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THE NEW YORK TIMES. MONDAY. FEHRUARY 2G. 1017. IVEHTIK1IKVr.

Please Tell Others What you Know About ELL-ANS FOn INDIGESTION aejifst sc isliHrlm SYEDEIL1N DANGER, I CHAMBERS ARE TOLD Cclinet to Get Reasons in Pri- rcfe for Need of haze MiU-tery Appropriation Refused. eaesaBaSBBaaaasasasaaaBSSaB- IjOXDOS. F'h. 25. In tha Oebats In tha SwdUh.

rrllmnt yesterday. as reported In an Exchange TelSTaph dis-rtch from Coprolugnu tha ilinialpr. 1 A. aeolarad tht somcthir. has happened to lh last few day which makes It necessary for Sweden taXa sterner meaa-.

um to safefuard hr neutrality." This declaration, which ha made a deep liapresalotrHn Sweden, waa eKcited ey the rrruul of the Second Chamber to ote for aa approprtation of 3U.UIJJ.- kroner for military purpoaea. The Kim ChraW passed the measure, but hen It reached the Second Cham be! KM votes were cast aaalnst It and tn faver of an appropriation of lo.ouo.OUl kroner. Vnleaa torn chance occurs la the situation the amount will remain at kroner. VUroui effort were made- by the Government to obtain the larger amount. Premier Haiumarskjpid and tiie Ministers' of War.

finance, and Kt.re.rn Affairs taklna part In the debate. In soundin ta warning the or'um Minister said the opposition mould soon be compelled to admit that tl.e situation aa raver for Sweden than ever before. Stockholm newspapers say the declaration of the- Foreum Minister created the reatest escitement. The Poiiuken of Copenhagen aaya the Government wi'l to briryr about a change In the division In a Joint session, to ne lield in a few days, when both Chambers will taka a flAal vota on the pro-poeal. Before that time a secret commute meetlnc will be held at which tt la understood information will be imparted In referenc to the events to which the Foreicn Minister alluded in luia speech.

wit env i irp! civc rdvam IVwvi Sleasaj s-ij Shsrrx asa Scents Idea President Seeking to Usurp Power of Congress. The Emergency Peace Federation last auht made public a telegram from 1 illiam Jennings Bryan, sent from MJ-'ami. which said that Preal- t. dent Wilson was being libeled by those woo accused hint of wishing to have on cress adjourn, giving hint extraordinary power to act la the diplomatic situation, lie said In President did riot wish to take from the Congress the right to declare war. Mr.

Bryan's tele-grsm read: The newspapers are constantly giving reasons why are should go to war, but they denounce as unpatriotic anr ona who darea to present reasons for not going to war. And, while ad- orating war. they pretend to be supporting the President, who Is hoping to avoid war. They misrepresent the resident position and try to put him In the attitude of desiring to enter this war. They libel the President, too.

when they assume that he wants to take from Congress tue constitutional tight to declare war, a right which belongs exclusively to Congress, and they libel Congress when they assume that Congress object to anti-war petitions from the people. And the Jingo papers do ail this in tne name or patriotism. CROWN PRINCE TALKS AGAIN Wonders at French Hatred of Germans, Tolerance of English. Seactal CaMe to Thi Nrw Tons Tinas. BERLIN.

Feb. 2i At his headquarters In the west the German Crown Prince recently received Otto Ruschkl. Mtter of the Berlin Volksarttung. and other Journalists, and Invited tbem to dinner, which began with potato aad ended with pudding. The Crown lYtnce eueatloned the editor about, Berlin, tn whoa welfare he showed great late rest, lie also wanted to know the gossip about internal politics, but seemed himself pretty well His visitors had to tell the Crown Prince all about theatrical affair la Berlin.

