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Plot Rumors Tighten Guard Along Coast i Marines and Soldiers Are Rushed to Waterfronts on Orders From Washington fioops Reinforced At Local Shipyards 100 Men at Robins Plant and Number Is Doubled at Bush Terminal Details of marines nr.d soldiers weroi to shipyards, drydocks, water-, front plants and government property this city and every other port along Atlantic coast yesterday, following general orders sent from Washington to United States army officers in com? mand of the various departments. Major General W. A. Mann, com-' mander of the Department of the East. immediately after the receipt of the order, got into communication with tho port collectors and other Fed? eral officers the metropolitan area, on Long Sand and the other cities un? der his supervision.

Guards were or? dered placed where there had been none and reinforced at the plants whore sol? diers and sailors had already been sta? tioned. Marines Guard Drydock A squad of one- hundred marines was sent to the Robins Drydock and Re? pair Con occuping several blocks nth Brooklyn waterfront, furnishing the first military guard at this ncc the beginning of the hich consists about four drydocks, machine shops and i for furbishing up vessels so badly at prisent, one o-" largest and most activo marine centres in the metropolitan dis? trict. The Bush Terminal piers in South Brooklyn and the Morse docks, it is understo I ther with other water pla; had their military details ncreased greatly, while similar action; had taken at the yards the Submarine Boat Corporation at "Port Newark, and on Long Island. In Hob: Director of Public Safety Bernard detailed twenty po? licemen plain clothes to aid the federal fficers along the waterfront and wat any suspicious charac? ters known .0 them who might ap ri ich pi? or dockyard s. It is un id that the general or ders re issued following the visit of I.

of the Shipping trd, to the Newark shipyard last and his rep? rt back to Washing? ton. It was from NTewark that reports been issued of an enemy alien againsl shipping. hal Power, in was wan ed of a similar plot in Brooklyn, and there a confer ce Myron it, Newton, Collector he Port NTew to the best a ures to be taken. Were to Strike Soon rding to the reported threats, plots would consum shutdown or 1 en Unit? tl Stat Fu? 1 Adminis ratoi eutonic spies tak general confusion it also came to the offices of the vat L'nited States marshals that the presence of hundreds o1" thousands of -i-- igated during the' be utilized by the anti-American propagandists toi orders, possibly lead- ing to viol? nee. This, the alleged plans continued, would momentarily with-' attention from the water-? low comparatively free to the incendiary and dynamiter.

Six sticks of dynamite were found vesterd the hold of the hospital ship Mei ey, lying at the Tietjen Hoboken, it was re Ported la night. The rumor could not be confirmed and was denied by the iperim dent of the drydock. It I thai there was a slight firo hold of the hospital lasl Saturday, which was quenched without diificulty. The alleged discov? ery of xplosives, according to to the placing of heavy lie? ti 1 and soldi? rs about Bridgeport Arms Plants Placed Under Heavy Guard ORT, Jan. 3 tl moon a guard has been ver the Bridgeport Arm-; fii U.

M. Companies, between Stamford and 1 are now under the super-1 State Guard. Then 1,200 Guardsmen in Bridge? port, and o1 is number six hundred nov un 1er arms and four companies I Jjave beei igncd to military duty, from all sections of Connecti indicate that approximately 5,000 Wen havt. already been ordered to mob "ail Refused for German Arrested in Lake Placid H-ATTSBURG, Jan. 21.

ted German banker ar ke Placid Sunday by dircc Vtton General Gregory, still in the Clinton County awaiting. from Washington. I States Commissioner Gilli before whom Pavenstedt was ar-, to-day, declined to for 1 ol the prisoner, It is ex that an order for his release will to-morrow, and Deputy irray will leave for the city his prisoner to-morrow night. 3 Enemy Aliens Sent From Porto Rico for Internment AN ATLANTIC PORT, Jan. I steamship from Porto Rico 8hl to port to-day three enemy tv .8 had been rounded up on '08 island and detained there for sev? rai months.

