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HAPCQOD RIDICULES HARVEY'S CHARGES Characterizes iho Accusations Arrainsfc Him \Mean and Malignant.\ NO SYMPATHY WITH BEDS .Insists cst, Way to Fight Holslicvism Is to Open f Trade Uoutcs. Norman IlapgooJ issued a stutomvnt lnit nlclit In which lie made cateGorlcal denial to tho charges recently mails ncnlnst htm by Col. George Harvey In connection with his activities as Amer- ican Minister to Denmark. Mr. trood characterized Col. Harvey's state- ments as \particularly mean and malig- nant,\ and said that the reason for the hostility displayed towards him by the Senate was because of his previous ac- tivity In American politics and that ho had asked President Wilson not to re- appoint him when the Interim appoint- ment expired. The statement follows: \One of the several reasons for my requesting tho President not to reap- point me when my Interim appointment expired was that In my opinion any ad- ditional controversy in Washington ought to bo avoided for the public wel- fare. Since Col. George Harvey, how- ever, has published a foolish and vin- dictive attack on mo one of my reasons for repeating my request to bo let out of the service Immediately was tho of answering Harvey's false- hoods. They are particularly mean and malignant and may be summed up as follows : \1. Tfiat I was a plenipotentiary of nlno and Trotzky. This grotesque falsehood is particularly offensive to me. I havo been opposed to communism all my, life. The dictatorship of the prole- tariat is revolting. \2. That I had abused the American legation nt Copenhagen as a trading post for th'e Soviet Government. This Invention Is as despicable as the other. I never had any dealings, direct or In- direct, with any member, agent or rep- resentative of the Soviet Government? Did .Not Aid nol.hevl.f.. \3. That I made repeated overtures In Wall Street to finance the Bolshevik). Although this chargo Is as false as the rest It requires more explanation, since while the others are pure Inventions this Is a distortion of what did occur. It Is tux audacious reversal of the meaning of two Incidents. \Mr. Alexander Berkenheim came to this country with n letter from Prince Kropotkln. As I had been taking a pos-iv- c nnd constructive stand on tho Itus-lin- n question for several years he came to me. He was of the flreat Central Cooperative Association, representing tho 17,000,000 cooperatives of HusBla, and was so as to havo been five times arrested. Mr. Jlorkenhelm opposed the blockade and wished to establish (sufficient credit with private firms or banks to begin business. His belief was thnt the best way to overcome Bolshevism was to restore trade. Agreeing In this view I gave Mr. Burkenhelm cordial letters to officials of our Government and heartily urged that he be permitted to ihlp out such stores as flax nnd hemp In the possession of tne cooperatives that were piled up to the value of J200.000.000 or J300.000.000 awaiting export, and to import in ex- change such things as agricultural ma- chinery, shoes, sugar and medicine. \So great are the available' Russian exports that only a few million dollars short credit would be required to put an enormous exchange Into operation. Indeed, long before I was appointed Minister to Denmark I had urged the view that the cooperatives were the key to the Russian situation, \The second episode Is a detail In the first. A young friend of mine, employed by the Guaranty Trust Company, In- vited me'to dinner with him. The din- ner took place nt the City Club and the other seven people present were all members of the Guaranty Trust Com- pany. The conversation covered world trade, hut so far as the Russian part was concerned turned on what would be safe business enterprise when the block ade should be lifted, especially imports tarried on by credits based on deposits In neutral banks, 1 explained why I thought the cooperatives were strong enough to do hnliieas without .belnj; Miccessfully Interfered with by the I have since sent to Washing- ton the original report in Russian of t lie cooperative activities up to January 1, 1919, and I think It Justifies my con- tention. Shortly after the dinner, how- ever, there appeared In the public press a report that the Moscow authorities had declared that Imports could be made only through Its agency. Communicated \With Hanker. \I sent this report to