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PLEDGE S7O,OOO,OOO
HERE FOR THE LOAN

the l65th (the old SiXty-ninth), who
returned yesterday with the vanguard
ot this famous and representative New
York Regiment, made this statement.
II have seen so much OF the generos-
fly of the American soldiers In Offering
their blood for their country that l feel
perfectly certain that their own kin at
home will show equal generosity In Of
iering their resources for the price OF
victory"
Col. William J. Donovan, commanding
officer OF the l65th, sent this wireless
from tine transport Harrisburg;
"Old Sixty-ninth confident that its
home city, which already has answered
so magnhcently the call of patriotism,
not only by generously contributing
financial aid. but in giving practically
two splendid fighting divisions, the
Twenty-sevcnth and the Seventy-sev-
enth, as well as other separate units.
will crown it's achievement by a smash
ing response to the demand for pay
ments for the Victory Liberty Loan"
Local activities In the drive yesterday
centred about Victory Way. This new
plaza will become a forum where the
progress of the loan will he ann0unced
from day to day throughout the cam
paign. Messages will be transmitted
daily by Secretary Of the Treasury Car
ter Glass and communicated TO the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-22
GEN. MARCH VISITS
HOBOKEN STATIONS
Charleston Lands 1,349
Troops During Inspection.

Gen. Peyton c. March. Chief of Staff
OF the United States Army, dropped in
yesterday morning at the Hoboken de-
barkation station Incidentally the en-
barkation station also) just as the
cruiser Charleston was landing 1910
troops. mostly casual companies from
every section OF these States. Major
Gen David e. Shanks showed his
superior around. Gen. March said his
VISIT was incidental to a general inspec-
ton of terminals and camps and was
not subject for publicity.
Many OF the voyagers by the Charles
ton belong TO the 4l1th Telegraph Bat
talon, made up of former employees OF
telegraph and telephone companies or
the Pacific coast. Three officials of the
New York Telephone Company, Ii. q
Kerr, division commercial manager: @
c. Allen, general superintendent Of
plants for this city. and !. J. Thorp, di
vision plant superintendent OF New Jer
sey, greeted the electrical warriors.
Some of the voyagers were held or
the other side by mumps, which they
said was almost epidemic In France
Among the sufferers were more thar
twenty-five men Of the Twenty-seventf
Division. who were still sick when theii
comrades were parading In this town.
Just as the cruiser picked UP the Fir,
Island light on Sunday night the life o.
Corporal II. A. Fredrickson of Michigan
was snuffed out by pneumonia. He wal
taken Ill two days after the cruiser de
parted from Brest. His body will b,
sent to his home.
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HEGEMAN WILLS HIS
SON $1,000 A MONTH
To Come From Life Interest i'm
Half of the S10.000.0O0 to
S25. 00n,G00 Estate.

The will of the late John r. Hese-
man. disposinE Of an estate reputedly
worth between $4,000. 600 and S25.O0O-
900. fled for probate in Westminster
county yesterday, leaves a life interest
IN one-half of the estate to his son. John
Z. Hegeman,Ir., and contains <direc-
ZION that the trustees pay him 81 ,AO0 a
month out of this sum The son is an
assistant secretary of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company, of which his
father was for many years the president
md guiding spirit and lives at $50 Sew
enth avenue.
The other half Of the estate is divided
into four parts, one part is to he used
20 erect new buildings at the Metropoli-
'ans tuberculosis sanatorium on Mount
McGregor. near Saratoga. the new part
20 be known as the Hegeman Memorial
This sanatorium was erected, for the
benefit of the employees OF the company
and was one of the Company's manifold
activities in which Mr. Hegeman was
deeply interested.
Another OF these parts 10 to be d.
rided among the officers of the Metro,
politan, managers of the departments
and Mr.. Hegema1s private secretary
Each of the many servants in his EN-
ploy at his magnificent home, Roseden
MamaroneCk, will receive the equivalent
of years pay.
The house itself at Roseden, together
with all its furnishings. anbnS their
many valuable items of Oriental ART
~ -+Isi y y 49, lsGSe2san- Yas a. ANA.
teur his yacht Evelyn and motor Coal
Camilla, his horses and S175,O00 are be.
queatheh to executors and trustees Of
the estate, all connected with the insur.
ance company. They are Haley Fiske
a vice president; Frederick II. Ecker
David +. Butcher and George b. Shep
pard.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-22
4s HOURS FOR SILK MILLS.
National War Labor Board An
nominees It's Decision.

