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THE nnOOKLYX PATTV EACTE. XEW YORK, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 21. 191' SHOP AFIRE; 900 GET-OUT IN 2 MINUTES RECEIVER'S SALE Of Plant, Materials and Good-Will of Automobile Supply Manufacturing Maker of the Newtone Horn. GERMANS' EXCUSES ON RETREAT EXCITE i DR.

SHIPLEY BOOMED FOR HEALTH DEPUTY Brooklyn Physicians Indorse Him as Well Fitted for Post. Please Tell Others What You Know About Bell-ans FOR INDIGESTION Pursuant to an order of the United Statea District Court for the Eastern TMetrlet at New York, msde and entered, on the Mil day of March, 117. In the cause entitled Aeme) Wire Co. vs. Automobile Supply Manufacturing No.

E. 40, the undersigned. Receiver of uld Automobile Manufacturing Co, hereby gives notice bids win received by him at Ms office In the banking house of the Peoplee Trust 1S1 Montague florougli of Brooklyn, City of New Tor, at any time on or before) March H. 1917. or In court on March 1917, as hereinafter provided, for the followlB separate cbuses of properly of said Automobile Supply Manufacturing 1.

Material and Supplies. S. Machinery. Tools, fixtures ud Equipment. office Furniture, i 4.

Automobiles. Horses and Wagons, t. Electrio Lighting Kquipmont, Accounts Receivable, and also for ALI, THE RAID PROPERTY AS A WHOLE, tigether with the OOnn-WTXlJ the business heretofore conducted by the Automobile Supply Manufacturing- Co. Inc. r.d the right to use the rame of eald corporation, so far as the underlined aa Receive nay have the right to sell or dispose of such good-will and name; and also the Hpt.

title and interest ef the undersigned as P.ecelver and of the Automobile Supply MafteH "i-iunng in ana to an patents ana patent ngnis Lonincwa wun in business and tha r.ght to be substituted for the pialnlff in the action now pending tit the Supreme Court of New York entitled Automobile Supply Manufacturing ve. Kmanuei Aufl.ro and others, and to have the benefit of such action: PROVIDED thai II bids for the property as a whole ehail be subject to the condition that the blddP hall assume the performance of outstanding contracts of the undersigned ae Becalref for the purchase of material and supplies, and shall have the benefit of all unfilled rdere on hand AN INVENTORY showing the property to be sold, together with a statement shew ro ehanrn therein since the date of making such Inventory, and lists of accounts re celvable. outstanding contracts of the Receiver and unfilled orders on hand, is on filej In the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Eastern District oe New Vorlg, at the Post office Building in Brooklyn, N. and may be examined there) er at the office at the Kecelver'a attorney, Louis F. Doyle, 111 Broadway, Manhattan, S'-ew Tork City.

All bids shall be made upon the basis of ssld Inventory ae modified by such state ment; and for any property on hand, purchased by the Receiver, in excess of auch inventory, the purchaser shall be required to pay at the actual cost price to the Receiver, ant tor any property not on band the purchaser shall be entitled to credit at the price) actually obtained therefor by the Receiver as shown by his books and accounts. I'ERMIHNION to inspect the plant may be obtained by any Intending bidder oa application to the undersigned or to hla attorney. ALL BIBS must be accompanied by liRTlKlED CHEfES to the order of the under lined, as Receiver, for an amount at least equal to lit per cent, of the total amount of the bid. The amount of such check will be credited on any bid accepted, or retained by the undersigned, liquidated damages, case of failure of the bidder to complete h'et bid; and the amount of checks deposited by unsuccessful bidders will be immediately re turned to them. A HEARING will take place before the United.

States District Court for the Basterit District of New York, at the Post Office Building. Borough of Brooklyn. City of New roric. on Monday, March C8, lilt, at 3 p.m., at which time and place all bids previously eubmltted to the undersigned at hie office will be reported to the court and any IX THEK OR ADDITIONAL BIDS may also be submitted in accordance with the foregotnc terms and the Court will consider the same and make such order for the acceptance or rejection or other disposition of any or all bids as may seem proper; reservlnf the rig he to reject any or all bids, and to direct the advertisement for further bids or to make) any other order or direction in reepect to the bidding or to the disposition of the aatdl property which to the Court ehail at em proper. Dated Hank 1917.

CHARLES BOODT, Recelfor. 1 LOUIS P. DOYLB. Care Peoples Trust I Attorney for Prcttcer, all Montague Street, 1 111 Broadway. Manhattan, New York City.

Brooklyn, N. T. 1 The movement to bring about the appointment of a Brooklyn man as Deputy Ileal! Commissioner, sponsored several days ago by a number of Brooklyn physicians who insisted that only through such an appoint ment could the health administration of the borough be properly cared for, has resulted In a real boom for Dr A. K. Shipley, now secretary of the department.

