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HER WORDS RAsP MUSICAL SOU
Separation sought 50 Ex-swami
Mny Rival beethoven.

In her suit for separation flea ye'-
terddy in the Supreme Court Iira IT,
senbroek alleged that Henri Tussenbroe.
Il musician in an uptown restauran.
ut.oned her not 10 talk to him in = q
morning "as IL disturbed III b 3:
thoughts as spirtualist in conmun
cation with the unseen world" Theme
she added. lac contidci to her he lai
been assured he would 'outriya!
Beethoven"
The TusaenhroekS We're married fl
September. 1914. and have daugh'er
Rita, 3 years Old. In her complain
Mrs. Tussenbruek said the defendant tod
her that fidelity to her meant the ri
OF his musical career. IL was qu'a
positive he could change his spirit -
will az he did his name on two occasion.
at least. according to the plaintiff 81.
said he was known as Akas- Ra ia + BE-
Hindu Swami and Armand Zad
Under the latter appelation he had 3
failing of leaving his baggage at ho'et
Because OF the alleged unmul /,
quality of her name Mrs. Tusseuhro,
said her husband always sddress"d le-
as Hey" and Say"
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that lie was doing business for the league.
IF | came down on dual business I
divided the expense" he replied. II
charged the State one half and the other
half to the Dairymen's League. never
put In duplicate bills"
Earlier In the hearing DR. Porter said
nobody could expect anybody to produce
unless they got the costs OF production.
and MIR Doollng asked what the farmers
did before the Warren formula" was
discovered.
They were ensaved," was the an
swer.
"Shackledr' asked the Assistant Dis
trict Attorney.
They were wearing a badge of servi-
tude"
And now they are soaring In the air
like 'boids'T' asked MIR. Doolng.
That's your statement; not mine"
retorted the Commissioner.
The inquiry will be resumed this
morning, and DR.. Porter will be re-
called on Friday morning at II o'clock.
II. J. kershaw Of Sherburne. Chenango
county. n member OF the executive COM
mittee of the Dairymen's League said
yesterday twenty-one members of the
MIX Conference Board have signed up
to do business with the league at league
prices. He denied that league members
are dumping milk into bitches In the
country. and insisted the league Is
against such practices or ANY other
violence He said farmers are making
their unsold milk into butter and cheese.
One group of farmers. he added. have
just turned an old garage into a cheese
factory.
The Rev Dr. Charles A. Eaton sent a
letter to Mayor Hylan last night in
which he said ''lf we had competent
and honest city governments they could
establish a great central milk depot and
distribute milk just as gas company
distributes gas"
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PORT AID REFUSAL
. SCORED BY HUBERT
Attacks CrOwell Report That
Vehicular Tube Would Be
Local Help Only.

The repor. OF Benedict Crowell. As
sistant Secretary of War. advising that
the Government withhold financial aid to
the proposed vehicular tunnel under the
North River. between Manhattan and
Jersey City, on the ground that 1t is
principally for the accommodation Of
local interests. is criticised in a state
ment issued yesterday by Murray HUI
bert. Commissioner OF Docks and dircc-
tor of the port OF New York
Mr.. Hubert says the decision Illus
trates the antiquity and absurdity" u
the War departments policy regarding
river and harDor improvements and its
well established prejudice against keep
ing step with TIE march o: progress.
Mr.. Hubert sees in IL, he declares. PROOF
that the Improvement of rivers and har-
bors should be taken from the control
Of the War Department and placed UNI
der the direction of a new Department
OF Public Works After explaining that
appropriations for river and harbor i'm
urovcrents are made upon IN" recon-
mendation of the chief OF engineers Of
the army. approved by the secretary OF
War. Mr.. Hubert continues
1T is notorious fact that in ac-
cordsnCe with such recommendations
Congress has bl!ndly appropriated
moneys for the Improvement OF So
called navigable streams some ot-which
during the drought season ought to be
insured against fire.
The Improvement Of the Trinity
River in Texas. although recommended
by the chief Of engineers and approved
by the Secretary Of War, was opposed
by the Congressman through whose dis
trlct the river flowed when there was
any water in IL.
at was contended that the required
depth OF water could only be maintained
by boring artesian wells and yet. wher
Il was proposed to construct a tunnel
for purposes Of interstate commerce
which will enable much freight to he
brought from New Jersey to New York
and vice versa. reducing lighteraRe and
minimizing the dangers of navigation in
the most cnnEested section OF the port,
at the same lime making available ~"
steamship purposes a number OF piers on
the North River waterfront now used
for railroad terminals, the assistant of
the Secretary 81 War asserts that IL Is A
matter affecting particularly the local
interests and that no aid should be af-
forded with Government funds
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KILLED ATTACKING GIRL.
Policeman shoots One of Four As
saiIRnts.