In return for which he volunteered the Information that he had arranged with Great Headquarters that sli the divisions under bis command should have their own moving picture shows. The soldiers were exceedingly tnankftil. he for after the fatigue of battle they heeded nothing so much a pieasant diversions. gpeking of the enemy, the Crown Prim' generouslv praised the soldierly qualities of the French, which, he said, ws sll the more admirable, since the condition of their trenches and the dirt and disorder of their quarters were appalling. The French -hatred of the ii'riOHni.

ha said, was absolutely morbid. This hatred made them blind to humiliations by the KnSllsh. so that they quietly ignored Lloyd Oeorge slanders of their sreeteat General-and Kmperor as an abnormal despot. DAILY MAIL TO COST 2 CENTS But London Paper Will Simultaneously Increase Its Size. Special Cabta to THB NSW YORK TlMCS.

LONDON. Monday. Feb. 26. The Dally Mall announces that, beginaing Mit Monday.

It price will be raised to a penny, and that at the same time the else will be Increased to eight page. In order that Its readers may have a complete newspaper giving the full fact about the war. It say It prefers thi course to that adopted by some of the Bor short-sighted newspapers," which have "emasculated themselves lnt what baa been christened half-tjspers." In order te reduce the paper output and thus relieve shipping, readers of The Mail are advised to share it with ethers. Hail German-Irish League. LTXDON.

Monday. Fen. 2tt. A dispatch to Ruwi Telegram Company front Amsterdam quotea a Berlin mea-aage a saying: Tl.e rmn-IrUh League- formed here recently has held It first meeting. General von Ludendorff.

First Quartermaster General and Dr. Alfred Zim-rnermann. Secretary of Foreign Affaire, sent coorrmt ulatory messages. The leacne aims at the promotion of'rela-'ions between Germany and Ireland, end ft will stifport all enterprise In this dlrecUon." PREDICTS GENERAL FOOD PRICE BREAK Caatlaaed frees Page 1.. and Mrs.

Jacob Panken was made Chairman. Ways and means for lower' ing price were discussed, and a num of the delegates clamored for a with drawal of children from th public schools, but no decision on that proposal was made. Th Executive Com mlttee 1s to adopt a program of action which may! Include a visit to Governor Whitman today. The poultry dealers of the east side yesterday voed to join the women In a boycott. About half the poultry shops of the east side have already been closed th boycott, and 1 he dealers plan to shut them aJL Pickets will be sent out this rooming to twenty-six jobbing houses.

These things were decided upon at a meeting of the Kosher Retail Poul try Dealers Association of the Bast Side, comprising 150 members, and rep resentatives of the wholesale dealers. held at Henlgton Hall. East Second Street and Avenue A. The only dealers on the east side who have succeeded in continuln- their trade are those who have a general meat business and handle poultry as a side line. About 200 women representing or ganlxatlona Interested in home econom tea gathered yesterday morning at the home of Mrs.

Frederick Peterson. MS Park Avenue, and discussed wys and mean of reducing prices Health Com- muisioner fcmerson addre- them. EMERSON ATTRIBUTES FOOD RISE TO EXPORTS a Reports to Mayor That There Is No Hoarding of Stocks Here to Boost the Prices. The report on the food' situation made to the Mayor yesterday by Health Com missioner Emerson was In part as fol-lows: The inquiries by reoresentatlvea of thla department covered the following matters: a) The Increase In the exportation ef stapis articles from 1914 to 191d. 4 bi The conditions of storase of perishable foods at present la this ctljr.

Tne aholssajs and mail prices af staple snides la all parts of the city. t4k Twe econom Wi condition of 2.600 families wb have been under the care ef the Departmeot of Health because either ef tiie, presenca af a tuberculosis patient, a school child with physical defects, or a baby under obaerratioa. Matter (A.) On the first matter our figures sup port those which have been generally published, to the effect that there has been a great increase in the exportation of staple article of food in the past three years, Thla enormous Inr-reaee In the exportation stapi articles, without a corresponding Increase In the production of food in thla country, la probably the chief reason for the gradually rifling prices of food in this city. Hatter The amount of perishable food held In the cold storage plants In this city I not unusual, nor is it more than a reasonable margin for safety, In view of the' emergencies oft weather and freight delivery from a distance. The figures do not indicate that there Is any hoarding of food or holding of food for speculative purposes in this city.