Many prominent Brook tyn doctors who believe a Brooklyn Deputy Commissioner to be the one solution of present local health con ditlons, are urging that Dr. Shipley be named. It is pointed out by them that Dr. Shipley's experience fits him peculiarly to serve the best interests of the Health Department and to meet the needs of Brooklyn. He lives at 111 Halsey street and has been for twelve years connected with the Health Department.

In that time he has risen from the post of assistant sanitary inspector to his present place and he was for some time in charge cf the Brooklyn division of the Bureau of Child Hygiene. Dr. J. W. Fleming, a former president of the Kings County Medical Society, was asked If Dr.

Shipley was the man he had In mind when he said, Sunday, that the society could recommend a Brooklyn physician, and he said: "I didn't have any man particularly in mind, but a man of the type of Dr. Shlploy is what we should have as deputy commissioner and what Brooklyn should demand." Dr. Shlploy is the author of the jplan for dividing, the whole city into health districts." When he was asked this afternoon why It leaned so strongly toward centralisation, he aid that the plan aimed to accomplish Just the opposite. "It divides the whole city Into districts, each of which is In charge of a health ofBcer, who Is responsible for the health needs of Ills district," he said. "A staff of physicians, nurses, sanitary inspectors and food inspectors, controlled directly by the health Officer, would perform the necessary work.

Records and reports for each district would beflled in the district office. "Each district should be small enough to Insure the closest possible relation of each Inhabitant with the local office. As It. ts estimated that a district of approximately 100,600 people would meet these requirements it would mean fifteen to twenty districts for the Borough of Brooklyn." WASH BOILER AS "MUFFLER" Chauffeur Used It-Sounded Like Explosions. A sound like the rattle of heavy artillery startled people near tho foot of Fulton street early today, and the telephone operators at the Poplar Street Police Headquarters began to listen for incoming information about the explosions.

There were seven distinct outbreaks. The noise was caused by the chauf feur of a motor truck, who had been finding trouble with his car, and who, starting the engine, had tried to muffle his cylinder explosions, using a tin washboller. Patrolmen Plerano, Burger and Mulvey of the Poplar street station Investigated. The chauffeur was Tony Cardcllo, employed by A. Noden of 1 Bridge street.

He crawled out to explain that his engine did not work properly. The truck was stalled for several hours. COURT DISTRICT CHANCE? The special committee appointed by the Brooklyn Bar Association to investigate the protest of Municipal Court Justice Edward A. Richards against changing the court district boundaries, after investigation, learned that no definite steps had been taken by Jacob A. Livingston and other sponsors of the plan, and that It was unlikely to be incorporated In legislative measures this year.

The committee, after discussing the court situation, decided to suggest tho establishing of a central court instead of the present existing district court, and the transfer of summary proceed- that he rode with her as far as tht Grand Central Station. Then he parted from her, averred, for on the scene appeared a man whom Mrs. Hilair greeted with cheery "Hello, Eddie." This new mystery injected into tha case by Benny's latest statement, was described by him as being about 5 feet; 9 inches tall, with a' dark suit, 'gray' spats; a cane, a light hat and. Black hair with side burns. Eddie, according to Benny, took off his hat, shook hands with Mrs.

Hilalr and chatted with her for a few mo menls. She did not offer to Introduce) him to Eddie, Benny told the detect tives, so ha waited a few feet away After Mrs. Hilair had talked with the) unknown man, sho told him, so Benny; insisted, that she had not seen tha other man ill such a long time she) would break hef engagement wilrt Benny and go with Eddie. That was the last he saw of her, Sternberg Insisted, and he came back) to Brooklyn at once. More questions were aeked him when he had told that story, and eventually changed the latter part of? it to Include the fact that he hail stopped at a pawnshop at Forty-sixth street and Broadway to pawn the big diamond that had first attracted Mrs.

Hilair to him as ha sat In a box a the Orpheum Theater on the after-, noon of March 8. Then he had Iunchi at a restaurant near the pawnshop, added, and after that he came back to Brooklyn and remained in a saloons at Broadway and' Ralph avenue until quite late In the evening. Dramatic Scene When "Benny" Ait mils Being with Woman. The admission that he did have anj appointment with Mrs. Hilair on thd day she was strangled to deatb, anoj that the story of Miss Irene Murraya tho dead woman's niece, waa correcQ at least in that respect, came in at dramatic scene when he was conji fronted by Patrolman Scbneizer of the Coney Island precinct, who lives! In East New York and knows Benn by sight as a local character, anij two reputable Brooklyn women, wh saw him going to Manhattan at 4 time When he said he was in the vletn Ity of the Empire Theater at RalpU FRENCH CYNICISM Claim It Is Mad for Strategical Reasons Refuted by Experts.