Mr. Booth, a who at tha dinner had put particular stress on the business difficulties; whether contracts with the Soviet Government Itself, with deposits hi stated growing out of the absence of private property In Russia, would not mean that Imports could be sent in with- out the danger of not being able to obtain safely tho corresponding exports.. My noto to Mr. Booth In some way reached the Senate Committee on For- eign Affairs. Also In some way from tho committee It reached Harvey and lias been used against me as 'proof that I was attempting to strengthen tho Bol- shevik despotism and to betray my country and my President. \4. That the abovo described charges were tho ground on which the Senate committee failed to act on my nomina tion. Actually the hostility developed an soon as my nomination was sent In. That was in February. The dinner was in April. The reason was my previous armity in American politic.\. \Turning from this displeasing politi- cal Intrigue to the question nt Issue. I may conclude by stating that my views have not changed. I still believe that Bolshevism is strengthened by the blockade, not only In Russia, but else- where. In proportion as Europe sufferH from the Inability to get raw materials and food from Jtussla and to send her manufactured articles In return. There will be no recovery In central Europo until Russia, la opened. Since the failure at Judenltch, Kolchak and Denekln I am not so lonely in my opinions as I was. More people now realize that the best way to kilt Bolshevism is to stimulate business trf evefy kind.\ HAPGOOD RESIGNED, WHITE HOUSE SAYS Asked to Be Relieved \Quick- ly\ to Answer Charges. WAiiiinoton, Dec. 30. Announce- ment wu made at the White House to- day that Norman Hapgood, whose ap- pointment as Minister to Denmark was not confirmed by the Senate, had ten- dered his resignation to president TVIl- - A quinine That Doe Not Affect Head Ilrcauie of Its tonic and laxative (Sect LAXATIVE! BROMO QUININB Tb!ti an be taken by Anyone without or ringing In the head. There ! only ope 'IBromo Quinine.\ K. W OROVK'S signature on the box. tOt.Aiv. Classes Neutral With Allies' Defeated Foes QENEVA, Dec. 30. Federal Councillor Scheurer, speaking beforo a largo audience at Bern to-tin- said that the general political and economic situation of tho niutrol nations was dif- ficult., \They must consider them- selves as among tho vanquished nnd on tho sumo basis as tho ad- versaries of tho Allies,\ he de- clared. \They must work and produce in order to regain tho confidence of tho Allies.\ Councillor Schcurcr's speech created a sensation. son two weeks ago with the request thnt it bo accepted \quickly so that he could answer charges by llarvev'a Weekly that he had sought financial assistance In this country for tho Russian Sovlot authorities. The resignation was ac- cepted, In tho view of State Department off- icials as expressed yesterday Mr. llap-good- 's commission as Minister to Den- mark expired when the Senate ended Its special session last month without act- ing on his nomination. Mr. Hapgood re- quested that no recess appointment be given him. He returned home several days ago and conferred with Secretary Lansing yesterday to report on the situa- tion In Soviet Russia ns reflected In In- formation reaching him while he was In Copenhagen. In a formal statement y the State Department said Mr. Hapgood had \re- quested that he bo not reappointed In order to save the President and tho Ad- ministration from any possible cause of embarrassment.\ JERSEY G. O. P. TO PUT CHECK ON EDWARDS Will Pass Law to Block Changes in State Board. Special Despatch to The Bus. Trenton. N. J Dec. 30. Republican members-elec- t of the Incoming Legis- lature In conference here to-d- acreed almost unanimously to pass a law during me opening week or the session curbing the power of Governor-elec- t Edwards to remove members of State boards from office at his pleasure. Under the pro posed statute formal charges must be filed and a hearing granted before re moval. The new law Is designed espe- cially to protect members of the State Highways Commission and tho Board of Institutions and Agencies. The conference was unable to agree as to whether officials who might be removed should have the right to appeal to the State courts. The dissension which developed upon this point pre- vented the conference from considering other