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The sun., 1919-05-13
1000 CHASE TWO YOUTHS.
Pair Finally Caught in Broadway
Are Theft Suspects.

Two thousand persons raced down
lower Broadway yesterday after two
youths who darted from the Adams Ex-
press Company Building and started
logging 1t down the sidewalk The pur-
suit started when a cry OF stop thief ="
was raised by a second couple who fol-
lowed close at their heels. One OF the
fugitivee who described himself as
Harry O'Toole, 392 Baltic street, Brook
lyn. was captured by Patrolman Schnei-
der OF Traffic A, at Beaver and New
streets. The other. who said he was
Morris Friedman, al Wyckoff Street,
Brooklyn. was arrested at Battery place
and Broadway by Patrolman Heating.
Magistrate Douras in the Tombs court
later held both in $500 bail for examina-
ton May 16 on charges of disorderly
conduct.
The police told the court the two lads
were on the ninth floor of the Adams
Express building with n third boy, and
that the trio had frisked fourth young
man of his watch and had run down
stars with 1t. The watch, II was alleged
had been passed to OToole. who gave 1t
to Friedman. who i'm turn. handed il
back to its original owner before reach
Fling the street. The police could find
neither the watch, owner nor the young
ster they said had been with the two
prisoners.
The sun., 1919-05-13
PRALL LIKELY TO Be
SCHO0LB0ARD HEAD
Mayor After Scalp Of Somers,
Who Says He Will Ask
No Votes.

AS the result of trouble that has been
brewing In the Board of Education for
some time II was predicted last night
that Aiming s. Prall would be elected
president Of the Board OF Education to
succeed Arthur s. Somers at the annual
meeting to be held at the Board of
Education building at o'clock this
afternoon.
Mr.. Prall is Mayor Hylan's candidate.
In reappointing him last week for a full
six year term the Mayor wrote a most
eulogistic letter and spoke particularly
OF Mr.. Pralrs assistance in the light that
the Mayor has been having with William
L. Ettinger. City Superintendent of
Schools When the latter was elected
Mr.. Prall was not only one of his strong
est supporters but actually placed him in
nomination.
OF the five other members Of the Board
!, of Education Mrs. Ruth F. Russell is
openly for the reelection of Mr. Somers.
The others have not declared themselves,
but George ]. Ryan of Queens Is under
stood to be in the somers camp On the
other hand, Joseph. Yeska and Mrs.
Emma L. Murray will vote for Mr.. Prall,
IL ls understood.
This leaves the balance of power with
Frank d. Wilsey a Republican. He is
the only member. aside from Mr. Somers.
| who was a member of the old Board of
| Education. He has had frequent clashes
| with Mr.. Somers and It had been re-
ported that the Somers faction was plan
| ming to put Mr.. Ryon in his place as
vice-president of the Board. Those who
| are familiar with the situation believe
| that Mr.. Wilsey will vote for Mr.. Prall
| In opposition to Mr.. Somers.
There Is much bad blood in the Board
| and 1t is believed that the meeting to-
day will be more or less torrid affair
| Some Of those who do not relish the
| interference of the Mayor nj educational
affairs of the city may express what is
| in their mind. 1t was said last night.
In regard to various reports that have
| been circulated. one that he did not
| desire reelection because of poor health
and another that he had appealed to
the Mayor to help him retain the presi-
dency. Mr.. Somers said last night:
81 never have appealed to the Mayor
I shall permit my name to be presented
tomorrow. but have not done a single
thing to influence any member o. the
Board. I am not so sure that shall
even vote for myself"
| When Superintendent Ettinger refused
to permit the auditor of the Board &c
testify before the Commissioner of Ac-
counts Mr.. Prall introduced a resolution
censuring him. Mr.. Somers although
he had been opposed unalterably to the
| selection OF Mr.. Ettinger. induced Mr.
Prall to withdraw his motion. It 4;
understood that at this the Mayor de.
cided that he would prefer to have Mr.
Prall as head of the Board.
The sun., 1919-05-13
REDS SECRET PAPER
LEADS TO ARREST
Alleged Editor of "FreedOm''
Accused of Violating
Espionage Law.

