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BOOM FOR HOOVER - GETS BIG IMPETUS Democrats Feel Impelled to Say Nice Things of Un welcome Aspirant. HOUSE SEEN AS SPONSOK World Editorial Construed as . Notico of Withdrawal ns - Wilson \Organ.\ Tremendous impetus win added to the movement to mako Herbert C. Hoover n, presidential candidate, which hns been started by his friends and ndmlr- - when tho World announced yoster- - i \S? uLlTJJ.r uuiy turning to day that it had decided to hlm,D(lrt ln wlmt fhcv bM,,VB ,. ba regardless of politics. By many this open declaration on tho parf. f tho newspaper, which from tho beginning of President Wilson's reign In tho White House had been his stanch friend and defender, was taken as ono of tho most important moves that has bftmade on tho political chess board. tin spite of the fact that Mr. Hoover has refused tn nelcnowledco that he Is a'Candldato It Is suspeated that thero la a,, well organized movoment to secure his nomination, which for the most part I V operating under cover at the present ttee,' Republican politicians, generally speaking, are not looking wltl favor1 on Mr. Hoover as tho candidate of that party becauso of his support tf Presi dent Wilson's plea for tho election of Congress a year ago last Democratlo politicians, whllo looking soriiewhat askance at his proposed can- - , dldacy, tako the trouble to say all sorts things about him, as they feoi it m'aV be necessary to tako him as a can didate In order to stand any sort of a chance to win In November. ffio'r somo Hmo a report has been ln circulation that Col. Edward M. House, erMtyhilo confidant of President Wilson, hadVnlckcd Mr. Hoover as the next man to occupy tho Whlto Houso and was get-- 4 tlJf ready Xo back him. Tho story is that col. houso is prepared 10 support Mjj Ioovcr as an Independent cand- idal If he does not got a regular noml- -' nation. fto confirmation could be obtained of thlo. report from the friends ot Col. 'I Houso yesterday. Politicians generally, however, were Inclined to believe that ' tho World must have had assurances of l somo nature that Mr. Hoover would consent te- - run for tho Presidency. , Quotes \World\ Editorial. Thev called particular attention to tho III last two sentences In tho World \Jdltorlal \For Itself, the World does not caro .jfrtyewer Mr. Hoover calls himseir a Democrat or a Republican or a Progres- sives or an Independent. Ho Is the kind Of'man that ought to be President of the r'lfmled Elates, and he U the man tta \World Intends to support for FresldentJ'tause Theodore was deter if cfi'tlio United States regardless of nil Itho' artificial barriers ot a ueDaeeu anu discredited partisanship.\ This was taken to mean that tho World was prepared to support Mr. ' Hoover on an Independent ticket If nec- - rajiaify. Comment was general In political tho editorial which referred to President Wlleon as a \political acci- dent,\ and spoke of various phases of liij, .administration in critical icrms. m6ant that the World hod finally and Irrevocably withdrawn. Its support from thp',vilson Administration. I'lb has of course differed from the President on his Uncompromising nttl- -' tue on the League of Nations.\ said t)rip Democrat, \but only such difference come between friends, but the !' editorial of to-d- separated all friendly relations I should say.\ Julius H. Barnes, head of the United States Grain Corporation, friend of Mr. Hoover, who in' what was taken to be nirlhsplred utterance In tho courso of a l' speech nt a trade dinner a week ago declared Mr. Hoover to bo a progressive if Republican, expressed the hope he would get tho nomination of that party. He J also sounded a note of warning that If the Jtepubl leans named a reactionary j candidate on an unprogresslve platform f Mr. Hoover might be Induced to accept j, a Democratic nomination. ,Tnirced Him n Demoernt, !' J was learned that this speech was Intended to tag Mr. Hoover first as a 'Democrat. Referring to the World edl- -' torlal yesterday Mr. Barnes took par-- \ tlcUlar emphasis to declare that Mr. Hoover believed ln organization. Mr. Barnes expressed gratification that n great newspaper would discard partisan- ship In what he termed a national emer-- sency. Ho continued to bid for a Repub- - Ucafi nomination. \I know,\ said Mr. Barnes, \that Her- bert' Hoover believes ln party organiza tion t that only by cooperative organized effprt can great issues be defined with policies planned with cf- - ;f fectlvencss and organized effort secure successful irumon. \As a Republican I have completo con- fidence that that great party, with pre- war lssyes dead and new ones to be framed on new social and political stand- ards, will construct a platform of Amer- ican fair play, and that that party will 'nor. accept the leadership of Class B men when America possesses a real Cla$s A man.\ A despatch from Hartford last night declared thaUthe Hoover sentiment In Connecticut was spreading rapidly. 4l P. e. SnVder of the firm of Batchelder Snider, leather merchants of who was In New York yesterday, said: Sentiment In New Kngland for Hoover Is overwhelming among the rank and file. The Boston Globe, Demo- cratic, has been running editorials favor- ing him for some weeks. The Herald (Independent) has been obliged to an- nounce that it cannot print any more letters favoring Hoover, as their volum Is Jb'( large. Mr. Snyder was lead of the meat division of thS Unit! States Food and fs an enthuslastlo Hoover man In common.wlth others who wero associated with him. r Women Favor HooTer. Friends of Mr: Hoover declared that various organizations of women had shown the greatest interest In- - Mr. Hoover and that a concerted movement torally the women In the country to Ills support was under way. James W. Gerard, who has filed his candidacy for the Democratic nomlna., tlon for President ln South Dakota, said\ at a tuncheon yesterday: ''Why Is Herbert Hoover, a man 'who lias.jscarcely been In this country for the last fifteen years and who never na.i been identified with any political party, no popular, and why Is he discussed for tile. Presidency 7 It Is because the peo-p- 4 realize that he Is the type of busi- ness man who would give this country en economical business administration.