matters of party policy which had been scheduled for discussion An adjournment was taken until nexi Tues- day, when prohibition, woman suffrage and other questions will receive atten- tion. Thomas F. McCran, Attorney-Genera- l, submitted the opinion In which he held that 'Gov. Runyon would automatically cease to hold his present office upon the election of a new President of the Sen ate January 13. As a result, it seems likely that Senator Clarence L. Case of Somerset will be acting Governor during the week Intervening between the open ing of the tesslon and the Inauguration of Gov. Edwaras January 13. Gov. Run yon sent word to the conference he would not dispute the opinion of the Attorney-Genera- l. SWEET HAS DRAFT OF COMMITTEES Speaker Leaves City Without Making It Public. Speaker Thaddeus C. Sweet spent yes- terday In conference with local county leaders and members of tho Assembly arranging the membership of the Assem bly committees. Before returning to his home In Oswego county last night he eald he had a draft of the committees, but It was not In shape to ma\ke public. The Speaker will not return here be- fore the opening of the Legislature, Jan uary 7, but during the adjournment of that week will probably be In the city for a renewal of the conferences on the legislative programme. It Is understood that those who advocate n broad pro gramme of social legislation will con- tinue their fight to get the Speaker and Senator Henrj J. Walters, President pro tern, of the Senate to adopt their point of view. It was learned yesterday that the Re- publican majority In the ' legislature would In all probability framo a pro- gramme of administrative Reconstruc- tion of their own to meet the report ot the commission appointed by Gov. Smith end of which Abram I. KIkus was chair- man. The legislative leaders are no' willing to go ns far with the executive uudget Idea as was advocated by the Klkus committee. While Charles 1J. Hughes was much In favor of that feature of the Elkus report, the leaders explained to him af the dinner given by Martin Saxe on Monday night that the State budgets were much more elasth docu- ments than In his day as Governor. Then, If a Governor did not like the size of an appropriation for n department, he would have to veto the entire amount, trimming being out of tho question. Then tho budget rarely came to the Governor until the Legislature had BANKERS WARN OF RAIL PERIL Impaired Credit Threaten llrcnW- - ilnpn. Committee Xiij-n- . Chicago, Dec. 30. The American Bankers Association, through Itn epeclal railroad committee, went on record ns favoring Government control of stock and bond Issues of railroads. early return to private ownership and a six months guarantee, of Income after Federal control ends. Consolidation of railroad properties nnd Federal Incor- poration were Indorwd conditionally. Tho committee prefaced Us recom- mendations by a statement that Impaired credit of the roads threatened to \break down the entlro fabric of transportation and endanger tho business of the land.\ It won asserted that the result would enhance tho cost of living. McMahon Appointed Secretary. . James A. McMahon has been secretary of the Board of Standards and Appeals to succeed Will iam \Wirt Mllla of Staten Island, pro moted to be Deputy Commissioner of Plant and Structures. The plane pays $4,500 a year. Mr. McMahon, whose home Is In The Bronx, has been an ex- aminer in the office of the President of the Board of Aldermen. Look Around in subway or otre'et car and note the kind of people yon find reading BOOM ' FOR PERSHING ' GROWING OUT WEST NationwJdo Movement for 0. 0. I. Presidential Nomina- tion Is Reported. ACTIVITY IN NEBRASKA C. O. Dawes, Chicago Finan- cier, Is Said to Bo the Man Behind the Gnns. Political scouts, wliose business It Is to watch the development of I'rosldan-- I tlal booms In various parts of the coun- try, reported here yesterday that the movement for Geil. John J. Pershing, head of the American Expeditionary Forces In Franco, Is a most serious proposition. They report that a nationwide move- ment Is being developed rapidly and that apparently It lias plenty of money behind It. Charles O. Dawes, former Comptroller of the Currency and a prominent Chicago financier, Is said to be tho man behind the guns. He was a Brigadier-Gener- al on Pershing's staff In France, acting as chief purchasing agent for