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a I no W. of THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 1918. The many years of experience in conducting Funerals of all classes is what makes "FAIRCHILD SERVICE" superior.

Fairchild Sons FUNERAL DIRECTORS 86 LEFFERTS PLACE VITAL RECORDS MARRIAGES ROSENBERG BENJAMIN On December 30, 1917, FRANCES BENJAMIN of Passaic, N. to MAX S. ROSENBERG of New York. WALDEN-BOORAEM-On April 30, 1917. in New York City, ADELENE ALLISON BOORAEM, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Augustus Booraem, Ridgewood, N. to VAN RENSSELAER WALDEN, of Mr. and Mrs, Charles Carroll Walden. DEATHS DEATHS Auger, Emil Kuck, Henry Bartow, P'hebe A.

Mac Lean. Robt A. Burrucker, Charles Marsh, Fletcher H. Cooper, Theodore McBreen, Owen Crosby, James Neway, C. C.

Cummings. M. J. O'Neil, Augustine Daub, Katharina Paine, Matilda Doherty, Chas. H.

Phelps, Amy Doner. Leo A. Pinknev. Samuel J. Fette, Elizabeth W.

Schwacofer. Pitzharris, Thos. Smith, Jane Gerow, M. S. Truscott, Samuel Gerrity, James F.

Walsh, Mary Gildorsleeve. A. M. Warner, Mary, Glenn, Jane C. Wenig.

Louise R. Could. Maria Williamson, W. H. Herb, Cathrine Wolsenden, Mary Hudswell.

Julia O. Yates, George W. AUGER EMIL. Services "The I UNERAL CHURCH." Broadway and 66th st. (Frank Campbell's), 1 o'clock.

BARTOW- A. widow of Stephen at her residence. 1020 Bedford av. Funeral services Sunday. January 6, 1918, at 7 p.m.

Relatives, friends and Society Wives and Daughters Fourteenth Regiment War Veterans invited. BURRUCKER-On Friday, January 4. 1918. CHARLES BURRUCKER. in his 73d year.

Services will be held at the home of his daughter, Mrs. D. T. Pitkethis. 206 Elton st.

011 Sunday evening at o'clock. (New Jersey papers please copy.) COOPER--On January 4. 1918, THEODORE COOPER. husband of Dora Cooper. at his residence, 2 Raleigh Funeral Monday, uary 7.

at p.m. Interment in itamily plot, Greenwood Cemetery, CROSBY- JAMES A. Services "THE FUNERAL CHURCH." Broadway and 66th st (Frank Campbell's), Sun, 3 p.m. uarv 3. MINGS, Lawlor.

dence, 2 uary 7, Peter's sts, 10 a.m. On Thursdav Jan1918. MICHAEL J. CUMhusband of the late Sarah Funeral from his late resiStrong place, Monday, a.m.. requi Hr.

Church, Hicks and ren CUMMINGS- of T. E. Devin Post No. 148, G. A.

are invited to attend memorial services at our late Brother MICHAEL J. CUMMINGS residence, Strong place, Sunday, January 6. at 8 p.m. DAUB--AL the Lutheran Hospital Friday, January 4, 1918, KATHARINA DAUB, widow of George Daub in her eighty year. Funeral private, 11 DOHERTY-On Friday, January 4, 1918, CHARLES H.

DOHERTY, at his residence, 202 Pulaski st, formerly of the Thirteenth Ward. New York City, of father of William Elizabeth and Thomas F. Doherty and Mrs. Charles at Haggerty. Funeral from his late resi- Hence, Monday, January 7, at 9 a.m.: thence to St.

Ambrose's Church. DeKalb Tompkins avenues. Interment Calvary Cemetery. DONER--At on Saturday, husband of and the late from his av. Solemn Teresa Classon av, the Skene Sanitarium, January 6, 1918.

LEO May and son of Elizabeth James C. Doner. Funeral late residence, 759 Franklin requiem mass at St. Church. Sterling place and in Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.

FERN COUNCIL No. 774. R. Brothers, you are requested to attend funeral services of our late brother, his CHARLES BURRUCKER, at late residence, Elton st, Sunday night, January 6, 1918, at 8 o'clock. F.

TREMER, Regent. L. Moses, Secretary, VETTE-ELIZABETH W. Services. "THE FUNERAL CHURCH." Monday.

way, 66th 8.30 st (Frank Campbell's), p.m. FITZHARRIS--On Friday, January 4, 1918, THOMAS FITZHARRIS, beloved husband of Mary Fitzharris (nee Ryan). Funeral Monday, January 7. from his late residence, 549 Seventy-third street; thence to the Church of Our Lady of Angels, where requiem mass will be at Da. m.

Interment Holy Cross. at celebrated GEROW-Suddenly, on Sunday, De. inber 30, 1917, MARGARET SIBALD GEROW, daughter of Mrs. narles H. Sibbald, at 1738 East Stark Portland, Oregon.

hie GERRITY-On January 4, 1918, at Mineola Hospital, Nassau CounJAMES FRANCIS GERRITY, in his 34th year. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend funeral from the the residence of his brother. John Gerrity, 399 Putnam av, on Monday, January 7. at 2 p.m. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery.

