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THE DAILY STANDARD UNION: BROOKLYN. WEDNESDAY. JULY 28. 1915. ROCKAWAY PARK PEOPLE WANT A POST OFFICE MOMENTOUS TIMES 1 $9.50 Atlantic ran CHAIRMEN MAKE PREDICTIONS SUDAN TREMBLED W1THJEARJHQUAKE Shocks Hitherto Unreported THE DARDANELLES DAY OF MOllili FOR CITY OF CHICAGO 600 Eastland Victims Buried Churches Crowded as Requiems Are Sung.

RAVEN-HALL SELECT BATHING BEACH Adjoining Steeplechase Park CONEY ISLAND Refined Place for Refined People TO BATHE cara but took Maxim guns with then. Major Risk was in command and our party was soon hotly engaged with the Turks, who have heaps of Germans with Shrapnel was flying overhead all the time, both from our ships and the enemies' batter lea. They dug trenches and built dugouts (113 landed), and did an immense amount of good with the Maxims. New Bonfire Every Evening. "Thursday (lth) the firing continued night and day and the town of Maldoa was burnt.

On Friday Major Risk was wounded in the thigh (we believe he has since died). Commander Booth by went ashore and took his place. That night Kll-Id Bahr was burnt and Crltheas the next. The fleet seem to start a fresh bonfire most evenings. On Saturday Commander Lambert was wounded very badly In the ankle and LC Lord Loughborough in the breast.

Xater in the evening we got the sad news that Boothby waa killed, being shot right through the jugular vein. (Yes, he went into the trench on Friday night and was killed at 8 next morning.) Everybody was very shocked because he For three months or more the Post Office Department in Washington has been "Investigating' the need of a post office at Rockaway Point, but nothing has been done. It developed to-day that no report has ever been turned in by the inspectors assigned to look into the case. There are between 500 and 1,000 letters In the Hammels station awaiting delivery. They are addressed to Rock-away Point vacatonlata.

of the residents would be glad to collect their mall at Sheepshead Bay tn ths mornings and evening, but that office has no general delivery. The Hammels office has authority from Washington to take car of such mall. HELD FOR PLAYING PINOCHLE IN PARK Charged with playing pinochle in Prospect Perk, three men were before Magistrate Walsh' In Flatbusii court to-dsy. Despite the fact that the policeman who made the arrest had the cards and money tne men are alleged to have played with, they pleaded not guilty and were neia in 1300 ball each for examination. They gave their names as Bernard Feld- man.

Zb years Old. or 11 1 miaaieion street; Hyman Goldberg, 80. of 184 Ludlow street, and William Breslaw, S3, of 77 East 118tn street. Manhattan. REPUBLICAN COUNSEL TO HANDLE INQUIRY In Manhattan Republican circles to day it was reported that a Republican attorney, not a Democrat like Will-lam Travers Jerome, would become counsel to the Thompson legislative committee, which is to Investigate city finances.

William M. K. Olcott. junus Coben and M. Linn Bruce are the men favored.

A Brooklyn Republican will un doubtedly land as assistant counsel. LAST HEARING TO-MORROW ON FLATBUSH EXTENSION The Boerd of Estimate will take up (gain to-morrow possibly for the last time, the application of property owners for a reduction of assessment for the widening of riatbush avenue extension. AMERICAN CLERK HELD FOR PASSPORT FRAUD. WASHINGTON. July 28 Harry Wilson, of Oregon, a clerk to the American Consul General at Berlin, has been arrested by the German authorities on the Danish frontier on the technical charge of attempting to leave Germany without a pass port.

It was learned at the State Department to-day. Wilson's real offense. It is under stood, was Issuing a passport to an Englishman as an enabling him to evade the German authorities. Wilson Is not immune to German law. and the offence is believed to be grave.

POPE SENDS BLESSING TO CLERGY IN GERMANY. BERLIN, via wireless. July 28. Pope Benedict, through Papal Bishop Korum of Treves, sent the apostolic blessing to the clergy In Germany. In an autograph letter regretting that the war has deprived him of closer personal connection with clergymen in the central empires.

HUMORIST LANGUISHES IN GERMAN PRISON. PETROGRAD. July 58. A Russian Jew, captured by the Germans, wrote home as follows, acordlng to a story circulated here to-day: "Dear Mother I am in a beautiful German prison, with a fine room, good food and cigars and am very happy. Tour ISAAC.

S. Brother Jake was shot thli morning for complaining." FIRE DANGER AT ERASMUS NOT SERIOUS, SAYS POUNDS Regarding the statement of Fire Commissioner Adamson yesterday that the "Id Erasmus Hall High School building is a fire-trap and should be condomncd. Borough President Pounds stated to-day that he did not think that the situation was so serious as presented by Mr. Adam-son. Mr.