the force, Following the announcement In Tills Sun, on Monday that former United States Senator Elmer J, Burkctt had thrown the Pershing hat Into the ring It has been learned that the National Porshlug for Presldont Club, with head-nunrte- ra at Lincoln. Neb., has been formed, as well as the .Nebraska Unlver slty Pershing for President UlUD. The latter has sent out an appeal to all alumni of the university, saying In part : \Gen. John J. Pershing Is the nest knnwn man in the world and by his wonderful record of achievement has brought distinction not only to him self but also to NeDrasKa university as welt. \Wo do not ask your money, nut we do want your support.\ Tho pledge that Is being sent through Nebraska says in part: \T nledre mvself to exert every effort In furtherance of this movement to draft this for the na- tion's highest office, regardless of his personal wishes, and to cooperate wltn tho other members of this club In secur- ing the Instruction of the Nebraska dele- - gallon to tho itcpuDlican Mauonai ventlon for Gen Pershing.\ Friends of Major-Ge- Leonard Wood eav thev have the active organization leaders in Nebraska with them. Frank P. Carrlck is the Wood leader In that State. H. B. Howell, the National Com- mitteeman, and Gov. S. It McKelvle are counted with the Wood forces. In Illinois there are said to be five candidates for the Republican nomina- tion for a successor to Gov. .Frank O. Lowden. but the latter Is said to have promised the friends of former Gov Charles S. Dlneen that he will run again for Governor, If he docs not get the nomination for President. Among the men said to bo candidates for the gubernatorial nomination for Frederick Sterling, field manager for Lowden, and Secretary of State Emmerson, who Is the executive ' head of the movement. Others are Frank Smith, chairman of tho State central committee, and Ed- ward Brundage, Attorney-Gener- al of the State. DEMOCRATIC DINNER 'PACKED' FOR PALMER Transportation for Fifty of His Admirers in Hand. Special Iieepatch to Tub St'.v. Washington, Dec 30. When the hosts of Democracy assemble around the hospitable, If arid, board of tho Jefferson day banquet in Washington next week, the diners will include llfty supporters of the candidacy ot A. Mitchell Palmer for the succession to the Executive chair. The arrangements for the Importation of this comprehen- sive Palmer claque from the home State of tho Attorney-Gener- al were perfected last nlht when one of Mr. Palmer's man- agers produced the money to Insure llfty places at the dinner table well dis- tributed so that the ppontn'ielty of the acceptance of Mr. I'alriiet us the party's choice might bo expressed In unmis- takable terms and with vast vehemence. The banquet, which will mark the conclusion of the quadreniilel meeting of the Democratic National Committee, Is the recognized \varnishing day\ for portraits of Presidential aspirants. All of the Democratic leaders who have hopes of winning the first prize In the coming contention will be on view. I'ach will have twenty minutes within which to captivate the S00 representatives of the tired, though still unterrlfled. ad- herents of the party of Jefferson, Jack- son and Bryan. Mr. Bryan will be on hand to smile his approbation and perhaps cast a verbal glove at the feet of the states- man who most nearly meets his views as i the desirable leader of the forces. He will surely cast tho glove ir there is a mirror of adequate proportions handy. Senators Hitchcock( Neb.), 'Underwood (Ala.) and Pomerene- - (Ohio), former Speaker Clark (Mo.), William G. Mc-Ad- and Mr. Palmer all will have their Innings, but in framing the'plcture 'the tiolso making\ will he controlled by the Palmer following. DROP IRISH POLITICS, POINDEXTER ADVISES U. S. Should Keep Out of British -- Affairs, He Says. Special lletpalth to Tnz Scs. Washington, Dee. 30. Senator Poin-dext- (Wash.), who has a Presidential 'worn of considerable proportions, de- clared himself y as flatly opposed to the Injection Into American political affairs of the question of Irish Indepen- dence. He embodied his personal pro- - YULuL Os ovuOj to AJtAxrypdgjlf tkl Clothiers Ilobordashers WCsrtlandtSt.. 