\ forty eight hour week for silk mills
has been settled upon by the National
War Labor Board. il was announced
yesterday. the new schedule going into
effect to-day. The question was sub
mitted TO the board by 4S6 silk manu-
facturers and the!rs employees as re-
suit OF the recent strike.
A few OF the mills already have been
running forty eight hours a week, Some
had a fitty-four hour schedule. others
one OF fifty-two hours. but the majority
have had one Of fifty hours. The mills
henceforth will run from 7.20 A. NJ. to
noon and from I p, NJ to p. NJ, eX-
cept on Saturdays, when there will be
no afternoon work.
The silk manufacturers in Paterson.
Hoboken, Union Hin, New York city
and Long Island towns have announced
that the reduction in hours will mean
no reduction in wages. Both the hourly
and piecework rates will be increased
50 That He ss6-Ss pay -,Vor"rnr fUSSsr1Hr-
hour week will be the same as II was
when longer hours were required.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-22
MAI. BONNELL FLIES OVER CITY
Makes Trip Advertising Avie tors
Bali saturday.

Major Godfrey II. Bonnell, who was
an aviator with the British army in
France for two years and was then
transferred to the American air service,
circled over the city in an airplane
yesterday, dropping posters upon which
were printed an announcement of the
forthcoming aviators ball in the Ritz
Carlton April rs. lie began his flight
at Mineola and after circling the Stat
ute of Liberty winged his way north
ward and followed Fifth avenue up town
at a low altitude.
The ball is 20 be under the auspices
Of the Air Service Memorial Fund, ot
which Lieut.Col Grayson T. Murphy is
treasurer. The programme will include a
special performance OF the Midnight
Frolic, tableau arranged by Ali Der
Haggin. and numbers by Blanche Bates
Marjorie Rambeau. Lillian Lorraine
and Dolores and Lafontaine. Mrs. W
X. Vanderbilt is chairman Of the enter
tainment programme. More than 800
persons are expected to be present.
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COUNTRY SUBSCRIBES
FREELY TO 5TH LOAN
National Total for Opening
Day Not Yet KnoWn.