The following a summary of the amounts of the important perishable foods held in storage: Found. E. 3.M1 cases.) or I.OTi.S'tO Poultry l.u.V"l Meat and Hotter 1.M4.4.M Fish .11. Frulta Total 77.072.SSO Metter C) The price' obtained at 000 point throughout the city. In twelve districts In all boroughs, showing the difference between the wholesale and the retail price.

Is indicated on the accompanying table. TTie- retailers are eviaenuy making no more than a reasonable profit. Matter In reporting upjn conditions of the 2.G0O families visited by our agents. It Is apparent that there Is a general reduction In the amount of meat food that is being, used in these families, and some, but decidedly less, reduction In the amount of vegetable and farinaceous food. In about one-half of the families there Is reported lo be a slight deterioration in the quality of food which they are now purchasing, in 373 of the families the wages are found to be less than they were a year agd, and in 2.354 they are -the same a or higher "than they were.

There are more member of the household st work than there were a year ago In about 10 per cent, of the families, but no Increase of a re-earners In' the other families. In one-si xt of the families we find some unemployment. In In which unemployment was found It was due chiefly to sickness or physical unfitness, not brought about by- th lack of food In 1.IC2 families there was no complaint of want. In sl.1 cases the family seemed to be in need of assistance, and of these 373 were receiving financial assistance from relief agencies -or friends. It was not uncommon that the surroundings or equipment of the home contradicted the claim of urgent need for relief.

A close analysis of the food bought and used In these families make It clear that the selection of food is rather from habit and racial custom than by discrimination or Intelligent choice, and the purchaser does not take advantage even of audi economies an are possible. In one Instance a family of eight, on a budget of $13 a wtek. was found Indulging in the luxury of Imported Italian cheese st $1 a Dr. Easerawa'e Recess Bseadstleas. It la apparent to the Department of Health that the present economic condition cannot be suddenly altered by any financial relief given by the city.

I strongly recommend the extension as far as possible under the auspices of the city, of the school lunch system. I urge vigorous support for two measure now before the Legislature, which will give re'ief to this city, namely: A Dill permitting the sale and. distribution In New Tork City of skim milk. And a bill to remove the present restriction upon the sale of io-callrd noJ-veal. There Is no good sanitary or health reason for excluding these valuable meat foods from the city.

Education through the public press In the matter of the selection and pre-aration of food fundamental, and should he encouraged. In conclusion 1 would say that there does not appear to be any sudden or recently developed emergency In the food situation In this city. There is obviously less dependency and real need than ha been common for many years past. It Is. however, apparent that unless the present high prices of food are reduced and controlled or as an alternative the Income of families which now maintain themselves on a year or less is Increased by raise of wages or through relief agenciea.

there will be a constantly Increasing number of people whose health will be Jeopardised by their inability to buy sufficiently nourishing food at the present prices. RICE CRUSADE BEGINS. Clicular to Mothers Tells How to Make Cheap, Nourishing Dishes. The drive of the Mayor's Food Supply Committee against the high cost of food will begin this morning when children in the public schools will receive' a circular headed Facts About Rice." which they Wholesale and Retail Prices for Staple Foo ds in Different Sections of the City Compared The following table, submitted with Dr. Emerson's report to the Mayor, shows wholesale and retail prices for sUple articles of food, found in the five boroughs snd summarised from 000 inspections: Wholesale -Retail Price in Eleven Inspection Districts.

