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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1918. 3 BROWN IS CONVICTED OF ASSAULT ON BOY; SUSPEND SENTENCE Court Finds Feed Merchant Guilty of Kicking "Town Crier" Down Steps. Justices Moss, Herbert and Voorhees today in the Court of Special Sessions convicted Clarence S. Brown, the wholesale feed merchant, of 1871 Flatbush of kicking down his front stoop at that address, Charles Tilgner the boy "Town Crier" and member of the Boys Brigade of the Flatbush Dutch Reformed Sunday School who went the night of September 27 to the the Brown residence to acquaint the dwellers there that the Liberty Loan drive had opened.

The manner in which the boy and his chum broke the news had much" to do with the fact that the court susI been pended fingerprints convicted sentence. taken. of A assault, Brown, had having his The trial established two points, both vital to the interests of the defendant and the complainant. It showed that Brown was not actuated by pro-German sympathy when he abused little fellow, and that young Tilgner, as a good "soldier" should, performed his duty in the face of the attack and left on the front porch of the Brown home a copy of the Stars and Stripes. Pushed Boy, Brown Says.

Brown's story corroborated the complaint of the boy with the exception that he insisted he only pushed Clarence down the stoop. The boy swore that he not only, hit him and knocked off his cap, trapped him into receiving further punishment by inviting him to mount the porch steps and retrieve his headpiece. On the second trip to the porch Brown, the boy swore, kicked him. Bruises resulted, teh boy testified. Clarence, first witness, testified to the occurrence and frankly stated he "walked heavily" across the porch.

He swore he told Brown that he was working for the United States Government and that Brown hit him just the same. He was instructed by his crew leader to "make all the noise possible," he testified. Preston Stearns of 1672 48th Clarence's side partner, corroborated Clarence and said that he himself escaped by running and scaling the Brown fence, Justice Moss asked: a uniform?" stand by "Clarence? Did you have on "You Why didn't you "No, sir," said Preston. "Oh, that's different," returned the court yesterday. The boy's father told of arresting Brown and taking him to the station house.

Questions Father's Authority. "You acted without any authority?" demanded Hyacinth W. Ringrose, attorney for the defendant. "I object. That is incompetent," spoke up Assistant District Attorney Edward W.

Cooper. "But Magistrate Steers said so," retorted the counsel. 'Magistrate Steers had no right to consider discharging the prisoner because he wasn't arrested properly," snapped back the prosecutor. Mr. Ringrose dramatically waved a batch clippings from The Eagle and shouted: "Aren't you responsible for these lampoons?" The Court ordered him to reframe the question.

He then asked the boy's father if he caused the newspaper articles to be published, and Tilgner said he did not. On the witness stand Brown gave his age as 49 and said he has lived over 40 years at his present address. He declared his ancestry can be traced to the early Seventeenth Century in this country and that he comes of Holland Dutch stock. His excuse for assaulting the boy was given as follows: "I had been on a business triy to Connecticut and had contracted a bad cold. al had just gotten home and taken bite to eat and was lying on the couch when the noise occurred.

I ran out, lost my temper and pushed the boy down the stoop." "You invited him to return to get his hat and then struck him again?" asked Prosecutor Cooper. Pushed Boy Again. "I did not strike him again, pushed him again," responded the witness. Mrs. Howard.

Langford of Kings Highway and Flatbush who said she was passing the Brown house when the incident occurred, ac accomcompanied by three convalescent sailors, described the noise made by the boys as "terrible." Her description showed how well the young Paul Reveres of the Liberty Loan carried out their instructions which, they swore, was to "make all the noise Joseph F. McGarry of 3108 Fourth a merchant, and a member of the Liberty Loan Committee of the 76th Precinct, informed the Court that he and his fellow workers in that district had been instructed to make all the noise possible, to carry red lanterns and to "instil into the hearts of those they called on. "You mean enthusiasm?" corrected Justice Moss. "No, I mean fear--to let the people know the horrors of war, to bring it home to them in good fashion." BROOKLYN-L. I.

DIRECTORS. (Special to The Eagle.) Albany, October 30-George A. Shipman of Brooklyn is a director of corporation styled John A. Phillips, of Manhattan, chartered with a capital of $100,000, to do a publishing and printing business, etc. Mario P.