Pounds thinks thst tn view of the scarcity of funds with which to erect new buildings, the old structures should be allowed to remain for a time to accommodate the pupils. BYRNE TO GET RAISE FROM $6,000 TO $7,200 Edward A. Byrne, of 43 Plaza street, who la to be chief engineering executive of the Bridge Department, with which he has been connected since Dec. 1888, will probably have his salary raised from 38.000 to $7,300 by th Board of Estimate to-morrow He will perform the duties previously assigned to the chief engineer of the department, a position now eliminated. By this change Bridge Commissioner Kracke effects a net saving of 38.000 a year 1n salary, as the chief engineer got 310.000.

AWARD CULVER CONTRACT. The Public Service Commission to day officially awarded the contract for' the construction of action No. 1 of Route No. the Culver Rapid Transit Railroad In Brooklyn, to Post McCord. the lowest bidders, for FiIIIF PI it niif- Mustard Makes Cotd Cuts Tasty lit City SUNDAYS, August t.

35, St. September 1 WEDNESDAYS, August 4 and IS Lv. Pennsylvania 8tUo. Hiding TarratnaJ T.IO AM. RETURNING.

Imth Atlanuo City T.00 P.M. rickets good mnlr seeia Train In each glrectloa PENNSYLVANIA R. R. Chairman McCombs said figures are scarcely worth talking about now. In.

dlcating he had a deskful if they were needed. "The only possibility of the Republican party being a contender, as it looks now. is a restoration of the entente with Roosevelt and his personal followers. And nobody knows what Mr. Roosevelt will do, I'm IN TENEMENT FIRE Crying Hysterically When Fireman Stumbles Over Her Amid SmoVe.

OTHERS ROUTED FROM BEDS Two Men Hurt Other Suspicious Fires. A score of persons were routed out of bed at 2 A. M. to-day when a fire. believed to have been caused by some careless person throwing a match in a dumbwaiter shaft, was discovered in the cellar of a four-story tenement at 82-84 Fifth Five families were ordered out of the burning building by the police of the Bergen street station.

An aged woman, Mrs. Anna Calvin 60 years old, was found lying on the floor in her apartments on the third floor. When a fireman stumbled over her she was crying hysterically. She carried out. Men Slightly Burned.

Two men were slightly burned while trying to put out the flames. wnicn were shooting through the dumbwaiter shaft and mushrooming towards the top of the building. The injured are William Hazel, who received burns about the arms, and Joseph McMullen. who was burned about the face and hands. McMullen was taken to the Methodist Episcopal Hospital for treatment.

Before the blase was extinguished it did 32.000 damage. During the last few weeks there have been several Ores in that vicinity. In most every case the fire has started after midnight. Incidentally each blase has always been discovered in the cellar. Although the Police and Fire Departments report the fires as not of incendiary origin, the residents in that section are about to ask for an investigation by the Fire Marshal's office.

Investigating Several Fires. Several of the fires which occurred recently are under investigation. The police thought the recent arrest of a young boy, who was indicted by the Grand Jury for homicide and arson in the first degree as a second offtnse, cleared up the mysterious fires. Since his arrest, however, the fires, which seem to originate from the same cause, are still causing the firemen uneasiness. Other Small Fires.

A curtain blowing against a gas jet caused a small fire on the third floor of a three-story tenement at 220 Union street last night at 11:28 o'clock. The rooms are occupied by Marie Messner. Slight damage was done at 10 P. M. yesterday, when a (ire occurred in the apartments of Nathan Glllman.

who lives on the second floor of a six-story tenement at 621 Metropolitan avenue. About $75 damage was done to the parlor furniture In the apartments of Eva Rabonowits at 341 Bedford avenue by fire yesterday at 5 P. M. Fire from unknown cause started in the woodshed in the cellar of a four-story apartment at 443 Sixteenth street yesterday at 4:30 P. M.

The damage amounts to $10. COMMISSION APPROVES QUEENS TUNNEL PLAN The Public Service Commission today approved plans for the construc tion of a tunnel under the East River near the Queensboro Bridge for the cars of the Broadway-Seventh avenue line, which la to be operated by the B. R. although Commissioner Hay-ward, seconded by Chairman McCall, expressed doubts if the tunnel would ever oe uuul. It was originally planned to have the cars carried over the Queens bora bridge, and the B.

R. T. agreed to paj a part of the cost of reconstructing the bridge. The Board of Estimate turned down this plan, believing It would mean congestion, and agreed to finance the tunnel, to the extent of t40.000.000, with the understanding that the B. R.

T. would pay the same amount It would have paid for ths bridge work. Commissioners Hay ward and McCall questioned if the B. R. T.

could be held to this agreement. MUST PAY $4 FOR RIDE OF TWO BLOCKS IN TAXI For refusing to pay 4 for taxicab hire Louis McKay. 33 years old, of 14 Orange street, was arrested to-day and taken before Magistrate Voor-hees in Adams street court, where an additional charge of Intoxication was preferred against him. McKay told the crurt it was out, rageous te charge that amount to be driven, two blocks from Pulton end Cranberry streets to Orange and Hicks streets. Charles R.