GILDERSLEEVE-Suddenly, at Atlantic City, N. on Friday, January st. 4, 1918, ANNA M. G. GILDER- 8:30 SLEEVE of 104 Montague st, Brooklyn, N.

Y. Funeral private. GLENN Entered. into rest on Thursday, January 3. 1918, JANE wife of the late John Glenn.

Funeral services at her late home, 275 St. James place, on Sunday, at 8 p.m. Interment at January 6, 11 Laurel Hill lowers (onetery, Philadelphia. Kindly, omit COULD--At Plainfield, N. way RIy 4, 1918.

Janu- Sun. MARIA GOULD, sister of George Gould, age 51 years. Funeral services will be held at the of her brother, George Gould, residence 45 Summerset street, Plainfield, N. 011 terment January 6, at p. m.

Monday. HERB -Friday, January 4, 1918, 11 p.int.. CATHRINE HERB, in 61st year. Service at 8 her Monday evening at 119 o'clock Rector on Union Park, L. I.

st, OLIVIA HUDSWELL HUDSWELL, Suddenly, JULIA in her 67th sear. Funeral services at her late residence, 188 Carlton av. January at 8 o'clock Interment, 7, 1918, p.m. Janu- G. Bry 8, at 10 o'clock a.m.

290 KUCK--On Saturday, January 5, 1918. HENRY KUCK. husband of the late Beta Steil, in his 79th year. Services at the residence, 291 Putnam Brooklyn, Monday, January 7, 1918, at 8 p.m. MacLEAN--On January 3, 1918, aptain ROBERT A.

MacLEAN, ivil War veteran, aged 76 years. Funeral services at 125 Miller AV, January at 2:30 p.m. CHANGE UNDER WAY TO ADJUST DRAFT IN ALIEN DISTRICTS Square Deal for Citizens in All Sections by Leaving Out the Foreigners. GEN. CROWDER'S NEW PLAN Eagle Bureau.

901 Colorado Building. Washington, D. January 5-The War Department has prepared a bill amending the draft law in such a way as to cure present evils and inequalities in those districts where there is a heavy alien population not subject to conscription. Under the law as it stands, and under which the first draft was made, it is impossible to give a square deal to the citizenship of localities where there are many aliens residing. The injustice of this feature of the law was heavily felt in certain sections of Brooklyn and Manhattan, where it requires examination of practically all of the citizens in some districts to fill the quota.

Some of these districts have far more aliens within the draft age than they have citizens, but the quota is based on the total registration of both aliens and citizens, although the aliens are exempt from military service. General Crowder, the Provost Marshal General, has devised a plan for rectifying this injustice, which was so marked in many places. In one district in Brooklyn and another in Manhattan it was necessary to examine all but five of the registered citizens to obtain the necessary number of men called for by the quota, while thousands of aliens in each district were exempt. General Crowder's plan, which has been incorporated bill approved by Secretary of War Baker, will hereafter apportion the quotas in all districts on the basis of the classification of registrants that is now In progress. Inasmuch as General der believes that the next draft will be taken entirely from Class 1.

the number of men placed in that class DEATHS MARSH -Passed away, after 2 gering illness, FLETCHER H. MARSH. Funeral services January 7. 1918, at his late residence. Eleventh av.

Interment private. McBREEN-On Friday, January 1918. at his residence, 184 Winthrop st, Brooklyn OWEN MeBREEN: enn requiem mass at Holy Church, Monday, January 7. Kindly omit flowers. NEWAY -On Thursday, January 1918.

in the 54th year of her CATHERINE CECELLIA NEWAY, beloved wife of Edward Neway mother of Edward, Herbert, Percy and Ella Neway, Mrs. Anthony Mayer Mrs. Vincent Rehman and John Annon. Funeral from her residence. 1376 Madison st, Brooklyn.

on Monday, January 7. at 10 a.m.: thence to St. Brigid's Church. Inter. St.

John's Cemetery. Friday, January 1918. at 2:45 p.m., AUGUSTINE O'NEIL, at his home, 366 Herald av. Richmond Hill, between Jamaica and Brandon avs, in his 87th year, father of Paul, Victor, Cosmo Francis A. and Eulalia O'Neil.

neral Monday, 10 a.m., at Holy Child Jesus Church, corner of Chestnut and Brandon a v. Richmond Hill, Queens County, L. I. PAINE MATILDA. Services, "THE FUNERAL CHURCH." 1970 B'way (Frank Campbell's), Tuesday, o'clock.

Auspices Actors' Fund. PHELPS -On January 5, 1918, AMY SHEFFIELD PHELPS, beloved wife Augustus W. Phelps, in her nineteenth year. Funeral services private her late residence. 252 Seventyfifth street.