blow yon mow pkomiskd. Thousands of French l.iir Willingly Given in Return for Ter. ritory Regained. Kagle Bureau, 23 Rue Cumbon. (By Co bio From Naboth Hedln I'aris, March 21 The German proclamation to its own citizens and to the world that the widespread retreat from the Homme battlefield Is based upon deep strategy, is received here with cynical enjoyment, Army officers are especially amused at what they term "the newest Vrus-slan pretence to cover up defeat." A high government official whose wdrk has led him to devote much attention to strategy, said to me in an inter view today: German's assertion that they are ratrcating for strategic reasons is mainly pretence.

Do you not sup pose that we on this side of the fight Ing line have any strategic talent. Remember, too, that whatever plan me uermanj may have in retreating. always retreating, we have recovered without loss precious French ground for which we were ready to sacrifice several hundred thousand lives. suppose that the Germans figure that by shortening their lines they will release certain army units. What if they do? Exactly the same logic applies to our side of the battle- rront.

We will be ready to meet released force with released force, wherever the Germans may elect to mane combat. "The crowning act of making the Alllod cause absolutely unbreakable whs the Russian revolution. We have all welcomed it with deep gratitude, sinca it reduces the last autocrat stronghold on the Allied side. It makes our cause one wholly of lib-oral Ideals, opposed medievalism and autocracy. "We are pleased to note, also, that the American crisis is rapidly resolving to a natural solution that will throw your nation into war on the side of the Allies, where it logically belongs.

As a new ally, progressive America, representing all that is liberal and democratic, is especially welcome within the coalition representing all that is meritorious in progress against the group that represents all the evils of a discredited feudalism." BOYS OF 20 INCLUDED Military Training for Them, Assembly's Recommendation. The Assembly today adopted the Meyer resolution recommending that the Federal Government provide for compulsory universal military training of all able-bodied boys for a certain brief period when they reached about the age of 20 years. The resolution Is the one reported by the Assembly Military Affairs Committee, of which Wells of Brooklyn Is chairman. It was offered aa a substitute for the Meyer compulsory service bill, aban doned because of the great cost it would place upon the State. The Meyer resolution was bitterly attacked by the Socialists and a few Demo crats, but it passed by an overwhelming majority.

Another preparedness move made was the favorable report in the Senate of the Robinson bill providing for a census of the military resources of the State. This measure was Introduced by Senator Robinson, nephew of Colonel Roosevelt. It carries an appropriation of $150,000 to carry out the census work and was rec ommended for Immediate passage by the Senate Finance Committee, which reported it. MAYOR 'MIM" ON P. S.

REPORT. Mayor Mitchel today declined to comment on the Public Service Commission's report to Governor Whitman regarding the proposed west side improvement contract between the city and the New York Central Railroad in which the Commisison strongly op- poses the deal as planned by the city authorities. Tho Mayor announced that the rail road company was prepared to make further concessions to the city In the matter of the west side improvement. COL. HAAN PROMOTED Colonel William C.

Haan, U. S. who for the past two years has been attached to Fort Totten, has been made aeronautical officer for the Department of the East, it was announced by order received at the fort today. DECLARE SULZER ELECTED Juneau, Alaska, March 21 Charles A. Sulzer, Democrat, and brother of former Governor William Sulaer of New York, was elected delegate to Congress from Alaska last November by a majority of 1 9 votes, according to a decision of United States Judge Rob ert W.

Jennings today. The canvass- ng board had declared James Wicker- sham, Independent Republican, elected, but an appeal was taken to the Federal Court. Wlckersham has served four terms as delegate from Alaska. For the Teeth and Mouth gets into the tiny crevices the tooth powder or paste can't always reach. Reduces spongy, bleeding gums.

the mouth proof against disease terms. Neutralizes mouth secretions cools and refreshes. Use night and morning. At nor DrusoUt's, 25 Hijkcit Award Fuama-Pscific Eipasitiil to just how fr the United State ought to so In the matter of reaching definite ltiuK-rstantlinin with the Ki-tentc Allies ami undoubtedly some controversies in Congress on lie mib-. jeit However, many such arrange-.

incuts can lie made by executive u- uioriiy. 1 1 is coitn.in that the Lnued States will not and cannot work wholly Independently of the Kntente if its energies and resources are to be intelligently employed. fehall I'. S. Knter Into Agreement Not to Make Si'puralc Peace? Another great question that will trow nut nf wnv nlltinii-h mil on im.

mediate question, will be whether the i mteu Biatos snail enter Into uny uiuihiui not fo make a separate Kntonte have already made between themselves. It Is expected that the Kntente Will surh nn affropnipnl On this issue thero is likely to be wide divergence of opinion in Con-' ureas. There will be no need for meeting such an issue immediately. Once in the war, however, even if no such agreement should be made, it seems certain that the United States will not tie ready to quit before there is a com. plete settlement of Kuropean in signi it only lor its own protection.