c- Meat Price. 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 Beef ....124 22 24. 22 22 19 20 20 It 23 22 17H Veal 23 26H 26 21 27 20 24 24 23 23 23 ....21 23 30 27 20 26 234 26 22 24 24 24 risk Flounder a 6'e ins 6 6 7 r4 84 Perch 12 13 20 13 14 1()'. Vegetables Potatoes 34 64 7M 7 5'i 6 7 6 54 54 7 Onions .,13 13 1 17 13 16 16 10 14 134 15 Csbbegs 74 10 154 12 4 10 11 1 l4 Crweertes) Butter .....42 49 48 43 43 51 4 43 49 40 404 Kggs .46 "52 474 60 54 464 51 50 54 49 54 51 Cheese'' .14 22 264 20 20 16 Sugar 74 104 9 0 9 8 8 84 Coffee 17 J74 23 274 23 24 2S 2S 23 23 21 Rice 5 74 64 74 7 8 8 8 7 Flour 5 5 5 54 64 5 54 6 64 6 54 5 10 11 12 9 9 10 8 8 8 9 9 Dried Vegetables mm Krwlts Beans 10 13 14 13 11 11 11 12 114 114 12 Ieas 94 12 14 12 9 11 10 11 9V4 9 13 Prunes 8 14 10 13 134 12 13 10 10 94 Raisins .11 13 16 21 28 17 13 13 15 14 Salt and Saaeked Fish Herring 64 8 64 8 44 5 6 5 Salmon 18 25 26 26 27 28 27 28 27 White fish 13 20 20 21 22 22 20 22 24 The foregoing information obtained by personal Inquiry by trained food Inspectors of vendors In charge of pushcarts, groceries, butchers', shops, fish markets, public markets, bakeries, and dairies. will be asked to take home to their moth- era.

The circular, which is signed by George Perkins, Chairman of the Food Supply Committee, and illiam u. Wlllcox. President of the Board of Edu cation, sets forth the value of rice as a food, and suggest many waya of preparing it. Anticipating that rood gamblers might try to raise the price of rice twweniui of s. demand Increased by tne circular, the committee has purchased 4.0),0UO pounds of rice which it will dump Into the market If the price goes above 6 cents a pound, and.

according to report. If the quantity lit reserve la not sufficient to keep down the price, the committee is prepared to obtain more. The circular follows Rice contains more strength-giving material than potatoes snd cap. be used in place of potatoes. Potatoes are three-cjiarters water.

while rice ha a practicall.vl no water. Potatoes are one-fifth starch, while rice is more than three-quarters starch, and starch gives, beat, and strength to the body. Rice contains two-thirds more flesh-building material than potatoes. Therefore, a given amount of money will buy four times aa much food value if spent ror rice as it win ir spent for potatoes. If used with cheese, peas, beans, or lentils, rice will alve you practically all the food your body needs.

Cheese contain the same flesh-building material as meat and can be used in place of. meat and. while the price of cheese has gone up of late, only a very small quantity Is needed. If combined with rice or make a dish that will take the place of both meat and potatoes. 1'eaa Keans.

snd tenftle eee flesh-bunding material, and when combined with rice In an appetising way will lake the place of both -meat and potatoes. Many people do not like rice. Thla Is largely because they do not know how to cook tt properly or how to combine it with ether foods so aa to make it taste well. This circular tells you of various ways In which rice can be cooked and how It be combined wltlr'ither foods so as to make most delicious dishes. When you buy rice, ask for standard gradw head rice." for which you should not pay more than six cents a pound loose.

This is one way to cut down the cost of living. xou worn nam to earn a aouar. i the information given In this circular to make jour dollar go further." The committee expects to Issue other circulars of food suggestions from time to time. THINKS RIOTS INSPIRED. Congressman Sieffel Says Washington Is Investigating- Disorders "Here.