WARRINGTON, April 21.-Defnite re-
ports on the country's subscriptions for
the first day OF the Victory Loan cam
paign were not available at the Treas
ury Department tonight, although pre-
liminAry reports to the Department made
clear that the 100000 loan workers
were garnering pledges for. countless
millions OF dollars. Figures on the first
days campaign probably will not be
available until late tomorrow.
Before the first clerk in the Treasury
Department got down to work to-day re-
ports were being received from oommuni-
| ties all over the country which had taken
time by the forelock and oversubscribed
their quotas Prominent in the list of
over subscriptions reported early were
Middletown and Derby, Conn; Lodi. n.
j. Blairstown. ". j.. Clark Mills Attica
| and North Javan. n. Y.
Preliminary reports covering the
| Boston district, covering New England.
contained unofficial reports that the
days total in the district was nearly
| $30.000,000. The districts quota for
the campaign Is $875 900, 900. The West
appeared to be responding enthusiastic
cally, and many Kansas communities
| were reported oversubscribed when the
| loan campaign was less than an hour
| tute. at Lawrence, Kan, exceeded their
| quotas in an hour. Bartholomew county.
Indiana. claimed the honor OF being the
first county to obtain its quota without
! n bond having been purchased By a
bank or a subscription solicited.
| Henry Ford and the Ford interests
were reported as having made $10,-
900 900 subscription in the Detroit dis
trict In that district subscrip tions
totalllng S4s,307,50O were reported early
| in the afternoon. The city's quota is
| $55,494.4l3. The Peoples STATE Bank.
with $40, 900. 900. was the heaviest cub
| scriber there The city exceeded its
quota early IN the evening, probably the
FIRST large city to do so.
Rear Admiral Sims spoke at the big
loan rally for Government workers here
to-day and President Wilson's loan mes
| sage was read TO the crowd by an AVA
! tor flying 1890 feet overhead. TIE hier
used a new wireless telephone device.
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crowd by means OF the loud speaking
telephone.
Ofricialdom was represented at the
opening OF the drive there Yesterday by
Mayor Hylan and Martin Nogel. Assist
ant Treasurer of the United States
Former Secretary OF the Treasury Nc
Adoo was present 10 add his influence
toward the success OF the undertaking
and the popular appeal was backed up
by three of New York city's most dis
tinguished clergymen. the Rev. David
II. Greer. Episcopal Bishop OF New
York Monsignor Michael }. Lavelle, rec
tor of st Patricks Cathedral and Rabbi
Joseph Silverman of Temple Emanu- Ell
Particular attention was directed yes
terday to new ruling by the Treasury
Department with regard TO the Victory
Loan notes of the ~ per cent. series
which provides that they shall be re-
ceivable at par in payment of estate or
inheritance taxes The ruling as an
nounced yesterday by Arthur NJ. Ander-
son, director OF the Government loan
organization for the Second Federal Re
serve district is as follows
Notes of this series 4at per cent. }
which have been owned by any person
prior to the date Of his death. and which
upon such date constitute part of his
estate, shall under rules and regulations
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treas
ury be receivable by the United States
al par and accrued interest in payment
OF any estate or Inheritance TAX imposed
by the United States under or by virtue
OF any present or future law upon such
estate or the inheritance thereof.
The Victory notes OF the ga per cent
series are not receivable in payment OF
estate or inheritance taxes"
A new instalment plan calculated to
appeal to the small subscriber has been
worked out by the Government loan or
ganization for application to New York
city It will enable subscribers to pur-
chase notes Of $50. 800 or $500 denomi-
nations with an initial payment OF per
cent down and weekly payments OF 2
per cent over a period OF forty light
weeks
These subscriptions will be financed
I by local banks under arrangements a.
ready made, which provide that any
bank or trust company will issue "A pa SIS
book on the payment Of per cent
deposit on a Victory note. Stamps in
dicating the instruments paid will be
issued and the paid up note delivered
yheg . e9Galstsa pss.s9 $.ss are 1!ee
IeTSHlHS Dahu' Drought nome IRON
France in advance OF the Commander
in Chief for the express purpose OF
helping TO boom the loan, figured promi-
nently in yesterdays inaugural cere-
monies, At noon il played at the Sub
Treasury. Later. following a platoon
OF mounted police. the fighting musicians
led the way from the Altar OF Liberty
IN Madison Square up Fifth avenue &c
Forty-1fth street and thence to Victory
Way. The column. besides the police
and band was composed of ESQ over.
seas troops from Camp Merritt, 25C
Naval Reserves and n number of tanks
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At Forty-second street, opposite the
Public Library, the ovation accorded
the musicians was enough to drown out
the music.
- Capt. Archibald Roosevelt was the
Principal speaker in behalf of the loan
before the electrical industries commit
tee, which completed its organization
for the drive last night in the Ma
chinery Club, so Church street He
said:
The first thing we have 70 do is TO
put this loan over in no uncertain fash
ion. Then we must elect to Congress,
only such men as will see that the
money is spent In the right way. Our
men now on the other side are naturally
somewhat discouraged. They are far
from home, the war Is over and they
are yearning for a sight OF Miss Lib
erty.
This loan will heartcn them, just as
1t Will discourage the Germans We have
given the German a body blow and ne is
grogsy. Let's land him one on the chin
10 show him that any repetition Of his
tactics will bring him a double dose of
what he has just had"
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To-day's Programme
for the Victory Loan
THIS is Mothers and Wives
Day."
VICTORY WAY.
park avenue, Forty-6fth to
Fiftieth streets.)