Federal Censorship of News Certain if Mar Conies. One of the big war questions will concern censorship of news and disclosure of information concerning mil. itary plans, here is no Federal cen- MOrshlTI now. hill fortnlnttr that will have to follow a formal state of war. The Government at the present Tinm nttcm nillhknl nn news; It cannot prevent publication tt nm4 wniuii way ue uivuigco.

through unofficial sources. An lutein gent censorship will be of the utmost need to the people and the newspapers or the country. There are varying views in govern ment quarters as to censorship. Gen erally speaking. War department cen sorshlp, as now applied to giving out news, is run on a more liberal basis than navy censorship.

When tho whole Droblem comes un for riefinltn settlement government officials will bo urged very strongly to organize a cen sorship that consists of a co-operation ui Litiuicu inmi wiia Army and isavy experts, in order that many of the mistakes of the British censor- snip may be avoided. The patriotic attitude of tho Amerl can press in almost universally re spectlng the request of the Govern ment not to print matters that would furnish valuable Information to an en emy. has meantime done much toward stian(rthanfnw thA lran thnt sorship to be established will embrace in its organization a fair represents. I. VI.

,1 .1 Cd)JU L.I, VW1U liiill wrirlr in rn.nnnrQMnn u-ftli Avm.r nnj shut out of anv oartieiDation In a oen sorshlp, there is no doubt that the blunders and hardships of the British experience win pe repeated in this country. There is intense satisfaction in offl cial quarters here over the action of the President today. For the first 1im tt nnnparfl that th Patilnnt erted powerful and effectivo pressure on Mr. Wilson for immediate action. it is unuerstooci tnat when the Cabi- leaned toward letting the original date, April 16, stand for the meeting or congress, a ne ten memoers or tne Cabinet were a unit against such a policy and they urged the President iu hu ai xucj vinpiu) eu every argument to support such a policy of purompt and vigorous initiative.

To the united stand taken by the members of the Cabinet is credited, in large measure, the fact that the President made ud his mind to wait no longer. Hence the announcement at the White House, early today, that an extra session would be called on April 2, followed within two hours by the issuance of the formal call through the Secretary of State. BRAIXKRD. MRS. HOWELL GUILTY Put Under Bond, Following Attack of W.

H. Murford. Magistrate Steers, in the Adams Htreet. court today, heard the complaint of William H. Murfurd of 204 East Thirty-eighth street, Manhattan, who complained that Mrs.

Jennie D. Howell, widow of Henry R. Howell of 7SS East Third streetfi had attacked him. Magistrate Steers found Mrs. Howell guilty and put her under a bond to keep the peace for six months.

She furnished the bond. NO FEARS FELT FOR Army Officers Regard It as Most Secure of Nation's Outlying Possessions. Washington. March 21 Army oftl-eers feel no uneasiness us to the security of the Panama Canal in the present crisis, despite many published reports that the big waterway is exposed to raiding parties intent upon crippling It. Tt was said authoritatively at the War Department today that the canal is regarded as the most 1'ecuro of the Nation's outlying possessions.

8o far as military operations go. control of the sea would be an absolute necessity for any power planning attack on the canal. While the Kntente Allies command the seas, no force able to reach the canal could be landed. Major General (ioethnls recently declared that the cunal was safe against attack. German propaganda in Central and South America, has led to reports that raiding parties might attempt to dynamite tin1 locks or other working sections of tho canal.

It wan asserted that every Inch of tho locks ami power plants Is under constant pntrol and no opportunity for such damage c.lnt. All white employers in the zone nre American citizens. The liovernor has power to deport any suspicion persona without formnllty of trial, and there has been no hesilution In exercising that power. Bombs dropped from nlrplnnpn eould have little effect upon Hie mas-five ennrrcle and steel structure of the ca Tin even If the liiTivfi cwi'O'l the suiu of til1: PANAMA I Blaze in Boorum Pearce Building Proves Value of Preparation and Drill. WO.MKX FIRST XO C'lTKMEXT.

Men Detailed to light Flume Ex. tiniiili-h it Before Clljr Firemen Arrive. Perfection of detail, preparation and discipline in tho big bookbinding establishment of Buorum Pease Company, at Bridge and Front streets, emptied the building of its 900 employees In about two minutes, when a fire broke out there today, The 900 employees, 000 of whom were women, were busy on all of the five floors, when the alarm sounded. So complete was the system employed that the women went first down the fire-escapes anil out of the main exits, the men following after the last woman was safely outside. The employees were so well drilled that there was no confusion or excitement.