Delegate representing the housewives of Harlem and Washington Heights and enresentativea of public school parent tnlnnM M-ltl muI In tne A litermanlf A PmA l.liuiia. Chamber In the City Hall next Satur day afternoon to urge the passage at Albany of the Cotlllo-Bmlth bill, which would give the State Foods snd Markets Commissioner authority to get food supplies by purchase or otherwise and sell' them to retailers, the State fixing the maximum price to the consumer. A campaign to try to push the measure throurh by force cf public opinion was reached yesterday at a Joint meeting of the Harlem and Washington Heights members of the legislature ana tne i nnni-ii of. the Housewives Welfare League In the Hotel Theresa, Seventh Avenue ana izom sirwi. Former Assemblyman Vincent A.

Otl-roy, prealdlng. said one reason why the f(K)d situation eslsted was because the 8tat Barge Canal had not been com pleted, that It tne canai extending mw the heart ef the farming community KLe that onart of tranaiMirtation would be lowered. He said that he had suspicions that tne Aw lora teniru Railroad had been Instrumental in de- ying the completion 01 tne canai. lasac Kierel be gan to tell what Washington was doing relieve tne 100a hhuiiuh orlc. he started with.

If the food sit us tion to as bad" About fifty excited -omen, each witn several personal r- 1 i.te took th floor and Informed the Member he had better leave A hie talk. Koeaklnar of the' food riots, he said that he thought they had been Inspired, and that the sources the disturbance were receiving the closest attention at Washington. An outbreak of protest greeted hia. and when the Congressman hinted that he doubted the sincerity of the lower-price movement the protest became stronger. Later another gale -aang In Hlegei ears when he predicted that the 1914 potatoes would cost more than the present crop, inns hurled at Congressman Slegel.

and the comjosite hack to Washington al LN aknllw Ka resolution calllnsr for Sat urday's meeting was adopted. Mru.V. Frost of Mount Vernon, President of the Mothers' Council of New York City public Schools, said that she would try to have at least one delegate from each ot the 800 organisation affiliated with the council. FINDS SOLUTION IN THRIFT. Everybody Advised to Look Out for Saving the Little I nings.

Th that thrift could reduce u- 1.1-h eoat of living was msde In a bulletin Issued yesterday by the American Society for Thrift, which read In part as follows: There never was a time In this country whan thrift wsa aa much needed as now. The poorer classes are. In the hin cost of food products, psytn more than their ahars ot the obligations Imposed upon us by the war abroad and tbrifUesHness st home. The admission is generally made that extravagant living- Is ons of the be-settlns sins ot American (life. Statisticians tell us thst wsst fii.OnO.OOO.OUO yearly In this country.

Kxperts in suh matters bar figured out that 10 per rent, of our food Is wasted by housekeepers. Thrift et-nststs. to a great extent. In savins "little things. Kupt, Claxton of.

the National Bureau of Education estimates thst the labor of the children of this country, which could be dltected tn the cultivation of school sardena. backyards, anil vacant lots this Spring and Hummer, might add l20n.MO.0Q0 to the national wealth. An instance ot the value of thrift Is fur-nli-hed by the Interboroush Rapid Transit t'ompany. which gets a year for newepapera left by pa earn sera. One of our treat railroad corporations requires that every aut and bolt repaired aod used a sain, and cotton waste used In wiping en-' girss is cleansed and re-used for parkins Journals.

In conclusion the circular thrift of time aa well as money. BILL FOR CITY PURCHASES. Pennsylvania Legislature to be Asked to Authorize Sales at Cost. gserte! to Th New York Tim: PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 25.

A bill framed by Director Wilson of the Department of Public Safety and approved by Major Kmlth by telegram, to permit the City of Philadelphia to purchase food products and sell them to the public at cost to relieve the suffering caused by high prices, Jl be Introduced In the Legislature Monday by "representative Edwin R. Cox of this city. An will be made to have the bin passed immediately. The decision to introduce the hill followed an exchange of telegrams between Director (Wilson and Mayor Smith, who is on a vfceation In At a rass meeting attended by 2.500 residents of the downtown Jewish section this afternoon In Royal Hall. Seventh Street, celled by the Kosher Butchers' Association of Philadelphia, the butchers derided to sell no more meat until the price had been reduced to 22 cent a pound.