They were brought here custody of a United States mar a.nd after a stay of a few days at detention camp will be taken to thorpe. Prisoners were Leopoldo Strube, 'erner Sturzel and Adolph Kocster. Royal Arcanum Wins Suit HUSTON, Jan. 21. Federal Judge fikdk ay a bill in equity il Arthur S.

Cummings and James tii? one' of New Hampshire, (seeking S11? of a receiver for the Council, Royal Arcanum. Satterlee Home Broken Into; Spies Suspected HIGHLAND FALLS. N. Jan. 21..

Burglars last night forced an entrance to the country home of Herbert Sat terlee. former Assistant Secretary of the Navy and a brother-in-law of J. Piorpont Morgan. The intruders com? pletely ransacked the house, breaking doors, trunks and packing eases. Mr.

Sattorleo's desk was completely rilled, its contenta being scattered all over the library. From tho fact that the intruders neglected to take anything away with them, Deputy Sheriff Samuel Carlton, of Orange County, is of the opinion that they were German spies. This opinion is strengthened ly the fact that there is a general impression in this vicinity that Mr. Satterlee' bus been intimately connected with the government sinco the beginning of the war. I Walks Into Flames To Stop Oil Blaze Fireman, With Five Streams, of Water Playing on Him, Braves Lake of Fire PATERSOX, N.

Jan. 21. live streams of water pouring: on him from five large nozzles and half a dozen firemen standing ready to plunge to bis rescue if they saw him fall, James Campbell, chauffeur for Fire Chief Coyle, this afternoon deliber- I ately walked a small lake of flam ing oil and succeeded in turning off the valve which the burning: fluid with an enormous supply tank containing 160,000 gallons of kerosene. The fire, which occurred at the sup? ply station of the Standard Oil Coin-, pany, at Grove Street and the Erie Railroad, started when the back lire from the muffler of an automobile oil tank wagon ignited a thick stream of oil from the supply tank. The driver of the truck had just been load-, ing up and had not had time to turn off tho valve.

In a moment the cement yard, one hundred feet square, which surrounded the supply tank was ablaze. Four alarms of lire were turned in, but fire men quickly realized that their efforts would be of no avail until the tank valve was closed. Chief Coyle asked for volunteers and Campbell promptly offered to make the attempt. The remarkable part of Campbell's exploit was that he was not so much as singed. As soon as the flow of oil ceased the fire soon burned: itself out.

Bulgarians Attack Greeks in Macedonia Enter Trenches at One Point, but Are Driven Out PARIS, Jan. War Office is? sued an official statement to-night giv? ing the details of an attack by the Bulgarians west of the Vardar River in Macedonia, in which Creek troops performed brilliantly in repelling the enemy. The statement says: "About 2 o'clock on the morning of January 20, after violent artillery preparation, the enemy delivered against our positions west of tho Var? dar, north of Lumniea and west of Srka di Legen, a series of attacks which completely failed. At only one point was the enemy able to enter our trenches, which had been entirely de? molished, but he was driven out im? mediately by a vigorous counter at? tack on the part of the Hellenic troops, whose bearing was particularly brill? iant." 3 Student Aviators Killed American Collides With New Brunswick Flier at Toronto TORONTO, Ontario, Jaifc student aviators in training with the I Royal Flying Corps here, one of them an American, were killed to-day as a result of accidents to their machines' in the air. N.

M. Milne, of Maiden, was killed when his machine was struck by another driven by D. E. McMillan, of, Durham Centre, N. who also was killed.