Wicks, of 413 Atlantic avenue, the chauffeur, explained that McKay visited a number of cafes oa the way and kept hinr waiting. On the charge of intoxication McKay was fined 1 10. Sentence was suspended on the disorderly conduct charge on condition, that he pay the chauffeur. RESCUE AGED WOMAN British Trooper Tells of Fighting, Suffering and Stealing Marmalade. WORSE THAN IN FRANCE.

Goeben, Many Miles Away, Created Havoc. The growing impression that the fighting in the Dardanelles campaign outclasses In severity and In losses sus tained in the activities on the French and Belgian front is strengthened in a letter from the war sone received In Brooklyn. The writer, with the British expeditionary forces, has many interesting things to say about the hardships and the diversions of the army hammering at the Turkish-Ger man lines, with the assistance of the French and British warships. The letter is dated May 4, "off the Dardanelles, near Kum Kale." It reads: "After leaving Malta we went to an island in the Aegean sea cauea Lemnos. where we gathered hundreds of troopships.

we stopped at Port Mudros. Here were French, British, Australian and Indian troops and crowds of men-of-war. While we were there we had a very rough night and the seas smashed our horse-land ing boat, which we had over the side ready to land the ponies if possible. One lifeboat was smashed and one lost. "The next 'day it was also very windy and the big pump in the engine room went wrong, so the third engineer, bugler and myself got into a boat and went around the ship's side and unlocked the intake.

Coming back, we ran Into a squall and got knocked about badly. In fact, nearly got blown away. We had an awful job to get back to the ship, but eventually arrived back, wet through, after being adrift for half an hour. German Ships Torpedoed. "The same night the ship ran aground on the beach after dragging her anchor.

We got her off at daylight next day. The next morning (March 321 a German ship arrived with a torpedo through her, captured by one of our destroyers. "On the 2eth we left Mudros and had a lovely run to Alexandria. On the way we passed Chios, Samos, Kar pathos and Rhodea We left A. at 2 A.

M. for Port Said. The ponies were taken ashore the next day and we went for a route march around Arab-town, which Is the native part of P. S. and a rotten hole.

The next day we went for skirmishing drill around the banks of the 8ues and had a nice time. That evening we were allowed ashore until 8 P. but as I hadn't enough money even to pay a boatman to get ashore I didn't go. I could have borrowed, but I didn't like to, as I had already a mess bill to pay from Malta, ixnat was just Tom condition also.) "The next day we unloaded a larxe boat filled with naval stores. Quite accidentally a case containing 100 tins of marmalade, one with tobacco and another with biscuits were dropped and burst open (assisted by our chaps with some logs of wood).

and we all collared marmalade, etc I did very well and have some tobacco still. Wo also (again acci dentally) dropped a' cheese and a case of biscuits and knocked the neck off a two-gallon Jar of lime juice at lunch time. (Isn that rich?) Complimented By Hamilton. "The next day we were Inspected in the desert by Sir Ian Hamilton, who complimented us on our style. The scouting party returned after having taken nearly forty hours to do thirty miles.

They found the enemy was being held all right and came back. "The next day was Easter Sunday, and I with a few others of our company attended Holy Communion at the English Church in P. S. at 7 o'clock. It Is a lovely little church and I enjoyed the service although I had to stand the whole time, the church being packed with soldiers standing in every aisle.

The next day we had a sandstorm and went for exercise In the desert with the pontes. Sandstorms are inventions of the On Friday we got thirty-six mules on board, regular brutes. We left Port Said at 9 next morning, towing a lighter for disembarking our cara It was a glorious day, but the following Sunday we lost our lighter in rough weather, and although we cruised about for hours we were unable to find it, so I suppose it went to glory. "Nothing happened till Wednesday (14th). when we arrived at Port Mudros again.

We left there on Friday, and when a few miles out we got the 8. O. 8. signal from the transport which was just ahead of A German torpedo boat had escaped from the Dardanelles some how and had fired a torpedo at the M. It missed, but everybody was ordered to the boats.

Some of the boat tackles broke and about seventy were drowned. Another torpedo missed, but the third gave her a hole In the bows. By this time we were on top of her and a destroyer, the Kennet, soon set about the German and ran her aground and wrecked her. (Hip hip!) -We had all our guns mounted on deck, lifebuoys, etc It was very exciting while it lasted, and we only missed being torpedoed by a bit. That evening we arrived at Port Tra-hukl an the Island of Bkyros.

staying there a week. While there'we were served with ammunition and rations (biscuits and bully beef) for three daya Tbo "Qaeea tsule and her Guna "We left Bkyros at A. M. (34:4:13) and went to Bulair, where there was a terrific bombardment going on. we stared there for a few hours and then left for Cape Helles at the mouth of the Dardanelles.