Brooklyn, Monday, January 7. at 8 p. m. PINKNEY--On Saturday morning, January 5, 1918, SAMUEL JARVIS PINKNEY, in his 89th year, at residence, 619 Lafayette av, Brooklyn. Friends are invited to attend funeral services at his late residence, Monday evening, January 7, at 7 o'clock.

SMITH--On Friday, January 1918, JANE, widow of Boyd Smith, her 76th year. Funeral services the residence of her son Robert, Monroe st, on Monday, at 2 p.m. SCHWACOFER -January 5, 1918, from a B'way, 66th st (Frank CampCHARLES, aged 71 years. Funeral bell's), 1.45 o'clock. Services at James Episcopal Church, Elmhurst, Monday afternoon.

3 o'clock. Friends invited. L. I. Railway train leaves Pennsylvania Sta.

2.41 o'clock. TRUSCOTT-SAMUEL. CAMPBELL FUNERAL CHURCH: SERVICES private. Broadway and 66th st. WALSH-On Thursday, January 1918, MARY.

beloved daughter Ellen Walsh and the late P. Walsh and sister of Helen, John, Joseph and Francis Walsh, Funeral from her late residence, 200 Prospect Park West, on Monday, January 9 a.m.; thence to Holy Name Church, where solemn requiem mass will be offered for the repose of her soul. Interment Holy Cross. WARNER- -MARY. "THE FU.

NERAL CHURCH," B'way, 66th st (Frank Campbell's), Lying in state. WENIG--After a short illness, LOUISE wife of Edward 0. Wenig. Funeral services at her late home, 809 Halsey st, near Howard Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. 1 WILLIAMS January 5, 1918, W.

H. WILLIAMSON. beloved husband of Emma Williamson. Friends are invited to attend funeral services at his late residence, 61 Henry on Monday evening, January 7, at o'clock. -On Saturday, January 5, 1918, at her residence.

111 Montague st. Brooklyn. MARY, the dearly beloved sister of Harriett Wolsenden. Funeral services at Grace Church, Hicks st and Grace Court, Brooklyn, on Monday, January 7. at a.m.

Interment private. YATES- W. Funeral from "THE FUNERAL Broadand 66th st (Frank Campbell'), Private. EDWIN BAYHA. FUNERAL DIRECTOR 219 ATLANTIC AV.

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CUT FLOWERS AND FLORAL DESIGNS. MODERATE PRICES. PROMPT in each district will probably determine the quota. Population will no longer form the basis of quotas. After the effect of the first draft was observed in many districts where the alien population was lurge and where the citizenship was heavily drawn upon order to make up the difference, suggested that the future apportionments of quotas should based only on citizen population.

General Crowder points out that this is not a proper remedy. He says: Only Equitable Method. "As between two States with let us say population, one 100 per American and the other 50 per cent. rule of citizenship apportioning of quotas would result in a withdrawal from the all-American State just twice as great as the withdrawal from the 50 per cent. hyphenate.

Since the economic wealth of a State is bound up in its man-power, and since man-power is not to be computed according to citizenship, the gross inequity and the certainty of ensuing protest against any such rule are instantly apparent. Further, there is to be urged against the population rule the circumstance that there is no reliable criterion of population, since the last census is seven years old and since the most potent influences have been at work on the distribution of population since 1910. These influences were most potent among of the draftable age. "There is only one just basis for quotas to be called from any class, and that is the proportion of men in that class in the various localities. This plan is too just, too even, and unassailable to require The bill that has received the ap- of proval of Secretary Baker puts into legislative form the recommendation of the Provost Marshal General, together with an additional recommendation that all men who have reached the age of 21 since June 5 last shall be required to register and be classified.

The will be introduced at an it early date, and its passage will be to urged before the next draft is due be made. In fact, the War Department's next draft will wait upon the new legislation, although it is not expected that there will be any serious an delay. Senator Calder of New York, who has been urging a change from the system of last year, had a talk today ing with Secretary Baker concerning the an Crowder plan. He said afterward: ers "The plan drawn up by General Crowder covers the situation exactly and removes the injustice that was done in many districts under the old the draft. It gives the citizenship of each gin district a square deal, no matter how large the proportion of alien residents.

I am heartily in favor of the passage of such legislation." BRAINERD. RATION TO SAVE SHIPS Seven Ounces a Day New Limit. Hoover Hears. Washington, January 5-Only the very poor and men and women doing the hardest kind of manual labor may have more than 7 ounces of war bread a day in France from now on, the Food Administrator has been advised by the French Government. The entre French wheat crop has been requisitioned by the government.

This sacrifice has been accepted by the French people uncomplaininglv on the government's explanation that only by such restriction can American reinforcements be transported in ships that otherwise would carry grain for their bread, and that, In addition, this grain for French bread can come from America only by virtue of the actual saving of this grain reduced consumption of bread by the American people. Men who are very poor or who do hard manual labor get about 21 ounces of bread a day. Women who are very poor or who are employed hard work get about 17 ounces a day. Everyone else gets 7 ounces, which is less half a pound-loaf, or not more than four or five slices. Baking of pastry or biscuits from flour that is fit for bread is prohibited.