Axel George Benedix, a Dane, was killed at the Leaside Camp when his machine overbalanced as he was making an ascent. N.J.Senate for Local Option i Also Approves Measure to Regulate 'Wet' Communities TRENTON, Jan. a vote of' IG to 5, the Upper House of the New Jersey Legislature to-night passed the Mackay local option bill and then gave its approval to the Wells act, a com- panion measure to provide greater regulation of excise matters in ran- nicipalities electing to stay wet. The five Senators voting against the Mac? kay bill were: Barber, of Warren; Me- of Passaic; McLellon, of Hud? son: Mutchler, of Morris, and Pilgrim, of Essex. voting for the bill were: Ackerson, Monmouth'; Allen, Salem; Case, Somerset; Conrad, Ocean; Fith ian, Cumberland; Florance, Middlesex; Haine, Hammond, Mercer; Mackay, Martene, Hunterdon; Munson, Sussex; Richards, Atlantic; Runyon, Union; Stevens, Cape May; Sturgess, Gloucester, and Wells, I Bark's Crew Stricken Vessel Here From Norway Hoists Signals of Distress A big Norwegian bark with five men of its crew of ten stricken by a ma? lignant fever dropped anchor four miles off Westhampton Beach, Long 1 Island, yesterday and run up signals of distress.

Within few hours a coast guard put out to the vessel, and on learning of the serious condition of the men reported to the health offi? cials. Arrangements were made to take the patients to Quarantine. The other members of tho crew will be kept under observation aboard ship. Ac? cording to the master, the bark left Bergen ninety-five days Baron von Batocki Again East Prussia President AMSTERDAM, Jan. sische Zeitung" (Berlin) says that Baron von Batocki, former Food ister, has been appointed President oi East Prussia.

He succeeds Heir von who vas recently appointed to take the of Hen- von Valcntini as head of the Civil Cabinet. Baron von Batocki liad previously held the position of President of East Prussia. i Ossining Aids Mrs. O'Shea Wants Removed Policewoman Appointed a Deputy Sheriff OSSINING, Jan. 21.

A petition ask? ing that Mrs. Anna O'Shea, the former policewoman, bo made a deputy sheriff has been sent to Sheriff Charles E. Nossitor. Among the prominent resi? dents of the village to sign tin? request are Air. and Mrs Krank A.

Vanderlip, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Holbrook, Charles C.

Washburn, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Greene, Margaret Curtis, Elizabeth I vington, Mrs. A. Brandroth, Mrs.

John I. Kane and many others. Mrs. O'Shea was policewoman for one month. Then tho village trustees voted not to reappoint her, basing their ac? tion largely on charges, that, were later disproved, brought against her at that, time.

District. Attorney Lee P. Davis of ostchester County has come out open? ly favor of Mrs. O'Shon. It is ex? pected Sheriff Nossiter will grant the petition.

Shipbuilding Stop Only Temporary, Asserts Manager Tells Senate Committee Eastern Vessels Must Be Finished Quickly WASHINGTON, Jan. of the wooden shipbuilding is only temporary and is due to lack of mate? rial and labor, Charles Pioz, general manager of tho Emergency Fleet Cor? poration, to-day told tho Senate in? vestigating committee. Lumber could be delivered to Pacific Coast yards, he said, but vessels under construction in the East must be completed as quickly as possible, and available material is being sent to the Atlantic coast and the Gulf. There is not enough material in sight to build the 400 wooden ships contracted for, Mr. Piez said.

Friction between government agencies supply? ing spruce timber for the aircraft board and those trying to get out tim? be" for shipbuilding Mr. hoped to settle through an investigation the fleet corporation recently began. Senator Jones maintained that some of the Pacilic yards which soon would complete ships should bo given new contracts, but Piez said that no new contracts would be given at this time. Henry Howard, director of recruit? ing service for merchant marine, told the committee that he believed there i woudl not be a shortage of officers and men to man the new ships as they come from the yards. He outlined an extensive plan of training now being prosecuted.

The expects to hear Will? iam Denman, former chairman of the Shipping Board, to-morrow. Will Care for Girls Settlements and Clubs to Provide Quarters and Entertainments Settlements, working girls' and employers will combine forces to provide warm quarters and wholesome entertainment during the "workless days" for the girls whose only refuge is a hall bedroom. The plight of the girls whose room is too cold to allow her to remain in it all day has at tracted the attention of Mrs. Henry Olleshcimer, head of the New York As- sociation of Women Workers, who called a conference yesterday of all social workers interested in the girl problem. The United Club of Women Work- ers, which has a large at 243 East Thirty-fourth Street, announced last night that it would cooperate in Mrs.