Costa of Forest Hills appears among the directors of Faria, Costa of Manhattan, formed with a capital of $10,000, to deal in merchandise, etc. PHOTOGRAVURE INVENTOR DIES Worcester, October 30-John Fiske Washburn, 67 years oid, discoverer of the modern method of photogravure process and for many years maker of all the photo-engravings for some of the principal magazines in the country, died today. He was a native of Worcester. BROOKLYN COURTS SUPREME COURT, TRIAL TERM. Part VII.

Criminal calendar, Thursdays, October 31, 1917. Before Justice Seeger. Court opens at 10 a.m. John Harrison, murder, first degree, case continued: John McDonald, Burt G. Lewis, Frank Midgley, Harry Gissing, bookmaking: Vincent Burton, conspiracy, Thomas Leo Youpe forgery Frank Melli, manslaughter, second degree, ete.

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TITLE GUARANTEE TRUST CO Capital $5,000,000 Surplus $11,000,000 176 Broadway, N.Y., 175 Remsen B'klys 350 Fulton Jamaica GEN, DEBENEY'S ARMY ENCIRCLES GUISE; TAKES PRISONERS French Capture Beaufort Farm North of -Make Advance Along the Peron. Paris, October 30-Gen. Debeney's First Army has gained new successes in the encircling of Guise, according to the official satement from the War Office today. North of Guise they have taken the Beaufort Farm, north of the Oise. Along the Peron River, south of Guise, the French have progressed east of Monceau-Le-Neuf and captured prisoners.

The official statement reads: "North of Guise we have advanced on the north of the Oise and captured the Beaufort Farm, west of Lesquielles-St. Germain. On the right of the Peron we have made a new advance east of Monceau-Le-Neuf taking prisoners. "In Lorraine the Germans made two raids without any results." ASKS $2,000 OF DAUGHTER Mrs. Ottilie Ahrens has filed suit in the Supreme Court against her daughter, Mrs.

Emma H. Parker, asking for the return of personal property worth $2,000 and the reformation of a deed to property at Linwood and Fulton which is now in both names, SO that the daughter's claim to part ownership will be eliminated. Mrs. Ahrens alleges that her money purchased the property, and that she maintained her daughter and the latter's husband, Edward Parker, for years, that in 1909 she turned valuable property over to her daughter, with the understanding that the latter would support her for the rest of her life. The daughter, according to the mother, failed to provide for after she got possession of the property.

Mrs. Parker denied her mother's accusations and obtained from Justice Lazansky in the Supreme Court an order for a bill of particulars concerning the alleged agreement. KENYON MAN ADMITS WORKING AT NIGHT. Substantiates GovernmentClaim, Character Witness a Former Bookmaker. The trial of the G.

Kenyon Company, raincoat makers, and six employees charged with conspiring to defraud the Government, continued today before Federal Judge Thomas Ives Chatfield. Assistant Prosecutor Charles J. Buchner drew from Douglas Roberts, a packer, what looked like a statement damaging to the defense. Rob. erts said he appealed to Foreman Frank Luzzi, after he had worked several nights at the Pacific st.

plant, to relieve him of night work because he "did no twant to get into trouble." Chief Counsel Hogan brought from the witness the explanation that he was "afraid of his and that was the trouble he referred to. He said late meals disturbed his domestic equilibrium. Roberts' testimony that he worked often at night was the first admission from a witness for the defense that work was performed, as the Government charges, after hours by packers and folders. Raymond Packenhan, another packer, swore that "everything was open" at the Kenyon plant, that inspectors and Army officers sometimes passed through the defendant Hede's shipping department could see all that was going on. He said he never saw a Kenyon employee stamp a raincoat.

Prosecutor Oeland at the trial yesterday afternoon disclosed Michael Cannon, called as a character witness for the defense, as Mike Cannon. the former bookmaker. CITY TRYING TO AID SUBWAY, HAMSTRUNG BY P.S.C., SAYS CRAIG Eastern Parkway Tube Tied Up by Commission, Controller Charges at Hearing. Controller Craig appeared before the Public Service Commission today to protest against the holding of a public hearing by the Commission at this time to decide whether the Inter-Continental Construction Corpor- ation builders of the middle section of the Eastern Parkway subway has forfeited its contract. The work is only 70 per cent.

completed, according to a report by the Commission's engineers, whereas, it should have been finished in April, 1917, or twenty-two months after the delivery of the contract. The Controller was on hand early, and the moment the hearing was opened by Commisisoner Whitney, who presided, he was on his feet. Siwith electricity. Everybody in the multaneously a the air WaS charged room saW that the Controller, always aggressive, was in an accentuated fighting mood. Almost the first thing he said was that the efforts of the Board of Es.

