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THE EUOOKLYN DAILY NEW YORK WEDNESDAY JANUARY 23 1918 tt LUNCHEON CLUB FOR BUSINESS MEN IRED CROSS WILL AID FAMIUES Women of Germany Defy 1 Government DemandEallot ALL NORTH RUSSIA IS FACING FAMINE FOOD PRICES SOAR I HWDSTOFFEDFROJ I CATARRH OR A COLD I i a Qai Applied In wi Instant no wai tins' dogged nostrils open right no! Based On Cost Per Tablet (T It Saves 9'c CASCARAfl QUININE HtitaMbiriahriMiH'iWi Qtd ISc fee 14 tehlftc enid tablet so 10 far Finiiri prapmiiao if Met par tablet yew eava Pile wtiea yoa bap HiU'e-Cum CaM la hear grip la Meatp -bock if it fell fnUtk MTaMoUforUe luRPriJ Atawy Drag Stara i "Among ua German not only the national hut even the communal I franchise Is denied or even bre In the Industrial and commcrcat courts In the dcifcand for the denioo-retixetion of Gennbn public life nur legislators do not seem to even admit the existence of the Question la limited to the extension of ins share of ciltxens of the- male sex In administrative and legislative affair during the war the co-operation of the women in public life has unostentatiously grown from year to year until today th number of women engaged in various callings In Germany exceeds the number of men The work they ere doing Includes nil sphere of male activity without them it would no longer be possible to support the-economic life of the people Women have done their full share In th work of tho oommunity Does not this performance of duty Involve tha right to share In the building up and extan-Moit of tho social order? women protest against thla lack of political right In vlrtuo both of thoir work for tho community and of their worth as human being They demand political equality with men They demand tha direct equal and secret franchise Air all legislative bodie full equality in the communes and In legal representation of their Intaroot This first Joint pronouncement on demands will be followed by others until the victory of our cause la won" Amsterdam Jauary I -(liy mall) The question of woman suffrage Is beginning to agitate Germany despite the government's forcible insistence that this nnd kindred questions not be made the subject of agitation until after the Three forniltffnSe national organizations are now openly campaigning in Germany on behalf of woman's the Department of tho Hocial -Democratic party tho German Imperial Union for Huffrago and the German Suffrage Society- These organizations have Just issued a united manifesto which is regarded as ths opan-Ing gun In a determined campaign in tlua man If-into they say: to tno present Germany atands in the' lowest rank of nations as regards right In most civil-liod- lands women have already been given a large share in public affair German women have been granted nothing eacept within tho most Intttc-nifleent limit In New Zealand Aua-trail and most American State and even before the war in Finland and Norway they had been given political right today England Sweden Russia and many other countries glvs them a full or limited ranch Is The war has brought a full victory to tho women of England Canada Russia and Denmark and largo concessions ere within eight in France Holland qnd Hungary SPECIAL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD MARCH 5 Governor Whitman lasuea Proe tarnation to Fill Congrei- atonal Vacancies WILL BE IN NEW DISTRICTS Executive Says He Wants Wo Voters to Take Asks Hew law (Special to The Eagle) Albany January Governor Whitman today Issued proclamation calling for special elfcttona to be held on Tuesday March lfor the purposeof filling the four vacancies In th New York Congressional delegation those of Fltxgerald and Griffin In Brooklyn Murray Hulbert In Manhattan and Henry Bruckner In the Bronx Tho election! will ha hold along the line! pf tho now Congressional districts as apportioned last winter This means that tho Brooklyn election win bo hold In tha new Seventh and new Eighth Congressional district Tha former 1 made up of the First Fourth and Fourteenth Assembly district and th latter include the Second Ninth and sixteenth Assembly district Both are rated as th Seventh overwhelmingly and tha Eighth by about 100 aeeording to tho enrollment of last October Tho determination to hold tho election! along tha now llnea waa reached after consultation with Attorney General Lewi and upon an official opinion prepared by him Ita text containing tha reasons for such action will bo made public later Th decision to follow tha naw linos is pleasing to Republican Leader Livingston and displeasing to Democratic Leader McCooey It will probably result in a big1 local fight among the Democrats of tho Seventh District where a successor to Fltxgerald to be elected State Senator Thomas Cullen was