9-- 11 DoySt THE SU.s, LECLluB&R HAAN'S PARK ROW For twenty years New York's most famous downtown Restaurant, is removing early in January to the Dun Building, 290 Broadway. A last luncheon at Park Row will be served Today, December 31st Opening date of the new quarters will be announced later nouncement In a letter to John Milton Freewater of Boston, saying: \Dear Mr. Freewater: I agree entirely with what you say about embroiling the United States .In foreign controversies. You will note my views on this subject expressed at various times, particularly In a debate with Senator Walsh of Mon- tana. \The talk about a war with Great Britain looks to me like the height of foolishness, Such a 'controversy would seem to be purely artificial, as I cannot Imagine any semblance or shadow of a basis of such a question. What the fu- ture will bring forth will depend upon the conduct ot tha two peoples. Lloyd George's rather Impertinent references to politics In this country made In a speech a day or two ago do not tend to- ward a friendly relation. \We should keep out of British politics and Lloyd George and the British peoplo should keep out of American politics. There Is no more reason for the United States to become a tall to a British po- litical party than that It should become so to an Irish party. Both are foreign to the United States. \The time has about arrived when we have to select, out of the people of this country, those who are American and nothing else.\ NEW YORK BRYANITES ON WAR PATH AGAIN Predict \Peerless Leader\ Is Going to \Come Back.\ Friends of William Jennings Bryan, the erstwhile \peerless leader,\ aro on the warpath again, with all their paint and feathers. \The come back of Col. Bryan to have no parallel in our political history for diamatlc force.\ carols Harry AVllson Walker from Blnghnmton to Frank H. Warder, secretary of the old Bryan League of the State of New York. \Col. Roosevelt s return was wonderful but Roosevelt was never supposed to have been a dead one. Women are showing enthusiasm and want to join the Bryan league. \There Is a great change In the Bryan men up State. They hae become pros-poro- since 1908 and will no longer be satisfied with dollar dinners. Every town In the State will send at least one Bryan man to the Jackson day dinner nt Washington on January 8. Mr. Walker Is touring this State and will go Into New England. Mr. Warder has written to Col. Bryan asking him to set a date when he can speak in Madl son Squaro Garden here tftora the April primaries. Friends of the Lincoln sage have offered to pay for headquarters for the Bryan league at the Commodore Hotel after the meeting of the Demo cratic National Committee In Washing ton. SPECIAL CONGRESS ELECTIONS. Snpcessora to l.il Gnanlln nnd Has kell to He Choaen In February. Special Heepatch to The Sex. Albany. Dec. 30. Special elections for choosing successors to Fiorello H. La Guardia of New York and Reuben L. Haskell of Kings county In the House of Representatives will be called In a few days by Gov. Smith. The Governor also will designate a date for a special elec- tion In Buffalo to fill the place of State Senator Ross Graves of the Forty-eight- h district, who was elected to the Buffalo City Council. It Is expected that all three elections will take place soon after February 1. The law provides that the date set must bt- not less than thirty nor more than forty dayB after the Governor Issues the call. La Guardla's resignation as Represen- tative was received y by Secretary of Stale Uu?o. Wood ilentliiunrter Opened. CniCAdO, Dec. 30. Headquarters ot I lie organization promoting the candi dacy ot Major-Ge- Leonard Wood for the Republican Presidential nomination y was established at the Congress Hotel. William C. Procter of Cincinnati, head of the organization, took charge of the camnalgn. m wT mm wT wT r r v f r 31, 15)19. SDN IS LIKE HUMAN HEART, SAVANT SAYS British Astronomer Asserts Al Life Comes From and Returns to K. Special Cable Deipatch to Tni SDN. Copyright, 1919, all rlohf reterveil. London, Dec. 30. AH human life springs from the sun through the gen eration of streams of other, which re turn to the sun exactly as the .blood from the heart returns to It. This Is tho latest contribution to the worldwide sclentlflo controversy caused by the an- nouncement of Einstein's theory and was made to Thk Sun y by the well known astronomer, W. G. Hooper, F. R. A. S. The atoms of ether, he declares, are Identical with electrons and life Is a manifestation of the expansion and con- traction ot these electrons. He denies Einstein's theory and Bsserts there Is no vacuum, but space Is part of one great living organism through which the spirit called God manifests itself. \All are but parts of one stupendous whole, whose body nature Is and God the soul.