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OCT 2 1914 THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE NEW YORK CITY, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1914. 24 PAGES. THREE CENTS. firnn in 1 1 mn i im KILLING PARK SQUIRRELS VOTE TO TAX AUTOS F.

G. TANNER LEADS THE WAR TODAY STOPPANI, HOTCHKIN ARE BOTH INDICTED ALLIES' FLANKS REPORTADVAICE General Situation Unchanged, Says French War Office. I 111 I IV A III ft If 14 BIG PARKWAY TREES Subway Idea Gets Instant Approval of Ingersoll. uri.AV iv rrisii-i i nnv Method of Train 1 1. hi The trees along Eastern Parkway repared by Chief Engineer Alfred rt or t(ie Public Service Cnmmls-whloh was given out today, is dopted by the members of the Com- l.

Wliile no official action or the report has yet been taken, It is inderstood that all of the members favor it. wrpeolally since It does nol call for a delay in nstruction and Will not imi-( the tost of the pro ject. A double deck subway running all along the PaiKway, except between uiaeson and Franknn avenues, wnerc it ia transposed into a single level four-track route, is the idea of Englneei Craven, and added to that radical chance to the nrese.nt nlans. is the me of running local and express is on the same level, using one track for locals and one for expresses, above and below. The new proposal not only has met with the approval of the Commissioners, but Park Ci missloner Ingersoll of Brooklyn, in a statement issued as soon as the report was given out.

said that it was the best news which has come to the Park Department this year. "From the point or vie of preserv ing the dignity and beauty of th said commissioner Ingersoll. "the ingenious plan worked r. craven is far superior to any other suggested. It should leave the trees undisturbed except for some dryinj out of soil, and this can easily be offse uy special cultivation ami watering Engineer Craven's plan is the re Suit of study during the summer which the experts of the Commission, logemer witn men representing the local Park Department have been Btriving to find some means for puttiug without losing all tree: which line it.

Professor J. W. Toomey of the laie ecnool or forest ry was one ol the men who represented Commissioner Ingersoll and it was Plan 3 of those be suggested which first gave Jlr. Craven his idea for tile radical and daring construction he proposes. The construction of the double deck subway will not be delayed, because been working on the plans, and those handed to the Commission today are an reaay 10 uegin upon, iney are ac cepted.

It was announced that bids win oe openea lor tne new woi-K ai the time set for the opening on the thing will go ahead at the same speed as already planned. Train Operation a Novel Feature of Plan. The novel feature of the proposed portation and train operation. The plan proposed contemplates utilizing the southerly tracks on both the upper and lower level for local service, and the northerly tracks for expresses. All upper level, while Manhattan bound trains win run on tne lower Under this plan passengers boarding Mams ai ine siauons along iuastern Parkway will have to descend to the lower level, but passengers leaving trains at the same stations will have 10 Banana irom ontv tne miner eve thus making the inconvenience of get ting iu noil irom ine trains a Engineer Craven adds in the report that the construction will probably mated figure Set for the nreannt nl.n.

says the report, "but the cost of deep er excavation through this section above ground water would not be very vatlon at normal depth, and the plan does not require an additional transverse or vertical tracks at junction points. This snecial construction was a very material Item in the cost of the uiigumi pian. uui is entirety eumi- nuieu in ine new proposal. Stations along the new subway be a little over track- width width of the structure even at local ma I three-track width. In regard to una icaiure ot nis new plan, Craven's report has this to say: Deflection of Line May Be Desirable at so mo founts, "It may be desirable to deflect the line at the local station points a little off the center of the roadway so as to center the whole structure in the roadway, and thus escape the trees to the greatest extent possible on both sides ui me iij.

iiiio mMiecuon, now-ever, has not been indicated on the "At express stations, the platforms wouiu oe i.e. ween ine two sets or tracks, so that direct transfer would he available from express to local trains across the platforms Just as in the existing island platform express stations. At the Franklin avenue sta- iiuii ine irees win not lie 1 i 1 for the reason that the subway Is deep at this Doint. and the mothn ob struction will probably ho to trench for a width of two tracks and undercut from this trench for the other two tracks. The.