the leading aspirant for thla place and had planned to resign from- the State Sonata in order to run Thera were several other aspirant but wee given priority However tho determination i tofollow the now line Is likely to upset tho Democratic plan because Cullen does not oven live In tho new district Ho Uvea In a portion of tho Third Assembly District within tha bounds of the old Seventh but several blocks away from tho lino of the new At -the earns time the Governor announced tha election ho also said that ho expected the Legislature to page legislation prior to th election that will maka It poaslbla for tho woifien to participate without embarrassment It Is necessary that oomo means be provided for thoir registration Elections Commissioner Livingston of Brooklyn haa argued that tha ona day for tho correction of tho registration Ilsta will he sufficient hut his opinion Is not shared hero and legislation Is under way to provide two or possibly three registration day EXPLOSION DRIVES FAMIUES INTO GOLD Bomb Does Only Slight Damage to Harry Home Manufacturers! Bankers and Merchants Form a Social Organization for Meeting! HOPE TO BE HEADY MARCH 1 Entire Upper Floor of Manutecinme Trust Company Haa Bren Secured Banking official manufacturers end other business men of tho Eastern District have about completed the formation of a club patterned after the' downtown luncheon dube In New York Tho movement for such an organisation has been discussed for aeveral years and although from time to time things were shaping themsslves something Invariably intervened nnd the arrangements were discontinued The preliminaries for th club that Is to ha now a reality won begun several week ego and ns result of two well attended meetings sufficient funds have been pledged and enough membors secured to mak possible the Immediate consummation of the plan Th club will be neither political nor civic but the chief purpose will ho th opportunity (Dr social inter course and a better and closer relationship between the big business men of thla busy part of the city Considerable enthusiasm la already manifested over the prospective club by Eastern District business men and there la every reason to believe that hy March 1 th organisation will bo In full operation Th entire upper floor of th Trust Building at Broadway and Berry street has been secured and th floor will ho altered and renovated to meet tho dq-mande of th organisation Among thoe who1 have already agreed to become members may he mentioned: Thomas Kllsj Nathaa Ansa Haary Dick Harry Benia Pael Bonner Irlah Trad Orttach Walter Ore leek Samuel Black Ha rry ESwarda Henry Ramar L'harlee A uorman Hears ft Von Elm Joha May Spa done Thsmaa Paltereon Charles Braunwarth Oaenra Demart James XJcMecl Henry Jaeobeen u-RaOrka YatanUm John Behomaker Paul Levenlhal nhn Schumann Roy CL Kem merer Adelph Mnllenhanar Edward Kelly Arthur Orltmaa John AlhertL David Sutherlead Fardr A McKsa ntoherd Kilay Henry A Van Dyna tleorxe Bailey Slxmand Stera Patrick McMaal Jamea Plaher Owen Devar Henry Hollenhauer Jr Leavy William Allealar William A Kilty John Sterlet A Wolff Louie Willi Philip Bander Robert Whalen Samuel Jeckuoe Buah and Samuel Luvy Home of tho hanks and corporations of the Eastern District Identified with the now club are: Manufacturers Trust Company Mechanics Bank First National Bank North SldeBank Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill Thomae Kllry and Company William Vogel and Brother Battarman Company McKee Refrigerator Company Rlgney and Company Scranton and Lehigh Coal Company Hhulta Bread Company Gutta Porch and Rubber Company National Cork Company Well Lithographing Company Moller and Bchnman Varnish Company Wtnelander and Jackson A Laboratories and Whalen Brother The details of th organisation are In tho hands of committee of which Louis Wills ta chairman SCHOLA CONCERT -e MMkhuwltam-im Sacred Secular an FWk Songs Bung With Spirit The Bchola Cantorum concert last night in the Academy ot Musi showed Kurt Schindler's chorus in some very individual work Tho Spanish sacred and secular number and the folk songs of tho Province ot Catalonia and Murcia sung In th musical Spanish language and In dialect had been selected and sent to tho Hchola Cantorum by Don Illius Millet as specially representative music The first part of the program dovoted to Welsh folk and fighting song teamed with Interest also Home of Liberty' showed the attack and diction of th choru which waa carried out again in the of Wei coma" with baritone solo by Carl Forme whose manliness of tone and atyle made him very eucceeeful last night -The fighting song Trumpet" and tho of th Mon of Harlech" ware sung with ringing voice and magnificent rhythm liy the choru Contrasted with tho "Dying these