Jacob Itzickson. alleged editor OF
Freedom, a magazine which has been
printed irregularly from a secret anar-
chist printing shop, but offered for sale
openly at meetings of radicals. was ar
rested yesterday by agents of the De-
partment Of Justice. He was arraigned
before United States Commissioner
Samuel NJ. Hitchcock and held in $4,000
bail for a grand Jury, charged with
violating the espionage law.
Publication of Freedom was begun on
January /. 1t was planned to be a
monthly, but the April and May issues
were combined It described itself as
~ Revolutionary Journal" and gave
the Freedom Publishing Group as re.
sponsible for its publication. The maya.
zine. which is in English and OF good
typographical appearance, has been filled
with articles OF a kind made familiar
by anarchistic prints, but 1t was the
following excerpt from the April-May
number that led to the arrest of Itzick
son:
Hurry up, ye slaves! The Victory
profitmongers want more spoil. They
need more swag So they have launched
upon US the Victory Loan In order tc
bulldoze US with the idea that we arr
victorious.
60 ahead! Subscribe to the Victor,
Loan and provide necessities for thu
troops that will defend the scabs an,
shoot you down when you attempt to ge
some democracy in your shop"
The magazine printed Its address a.
1913 East Fifteenth street. Agents o
the Department of Justice said that the!
found nobody connected with II Their
and that 1t took them some time TO fin,
Itsickson. He lived at l21 West l11u
street.
ItziclOson protested to the Commits
sioner against being held in $4,000 bail
IT was told that there were to be n
more prosecutions under the espionag
| law" he said.
You were wrongly informed" sal
John E. Joyce, Assistant United State
Attorney.
This case will probably come down I
| one for deportation" said Itzickson. -
| assure you I will not fight 1t. Give m
my passport now and l will save you a
| the trouble you will be put to-"
ItzicNson asked that bail be fixed 1
$1,000. He said he would put up tina
| sum In Liberty bonds. The court re
fused to grant the request. The prisone
came here in 1908 from Libau. Russia.
The sun., 1919-05-13
CRAWFORD MAY BE
TRANSIT APPO7NTEE
Engineers Conference With
Governor Leads to Report.
Special Despatch TO THr Sun.


ALBANY. May 12.--When Frederick
L. Crawford. engineer and contractor,
came here to-day to see Governor Smith
Il lively report spread around the capt.
tol that he was being considered for APP
pointment as Rapid Transit construc-
ton Commissioner in New York City.
1t Is known, that he has been spoken
of as a man ideally qualified for the
place both by ability and experience.
Governor Smith signed the bill on
Saturday under which the supervision
Of the construction OF rapid transit lines
formerly under the old flve-headed Pub
lie Service Commission will be turned
over to an independent Commissioner.
The regulatory work under the com
panion bill already has been turned
over to Lewis Nixon as the single Com
missioner who In the future will handle
that end of the old Commissions duties
Mr.. Crawford is an Independent Dem
ocrat who in the old da.-s was allied
with the Shepard Democracy in Brook
Ign. For some years he was president
of the General Contractors Association
and has taken a prominent part in the
construction of the city's subways. His
last contract of this kind was the Post
Office section of the Seventh avenue
subway running from Chambers street
through Park place and under a corner
of the Post Office into Beekman street
and William street
Some time ago Mr.. Crawford was APP
pointed by the Federal Government as
Director of Construction of the nitrates
plants that the Air Nitrates Corporation
| undertook to build for the War Depart
ment. contracts involving many millions
He haH spent most of his time on the
plant at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the
| first to be started. The other plants
projected for Toledo and Cincinnati
have been abandoned since the end Of
| the war.
The sun., 1919-05-13
PADDY, THE JUDGE,
WILL FIGHT REDS
McDermott of Paterson Chosen
by the Navy to Go to
Russia.
ENLISTED WHEN FIFTY
Ran for Assembly 10 Times
Without Winning, but Struck
His Real Gait Finally.