Confectionaries and other such shops are closed two days week. Eating pastries in public is forbidden. WOMEN WANT PAY LIKE MEN Following a luncheon at the Civic Club, 14 East Twelfth street, tan, last night, at which there were present half a hundred guests, the Working Woman's Publicity Council was organized. The chief purposes of the new organization, as stated by Mrs. Ethel Watts Mumford, will be to prevent a disorganization of industrial conditions here, which, Mrs.

Mumford asserted, in Canada, England and France came in the wake of the employment of women to replace men taken from industrial pursuits into war service. a Mrs. Frances W. B. Orkman of the committee on organization said: "We know of many of the mistakes which have caused a retracing of steps in France and England due to the substitution of women's labor for that of men, and by co-ordination and by supplying advance information we propose to profit by the mistakes made abroad." Speakers expressed the opinion that wherever a woman took the place of a man she should receive the same financial reward for her labor.

MRS. MILLER GOING TO WAR (Special ot The Eagle. Middletown, N. January 5-Mrs. Rose Miller, a a a a a a wealthy woman of this city, of Lieutenant W.

Miller. formerly of Brooklyn, now connected with the Aviation Corps in France, has decided to join her husband there. She says she will drive ambulance or engage in whatever work desired. first-aid work or otherwise, in order to serve the Nation. She will sail about the middle of this month.

IN MEMORIAM AHERN--In loving memory of our mother, MARY T. AHERN. who died Church. Saturday, January at 7:45 January 12, 1914. Mass Steal Joseph's a.

m. KIRCHNER--In loving memory of my dear mother who departed this life, January 5, 1913. Gone but not forgotten. FLORENCE E. KIRCHNER.

MORAN--In loving memory of our dear mother, CATHARINE MORAN, who died January 8. 1910. life Cod laving And 11 fearing In Death In God's heavenly home abiding. YOUR DEVOTED CHILDREN. ROWAN--In loving memory of RUSSELL C.

ROWAN, our dearly beloved husband and father, who died January 6, 1917. HIS WIFE and SON. W. C. Stafford 5011 Undertakers, Established Successors to J.

M. Hopper. 1856. Camp Chairs to Hire. Coaches to Hire.

Automobile Service. Personal Attention, City or Country. Formerly at Court and Joralemon Stan Now st 120-122 Livingston St. Phone Main 180 or 4858. Residence Phone, Kenmore 253.

Funeral Directors F. HERBST SONS Conduct funerals with dignity and exactness. -town funerals personally attended 697 THIRD AV. Tel. 1601 1600 South Mortuary Chapel 603 Third Are 400,000 MEN NEEDED TO BUILD U.

S. SHIPS; MAY CONSCRIPT THEM "People Must Be Stirred Up Over Shipbuilding Like Liberty Loans." YARDS CRY FOR WORKMEN "On no other occupation in United States or anywhere in world rests such great responsibility as upon the shipbuilder and his men. them depend victory. AbsoUpon lutely the dependence of victory upon F. T.

Bowles before New England shipbuilding conference. Lloyd-George's cry of "Ships, ships, ships, and still more ships," has been in this, country to changed a cry labor, labor, still more labor. Of the 132 shipyards struggling keep up with the Government shipbuilding plan, upon which the success the war only eighteen were prominent at the beginning the war. Seventy-four of the yards have been conjured up out of what most cases were mud flats EL few months ago. The Shipping Board estimates that will take 400,000 men to push the shipbuilding program through--an army almost as big as the one now the National Army training camps.

There was only one way to make army of half million trained soldiers in four months; that was to draft the men and train them intensively. High authorities in shipbuildbelieve that the only way to get army. of 400,000 skilled shipbuildwill be to use similar methods. "Not until you have the people stirred up over shipbuilding as they have been over the Liberty Loans or Red Cross campaign will you beto get them any other way," great shipbuilder said at the New England conference. The volunteer system failed to produce an army of fighters, and it has failed thus far to produce an army of shipbuilders.

Every shipyard in the country is clamoring for men. One yard in the Eastern District had at the beginning the war 4,000 men. To complete contracts it took from the Government it needed 10,000, and every machinist of any kind in the vicinity working full time already. The problem of that shipyard was typical all of the old ones. The seventy-four new yards were a worse predicament still, for they not even have an old force to use as a nucleus.

Yards Bid Against Each Other. Within a few weeks after the Shipbuilding Board let its contracts the yards began bidding against each other for the existing labor supply, with the result that the labor turnover in two-thirds of the yards, according to Government figures, amounted to 300 per cent. In the average yard it amounted to 400 per cent. That means that the entire personnel of most of the yards in the country had to be replaced every three months. Yards employing 6.000 men were hiring, and are hiring, their 6,000 men over every ninety days.

