for
April 1e.
The sun., 1919-04-02
RUM SHIP SINKS WITH SEVEN.
Cuban Schooner Goes Down In
Great storm.

NORFOLK. Va, April 1.-Seven per-
sons, including Capt Aupare. his wife
and two children. lost their lives when
the Cuban schooner Lucia went down Off
the coast of North Carolina on Sunday.
fhe Lucia was loaded with rum. She
put into Hampton Roads over a month
ago. her Captain reporting that his ship,
which was bound to Montevideo, had
been blown several hundred miles or her
course during a severe storm. She left
Hampton Roads on March "a and ran
into a severe gale on Saturday and Sun
day. Manuel NOM. the sole survivor OF
the crew. arrived here to-day on q coast
guard cutter, which picked him UP at
sea.
Those reported to have gone down
with the ship are Capt Aupare. his wife
and two daughters. Jose Maria Lucia,
Vincent Para, Antonio Martenez and An
tonic Lasada. The Lucia had 10000
gallons of rum on board and she was
closely watched while at this port.
The sun., 1919-04-02
ROGER PRYoR's WILL FILED.
Value OF Estate Not Given-FouI
Daughters Named Legatees.

The will OF Roger A Pryor. former
Justice of the Supreme Court who died
March IA in his homo, 3 West Sixty
ninth street. was filed yesterday. It
names four daughters, Mrs. Henry c.
Rice, Mra Frank T. Walker, Mrs. A.
Page Brown and Mrs. William Dodge, as
residuary legatees. The value of the
estate Is not given.
The former Justice leaves his gold
watch and seal ring to his son. Roger
A. Pryor, Jr.. while the tewelry. pic
lures, bric-a-brac and ornaments of his
deceased wife are left to his daughter.
Mrs. Henry C. Rice. Several requests
are made to grandchildren, and silver
service. which was presented to Mr..
Pryor by Democratic friends In Vir-
ginia. Is bequeathed to the Confederate
Literary Society Of Richmond. Va
The sun., 1919-04-02
COL. LINDsLEY HoNoRED.
Pcrshiug Gives ID. 3. NJ. to wal
Risk Chief.

WAsHIN0roN. April Col. Henry d.
Lindsey. chief of the War Risk Insur-
ance Bureau. was notified to-day that
the Distinguished Service Medal had
been awarded to him by Gen. Pershing
for services performed as head OF the
War Risk Insurance branch of the
American Expeditionary Forces.
Col. Lindsey was chosen director of
the War Risk Insurance Bureau last
December. his appointment being the
first to be made by Carter Glass on
assuming the Secretaryship OF the
Treasury. Previously Col Lindsey had
had years service with the American
army in France, during which time he
had charge OF the bureaus affairs with
the army.
The sun., 1919-04-02
BUILDING WORK INCREASES.
Contracts for March Largest in
Many Years.

WAsHINoToN, April building and
construction contracts let in March show
an increase over the two previous months
and also larger money value than the
months average OF preceding years
Complete statistics for the entire country
are lacking. but the public works dlvi-
sion of the Department OF Labor esti-
mates the aggregate value to be between
S125, 900, 900 and $3.50. 100000
In the territory east OF the Missouri
River and north of the Ohio the con-
tracts fc: inc FIRST three weeks OF the
month totalled s96.619.7s1. an increase
being shown from week to week.
The sun., 1919-04-02
RED CROSS WORK IN CITY.
Sewing for Wounded Men Re-
ported by Division Chief.

Automobiles OF Tho Red Cross Motor
Corps travelled b71,7S5 miles in the met
ropolitan district. transporting wounded
officers and men between October, 1918,
and March. 1919. according to a report
submitted yesterday to Ethan Allen,
manager of the Atlantic Division, by
DR.. Dorothy c. Smyley. commander Of
the corps. The women volunteers of
the corps devoted 131.445 hours to the
work. the report shows.
During the period the corps took TO-
4o4 soldiers on recreation tours of the
city. Casuals transported numbered
S.625. and 1850 nurses were trans
ported from steamship piers to their
homes or railroad stations. A total of
e.254 wounded were transported. includ-
ing LILO litter and s.0s4 ambulatory
cases
The sun., 1919-04-02
TRANSPORT LOSES RUDDER.
Three OF scranton's Men Drown
Trying TO Arrange Tow.

Trying TO Arrange Tow.
The American transport El Sol for
merry Of the Morgan Lane. arrived yes
terday with the tale OF her effort to
tow the transport Scranton. which
sailed hence for France on March ~
and lost her rudder in heavy weather.
El Sol picked UP a wireless call for
help from the Scranton March 81, and
broke all her speed records getting to
the disabled chip. Ell Sol stood by forty
hours and twice tried to take the Scran-
ton in tow. The hawsers parted ana
the Scranton lowered a boat with .
third cable and made an effort to get
II to El Sol Seas swept the boat under
the Scranton's stern and It was capsi red
and two Of the crew drowned.
A second boat was lowered and got the
survivors aboard. One, while going up
the sea ladder to the Scranton's deck.
fell into the sea and was lost. Tho
Scranton's skipper then gave W trying
to arrange a tow. and got his rudder
under control by Jury rig. Dl Soi then
proceeded. having learned that q naval
tug was on the way from this port to
tow the Scranton in
The sun., 1919-04-02
vENEzUELANS PLAN REVOLT.
Union" Hopes to Unseat
President.

PANAMA, April 1.-The Venezuelan
Patriotic Union. formed recently to ef-
feet a democratic government in Vene-
zuela, completed organization to-day.
Thirty exiles from Venezuela under the
Gomez regime are members of the Or
gan!zaion.
The president OF the organization,
Senior Rodrisuez, a journalist, said the
avowed purpose Of the union was 10
work to bring about the unseating of
the present regime of President Gomez
and the establishment of a democratic
government in Venezuela. He added
that the movement was not being made
on behalf Of any candidate or political
group. but was being carried out solely
with the purpose OF Substituting popu-
lar government for tyranny"
The sun., 1919-04-02
BIG ORDER FOR RAILWAY TIES.
175,OOO, 900 Feet to He Used on
Roads in the East.

SEATTLE, April 1.-Announcement was
made here to-day by the West Coast
Lumbermens Association that the
United States Railroad Administration
has ordered of oregon and Washington
mills ITS 900, 900 feet OF Douglas fir ties
for Atlantic coast railroads. In addition
100000 feet of ties have been ordered
for French and English railroads.
FIFTY wooden steamships will be as
signed to carry the ties to the East
coast, II is said.