VICTORY WAY.
Park avenue, Forty-6fth to
Fiftieth streets.)
1900 o'clock noon-"Star
Spangled Banner" Twenty
second Infantry Band. Ad-
dresses by Martin Vogel, As
sistant Treasurer of United
States, and Mrs. Vincent Aston.
Vocal selection, Nine. Niesson-
Stone. Loud speaking tele-
phone message from Mrs. Car
ter Glass. Address, Major Guy
T. Viskniskki. America" by
band and audience. Address,
Mrs. Josephine Daskam Bacon.
1880 p. M.-Retreat by buglers.
8:00-10:00 P. M.-Exercises Of
Chinese Night"
1000 P. M.-Taps by buglers.
TANKS.
300 A. M.-Squads of whippet
tanks continue tours of New
York city, New York State and
New Jersey.
FLYING SQUADRON.
1900 o'clock noon-Planes of
the American Flying School
will leave Hazelhurst Field and
fly over New York city.
SUB-TREASURY.
1900 o'clock noon - Victory
Liberty Loan campaign meet
ing on Sub-Treasury steps.
Byron Newton, Collector of
Port of New York, and Martin
Vogel will speak. Guido Cic-
ciolini of the Chicago Opera
Company will sing. Fire De-
partment band.
UNION SQUARE.
Fourteenth street.)
1900 o'clock noon-Girls start
repainting S. S. Recruit.
TIMES SQUARE.
500 P. NJ. to 100 A. Mar
gonne Forest-Abram T..
Elkus, Capt. Kermit Roose-
welt and Col. J. P. Finley will
speak. Big musical pro-
gramme.
ALTAR OF LIBERTY.
(Twenty-third street.)
II ASP :06N P. M.-Meeting,
Woman's Liberty Loan Com
mittee. Major Arthur Kuhn,
NJ. B. Dewitt and George
Hecht will speak.
GRAND CENTRAL.
9:OO-11 100 A. NJ. and 4:OO-6 80
P. M.-Meetings in concourse.
Grand Central station; promi-
nent speakers will be in at
tendance.
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NEW PERIL FOUND
IN FAMILY WASH
Brooklyn League Finds That
Negroes Have Poor Facili-
ties for Work.
PART OF RENT PROBLEM
Arbitrary Increases by Land
lords Reported to Recon-
structiOn Committee.