Well organized forces of men under these conditions have manifestly been impossible. The problem of, housing the men was one of the most crucial, and because the shipbuilders had more than they could do already it was frequently neglected, with disastrous results. In order to get men to come to their plants, builders had to print most attractive advertisements, extolling housing and transportation. Each plant tried to outdo the other in this respect. The advertisements simply couldn't be true.

The new yards are with few exceptions located miles from cities, in desolate marshes reached by abominable roads. Men who travelled hundreds of miles described looking found for the themselves idyllic conditions quartered in unheated wooden sheds, with the windows broken, sleeping in broken cots, without water for washing. They had to sleep and work in the same clothes. The "free board" advertised was really an opportunity to stand up in line two hours in the cold to get a dish of ill-cooked stew. There was no transportation to the nearest city, miles away.

These conditions exist not only in plants built by wild-cat speculators, but in at least one yard constructed by one of the largest corporations in the country. And workmen walked away in hundreds. The struggle to get men has been 80 bitter that yards have in some cases deliberately pirated labor from each other. It has been reported to the shipping board that in one town with two shipyards, one old and one new. the people running the new yard went through the town and leased the houses wherever the men of the old yards were living--and then said: "We are very sorry; but we need housing facilities for our men.

If you want to work in the new yard you can; otherwise you will have to get out of your house." Other yards making the sudden expansion necessitated by their new contracts have been unable to get enough small tools for their men, and shipping board inspectors have found it typical that a whole gang of men will be working with tools enough for only two or three. Half their time is wasted passing the tools around from one to another. Newport News is so flooded that recently when the board of directors of the local Y. M. C.

A. wanted to meet in their old building, they could not find a room, and had to hold their directors meeting standing up behind the piano. Every other space was filled with cots. Workmen Leave Newark. When an Eagle man visited the big plant at Port Newark Terminal, on Newark Bay, he found scores of workmen slamming their bundles of clothing on contractors trucks bound for the city and declaring that they would never come back.

this yard will be prevented by weather Shipping Board officials believe that conditions from making much progreas before March. The four yards on Staten Island have 6,500 man and need many more. They hope to get at least 1.000 from Brooklyn, but the long journey by car, ferry and trolley makes getting there an all-night job for a Brooklyn man. The Shipping Board tried to help out by renting special boats to take the men directly from the, foot of Thirty-ninth street to the edge of the yards in Staten Island Sound. They wanted two of the Iron Steamboat Company's Coney Island excursion boats, hut the price asked by the Iron Steamboat Company was $500 a day--the Government to furnish the coal and the a.

month, $180.000 a year. The Shipping Board went elsewhere and got slightly lower prices for a slow old ferryboat and another old steamer. Unfortunately it has not yet been given the power to commandeer and fix its own fair price. The labor problem here described G. 18 only one of the difficult situations confronting the nation's shipbuilding the program.

Difficulty in obtaining Inaterial. fuel, shipbuilding equipment. machinery for the ships to be built other problems just as urgent. INSTALL ADVANCE OFFICERS Advance Chapter, No. 588, Order of the Eastern Star, installed the following officers on Thursday night: Mrs.

Anna Slaght, worthy matron; Charles H. Gerard, worthy patron; Miss Elizabeth Munro, associate matron; Mrs. Sarah Owen, treasurer; Mrs. Estelle Miska, secretary; Mrs. Kate Franznick, conductress; Mrs.

Dorothy Munro, associate conductress; Mrs. Cora Andariese, chaplain; Mrs. Florence Symington, marshal; Mrs. Margaret Hohl, historian; Mrs Mae Hopper, organist; Mrs. Lillien Ellard, warden; Miss Kathryn Hogstrom, Mrs.

Elizabeth Renneman, gAdah; Mra. Louise Stockinger, Esther; Miss Louise Zick, Martha; Mrs. Mary Gillispie, Electra; Mrs. Carrie Schoelling, trustee. Right Worthy Isaac Foster, assistant grand lecturer, was the installing officer, the retiring matron and patron, Mrs.

Estelle Miska and John W. Owen, acting as marshals. Mrs. Miska, retiring matron, was presented with a diamond ring by the chapter. GEN.

ROBB DINED BY GUARD OFFICERS Former Colonel of New 23d Guest at Hamilton Club. Brigadier General James Robb was given a dinner at the Hamilton Club last night by the officers of the new Twenty-third Infantry, New York Guard, in honor of advancement from the rank colonel to that of brigadier general in command of the Brigade, New York Guard. Practically all of the officers of General Robb's former command attended to him honor. Colonel Louis J. Praeger made a speech of congratulation, after which the general was presented with an engraved saber by the officers of the Twentythird.

The advancement of General Robb, for many years a member of the State's militia organization, follows quickly the completion of the zation of. Brooklyn's new Twenty-third Infantry. The task of recruiting the new battalion as part of the New York Guard was intrusted to him when the former -third gave up its armory in September. When the organization grew beyond the limits of a battalion it was decided to recruit it to a regiment, and within a few weeks the complete regimental organization was effected and Major Robb was commissioner a colonel. Among those present at the dinner were: Colonel Louis J.