At the same meeting It was decided by a large numbor of the downtown women to declare a school strike and not permit their children to attend school, because, they asserted, the children were too weak from lack of proper food to study and attend classes. CITY BUYING FOR BALTIMORE. Municipality to Purchase Food at Farms and Sell to Consumers. BALTIMORE. Feb.

25. Twenty-four five-ton trucks of the city departments will be sent out In the country surrounding Baltimore tomorrow to gather In farm product, in an attempt by )he city to help, smash the comer In foodstuffs which Is reputed to exist here. Four counties will be. visited, and if the plan Is successful trucks will be sent to the Eastern Shore. This decision was reached today at a meeting of the Board of Estimate at Mayor Preston's house.

Cash la to be paid to the farmers out of the city's contingent fund right over the side of the trucks. Potatoes, eggs, cabbage, spinach, snd onions are to be the chief supplies sought. Four city employes have been detailed to each truck, two to make terms with the farmers and two to run the truck. The trucks wtll return with their supplies to the city markets. Msyor Preston said that ht expected to cut 25 per cent, off the cost of food to the consumer.

'It Is planned to limit the quantities sold to a single buyer td the average amount sold weekly to one householder, to prevent ringing In." The Mayor aald he expected each day to get the twenty-four loads sold out by night, so that the trucks might be dispatched the next morning for new supplies. "She city officials kept the telephone and telegraph wires busy today getting tn touch with leading farmer. In Harford, Haiti-more, Arundel, and Howard Coun-tlee. More than $50,000 Is available for starting the campaign. BOYCOTT KOSHER MEAT SHOPS.

Jewish Meeting -at Cincinnati De-- dares War on High Prices. CINCINNATI. Feb. 23. -A boycott on all kosher butcher shops In this to take effect next Wednesday, was declared tonight by an Cx jcuUv Committee appointed at a mass meeting of Jewish peopl" held earlier In the The mnss meeting waa caluei to protest againit the htsh price of koahtir meat, and was a stormy affair.

It waa teported to tho 'nctlng that the ksher butchers were paying fram 104 to 1314 cents a pound for meat. and selling It tor 'JO cent a pound. PUT POTATOES OFF MENUS. 7 Rice Substituted at County Hospital and' Other Chicago Institutions. CHICAGO.

Feb.) S3. Potatoes were barred today from the menus In the county hospital by order of the Warden, acting on recommendation of the Health Commissioner. They were dropped from the bill of fare at the municipal sanitarium the preceding day, also on recommendation of the head of the Health Department. Rice will be substituted for potatoes st each Institution. Joseph P.

Briffln. President of the Comfo rt BR00IOTN AUTO SHOV Pleasure Car Division Commercial Car Div. FEB. 94 MARCH 3 7 MARCH lO-17 Personalty HERE arc manv of the nation's leaders in business concerns with the Broadway spirit of hustle; firms with the Fifth Avenue atmosphere of aristocracy' Here is the center of the uptown wholesale district. Telephone Cramcrcy 3100 THE FIFTH AVENUE BUILDING Board of Trade, announced he had called for tomorrow a meeting of grain men and persons In other lines of Industry who are affected by the car shortage.

SUGGESTSPR1CE BULLETINS. Porges Wants Merchants' Board to Advise Public How to Buy Food. Gustsv Porges, Secretary of the Stroh-meyer Arpe Company, Importers and commission merchants at 139 to 141 Franklin Street, yesterday Joined with those who believe in meeting the high cost of food by educating the public tn economical buying. In a letter to THS Tiatrs Mr. Porges said in part: Holland herrings, of which rather larse stocks are here at the present moment, are belnic sold, and have been sold sll this week to the wholesale trade at around' 65 to SO centa per kec containing from thirty-five to forty herrlnss.