The laugh is on the lads who used to
sit around on kegs and smoker at the
Turrible Judge, Paddy McDermott of
Paterson, N. j., because Paddy was Jus
tice of the Peace seventeen years with
out ever sending anybody to Jail and
ran for the Assembly nineteen times
without getting any nearer 1t than the
floor of Gradys place on Main street.
The United States Government wanted a
man 1t could depend on to go to Rus
STA and make an end of this Bolsheviki
business once and for all. And whom
is the Government sending, after cam
wasting all the known world and Pater-
son, N. j., for an agent so utterly de-
pendab BILE that all he needs is whis-
pered order. Go get the Reds?" Yes,
sir Paddy McDermott.
Following the last. or nineteenth. de-
feat of the Turrible Judges ambition TO
enter the New Jersey Assembly as a
jumping Off place for the Presidency
MS mead was as sound as ever, but two
swollen legs took him to a hospital
Inc moment he got out he enlisted in
the navy. That was two years ago and
faddy was fifty years old. Having al
ways been a horseshoer. even when a
| justice OF the Peace, except for sailor.
ms days In boyhood. he was rated a 9 a
| iarrler, which doesn't begin to suggest
the philosophic uplift he has impaired
10 the whole naval establishment since
ms advent. Now be is the Oldest en-.
| nsted man on the u. s. S. Rodgeday
ana Is at home on a furlough the pic.
ture OF health. doing his setting -,
xercises morning and night and pird
Ing himself for combat with the Reds
How come 1t I'm picked?" saws he
Wen. the fashion of using horses n
pun ships having gone out since I wa,
roustabout / have been serving m,
country as blacksmith. How com,
II 1 conclude to fight the Bolsheviki
The officers were picking men to go I,
RUSSIA. The Captain singles me out O
mob OF 400 and says How much ex
perience have you had in blacksmith
workF rwenty-six years shoein,
Tlsners mules In Paterson. sir says j
he squints at me hard and says. Your
do Thank you. SIR, says I. And
tsays 1. Soon I'll be after the BolsheyilI
and may the Lord be with me and hav
mercy on them. That is, after I ge
trough wit EN- says I. And, says
The ,navy's fine place. l had tn
DEVILS own time getting in, ana nov
they're going to have the DEVILS ow,
time getting me OUT
Oceans of farewell toasts will b
drunk in Paterson when Paddy, the Tur
rible Judge. departs for Archangel. bu
not by Patrick Aloysius McDermott VIII
IS on the wagon personally and as hi
Uncle Sans representative.
"Howsomever," he says. I'm advisin
the boys to take 1t easy. for I'll be bach
and when do get back Paddy McDer
mott VIII run for Congress on his wa
record"
One year Paddy got within a letter O
winning the Democratic nomination 70
the Assembly. Patrick A. McDermo,
and Patrick "E." McDermott togethe
had plurality. They were the sam
man. but the County Clerk ruled out a
the "E.'s" on the certificates.
II had the full support of friends 1
Ireland" he said. but was knocked ou
by the alphabet"
The sun., 1919-05-13

Supreme Court Justice Morschauser,
In the Supreme Court at White Plains
yesterday. reserved decision In an appli-
cation by the Five Cent Fare Association
to compel the Yonkers Railroad Com
pany to reduce its fare. for trips outside
the Yonkers city limits. from 10 to .
cents. Testimony was offered by at
torneys for the company to establish the
fact that the Company's action in
charging an extra fare whenever a pas
senger was carried outside the city
limits was authorized by the Yonkers
Board OF Aldermen. The petitioning as
! ISOLATION insists no such authority could
be given legally by the Aldermen, whose
authority is limited to the city.
The sun., 1919-05-13
%,O77,OO4 ESTATE
LEFT BY SIELCKEN
Alien Coffee Factors Fortune
Outside of New York Not
Given in Appraisal.
ONCE A POOR IMMIGRANT
Rumely "Evening Mail" Note
for 100000 Classed as
"DOubtful" Asset.