Praeger. Majors--Thomas Fairservis, Ethelbert Green, James J. Keyes, Clifford F. Lamont. Captains--Charles Barnum, George K.

Boyce, Louis W. Butler, Herbert Wheaton Congdon, Dumont C. Mills. Henry L. O'Brien, Vivian L.

Outerbridge. Chauncey A. Pierce, Charles E. Potts. Arthur W.

Rossiter, William L. Sayres. Philip Stauderman, Raymond L. Taft, William Thompson, H. Clarkson Waggoner, Warren Kelly.

Lieutenants--Henry E. Bedford Willard C. Candee, J. Brace Chittenden. John J.

Derrick, Joseph P. Disbrow. Robert M. Forman, Albert Gould, Howard S. Hadden, Harry L.

Hedger, Cyril R. Hustis, J. Parker Kerby, John Kochendorfer, Edward Lewis, Frank D. Meserole. George W.

Mickleborough, John R. Miller, John M. Nixon, Roy Pier, C. Willis Woodford, James G. Purdy, Stanley J.

Quinn, Hawley C. Slack, William F. Smith, Frederick C. Stechert. Alfred M.

Vaux, Charles Vehring John T. C. Waters, William D. Wilkes, Hubert S. Wynkoop.

SUGAR CHARGES HEARD The Federal Food Board yesterday afternoon began a hearing in the case of Austin Nichols wholesale grocers, who are accused of charging in excess of the board's price for sugar. The hearing was held in the board's headquarters 220 West Fifty -seventh street, Manhattan. Harry. Balfe, president of the company, testified that the complaints of overcharging for sugar against his firm were correct, but that in each instance special service was involved, which added to the cost. He cited three particular differentials which were in practice by his firm up to cember 13, when the firm was asked by the food administration to abandon them.

"I don't know what the food administration wants," he said emphatically. "They don't know themselves. If Mr. Hoover wants us to sell sugar for 3 cents a pound, we will do it and suffer the loss, in order that we may help our country. We do a business of $30,000,000 a year.

Do you suppose we would use sinister methods in our business transactions NEVER MET MITCHEL, BUT GAVE HIM $5,000 Frank J. Godsol's Contribution to the Fusion Fund. Assistant District Attorney Kilroe continued his investigation yesterday into the Fusion campaign fund. He gave out a synopsis of the examination of Frank J. Godsol, who said he lived in Paris, France, but who is stopping at the Hotel Vanderbilt.

Mr. Godsol, Mr. Kilroe said, was formerly a representative of the French Government in purchasing automobiles in this country. He said, according to Mr. Kilroe, that he never voted in New York City or in the United States, but that he gave $5,000 to Mayor Mitchel direct for his campaign because he believed the Mayor was Ally and that any other administration coming would slacken policy of the United States.

He said he sent the money through a check made out to John Purroy Mitchel a week before election. "I never met Mr. Mitchel," sol. "I will take an oath I acted as said God- no dummy. It WILS my own money." Mr.

Kilroe said he had Godsol to appear before subpenaed the Grand Jury, Three of the colored ters Mitchel's who behalf worked diligently Baptist minisin Mayor and who received and expended through their pastors' ganization $2.746, were ortioned by Mr. Kilroe. They were questhe Rev. H. A.

Booker of 347 West 136th street, Church; pastor of St. Paul's Baptist the Rev. W. W. West 131st street, pastor of the MetroBrown, 143 politan Baptist Church, and the Rev.

G. H. Simms, 131 West 131st street, pastor of the Union Baptist Church. They told Mr. Kilroe that this money had been spent in organizing meetinga, rending out literature and working generally in the interest of.

Mr. Mitenel. ARMY COMMANDEERS OVERCOATS IN SHOPS OF CITY FOR CAMPS Quartermasters' Dept. Seizes Thousands of Garments to Supply Need. UNCOVER UNIFORM FRAUD As a result of an inquiry being made by the Quartermaster Corps in this city and by District Attorney Swann, lit was learned last night that United States Army officials, following the Congressional inquiry as to why many of the soldiers in the National Army were not supplied with overcoats, stepped in and commandeered thousands of overcoats in stores in this city so as to supply the coats needed.

The initial inquiry was for quite another purpose, and the fact. that there had been a wholesale commandeering of Army came to light only incidentally. coats, purpose of the inquiry in this city was to find whether or not firms here, manufacturing uniforms under Government contract, were selling to dealers in the city garments that had been made out of cloth supplied by the Government, SO that these uniforms could be sola indiscriminately to private purchasers. continued, Inquiry into this phase is still being but late yesterday afterthe noon several merchants were called to District Attorney's office and were questioned about where uniforms thus obtained were being sold. One manufacturer was also questioned.

Two Army officers were present at the examination. Found U. S. Label on Coats. Detective John Cunniffe of the District Attorney's office staff learned that merchants were buying uniforms from them pushcart peddlers and then selling at $14 apiece.