Ollesheimer's scheme. The club i will keep open house to all women workers, whether members of the club or not. The Women's Conference of the Society for Ethical Culture has provided a fund from which a day's wages will be paid to girls working in the Bed Cross sewing rooms, "I have been in communication with President Somers, of the Board of Ed? ucation, concerning the opening of the i public schools on Monday afternoons and evenings to the. working people," said Mrs. Ollesheimer last night.

"The matter will be discussed at the meet- ing of the Board of Education on Wednesday. Mr. Somers seemed to be much in favor of the plan if the peo- pie's homes were still cold after the five days' shut-down of the factories. At several branches of the Young Women's Christian Association yester- day there were open fires and hot cocoa for the girls. The Young Women's Hebrew Association, the Vacation As- sociation and most of the settlements likewise welcomed them.

A list of places where girls will be welcome on Mondays has to be sent to all employ ers, with the request that the girls be notified. Mrs. Alexander Kohut, chairman of the Committee of Five, said last night that she had received favorable replies from many employers, in regard to the request of the Women's Committee that the girls be paid their wages for the days of enforced idleness. 'Authors' Day' To-day In Fusion inquiry Julian Street, William Hard, Porter Emerson Browne and Irvin S. Cobb Called This will be "Authors' Day" in Dis? trict Attorney Swann's investigation of tho Mitchel-Fusion ci.rapaign disburse? ments.

Street, William Hard, Porter Emerson Browns and probably Irvin S. Cobb will be quizzed by As? sistant District Attorney Kilroe about how they earned the money paid to them by the campaign committee. Ellis Parker Butler, author of "Pigs Is Pigs" and manager of the Queens Borough Mitchcl organization, was asked yester day how he earned the $350 paid to him and how he spent the to re- elect Mayor Mitchcl. Mr. Butler said he wrote "Kids Is Kids" for the child welfare committee and administered the affairs of Cao Queens organization.

"It was worth a darn sight more. Never again for me!" he said. Mr. Butler explained two telegrams! to Colonel Roosevelt dated October 20 and 22. He said they were calls for the ex-President to come to Queens and speak to the Germans, who, the Fusionists were afraid, were not going to stay in line.

Mr. Butler said the Colonel'spoke at Astoria to crowded meeting, but was able to make only that single speech. The Rev. Christian F. Reisncr, of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, who was.

active in the campaign on behalf Mayor Mitchel, will also be asked to appeal- before Mr. Kilroe and tell whether or not. he had any financial relations with the Fusion committee, Pacifist Teachers In Public Schools To Be Weeded Out New Board to Act When? ever Evidence Can Be Obtained One Woman to Go Admits She Would Not In? struct Pupils to Uphold U. S. ih War Pacifist teachers in the public schools are to be eliminated as rapidly as tho evidence ugainst them is ob? tained.

The fact that the new Board of Edu? cation intends tho process of weeding out anti-war and pro-Ger? man teachers, which was begun by the old board, was made apparent yester? day when the board of superinten? dents recommended for immediate dis? missal a woman teacher in tho high schools who admitted that she is op? posed to the war and could not teach her pupils to support the government. The namo of tho teacher was with? held to give her an opportunity to re? sign as an alternative to being dis? missed. If her resignation is not re? ceived by to-day she probably will be suspended by Acting Superintendent Straubcnmuller. pending her dismissal at a meeting of the board to-morrow. Admits She Opposes War According to a school official, the teacher admitted? That she is opposed to tho war be? cause she i.s a Quaker.

That she would refuse to make Red Cross bandages or teach any of her pupils to make them. That decline in any way to "assist the American soldiers in tho trenches" or help in of the draft law. Tho fact that tho draft law makes exemption for Quakers will not apply in principle to it was stated at the Board of Education. "This case goes to show that a per? son cannot be a teacher and a pacifist at the same time," said an official. "There arc scores of pacifist teachers.