and I personally have seen these herrings advertised by the department atore for aale at centa This mesns a good deal less then 2 cents per herrtn. and a aood herrinj at that, perfectly sound and first class in eery respect. Rarely, trover, before the war could these herrings have been bought at any less. Kcotch Norway herrings, ana Newfoundland herrings are higher than under ordinary ctrcimi.tances probably twice) aa expensive: but even then, these prices sre prohibitive-they sre still cheap. If a large Ixvdr of merchants, comprising sll branciie.

of the food line, would come together every few daye. and get up a report In regard to various food stuffs that are necessary In every household, and IJtse newapapers would be willing to Puhh such reports, the public would reed tnem the public would know, for Instance, that herrlnis are cheep, that they eoukt buy them and that Information that they are very htgh Is erroneous. Thev would have known, for instance, thst rice, up to a wry short time sgo. was one of the cheapest food stuffs on the market. Kven now they csn buy rice at comparatively low figures.

There are other articles that are esorhltantty high, like, for ItiKlance. bein. and so on. but Information could be distributed through the Papers showing the publtn mhlch articles aread-vsntageoua to buy. and which are sdvan-tageous for them to lesvs atone, and IZ the demand falls the price will go down.

The Department of Health and the Mayor'a Food Supply Committee are already acting In the line of Mr. Porges suggestion. SEIZE FOOD, SAYS LUNN. Declares City and State Should Take Over Warehouses. Congressman-elect George It.

Lunn, former Socialist Msyor of Schenectsdy, In a speech last night at Cooper Union, attacked the State and municipal governments for what he called their failure to act In the food situation -In this city. He said that the Oovernor the Mayor had ample power to seize the storage housca "packed with fd to compel the speculators to distribute food at normal prices. If such a condition had existed In Schenectsdy." he said. it would have lasted out a short time. I would have felt it my duty to assume control ever the warehouses In which food was being kept by speculators.

In my mind the thing lacking on the part of the officials Is comraor. sonse." EDWIN GOULD, KILLED ON HUNT Continued frees Page 1. failed to make secure the safety device on the shotgun. It was believed, and the gun was discharged while pointing directly toward his body. Mr.

Gould, had gone to St. Augustine, for the day and word waa sent to him from the clubhouse that his son hsd been seriously Injured." This message Mr. Gould teiegrephed to this city. It was not tir-U! ye-tsrday morning thst Mrv Gould learned thst his son had died. The special carrying Mr.

Gould and his son's body will arrive In New York this evening. The body will be taken to the home In Fifth Kdwln. Jr. was the older of Mr. Goulds two children.

The other son. Frank M. Gould. 17 years old. Is a freshman at Yale.

He arrived from New Haven last night. Edwin. had never gone to college, and had received hi education from private tutors at home. When he was 16 he was sent to a preparatory achool In Pomfret Centre. but ran away after being there three weeks, snd three days later waa found In New Britain.

practically penniless. According to reports printed st that time, he ssld he ran away because he did not like school, and had walked the distance of nearly seventy-five miles from Pomfret Centre to New Britain, starling out with only 75 cents In his pocken. A policeman, according to the reports at the time, found him asleep on a porch. Hsd Chesea a Baslaess Career. The young man had considered studying law, an Intimate friend of the family said yesterday, but had decided Instead to go to work this year, and arrange ments had been made for hira to take a position with the Guaranty Trust Company In this city.

He went to Jekyl Island at Christmas, and his father Joined him about a week ago. His friends here said that tne accident was not due to lack of familiarity with a shotgun, a the ybung man had been on many hunting trips, including a quest for big game in the West several yeara ago. He was said to be a good shot. He waa actively Interested in many other branches of sport, among them tennis and canoeing. He had been on numerous canoeing trips with his father.

Mrs. Gould, 'the 'mother. Is a daughter of Dr. George F. Hhrady of this city.

