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I THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1917. Juar 54th year HOTEL RAVEN-HALL ON THE OCEAN Adjoining Steeplechase Park CONEY ISLAND Reined place for refined people to dine. Food Specialty. Accommodations.

Select Bathing Beach, Fifty-fourth Year 54th Fear 54th year RIBOT GIVES LIE TO DR. MICHAELIS IN CHAMBER SPEECH French Premier Denies Secret Treaty Between France and Russia. "A CLUMSY MANEUVER" Paris, August 1-Premier Ribot replied in the Chamber yesterday to the declaration made Saturday by Dr. Michaclis, the German Chancellor. that there was a secect treaty between France and Russia, alving 1.1 view plans of conquest.

Premier Ribot atter saying ne was convincel that Spain would apply the decree interning the German submarine which anchored in the harbor of Corunna Monday evening. said: "I wish to reply to the singular speech which Dr. Michaelis thought fit to invite the Berlin journalists to The German Chancellor pub licly commanded the French Government to declare whether in a secret sitting June 1 the French Government had not made known to the Chamber of Deputies the terms of a secret treaty made before the Russian whereby the Emperor bound himself to support French pretensions to German territory on the left bank of the Rhine. Ribot Says Chancellor Lies. "The Chancellor's version contains gross inaccuracies and absolute lies, notably regarding the role he attributes to the President of the Republic in giving an order to sign a treaty unknown to Premier Briand.

The Chambers know how things passed. M. Doumergue (ex- and Foreign Minister), after a conversation with the Emperor, demanded and obtained Briand's authorization to take note 'of the Emperor's promise to support our claim to Alsace-Lorraine and to leave us free to seek guarantees against fresh aggression, not by annexing territories on the left bank of Rhine, but making an autonomous I state of these territories, which would protect us and also Belgium against invasion. "We have never thought to do what Bismarck did in 1871. We are therefore entitied to deny the allegation of Chancellor, who evidently knows of the letters exchanged in February, 1917, at Petrograd and falsified since, las his most illustrious predecessor falsified the Ems dispatch.

Whenever the Russian Government is to publish these letters we have no objection. "The Chancellor refrained from speaking about my declaration March (21, wherein I repudiated in France's name any policy of conquest and annexation by force. He has willfully my language of May 22 in the Chamber, saying we were ready to enter into conversation with Rus-sia as to the object of the war, and if the German people whose right to live and develop peacefully we do not contest, understood that we wished peace founded on the right of people, the conclusion of peace would thereby be singularly facilitated. "Finally the Chancellor passed over 'in silence the resolution unanimously voted after the June secret Here Premier Ribot read from his speech in the Chamber warning against those who wished to spread the conviction that France was seeking conquest, and read the terms of the resolution adopted by the at that time, declaring that peace conditions must include the liberation territories occupied by Germany, the return of Alsace-Lorraine to France, and just reparation for done in the invaded regions. The resolutions also favored the creation of a league of nations for the maintenance of peace.

Rebukes "Crude Maneuvers." "Who now dare say to the world that we wish annexation?" continued Premier Ribot. "Such maneuvers are too crude to deceive anyone, especially the democratic masses of the -Russian people, who it is vainly being tried to separate from their Allies by deceiving them as to ti the true sentiments of French democracy. What is the Chancellor seeking? a He is trying to hide the embarrassment which he eels in defining Germany's objects of war and conditions whereon she would make peace. He is trying especially to turn aside attention from the terrible responsibility weighing on the conscience of the Kaiser and his councillors. "It is on the morrow of the publication of decisions made July 5 at a council held at Potsdam, at which all consequences of hte ultimatum to be sent to Serbia were discussed, and from which war was bound to spring that the Chancellor is trying this diversion.

There is something shameless, when one has such in demanding out intentions. it is not to Germany that we address ourselves, but to all who are witnesses or actors in the which we have been maintaining for the past three years, and who know that there is in the depth of the French people's soul a deep attachment to the principles of justice, respect for people's rights, and, I may add, at the risk of not being under-stood by our enemies, true generlosity." The was frequently applauded. not followed by any declaration, debate. RIVERHEAD SIZZLES AND QUITS BUSINESS (Special to The Eagle.) Riverhead, L. August 1-The blistering heat here has caused practically a cessation of business.