A lieutenant and a captain connected with the Quartertion. master Corps also made an investigaMr. Cunniffe and the lieutenant learned that a number of the coats discovered in one of the stores bore the label made under visited contract for the Government. These coats were taken to the District Attorney's office. The manufacturer whose label was in them stated to reporters that it must have been sewed in by mistake.

He said he did not make uniforms for the Government and for merchants out of the same quality of cloth and that, by mistake, some of these labels must have been put in the coats meant for the merchant who bought them. As a result of the investigation District Attorney Swann immediately got in touch with Assistant United States District Attorney John C. Knox and then forwarded the following letter to the Attorney General at Washington: "The Attorney General, "Washington, D. C. "My Dear Sir -Evidence came into the possession of this office today that several merchants in this city are buying Army uniforms of B.

B. Gold. berg, manufacturer of uniforms, at Broadway and Tenth street, and other merchants are buying them from peddiers who come to their stores with pushcarts laden with military uniforms, selling them at very much reduced prices, which would indicate some irregularity in the obtaining of the goods. These merchants sell to any persons who are willing to pay the price of the uniform. Uniforms Sold Loosely.

"For example, one merchant, J. J. Reynolds of 148 West Thirty-fourth street, has just testified that he is retailing these Army uniforms at $14 apiece. I find that the merchants make no effort to discover whether their customers for these uniforms are in the or not. "Recently many crimes have been committed in this county by criminals wearing military uniforms, and am led to believe that they are not in the Government service but criminals who use the honorable livery of the United States Army in order to facilitate them in committing crimes.

have several instances of highway robbery committed on the public streets and in the street cars by criminals masquerading in regular military uniforms, which, no doubt, they have purchased from some of these merchants. "I should like to co-operate with the Federal authorities in every way in suppressing this trade and would be very much obliged if you would give me such information and aid as you possibly can. have just taken the matter up with Mr. John C. Knox, Assistant United States Attorney in this district.

and have read this letter to him over the tolephone." A. T. Thompson, a merchant of 210 West Forty-second street, who was at the District Attorney's office, said that certain coats with the Government label came from his store. He said he bought them in good faith, and Detective Cunniffe declared that there was absolutely no fault to be found with Thompson. Seize Officers Coats.

It was Mr. Thompson who told about the, Government commandeering the army overcoats. He said that 200 coats which he had made up, practically all of them for officers and all of the best materials, were taken from his place. The Government paid him $24.75 each for he said, which was the net cost plus 10 per cent. He declared he really made nothing on these coats, however, because he had to have braid, designating them as officers' coats, torn off so that they could be used by privates.

"I am only a very small dealer," he said, "and I figure that there are at least 100 other dealers in this city where at least as many coats were secured. They must have commandeered 20.000 of the coats in this city alone. There will be some mighty lucky privates -those who get these coats--because they are much more costly than the average coat a private wears." SAYS FRANCE RECOGNIZES FINLAND'S INDEPENDENCE Paris, January French Government has recognized in right, as in fact, the independence of the Republic of Finiand," says the Temps today. CAPITAL INCREASE RECORDED. (Special The Eagle.) Albany, January 5-A certificate filed with the State Department announces the Williamsburg Stopper Company has increased the amount of its capital stock from 000 to $50,000.

NEW BENOVELENT ASSOCIATION. (Special to The Eagle.) Albany, January 5-Articles of incorporation have been filed by the Maxnardan Benevolent Association of Brooklyn. The directors are Dr. Nonuan Smith, Abraham and Joseph Firschbein of Brooklyn. OYSTER COMPANY DISSOLVED.

(Special to The Eagle.) Albany, January 5-The Cedar Island Oyster Company of Greenport 1195 filed a certifeate of voluntary dissolution with the Secretary of State's Department. GAS GRATES GAS LOGS AND OPEN FIREPLACE ACCESSORIES Immediate Deliveries Dayton Montgomery, Inc. 9 Lafayette Ave. At Flatbush Ave. the the is for to of PROBE AT ANNAPOLIS IN SEAMAN'S DEATH Buchanan, Found Dead From Pistol Bullet Wound.

(Special to The Eagle.) Annapolis, January 5-With a bullet wound from a revolver in his head, the body of Charles F. D. Buchanan, 23 years old, a second-class seaman of the Naval Reserve, was found at noon on the floor of a sentry box on the Government reservation, near the Naval Hospital. He had been dead probably an hour. Buchanan, whose true name wag Heuschkel and whose home was at 195 Calyer street, Brooklyn, was formerly on duty aboard one of the Naval Reserve vessels at Baltimore.

Suffering with neurasthenia and other mental disorders, he became a patient in the Naval Hospital on October 10 last, but it is stated by the authorities of the hospital that he had apparently recovered and had been restored to duty. He had been assigned as sentry on the 8 o'clock to noon watch on the post at which his body was found. A naval board of inquest was summoned. It made a report on the case to Rear Admiral E. W.