A frightful bombardment was going on. The Queen JUasie lay close te us and nearly knocked us over with her It-inch gun. Lieut. Huntington fell down the bridge steps and broke his arm rather badly in two places and hsd to go aboard the hospital ship. There are about five hundred ships oft Cape Helles at present ana everything is O.

tC The bombardment continued without cessation till the 28th. when we left Helles and went to Gabeh Teneh. higher up the uuir or aros. "There is an immense hill there held by the enemy and the warships are shelling it. Australians had landed there a few days before we got there and suffered very badly for it.

Wi were lying quit quietly 'at anchor off this hill on the tth, when a whacking big shell came flying over the top and fell Into the water near us. She kept that up some time, so we hopped ltl We found out It was the shelling us over five miles of land, a whacking hill and three mile of water, as sh was in the Narrows and wa wera at Saros "in the evening, at dusk (this la where Tom comes in), we landed a party to help the Australians take the hlU. Tbev landed without lb McCombs and Hilles Express Views on Issues of Coming Campaign. BOTH ANTICIPATE HARMONY. Country Swinging Back to Old Republican Majority.

Villiam F. McCombs, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and Charles D. Hilles, chairman of the Republican National Committee, made their first official pderictions on the 191 election to-day. We have every expectation of winning" said Hilles. "The country is dissatisfied with the Democratic administration, getting- more so every day.

and is ready to- return to the Republican party. Every report I get from all parts of the country indicates this. So does every election that's held." Mr. McCombs said: Unless there is some decided change in the situation, it will not be necessary for either party to establish headquarters next year. The result is a foregone conclusion, as things stand now.

The Democratic party is enjoying an unexampled preeminence that is not likely to be lust for many years." Harmony in Both Parties. Both chairmen admitted their confidence rested on their having a united party next year. Hilles expected Roosevelt to be regular next year, but doesn't know, he said; McCombs hasn't any doubt that Bryar. will be regular, but said he doesn't know. The light will be made on domestic questions, said Hilles.

"The whole country is standing behind the President on foreign questions. No fault can be found with the manner in which all our public men have lined up in his support." There are no domestic issues that the people will listen to possible for Republicans to raise," said Mc-' Combs. "As for disregarding foreign questions, a thing the people are thinking about all the time, cannot bo disregarded. The chief 'foreign question' referred to, of course, is the manner in which the President has handled the situation brought about by the European war. As for domes-tie issues, perhaps the tartff is meant.

Well, if Congressman Dlngley were called back from the grave he couldn't write a tariff schedule 'pro tective' enough to make a particle of! difference in American business affair." Republicans in Line. Wed away in his office. Chairman Hilles has stacks of figures which have been held since the last Presidential election. They show, he says, that the country is swinging back to its ancient Republican majority. Every normally Republican State will bo Republican next fall, he declared, and he named Maine, New Tork, New Jersey, West Virginia, Ohio.

Indiana, Nebraska and Nevada as stray sheep he expects back (in the fold. He confessed to considerable satisfaction in the figures that have been filed away on the city of St. Louis since the election of 1912, when the Democratic majority was 13,000. until the election of this summer, when the Republican majority was IS .000. The significant thing, he said, is the steady gains through three elections In St.

Louis not the last mapority. Republicans hope to carry Missouri in consequence, he asserted. "What I don't understand," said the chairman, "is the statement reputed to Boies Penrose and made by some others that 'there is a chance for us to capture the Senate next The fact is. if it's a Republican year, we're bound to capture the Senate- We only have to win in Republican States to win back a majority of the Senate. And it will be a Republican year, I am confident." DIED.

DE BEVOISE. At Roosevelt. L. I July 26. Mary E.

De Bevoise, widow of Francis in her 79th year. Funeral services at her late resl-. denee. Roosevelt. L.

Wednes-s, day, July 29. at 8 P. M. Interment Cypress Hills Cemetery Thursday i. morning at 11:30 o'clock.

TKRKEXJm Elmira beloved wife of William F. Farrell. suddenly on Wednesday, July 28. Funeral Fri-' day at 2 P. M.

at her late residence, 2 IS East Seventh st Interment Evergreen Cemetery. FRAXK. On Monday. July 28. 191K Meta Ntelsoh Frank, widow of Henry irrank.

in her 41st year. Funeral from her late residence. 333 feeventy-ninth Brooklyn. Thursday. July 29, at 2:80 P.

M. Interment Greenwood. GORMAN. On Wednesday, July 28, 1915. Mary A.

A. Gorman, beloved wife of the late Thomas Joseph Gorman, in her 66th year. Funeral '-from her late residence. 132 wusnwiclt on Saturday, the 31st insU at 9:30 A. thence tn the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Aberdeen st.

and Broad-. way. Interment Calvary Cemetery. Keller (nee Ruehl), beloved wife of Robert in her 26 th year. Funeral services late residence.

8 Lott Union Course. on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 P. M- 3l' I On Tuesday. July 27, othy husband of Julia Quinn (nea Downey). Funeral from his late residence.