subway is so deep here that this can probably be done without ii cis aionK me pari; way contiguous to this station The construction of this subway will th thC Pen CUt nature and will time of bnl din i by the local Park Department and' 1 both tne commission that the two wide midways on Eastern Parkway will bp sufficient to take care of all traffic during the construction period. It will than the old plan. No meetlnir hn vol u.u linilerstoo.l that it 1H greatly fi 13 that It will he approvo.l. roimnis-Bioner Ingersoll enthusiastic about it ih' pn "aid? ai in hi thouehi a double decked Siilnyav seemed impracticable because of elements of inereas nd because, for most persons roaoway. it appeared to involve climb- tale limbing one level for all dllllculties appear to been sue cessfully met.

With any plan for a four-track width It would be practically Impossible to save the trees at points where stations and station approaches are to be located. The subway enullieeis have Ihi. I. lam most earnestly and are entitled Laborers Coax Little Animals and Hit Them With Shovels, The friendly little gray squirrels of fort Greene Park, which run up on your shoulder and put their little muz zles close to your face as they eat nuts from your hand, have almost ceased to exist. Italian laborers have been killing them with shovels and taking t.hcrn home as a means of solving the high cost of living There are now scarcely half a dozen of the little gray coated animals left, and they are shy.

been killed Is particularly distressing. Laborers passing through the park on heii way to work stop and coax the i 1 1 near by, pretend ine to hold a nut In the hand. When the squirrels them, and there is an end of them. Philip AJana of 4.10 flushing avenue was arraigned in the Gates avenue court today for striking a squirrel. He was lined II.

The arrest was made by Policeman Wohlafka, and through the arraignment, the havoc created the Fort Greene Park squirrels rels have been killed in the same manner in other parks. GEOGRAPHY BAD; NO CASH Nervy Youths Mix Up Colleges in $3,000 "Touch." Two young men who were long on nervo but short on geography entered a Wall street broker's office vest, rday The nerviest one. after paving the way to Hearing by remarking that bis moiner Had the same maiden name aa tile broker, explained that. Ins "uncle." who usually cashed his checks, had Deen delayed by a railroad wreck, and as the two young men were on their way to school they needed money. In short, they wished the broker to cash a check.

"What school do you intend to enter?" asked the broker. "And where is Exeter?" asked the broker. The young man hesitated, and then ventured: In Pennsylvania. How much is the check for?" "Three thousand dollars." This answer, coupled with the re-ponse to the geographical query, ettled the matter. The two young uon wore dismissed curtlv.

What tamer semis nis ooy to senool anyhow? It is supposed that the young had heard there was a schoc "Exeter." although not aware that flumps fxeier Academy was in New tiampsnire. BROOKLYN IS SELECTED One of 15 Cities to Have Farm- to-Table Parcel Post. Washington. October 1 Postmaster General Burleson today extended tht "farm-to-table" service of the parcel post to fifteen cities, in addition to the twelve to which the service already applies. The cities named today were Brook lyn, Philadelphia, Seattle, Portland, new uneans, Austin.

Tex. Cleveland, Indianapolis, Chicago, Denver. Providence. Nashville. Los Antre- les, Hartford, and Richmond, Virginia.

Farmers and truck growers in the territory contiguous to these cities may furnish to the postmasters lists of the articles which they can send to customers by parcel post. The postmasters, in turn, will have printed lists preparea or rarmers ana or tne articles thev can suddIv. which will bt distributed in the cities by the mail carriers. Prospective customers then may Postmaster General Burleson said today the experimental service established in twelve of the large cities had worked so successfully that he felt amply warranted in exionums ine ser vice. The plan, as it will be worked out in Brooklyn, was described in yesterday's U.