It is only a question of time before they can bo weeded out. In the case of extreme pacifists no leniency will bj shoWn; they will be ousted at once." To Standardize School Buildings Preparatory to erecting new school buildings this year in the congested districts, the board at an informe! conference yesterday considered plans for standardizing buildings and equip? ment. President Arthur Somers said the board proposes to adopt plans fjr a standard building which, with slight; modification, will be suitable for any site. With the exception of many schools in Brooklyn, which are to be. keni closed until February 4 on account if fuel shortage, all of the public schools were reported well heated yesterday.

School 99, at Kew Gardens, Queens, was closed on account of defective plumbing. News in Brief YONKERS, N. Desmond, of 155 School Street, is a gravedigger. While work? ing in a half-finished grave in Woodlawn Cemetery he was overcome by the cold and freezing to lie was found in time, however, lifted from the grave and hurried to St. Hospiatl, where it waa said he would recover.

One of the cars of a Brooklyn elevated train crossing the Williamsburg Bridge caught fire from a short circuit. A small paniu took place among the passengers, but all escaped to the other cars without any one suffering serious injury. Two automohiles crashed together at Lee Avenue and Middleton Street, Williamsburg, throwing their occupants, two women and four men, to he street. Ail were bruised slightly. The cars were completely wrecked.

Morris Levine, T.i First Street, Manhattan, owned one of the machines, and Isador Ro? senthal, 127 Bnyard Street, the other. PATERSON, N. three-alarm fire did $100,000 damage to a large frame building at Hamburg Avenue and Jane Street, occupied exclusively by silk manufacturers. Firemen saved about $25,000 worth of silk be? fore being driven out by the flames. Burglars stole $1,400 cash after blowing open a safe in the rear of a restaurant and caf? by Thomas Fulton at 153 East Forty-second Street.

They left their tools and nine old overcoats, which they had evi? dently used to muffle tho explosion. The Rons of the Revolution will meet at Delmonico's Thursday "vening to celebrate the birthday of Frederick Samuel Talhnadge, late president of the organization. The annual dinner of the trust company roction of the American Bankers' Associa? tion, scheduled for February 25, has been cancelled. Sarah Ten Eyck Prince, fifty-five years old, was burned to death in tier room at 204 West Fourteenth Street. It is believed that she set fire to her kimono in lighting the gas.

Mrs. Mary Germane, her landlady, smelled smoke and rushed to the rescue, but was too late. Soldier Confesses He Started Washington Storehouse Fire WASHINGTON, Jan. L. Woodward, a private in the array Quartermaster Corps, confessed to-day that he started the fire which threat? ened the quartermaster storehouse here last week and destroyed $50,000 worth of food and other supplies.

An official statement says Woodward declared himself a pyromaniac, and had in 1910 tired a lodging house in Worcester, Mass. New Passports to Prevent Counterfeiting Spreadeagle Style Gives Way to Brief, Carefully Contrived Document WASHINGTON, Jan. time honored old American passport, with its vast expanse of parchment paper, headed by an American spread eagle with talons full of javelins, at last given way to modern and convenient document. Except in the case of per? sons travelling in the Western con? tinents, the old pussports will not bo issued. Travellers bound to Europe and Asia must in every case take out new passports.

The first cmsideration in designing the new passport was protection against counterfeiting and abuse. It is printed on a distinctive paper made es? pecially for the purpose, which is of a ue-gray cast, by reason of the fact that the whole face is covered as a background with microscopic repeti? tions of the words "United States." Convenience was another object, and: that is served by reducing the size of the passport to just one-half of its old proportions. Singer Had Spy Code on Body Madame Theodorini, Well Known Here, Arrested on Liner Near Spain Mme. Helena Theodorini, who one year ago conducted an opera studio in New York after being introduced to the musical world by Caruso, Scotti, Alda i I and other operatic stars, has been ar rested as a German spy, according to, I reports from London. Her brief stay here and frequent trips between Ar-( i gentina and New York attracted the attention of the United States Secret 1 Service.