219 Warren Friday. July 30. at :30 M. Requiem mass at St. Paul's Church.

Congress and Court 18 REAKD03L On July 28. 1915, Mary, beloved sister of Mrs. Thomas F. Dwyerv Morris. Harry and Joseph Rear don.

at her residence. 43S Forty-third st. Funeral on Friday at 3:30. Requiem 'mass at St. Michael's Church.

Forty-eecond st. and Fourth at 3:46 A. M. Interment Kingston. N.

IN MEMORIAM. RAGUEY. In memory of Mary K. Bagley. who died July 39.

113. Memorial mass at St. Thomas 'Aquinas, Ninth st. and Fourth Thursday, July 29. BROTHER.

I0T ANT rUTTXP. VENOGRAM L. WITH FOB COR. "bLiT LMVKIUITY LIBERAL RE- ITt TCt-TOM BKLVN. UBtRAL REWARD tast.

'-saens nSV 1t Sunday niM, Fis Sfid A5m Delists m. W. ITT IRIH lt Hr rritl. Brooklyn, iepaea Jt Buiawtck. Upset Inhabitants of Frontier Post.

RESIDENTS ESCAPED HARM. Extraordinary Behavior of Wild Animals Described. Rejaf, one of the frontier posts of the Bahr-el-Ghasal province of The Sudan, at the head of navigation on the Nile and Its surrounding district, has lately been visited by a series of severe earthquake shocks, which, not hitherto reported by cable, are thus graphically described by an eye-wltneas. "Near the Tima River, "May 28. lll.

"The earthquake season started on Friday, 21st. at Rejaf and still continues, shocks of greater or lesser force taking place at short lntervala On Friday last, about 8:30 A. I in my house when suddenly without warning a terrific noise was neara, resembling a series of heavy explosions, and my house began to shake and break up. I got out and the mountain ODDoalte Reiaf shaking and shortly afterwards Rejaf Mill began to shake, and huge boulders rolled down, chiefly on the east side: by this my house and all the old Belgian brick houses looked as if heavy shells had burst in them. To add to the general uncanny feeling, more shocks took place, and for miles on both banks of the river one could hear the howls of terror of Barls, chiefly caused by the terrific rumblings and also by a kind of tidal wave which swept the river.

"I was In Rejaf up to the 26th. partly to try and calm rha Barla who vere much upset end terrified- All the time on frequent intervals, day and night, we had shocks, and on trek here I had several very severe one and an average of ten or twelve lesser ones per day. No injuries were sustained by anyone, barring the seraf, who was badly bruised on the leg by falling brickwork If it had happened at night the tale might have been different. "We are all grateful for money to build mud and wattle houses with cement floor. After this experience I'm not for stone or brick, unless, perhaps later on, with steel frames.

The unfortunste pert of It is thst at this tims of the year there is so little grass available for thatching. All one's books, suffered good deal of damage, but one was lucky to get off with only that. "The worst shodn Rejaf did not seem to be in long waves, but follow on a noire like a subterranean explo sion with very violent short wave rhocks. Further on the shocks are longer In wave length. Though much frightened foe natives have not suffered to sny extent, barring inu-1 plastering of tukls flaking off.

as the tukl is an ideal home in an earthquake country. Even after a week of it one does not get used to eerth-quakes and we all feel a bit rattled by them. "The police were steady and our lo cally enlisted men aid gooo wora in calming the temporary panic in me villa ga. "I have questioned all the very eld Baris as to whether they remember anything like this before. Several old men of about 80 or 90 say that there was a similar seismic disturbance when they were small boys, at which time some local rivers stopped running, though It was the ratny season, owing to upheavals In their beds, and that generally speaking the shocks were the same types and violence as the present ones.

The effect on herds of water-buck, sable, antelopes, also elephants, that I have observed through glasses when a shock takes place Is extraordinary- They rush wildly round In a circle and then bolt off at random, dashing into trees and falling over rocks." CATHOUC INSTITUTIONS BEQUEATHED $13,000 The entire estate of Patrick Mc-Klttrick. who died June 1, at S3 Pineapple street, goes So Catholic churches and Institutions, according to the will filed The estate is valued at 318,000, according to the Rev. William J. Donaldson, pastor of the Church of the Assumption, who is the petitioner. The will states 31.000 is to he -given the Church of St.

Charles Borromeo, Church of the Assumption. St. Paul's Church, 8t. Jemes' Pro-Cathedral. St.

Peter Hospital, the Holy Family Hospital, the Home for the Aged of the Little Sisters of the Poor, the Convent of the Precious Blood, 8t-Vlncenfs Home for Boys and the Church of the Visitation. St. Michael's Church receives 8500. ELMHURST GIRLS RETURN AFTER WEEK'S WANDERING Harriet King. 17 years old.

of tl Jensen avenue, and ZeOa Lachter. the same age. of Dry Harbor road and Woodhaven avenue. Elmhurst, returned to their respective hemes to-day after being absent since last Thursday morning. Meanwhile their parents had searched everywhere for them and the police had seat out a special alarm for them.