\ ItenfaiTiTi v. Odell, former Governor 'and former chairman of the Republican Mate, roiernn to mm of Mr. Hoover ln The World, rtld; s 'ffhe principals enunciated fit my Ideas exactly Insofar na 'thiy rehcarso tlefequirements of tho man who is t? be. our next President. I am one of rjrr?.rr\; tho men who believe the next President ' must bo a business man. And tho Re- - publican party will t)nd such a man;1 whethor Hoover or another, remains to bo Been.\ , \.Mr. Hoover Is undoubtedly possessed ot very groat qualities,\ said former' Oovornor Charles H, Whitman. \He has rendered Important Service and has demonstrated remarkable executive' ability, I believe he would ably dla- - charge tho duties of any omce which his own good Judgment would prompt , ers, i support ono Roosevelt Boston, him to accept.\ Charles D, miles, former chairman of the Republican National Committee, vrofessed to believe that The WorM boom for Hoover might have originated n tho White House, which had become alarmed nt the return of William Jen- nings Brynn and by tho fear that he might dominate the Oemocratlo conven- tion In Hun Francisco. \At present,\ said Mr. Hlllos, \there seems to bo llttlo prospect that the Re- publicans could be Induced to consider Mr, Hoover as a Presidential possl-bllll- j, Views of C. D, Illlles. \The Democrats see their party split, with llttlo hope of success In the ap- - of tho great issues, that of the high cost of living.\ i With the story that Col, Houso was backing Mr. Hoover went the addition that William Jennings Bryan was in reality with Col. Houso In tho move-wlt- h ment. Those who talked Mr. qUMtlon tlmt the Nebr(u)Ka Ba80 WaB actively engnged In booming himself . and that he thoroughly believed he wntltfl hn nhln in \Innrt \ If anything was needed to put Mr.1'! Bryan out of sympathy with Mr. Hoover It would be the support of The World. Sspiair.int Its position on Mr. Hoover, The World said If. would be glad to sup- - port him as a candidate on a platform that \represented the historical prin clplcs of the Democratic party,\ it would \bo glad to support him as an In- dependent candidate on a platform ot progressive liberalism\ and it would \not hesitate to support him as the Re- publican candidate on a platform repre- senting the kind of government which Mr.Hoover exemplified in his public career.\ ' This Is not a year for partisan candl-date- s, The World declared, and added that what has been going on Is merely tho \manoeuvring of ambitious poli- ticians, who are waiting to boo which Issues are expedient and which are not.\ \Tho Republicans bonst, and not with- out reason (If the record of the Sixty-sixt- h Congress can be Ignored for tho time being),\ the World said, \that they represent efficiency In the administra- tion of government. Mr. Hoover has proved himself ono of the greatest ad- ministrators of all time.\ The World declared that most of the candidates who had announced them- selves wero \Inadequate In view f the issues that the next President must meet; that the blood of both political parties hud been impoverished and that men of ability who might have aspired to political careers had sought other form of service.\ Of President Wilson the World said: \Woodrow Wilson of course was a political accident. Ho obtained the Democratlo nomination ln consequence of the bitter conflict between the Bryan Democrats and the Ryan Democrats, and slipped into the White House be mined to destroy William Howard Taft for the offence of Insubordination. He has maintained himself riot because of tho lovo and affection in which he is held by the politicians of the Democratic party, but by tho sheer power of the most penetrating and domlnanttlntellect ever known In the White Houso. When n venemoua partisanship that could not deal with him on a plane of mental equality succeeded In breaking him down nervously and physically, tho American people suddenly discovered that they were without leadership and that their Government had ceased to operate.\ It Is understood that from now on there will bo a steady succession of Hoover \uprisings\ in various parts of tho country, all calculated to show that ho Is tho choice of the people. It Is said ho has told his friends that ho would abhor \any sort of manipulation that would take the form of Hoover for President clubs and the like. WOOD IS INDORSED BY PROF. M'ELROY Agnes Repplier and Maude Wetmore Favor Him. Among letters received at the head- quarters for Major-Ge- Leonard Wood Indorsing his candidacy for tho Repub- lican nomination for President are argu- ments from Prof. R. McKutt McElroy of Princeton University, Agnes Rep- plier, tho essayist, and Maude Wet-mor- e, social worker. . - Gen. Wood went to Chicago yoster-la- y. He was the guest at dinner at tho Flayers' Club of Louis A. Shlpmon on Tuesday night It was announced that Wood head- quarters in Philadelphia would be opened next week, probably ln the Hotel Walton. Herbert C. Gooch, owner of tho Lin- coln (Nebraska) Star, who Is a boomer for Gen. John J. Pershing, said nt the Blltmore last night that while he was a great admirer of Herbert C. Hoover and agreed with much that was said dbout him, he thought Mr. Hoover could never asplro to political office. \Wo like Hoover In Nebraska,\ Air. Gooch said, \but e are for Pershing for President.