battle- songs made the latter exquisite as It wee given with harp Interludes and accompaniment as tho other songs were thus enveloping them In a lovely atmosphere lnes pure soprano waa heard first last night with Mr Forme each In solo In "Miracle of tha Virgin Mary" a the narrator Tills mystical song and the Nativity Song "The Three which Mias Barbour took the solo part of and also In "Tho Miracle of Han mado a rich offering for tho program The exquisite style of the soprano was very Impressive FOR JEWISH INTERESTS Important Meeting Tonight at E'ghtli Avreinc Tcmpid At the Invitation of lUbbl Alexander Lyon there will an Important mooting of tit Temple Eighth avenue and Garfield place this evening to effect a union of tho Jewish congregations ot Brooklyn for the promotion of Jewish religious interests In the borough Tho president and rabble of most of the local congregations will attend 1 BURNED BY LIVE RAIL Peter May of HIT Gales avenue 1s In the German Hospital suffering from hum and shock resulting from comlpg In contact with tho third rail In thq yards of the at Freeh Pond Rpad' and Madison street yesterday He woe attended hy Dr Hummer He waa sweeping the snow near tho tracks when he accidentally touched the live rail Special the of rou reed'd ear and Jill can breathe freely No more snuffling blowing headaS dnS? No struggling for breath your cold or catarrh dieappi11' Get a small bottle of Balm front your druggist now Si a little of thi In your noetiSiLi through every ataSLjj the inflamed! swollen mucous membrane aadti2 comes instantly a juet fine Dont tay etnffL si obituary Death Hottaes bat 3 nLAlfccM KIRKWOOD JU ATBBR ran at wMav af Patrick Atecr SM a Maa4ay at' her Steny-afth stnet Bay RU was bra ia Dabll Hates tenwrtTihS tar asveral ten la UvwsmI Raeteai bad ban la thla eeaatry Sb was a tasmber ef tbe CkJtkJ Oarlady at AaeW Scvmty-fcarth un Jj fourth area tie when a requiem meee wiut effen temonver manta an the wlU be ta St Bet ee Cemetery etftS MB FRANCES KCTFER A0- COLA you el widow of Haorr sm StaS root ardor from heart nubia at bar deneq 1M Putnam avoouo whon bar fkanm! oorvleoo win bo hold ok Thimtar erven and tad Interment an Fridsr rrtu ho Site Lntaoru Cemetery Biol Aerieohi waa tan in Haw York City and had lived In tho on Hat riot and Suahtrkk oaeUano tl Mmk-tya moot pt her lifetime tho la aurri rad ta a daughter Hre Chutes Hotter oad tva son Hour had Charte Agricota BARTHOLOMEW HENRY PRCXCH yoan oM of Bramnas annua dial Bdey wight after taost illneei Hu funanl aervleao will fee hold tanem afar-noon end tha taterawnt will ta the Lathama Cemetery Hr FreOch wee barn ta It Hr Ta City nnd wie ansoeed le tha smeary var In Waahlnetan Market lie ta aarvtrad by Ik wife Barbara KnahoL MB AN RCHIHT (fad 71 ytuq died hut ovsning nt hsr homo In IMth km (Bedford hvairae) Richmond Hill She hate hsr hip two and one-half 'months age tod or Iliad from the shack Kra fetter pas bore nt Charleston ofid ns a daughter ef ta tats Cld and Koreant Oakaa Sho raided Charleston will Ot was forty yoan eld and then went to Un at Atlanta Os She came north ta 1M sad lived far mater of yean In Beigea at net ir Xoatmad avenue Brooklyn hur la nhsttin then la the Ocean Hill seettaa at Brooklyn and' for th! paat twelve years at Richmond mil Her husband Dr Philip I Schley a prominent phyilclsn who died Or teen year ass was tint eauelu to ita late Roar Admiral Schley Bn Schley learn tear on nod two daughters They an Rtoord A-Schley of Richmond Hill Philip Bchky Rsckrllls Centra I- Mtea Virion Tteana I Mlaa Margaret Ookra Settler talk af Richmond Hill: doors Srktey ef PteU-delphla snd Herbert Schley of Frwvart I Funeral aervtect will ha conducted ta tha Rev William Evans rector of tte Episcopal Church af th Itaaumetleo at tte Into ham of tea deceased Bedford life nuo Richmond HUi on Friday Interment fallow hi Orton Held Cemetery Xaom Canty HENRY TAILS retired banker dut yoaterday of pnawnoate la hto hem ta Rate I I ins forty-nine yearn eld Ho Inna hta daughter MM May Tailor sad a am William Taller who ta earring la nuta with I ha Lafayette Bwsdrtll i MB THKRESA JWCMAX5 II 7 ten old wlf of Frans Baumann died raster Soy nt hor roaidone 144 Bashar trail Bra Baumann was born In Uermanr Htr hnaband win ana sf th to valuatatf In tho Civil War when ho collated ta lbs Seventh New York Volunteera known aa th Blau ben RlflM who wont ths ftsel on April 1MI Bh to eta itirrividW lx daughter Mr Anna echailtta'Xm Cathorin Hoehatatlor Mra Tborara Rattan Mr Boa Rem men Mr Agnaa Mar Mlao Eva Baumann: two oonn-Frank tat John Ban man n' tod atateon grandchild" Tho funeral will bo hold on alirdy wfe lug willi a Cl2? It Chuck Hvfctri licit mu Henry tirNt Intcrmtnt foltowlnf John' CtmtUry MR MARUARKT lAtTHIJTI glKEIJS of lit Boy Illdgo ovanur