The county's public buildings are practically closed, all of the copyists and other help having been excused from duty. Many stores have closed. Yesterday thermometers in the shade on Main street registered 104 degrees for three hours du the afternoon. Today thermometers started in at. 96.

Riverhead is nobly sustaining its reputation of being the hottest town on Long Island. There is said to be much suffering in the jail. A crew working on the railroad this morning quit its job. Many people motored over to Quogue and spent the night on the ocean beach. At least 1,000 people slept on the beach, B.

R. T. CREWS QUIT, EXHAUSTED BY HEAT; SYSTEM IS CRIPPLED Biggest Week-Day Rush in Road's History--Hundreds of Employees Desert, RUSH TO CONEY- BIG DELAYS The heat wave has completely disrupted the elevated train and trolley crews of the B. R. T.

Hundreds of the guards and scores of the conductors have been deserting their posts during the last two days, quitting their trains at the Coney Island terminals and even at stations along the several routes, worn out and utterly exhausted by the ceaseless rush of folk for Coney Island that yesterday brought to this branch of B. R. T. service a traffic of the same proportions usually experienced on the hottest Sunduy of summer. The rush for Island, it was said today by Superintendent of Transportation Mullen, has broken all B.

R. T. week-day records. The company yesterday operated more than a 300 per cent. increase in trains to Coney Island, the jam continuing from 6 o'clock in the morning on through the night.

At 5 o'clock this morning the Coney Island traffic, it was stated, was greater than that of a normally heavy Sunday at 10 a.m., and the company, with its train crews quitting cold at their posts, was closing down its shops partially, substituting shopmen for train guards, and even then Anding itself unable to provide enough men to man the trains. "We simply haven't men enough to said Mr. Mullen. "When go elevated trains pulled into the Coney Island terminals laid yesterday, down the and said they were through. Trains guards, many cases, right were held up in the terminals for five, and fifteen minutes while disten scurried around trying to refrom the few men who patchers cruit a crew stuck on -dozen trains.

"Because of the tremendous traffic, had been at their posts for the men fourteen and fifteen hours. twelve, all in, from the heat and They were the strain, in many cases. All Coney trains were packed almost to Island the limit and the guards had to enstanding in the center of that dure trip after trip. We are not jam on excusing the men for quitting, but there is a limit to human endurance, the men who quit said they had and reached their limit. We had men leave their posts when a terminal was reached and lie down beside the tracks, too exhausted to move further.

"To provide train crews yesterday, shops were closed down and scores our of clerks in the general office were asked to act as guards. Even with these additions we did not have enough men. We have been at our wit's end for two days to get train crews, and the situation is getting worse instead of better. There never was before tor so great a crowd that sought get to Coney Island on a weekday in all the history of the B. R.

T. We never before had such a volume of weekday traffic. "And when it came to the evening rush-hour service, in addition to the abnormal and tremendous Coney Island rush--well, it was almost a backbreaking business." Thousands of Brooklynites bound for business today experienced delay after delay because of the tangled traffic conditions. Especially on the Brighton line platforms were crowded and packed, while hundreds waited for trains. The wait for trains in some cases was fully half an hour.

Either the trains rushed through without stopping or, if they did stop, too crowded to permit the opening of the gates. Few of the regular B. R. T. guards were found on any of the trains.

In nearly every case the train crew was made up of switchmen, shopmen and clerks, none of them in uniform, and only the numbered cap showing that they were B. R. T. employes. "Thus far we have been in fairly good shape as to motormen," said the B.

R. T. officials. "But if the heat wave continues and the corresponding Coney Island rush keeps on, there will be a worse problem confronting us than now obtains with the guards. The law specifically provides a ten-hour limit for motormen, no matter what the conditions.

So far we have had enough motormen, even with the tremendous additional service. But it can't continue much longer without having its effect on the motormen. Why, last night we went right on through without even approaching the normal night Abnormal conditions were particularly reflected today at the Dean street station of the Brighton line. At about 8:30 a.m. there were fully 200 men and women waiting for a train downtown.

Some of them had been waiting since 8 o'clock. Most of the trains passed right by the station without stopping. Those that stopped hadn't a room for another passenger. Most of the guards didn't make any attempt to open the gates, while those who did found that the gates couldn't be opened because of the pressure. The majority of the waiting passengers finally gave up hoping for a place on the trains and went downstairs for a trolley, the agent issuing emergency transfers.