\ Tha planets are organs of a system of which the sun Is tho heart. nourishing them through the arteries and veins of the ther streams. Three ether streams have been Identified, he says. . Hooper, who first advanced his theory In 1903. said \I had gone far since the experiments of Bose In India, Loeb In America and Hovenden In Eng land to confirm that life Is associated with electricity. Bergson says 'the ,nly reality is life.' Henco the new theory of ether and Epace harmonizes physical science, religion and philosophy and jrlves us a religion of the universe, open ing a new era of scientific mysticism and teaching man how he Is the off spring of an eternal being called God.\ Hooper Is to lecture en his tneory before the British Astronomical Society on January 9, adducing the sun's .at traction for light ntoms shown In the latest eclipse as proof of tho presence In space of ether atoms subject to tho laws of magnetism and Gravity. PLANETARY STORK IS UNDER CLOSE WATCH Sure Signs of New Birth in Heavens, Astronomers Say. Astronomers at the great observa tories of the country were keeping a sharp outlook through telescopes last night for the appearance of a new planet In the heavens near Neptune. There may be some delay In the coming out party. At the present moment, as nearly as tho calculations can prove It, the planetary bud Is hiding bashfully be hind Neptune, and may linger In that position until January 31. Then, It is figured, she simply must come out to view. Neptune herself lurked undiscovered up to as recent a date as 184B, and may try to help the newcomer foil the tele- scopes as long as possible, In view of the great publicity that attended her own delayed appearance. Prof. Harold Jacoby of Columbia says Neptune will not be able to screen the new astral friend very long. The new planet Is rather too full grown, being about the size of the earth, and endowed with i gravitational pull that Is simply tre- mendous. Try as she will Neptune can not. a the days wear on, resist this force, and sooner or later she will be canted to one sldo and\olled out of the line of vision by the furious gyrations of her protege. The principal lookout is being kept at the Harvard Observatory, Mount Wilson, Cat.; the United States Naval Observa- tory at Washington and the Yerkes Ob- servatory, Williams Bay, Wis. Prof. Jacoby says the signs of a new birth In the heavens have been unmlstnkable for some time. COAL ARBITERS SET HEARING FOR JAN, 12 Miners' and Operators' Scale Committee's to Appear First in Washington. DIGGERS CAUSE A DELAY Commission to Gather Data in Meantime Mine Owners Still Balky. Washinoton, Doc. 80. Hearings rel- ative to wages and vrlces In the bitu- minous coal Industry will be started on January 12 In Washington by the com- mission of three, representative of the miners, operators and public, appointed i by President Wilson under tho recent coal strike settlement. The commission, tn announcing to- night Its decision to conduct hearings, said that telegrams had been sent to Thomas T. Brewster of St. Louis, chair- man of the scale committee of the cen- tral competitive field operators, repre- senting Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and west- ern Pennsylvania, and to John L. Lewis, acting president of the United Mine Workers of America, advising them that the first hearing was \for the purpose of having the miners' and operators' scale committees of the central competitive field present their respective positions.\ Opening of the hearings, the commis- sion said, was dtlayed to permit the miners to conclude the work of the spe- cial convention called to meet In Colum- bus, Ohio, beginning January 5. . Prior to the hearing of the operators and miners the commission will devote Itself to obtaining all available data from governmental departments that have Inquired Into coal prices and pro- duction and wages and living conditions among the miners. The commission an- nounced that It expected to make public the personnel of Its staf! of assistants on Friday or Saturday. Chicago, Dec. 30. No definite action on President Wilson's coal commission was taken y at the second session of soft c?al operators of the