Following months OF laborious investl-
all possible sources. Harry Kopp, trans
fer tax appraiser in the Office of the the
Deputy state Controller, filed yesterday
ap appraisal of the estate of Herman
sielcken, the Coffee King" who, classi-
fed as an enemy alien. died in Baden
Baden. Germany, in October, 1917.
He left an estate taxable in the State
of New York of .4,253,337 and a net
estate of s4,o77.OO4, according to Kopp's
report. Sielcken had other interests in
Germany and in South America, so the
full extent of the fortune he accumu-
lated since coming to America as a
poor Immigrant boy is not known.
Listed among the assets is a promis-
sorry note for 800, 900 made by Edward
A. Rumely. former publisher of the
Euening Mail. 1t was dated September
IA. 1917. and its term was two years
Regarding this note, the comment is
made: ut is of doubtful value and. in
any event. Is intangible and exempt
| from tax"
Mr.. Sielcken was alleged at the time
Of the arrest of Rumely to have beer
| the dummy through whom the Impera
German Government transferred tht
| funds with which Rumely acquired con
| troll Of the Evening Mdi. Rumely Dor
rowed over S1.30O,000 for the purchas
of stock control and in operating tn,
Evening Mail There was much nego
| tiation of commercial paper in the af
fairs of business that was continual!
developing deficits and the Indebtedness
| was finally boiled down to the not,
| which is now listed by its possessor al
"Of doubtful value"
The newspaper was taken from
| Rumely by the Government as enem!
property and placed in the hands of il
| bondholders. who have been conductin!
| it. Rumely's chance OF regaining 1t de
ponds upon the success OF his defence
| that the money he borrowed came from
| Sielcken and not from the German Gov
| eminent.
The principal asset of the estate is tn
| interest held by Mr.. Sielcken in the flrr
Of Grossman & Sielck9n, merchants an,
importers, 80 Wall street. which cease
to exist soon after the United States en-
tered the war. Sielcken was in German
at that time and all his property in IT,
United States was seized by the Allie
Property Custodian.
Bereficiaries of the New York part q
the estate include legacles If 5000
each to two former partners. John S
Sorensen and Thorlief b. Nielsen. bot
Of 1857 Maiden Lane. The city of Bade
Baden. Germany. arI the Josephin
Helm Hospital of the sane place, are {
get $4,000 each. The balance of IN
New York estate goes to the widow. Mr.
Clara Sielcken, House Eden. Babe
| Baden.
The Allen Property Custodian claim
the entire estate and it depends entirel
upon that official IL any of the bequest
are paid.
The sun., 1919-05-13
81 900. 900 TO MAKE
QUAKER CITY CLEAN
+. 5. Harrison in Will Aims at
Crooked Politics.

PHlLApELPHIA, May l2.-Almost
100000 Is bequeathed in the will of
Thomas Shelton Harrison, former Amer
lean Minister and Consul General TO
Egypt. for a trust fund TO be used in
improving governmental conditions in
Philadelphia. Mr. Harrison died a week
ago.
me testament. which was probated to-
Day. provides for q board Of seven men
to apply part of the income Of the fund
70 procure honest and impartial enforce
ment OF all contracts made by the city
for furnishing labor. erection of build
.ngs and other public improvements,
cleaning OF streets, removal Of garbage
furnishing water, gas. electricity and
transportation facilities.
The board Is directed also to make
any expenditures necessary to obtain
prompt prosecution and punishment OF
persons guilty Of violating the provisions
or city contracts or of peculation from
the city, and to assist In the prosecution
OF frauds. including those committed
against the election laws
Mr. Harrison warned that the trust
fund is not to be used to favor any polit-
ical party or to procure the election OF
any candidate for public Office.
The sun., 1919-05-13
FOR EDITH CAvELL HOSPITAL
Fund for Belgian Institution to BE
Raised Here.