Nearly every person who worked in the place had a little book bound in cardboard, which gives. In detail, instructions for leaving the building in case of an alarm of five. On every floor the eniploj ees had been drilled and a list is posted on every floor giving the names of the employees who are to take the lead in the line of escape. The fire which caused this systematic march of the employees was discovered at 9 o'clock iu a storeroom in the basement. The man who found it telephoned to tho operator.

Miss Harriet Klein, who put down the embroidery she was doing, and Immediately, but without excitoment, told tha people on every floor that there, was a fire the' building, and that the operatives must get out. Every Are captain with his lieutenant and second lieutenant, and with the monitors, many of whom were women, began at once to prepare to empty the building. In two mlnutos after Miss Klein had sent the alarm every person wan out on the sidewalk, except those who had been assigned to put out tha flames. The sprinklers were opened' in the basement and in a few minutes the fire was extinguished. The firemen came when the general alarm was sent for the engines another precaution taken by Assistant Superintendent S.

Schoonmaker, but they did not need to stretch their hose. Miss Klein had resumed her knitting, but the operatives were etlll outside waliing for the signal to go back to their work. OBITUARY JAMES CON.VATAT- 40 Jr ota. of Hi Driggs avenue, died yesterday in the Seton Hospital. He was bom in Ireland, and i eurvtved by a sister, Mrs.

Edward Collins, of Brooklyn. Hi funeral will be held on Friday morning with a requiem mass in St. Cecella'i tt. C. Church, Herbert street, near North Henry treet, Interment following in Calvary Cemetery.

GBORGB MOSS. 6S years old, of K7 Seventh street. Brooklyn, a retired manufacturer of rubber stamps, and a resident of this bor ough for twenfy-flvfl from blood poisoning that set In from an infection following the scratching of a email eruptlQn on his face, Mr, Moaa was bom in New York City and was a llitrty-second degree Freemanson. lie Is survived by his wife, Emma Heydermann; three eons, B. Franklin, Samuel H.

and Adolpb and three daughters, Viola, Mrs. Edward Strumph, and Mrs. Samuel Spanler, MRS. IDA I.INXEA DEUN Lt'PPEXS, 23 years old, formerly of Brooklyn, died on Saturday at her residence In Toledo, Ohio, where she had lived for the past six months. Her funeral services were held this afternoon at the borne of her mother.

Mrs. Hilma Delln. 322 Union street, Brooklyn, the Rev. Dr. Frank E.

tiinimona, pastor, of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, officiating. The interment was in Greenwood Ccmetery Mrs. I.uppens was born in Brooklyn and lived here all her lifetime until she was married laBt fall. She was a member of Circle Pride of Court Independence No. 1012.

Foresters of America, and of tha Hippocampus Club, a social organization. She Is survived by her Herman: her mother and two brothers, Harry and John DoMu. CONRAD SCHRODER, years old, ef 171 Sixtieth street, Brooklyn, a retired manufacturer of cabinet ware and furniture, and a former resident of 5Ianhattan for seventy-five years, died yesterday from old age. His funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon, the Rev. T.

O. Voi-selt, paator of the Lutheran Church of St. John, In Harlem, officiating. The interment will be in the Lutheran Cemetery. Mr.

Schroeder wan born In Germany, He was for forty-five yeors the treasurer of the Columbia Bund, of Is survived by ft son, Harry; three Daughters, Mrs. Weston I-oghry. Mrs. Charles.Birch. of The Bronx, and Mrs.

John Bosh, -of College Point, and seven grandchildren. DR. JONAS ADBI-SON. 4I years old, of 60 Watts street, died at hi home yeaterday. He van the son of Joseph and Fanny Adelann.

Frecport. and 'was born In New Tork City on September 10. 1S76. Ho moved to I.ynbrook a year ago. Tie la survived by Mis wife, I.uIo Cohen, and two children, Samuel and Hazel.

The funeral services will be held tomorrow, Rabbi I. Uernsl'ln. of Rockville Centre, nnt-ciatlng. Interment will be In Bayside Cemetery. HKNUT E.

BERGMAXN, 58 years old. a well-known real estate dealer of rhe Bush, wick section, died on Monday at. his residence, 127 Hancock street, from acute lndl-gestion. Air. Iiersmann was born.

In Brooklyn, educated In the public schools here, and was a graduate of Wright's Business College. He wns a pioneer In the real estate business In the Bushwlek District, starting there thirty years ago. and was a member of the Brooklyn insurance Brokers Association. Mr. Kergmann Is survived by a on, Albert H.j three (laughters, Miss May C.

Pergmann. Mrs. William C. Strets of N. and Krs.nk.Wv fiingston of Brooklyn, snd' grandchildren.