\ WILSON SENATORS FAIL TO ENTHUSE Hitchcock and Phelan Only Speak for Hoover. Sptclal Deitath to Tin Sex. Wxshinotok, Jan. 21. Announcement by The World, which has been the \In and out\ supporter of tho Wilson Administration, that it would support Herbert C. Hoover for President on a Democratic, an independent or even a Republican ticket was a lively topic of conversation here Hero are some of the comments: Senator Hitchcock (Neb.) Democrat: \It Is my belief that 4C Hoovercan be nominated he can be elected and would mako a splendid President. The ques- tion Is whether the politicians aro will ing to lay aside narrow partisan con siderations.\ Senator Phelan (Cal.), Democrat: \Herbert Hoover Is not a party man. His political thought leans to progres- sive and humme legislation. I person ally thin tho country is ripe to enter tain thd candidacy or such a man. It Is not beyond the rango of possibility that a Democratic convention or a pro- gressive convention should nominate him.\ Senator Trammel (Fla.), Democrat: \Thero-ar- o other pcoplo I prefer to Hoover.\ \ Hcnator Robinson (Ark.), Democrat: \Hoover is popular In the country, but I don't c&rc to discuss him as a Presi- dential candidate.\ Senator Klrby (Ark.). Democrat: \I don't think cither political party Is ln n noltlon to In dor hp Mr. Hoover.' Senator Smith (S. C), Democrat: \The Republicans arovelcome to him. I pTfcr a man who has been more c'r llcntlfled with affairs In this coi S . McKellar (Tcnn.), Dcmocpt: \I never voted for a Republican anfl never will.\ Senator Smith (da.), Democrat J \I won't vote for Hoover no matter what party nominates Jilm. 1 wouldn't vote for any Kngllshmon.\ Marshall! \I refuse to comment until I find out what ticket ho Is going to run on.\ , Senator Clronna (N. D.), Republican: \Out In our country wo don't tako \cover nerlously, Why didn't they pick up tho Prince of Wales while he was over hero If they wanted nn English man for President? ' LIGHT ON HOOVER WANTED, Pittsburg Democratic Lender Out- lines Information Needed. Special Dtipaleh to Tn flu PiTTBnonu, Jan. 21. William N. Mc-Na- a prominent Democratic Iedder, In commenting on Herbert Hoover for tho Presidency Bald \I think thero are sovoral things that Domocrats will want to know from Mr. Hoover before they Indorso his can- didacy. . For ono thing, wo will want to know! how he stands on many Important questions, among them Gov- ernment ownership of railroads, methods of raising rovenue, freedom of speech and other matters that are now agitat- ing the country. Mr. Hoover's public life has not given tho Democrats much to go by, In so for as his political status Is concerned.\ BRYAN COMES OUT AGAINST EDWARDS Also Opposes Cummings' for \Wet\ Utterances. Norfolk, Va., Jan. 21. William Jen- nings Bryan, speaking here y un- der tho auspices of tho Anti-Saloo- n Lesguo of America, declared that he would oppose any movement to bring about tho solectlon of Gov. Edward I. Edwards of New Jersey as tho Demo- cratlo nominee for President In 1920. Tho former Secretary of State also asserted that If the address mado by Homer S. Cummings, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, nt the dinner hold last night In Newark In hon- or of the nei&y inaugurated Now Jer- sey executive correctly oxpressed tho n' nttltlllle. he WOUld ODDOS0 rhlm fo? chairman of the National Com mittee. \Edwards has picked my own State, Nebraska, to launch his compalgn in,\ declared Mr. Bryan. \But If Nebraska instructs for Edwards I'll never bo a delegato to the national convention.\ Referring to made by Chairman Cummings Mr. Bryan said: \If that Is Cummlngs's attitude he'll never be chairman of the Democratic committee ngaln If I can Help It.\ Referring again to Gov. Edwards, whom ho said conducted his campaign In New Jersey on a \wet\ ticket, Mr. Bryan reiterated : \If Nebraska instructs for Edwards and I am a delegate I will resign. I'll never vote to nominate a man like that.\ Following an appeal for support of the Antf-Saloo- n League, ho digressed to say: Twenty-fou- r years ago I commenced running for President.\ and laughter followed. \Nineteen hundred years ago,\ ho Added, \the wls men came fr.m tho East And'Ncw York editors think they are still coming. No reform ever started In New York.\ Referring to the possibility of Repub- lican victory this year Mr. Bryan sold: \God did not put the Impossible In tho hands of any human being, espe- cially a Republican, and no Republic.!! is going to bo permitted to nomlntte the next President of tho United States.\ HEWITT LOSES PATENT SUIT. Court Utile Telephone Co. Is Not Using Ills Device. Peter Cooper Hewitt's electrical de- vices, for which ho holds patents, are not the ones tho American Telephone and Telegraph Company uses, although It had an option on his inventions, red eral Judge Julius M. Mayer gave that as his decision yesterday and dismissed Hewitt's suits, which alleged tho com pany had utllzed his Ideas and failed to comoensate him. .Hewitt's suit arose from a- - contract he made In 1912. whereby he was to get royalties of 1 10.000 a year for1 a device known as the Audlon typo of telephone repeater operated on wire circuits. The company contended that Hewitt's device failed to produce desired results and tho company contrived Its own repeater. \Highly meritorious as have been many of the contributions of plaintiff to the practical arts,\ Judgo Mayer'3 opinion said, \the defendant has not In any man ner used devices Invented by Hewitt.\ MENDEN TO BE TBIED TO-DA- Y B. It. T. Engineer Fourth Accused of Mnlbone Street 'Disaster. The trial of William fl. Menden, for merly assistant to Timothy S. Williams, president of the B. R. T., and chief en- gineer of the Municipal Railways Com- pany, Is scheduled to be called to-d- ln Mlneola before Justice Callaghan. Mr. Menden Is under Indictment for manslaughter In connection with the Malbone street wreck ln whl,ch ninety, two persons met death. In the caso of John J. Dcmpsey. for- merly nt of the B. R. T the jury disagreed. Thomas Blewett, Ui vision superintendent, and Anthony Luciano, motorman of the train, were ocquiueu. \SIGNED WITHOUT READING.