Their story la that they started out for a walk on Thursday without Intending to do more than a few miles out and back. They kept go ing out along the north shore of Long Island ana round it too late to return that night, so they slept in the wood a The next morning they eoniinaed their wanderings and liked the life so much they kept it up. They visited Centreport and Huntington, swung around through Nassau County and reached East New Tork. From there they walked to Coney Island. Their parents notified the police to call oft the search.

THE TROLLEY LOOP AT BOROUGH HALL Te the Eetsar of Tae etsaesrS Baioai Soma few years ago there waa an Incline built on rulton street to relieve the traffic the cars somewhere around City Halt I would like to know where It was started and where it ended and in what year It waa constructed. A READER. Brooklyn, July 35. The writer of the above evidently refers to the trolley loop In front of Borough Hall, from Fulton street le Court street. It was constructed In ISIS and haa been in constant nea sine.

Last year a Ilka loop was constructed In Johnson street, from Washington street to Fulton street, which is used In rush hour to relieve trolley traffic 30 BODIES AT ONE MASS. Funerals Take Attention Away From Investigations. lng tkire ''Yikhicj b'jrJ dead today. Th hue end ry th- guilty of the mtastrophe mag muf- fled for the In Itv plare the oeiis or a hundrtd chunhfta toiled a city's sorrow In official the doora were, cloeed Over publ! and Bml-publlc buildings flaga drooped at naif staff. In the suburbs of Haw'horne.

Clyde and Cleoro. ail were brushed aside by the ovrrar.adnw mg needs of a universally b-rav-d people. Prom the 'Weat. h-rr Mayor William Hale Thompson speeding home as as wt -a. an bring him.

was telegraphed a form! expression of the city gnef and a proclamation of a day of public mourning. One Mass cr Thirty Bodkc. to 00 of the tirr.s of the Eastland were laid at rest to-aay. Kg great wer- trie demanda upon priesta and pajitore that funeral ceremonies were or.djtei over groups of bodie At Pt Marv's as chanted over thirty bodies At M''y Qun of Chuncb twenty bodies received their final meed of religious attention. Bishop Rondo, of 'ireen Bay.

with twenty assistant conducted the ceremonies over the dead at St. Mary of Czento howa a i hurrh. Fraternal oigar.iza-j'.r had barge of many fuserals The supply of heares iru quickly exhausted. a ere electric and sneam funeral earn Many of the sad proceelon were by roil, ice and express var.a e-arhed in crape. a hay rnk tarried tvielve coffins to a Polish cemetery.

Many Arrests are Made. With General Manager W. K. Oreer.ebaum. on of the Indiana Transportation Company officials, which chartered the Kastland from the St Joseph-' 'hicago Line, already under arrest, another arrest of a highir-up was promised to-day by Prosecutor Koyne.

Greenebaum was arretted as he finished telling the coroner's Jury how for seventeen minutes he watched the Eastland and wuh hfr load of p-e-'ious freight, tip. tip and then finally go over on her side The arrest of Greenebaum came almost simultaneously with the taking into custooy of George Munger. purser of the Eastland, and Martin Flatow, (reneral agent of the St Joseph-(hicago Lme It brought the local officials of the companies and higher officers of the boat held no ts six. Cspt. Pedersen and Chief F.nii.

neer Erlckson of the Eastland, and V. C. Steele, secret arv-treaaurw of the St. Joe company, havinr been held since Saturday. Besides these almost all members of the Eastland's craw were in custody to-day.

MOURNERS GREET TRAIN WITH EASTLAND VICTIMS A crowd of mourners stormed the t-ZS train at the Pennsylvania station, Manhattan, yesterday, which brought the New York victims of the Eastland disaster, and thirteen bodies were claimed by relatives and friends amid pitiful scenes. Of these. six were Brooklyn and Queens dead. The coffins were uncovered and identifications effected, after which the undertakers removed the bod.es. Another train due to-day at will have on board the bodies of two children and two adult, also victims of the Chicago disaster, all of whom live in New Jersey.

BODIES OF THREE CLARKES TO BE BURIED TO-MORROW Funeral services will be held tonight In the Central Congregational Church in Hancock street for the family of Robert L. K. Clarke, formerly of Brooklyn. who wera drowned in the Eastland disaster at Chicago last Saturday. The remains arrived last night on a special train from Chicago, accompanied by Mr-Clarke's mother.

Mrs. Ella Hamilton Clarke, and a brother of Mr. Clarke. And were taken direct to the chapel of the church. Mrs Clsrke went Immediately to the home of Mrs.

C. Stern, a sister-in-law of her son. In Washington avenue, and remained there over night. She praised the manner in which the Western Electric Company took cara of the bodies and of the survivora To-night the bodies of Robert L. K.

Clarke, his wife. Marie and daughter. Elinor, two and a half years old. be taken from the chapel Into the church proper. Numerous floral tdfb-utes have been received from Brook lyn friends of the family and will surround th three casketa On account of the absence of Dr.