The. funeral afternoon', win be conducted, by the Rev. J. Rledel, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran.

Church; Palmetto street snd Knlrkerbnrfcer -avenue, and interment will be In the Lutheran i CHILD DULMiS I.VSOIi! DIES. Adolph tha two-year-old son of Mr. and. 'John Miller of 21 Flushing avenue, Astoria, got hold of a bottle of lysol at his home today niul drank the contents. He died before a physician could he.

summoned. Kfforts ttre being; ruAio loikeep the t-ews of the child's death from the mother, who is very IlK y. i APPQIXTEDaJ. MY UAITEn, J. Sper vs.

Prince i- Wnltjer 51. Kffroas; the KmiKiiuit Industrial Savings Hunk Hurley Aluuxo it. McLaughlin; Robinson' Amusement llrlghtnn Hrach Amustmi-nt t'ompany. Mon. Joslali T.

Mureun. nV ASPINAl.L, J. Franklin tuc m. Ualla, William l.iehenniinn: llaird vs. Hottjer, IOilwIn f.c-u'ls KKLBY, (Ifliter vs.

Walter, ilon. William V. Dickey. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears Sff 'lmm! (jtZ. ol sfCS1S the Signature I I HOW McKINLEY RAISED ARMY IN SPANISH WAR April 23, 1898.

Mckinley calls Tor 125.000 volunteers. April 25, 1808. t'twgre declares war on Spain. May 2. 1898.

Second call; volunteers asked. Total fnited Stales volunteers raised 200.000. Regular Army Increased from 25,000 to 61,000 men. Xcw York's quota under first call twelve, regiments of inrantry and two troop of envalry. Xew York's quota under second call 4.308 men.

SUYDAM OFF TO RUSSIA Eagle War Correspondent Has Started for News Scene. Henry Suydam, The Eagle's war correspondent, is somewhere on the Continent of Europe, presumably en route for Russia. The Eagle received a cablegram from Mr. Suydam on March 7, announcing that he was sailing for Copenhagen. Sinca thon nothing lias been heard from him.

It Is known that he had planned a trip to Petrograd and had been provided by high officials with credentials snd letters of Introduction to government dignitaries in Russia. No concern is felt by The Eagle for the safety of Mr. Suydam, for it is customary for war correspondents to disappear from time to lime and then turn up suddenly at the point where fighting Is the thickest and news is most important Mrs. Henry Suydam of 172 Eain- bridge street mother of The Eagle's correspondent, received a cable on March 7 to the same general effect as the one received by The Eagle. In due time readers of The Eagle will hear from Mr.

Suydam without doubt in the shape of highly important cablegrams. EDWARD H. CAGE DIES Civil War Veteran and Manager of Cage Tollner's "Edward H. Gage, one of the best known restaurateurs of Brooklyn and formerly for twenty-five years manager of Gage Tollner's chop and oyster house on Fulton street, died this morning from a. complication of ailments in his seventy-ninth year at his residence, 251 Cumberland street.

His funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon in the P. E. Church of the Redeemer, Fourth nvenue and Pacific street, the rector, the Rev. Dr. T.

J. Lacey, officiating, and the inter ment will be In the family plot in Greenwood Cemetery. Mr. Gage was born in old New York City In 1838, the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Edward H. Gage, and had been a resident of Brooklyn for more than fifty-five years. He had been In the restaurant business for fifty years, and was with the Gage Tollner firm for forty years. As manager of the chop housa he made a large circle of friends, including many of the most prominent men of Brooklyn. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having served with the Thirteenth Regiment of Brooklyn.

Mr. Gage Is survived by his widow, Margaret E. Dunlop; a son, Edward H. Gage three daughters, Miss Jrace Gage, Mrs. Frank V.

fHionnard and Mrs. J. W. Cast (car; four grandchildren and a brother, Charles Gage, all of Brooklyn. LEAGUE OF NATIONS AFTER WAR IS STILL A PART OF PRESIDENT'S PLAN Washington, March 21 Quite aside from the task of protecting American lives and rights against aggression on the high seas, the President has Considered the broader question of the preservation of civilisation, the distribution of world power after the war, a natural arrangement of the world's peoples In governments by the consent of the governed and an effective league of nations to protect the world against another cataclysm of war.

The Influence of the United States in the conferences which will make peace is everywhere admitted as not to be over estimated. AQUEDUCT POLICE READY Alexander M. White of Brooklyn, In charge of the Home Defense League and Aqueduct Police, announced today at Police Headquarters, Manhattan, that the first detail of Aqueduct special policemen would relieve the National Guardsmen between the Yon-kers city line and Kenslco sometime next week. At 9 o'clock tomorrow morning these men will report at the Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory, where they will undergo a week's drill. is not sufficiently large the nation will i have recourse to conscription.