S. SUES FOR $465,559 Julius Strauss Charged With Lace Customs Fraud. Assistant United States District At torney Frank E. Cartarphen, for the Government, today brought a civil suit in the Federal District Court, in Manhattan, against Julius Strauss of 1200 Broadway, Manhattan, a corporation engage din the importation of laces, to recover ine sum ui alleged to De tne true Ainciitan va.ue ot lor-elen laces, said to have been under. valued and irregularly entered at the Custom House.

The suit is based on forty shipments tria between December 18, 1911, and July 31, 1913. They underwent, the complaint alleges, was accomplished by the presen tation to the customs authorities of IS IT A WARSHIP? Question Raised Over Shipment of Hydro-aeroplane. Washington, October 1 Shipment of tne nyiiro-aeropiane America to England from New York on the Maure- tania has raised a new question of international law. If classed as munitions of w.it- ih. aeroplane would he merely to seizure as contraband.

Should it be classed as a warship the United States might he charged with responsibility No protest has been made and the vexing ouestlon has not yet come nn VIBAUD'S DKATH ACCIDENTAL. Police anil Coroner oniineeil of That. Was Highly Respected, The police and the Coroner are con-Inccd that the death of Ervlng Vi.bim. who was found asnhw la led he yuaieruay, whs uue to accident. Mr Vldaud was a a-radnnte of class of Willi, and the son of rt nuaiuu, a retired currier, The dead man was a salesman bv oe, an.l lived with his parents at the nm-ci House.

i no tamlly had been at tile slimmer den City, but the son had living b.w He returned from I.usinos- usinngion or. and It is supposed that lie turned the gas to take the chill off the room. "in. was escaping, and senate uemucrcus rieiei to Gasoline Levy. Washington.

October 1 Democrats i the senate on the tax of 2 cents a gallon on gasoline in the war revenue bill, a tax on automobiles and $1 per horse power The committee estimates that would yield an annual revenue of $1 6,000,000. An owner of a 30-horsenower car would pay an annual tax of $7.50 and chine would pay $30. Senator 'Williams Introduced amend ments to tax Government employees except the President. Sunreme Court Justices and Congressmen, one-half of eliminate the tax on casualty, damage and accident insurance. Another amendment would tax retail liquor ueaiers irom to juu a year, ac cording to the volume of their busi Senator Thompson of Kansas proposed an amendment to Increase the internal revenue tax on distilled liquors from $1.10 a gallon to $1.25 or.

liquors in bona and nerearter pro duced. CALDER TO STAY OUT Rafferty Says Congressman Will Not Oppose Rowe. John T. Rafferty, State Committeeman of the Twelfth Assembly District, speaking In behalf of Congressman William M. Culdcr.

the defeated He- publican candidate for the United states Senatorial nomination, declared this afternoon that under no clrcum stances would the Park Slope Con 1 pern iixt I nstrict this fall. Mr. Raffertv. i date ot the Republicans Is W. Rowc.

Under the law Mr. Howe cannot decline after the primaries in favor of any one. as I understand the new primary act. The only way Mr. Calder eoul dsupersede hnm on the ballot would be bv running Independ ent I against Rowe at the general Calder will not di J.

M. CRAY'S NEW RIVAL Name of Walter J. Bryan Written on Ballots. John Morrisey Gray, who ran foi State Committeeman in the Demo cratlc primaries in the Eighth Assent bly District and who was elected, wai surprised today to learn that he hai a rival who polled quite a few votes This rival Is Walter J. Bryan, a powei in the district, who has been rated al alone as a eood C.rav supporter When the votes were counted It de veloped that tfryan name uau written in bv a number of Demi in the Third and Fourth El ction dis tricts.

This little protest against Gray leadership has been uttribu to the work of Bernard Friedm who. as the organizer of the Eighth Assembly District Pleasure Club. Incurred the Jealousy of Gray. Bryan's name was written on twenty-nve bal lots in the Third District and twelve in the Fourth, giving Bryan a total of thirty seven votes. CONVICT MAY SAVE REILLY Harry Walsh Testifies It Was He Who Robbed Com Box Harrv Walsh, 17 years old, now serv ino- a term In Elmira for robblne tele phone coin boxes, was a witness today former Fireman James Rcilly.