\ Woman Fights $7,000 Action on Mortgage of Furniture. In answer to the $7,000 'damage suit filed against her by Oeorgo T. Williams, shipping broker, Mrs. Leona Pearl Har- rison, wife of Charles W. Harrison, a shipping agent, alleges that she signed a chattel mortgage without knowing what she was signing. The chattel mortgage wae ln favor of Williams for money lent by him to her husband, she says, and agalnrt her household furnishings. She declares that Williams and her husband \falsely represented to her that sho was signing as a matter ot form.\ Since that time Williams has begun proceedings to fore- close tho mortgage. JUDGES AND DEFENDS MAN TOO Instances of Doublo Duty Ilelated to Jersey Grand Jury. Supreme Court Justice Francis J. Swayzo notified the Grand Jury 'sworn in for the remainder of the December term of tho Hudson County Court yes- terday that several Magistrates In Hud- son county were doing double duty. He said he knew of one Instance In which a Magistrate after holding a defendant ln ball left- the bench to appear beforo another Magistrate ln defence ot the man. \A Magistrate must efil tor the State, or if ho prefers to act for the prisoner he should resign his Job,\ Justice Swayze said. Woman Lends IIoapKnl Fund Drfre Flower Hospital's drive for funds with which to assure the future maintenance of Its ambulance ended the first day of action last night with a totil of only $1.1,000, It was announced. Of that sum $2,000 was brought In by Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, Jr one of the team captains. THE SUN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, ! GENERAL STARTLES CANADIAN SOCIETY Sir David Watson Admits His Knees Shook at the Second Battle of Yprcs. NEW STORIES OP WAR . I Speakers Sco Closer Bonds With America as Result of Battle Comradeship. It Is woll known that Major-General- relating their battle adventures, almost never recall that their teeth over chat- tered and their kneos Bhoolc, but there was a division commander who admitted to tho Canadian Society at tho Blltmoro last night that ho could mako neither his teeth nor his knees behave when the Gormans launched tho socond'battlo f Yprcs. Ho li Major-Gener- Sir David Watson, who went over with tho first Canadian contingent, who wns woundel and gassed, who organized tho forwarJ movement that stopped tho broken line and blocked tho Kaiser's way to the Channel, who wns knighted for It and who weurs, or could wear, more orders and decorations than mo.it Ocnerals ever heard of. Thcso faots gave some pkiuancy to his confession. He tnld the whole stirring ta'o of tho battle deeds of tho Canadian troops from tho time that the enemy sen, over the flrit terrible, mysterious gas wavo which almost ended the war to tho b.uvo day when tho Canadians retook Mnnp wher tho war began so far as the Brltlrth Empire was concorned. And he relieved thu tragedy of the nurntlon with anecdotes of the Irrepressible, humor ot an t anaaians and of tho Americans, w.io cflcn fought at their side One on George V. \In ono of the final engagements,' said Gen. Sir David, \when the Amer- icans touched us to the north our artil- lery was rolling a barrage at the enemy and every so often the Germans wero dodging under It and bcamperlng toward us to surrender. A bunch of some thirty-- five attempted this trick, but tho barrage backed up fifty yards Instead of advancing, caught the fugitives and wiped them out, all except ono man. He flung himself Into an American trench at the feet of a big American. This chap looked him over and sang out: 'Why, you lucky son of a gun !' then stuck a bayonet through him.\ Here's the story that goes with Gen, Sir David's knighthood. The King told It to him after accolado had been deliv- ered and they wero talking human stqrles to each other. \Ono time when I was making a round of tho front,'' paid George V., \I came across a contingent ot Americans. One of them observed me closely nnd called tn a comrade: 'Hey, Bill, there goes tho Kink!' The pal shouted back: 'What d'ye mean, the Kink?\ And the other one said: 'Right there, bonehead. Tho little guy.' And the second ono came back: K'ink. hell! Where's his crown ?' \ The Canadians of New York wero so glad to have tho General that they could have listened to him all night, but ho quit after complimenting Major-Ge- n. John P. O'Ryan. who sat at his left, and predicting unbreakable bonds between Canada and America In time to come. Defends Frcncn cnnndlans. Another speaker of special interest was Frank Carrel, editor of tho tne Quebec Daily Telegraph, author and member of tho Quebco Legislature, lie earnestly defended the loyalty of tho French Canadians. Ktylng that talcs ot their disloyalty that had reached the United States were exaggerated and dis- torted. Tho minor troubles that occurred he explained as having a political origin and as having grown out of 111 advised methods of enforcing the conscription law. Tho main trouble was, he said, that tho Premier and, tho Liberal party had tried for three years to uso the war to help politics instead of using politics to help tho war, and It was not until after three years that they mvitea me nartlcloation of the French-Canadi- conservatives. Naturally, said Mr. Car rel, there was soreness and resentment, but nevertheless the Canadians of French blood proved their loyalty. . Another speaker was Senator Charles r. Beaublen of Montreal, who has Just returned from Franco and Scnntor Beaublen, like Gen. Sir \David and Edi- tor Carrel, spoke ot the value for the future of the comradeship in arms of Canadians and Amoricans. Fred Warner Shibley, president of the society, presided, and among tho guests were Major-Ge- John P. O'Ryan, Major-Ge- David C. Shanks, Judgo Julius M. Mayer, Qr. Alexander C. Humphreys, Brig-Ge- J. M. Carson, Capt George Gibbons and J. Spencer Sm.lth. SAVAGE TO