A recommendation 10 Gov. Smith look
Ing to better protection ana care of the
family wash may result from some of
the disclosures which are being made by
me housing committee of the Governors
Reconstruction Committee The basis for
the recommendations, II they are made
are to be found In a report made to the
committee yesterday by the Brooklyn
league on urban conditions among ne
eroes, which Is making a survey on its
own hook.
The league emphasized the fact that
It's workers discovered that a large num-
Der of negro tenants take in family
washings. There are no stationary
Washtubs, the surveyors" said, which
Is bad for the negroes. Wooden tubs
are less sanitary than regular up-to-date
stationary tubs, they added, which Is
Dad for the wearer of the wash
A woman living In an apartment in
tho west nineties turned in this COM
plant to the State housing committee:
Il have seven rooms and a bath The
agent told me that my rent Of SIS n
month would be raised $500 a year
only. provided l decided instantly
whether ] would stay. II | didn't saw
at once that l would stand for the raise.
he said that in the afternoon the raise
would be s4O0.'
Another tenant asked the committee II
1t thought it Just or her new landlord
to fix the rent Of her apartment at $40
month Just after buying the place
from the old landlord, who had charged
her only $26
The housing committee issued a call
for volunteer craftsmen to make plans
or blocks, houses, backwards and recre-
ational facilities. The plans are re-
CURED for the block survey The COM
mittee also asked for volunteer social
service workers with experience in sta
tistics to aid in tabulating the results of
the survey.
Justice Peter A. She'll said yesterday
In the Municipal Court. The Bronx.
where he heard 1870 dispossess cases,
that the present laws are of no help
THE only way to remedy existing
conditions and reduce rents" he said. ''is
to start advocating for municipal build
Ing and to bring about lower costs OF
building material so that contractors
may begin building"
Members OF the Governors Recon-
struction Commission, the Mayors COM
mittee on rent profiteering and the COM
mittee on general welfare of the Boaru
Of Aldermen listened yesterday to an
address in the Municipal Building by
Leonard Robinson. president of the Fed
eral Land Bank OF Springfield Mass.
Mr.. Robinson said the housing situation
throughout the United States Is not
what is should be, because the mortgage
situation is in a chaotic state and he
cause of the high cost of labor and ma =
terfal, the transportation situation and
the congestion OF industries. all 'om-
bined
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are always anxious for the package with
the bull on it,
Cards from the hospitals vie with
those from the occupied German cities
In interest. There are many Of these
In the latest delivery in this country of
the soldiers mail. This one signed by
First Sergeant George f. Mingel comes
from Veterinary Hospital No. Is, which
is situated at Gievres, France, one OF
the largest of the American cantonments
l"l was one of the soldiers who were
lucky enough TO come in for share Of
good old United States tobacco sent to
us by THE SUN smoke fund. 1t cheered
us nightly"
"Mr Tobacco Fund" addresses James
j. Meyer who says he is writing for the
| BOYS in Ward I. Base Hospital 50, on
March 81. Il thank you in the name of
us all This gift of yours will tone us
up all right"
Band Sergeant Joseph Burk, n patient
! In Ward i. Base Hospital 80, Rimau-
court. France 81 am writing just a line
to thank you for the tobacco in behalf
o. all the patients in our ward" This
card is mailed to James McCreery. q
contributor to this fund.
I'VE win be without a payday fol
months" says II. S. Butler. who was
in Base Hospital PIG at Nantes. France
| Wnen ne WTOIt 10 lne 1unu uOIois' CHI
ployees OF Neuss, Hessline & Co, add
ing, Your kind donation to THE SrN
Tobacco Fund has made 1t possible fol
'us boys to smoke"
The boys In hospital when they enteI
into greater detail OF their life than Ii
shown in the above quotations make the
point that they really get more pleasure
and benefit out of THE SuN smoke'
! than their fellows who are neither sicl
nor wounded. And the boys in billet:
in French villages and In the Rhine
towns say they derive the greater beneh
because having so little to occupy theii
time they actually need more smokes.
THE SUN Tobacco Fund listens benlg
nantly to both sides and shows no IA
| voritism to either, trying its best with
the aid OF such faithful donors as remain
true to the work to send tobacco supple!
TO the hospitals and to the bridgeheads
It's aim now as 1t was all through III
history is to provide If possible. smokes
TO all American soldiers abroad. ire
spective of conditions. The task has no
grown easier since the armistiCe am
The SUN Tobacco Fund begs the do
nors TO take that fact under considera
ton.
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VICTORY PLANES DAMAGED.
special Despatch TO THE SUI