Rellly was connected with Engine iy rv-o. -Ml. in Brooklyn on Mu ch 17 1 9 1 4. a telerihone coin box in a drug store at Forty-sixth street and Third avenue. Brooklyn, was robbed and according to tne manager ot tin store, a fireman with the same numbe as K-illy left the booth just after the robb- ry.

Deputy Commissioner Farley tried the case and as a result Keilly as dismissed oy ine commissioner. Walsh was arrested in Brooklyn and confessed to many teiepnone pox roo- beries. Keiuy, reading or ine arresi. ent to timira. waisn aomttieu as he and and not Reillv who had robbed the coin box in the drug store.

Reillv applied for a rehearing. After the testimony had been beard today iinmtssioner Auamsou rescued unci: ion. HOI.LOWAY LEFT $33,000. The will of Edwin Holloway, who erl September 12 at his summer home, Pleasant. N.

was tiled today in the Surrogate's office It. is dated November 7. and gives all of his $33,000 estate to his widow, Mrs. Ann liam L. Davidson and Holloway's two sons are named as executors.

HOW THE KAISER WILHELM Was Sunk Vivid story of war at sea brought to Brooklyn by an eye-witness of action off African Coast. SIR EDWARD GREY A CHAR-acter study of the statesman who is engineering England's foreign policy. CIVIL SERVICE REFORM HOW the new regime is saving money and providing efficient men for city positions. "MAUDLIN SENTIMENTALITY" is back of the protest against muzzling dogs, says Dr. Archibald McNeil.

"BOW WOW" SAYS THE MUZ-zled pup in presenting his side of the argument, in an exclusive interview. SPECIAL FOREIGN NEWS FROM correspondents in Paris, Bordeaux and other Continental cen- WHO'LL WIN THE BASEBALL Pennant? Expert article concerning the world's scries. Lots of other live sporting news. NEWS, FEATURES, PICTURES of the brightest, most readable kind. Make sure that you read The Sunday Eagle October 4 Nineteenth day of the battle of Paris No change In the general situation.

Berlin- -Allied attacks have been repulsed. Petrograd The German advance In Polaud checked. Toklo Artillery duel nn at Tslng-Lau; three vessels sunk. Vienna Austria promises reparation to Italy for mine accident In Adriatic. SEA FICHT IN BALTIC; Paris, October 7:35 a.m.

A Petro-g ad special to the Havas Agency, September 30, says: "The details of the naval engagement which occurred on September -i. the coast at Wlndau, a Russian seaport In Courland on the Baltic, have been made public. It appears that a German squadron, comprising forty ships of all classes, appeared off the harbor and was prevented from landing forces by the heavy tire from the forts. One of ficer and two sailors were killed and three more were drowned. "The ships withdrew, but on the day following two cruisers returned, opened nre ana uestroyea tnj ugninousu.

nicy killed a civilian and a number of soldiers, but were driven off again by the fire from the forts." AUSTRIA IS FACING A FOOD SHORTAGE? London, October I The food question is a grave one in Austria, according to a dispatch to the Daily Mall from Chiasso, Switzerland. The Aus trian Emperor has Issued an edict empowering the government to take all measures necessary to alleviate the situation. The price of corn Is double tnat ot normal times ana is increa: ing at the rate of three oer cent, dail German and Austrian dealers are traveling in neutral countries, tne patch says, trying to buy corn a announcing at the same time that is intended for oth. countries. Italy na.s d.

maud, that the fullest guarantees be given that corn purchased there Is not to go to Austria. Rumania's embargo on the export of corn nas caused consternation Austria, according to the dispatch, and is s.ini that Austria is now makinir des- p. rate efforts to get wheat from the United States, but the blockade of the Adriatic makes relief from this quarter doubtful. VIENNA FORTIFICATIONS ARE BEING STRENGTHENED Vienna, October 1 Financial condi tions in Austria-Hungary show som improvement. The banks are paying out more money and trade accounts are being settled more promptly.