BE RETIRED. Police Captain's Services to End Soon Is Iteport. Police Capt. James J. Savage, reduced a week ago from the rank of Inspector and relegated from command of a pre- cinct In Tho Bronx to tho New Dorp station, Staten Island, will be put on tho rotlrcd list upon his return from a twenty day vacation It was repined at Police Headquarters yesterday. He left his poet on Staten Island Saturday af ter three dayB ln charge. Whether he mado application for retirement Is not known. It was said yesterday the reason for Capt. Savage's set down was a raid mado over his head by Inspector Mc- Donald's vlco squad on an alleged gam- bling resort at 230th street and Kings-bridg- e. The Captain's friends charge unfairness. When Capt, Savage was re- lieved as inspector his place wai given to Acting Inspector William Coleman, who was best man at Commissioner t's wedding. Capt. Savago lives at 141 West Sixty-eight- h street. Negro Merit to lie Itcmtrded. Nominations are Invited by Bishop John Hurst of Baltimore for tho per- son of African descent and American citizenship who has achieved tho great- est merit during the year. Bishop Hurst is chairman of the committee which will award the medal provided through the gift of J. E. Splngarn, treasurer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo- ple. 70 Fifth avenue. Others on the committee aro William Howard Tafr, John Hope, Dr. James H. Dlllard and Oswald Garrison Vlllard. Recommen- dations must be In by February 10. Maiden Lane Fire Victim Die. John A. Langhauser. 1174 Jamaica avenue, who ws one of those trapped ' on the fifth floor of tho building at 18 i Maiden lane, which was damaged by flro , nn TltACnnv. ni.ft VMttorrlai, nftdranAn ' at the Broad Street Hospital from burns! Held for AulomoMIe Theft. John Donnelly, 19, who was syspected cf having stolen art automobile owned ly Brlg.-Gc- Cornelius Vanderbllt, was held In $5,000 ball on arraignment yes- terday. The car has been recovered It Has stated. W0JUWElkW ASKS AID .Proceeds Needed to Help Pay Widow' Inheritance Tax. The sale of the two residence of tho lato Frank W. Woolworth at the north-ca- st corner of Fifth nvenuo and Eightieth street, was approved yester- day by Supreme Court .Justice Verntm M, Davis. The building houses the famous $60,000 organ which Mr, Wool-wort- h had Installed several yours ago and had plnyed regulnrly In tho eve- - nlngs. Tho Instrument rises to a height equal to that of three stories. Tho building occupies ft lot twonty-sove- n feet wide nnd eighty deep, and has twenty-thre- e rooms, Including six bedrooms with baths, Instructions wero given not to sell tho property for less than $425,000. Hubert T. Parson, as committee ot tno property of Mrs. Jennie Woolworth, Incompetent, eald It was necessary to sell the Fifth avenue houso to help pay $1,050,000, Mrs. Woolworth's Inheritance tax, which was drawn from the estate of Frank W.l Woolworth. The Fedral cstato tax will amount to $6,500,000 Mr. rareon Btatcd. SAYS IT'S UP TO N. Y. TO PUSH AIR SERVICE Briton Predicts City Will Evventually Lead. The views of a dozen men who have attained prominence tn areonautlcs were heard, lant night at City Hall, when the commission ' appointed by Gdv, Smith to Inquire Into the advisability of establishing rules and regulations for nlr traffic over this State resumed Its session, Ono of tho speakers, P. G. Browne of tho Beardmore Motors Com- pany, Ltd., of England, declared It Is strictly up to New York city to push aviation to tho front ns a passenger and freight service, and then added his belief that It la to become oventually tho great terminus of the world. It will be from thU city that airplanes will leave on n regular trade route to South American ports, he said. European countries do not possess ad- vantages equal to those of tho United Stales, Mr. Browne continued. Ho re- cently visited most of tho overseas na- tions only to find they do not present the possibilities revealed by his lnspec-ll- o i of America. Japan and China, he said, show a greater air development tnan thlr country. During his talk with tho commission Mr Browne predicted tho crossing of the Atlantic \a good many hundreds of times\ within tho next year. The VlckerB Company Is already preparing routes and machines for regular crossings. BECOMES A CORPORATION. Abraham A Straus Reorganize With 10,000,000 Paid In Capital. Tho business of Abraham & Straus, Fulton street department store, Brook- lyn, will after February 1 be conducted Uis Abraham & Straus, Inc. The corpora tion will be conducted under the man- agement of the former partners. The directors are Nathan Straus, Simon F. Rothschild, Edward C. Blum, Lawrence Abraham, Lee Kohris. H. Grant Straus and Walter N. Rothschild. Tne real estate occupied by Abraham & Straus was separately Incorporated in 1911 as the Abrast Realty Company. The two Incorporations will represent a paid In capital of more than $10,000,000. Tho house will have completed Its fl.y-flft- h year of commercial activity in Brooklyn in February. SPANG WILL CONTEST. Daughter Opposes Document Giv- ing Kstnte to Charity, A Jury was Impanelled yesterday be- foro Surrogate Cohalan to pass upon a contest of the will left by Rosa Spang, widow of u. steel manufacturer. She died at the nge of 70 last August, leaving the bulk of her estate, estimated at more than $1,000,000, to found tho \Rosa Spang Foundation\ for the care of young girls In need of a home. Mra Mabel Spang Crome, her daugh- ter, a resident of Copenhagen, Denmark, ami recipient of an annuity under tho will, Is the contestant She alleges that her mother was Incompetent and unduly Influenced at the time she executed the testament ROCKVLLLE CENTRE COPS OUT. Five Give Up Shields In Demand for ?lf Increase, Because of the denial of $15 a month rlncreaso In their salaries five policemen at Rockvlllo Centre, L. I., walked Into tho station house last night