When she sailed for Spain the Bri't ish Secret Service was notified. A British warship interrupted her voyage near Cadiz. When her baggage was ex? amined papers were found which, when treated chemically, disclosed some un? intelligible markings. Mme. Theodorini svas then strippofl by female attendants and her skin treated chemically.

The process re? on her shoulders the complete key to the cipher messages written in invisible ink on the papers she carried. This was considered eviilence sufficient to warrant her arrest, which had been i postponed while she was being watched by the Secret Service of Great Britain i and the United States. In November, 1916, she engaged an apartment at No. West Eighty-second Street and announced her intention to 1 give lessons in opera singing. Her ca roer as a teacher of singing as well as a distinguished opera singing made her position secure among local musicians.

Invitations were issued by Mme. Fran-; ces Alda, Enrico Caruso, Antonio Scotti, Giuseppe de Luca and Andres de Se- gurola to a reception in her honor! I at the Waldorf-Astoria on January 11, 1917. More than two hun-j dred distinguished guests came 'to meet! the singer, who was also known as the 'Baroness D'Harmezak, of Paris. Pasquale Amato, the tenor, said last night: "We are shocked at the news of Mme. Theodorini's arrest.

The artists who' her here regarded her as a very! line singer and a good woman. No one I would believe she would be connected wi'th such an affair. She owes her fame! and fortune to Italy, Russia, France and; England." Mme. Theodorini began her musical! career a3 a pianist when, at the age' of nine, she gave her first recital in Rumania. Her debut, after studying Milan, was at Warsaw, where she ap-' pearcd in "The Barber of i When she was twenty-one she was en? gaged sing the leading roles at La Scala, at Milan.

Massenet, the I was so delighted with her performance I i of his "Herodiade" that he presented i her with the manuscript of the duet in the opera, with an expression of ad miration for her art. Find Bernstori? Receipt ABERDEEN, S. 21. -Receipts for signed by Count von Berns- i torff, former German Ambassador, were found to-day, officials claim, in a seiz- i ure of records in the office of the "Freie Presse," whose editors, E. W.

Sallett I and J. F. Paul Gross, are being held for the Federal authorities. The edi tors are charged with not filing correct translations of articles in the paper. Sallett and Gross declare $30,000 was i collected and sent east for the German I Red Cross.

Rj'ords show, however, of I facials said, that only $1,000 was sent directly to that organization. They say that was sent to the German Em- bassy in Washington, while the re- mainder was sent to a firm on the New York Stock Exchange called N. in the records here. The New York Stock Exchange firm referred to as ''K. N.

is believed to be Knauth, Nichod Kuh no, bank? ers, with offices at 120 Broadway. Wil helm Knauth, one of the members of i the firm, however, said last night that he did not recall that his firm had ever I had any dealings, either with the "Freie Presse" in Aberdeen oi with either of' the two men un.1er arrest. Mr. Knauth said that it was possible that remittances had been made to i him personally, as he served for some time as treasurer of the war relief committee for German and Austrian prisoners of war. Small sums were 1 sent to him, Mr.

Knauth said, from all i parts of the country. When the United States entered the war he resigned, but the committee is still in existence, and he said had the authorization of Sec retary of State Lansing to continue its work. i McGibbon Co. jj Fb Ten Days longer of our January "Bona Fide? SaIe Table Family and Guests Towels, many in Style for every Use 5s 5 Unen Sheets and Pillow Sizes ft Blankets, Bed Spreads and Comfortables 2j Pure Linen and Gentlemen Lace Draperies and Dainty Bed Sets Easy Chairs, Library and Novelty Lamps American Made Rugs and Novelty Oriental Full Stocks all at advantageous Prices West 37th Near Fifth Ave. Delay in Blue Case Stirs Navy Circles i Daniels Criticised for Not Making Public Verdict of Court Martial WASHINGTON, Jan.