wlf tho lata Theodore uteoi died yesterday th Boy Rlilg Itanltarlum HirWj services will be held on Friday moroWJ" tho chapel ot 414 Third IL FltageraM Motor of Chrlal Church of Bay Rldgo 0cUtln Interment will Ua ot Orovo lira Bteate te survived hr ton Mr Kilo beth Scbmatatlteb Kota Bwlog Mm Jraphln fcMUW and hor twin stator Mm Franc qoeermfe and a nephew Dr Joerph Kept VMCA FOR JAMAICA 4 Jamaica Church Club VaKedi Raise Money After meeting of th new federal w-Sanitation of tho chrte flooofo of tho Preebyterion Dutch formed MethodIWr Eplacop' Reptiat churche of Jemnlro eraM Jest night In the Dutch Church i Mille of the Proabytertan presided It was decided on nunw of Byron Baker to form an tive committee of three me" each church orgonleetlon th! mlttee to elect it own chairman! offoct permanent organization to known a tho Mon Alllane of male Thla body will go on top feet plana for work among the lw men along Mi A toward th formation of YI18J but not to undertake the fwmjwj of regular A with headquartera until after being oetlmated that wguid he needed for the purpoa AK MIL SHOEMAKER TO SM Th member of the odist Church went their Ptof'i Rev Percy to jMjJ another year He he been wi Bayaldo church two ytre np i lop Subscription i Governor Whitman Gives Society All Appeals Sent to Him NO ALLOTMENTS RECEIVED Brooklyn end Long Island Women Request Assistance From Albany Albany January Governor Whitman la receiving dally letters from wives and mothers of men In the United States service who have not received 'the money their husbands and eons allotted to them front their soldier's pay due from the Government In each case Governor Whitman haa to write -hack that the question ta ono for tha Federal Government' as th State pfflclals have -nothing to do with It' The American Red Cross organisation is preparing to handle this difficult situation however It Is officially announced that In New York Btate the Horn Service Elections of the Red Cross will take up all cases of families not receiving their pey allotment and la arranging to advance the money required to keep the families supplied with food and fuel until the pay allotments arrtv I One Brooklyn woman wrote the Governor that her husband ta In Franc hut she has not received any pay for over two month She said: "Two weeks ago I received letter from my husband telling mo to watch out for my money aa they had deducted $1 from hie pay I wrote the War Risk Insurance Department They sent word back that I would have to wait on account of there being so many applicant I cannot wait longer I have no money nnd I am not able to work" Another Brooklyn woman asked the Governor to "please eee that I have money sent at one as a penny to my name My only support was drafted September 10 and I only received ono pey I lived at Avo-nu but havo had to break up my horn aa I couldn't pay the rant And am now living with my A Long Inland woman whooo non was drafted October I wrote "Debts are getting more and more and I cannot got along properly without him My eon docs not complain in tho laest hta only anxiety is for myself nnd hi! young brother and stater" A Jamaica woman whooo husband was drafted September II received one pay from him personally! after which no was sent to Fort Sam Houston She haa not received any pay from him for three month and writes: "I cannot get along any longer having a baby' I months old end a Uttl girl I years old and everything ta so high-priced Hy baby la sick now and I find It very hard to keep LIEUT JORDAN DIES Liaute riant Thomas Jordan of tho United States Naval Reserves died on Mpnday from a heavy cold following exposure at hta residence 441 Seventy-fifth street Bay Ridge whore his funeral services will he held this evening conducted by th Rev Charles Trexler pastor of the Lutheran Church of tho Good Shepherd The Interment tomorrow will ho at Amsterdam Lieutenant Jordan was born In Canterbury Kent England nnd had been in this country twenty-five year Ha waa formerly a chief engineer In the employ of tho Quebec Steamship Company and recently had been stationed at tha Tebo shipyards in South Brooklyn where be waa th chief engineer In charge of tho refitting of tho steamship Penn sylvan la Ho was a member of th Masonic fraternity Ho Is survived by his wlf Grace a daughter Mr Alfred Englert and two grandchll-dren 1 NEW WAR PLAY THURSDAY Arthur Hopkins announces that beginning Thursday evening performances of Gipsy at tha Plymouth Theater will commence at Ijlt and 1:11 Instead of at 2:10 and IflO as hitherto la order that ample time may he given for tho presentation of "A Treneh by Per-ctval Knight which will be produced as an afterpiece' following "The Gipsy Tha setting Of "A Trench Fantasy" la by Major Wallaoo McCutcheon lately returned from