An unidentified man was shot and
li!led early this morning In the hallway
of tenement house at $50 West Fifty
seventh street by Policeman Michael
Gleason Of the West Forty seventh street
station after Gleason mad been badly
beaten ly four men who attacked him
In the tenement hallway, Gleason Went
into the place to rescue Miss Anna Dow~
de-. Is, OF S33 Tenth avenue, VINO said
she had been dragged into the hallway
10y one Of the four men who attacked the
policeman.
As the policeman entered the dark
hallway he was knocked down and
his night stick taken away from him
He drew a blackjack. but that also
was taken and the men used both to
beat him As he fell under the blows,
Gleason drew his revolver and shot
one Of his assailants in the back The
man staggered out into the street and
disappeared The other three Contin-
ued to fight until Gleason sent a bull
let through the heart of the one near
est The others fed, Miss Dowder
was held as 4 witness Gleason was
hurried to Roosevelt Hospital. but will
recover.
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captain who spoke good English tried
10 make them divulge the location OF
the American aerodrome, saying that In
return German planes would be sent
across the line to drop notes saying the
Americans were alive and we'll. Sus-
pectfng that the Germans might drop
other things besides the notes, the
Americans said in substance: Nothing
doing"
Called Germsn's BluH.
The German captain said then he had
Il way OF making Lieut.. Baird answer,
and the Lieutenant called his blum by
remarking. All right. 20 ahead" Moth
ing happened to the Lieutenant and he
was finally sent to the "darnpest and
coolest" camp in Germany, at Villingen.
twenty miles from the Swiss border. The
food was fearful. consisting mainly of
cabbages and carrots. and II the Red
Cross packages had not come along on
October l many Of the $50 officers in
the camp would have died.
William John Lilly OF Southington,
Conn. private in the 104th Ambulance
Company. Twenty-sixth Division, said he
was first aid man and wore n Red
Gross jbrassard on his arm. His COM
pnny was attacked by about two thou
sand Germans on April 90 at Seicheprey
He says German deliberately hurled
hand grenade at him, although the
Hun must have seen his insignia and
the fragments blinded HIM. They took
off his shoes and stockings TO give to a
German soldier and made him walk two
miles barefoot with 1873 other American
prisoners
a German doctor who spoke excellent
English ard who said he was going to
nat In IN, ri Of no tTf,l
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GARRISON WILL ASK
100000 FOR BRIT.
Receiver Says Money Is Need
ed for Repairs, Extensions
and Equipment.
WILLIAMS SALARY S15. 900
Total of SI03,077 Paid 70
Officials, HirShfield
Reports.
WILLIAMS SALARY $4,000

As a result of his preliminary inves.'-
CATION into the physical and financial
status OF the r. r. r Receiver Garrlso,
said yesterday that he would amply for
permission from the court to raise be.
tween 100000 and s9,000.O00 through
the issuance OF receivers certificates, -
money TO be spent to complete construc-
tIon work and provide for necessary
equipment
Mr.. Garrison also said he would con-
tinue TO settle damage suits against the
company In as far as the legal requires
ments permitted him to do so.
Commissioner OF Accounts David
Hirshfield yesterday gave out a salary
list of the b. II. T. officials that he said
he obtained from his department actl-
aries who made an examination o. Ms
company's books last summer. The ls'.
included Col. Timothy s. Williams. pres
dent, $4,000 year: two vice -presdau =
at 5000 a year each general coule,.
$4,000: comptroller. $4,000: chief en-
gineer, SIS. 900 electrical engineer, s12
900 and a consulting attorney at SO
900. The total salary list according 10
Commissioner Hirshfeld's figures tota 81
$403,077 year.
Mr.. Garrison's expressc1 -ymra't"
WITH inc NlCtl1ilS VI inc WTtt seemed
yesterday to have done much to restore
faith in the companys efforts among no
Brooklyn patrons OF the system, T.
feeling was not lessened by Mr.. Carr.
sons personal inspection trips about "a
b. r. 7, system. nor by his later de 's-
ration that he intended to be the 50 .
arbiter, with the approval of the court
Of the coinpany's disbursements for
salaries of officials.
MIR Garr!sons announced intention -
ask the courts permission to raise
100000 or s9.00o,O00 for construc-
ton. new equipment and Improvements
led to query as to whether he re-
garded the y. II. T. az broke"
Il mean" he explained. that r.,
money borrowed at the time the B t 90.
entered into the dual contracts Is e.
hausted and that there appeared .
prospect of the company being able to
raise the money necessary to tinisI ia
construction work.
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TESTIMONIAL TO PRIEST.
Euchre Party and Dance 10 he
Given for Father Zentgraf.