Al Trieste coal importers, who are desir ous of obtaining supplies from America, have asked the Austrian Govern ment to give definite assurance that coal imported Irom America in Ameri can bottoms will not be confiscated foi military purposes. Their injuries ha v. not as vet been answered. The news of the beginning of tho uusstan invasion oi Hungary is ex citing the greatest apprehension tnrougtiotit tne monarcny, despite ot-tlcinl assurance that the action is without importance, and should give nt The work on the fortifications around Vienna is being Hastened, ana tlcinl warning has been issued public against entering certain areas on penalty of arrest and danger ot be The Asiiistic cholera is spreading ran ca 1:0 Vienna, and in various districts of Hungary. Scores of eases already have GERMAN CROWN PRINCESS TO DECORATE OFFICERS London." October 1, 4:60 p.m.

In a dispatch from Berlin, sent by way of The Hague, the correspondent Of the F.xchange Telegraph Company that Cecllie, tho German Crown I left Berlii Crown sonally to bestow dec-tlicers of her dragoon AUSTRIA PROMISES TO MAKE ADRIATIC SAFE Home. Italy Octot 1 (by vay of London)-The Austrian Government has replied to the Italian protest against the floating mines In the Adri atic Sea. Austria sink ing ot liaiian to Like measures to remove the menace p. shipping and to fully indemnify the taniiues 01 mo MERCHANT SHIPS STOPPED; TURKS CLOSE STRAITS London. October 1 A dispatch troni Constantinople to Ihe Havas Ag.

states that the newspapers explain that the closing of the 1 I da is French cruisers are steaming about iho mouth of the I' irdan. II. ind amming merchant steamers. It is asserted thai the straits will remain closed until the allied Heels depart. GERMANS BUILD FIVE PONTOONS OVER MEUSE London, October 1 A dispatch from Ghent to the Fxpress.

dated Wednesday, declares that the Germans have built five heavy pontoon bridges across the River Mouse between Civet and Mllliur. app.ii. facilitating France. All their oumlcd, the dls- have been rtntOvcd from 111 us: I EARL OF ROSEBERY'S SON IS GOING TO THE FRONT Loll. I.

a Veil Primrose, the youngest son of the Marl of Itosebery, Is about to proceed to the front as lieutenant of the ISoyal Bucks Hussars ne a m. iiioci oi I ill na- nnn A ITT I in in I IT PUK MAMMA Whitman Is in Favor of Choosing Lieutenant From His District. Ogden Mills, However, Announces Tnat He Will Not Withdraw Hi9 Claims. Frederick C. Tanner, G.

O. P. leader of Charles S. Whitman's borne Assembly District, the Twenty-fifth of New York County, will be the next chairman of the Republican State committer. as the situation stood tht-afternoon.

of Hro the Invlt ition came directly from Charles whitman, the successful candldati u) the Republican for the Gubernatorial nomination. The newly elected State committee, consisting of 150 members, met at neon, wlth-l'JS in attendance, In the assembly room of the Republican Club lu West Fortieth street, Manhattan. State Chairman William Barnes Jr. emphasized his declaration of a few weeks ago, tnat he would retire from the activo state leadership after primary day by I In the Thirty-: il sentmg himself entirely from ting. He did not appear at all meeting room, could not be State headquarters in West street.

It was said, how-it he was "near by," and had had several conferences with various leaders as well as Mr. Whitman and James W. Wadsworth, the successful candidate for United States Senator, who defeated Calder. Lafayette B. Gleason.

secretary the old State Committee, called the new body to order. The roll was called and then Merton E. Lewis of Monroe moved a recess unttl! 3 o'clock to "per mit time for conferences over the se lection of a new State chairman." Rep resentatives of both Mr. Wadsworth and Mr. Whitman arose and said It was the desire of both, these candidates that the recess be taken to enable further conferences.