two years' serv-Ico with the British army In France and represent a dug-out on Christmas Eva Tho characters are: A played hy tno author Mr Knight a played by Ernest Qlendtnuing nnd Poilu played by Roland Young Other roles are taken hy Robert Cummings and am Gilmore Roy Webb composed Interpretative music especially for tho sketch CRAIG HOLDS DP SALARY RMS Acts on McBride's Advibe That Civil Service Lawe Were 1 Not Applied Increases In the salaries of city employees receiving lees than $1400-a year as fixed by the Mitchel Board qf Estimate and duly set down in the budget for 1011 have-been held up by Controller Craig on the ground that the extra pajf was not applied In conformity with the civil service law As a result the 12000 men and women affected by the ruling were compelled to accept for tho first two weeks In January the earn qoqipeneatlon they received last which they did under protest Controller Craig acted on the suggestion of James MncBrtde president of the Municipal Civil Service Commission who maintains the) a number of Increksoa have been allowed In the budget which should havo been mad only after a competitive examination He declares that the practice of the Mitchel administration in this respect has1 been' Illegal Attention was today called to the fact that Controller Craig had added 11140 to tlie payroll of hi! own offleo ovor Ilia amount which Controller Prendcrgast had at his disposal last year It was also pointed out that tho Municipal dvll Service mado no protest against the appointment of l)r llilrirk Itlordan us medical examine? at a salary of $7600 a year without a civil service examlnallun However Dr Klnrdan's pay Is held up the Citizens Union hav- Ing protested hgslnetths payment of hie eatery np to January 16 or thcre-erterion the ground that under the lew' one of the three phynlclant who passed a competitive civil service examination for that position have been eppoint-d to the new by Mayor lHlaa I Passenger Traffic Suspended in Effort to Rush Supplies From South NO OIL IN PETROCRAD Pftrogradi' January Since the dlaruluiion of the Constituent Assembly and the disappearance of any lm-media to hope of reconciling the striving pul ileal parties publlc eltrAlion In North Russia Is centered on breed shortage tha tack of practically all foodstuff the breakdown of transportation end the Commercial stagnation aa tho result of the closing of tho hank Moscow Petrograd and all the larger cities of North Russia have little bread The bread allowance In Petrograd today haa been reduced to a quarter of a pound dally and tho food commission has limited eggs to children under 2 year each child to have four eggs a month But eggs are not obtainable at any price Tho Commission also has limited fresh meet to children between the gee of 2 and ll with a half pound monthly to each child Potatoes have been substituted for bread at Novgorod and many other places In North Russia but the coat Is equivalent to IS cents per pound in Petrograd and consequently the masses of tho people cannot buy them Passragev Trains Suspended A general suspension qf passenger trains began today In an' effort to speed tho transportation of foodstuffs from Siberia and South Russia to the Ninth Members of tha Railway Union are remaining at their poets trying to maintain transportation but locomotives and cars are badly disabled and trafflo la hindered by tha masses of wandering soldiers from all sections of the country who Insist that their trains have precedence over freight Practically all trains arriving at Petrograd are crowded with soldiers tho windows In many of tho passenger coaches having been broken by the passengers to get air Former bank employees In Moscow and Petrograd still refuse to work under the direction of tho Hmolny Institute Withdrawals on checks are limited to 100 rubles to each depositor dally and long lines form at tho banka because of tho long delays end difficulty In getting money Bolshevik agents are opening safe deposit boxes and confiscating hoarded gold and allver for tho Government and turning hoarded paper money into current accounts tot the owner Street cars and lighting plant have suspended operations frequently In Petrograd because of tho lack of fuel and car lines when operating are so crowded by soldiers and refugee that much of tho rolling atock Is broken down In Moscow the car lines are In a wore condition than here Soldiers and Sailors Peddle Pood Soldiers end sailors have become peddlers throughout North Russia and are making excursions Into tho country and returning to the cities with bread meat tobacco and auger Although tho city chops are without atoek tho streets are lined with soldiers offering supplies at high price Illuminating oil is -unobtainable In Petrograd and candles