S. Parkes Cad-man, pastor of the church, the services will be in charge of his assistant. To-tnwow. the remains win be buried 'n the Clarke family plot ia Cypres Hiils Cemetery. Robert L.

C. Clarke was born ia Brooklyn, a son of Mrs. Ella Hamilton Calvttt Clarke and the late Josepa Clarke. In bis early youth Mr. Clarke was affiliated ith the Central Con-gresatlonal Church ind although ha moved from Brooklyn about six wears ago still retained his interest ia church work here.

His wife was a-Manhattan woman. They had only one child. He Is survived by his mother and two brothers, Richard Clarke and thi Rev. J. Calvitt Clarke, of Indiana.

THREATENING LETTERS SENT TO ROOSEVELT AUSTIN, Texas. July 38. Theodore Roosevelt life wont ba worth tea cents" if after Aug. It ha makes any move to "embroil the United Statea in war with Germany." according to threatening tetters mailed from here to hint at Sea Diego, Cal. 6cret Osi i loe men detaiaod a fathar aad son for investigation.

Corporation Counsel Polk this afternoon Issued a statement denying that he ts a candidate for the judgeship tn the United Statea Circuit Court of Appeals, and insisting that he does not want the poaittoa. He also defied that Mayor- Mltchal asked for hU ap. NEARLY TWO MILLIONS FOR BROOKLYN IMPROVEMENTS' Brooklyn again leads In public Improvements. Chief Engineer Nelson P. Lewis, of the Board of Eotimate, to-day teported the outstanding preliminary authorizations for the borough to be 81.06.S.SOO.

and the final authorizations $1,7 SO, $00. WAGNER INVESTIGATES MANT HOMICIDE CASES' Tratalino Held for Grand Jury for Shooting Orozio Shiura. Salvatore Tratalino. 18 years old. of 214 Van Brunt street, who was arrested after the fatal shooting of Oro-slo Shiura.

21 years old. of Sullivan and Conover streets. Monday night, was held for the Grand Jury last jury that Investigated the case before Coroner Kme.r i- C. Warner. Police man Haggerty.

who made the waa the chief witness. The autcrpxy was held yesterday afternoon, and ihe inquest came near breaking a reoord for speedy handling of a horalride case In Kings County. Albert G. Reece. of 145 Flatbush avenue, a B.

R. T. motormin, waa declared culpably negligent In connection with the death, on July IS, of Peter J. aterson. of 418 Smith street, a truck driver, who died after hia truck ass struck by a Flatbush avenue car.

operated by Reece. at Kant Sixty-fifth street and Avenue X. Reece as arrested after the accident, but was discharged by Magistrate Naumer in Flatbuah court-In the case of Max C. Beyer, of Manhattan, who was killed by a Gate avenue car at Pulton street and Fort Greene place on 24. a Jurv de clared that Mot or man Gustav Schiff not responsible.

A verdict of accidental death was given in the case of Andrew Monta-teri, 10 yeart old. of 1M Montrose avenue, who was killed on July 14 by an auto truck owned by Frank Coron. of Wantagh. driven by Frank uannavora. In the case of Frank Rino who died In the Eastern District Hospital irom a stao wound July 21.

ths Jury found that the injury was inflicted by a person unknown: that Risxo knew the name of his assailant, but refused to reveal it. A Jury found that Cornelius Flynn, 45 years old, of 822 Bedford avenue, came to his death by being struck at Bedford and DeKalb avenues on July by an automobile which sped wnnoui me numoer oeing taken. REPORT FAVORS NEW MEEKER AVENUE BRIDGE Bridge Commissioner Kracke determination to supplant' the Meeker avenue bridge over Newtown Creek with a new one has received approval from members of the Board of Estimate. The city plan committee of the board, of which Aldermanle President McAneny is chairman, to-day gave out a report favoring moving the bridge several hundred feet upstream. That would mean a change In the location of streets In both Brooklyn and Queens, and also the acquisition of additional property.

The committee, of which Borough Presidents Pounds and Connolly are members, deems this expenditure wise and necessary. FINAL TAX WARNING; LAST DAY SATURDAY Final warning was issued to-dsy by Internal Revenue collector Keith thst Saturday will be the last day to pay special taxes before the penalties accrue. There era. according to the Collector, several hundred merchants In this Federal district, which Includes Brooklyn. Long Island and Staten Island, who have neglected to pay their tax.

Of this number many are physicians who coma under the provisions of the narcotics law who are required to register and pay their taxes. The penalty for failure of neglect' Is a fine of not more than 31.000 or imprisonment for not more than five yjears, or both. STAUCH PAVILION MANAGER HELD FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS Julius Berkowlta, 30 years old. manager of Stauch's Pavilion, pleaded not guilty to charges of violating Sections 484 and 485 of the Penal Law to-day before Magistrate Nash In Coney Island court. Ethel Pickett, of 4g8 Nostrand avenue, an agent of the 8.