Col. Antoine Depage, professor OF sur.
gerry at the University OF Brussels and
head Of the Belgian Red Cross. an.
nounced at the Waldorf-Astoria last
night his plan for building a memorial
hospital at Brussels to bear the name Of
Edith Cavell, the martyred Belgian
nurse. and that of his own wife, Marie
The announcement Is made on the eve
Of the removal of Miss Cavelrs body tc
England.
For eight years prior to the outbreak
of the war Miss Cavell was matron al
Col. Depage's private clinic in Brussels
Col. Depage intends employing all tht
surgical discoveries and methods he used
for four years at the front in the new
hospital. He said that Lloyd George
had already started "a fund in England
to defray half OF the expense OF the in,
stitution. Col. Depage hopes to raise
the remainder N America
The sun., 1919-05-13
WOMAN JUMPS UNDER TRAIN
Mrs. Emma Cox Killed on Brook.
Ign Elevated.

Mrs Emma Cox of 100 Albany ave-
rue Brooklyn. leaped in front of n Full
ton street elevated train at the Tomp-
kins avenue station. Brooklyn, yesterday
and was killed. Several women on the
platform who saw Mrs. Cox jump in
front of the train tainted. Traffic bound
for Manhattan was held up for an hour
and a half Firemen and the emergency
wrecking crew of the b. r. T. had to
jack up the fifth car before Mrs Cox :
body could be taken from under the
wheels.
Mrs. CoX's son, Roy Cox, told the
police that his mother had a stroke of
apoplexy two months ago and that since
then she had suffered from insomnia.
She was SIS years old
The sun., 1919-05-13
VETERAN AT 20 REENLIsTS.
Two Months of Civilian Life
Enough for Marine.

Anton Brambora. 90, a veteran of
Chateau Thierry, has discovered that
peace has it's reveilles no less than war.
Before Anton left the service Feb
ruary 28 civilian life had seemed to him
a sort of promised land where one could
stay up all night, sleep all day; a kind
of perpetual furlough free of all cares
and worries.
But yesterday Anton told Lieut.. Harry
w. Miller at the Marine Corps recruiting
Office, "a East Twenty-third street. that
his dreams had been dispelled. little
more than two months of civil life had
been Tough for him and he signed up
for immediate return to France.
Anton showed records indicating he
had been wounded in both legs and in
the right arm and that he received sew
eraI bad burns from mustard gas
The sun., 1919-05-13
GOV. EDGE RESIGNS FRIDAY.
Names Committee to Investigate

Gov. Edge will resign the office OF
chief executive OF New Jersey to take
up the duties of junior United States
Senator on Friday noon. William N.
Runyon of Plainfield, president of the
State Senate, will be sworn in as Acting
Governor Immediately. 1t is understood
he viii name Vincent W. Nash as secre-
tary to the Acting Governor. Gov. Edge
will go to Washington to-day TO take
part in the Republican Senate conference.
Gov. Edge named yesterday the fol-
lowing commission to investigate the
taxing system OF New Jersey: George l..
Smith OF Jersey CITY, Frank B. Jess Of
Camden. Frank N. Sommer of Newark,
Senator Clarence l.. Case of Somerville
and Arthur r. Pierson of Elizabeth,
Speaker of the House.
Henry B. Clark OF Atlantic City was
appointed a member 'of the State Board
of Commerce and Navigation to succeed
Allan X. White.
The sun., 1919-05-13
q. S. TO GUST QUEEN OF REDS
Nardinis and Two seised with
Anarchistio Literature.

CHICAGO, May 12.-Marie Nardini.
called Queen OF the Reds" by Govern
nent authorities. her husband. Pasquale.
ana Adolph and Joseph Fratesi are be-
ing held on deportation warrants to-day.
Ioiowing raid on a Fat and the seizure
OF quantity of anarchistic literature.
The Nardinis were released two weeks
ago from the Wisconsin State prison,
wnere they were serving terms In con-
nection with the explosion In 1917 that
Killed seven detectives In a Milwaukee,
police station. The action of the lower
courts, which resulted In their sentences.
mad been reversed.
Those arrested are believed to be
members OF q gang who have been
distributing revolutionary doctrines
through pamphlets and other printed
matter.
The sun., 1919-05-13
Imperator Due Last OF Week.