Mrs. Khrady waa recently 111 with pneumonia, and this delayed Mrs. Gould's trip to Jekyl Island. Mr. Gould, Is President of the St.

Louis A Southwestern Railroad and la prominently connected with a number of other railroads, besides being an executor for the estate of his father, the late Jay Gould, who left properties valued at SS6.000.000. While yam select your motor car The bi shoM? in a biQ buildinfi wv lit 1 2. DROWN WHEN ICE BREAKS. Skaters Unable to Help Man and Wife In Flushing Bay. Mr.

snd Mrs. Arthur H. Briehtaon. 70S Manhattan Avenue. Brooklyn, broke through the Ice on Flushing Bay while trying to walk from Flushing to North Peach yesterday afternoon and were drowned.

The bodies were recovered by two patrolmen of the Astoria Police Station bv hreeklnar the Is- 4 the bay for several hours. They were taken to an undertaking establishment in ark.M v- j.i.. I Mr. Briehtaon. who was 23 years oid.

was sent to Flushing yesterday by Patrick Quinn of 153 India Street. I Brooklyn. who Is associated with Briehtaon father In the shipbuilding business. When he and his wife started to walk back across the bay. skaters noticed that th couple seemed to be mcir way -across trie thin Ice.

Scores of persons saw them break through, but were unable, because of the condition of the Ice, to get near enough to sld them. SEEK A CRUGER ABDUCTOR. Police Now Incline to Theory of Missing Girl's Father. With the police seeking a young man who Is reported to have lured a girl an- 'e uaci 0 unvi ijiiuii inio tax lea In front of Coochi'a repair shop, in West 127th Street, yesterday, the thirteenth day of the girl's disappearance, failed 10 bring the solution of the case any nearer. The police, however, for the first time franklv admitted thst Mr.

Cruger's original theory of atxiuc- i tion probably was correct. Upon the arrival today of the steam- I ship Morro Castle from Havana detec- ttves win investigate the story that a girl who acted very strangely hsd been a passenger on the last trip down to Cuba. This girl, like so many others, waa reported as looking remarkably like the missing girl. Urges French Reprisals. PARIS.

Feb. Deputy Oalll has urged the tlovernment to take measures Of renrtssl fnllnaln. the Of a German Wireless announcement I that a camp for French and British officers has been established near the royal residence at Karlsruhe to protect the palace against French airplane raids. Semi-Annual Sale of Saks Suits for Men Formerly $28, $25, $23 and $20 Reduced to $17 CJ Taking into consideration the abnormal scarcity of woolens, and the class of tailoring embodied in every suit bearing. a Saks we consider this an event of extraordinary importance.

Every mixture suit at the prices mentioned has been included, the variety of models and fabrics affording ample selection for men of every taste and requirement. A small charge for alterations. Broadway Projecting Your Will Into the Future The will that you make is just what the word indicates. It is your will, your definitely expressed command regarding the disposition of your lifetime's accumulations after your guiding mind and hand are no longer present. It projects some of your personality into the future in which you can have no living part How important it is to you, therefore, that you have your lawyer name in your will Bankers Trust Company, a thoroughly competent executor and trustee.

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A CROSS-EYED boy at a 3- ring circus is no busier than I am, measuring men for Spring Suits, even though the season is yet in swaddling clothes. Same old prices, $20 to $45, though Custom Suitings are scarce and high. I V- 4 -1 Fabrics which I binding? guarantee, notwith- standing the upset market. Tailoring a little sleeker than ever before. My body-gracing fit and thoroughbred style, as usual.

Come to be measured, or send for cloth clippings! Spring Topcoats, $25 to individual measure Beginning this morning, the Tho smoke uncurls and rises intlio still- ness of tho booVlined roonii a fragrant incense -PAleL IlVVUe-, -a A3JaTstsnifai AQerierrier jtom Tailor Broadway at 39 St io Tears un irus unur 1 at 34th Street Ik LP 4.