I timate to give financial relief to the subway contractors who found themselves in difficulties because of war conditions had been "hamstrung at every point by the Public Service Commission." Commissioner Whitney raised his head and admonished the Controller not to indulge in such characterization of the Commission, which, he said, was wholly unjustified. Delay Sougth, Says, Controller. "This proceeding." the Controller went definite on. "has for its purpose the indelay of subway construction work." He then brought out the fact that the Inter-Continental Construction Company had filed a claim against the city of about $250.000 based on a long delay in the delivery to the contractor by the Public Service Commission of the working plans after the delivery of the contract. "Testimony given before me," the Controller continued, "shows an extended delay in the delivery of the working plans without which construetion work could not be started, and for this delay if it really did occur, the Commission is to blame.

In that event the Commission and not the contractor would be in default on the contract." "Mr. Craig." interposed Commissioner Whitney very quietly but without angry gleam in his eye, "at least be accurate in your statement." F. L. C. Keating.

attorney for the company, indignantly denied that the claim was presented because his client had knowledge that a proceeding was about to be initiated by the Commission looking to the forfeiture of the contract. "The question of default on the part of the contractor will disappear from the case." said Controller Craig. "if it is established that there was a long delay in the delivery of the working plans. By this delay, the contractor asserts, he was thrown into a period of war cost through the fault of the Commission. I have seen no clination on the part of the contractor to do his work.

All he wants is simple justice. It is up to the Commission to controvert the contractor's claim on the basis of unreasonable delay in the delivery of the working plans." The Controller charged the mission with being guilty of quencies" with respect to subway work. He said he had tried repeatedly to get information from the Commission as to the time that elapsed between the signing of the contract in question and the delivery of the working plans, without which the contractor could not 20 Ahead. but had found it impossible to get the facts. "This is a situation that is unparalleled in the handling of a matter of this kind." the Controller asserted.

"The hearing should not go on until the facts regarding the delivery of the working plans have been established. The contractor claims that he was damaged. This claim should be fully investigated before anything further is done in this matter." Commisioner Whitney declared that the Commission's only aim was to carry the subway work to completion at the earliest possible time The hearing was adjourned to a week from tomorrow. The Commission ordered the Inter Company to prepare affidavits of its claims and to increase its working force at once. PARIS BUREAU ARRIVALS Eagle Bureau, 53 Rue Cambon.

(Special Cable to The Eagle.) Paris, October 30-Arrivals at the Bureau on Saturday included the following from Brooklyn: Sgt. William Lynch, 291 East Second Sgt. Harold Schondelmeier, 2332 Pitkin Sgt. William Gudeman, 478 Logan Andrew Gaynor, 588A Halsey Sgt. John Ginna, 439 62d st.

They are en route for an anti-craft station. Sgt. Franklin Seer, an employee of the Turner Construction Company and Reginald Banonor of 11. Schermerhorn st. are returning from leave to Paris.

Have heard from Lester Welsh, 195 Prospect Park West. Albert Stoothaff, 333 Crescent has registered by mail. He is in a replacement camp. Lt. Dominick Burke, attached to a machine gun company, has arrived.

Lt. Burke is a brother to Michael Burke, circulation manager of The Eagle, and lives at 2023 Ditmas ave. Burke and Raymond Weiser, 379 Washington are leaveing the army school. Lt. Edward Dunne and Arthur Krewer, 173 Herkimer registered.

Dunne is recovering from a slight gassing. Krewer is stationed at the Paris ordnance. Lt. Meissner Promoted Cables Call Him "Captain" Although the War Department records at Washington still list him as 1st Lt. James A.

Meissner, unofficial reports from France during the last few days indicate that Brooklyn's first "ace." who lives at 45 Lenox road and who has just been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and a bronze oak leaf, for extraordinary heroism, has been promoted to a captaincy. Associated Press dispatches today refer to the Brooklyn lad as "Capt. James A. Meissner." There have been similar references in recent cables from France, and it is believed they are based on a promotion already given in France and not yet officially reported to the War Department. The latest mention of the Brooklyn as a captain is in connection with report of his having downed his eighth German plane.