PRINCESS PARLAGHY SUED. Lawyer Says She Owes Him $2,400 for Professional Service. Suit was started against Princess Lwoff Parlaghy, a portarit painter, of 109 East Thirty-ninth street, Manhattan, before Justice Cropsey in the Supreme Court yesterday. The plaintiff is George W. Reiff, a lawyer, of 253 Broadway, Manhattan, who alleges Princess owes him $2,400 for professional services.

Justice Cropsey allowed the Princess to be served by nailing the summons to her apartment door. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS IN TODAY'S EAGLE Classification. Page. Amusements Apartment Auction 8 Automobiles Boarding .....11 Business Oppor'ties. 12 Coastwise Concurrent Resolutions 13 CCorp'n Death Dividends 14 Excursions Financial 14-15 For Sale or Furnished Help Hotels Classification.

Page, Instruction 12 Laws of N. .12 Legal Notices.12-13-16 Lost Meetings 14 Mhtn. Amusements. Ocean Personal 16 Readers Bargain Counter 12 R. E.

at Auction. .12 Situation Steamboats .13 To Let. For Sale. 14-15 Travel .13 Vacation Cottages To Let .12 Wanted .12 REFEREES APPOINTED. BY MANNING.

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Sewell, Ralph K. Jacoba. Don't Expect 3 or 4 Bell-ans to answer when the distress is severe but take 6 in hot water and you'll always get quick and complete relief. Keep a 25c pkg handy INDIGESTION 100,000 Flee City to Sleep On Beach at Coney Island Writhing and tossing like the damned in the Inferno's seven circles, nearly 100,000 persons weltered on the sand and in the open spaces of Coney Island last night in vain search for relief from the heat. Vagrant breezes roused false hopes for a moment, only dash them a moment later by dying out.

Old Tantalus, dying from thirst and stooping to drink from a flowing pool that dried at his approach, was multiplied 000 times a among the suffering humanity who fought heat, sand fleas, "chiggers" and mosquitoes all night long. Thousands of others rode all night on the open surface cars back and forth between the Island and Brooklyn, napping as they could between riots at the terminal. About 2,000 slept in Seaside Uark, across Surf avenue from the beach, and at 3 o'clock this morning as the east was turning gray an Italian who had been strumming lullabys all night was still pink-a-pinking on his banjo. Surf avenue itself was hot as the main street of Tophet seethed with crowds, half of which were trying to get to the beaches and half of which were trying get away for something cooling. Soda fountains and Ice cream 'stores ran dry.

The telephone system collapsed under the rush of calls, and for hours every booth about the terminals was out of commission. DEATHS FROM HEAT, AND PROSTRATIONS; B'KLYN AND QUEENS The following deaths 1 were reported from 2 p.m. yesterday to 2 p.m. today in Brooklyn: Mrs. Josephine Kinevy, 60 years, assistant cook in the shelter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children on Schermerhorn street was overcome in the kitchen and died several hours later.

Fred Goethe, 45, Classon and Myrtle avenues, a milkman, overcome in basement at 48 Windsor place. Died before arrival of Dr. Vaun. Mrs. Anna McCarthy, 118 Buffalo avenue, overcome at her home.

Died in Norwegian Hospital. Mrs. Ida Sariana, 28, 1224 Fortieth street, overcome in factory at 4819 Fourteenth avenue, died before the arrival of a doctor. John Borchending, 89, 248 Floyd street, overcome Hamburg AVenue. Died in German Hospital.

Thomas Esposito, 29, 165 Twentieth street, overcome at Third avenue and Twenty-ninth street. Died before the arrival of medical aid. Joseph Coredlius, 11 months, 260 Wyckoff street, died before arrival of Dr. Vallely from Holy Family Hospital. Ida Pamaselli, 4 months, died at home, 1144 Thirty-ninth street.

John McPatpars, 55, 90 Prince street, overcome at home, died in Holy Family Hospital. Mrs. Mary King, 46, 424 Baltic street, died at her home before medical aid reached her. Mrs. Amelia Panlick, aged 72, died during the night at her home, 47 Marion street.