are selling at Tl cents per pound One pound ot sugar Is allowed eaeh parson monthly by card at 12 cent per pound hut sugar bought without a card costa Tl cents a pound Flour la unobtainable Dispatches from many points In the Samara and Moscow districts report starvation condition Thousands marched yesterday In a peaceful demonstration following the funeral services for Logvtnoff Siberian member of the Constituent Assembly and the other -victims of last demonstration Tho city was quiet during tho day tho holiday anniversary of Sunday January I 1101 iATTERBURY WINS APPEAL By a decision of the Court of Appeal the estate of Leon Francis Pettit fire chief of Babylon who was killed by a Long Island Railroad train on February 1111 will have to pay 1411122 to Lawrence Attar bury a lawyer of IS William street Manhattan for winning a verdict of flf2Tlll from tho railroad company The decision ends litigation in which Surrogate Selah Strong of Suffolk County fixed flTII aa Atterbury'a fee and In which Attcrbury had Supremo Court Justice Ford la Manhattan award tha higher figure only to have tho Appellate Division rover so It and uphold tho Surrogate tho earn then being taken tnr the lawyer to tho Court of Appeals In deciding for Atterhnry the highest State court overrules Surrogate Strong's contention that ho had a right to fix the fee The Ing Island Railroad Company paid the award Into tho Suffolk County llipremo Court and It haa since been In cue hands of the County Clerk held up by -an injunction prohibiting him from paying any money to Attar bury The lawyer will now collect his fee from the funds in tha poseeeaslon of tho County Clerk 3D A DROPS BALL At the last meeting of tho Third Assembly District Democratic Club tho members were notified by tho chairman that tha board of managers had decided to dispense with the annual entertainment and reception A fund was raised to relievo the condition ot tho poor of tha district and new officers were elected Senator Thomas Cullen announced that the leader of tho district James Kane had suggested that those membors who had each year purchased boxes at the annual entertainment or any other member who might wish to contribute raise a fund to help the poor of tho neighborhood In fifteen minutes uwarda of B09 was contributed When thefund is completed It will bo turned over to the various churches In the district to lie distributed The officers 'elected are as follows President JohmR Dowdell vice pres Ident Frank Taylor recording secretary A Farrell financial secretary Michael Ditore corresponding secretary Clin rice Phillipe assistant cor-rVpomling serrstary Hugh -McGov-orn: ti-maurer Dennis Clare members of board of manager John Pagan Edward O'Connor and John Csntwelirinspeclors ot election Joha Cabay John leaaca and Charles Brady JIAIIY SCHEXCK LEAVES Ml HIM lira- 8 Rutpliin of Oystrr Pay I a lcslduary lemlcc By the t111 of Mary Schcnck filed In the New York County Surrogates offle? which disposes of an estate of $1100 In rcal'cstnte and IS-000 in personalty- Grace Butphln of Oystrr Bay and John Fierce Hutphln of Beacon become residuary egalees Gladys Hutphln of Oyster Bay received a legacy 1 1 00 The 'cilatrtx lived Ot 411 West End avenue Manhattan and died there on January last TO BE MORE RIGID cON TRAFFIC LAWS I Confprenc of Mayors Suggests Regulation of Pedestrians Using Highways automobile law changer hiraler QhiphiIIm Between Polk ad Parrot for Safety of Children Albany January SI New Torb uniform tariff regulation art approved by tho pollco department of tho citlaa of tho (Hat according to Utemont mado public today by tho Now York St a to Conference of Mayor and Otbor City Officiate on traffic refutation and tho cauoeo of automobile apetdmt a report to tho conference the State Bureau of Municipal Information aaya: "Wo are pleaeed to report that tho police departmenta have unl-ve really approved the new law and that no chanpee of material lmpor tance have been BUfaeatad There- porta to ua ehow that tho taw haa worked out admirably in all tho cltlee and that tha uniform rep ulatlone hart boon generally obeerved with tho re-aiilt that the number of accidents compared wllh the Increase In automobile traffle Hi tho citlea haa' been reduced There la however need for greeter effort to reduce accidents end make the highway aafer" An analyala of automobile accldenta by the police ahowe that of IS fatal accldenta in SS cltlee It wrecuoeU by thd feareleeeneae of wbleee driving apeodlng ahd the playing of chlldran ta the otroeta Hevantoon citlea reported that they had no fatal aceldanta laat yr- An analyala of the reporta about other accldenta in tho cltlee ohowo Ufa chief rauaea to have been non-compliance with tho lawn' care-I lweneee of pedestrian apeedlng