That would be the only resort, supposing the volunteer system broke down. The number of trained forces in the United States is not very imposing. A recent estimate placed It at 202,000 men, divided as follows: Regulars National Marine corps 1 02,000 160,000 10.000 This force would constitute tho first-line defense, and In a nation so far removed from the aetuui sent, of war as the States, would he sufficient, it is thiiuffhl. to protect the Interests of the country tint 11 the un-IrnliK'tl militia could lie put Into shape. The problem of orricerinff the volunteer army would he solved In Kieii.t measure by the present mcmhcri in the Officers Reserve and the issuance of commissions to present or former members of the National Cuarti KTaduates of military lir-littitea niul sradua'e of militarj "BENNY" ARRESTED; ATHERJN A FIGHT Continued From fused to let him see Benny, who was' his client, and who, It was charged.

was being Illegally detained. When Lawyer Goldstein appeared at the Detective Bureau earlier in the day with the elder Sternberg- Captain WUinn, in oommand of the Bureau, told him that "Benny" was in the place voluntarily, that he had offered no objection to being questioned, and that the lawyer could not talk with him. Lawyer Goldstein denounced the whole proceeding as "illegal" and then rushed off to court for his writ. But before it was signed by the court "Benny" had been booked as a prisoner and formally accused of murder. The formal aocusation against Benny came after thirty-six.

hours of alibi making by Benny and demolition of the statements by the detectives. Person after person named by Benny as having been in his company In Brooklyn about the time the police believe Mrs. Hilair was. strangled to death In Room 726 of the Hotel Martinique, told him to his face that he had not told the truth, and late yesterday afternoon he confessed that he was with Mr. Hilair on that eventful Thursday, but that he left her at the Grand Central Station, In Manhattan, after she "shook" him, as he characterized It, for a man named "Eddie," who encountered her on the stairway, as they were about to emerge from the station.

The man "Eddie," that Benny talked about, is supposed to be feet 9 Inches tall, with dark hair and "side burns," He wore a dark suit and coat, a very light hat, and gray spats, and carried a cane, according to Benny's newest story. Mrs. Hilair, although she had come to the subway statin in Hoyt street to meet him, readily deserted him and told him to go on his way, so glad was she to meet the strange man with the sideboards. Expressing the belief that "Eddie" was a creature of Benny's Imagination, just as some other persons and incidents have been in the alibi which he set up for himself, the detectives nevertheless inaugurated a search for the man who might answer the description of the one who alienated Mrs. Htlalr's plastic affections from Benny while they were on their way to the Palace Theater; In Manhattan, where they intended to attend the matinee.

"Benny" Finally Breaks Down When Confronted by Persons Who Saw Mini. The imperturbahle "Benny," after maintaining a smooth and suave exterior for twenty-four hours and sticking through a long, merciless grilling to his origlnl alibi, broke down in the Second Branch Detective Bureau. when he was confronted by persons who saw him on- last Thursday, and he admitted that he did meet Mrs. Elsie Hilair on the day she was murdered in the Hotel Martinique and the man just glanced at her from time to time. "It was my friend who called my attention to his diamond ring.

It was easily three carats in size, and as he sat he had hlo hand stretched out on his knee so that everybody could see the ring. This was one detail that impressed Itself on my memory. In taking note of the ring. I noticed that his trowsers were of a brown checked cloth. "I paid more attention to the woman than I did to the man, because of her dress.

It could hardly be called flashy, but it was somewhat gay. I particularly noticed that she ware a gray suit, apparently a spring costume, and it appeared to be rather light for the season. I paid so much attention to her that I think she noticed It, for She once said something to the man and a moment later he glanced over In our direction." Her attention was first called to the Hilair murder by her sister. The family have acquaintances on Clinton street, near the Hilair home, and Mrs. Hoelschor's sister, on Sunday, called the family's attention to the fact that the victim of the murder lived, near their friends.

In the discussion of the case, Mrs. Hoelscher told of the couple who had sat opposite her In the subway train on Thursday, and remarked that the. sort of people who seemed to bo involved In the murder mystery. On Monday night another icoincl- deuce occurred which led 'Mrs." Hoelscher to connect her subway train ex perience with the Hilair case. Her ointei.

was seated at the llbrarv tnhle reading on evening paper, when Mrs. her shoulder and aak "Whoso picture is that on that page?" It was the picture of Mrs. Hilair. "Well that Is- the woman 1 saw in the subway train on Thursday, with tho man with the big diamond ring," Mrs. Hoelscher stated.