NEwRrRoH. April 21.--Five airplanes
en- route from Hazlehurst Field, Mineoia,
to Albany in the interest of the Victory
Loan were unable to cope with head
wind and landed at various points in this
city at about I O'Clock to-day. The
flying circus had taken gasolene
enough aboard at the start TO make
the flight. but the high wind ate IL up
so rapidly that when the Highlands were
entered the supply tanks were nearly
empty and II was necessary TO re-
penieh. Major Edwin Lyons. who was
In charge OF the squadron. gave the
signal to find a place for landing and
the descsnts were made, Three planes
landing in an open lot north of Downing
Park, one in Recreation Park and the
fifth in the Modoc Field, near by.
Major Lyons's airplane was the only
one damaged. coasting off bank. The
landing apparatus and propeller were
disa bled. Major Lyons was slightly cut.
Mechanician Zimmerman escaped unhurt.
The four cars started of for Albany
about 80, the Major accompanying
leaving his crippled plane here to be
repa ired.
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Condition Causes Fracture
Under slight strain.

>Vr'IW DtsDulCh 10 lhE SlNt
PITTsFIELD, Mass. April 2l.-Charles
Fucrer, Jr.. aged I. son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Furrer OF GO Linden street.
broke his left thigh to-day. This is the
seventeenth fracture OF bones in the left
leg and right arm the boy has suffered.
II he raises his arm suddenly in bed
he will hear the bones snap. II he sits;
down hard he always has a break. The
child il otherwise formal. healthy and
good uatured. \ chalky condition .Nists
in the bones. due to lack OF natural
animal deposits The boys father is
foreman OF line construction for the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
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NEW DANCES READY
+ FOR FUND BENEFIT
Butterflies" and "Summer''
to BE Presented by Pupils
Of Miss Morgan.
PLATOON SENDS THANKS
Cards From Hospitals Vie
With Those From Occupied
Cities in Interest.

In the dance programme of the pupils
OF Louise Morgan to be given at the
Belmont Theatre on Thursday afternoon
there are two original fantasies which
recall by their delicacy of grouping and
coloring the palettes of the painters
Boucher and Vatican One Of these is
entitled Butterflies" and the other
Summer. Neither OF these dances
has been seen publicly as vet.
The Misses Dorothy Sykes, Chrissie
Evans, Alice Johnson. Dorothy O'Brien.
Grace Schaefer and Mabelle Edwards
will present Butterflies" and the en-
semble Tor Summer" il made up of
Madeleine Rail. Marie McClusky, Bella
Kallmon, Dorothy Behrens. Genevleve
Gallagher and Dorothy Whittier.
In the full programme fifty children
and young girls appear and besides the
two ensembles mentioned two others call
Ing for a numerous cast will be seen these
are Wood Nymphs" and "Valse Oracle
use" A promising interlude between the
| two parts OF the programme will be the
singing OF the Habenara from Carmen
by Miss Ponselle.
Louise Morgan who offers this brneflt
to the smoke fund for American soldiers
abroad has before proved her interest
| in the fund last season she gave sim
liar benefit which reaped good deal OF
| money for smokes and this time she
feels that her pupils are more than be-
fore they we're. ready to give entertain
ment to the patrons of artistic dancing
Tickets for this benefit are to be had
at her studio, EOS West Fifty-ninth
street. and the Belmont Theatre. The
use of the theatre for Thursday after
noon is donated and all proceeds are &c
be for the fund
Paul II. Shafer. the sketch artist. will
60 on for his turn" at 3 40 o'clock Al
the dinner dance to be given to benefit
THE SUN Tobacco Fund Saturday night
ct the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark
He has an original sketch In color eN
hibiting an issue Of tobacco TO soldier:
in France by THE SCN Tobacco Fund.
TIE series Of italian war posters pre-
scented to the fund by Student Officer
Robert r Reiser. who is to be present II
person to tell of them and incidental!
Of his war experiences in Italy ant
| France, will be auctioned in the course u
the evening for the good OF the fund
These posters were brought to this coun
Try by Lieut.. Reiser and have never be
| fore been seen here
According to the reports made by
Manager Carrigan of the Robert Urea
and Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur +. Nerneaux
who are helping him to give this party
Il bids fair to be one of the funds mos
successful entertainments.