country, It was announced Thomas T. Brewater In a statement said : \With reference to the Palmer-Lew- is memorandum for the set tlement of the recent coal strike, the operators were not at the time, and have not been since, advised or consulted with reference thereto' and havo not either accepted or rejected any proposals based thereon. RETRACTS CHARGES AGAINST DETZER Forced to Accuse Captain, bays Sergeant Madden. Capt. Karl W. Detzer never advocated violence In tho treatment of prisoners, but favored tho use of \force against force,\ according to the testimony of First Sergeant U. Stephen Madden, a member of Detzer's military police com- pany at Le Mans. France, on the stand yesterday at the court-martia- l. Madden retracted most of the allegations he had made when the Inquiry Into Detzer's conduct was first begun In France, claim- ing he had been foced to make state ments by \third degree\ method\ of the examining officers. Mndden said Col. W. L. Culberson, In spector-Gener- at Le Mans, hao\ told him he \would make him talk,\ and that Col. Halstead had made him lgn a statement without advising him at his constitutional rights. Col. Halstead and Capt. John M. Weir, who Is now sitting as assistant trial judge advocate In the case, had offered him Inducements to make statements, the witness declared. He said when the inquiry was made In Le Mans prisoners were turned out of bed at night and deprived of food while the, officers questioned them. Madden was In solitary confinement at that time, according to his testimony, and was In such a nervous condition that he might have made almost any statement In order to end the ordeal. Vuiiilerbllt Hotel Curtain Afire. All unoccupied room on the fifteenth floor of the Vnnderbllt Hotel, Purl: ave nue and Thirty-fourt- h street, was dam- aged bj fire early leMerday mornii..-- supposedly started by a cigarette IhioA-- from one of the upper windows, which ignited n curtain carried outside the window by a gust of wind. Patro'man Osmond saw the curtain flame lip and sent In an alarm, but hotel attendants put the blaze out before firemen MotorTruck Show and Highway Transport Conference Take 6th or 9th Avenue L, or Lexington Avenue Subway Express direct to the door of the 8th Coast Artillery Armory 194th St. & Jerome Ave. (Kingsbridge road station) Opens Saturday Daily thereafter, except Sunday 10 A. M. to 10:30 P. M. 50 cents plus war tax Passenger Car Show, Grand Central Palace Same dates, same time J a85 ,6 .a Cartier T -- PEARLS- Jfew York Jiffh Av-?an- d '32ree- FORETELLS DEATH TO MINUTE, Henry A. Pratt, N8, Dictate! 1IU Own Obituary .Notice, Hornsm,, N, y Dec. 30 Henry A. Pratt, a prominent retired business man, called his niece to hli bedside early this War' on Silk in Trade Paris Lon(Jon morning and dlctntcd a notice of hi death for the local newspapers, giving S :45 tho hour of death. Promptly to tho minute he passed away. He was 88 years old and had been In poor health for some time. He hud pre- viously picked out his own coflln and arranged with the to conduct the service. CLOTHES OF CUSTOM QUALITY STORM ULSTERS Here's where we show our hand HE trouble with most Storm Ulsters is that they're too large and lug-gis- h. They should be mammoth but they shouldn't be monstrous. If you wish to escape these Ulster banalities well, you can guess what we were about to say! BROADWAY AT 34th STREET Lottery Bonds will be sold in London For the first time in history, the London Stock Exchange will permit the sale of lottery arrangements having been made to admit the French bonds of that character to full fellowship with the other securities dealt in. This most interesting de- parture from time honored custom is described in a special article in the GREAT BRITAIN AND CONTINENTAL SECTION OF This Friday ;t part ol the regular pages of THE SUN is given to the grouping of special news from Europe, gathered by and from experts in finance, commerce, economies and government, in such manner as lo pro vide a complete weekly report of conditions throughout the continent as a whole. Oil Situation in England Effect Induitry Switzerland Some Foreign Opportunities o'clock undertaker bonds, Belgium' He.oery from t!e War Properity of British Cotton Mills Britain to Send Repre- sentatives all over World A(i- -r Trade and many other items of genuine value to American business men in this section of THE SUN FRIDAY i