The Associated Press announces that Capt. Meissner brought down a Fokker in the region of Bantheville (on the American front northwest of Verdun), while he was protecting a force of American bombing planes. Capt. Meissner, to give him his title, is known to have been the PRESIDENT MAY GET HUGHES' AIRCRAFT REPORT TONIGHT Attorney Gen. Gregory Expected to Disagree With Mr.

Hughes' Conclusions. Washington, October 30-Attorney General Gregory expects to send to President Wilson late today or early tomorrow Charles E. Hughes' report on airplane production. In a letter of transmittal, the Attorney General may express some views differing from those of Mr. Hughes with whom he has collaborated throughout the inquiry.

Mr. Gregory discussed the report today with Postmaster General Burleson and Secretary Tumulty, who called at the Department of Justice. This call followed the circulation of reports that the Attorney General might disagree materially with Mr. Hughes' conclusions. The Attorney General has spent most of his time week examining the text of Mr.

Hughes' report, which summarizes the voluminous testimony of army officers, production managers, government engineers and engineers of plants holding contracts. The report is understood to contain criticism of inefficient methods disclosed and likewise praise of achievements of certain government production directors and industrial plants whose records have been good. There also is said to be a comprehensive statement of the situation in the airplane program today, which recent reports of the War Department have shown to be ahead of schedule. The report, it is said, deals in detail with separate phases of the production program, such as the preliminary planning by the Army officers, the aircraft board and other advisers called in by the Government; the execution of these plans and the final results shown in finished planes. Criticism both adverse and favorable follows and testimony is cited to show where the fault preliminary ideas and in the industrial and mechanical execution.

The report also shows the money cost of the airplane program, citing appropriations and the amount spent in each, OBITUARY See also Death Notices, last page. MRS. ISABELLA BATES. 29 years old, wife of James Cheater Bates, died this morning of pneumonia and influenza at her residence, 174 Covert st. Mrs.

Bates was born in Brooklyn, on August 15, 1889, the daughter of John L. and Wilhelmina Whittaker. She is survived, besides her husband and parents, by two rons, James and John: two brothers, Henry L. Whittaker of the 306th U. S.

now in France, and George Whittaker, and five sisters, the Misses Ida, Evelyn, Bertha and Wilhelmina Whittaker and Mrs. Mary Magerele. Mrs. Bates WAS a member of the old North Fifth Street M. E.

Church in the Eastern District until it was diebanded. Her funeral services will be held on Friday evenine. and the interment will be in Cypress Hills Cemetery, MRS. ELIZABETH VEDA SIMPSON GISSELMANN of 636 Quincy wife of Henry Martin Gisselmann died yesterday of pneumonia. Her funeral services will be held privately, and the interment will be in Cypress Hills Cemetery.

Mrs. Gisselmann is survived, besides her husband, by four sons, Dr. Frederick Charles P. and Henry Martin Gisselmann Jr. of Brooklyn and Peter A.

Gisselmann of Asbury Park, N. two daughters, Mrs. A. Bindrim and Mre. W.

H. Elum; seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. CLOTHING STRIKE SPREADS The general strike of 15,000 children's clothing workers of New York, which began on Monday, was extended to New Jersey this morning when 1,000 girls and men employed by contractors doing work for New York manufacturers were called out on strike. More than 1,500 strikers returned to work this morning in shops where the union's demands for an eight -hour day and 20 per cent. wage increase were met by the employers.

Manager Harry Cohen of the Joint Board of the Children's Clothing Trade announced this morning that the firm of Levenson 4 and 6 Washington a member of the American Men's and Boys Clothing Manufacturers Association, had left the ranks of the association to agree to the union's terms. BOILING ACID BURNS THREE. Three men employed in the Franklin H. Kalbfleisch chemical works, 82 White were severely burned yesterday afternoon when a vat of acid boiled over. The men injured were: Vincent Schneiderofski, 48 years old, of 264 Seigel Salvatore Bertine, 54 years, 135 Grand st, and Isidor Gevante, aged 54, of 297 Boerum st.