fail- lire of the Navy Department to make known officially the result of the court- martial of Captain Victor com mander of the battleship Texas, which went aground off Long Island some months ago, has become the cause of considerable embarrassment to that of- ficcr, it was stated in well informed naval circles here to-day. The naval court of inquiry made a I thorough investigation of the incident shortly following the mishap to the Texas. Jfull responsibility for the ac cident was directed against Captain i Blue it is stated. The rocommendation of the court, it is known, was that Captain Blue should be reduced twenty points. This recommendation was not i concurred in by the commander of the fleet, who held that the penalty was too severe and the reduction was modi? fied to a reduction of ten points.

No official announcement of this action by the court of inquiry, however, has been made by the department. The absence of this announcement! and the further fact that Captain Blue still retains command of the Texas and, has not actually suffered because of the grounding of the vessel, has placed him in the embarrassing position of being a favored officer. The apparent "whitewashing" of Captain Blue is taken by well informed naval men to be a forerunner of a choice assign? ment being ofTered to him. While Captain Blue himself is criti- ciscd for not demanding an official statement of the finding of the court martial, there also is criticism directed at Secretary Daniels for his reported hesitancy in publishing the outcome of the case. Strict disciplinarians in the I navy declare that the Blue ca.se is pointed to by officers as distinctly un? fair to the service.

Others assert that any promotion or choice sea assign? ment tendered to Captain Blue will in crease the dissatisfaction now prevail- ing for the department's failure to: officially make known the verdict in the case. The recent announcement of the Navy Department that Captain Blue was delegated to receive the Knox tro-1 phy for gunnery excellence, won by the Texas crew last year, adds extra weight to the prevailing impression that Secretary Daniels desires to focus attention on the proficiency of Captain Blue. Jail Term for Detective William C. Hamilton, head of Hamil? ton's Detective Agency, at 1182 Broad- way, who was convicted two weeks ago of coercing straggling sailors to main in the agency's headquarters until they overstayed their leave and became deserters, was sentenced to the penitentiary yesterday by Justices Kernochan, Herrman and Edwards, in Soecial Sessions. Hamilton will serve from six months to three years.

The evidence showed that two of Hamil-" ton's employes collected $50 bonuses on sailors who were coerced into be- coming deserters. They are now scrv- ing time in the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta for impersonating government' officers. Mrs. Randolph Wins Order for Alimony I Says Descendant of Famous Virginia Family Started Cruel Treatment on Honeymoon Through proceedings in the Supreme yesterday it became known that! Mrs. Vera Schermerhorn daughter of the late George J.

Scher-i has left her husband, Robert; John Randolph, and is suing him for a I separation on the ground of cruelty, Justice Bijur signed an order yesterday, granting Mrs. Randolph, who, it was believed, received a large income from I the estate of her faiher, $15 a week alimony. Mr. Ramlolph, a native of: Virginia, is a descendant of John Ran? dolph, one of the signers of the Dec-1 laration of Independence. Randolph said in her petition for alimony that since she her husband she had had an income of from $75 to $100 a month from the sale of handkerchiefs of her own manufacture, but this amount, too little to pijoperly maintain her, she has been de? pendent on the charity of her mother and friends, to whom she is now in? debted $2,000.

Mr. Randolph, she said, lives at the New York Athletic Club, drives a racing car and spends money in restaurants and cabarets. The Randolphs were married in 1906, i after elopement. The husband's cruelty began on their honeymoon, Mrs. Schermerhorn alleged.

Mr. Randolph denies his wife's alle? gations. He said that he is now serv? ing the government in a civilian ca? pacity and expects to receive a com? mission a3 second lieutenant in the army. He said be nas been living at the expense of his sister and that it is lier racing car that he drives. Plans Orphanage Inquiry Prosecutor Will investigate Report of Children Freezing BABYLON, Long Island, Jan.