and threw their shields on the captain's desk. Only four cops were left to patrol the village. The pay of a Rockvlllo Centre cop Is $120 a month. Recently the village committee took under consideration a request for the Increase. Their action was unfavorable. They were reported to have been told that Jose nh F. Russ. police presTdent, was responsible for the refusal. CONVICT'S WIFE SUES. V- :- Sitya She Married CUnUnllo Under Durcs. Anna Marks Chlafallo has sued Chat lea Rossi Chlafallo, also known by various aliases, for annulment of theh- - marrlage. She became his wife on Janus ry 9, 1918, tho day ho was sen- tenced to servo twenty-flv- o years In prison for attempted murder of Doml nick do Luca. He Is now In prison. The convlot's wife asserts that she married the defendant because he threat- ened to Injure her unless she did as ho commanded. She filed her complaint in the Supremo Court yesterday. OPEN SHOP PLEA LN COURT. Jersey Firms Ak Right to Employ Non-Uni- on Workers, In behalf of fifteen business concerns of Hudson County, New Jersey, Merrltt Lane jsterday petitioned tho New Jer- sey Court of Chancery ln Newark to prevent organized labor from opposing the employment of non-uni- workers. Tho complainants say tho union de- mands they employ none but union labor and that \such agreements would be a conspiracy In restraint of the free right to contract and to labor and con- trary to public policy. Land Award Set Aside. An award of $60,025.82 to Oscar J. Mayer of Whlto Plains for less than three-quarte- rs of an acre of unoccupied land nt Main and Central avenues. White Plains, which was condemned for parkwdy purposes, was set aside yes- terday by Justice Arthur S. Tompkins at Mount Vernon on tho ground that It was assessed as a result of \visionary and speculative\ testimony cf realty ex- perts. At the same time Mr. Mayer was trying to get the ward set aside on the ground that It was Inadequate Wit- nesses for the Parkway Commission said tho property wns worth $20,000. Mayer wants $300,000. Comptroller Crnlir Has a Cold. Comptroller Charles L. Craig is 111 from a severe cold ln his home, 120 Riv- erside Drive, It was reported from his office yesterday. It was sold he may be unable to return to work for several days. 1920. AS TOT INCREASES Requo'sts Nurses and Other Ex- perienced Women to Com-- v municato With Him. i 162 NEW CASES IN DAY rians Mado to Organizo City Against Epidemic Peril in Cold Rooms. Dr. Royal 8. Copeland, neallli Com- missioner, rcquestod the newspapers last night to Invite all registered nurses nnd other women who have had practical ex- perience ln the handling of Influenza cases to coll his office on tho telephone or make a personal visit In order that his department may bo able to get In touch with tho women should tho present situation develop Into an epidemic. It was tho first occasion since tho recur rence of sIcknesB has been reported! that Dr. Copeland gavo evidence of Doing seriously alarmed over tho situation ln this city. Influenza ultta presented to the 'Com- missioner during the 'day showed that 462 new casos hod occurred. This num- ber was nearly four times greater than during the preceding twenty-fou- r hours and substantiated the theory of Dr. Copeland that the \flue\ might average by tho wock end 700 cases daily. Eleven deaths were recorded agRlnst tho dis- ease, which was ona leas !h3.\ tho pra-vlo- day. \In the event ot the present condi- tions' 'developing Into an epidemic my office would bo Instantly organized Into a central Btatlon,\ said the Commis- sioner. \I havo arranged for a room, whero all cases can be reported by tele- phone, and I am very asixlous to get ihe name, address and, telephone num. ber of all nurses and women who have , had practical experience In handling flu' patients. There Is nn amazing shortage of private nurses, nnd I am at a loss to understand this condition, be- cause tho community at present Is not suffering to any extent from any unu- sual sickness. No ono seems to know where all the war nurses havo gone. To-da- y my offlce telephoned .every pri- vate home and registry In tho city, nnd my office force reported to mo that they could not find one available nurse. This means that If Influenza becamo wlde-sore- thousands of families would not bo able to secure tho services of a nurso and wo would be In practically the samo situation as we were during tho war and the epidemic. \We have BOO Health Department nurses engaged In field work, and if an emergency came along we could use these nurses. The hospitals aro fully manned and havo accommodations for more than 4,500 patients. H Is home nursing that would be affected.\ Dr. Copeland raid that Miss Lillian Wald of tho Henry Street Settlement and leaders of other civic and religious groups had been In consultation with him during the day and that all had agreed to glvo the samo support as ln the epidemic of 191S If conditions as- sume such proportions. In discussing the new cases Dr. Copeland said: \Re-Dor- ts to-d- Indicate that tho disease is of a much milder type, shorter dura- tion and less virulent than the previous epidemic. I am watching with Interest all complaints from tenants regarding cold rooms. Under a section ot tne sanitary law, which must bo rigorously enforced, we can compel any landlord to keep tho heat going ln his building from 6 o'clock in the morning until iuiju o'clock each night. The mean tcmperu- - turn of any room must not bo below 68 degrees. So far we have attended to several thousand complaints. In Chicago cold rooms were found to be! causing a large number of 'flu' cases, hnd If any one ln the city Is being ncgiccieu i wnnM renuest that he Immediately notify this offlce by calling Worth 9400.\ A denial was made yesteraay uy ur. W. J. Kerr that there has been any cases if Influenza on Ellis Islana. A quaran tine was declared on tho county Jail nt Newark last night when it waB disclosed that twenty-flv- o of the prisoners were suffering from tho \flu.