TO PREVENT THE GRIP Colds cause Grip Laxative Bi'omo Quinine removes cause. There only one "BROMO QUININE." E. W. Grove's signature on the 25c. Adv, Saw Huge Diamond in Car, But Didn't Know "Benny' avenue and Broadway.

When Benny was told to nls rae bsi the patrolman and the two women that they had seen him heading for? Manhattan on Thursday, he called In I spector Cray aside and whispered to mm tnat no nan not toia me iruui; that he wanted to tell everything, and that he did have a "date" with Mrs. Hilair -and also did ride as far as the Grand Central Station with her. It was their intention, he said, to go to the Palace Theater, in for the matinee. The woman had been told to meet him aboard the last car of a subway train o'clock, at Hoyt street station, and Benny admitted that she got aboard there and rode with him to Manhattan. The funeral of the murdered woman was held yesterday.

There were Short services in the undertaking shop of John C. Kulcke, at 154 Court Only the husband, the niece. Miss Murray, and her mother, Mrs. Margaret Cuvan, were present, Burial was In Calvary Cemetery. POVERTY CAUSES THEFT Poverty in an acute stage was disclosed last night in the arrest on a charge' of grand larr-eny of Mrs.

Clara Dunn, 22 years old, of 262 Vg llave-meyer street, by Detective Nosky, o.f the Seventh branch. She was accused of stealing a gold watch and chain valued at $125 from the home of Charles Voit, at -1B5 Bedford avenue. At the time of her arrest she was nursing 7-months old baby. The police say that Mrs. Dunn confessed the theft.

An abundance of food was provided lor her by tho police. In the Williamsburg Court today Magistrate Naumer held her in $1,000 bail until March 24. COURTROOM LEASE RENEWED The Sinking Fund Commission, at the request of Supreme Court Justices Kapper, Kelby and Benedict, today renewed the lease of fifteen roonu in the Garfield Building-, for one year, at an annual rental nf $1 5,000, beginning April 1, and at the same time contracted to lease eight additional rooms In ho building for the judges at an annual rental of This makes a total rental of $1 7,200 that the justices will pay for temporary quarters during the coining year, while the old courthouse is being "patched." PORT OF SANTIAGO OPEN The port of Santiago, Cuba, which has been closed to American ships since February 23 on account of the revolution in Cuba, has been declared open and steamer tralllc Is to be resumed. Cuban Consuls have been Instructed to approve clearance papers to Santiago again. The L'nittnl Fruit Company and the Ward Line are both scheduling sailings for tho port.

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Mrs. Hoelscher had never seen or heard of Benny, but on Thursday she saw a man whom Bhe believes to have been ho with Mrs. Elsie Lee Hilair on a Manhattan-bound subway train. Mrs. Hoelscher and a woman friend were going to Manhattan to keep a luncheon engagement.

Mrs. Iloeiscner oia not communicate with the police until after she had discussed with her husband and the other members of her family tho necessity for her taking such a course. As. a woman of reimement ana nign Standing among her friends and neighbors, Mrs. Hoelscher hesitated about having anything at all to do with the 1 1- case.

But ner relatives agreeu wiui her that it was her duty to give what ever assistance she could to the police who were working on the mystery. Injustice to Assert That I Knew "Benny," Says Mix Hoclseher. "Then when I returned, after performing what 1 felt was a public duty," Mrs. Hoelscher stated today, "I was crushed to read in the papers (hat I knew this man quite well. I had never seen him until Thursday when- he sat down across the aisle trom me In the subway train.

"With my friend, I was going to Manhattan to lunch at the home of a friend. So you see it was Just around noontime that we were at Borough Hall when this couple came oonoslte to wt. "They wero so peculiarly mated that they at once attracted our Mention. And we took perhups more than casual Interest In them, because we had Just been talking about people who had so much time on their bunds that they did not know haw to amuse themselves. The couple who sat opposite us seemed to be people of that class.

"Tho woman sat so that I could gel an excellent view of her, but the man st sideways, "so that I could only study his profile. He seemed to be 111 at case, the way a -person sometimes la when not altogether pleased times la when not altogether plei ''Ih his or her companion. ''omnn was very lively, and kepi. It ijj) into his. race and smiling, The ook- but If every able-bodied man in the United States between the ages of 18 and 45 were called out for military service Uncle Sam could put in the field an army of approximately When the 1910 census was taken the total number of male citizens of military age was 18,183,000.

For esti mating purposes the Census Bureau assumes that there has been an Increase of 10 per cent, in the population sinco these figures were compiled. Nearly two-thirds of the number available are native-born white, while 3,000,000 are foreign-born whites who have become nulurallxed cltir.ens or have declared their Intention of doing so and about 2.000,000 are negroes. How big a percentage of this number would be actually available for service under the volunteer system Is of course problematical, but military nu'ii are convinced that if the response.