The friends and admirers of the Rev
George J Zentgraf formerly an assist
ant at tho Roman Catholic church of
st Joseph of the Holy Family. l2jth
street and Mornings!dr avenue, OF which
the Rev. Gerard n. Huntmlnn IL rector,
now serving as chaplain with tho
American ExpeditiOnary Forces. will
hold testimonial euchre and dance
this evening in Manhattan Casino. West
ljith street.
Father Zentgraf is graduate of the
Chaplans Training School, Camp Zach
AIRY Taylo~. Louisville After receiving
his commission as First Lieutenant he
was sent to France and assigned to duty
at lie Mans Later he was transferred
to a prison camp at bordeaux
He was the second priest from St.
Ioseph's to enter the service, the Rev
Thomas T. Dunno. recently cited for
bravery while sewing as chaplain with
the 3o6th Infantry seventy
Division, having preceded him
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NURSE OF BARONESS
SUES FOR $4,000
Claim Made Against Estate
of the Former Mrs. Frank
Leslie.

The trial OF the suit of Mrs. Annie
Smons Of Charleston. 8. c.. TO recover
$4,000 from the estate OF Baroness de
1iazus. one time Mrs Frank Leslie, was
Hand and jury in the Federal District
Court. Mrs. Simons. who was the nurse
and travelling companion of the Bar
oness from 1899 until her death in
1918, received $4,000 under the will.
She asserts the Baroness promised her
$4,000.
Mrs. Simons testified that the Baron
css. who waF IS years old when she died.
was an exacting mistress who de-
randed strict compliance with unreas-
enable whims. A dog was cause of
constant anxiety TO the Baroness. Mrs.
Simons testified. and OF humiliation to
those in her service.
The witness said that the Baroness
insisted upon having her dog at table
with her. and that this frequently caused
trouble. particularly when they were
travelling In dining cars ON one oc-
tssion the Baroness was ordered from
the dining car. the witness said, and she
Inundated her by causing her to carry
meat which had been placed on the table
for the dog through the cars TO a parlor
car
Mrs. Simons asserted that because of
the Baroness domineering temperament
she was constantly qulrTelling with
those with whom she came In contact in
& social and business way.
no. Go a tins To
Nelson Cromwell and Louis H. Craner
as executors. Roger Foster is counsel
for the plaintiff Edg I'd T. Bracket.
former state Senator, for the executors.
The Baroness left an estate worth
$l.S0c 900. largely to Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait for the Advancement of womans
suffrage
Objections filling twenty closely type
written pages of legal cap were filed
Yesterday with Surrogate Cohalan by
Mrs. Gait to the accounting OF Crom-
well and Cramer as executors of the
estate OF Mrs. Frank Leslie.
The suffra Sc leaders chief object on is
TO fees OF $1,000 paid b. the executors
to the law firm OF Sullivan Il Cromwell,
Of which Executor Cromwell is n mem
Der. and to "A like amount to ex-senator
Edgar T. Bracket, whom she frequently
refers TO rs the "Republican Eoss Of
Saratoga County" These amounts are
alleged To- have been pad between De
cembsr !. 1915. and July II OF last year
After declaring that the payments Of
100000 ave "gros@lv ex'ortionate and
unrea sonably high" Mrs Gait demands
that said executors nay back INTO thc
estate all or said $3.50. 400. VIII m. cN-
ception OF such sum a. t. reasonable H.
amount
Mrs Cat. also accused the executors
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NO CRIME WAVE IN
CITY, SAYS ENRIGHT
Police Commissioner Cites Fig
ures to ProUe Contention.

The existence Of Il crime wave" in New
York was denied yesterday by Police
Commi ssioner Enright. who quoted rec
ODDS of mis- department to show that the
town had been better behaved in 1918
than during the previous year
Nobody talked about a crime wave
in 1917 ana 1915 said he. 80 why
should they refer to ordinary mlsdeeds
that are happening every day now as
one"
The Commissioner said he sent a let
ter to the Mayor December 26 compar-
ing s-rious crimes during November and
December with the me months of the
two preceding years The figures showed
a decrease for 1918. he said He thought
1t "a bad thing for the city" for the
newspapers 10 talk about an increase in
crime, as it prevented visitors from com
ing to New York.
Commissioner Enright gave out the
figures for september, October and No
vemher, 1913, as compared with the
same months in 1917, as follows:
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.ELD AS MOTrTER FAC
Woman Accued of Sending d.. IN
ter Out to steal.