They had their injuries dressed by Ambulance Surgeon Merkowitz of the Willjamsburg Hosiptal an dtaken to St. Catharine's Hosiptal. SYRIAN WIG-WAGS HALT SUIT TRIAL Greek Bishop's Friends Interrupt Proceedings and Bring Threat From Justice Callaghan. The trial of the suit brought by Basil Kirbawy, priest of the Orthodox Greek Church of the Patriarch of Antioch, against Germanos Shahardi, an archbishop of the same institution, with EL roving commission, from whom he seeks to recover $4,975 and interest for services performed, attracted a great throng of dark-eyed Syrians to Justice Callaghan's part of the Supreme Court today and mysterious signs and signals, wig-wagged to Kirbawy as he sat on the witness stand, caused Justice Callaghan to halt the trial long enough to remonstrate with the spectators. Justice Callaghan threatened to clear the court if the mysterious signals continued and thereafter the swarthy spectators discreetly kept their hands out of sight.

Kirbawy told the jury that he had agreed to be a sort of advance agent for Shahardi, who came here from Damascus in 1914 for the purpose of collecting funds to establish an agricultural college in Syria. Shahardi was unfamiliar with English and Kirbawy acted as interpreter, guide and general factotum during the collecting process, he swore, and testified that the bishop promised to give him 000 out of the proceeds. Kirbawy said he did not know how much had been collected. although the amount was large and said he did not know whether the college had ever been established. He stopped suddenly in his testimony and whispered to Justice laghan that spectators in the courtroom were making threats by signs, to the effect that he should testify favorably to the archbbishop.

MANUFACTURERS TRUST COMPANY THE MANUFACTURERS TRUST COMPANY has paid for $12,000,000 Fourth Liberty Loan Bond subscriptions. Out of this total, $3,000,000 in cash bonds were sold over the counter. In addition to this it sold coupon books to small subscribers to the amount of about $350,000. To accomplish this a tremendous amount of work was required, not only by the regular employees of our Institution, but by twenty additional employees, some of whom kindly volunteered their services. As the quota of our Company, based on resources, and as fixed by the Federal Reserve Bank amounted to but $5,197,000, we believe that our record for patriotic service in exceeding our quota in the Fourth Liberty Loan will be unsurpassed by that of any other institution in the entire City.

THIS gratifying result could not have been achieved except by the most intensive, loyal and patriotic work on the part of our Officers and Employees, to all of whom we extend grateful appreciation, which is shared by our expression of gratitude to our customers and friends for their enthusiastic and wholehearted support and for their splendid co-operation in our efforts. Let us all look forward hopefully and cheerfully, determined in the future, as in the past, to carry to a successful conclusion any task our Government may assign to us. COURTESY and enthusiasm EFFICIENCY Co-operation, optimism are PROGRESS unbeatable. SERVICE NATHAN S. JONAS, WON'T JOIN FORCES TO BEAT SHIPLACOFF Neither Nor Martin Withdraw in Congress Fight Against Socialist.

By Thomas S. Rice. Three candidates still remain in the field for the Congressional seat from the Tenth Congressional District of Brooklyn. Representative Reuben L. Haskell, Republican, seeking re-election for a third term, and George W.

Martin, Democrat, were not able to come to an agreement that would result in one of them announcing his withdrawal to help the fight against the Socialist candidate, Abraham I. Shiplacoff, a native of Russia, who has persistently been anti- war, is under indictment for alleged scurrilous remarks about the armed forces of the United States, and is supported almost entirely in his state's policy by alien ingrates who have received the vote under our liberal naturalization laws. Haskell had proposed a post-card canvass of the district after the Fourth Liberty Loan but that proved impracticable. Martin countered with FL proposition to have a. coin tossed to see whether he or Haskell should announce a withdrawal and throw all of his influence to the other loyalist nominee.

Haskell and Martin were together for two hours, but could reach no agreement. Martin was still strong for casting lots by any method, a coin or otherwise, but Haskell's leaders were strongly against the proposal. They urged that Haskell had been nominated by the Republicans and had no right to withdraw, especially as he already had the office and a perfect war record. What complicated the situation was the fact that in any event the names of both Haskell and Martin would have to go on the ballots next Tuesday. and for that reason no withdrawal could be complete or satisfac- tory.

The man who announced he had pulled out was sure to receive hundreds. if not thousands. of votes from persons who had either overlooked the point, or through sheer perversity, voted a straight party ticket anyhow. Thus the case stands. Shiplacoft has a strong following in the district, and if any real American man or woman who is registered fails to vote for one of the loyalist candidates, be a deliberate slacker, encouraging the elements which are unalterably opposed to a war that will completely crush the German military power and make the world safe for real democracy.