\ DEATHS INCREASE IN CHICAGO EPIDEMIC \Flu\ and Pneumonia Claim Eighty-tw- o Lives. Special Deipatck to Tits Sc.v. Chicaoo. Jan. 21. Tho heaviest i twentv-fou- r hour toll of the twin I plagues since tho 1918 epidemic was re corded to-d- when tne lieaitn Depart- ment nnnounced sixty-on- e deaths from influenza and twenty-on- o from pneu monla. ' Tho peak of the epidemic has not been reached, ln the opinion of Health Commissioner Robertson, despite tho fact that report shows only 2,008 new influenza casos, as against 2,511 yesterday. New pneumonia cases numbered 181. against 297 yesterday, Four moro movie theatros were closed for failure to ventilate and for tolerating unsanitary conditions. 3111k dealers were ordered to Increase the pasteurizing temperature of milk from 145 degrees to 155 to glvo an nuillllonai margin oi safety. At the same time Inspectors from the sanitary squad visited rcstnu rants, lunch rooms and soda fountains throughout tho city nnd instructed them to sterillzo every dish, glass, cup nnd pleco of cutlery used in preparing or serving food. Following a conference with officials of tho elevated Hues the car men agreed to seo that earn wero properly heated beforo leaving the terminals, and to pro- vide fibre mats for the cold concrctu floors. Every employee of tho Health Department will report on conditions In tho car In which he rodo to work. An emercencv call for 2,300 home nurses\' to assist In battling the disease was sent out by Mrs. John iMcMahon, director of tho teaching contre of the Chicago Chapter of tho American Red Cross. Tltta Buffo, barytono of tno Chicago Grand Opera Company, was stricken with the \flu\ necessitating tho cancelling of his engagement In 'Hamlet.\ Thmr Delay Cleanup. Yesterday's thaw brought so much Ice down tho Hudson that scows of tho De- partment of Street- - Cleaning had a bad time getting to the dumping area at sen, and tho removal of aBhes and garbage was delayed. In the East River around im-f'- . T!nnil rnmmlssloncr MacStav reported scows Icebound at piers requir- ing an Icebreaker to get them out ! Added to this the weather prediction Is for another big storm. Commissioner' MacStay has ordered every available man on duty, including the contractors who have chirgs of snow removal. IloronRh Presidents Honored, Baron de Cartler, Bolglan Ambassa dor to the United States, attended by military attaches of his offlce, yester- day decorated Maurice E. Connolly, President of tho Borough of Queens, and Calvin D. Van Name. President of Richmond Rorough, At tho Belgian Con- sulate. 25. Madison avenue. The award was the Cross of Officer of tlm Order of Leopold II. Both Borough Presidents were members of tho reception commit-- , tee tf King Albert . WHlSKjEY SEIZED IN UNDERTAKING SHOP s Owner Had Forty-seve- n Cases for Medicinal Use. rtTTsnuiio, Jon. 21. Forty-seve- n coses of whiskey, valued at moro than $10,000, wero confiscated by Federal prohibition hgonts during a raid on n Uraddock undertaking establishment A. P. Fustlnger, owner of tho undertaking concern, was told to nppear beforo a United States Commissioner and explain why tho liquor wns Btorcd In his p'laco. Tho Government officers said to- night that tho whiskey was withdrawn from a warehouso hero for \medicinal\ use. GitEENsnuno, Po Jan. 21. An outo-mobl- lo truck loaded with whiskey was captured y State troopers and county detectives near here to-d- and three men, said to havo been In charge of thtrtruok, were arrested. Several armed men In an automobile preceding the truck escaped. The arresting officers expressed tho opinion that tho armed men wero guarding tho liquor, which was going In tho direction of tho coal regions. Authorities said they bclloved the whiskey In the truck was part of tho $100,000 worth of liquor stojeh yesterday from four Fayette county distilleries. DIVORCE IS GRANTED MRS. FLEISCHMANN - Former Cincinnati Mayor Of' fered No Defence. - ... i ' Upeclol Detczizh i.i Tss Si::(. Cincinnati, Jan. 21. A decree of divorce wns granted y to Mrs. Lily Ackerland Flelschmann from Julius Flclt'Chmann, former Mayor of Cincin- nati and now a resident of New Ybrk city. Mr. Flelschmann was not In court nd offered no defence. Bv tho terms of a previous agreement Irs; Flelschmann Is to recelvo $25,000 n year alimony and the Flelschmann summer homo in Connecticut, valued at $150,000. Ono report says that Mrs. Flelschmann nlso Is to recelvo tho In- terest of a trust fund reported between $1,000,000 nnd $2,000,000. On her death the trust fund Is to be divided between the two children. Tho trial lasted only twenty minutes In court and ended twenty-seve- n years ot married life. In her testimony Mrs. Flelschmann referred to the \other woman\ In tho caso as a \Mrs. Heming- way,\ Cruelty and neglect were charged by Mrs. Flelschmann ln her complaint Sho also alleged that her husband de- sired to bo free that ho might \contract another marriage.\ BAN ON CANADIAN FREIGHT. U. S. Place Partial Embargo Owing to Weather Conditions. Montreal, Jan. 21. A partial em- bargo on freight moving oast from Can-i.d- a to the United States by way of the Niagara frontier, has been placed by the United States Railroad Admlnlstra- - tnn It wna nnnnlinppfl hM'A Had weather conditions In tho United States are given as tne reason. At mo recent sate of shipments it is estimated that tho embargo will throw 1,000 cars a day tn tho hands of the Canadian railroads. The exceptions to the embargo Include livestock, perishable freight, newsprint, nrt fir,,! fralfrht fnr movement to Atlantic seaboard points that Is covered by Bpecial license. BEET SUGAR HELD BACK. Frank Lowry Explains ShortnRe of Commodity. Sugar Is acarco because dealers and nroducers aro holding out part of the beet sugar crop, Frank J. Lowry. sales manager of the Federal Sugar Refining Company, 91 Wall street, saw yesier day. i Mr. Lowry gave statistics to back up his statements. The crop availablo for 1920 Is approximately 6,397,000 tons, he said, and the average yearly consump tlon is only 4,250,000 tons, thu surplus going abroad. As Europcls expected to take about 1,600,000 tons this year hore ought still to be an adequate surplus here, but Mr. Lowry asserts ZjO.OOU tons havo been held over, enough to causo a shortage. Perkins and Ilooaevelt to Snenk. At tho meeting of the Republican Club of The Bronx, to be held nt Public School No. 55, St. Paul's place and 170th street, George W. Ferklns and Lieut. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Assem blymsn from Nassau, will bo the princi- pal speakers. Mr. Perkins\ address will be on State and National affairs and ho Is expected to make some reference to the approaching campaign, colonel Roosevelt's talk will bo on \Tho Oppor- tunities of tho Republican Pnrty.\ It is understood he will comment on tho ac- tion of the Legislature in suspending the flvo Socialists. Ilnpld Proerresa Mado In Census Wasiunqton, Jan. 21. Rapid progress is boin made In the fourteenth decennial census enumeration. Director fcam L. Rocers announced to-d- that completed returns from J.,145 districts ln the larger cities had been received and that returns from Dractically all districts were ex pectcd to be tn tho Census Bureau by February 1j. Dye Henrlnn Closed. Washington, Jan. 21. Hearings on lcelslatlon to protect the American dye Industry wero closed by tho Sen ate Flnanco anu work begun on amendment of the House bill. A high tariff on foreign dyes was urged at tho final hearings by representatives of the American Dye Institute. Air Tnxl Line Incorporated. CllAr.txsTOtf, W. Vn.. Jnn. 21. The tilueficld Aero Club of Bluefleld, W. Va., which will operate aerial taxi lines in southern nnd eastern West Virginia, has been Incorporated, it was announced here pftuciciajv J WHEN Nature wont, will. Bottled at French Lick Springs, French Lick, Indiana GIRL ASSERTS SHE IS JEAMEDE KAY Arrested in Malo Attiro in AU lantn, Sho Donics Re'ing: Missing Womnn. DRESSED, AS AN AVIATOR Alleges, in Lalcr Story Thaft Sho Is Belgium \Widow of ' French Soldicv. .Special De$patch to Tub Sex, AtJanta. Jan. 21. A girl who sayi sho Is Jeanne Anno Do Kay, missing Chicago heiress, Is being hold by tho police, who assert sho answers tho de- scription of tho long sought girl. She says sho Is. But In t.-- sam bwaih ln .which she admits this Identity sue also asserts that sho 1.1 Jeanne De Longe, a Belgian widow of a French r. Then sho asserts sho Is Jcamni De Kny's chum, nnd to odd to tho com- plications on her loft shoulder Is tat- tooed the name \Helon.\ Twenty-fou- r years old, gray cyea ana slim, tho fair unknown was arrested twlco ln Atlanta within tho laBt two or thrco dair Sho attracted attention first by appcnrlng on tho street In caafy\ fitting khaki breeches, ollvo drab shirt nnd leather legglns. Her hair wtt bobbed In tho castle clip and was crowned wirn a Jauirvy 5crr.ee cap ana-- yes sho swaggered. Sho swaggered so publicly In fact that tho Chief of Pollco told Mrs. J. C. Davis, policewoman, to arrest her. Mrs. Davis had little troublo In finding her. She wits' In the Peachtree promenade and not unwillingly agreed to go to the pollco station. There she told Chief Beavers such a straight story about being a profes- sional nvlatrlx In the United States Army Rocrultlng Service en route from Columbus, Ohio, to fly to Pcneacola, Fla., that the Chief' didn't havo tho heart to detnln her or to order her to quit mas- querading x ns a man. \These aro just my flying clothes, chief; they're bo convenient,\ rippled Mrs. Do Ixmge-DcKa- and they dis- missed her. And then yesterday, the pollco charge, she trespassed a llttlo too far In a downtown hotel. Sho was ar- rested again, and then followed n more rigid Investigation, In which tho theory was advanced that sho wits (really Jeanno DeKay. Jeanne DeKay'a dlsappearnnco has been a nationwide sensation. Despatches from Chicago recently carried the news that tho girl, a wealthy French protegeo ot Miss Jane Addams of Hull Housa fame, disappeared Decombcr 30. Her father, It was stated, was John Wesley I DeKay, living In Lucerne, Switzerland, and her only relatives In America were her brother, John DoKxiy, Jr., of Chi- cago, nnd an undo living in Ashburn, Vif. For several I weeks John DeKay searched North and South for his siHter. La3t Friday ho returned to Chicago and announced that he had abandoned his search. The description of the missing heiress as telegraphed here fits precisely that of tho girl, nccordlng to the Chief ot Police. Tho young woman herself ex- hibited a scar on the forehead, barely discernible, sho explained, because of medical treatment to ellmtnato It. Special Despatch to Tun Six. Chicago, Jan. 21. Chicago officials: directing the search for Jeanne De Kay, Mho disappeared from Hull House De- cember 30, shotvwl llttlo. concern over an announcement from Atlanta that a girl was being held there In her admission that sho was tho missing Miss DcTKay. Jhne Addams, from whosu home MIph Do Kay disappeared, attached no Impor- tance to tho report that tho missing girl had been found. \I will pay no atten- tion until I hear from Miss De Kay personally. Tho description of the girl does not tally In any respect. Have not even thought of the Information to wlro Atlanta,\ said Miss Addams. Clinnitcrt rlca In Newberry Case. Grand RArins, Mich., Janc 21. The Rev. John U. Hewett of Flint entered a plea of nolo contendere in the United States District Court y on the In- dictment charging hlm.wlth conspiracy In the election of Senntor Truman H. Newberry. Ho had previously pleaded not guilty. ' t!OTilnWB1..MlTlll''\aM To Prevent, Grip Take 4i Quimne Tablets\ Be sure you get the Genuine Look for this signature on the box. 30c bUA&uk&