Wadsworth, Whitman. Barnes and various times. Samuel Koenig, the New York County chairman and Jacob Livingston, the Kings County Executive Chairman, conferred last night and early today In efforts to bring about a harmony movement In the selection of chairman, but up to noon toda: Ogden L. Mills is determined to fight, and it is apparent lh.it no matter who is finally determined upon by the old time Harries leaders he must cross swords with Mills. Calder Regarded ns the Most Available Man At one time during the night con ference Calder's name was advanced as the most available man.

Whitman and Wadsworth were favorable, and hurry call was scut to the Brooklyn man. Me deciineu to consiuer me matter. Again this morning the invitation was extended from some of tht close advisors of Whitman, but again the Park Slope Congressman turned down me suggesuon. John Rafferty, State Committeeman from Calder's district. tht Twelfth, came to the meeting today prepared to declare publicly tnat calder would not consider the place.

"I am authorized." said Mr. Raf ferty, "in case Mr. Calder's name should be put forward in the open meeting, to state that he will under no circumstances accept the chain shin." As a last resort, the leaders again took up the discussion ot Tanner name Tanner is en route for St Louis, and almost the last word be eft no that he would not He a candidate. He issued a statement to Hie effect I I.I he Willi it tlclt De aspirant to the chairmanship of the State Committee on primary night. Yet desn te a tnis.

nis name was iiui 101- ward today and after the Brooklyn man had nnauv oecnneti to lane the management of the campaign Tan Ogden Mills, however, up to a late hour today bad declined to withdraw in favor of anyone unless perchance an up-state man comu oe picKeu sat- lee adjourned tor recess at 1 o'clock today it. was definitely understood that Mills would stand pat as a candidate, deDcndlng on his support trom Brook- and a big vote in New York. Ogden L. Mills Says That He Will stick. If Mills continues in his determlna- stand pat on the chairmanship he will get at least six votes and nrob- abiy more and.

it it develops that he majority of the Kings men. This morning it nceame evident that could denend on the votes of inf. forty, kra. ke, Ih-voy, Adolpb Levy, iia. i peeler anu lionert.

ei- ood. and was very likely to get the votes of Reuben L. Haskell, I'hlllp T. Williams and several others. Livingston, in case ol a division between Tanner and Mills, would stand by Tanner and ill, him would Hoblcv, George A.

Owens, Louis Beer, Sheriff L. Swascy. Charles F. Mur- Altred ass and i 1,1 Marcus B. Campbell.

With a good running chance, how ever. Mills would poll several of these lagged dnt situation seems to be the attitude ot Tanner niniscit, aitnougn it is be lieved mat tnis can do overcome by the persuasion of his friends. He has taken a definite stand that he doesn't a in Ihe state chairmanship, but his trien.is say inai no uiigni oe persuaded to take it just for the management of the campaign and resign It Immediately after election. This was tne course pursued by Kzra rent ice four years ago, when ho the State Chairmanship to nig nn. di.itely afterward.

So far as the smaller offices of the committee wero concerned there was little talk today. Some Brooklyn il Dooming vviexanaer ai. wnne but he didn't seem to be overioed nt such a prospect and besides it became evident Unit the State chairmanship would In till likelihood go to a New York man it was onsldered more man iiKeiy mat an ip-Stater would be keeper of the par-y's finances. Ifayette B. Gleason, secretary of the old committee, win all proiiablllty be re-elected at least that was the trenc.

oi tuings up iu noontime. btock Brokers Arraigned Before Judge Dike for Grand Larceny. BAIL CONTINUED AT $2,300. John F. Smith's S5.000 Disappeared, It Is Alleged, In the Mysterious "Account Xo.

30." Both members of the suspended stock brokerage firm of Stoppanl fc which was expelled from the Consolidated Exchange last June, were indicted for grand larceny in tb! first degree, today, by the Grand Jury Colonel Walter B. Hotchkln of the Twenty-second P.egiment, N. N. Y-. r.nd Joseph Stoppanl were arraigned in the County Court, today, and through Terence J.