Eberle, U.S.N., superintendent of the Naval Academy. The report has not yet been made public. EMBARGO FOR HAITI lin- at 8 4912 4. SolCross 1918. 3.

age, and Mrs. late M. Fu- st his of Washington, D. January 5-Measures to prevent enemies of the United States from getting foodstuffs or other supplies from Haiti have been taken by the island Government and reported tO the State Department. By Presidential decree exportation of foodstuffs is prohibited, except in instances where the destination is such that enemies of the United States cannot be benefited thereby.

Under no circumstances may metal and coal be re-exported. Only ships clearing for ports under the jurisdiction of the United States will be supplied with coal, gasoline, oil and fuel. Annual Stock-taking Sale OUT Beg to announce that during Jane uary and February they will make reductions of from 10 to 50 per cent. on a great number of Dinner Sets, Plates, Cups and Saucers, Glass in Sets, 00d Dozens and Single Pieces. Fifth Eve.

30th St. NEW YORK I Make Your Reservations Now. MILDRED GARAGE 319-325 Greene Avenue Between Franklin and Classon. All Night Service. Telephone 10034 Pros.

PERSONAL. FOSTER--Wanted, for the purpose of payment of legacy, the address of or information regarding FOSTER, daughter of Isabella Georgiana Foster, of Brooklyn, New York. Communicate with CARGILL. CARGILL DUNN. Solicitors, of No.

4 Duke st, Kingston, Jamalca, B. W. I. AM lonesome. Would like to hear from all my former Brooklyn friends.

Also anyone who would like to correspond. Lieutenant HERBERT C. BARBOUR, Forty-Arst Infantry, Fort Bayard, New Mexico. FROST-HENSHAW-Information wanted of MARY A. FROST, nee HENSHAW, wife of William C.

Frost, of Flushing. Address NELSON H. TUNNICLIFF, 26 Liberty st, City. 5-2 THEREBY give notice that I have this day purchased the stationery business recently conducted by Chale Zwell. DAVID HUREWITZ.

389 Central av. 6-4 RELATIVES of JOHN McMURRON, deplease communicate with L. R. GRABILL, Room 414, District Building, Washington. D.

C. LOST AND FOUND. LOST--Brindle BULL DOG. answers name Peggy; reward. BEDSON, 1524 Pacific st.

LOST -Reward $25; collie DOG, white and tan. Dr. BEEBE, 10 Sidney place; tel. Main 885. FOUND -A collie DOG.

January 2, 00 the Boulevard, Brooklyn. Phone 6580-J pect. FOUND, lady's BAG, last Sunday, Write diescription. Apartment 4, 1061 Bergen st, Brook- LOST, at Woolworth's, Saturday, 5 p.m.. fur COLLAR.

Phone Main 4257. Reward. F.eturan 161 Henry st. LOST -Masonic WATCH CHARM. P'.

Buck, on back. Liberal reward if Te turned to Prudential Savings Bank. LOST -Blue horse BLANKET: owner's name on; suitable reward. Tel. Waverly 2078.

JOHNSON 15 Evergreen av. Newark, N. J. LOST, black velvet BAG, Fulton st or Flatbush av car: keys, phone bill and name in bug; suitable reward. 616 Nostrand av, Brooklyn.

LOST, Christmas Night, between Academy of Maste and Cambridge place. an amethyst nm pearl BROOCH; reward. Tel. Prospect 1451-R. 6-3 LOST -Sterling silver VANITY CASE, Sunday, on Franklin av car.

Name and former address Inside. Return same, 5 South Elliott place; reward. 4-2 LOST--Between Gage Tollner's restaurant. Park place and Flatbush aV. one drop pearl EARRING: reward.

M. W. MILLIARD, 205 Park place. LOST -Will the lady who picked up a black and jet HANDBAG on a Coney Island car abont 6:30 return to owner, 876 East 15th st. 1:1.

6994 Midwood. LOST- -Round seal MUFF In Keeney's Thenter, Bklyn, Friday night. Liberal reward: return Mrs. A. SNYDER.

422 State st, Apt. phone Main 6761. LOST. on January 1, on St. John's place car, MONEY and BANK BOOKS on lyn, Dime and Williamsburgh banks; ward.

Mrs. S. GALLAGHER. 423 St. Mark's avenue.

4-3 LOST -Saturday afternoon, lady's gold face monogram WATCH, on Macon st and Patchen av. Return to owner. FRAJENHAGAN, Patchen aV, Tuesday evening OP later. Reward. LOST -JAPANESE SPANIEL, BLACK, WITH WHITE CHEST: MALE: FRIDAY MORNING.

LIBERAL REWARD. W. L. HOPKINS, 59 LIVINGSTON ST. TEL, MAIN 9121.

6-3 FOR SALE AUTOMOBILES. CABRIOLET; Maxwell 1917 Ideal: open closed runabout: elegant condition; sacrifice; make appointment. Phone Prospect 2800. TO LET--GARAGE. ATOMOBILE space for 4 car garage.

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