cara- driver improper lighting and children playing hd etroet grtlone on the reporta of tha Police department! the Bureau totSESKv th Con'r both tb flute highway traffic act and th ut-: A hotter knewledgo of tho tref-' 0IS law and compliance 1hbor provMon by tha driven of all klndo or vehicle (I) The regulation of pedeetriana oroeelng or In any way ualng tha high- wiy8i Change in tha automobile headlight law lb) A law requiring the regtatra-tton of driven and an adequate examination and teat of at least all new operator of automobllee and motorcycle l) Greater co-operation between police and pannte In regulating the piny of children In tha eireota and Increased recreational facilities con- geeted district a For tho purpose of dlacupaing theeo euggestlona end considering needed legiHlatlon the Conference haa called a meeting to be held it this city on Thursday of thla week SEA CUFF PIONEER DIES (Special to The Male) Sea Cliff 1 January 21 John Koop one of the oldest resident of Sea Cliff died yesterday at hta home on Sea CHIT avenue after being in poor health for some time pa at Mr Koop lrrVoU horn In Manhattan where hie early Ufa was hocamo a resident of Sea Cliff being one of Ita first settlers during the early days of Ita founding by the Metropolitan Camp Ground Association Ilo had resided In Sea SUIT ever since Kor oomo years he wee in the plumbing business with hie sons and waa also connected with the He Cliff Water Comtmny Ho had retired from active business for some time Mr Koop was a veteran of the Civil War and snrvrd In aeveral of the big hntllca In Company 1) Fifteenth New Jersey Volunteers Funeral eerv-tree will bo held at hie late home on Thursday afternoon Interment will bo at Itoalyn Cemetery Besides hie wife Mr Koop leaves three eon George Joseph end Walter Koop and daughter Mrs William Gill THE BALL 18 CPI Skating at IToapect Park on Exceptionally Thick Ice The red ball announcing abating af Prospect Tark la up again! Up date there have been seventeen days of -ekatlng beginning with December It Last year waa considered an exceptionally goud year with twelve days of skating up to the same time although it began later December lx Due to tho very cold weather there la a record amount of let on tho park lakes CONCERT AT OLD FIRST CHURCH Proceeds (or Hed Cross and YM A Work A concert under the auspices of the consistory will be given thla evening In the "Old First" Reformed Church Carroll street and Hcventh avenue the proceeds of which ere for tho benefit of the Ladles Aid Society of the chnrch to bo lined by them in their work for the lted Cross Society end the International Ys A Wir Work Tho first part of thq program will consist of operatic and other eelec-tiona In the second part tho cantata "Mayl liiie" will beiintg These artists will pppenr Him Jleln Ki'huniann Mis Von Etsen Charles Tnxell Carl Krhlcgel Irwin Httcoel and Warren Hedden FINDS UlIKHJI DEAD A msn known as James Connor Co his landlady Anlelnsttc Ken who rented him a furnished room at III Palmeito si-rM waa found dead by her In his rnorn yeslcnlHy afierniKin It in thought lie li'nl of hejrt trouble In bis piwket Wis found registration cHrd liesijig liny' neinc James l)Mnntll'f- Sri Fourth atrt It Is not kuuwn whLh of the two I liis rii ii 1 'making -lu i jjJl intv U'JVit ill feta LCiylit ts CANAL ST SUBWAY NERVE SPOT CHAOS Brooklynite Struggle and Jostle About In Vain Effort to Find Trains GUARDS DON'T KNOW BOROUGH Broadway Tube Express or Local No Owe Knows Which Cre- a tee Bedlam of Confusion It requires skill such as few Brooklynites have aa yet attained to use successfully the Canal street station In Manhattan which ta a nerve canter of th Brooklyn subway aa well as the entire Broadway system At that station tho has had to provide platforms for the West End Boa Beach and Fourth avenue subway the Broadway llnea including the Cypress Hill Canarele Ridgewood and Jamaica line both express and local and by connection with the now Broadway subway and the Interborough subway The result ta bedlam of confusion during rush hour Thera wars at loaet six policemen on the platform last evening to koop In order th surging Brooklynite waiting for tho Fourth avenue lino but on tbs platforms of tho Broadway whore the crowds wars by ter tha larger there wore non Each arriving train hound over tho Williamsburg Bridge up with a struggling pushing Jostling mob Guards have no time to answer question Tho Inexperienced traveler from Manhattan to Brooklyn by way of tho now Broadway subway must remember many questions to ask Her are some of thorn: Do I want th Broadway subway or Ho I want an express or a localT Where must I changeT How can I find tho right platformT But information la hard to obtain you should ask to get to DeKalb avenue you