P. alleged that Berkowits permitted two children to enter the place without guardians and also allowed minors to give dancing exhibitions. He was held in 3100 bail on each charge for the Court of Special Sesv slons- ROANOKE SOCIETY HOLDS CONTESt IN LITERATURE The members of the Roanoke Dra- matlo Society have pat up a silver loving cup for the member who at the close of the season haa attained the highest number of points tor work In literary art. At present a aeoata is unaer way on the follow ma qawuwi; -kcswtm, mat co- eaueauon in puDiio schools la ad Yantageoua. Out of a possible fi points the ion owing nas oeen aeerear K.

Briei man, 1: H. Downs. 1: E. Clappsra- oerg, as. ssonanan, a A Nora, han.

0: L. Leopold. 1 4 L. Whitney, H. Roeding.

SH; W. J. Mra Clappeneerg, 8 I Ricksrt. IH, and Mrs. Miller.

3. Can Gray base ball story, "False Color," next Sunday's page of fiction. was universally liked and trie men would do anything for him. "We also lost another man hilled, making one officer and one man killed and about twenty wounded. The party came on board again on Monday night.

Men who have been in France and now with us say it was not a patch on this in France. "Yesterday the Ooeben started shelling us again and we put to sea. One of the transports got a shsll on her after deck and made a frightful mess of her. RICHARDSON ASSIGNED TO BATTLESHIP OKLAHOMA Lieut. Commander Louis C.

Richardson, who has been head of the machinery division of the Navy Yard since last November, will relinquish his duties as chief engineering officer on Saturday. Capt. Richardson will assume the important post of First Lieutenant of the new bat tleship Oklahoma in January next and in the meantime will supervise the construction details of the vitals of the vessel at the New York Shipbuilding plant at Camden. N. J.

The new position is a very important one and has been sought by many naval officers. It came as a reward for the excellent service rendered by Capt. Richardson in the Navy Yard. Commander Earl P. jessup win succeed Lieut.

Richardson, but will not assume his duties until Sept. 1. Until then Lieut. Commander P. B.

Dungan, chief assistant in the machinery division, will be in charge. NEW P. 0. SUB-STATION TO BE OPENED SATURDAY Postmaster Kelly announced to-day that the Van Brunt sub-station of the Post Office, located In Eighth street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, will be open for public Inspection Satur day night, with Joseph v. rlammon in charge as superintendent, roi- lowing the opening there will be a reception and dinner at Acme Hall.

Seventh avenue and Ninth street, at which the Postmaster will be toast- master. The Invited guests include ex-Congressman William M. Caiaer, Congressmen Frederick W. Rowe. John A.

Fltxgerala ona uaniei j. Orlffln. Senator William Heffeman. Leaders Timothy Griffin, John T. Raffertv.

Charles Devoy and Thomas Wogan and Alderman Stevenson ana Mr. Haviland. PRESIDENT AT FIRST SOCIAL AFFAIR IN YEAR CORNISH. N. July 28.

Presi dent Wilson to-day broke the mourn ing period for Mrs. Wilson, who died lsst August, by attending an afternoon tea and lawn fete a Harlaken- don House, the first social event he has attended in more than a year. Miss Margaret Wilson and Mrs. Jes sie Wilson Sayre were hostesses to Cornish neighbors and other friends. Cornlsh artist colony made up a larre part of the guests.

The President had his usual round of golf early to-day with Dr. Grayson. TWO MEN SAVE WOMAN AT MANHATTAN POINT Emma Smith, S3 years old. of 171 East Nineteenth street, while In bathing off Manhattan Point yes terday, went beyond ner depth and was carried more than a hundred feet from the shore. A launch was passing with two men and they jumped out and rescued the woman.

AUGUST PIERRE'S BODY RECOVERED FROM WATER The body of August Pierre, 23 years old. of 3402 Second avenue, who was drowned on Monday from a boat at the foot of Forty-ninth street, was found floating in the water off the foot of Fifty-first street by Charles Jensen, of 4400 Fourth avenue. The remains were removed to the Fourth avenue police station, and were later claimed by relatives. GUNMAN FIRES SHOTS; FALSE ALARM OF FIRE Pistol shots early to-day awakened the sleeping population In the vicinity of Graham and Johnson avenues. A search of the neighborhood by the Dolice failed to locate the gunman.

In the excitement some one turned in a fire alarm. PRESIDENT DENIES TAKING NEW ACTION ON MEXICO CORNISH. N. July 38. Prert dent Wilson to-day denied that any definite steps had been decided upon by the Administration regarding Mexico.

He said nothing would ba done before his return to Washing ton. ASSISTANT ATTY-GENERAL GRAHAM VISITS BROOKLYN Assistant United States Attorney General Graham came from Wash Inrton to-day te visit United States District attorney Melville J. Franco and United States Marshal James M. Power. The object of his visit could not be learned.

SMILE COST HIM $1,000. Juan L. Lacallc, a Maxlcn ell operator, reports that he missed a wallet containing 11,000 after a girl Jostled against him and smiled at the Rockaway Park railroad station Sunday, ti it I.