The ardor with which Shiplacoff resented and denied published statements about Bolsheviki mismanagement, excesses and brutalities in the Russian situation, and defended Lenine and Trotzky, was indication enough of where the real sympathies of himself and his followers lay, and what methods they would adopt to obstruct, if he should be elected to Congress, the orderly reconstruction after the war. WAR CHIEFS OF ALLIES HOLD NAVAL CONFERENCE AT FRENCH MINISTRY Paris. October 30-A naval conference was a held at the Ministry of Marine on Monday. Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord of the British Admiralty, presided. Admiral Wemyss, First British Sea Lord: Vice Admiral William S.

Sims and Admiral William S. Benson of the United States Navy, Vice Admiral Thaon Di Revel of the Italian Navy and Admirals Grassi and Bon of the French Navy were present. The following Ministers and military and naval chiefs of the Allies are now in Paris: Premier Lloyd -George, Foreign Minister Balfour, War Secretary Milner, Field Marshal Haig, Sir Eric. Geddes. Admiral Wemyss and Gen.

Wilson of Great Britain, Admiral Benson and Vice Admiral Sims of tee United States, Premier Orlando, Admiral Thaon Di Revel and Foreign Minister Sonnino of Italy. OMETESE VOLCANO ACTIVE. San Salvador, October 30-The Ometese volcano. on the Island of Ometepe. is throwing out smoke and lava.

The activity of the volcano has resulted in the destruction of the new dock recently built at San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua. INFLUENZA WEATHER JUMP IN NEW CASES Health Department Reports an Increase of 1,276 Over Yesterday. Speaking for Commissioner of Health Dr. Royal Copeland. Joseph S.

Bestar. his secretary. said today that this was typical influenza weather. In commenting on today's increase in new influenza cases, which amount to 1.276 over the figures of yesterday, Mr. Bestar said it is due in a large measure to a number of physicians who reported within the past twentyfour hours the cases handled during the past week or more.

One doctor reported 110 cases today and another 60 cases, indicating, he said, that the physicians are too busy to report daily the number of cases they handle. on The influenza cases reported today total 5,349, against 4.073 yesterday. An encouraging feature of today's reis that there were 23 less deaths port in the past twenty-four hours than shown in the previous report. A in the pneumonia deaths crease was also shown in the report, despite the fact the pneumonia cases have increased 323 in the past twenty-four hours. The total number of pneumonia cases is 1,025.

Spanish influenza. Pneumonia. Cases, Deaths. Cases, Deaths. 9.604 140 113 691 66 108 21 1.322 117 104 64 113 16 13 17 19 5.343 402 1.025 263 Washington.

October 30-As an aid in fighting the influenza epidemic, Food Administration today telethe graphed the Federal Food Administrator for each State the information where necessary extra sugar althat lotments for patients and those caring for them are to be allowed. D. Altman Unt. MADISON AVENUE FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Thirty-fourth Street Thirty-fifth Street An Unprecedented Sale of WOMEN'S DRESSES (a choice collection of this season's models; sizes 34 to 42) marked at the extraordinarily low price of $29.00 is now being held in the Women's Ready-to-wear Department on the Third Floor. The fact that this is a special purchase alone makes it possible to sell these Dresses at this figure; ordinarily many would be marked at $60.00, $75.00, upward.

mander of an American flight squadron since late in July. He wrote in August to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Meissner, of the Lenox rd.

address, telling them of this advancement, and in the same letter he mentioned modestly he had been told he would be promoted to captain. The last letter received from him by his parents was dated October 8. He made no mention in this of having yet been given promotion. oPen days later, a his press dispatch spoke as "We are pretty sure that James has been made a captain," said Mr. Meissner today, "but, of course, there is nothing definite about it.

From his letters to us and the recent references to him as captain, it would seem that he must have won his step between October 8 and 18. We are hoping for word from him any day that will confirm this." Capt. Meissner is very widely known in Brooklyn as Jimmy Meissner. He is a graduate of Public School 139 and of Erasmus Hall High School. He is only 21 years old, and a captaincy for him means the winning of signal honors while still virtually a boy.

The Eagle yesterday made inquiry of its Washington Bureau as to Meissner's rank, and the reply received was that he was still listed as "lieutenant.".