The Imperator Of the Hamburg Ameri-
can line. sister ship to the Leyiathan,
and the biggest German steamship
turned over to the Allies to transport
douRhboys back to Yankeeland. is due
here Friday or Saturday with more than
1000 troops. according to word re-
ceived yesterday at the Headquarters
Port Of Debarkation in Hoboken. She
sailed from Brest on May 0. She will
dock at the pier. No. 4, used by the
Ieyiathan.
The sun., 1919-05-13

400 per cent, winning six additional
stars.
Brooklyn made something of a cere-
mony of the borough's success In the
Victory Loan Drive yesterday by a nag
raising event at Borough Hall. The to-
tai for Brooklyn as announced last night
was ss9.574,00O, as against quota OF
$59,S57,400.
Edwin p. Maynard, president of the
Brooklyn Trust Company and chairman
OF the Brooklyn Liberty Loan Commit
tee, presided and the flag was run up
by William II. Todd of the Todd Ship
building Corporation.
The sun., 1919-05-13
More Honor Flags Won.

Applications for honor flags were re-
ceiyed by the Government loan organi-
zatlon yesterday from 223 additional
communities in the Second Federal Re
serve district. bringing the total number
of acquisitions for the emblem TO $50
Seventy-three communities reported
oversubscriptions emitting them to stars
in addition to the honor flags already
awarded.
Deferiet. n town In Jefferson county
won first honors in the new list OF honor
communities reporting a total subscrip-
ton Of $S0l,sOO, over eighteen times Its
quota of $4,000. Thirty-three stars
were awarded to this community Natu-
raj Bridge, also in Jefferson county, re-
ported an oyersubscription Of more than
The sun., 1919-05-13
Search for Missing Pastor,

CENTRAL FALLS, r. l., May 12.-The
police are searching for the Rev. Ernest
NJ. Weber, pastor OF the Peoples Mis-
sion Church, who has been missing since
Friday, when he went to Providence to
see the flying circus in connection with
the Victory Loan campaign. He is 43
years OF age.
The sun., 1919-05-13
Maritime Council to Continue.

WASHINGTON. May 1.-THE Inter-
allied Maritime Council will not be dis
solved when peace is signed. nor while
necessity exists for retaining the pres
emit control over passenger vessels. Of
ficials OF the Shipping Board said to-day
Il was probable the council would oper-
ate for several months longer
The sun., 1919-05-13
100000 Each.

Allied silk Trading Corp. Elseman.
Samuel & Co., Inc; Erstein, l.. r. Bro,
Inc; Forsch, Albert; Forsch. Carl; General
SILK Importing Co. Hess Goldsmith &
Co.: Japan Cotton Trading Co, LTD
Never, Rusch & Co., stehil silks Corp.
Stirn, L. a E.; Schwarzenbach, Hube Co. A;
Wimpfheimer, A. & Bro. Inc; Juiliiard' A.
d. q Co.
The larger subscriptions from the
Chemicals, Paints, Drugs and Allied
Trades Committee included:
The sun., 1919-05-13
To "Catch"
q Horse

as it comes home a winner
and to get it in action,
but unblurred, is easy
Oh, very!
The speed of the shutter
may be regulated from
1-1Oth to l-1000th of a
second, and, We'll say
that's speedy! Grafiex
Cameras are fitted with
F as B. and L. Tessar
lenses or our own Reflex
special anastigmat lenses.
They take either plates
or film packs. When
folded they are as COM
pact as ordinary box
cameras. Prices range
in proportion to the size.
$62.25 to $146.75
The sun., 1919-05-13
Rainbow's Quota Nearly Up.
SILK Industry's Contributions

Subscriptions OF 100000 or more re-
ported by the silk Industry Committee
OF the advisory trades were:
The sun., 1919-05-13
&25O,OOO Each.

S25O,OOO Each.
Phoebe Sinclair, E. I. du Pont de Ne
mours & Co. (additionaD, Cuba Cane Su-
gar Corporation. Adolfo stahl.
100000 Each.
Claims, Inc. North River Savings
Bank.
The sun., 1919-05-13
s1SO,OOO Each and Less.

John Muir. McGraw Hill Co. Inc. lad
ditionaD, b. Altman q Co., International
Agricultural Corporation. $4,000 each
W. A. Prime. $4,000; J. s. Bache q Co..