McManus, their attorney, pleaded pot guilty. The two men had been held Mnebtrnie Hod, I 111 ad eacn and District Attorney Cropscy re quested Judge Dike to increase th. bail to $5,000. The existing bail bonds were continued on the plea of Lawyer McManus, who told the court that there was nothing In the evidence which the prosecution could predicate a ciir. ii i ion i umii.

mum ir McManus said ho had nothing to sa for publication beyond the statement ne muae in court, and neitner Colonel noicniuB nor otoppani would dlscui The indictment returned against Stoppanl Hotchkln, who failed for a sets that were exceedingly meager ir comparison, alleges that thov aunro- priatcd to their own use belonging to John F. Smith, a retired mer chant, living at 141 North Third treat, Brooklytr; The facts, as related to the Grand Jury are, in effect, that on May 1, Smith gave to Edward Estcrbrook, manager of the Hrcklui office of Jfe Court stieot, two bonds of the 'united states Steel orporation, with instructions to sell them. Heine informed oiaiu saio nail realized i.o gave Esterbrook $3,000 i cab and told him to use the total amount to buy capital stock of the i uiieu s-ieel Corporation JWOMUyn Kan Transit Cmm-inv stock. After waiting a reasonable time for news of his investment, Smith wont to the brokerage office and demanded to Known wny ino stock had not been delivered to him. He was turned away with promises, and when he became insistent, others who had erievanenn against the brokers, began to clamor assignment by Stoppanl Hotchkln gatlon into the firm's affairs conducted by the assignee, revealed that the itoen order, i ov and tor which he had given the purchase price, was not listed among the assets.

No part or Ills in as anywnere in Klgnt, en fnr iia the i 11 veste.lt inn dlsclosod so Smith applied to Magistrate Dodd for a warrant, accusing the brokers of Brand larceny. As the probe went on and revealed that Smiths money was involved In "Account Mi, ,10, wnicn was sur rounded by much mystery and secrecy, tho coiisobiliite.l Stock Exchange ex pelled the tin. i om membership ri) 'i'o- Stoppanl lives at 820 Washington unii Hrooklvn. Hotchkin's address was given as the Twenty-second Regi ment Armory in Manhattan. CRIPPI-iE GIRL SOUGHT DEATH.

Tells Judge Dike She Found Things n.in County Judge Dike." today. Adele Wulburn. 19 years of age, pleaded guilt', to an indictment charging her with attempting to kill herself, September 18. Adele lives with her fattier al 81 Crescenl street, and is a cripple -she told the court that she found things too hard with her, with her physical disability, and that was the reason she ried to die. Another cose men amane.i sonic little attention from the court was that of Mabel -'onley.

Is v.ars of sent, to Klmira last week. Joseph said ho stole to support Mabel, ns he didn't have work, and, today, the tlrand Jury charged the wife with bo- pleaded guilty to petit larceny and she 'PHONE CAEfc SAVES LIFE. Itnnd Sutrlckcn as He Was About to Light uns Jet. A telephone call at the psychological last evening was the means the life of Frederick Kami Macon si reel, wnu ia now in me I John's Hospital, unconscious, suffer ing from a stroke of paralysis. a alone, and when sumeone else in the house went upstairs to summon him he was found lying on the sofa with the gas pouring of a jet just over head lie had turned on the gas, i.

i.efore he out a match to it he was stricken, and a few minutes more Hand wouio a.uicu, DRUG VICTIM SEEKS RELIEF. After being arrested for the third time on a charge of illegal use of nar-cotics, Irving Freiburg, cars old. Manhattan avenue, who Is known bv the police as Young Sellg, asked Magistrate Voorhies in the Manhattan Avenue Court today to be sent the Kings County Hospital. His, request was granted. 1 Colonel Walter B.

Hotchkln. indicted Wlh H.J'ar!n.-r j---eph Stoppanl. 'WE PROGRESS '--BERLIN Fighting on in Earnest in Tsing-Tau-Polish Battle Continues. Paris, October 1, 2:55 p.m. The fol lowing official communication was ven out here this afternoon: "There has been no modification In the general situation.