I investigation is to be started imme? diately by District Attorney Le Roy M. Young, of Suffolk County, into the con? ditions at the Howard Orphanage and Industrial Home. Reports of the suf? fering from cold of the children housed there has moved the authorities to action. District Attorney Young declared to? day that he believed there had been culpable negligence somewhere. Four children in the home were said to have been frozen so badly it was necessary to amputate their feet.

Officials of the orphanage deny that there was any ill treatment and say they court a full in? vestigation. Employes Tell Why Packing Houses Should Be Taken Over WASHINGTON, Jan. atives of the union packing house em? ployes of Chicago to-day gave the Pres? ident's mediation commission their view of industrial conditions there, which, they say, make necessary gov? ernment operation of the plants during the war. The packers will be heard to-morrow, after which the commission will de? cide on a course of procedure in its investigation. General Dyer Reviews New Seventh Regiment The first regimental review of the! new 7th Infantry was held in the 7th Armory, Park Avenue and Sixty-sixth Street, last night.

Brig adier General George R. Dyer was in the reviewing stand. In the review last night the regi- ment, under command of Colonel De Witt Clinton Falls, paraded twelve rifle companies, a headquarters company, a supply and machine gun company and a sanitary detachment. When investing $25 or $30 in one of our men's markdown winter suits, it's good to remember that only an all-wool cloth can get in here. As Cotton Thread" himself said, "it's like try? ing to get in the better class hotels when they're all filled up." Orrn to-day, Bamc as Rogers Peet Company Broadway Broadway at 13th St.

"The at 34th St. Four Broadway Corners'' Fifth Avc. at Wahren at 41 st St. Decides Porto Rico Is Not a Territory Supreme Court Reverses Decrees Interpreted From Jones Act WASHINGTON. Jan.

Rican decrees holding that island to be an organized incorporated territory of the United States, with the Federal Constitution in full force there, were. to-day reversed by the Supreme Court. The lower courts held that the pas? sage of the Jones act by Congress, granting American citizenship to Porto Ricans, was the final act incorporating that insular possession in the United States an territory. Rep? resentatives of the island government contended that, despite the grant of American citizenship, the Jones act purposely avoided stipulatir.tr that this whole of the Federal Constitution was applicable there. The proceedings resulted from release of Carlos Tapia and Jose Muratti, charged wi'h murder, thts lower court holding that under the Constitution they could not be held for trial except under indictments.

Schneider Lauds Bill to Make Polls Inspectors Appointive County Clerk William F. Schneider wrote to Assemblyman Schuyler M. Meyer yesterday approving the legis? lator's bill to have election inspectors taken from the Civil Service eligible lists. The County Clerk went further, and suggested that women as well as men be appointed election officials. "I think that- with women inspectors the possibility of frauds will be les? sened," said Mr.

Schneider. He added that live years ago he favored such a measure as Assemblyman Mayer hasj now introduced. FIFTH AVENUE 39th Street Semi-Annual Reduction Sale Men's Young Men's High Grade Winter Overcoats Every overcoat? including winter weight imported Burberrys and Georgian Country overcoats, will be marked at a price that will insure quick selling, the re? ductions being made for the purpose of effecting an absolute clearance in the shortest possible space of time. Models: Chestertield, box and form fitting, single and double breasted; Re? gent Slip-ons, Raglans, Ulsters, Town listers, belted models. Fabrics: Kerseys, Meltons, Chin? chillas, Cheviots, Vicunas, Shetlands, Homespuns, Warmth-without-weight and other popular cloths, domestic and im? ported.

Colors: Oxfords, blacks, browns, grays, blues, greens, heather mixtures and several shades of tan. $30.00, $27.50 and $25.00 to $21.75 $35.00, $32.50 and $30.00 to $25.75 $40.00, $37.50 and $35.00 to $29.75 $42.50 and $40.00 Overcoats.Reduced to $32.75 $50.00, $45.00 and $42.50 to $36.75 $70.00, $65.00 and $50.00 to $43.75 No Charge for Alterations Men's $75, $67.50 and $57.50 Fur-Lined Overcoats, $52.50 Fuurth Floor. I i I I i 3.