Mrs. Mary Demuro of 14s, Sullivan
street was held in $500 bail for General
Sessions by Magistrate Marsh in the
Jefferson Market court yesterday after
Edmund Casey, an officer OF the So
ciety for the Prevention OF Cruelty to
Children, testified that she had sent her
nine-year-old daughter Pose TO depart
ment stores to steal pocketbooks.
Casey said the girl, together with Rose
Fairillo. IL years old. had gone to
Hearn's last Thursday and Friday
where they had taken purses and mer-
chandise. They We're arrested BY Detec-
tive Byrnes and turned over to the Chill
dren's Society. The Demuro Cflild ad-
mitted having taken FIVE poke tbooks
during the two days. Her mother was
held on the technical charge OF impairins
her daughters morals.
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Had Hints OF Amistice,

When II was announced to the camp
the German Socialists took possession
and hOisted the red flag starting soap
box oratiOn9 both In German and broken
English. Some of the Prussans who he
l'eved In the old monarchy wept while
the red flag vas being waved"
Lieut. g. Il, Laird, AlgXa, Iowa.
American Air Service. was taken pris-
OVER during the ST Mihiel drive. H..
was with group of ten American
planes bombing about eight miles back
81 the German lines, First Lieut..
Roger f, Chaplin OF Boston was the
pilot and he the observer Thay were
returning when they were Slttarlied by
twenty German Fokiiers, a machine gun
bullet pierced the gas tank and al >thc-
disabled the engine and they came
Down badly bruised in German terri
tory.
six men in other American machines
were killed. Laird and Chaplin were
captured and questioned. A German
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TEsTIFIES SON IS PERJUPER.
Mrs. SittcnbcrE's Evidence May
kerp Him In Prison for Life.

>-s. Bertha .Sitteu>erg in the Supreme
Court yesterday swure that James
Regar. on trial charged with perjury. is
her son The charge against Regan.
who recently confessed Ia the murder o.
Mrs Hrlen Hame,. = Tweaty-third street
room.ug house keeper. grows out OF the
allegation that he s.nra falsely during
the trial Cf Elizabeth Eaksa. charged
with the Hamel murder, In denying his
identitr and in refusing to admit thai
Mrs SitteHherg is his mother
ReGau. called Leo SittenNerG in the
iudictweu-, appeared indifferent through
out the testimony OF the Woman. vino
told Of his earlv childhood. Her evidence
MAJ result I'm the defendant being ad-
judged al hlhitual criminal and in his
being committed to prison for life lie
is uVw serving a ten year sentence for
n brutal assault and robbery committed
in Brooklyn last spring
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A petition 10 change the name of
some square or thoropghfarc in Man
haitian to a nam" connected with the
achievements Of Great Britain and Ire
land in the war was presented yeSter-
day 10 Mayor Hylan and President Mo-
ran of the Board of Aldermen by Will
lam Solomon. chairman of spe, II
committee of the Sulgrave Institution.
urder whose auspices the recent celebra .
ton Of British Day took place. In or
der to permanently commemorate the
achievements of the British. II was sur
gested that the name Of Kitchener would
be appropriate.
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GREEKS HOLD XMAS SERVICES.
Many Wounded Soldiers Attend
Church Celebration Here.

Orthodox Greeks celebrated their
Christmas festival yesterday and there
was continuous service in the Church
Of st. E1eutherios in Twenty-fourth
street. The congregation included
many wounded soldiers from canton
nents in the vicinity Of the city. the
men being nassed on the right side Of
the church and the women on the left.
American and Greek flags were draped
above the altar. y boy throwing in
ceEse followed the collection plate.
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1O4 DIE OF PNEUMONIA.
Fluctuations Continue In Daily
Reports on Influenza.

fluctuations continue in tNr daHv
statistics of influenza and pueyno''L
cases reported to the Health Derar'uc"',
with an increase Of seventy of tic o..
mer above the previous day rep1--s'
yesterday. There were .fN rev cases
reported yesterday and -ifry-''nr dNa =
from influenza. only th.rt!-.,y,r fca'f
were reported on Monday
Pneumonia cases reported NeS''rd7"
totalied ffty-eeven. a decrease ~ tu-''.
while there were l0i deaths Yesterday,
against 1fty-eight on Monday
Cases Of influenza AMI pneumonia re-
ported yesterday by horoUehs were;
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-08
HAYS PAYS HIGH TRIBUTE.
G. q. p. Chairman Calls Roosevelt
worIH's strongest Man.