We have, nevertheless, made progress on our left, to the north of the Somme, and on our right In the southern Woevre district." London, October 1, 10:30 a.m. An official statement Issued from German general headquarters, under date of the evening of September 30, is given In a dispatch to Reuter's Telegram Company from Berlin, via Amsterdam. "The hostile forces advancing to the north and south of Albert (a town of France eighteen miles northeast of Amiens) have been repulsed. The front battle line Is without In Argonne our attack is progress ing steadily though slowly. At th.

mter forts on the Meuse the line is vithout change. 'Yesterday the enemy advanced In Usace and Lorraine, In the central Vosges. His attacks were energetically repulsed. The eastern theater 's without news." Von Kluck Thus Far Falls lo Force Tay Through Allies' I- '-'lank. London, October 1 1:07 p.m.

All the brilliantly skillful tactics employed General von Kluck, the commander of the German right wing, to counter break through the band of bay- onettes constantly reaching northward beyond his extreme right, nave inus far failed. These efforts, however. have by no means ceased, and the German Getfcral Staff, It is felt in Lon don, probably will risk something else- in order to reinrorce tnis wing before the end of the chapter is writ- Heretofore reinforcements have been met by reinforcements In this critical quarter of the battlefield. The Germans nearly got through the Allied wing near Albert, to the northeast of Amiens, but after two days of fierce struggle for the mastery, they failed. These incessant assaults on the part of the Germans, have accord- reports are augmented by statements from independent source cost the as-lailants such awialling losses in men that, even allowing for reinforcements, their ranks must have been materially eakened.

The announcement from France of in recreation of the nost of Marshal of France, corning simultaneously with the renort of General Joffre. comman der-in-chief of the French forces, of the satistactory condition along ine entire battle line, has been hailed by the Allies as peculiarly significant. In tne eastern neia, ine uerman navv is showing increased activity on the Baltic coast. It is in readiness to pport German lanu iorces mey ceeed in forcing the passage of the River Xiemen. In the meanwhile there has come to London news that within a week n-w Russian army, a million strong, ill Join the present armies In Poland ml Galicia for Kussias principal at tack on Germany." Hero of Boxer Campaign Among the French Dead.

Paris. October 1 The Germans continue the fierce attack in the angle formed by the rivers Oise and Alsne. in the direction of Traey-le-Mont, Just northeast of the Forest of the Aigut. winch nas already been the scene of a success on the part of the Allies. Here the French lines have thus far held solidly, as the attempts made to break them have been futile.

Tho contest has been singularly desperate, but the Allies, by daring counter maneuvers, have checked the bold attempts of I heir adversaries. The national committee, formed to take charge or the work of sending winter clothing to soldiers, urges that pi. asiiro i.i i.ik.-n in tne way iirnishllli: those supplies. pointinK out the possibility of i long cam paign in sever, wiuiei ueaiuei. I it.

Hen, ii. ro of the Boxer campaign, where he used lor the flrst tun. th. II. I-rem cannon ars among list ot "Ktliea on the field of honor." Well known public men.

including actors and sev- GERMAN MINE SINKS SHIP OFF THE SCHELDT Lowestoft, October via London The nnv of the steamer Selby. sunk by a mine in the North Sea while on a from Shields to Antwerp was landed here today. The sinking of a British steamer between Antwerp and a British port bv German mine may indicate a German lo block the entrance to the River Sebel.lt bv the use of mines. This attempt, if uccessful, would shut off Antwerp from further food supplies and might prevent the escap of th" Belgian iroops 111 transports If the forts fall. 8,000 NAMES ON 38TH GERMAN CASUALTY LIST Berlin.

October 1 (via The Hag-uo and London. 3 3f. p.m.) The thirty- eighth German casualty Hat. public today, contains includes three ma Ol -generals. id neral Sohoi hening was killed, while Major General Kind lletiigst wa llc'iitei was wounded.

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