may If lucky arrive at that station after a short rid on tho Fourth avanuo subway Just aa likely as not th guard will shunt you to the Broadway platform and attar a long rldo you will emerge at th De-Kalb avenue cud of the Kosciusko street station On th Broadway subway the money changer does not know much about Brooklyn street Also most of tho travelers know little about tho fart system People Intent on buying tickets will hold up a long lino of Impatient patrons by pushing a nickel to the changer they expect a ticket Th changer returns the nickel It ta angrily pushed back again Finally in a tired vole the changer Informs tha passengers there are no ticket The guards on tha platforms of the Broadway appear to Inexperienced men who know Uttl of theli lino and nothing whatever about other llnea or destination Two guards at tha Canal street station 'whom Tha Eagle man asked for Information where to find a Broadway local replied: know there enough sign around bars? Can't you read?" Four or five "No Smoking' eigne were visible but no direction sign As a result In each car there are usually a few passengers who are either on tho wrong line or on an rx-presa train Instead of on local At the Union (Square station the guard announce "Expiree trains to Brooklyn first atop at-Gold but when the train neared the Gold street station nnd everybody wlahlng to got off was ready they found that th train earn to a atop at Pacific street In this particular Instance the guard remarked that sometime they get now orders on th way Th tunnel connecting th Broadway subway with the other lines at the Canal street station waa temporarily closed yesterday Much watar had gathered and passengers were given transfer tickets and were obliged to ellmb up th stairs to the street nnd serose Lafayette place and down again to the pther platfokm Tha Broadway subway stations are very cold and at several of them tho supporting girders were nearly covered with Ice SYNDICATE SUES RUMANIA FOR 60000000 MARKS Amsterdam January 21 Tha Tags-blatt of Berlin says an action for the recovery of 11000001 Liarks haa been brought against Rumania by syndicate formed for tho exportation of grain from Rumania to Germany and thence to neutral countries An agreement Is sold to have boon concluded before Rumania entered the war between th syndicate and Premier Sratiano acting on behalf of the Rumanian Government but shortly before Rumania became a belligerent the Premier declined to fulfill the contract Tha claim wee lodged In Berlin because the Rumanian Government haa deposits then GREAT KECK FARM RESOLD The MacEIhlntiey aetata at Dun-dotne 1 near Groat Nock has been sold by Frederick Brown to a client of Frederick Francko The traet has a frontage of 110 fert on Roalyn road adjoining the North Hempstead Country Club It con-sism of twenty acres with a lt-romn residence valued at $14000 The purchaser Is said to be connected with (arse chemical cun--ttrn Mr Hrown took In exchango me acra and a 14-room residence on Mountain View avenuv Mnntcbur held 10040 ZIr Brown recently aoqulred the ace in ex'dnnsn for I ho 6-stnry apartment afcZIOT Ticbout avenue the Bronx The Eagle is making a special Out-of-Town Su scription Rate for the Series' 30 days" 50 cents An order now will include issue A bomb placed on tha front porch of th residence of Harry McNally a fruit and vegetable dealer of 1411 Sixty-seventh street exploded early today without doing any other damage than to smash the porch Mo-Nally hta wife daughter and two eon who were all asleep in tho house escaped without Injury but they and many neighboring families fled Into the enow-covered street half-clad fearing further explosion Police reserves under Captain August Kuehne of tho Bath Beach station and Detecllvos Louis Rose and Thomas Blake 1 from headquarters were soon on tho scene making an In-vesligatlon Next door to the McNally residence Is the home of the Rev Humberto Fllooa rector of the Italian Episcopal Chnrch of tlw Annunciation and po lice thought for a time that the bomb was Intended for the clergymen aa McNally contended that he had no enemies The Italian rector also disclaimed my knowledge of why any-one fchi-uht rry to injure him and a fuithi-r lm crt'gatinn wee Inetituted Yhn tuili' ru-ni'y come to the con-ctuelun that fir rrplostve must have been munoed for William Hhuinwny who live In the ebnie house with Die Rev Mr Filosa fihumway Is coal dealer wh formerly supplied nunc Italian fainlUe He hss been short of coni and the police beliete that some of his customers might have thought they were being against when the voal dealer could not supply th-m snd trisd to get re-veiiB A further Investigation being mad i rf Fill in fund Return This Blank Name iotheoeai Addrcrs I 50 Cents Inclosed I I.