VIII II. Hays. chairman Of the Re
publican National Committee. who is in
lowing comment upon the death Of Col
Roosevelt
The strongest character in the world
has died, NJ one can take Theodore
Ruosevelt's place in the days f difficulty
ahead. In all the reimbursement at hand
in thS country III" loss Of the brain, the
hand and the heart Of this man is in
culCulah,e. The lesson Of his patriotism,
which viii I've forever, is his monu-
mcnt'
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CANTORS TO MEET JAN. 10.
Members Coming From All Parts
IN 25th Annual Gathering,

The twenty-tlflh anniversary of the
organ cation ~ the Cantors aSsocia ton
Of America viii hc celebrated SUNDAY.
January 10, 1T the Temple Rnlcph Sho-
lem, Lexington avenue and Siyty-tfirl
street, VIXEN cantors from all over the
country will he present.
Among the guests will be Abram |.
Elkus, former Ambassador to Turkey
Jacob II. Schtn Louis Marshall, Benia-
min Elemental, Israel TnterherE. Rep
resen,at've Henry GoldfoGle. Or l.. Mag
nus and Judge otto \ Rosalslly Max
Rosen and Cantor Joseph Ro %enhlatt will
appear on the musical programme The
speakers win be lIr. Joseph Silverman.
GoldStcin,
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Claims aggregating more than $50, 600
made by two law hrmT and "A physician
were Idisallowed yesterday in a report
filed With Surrogate slater of West
chester county by Franklin Couch OF
Peekskin, referee for the final settle
ment of TIE accounts OF Thomas Fred
cr'ck Lee and Emma Kenyon Lee. gen
eral guardians OF Thomas Frederick
! oe, known as William Mills Sd, the
poor little rich boy OF White Plains"
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Mr.. Shonts said this was the last con-
versation he had with Macfarlaud. After
several weeks Attorney Quackcnhush
told him he had received telephone in
formation that Macfarland was i'll with
influenza at Boston. 4 few minutes
later the Mayor said mcfarland was in
New Orleans.
The Mayor said that he would ass
Corporation Counsel Burr to take the
matter up, adding that nothing could be
done before election
Commissioner whitney questioned the
witness In regard to the possible effect
OF the neg citations on the financial pro
gramme Of the Interborough
did you indicate any of the facts To
your hackers" he asked Mr.. Shonts
81 may have and I may not. l am
not sure"
II think that I mentioned II generally
once To Mr.. Morgan" he added.
What was the amount OF the securl-
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SUES OVER U-BOAT DAMAGE.
Firm seeks $4,000 for Loss Due to
sinking,

Damages for ll-s incurred through
the Operations OF Il German submarine
along the north Atlantic coast have been
made the basis of a suit filed in the
supreme Court by Schrroll, Fills & Co
AGAINST ne Automobile Insurance Com
pany a. Hartford.
It is the iirst action ur The kind to he
Instituted and asks for $4,000 that be-
ing the 9moul,' alleged 10 he due in In
suraure on 9!G bundles Of hides which
are SAID to Rave been lost when the
steamship Carolina was sank Jane b
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ties of the Interborough Company that
the bankers sold during that period OF
timer"
Round numbers. $4,000, 900"
And you reached the time, Mr
Shonts, when you felt there was less
hopeful outlook with respect to pos
sible arrangement with the cityT'
Yes, sir"
The matter. so far as my understand
ing of II was concerned, was never
dropped by MT Burr or by Mr.. Mac
farland, but IL was still expected to have
further conferences
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CALLS NAVAL OFFICER CRUEL
eut.-Commandcr BorchR rdt's
wife Asks $50 "a Week AlimOny.

Decision was reserved yesterday by
Justice Finch on the application made
by Edith C. Borchardt Cor $50 a week
aimony pending trial of her suit for
separation from Lieutenant Commander
Herbert=R. Borcharlt,- Ism. for al
legged cruelty.
Counsel for Mrs. Borchardt said the
defendant had~written his wife that the
reason ne had married her in Fennsvl-
vania was because It would be easy To
get a divorce In that state, and sug-
gested that she get a divorce there. J.:
was this proposal, according to the at
torney, that started the couples marital
troubles. Batches Of letters from women
here were mentioned.
The Lieutenant-C Commander Is recu-
perating In Colorado from an illness
contracted while on duty overseas. He
draws monthly pay Of $500.