James McCabe, aged 75, of 159 Taaffe place, WAS overcome at his home. Dr. Blair of Cumberland Street Hospital pronounced him dead. George Selch, a driver, age and address unknown, at Broadway and Ellery street, while driving his wagon. David Kurtz, 48, 2994 Fulton street, a baker, overcome in front cf his bake oven, died immediately.

John Strucken, 58, a clerk, 262 Nassau avenue; overcome at home; dead on arrival of Dr. Stephant of St. Catharine's Hospital. William Angell, 49, steward steam ship Byron, lying at Pier 8, overcome on board ship; dead on arrival of Dr. Feistet of Long Island College Hospital.

James Brycksland, 2 months old, 249 Fifty-eighth street; died at home. Sarah Swales, 70, 404 Carlton nue. Donyta Chonnuh, 41, no home. Goldsmith, 87, 210 Manhattan avenue. George Felth, 85, residence unknown.

Catherine Memmer, 85, 221 Hopkins street. Andrew Weingarten, 64, 251 Montrose avenue. Wladylaw Lazarek, 7 months, 211 Twenty-sixth street. John McTotters, 55, 90 Prince street. Mary Berdnich, 6 months, 34 North Portland avenue.

Thomas Mullin, 1 year, 121A Nassau avenue. Quiseppe Pepe, 54, 465 Lincoln road. Mrs. Seidemahl, 2869 Atlantic avenue. Arthur Denault, 11 months, 776 Franklin avenue.

Albert Szybatosko, 2 days, 216 Greene avenue. Hubert Muller, 59, 29 Sock street. Julia Connell, 19 months, 61 Dean street. Catherine Sennell, 59, 78 Woloott street. Viola Glaffer, 53, 799 Eastern Parkway.

John A. Deidner, aged 70 years, died this afternoon at his home, 1002 Hart street. HEAT PROSTRATIONS IN BROOKLYN The following prostrations were reported in Brooklyn today, covering twenty-four hours: UNIDENTIFED MAN, about 50 years, light come at 852 Gates avenue. Bradford Street brown mustache, gray a hair, blue eyes; overHospital. PETER HOFFMAN, 54, 344 East Forty-second street.

Manhattan, foreman paper box factory; overcome at subway station, Thirtysixth street and Fourth avenue. MICHAEL NALLY, 40, 288 Forty-ninth street. Norwegian Hospital. LUCY CRAWFORD, 21, 426 Second street. Brooklyn Hospital.

LEON DEMGELER, 53, 5 Hamilton avenue, Cumberland Street Hospital. ARTHUR WILSON, 62, 202 Ellery street; overcome at Washington and Johnson streets. ANDREW COLLAN, 27, 446 Lexington AVenue. Cumberland Street Hospital. MADALINE POWERS, 21, 88 Willow street, Jamaica, Sent home.

THOMAS BROWN, 75, 65 Keap street, stableman. Williamsburg, MICHAEL PETRELLA, 40, 346 Leonard street. Greenpoint Hospital. FLORIAN MEHLER, 67, 166 Knickerbocker avenue. DAVID BORNER, 27, 1627 Pitkin avenue, St.

Mary's Hospital. JAMES DRISCOLL, 60, 217 Adams street. Holy Family Hospital. FRANK BORISKY, 48. 648 Third avenue.

ROSE McMAHON, 33, 534 Flushing avenue. ERNEST HUBACK, 60, 27 Bradford street. WALTER WEST, 43, 166 Ross street. THOMAS EVERS. 37.

464 Fortieth street. JULIA MURPHY, 61, 348 Baltic MARY MeNAMEY, 45, 127 Fifteenth street. NICHOLAS DENSON, 55. Prospect and Greenwood avenues. E.

Hospital. RALPH SWEENEY, 44, 11 Caton place, Jamaica. ERNEST GERHARDT, 47, 46 St. Nicholas A avenue. German Hospital.

FRANK LINTESS, 04, 939 DeKalb avenue. St. Catharine's Hospital. MAX SCHILLER of the Ninth Coast Artillery, overcome at Ocean Parkway and Sea Breeze avenue. Kings County Hospital.

EDWARD KNETE, 40, address unknown, overcome at Brooklyn end of Manhattan Bridge. Cumberland Street Hospital. PASQUAL MAURO, 45, 88 Somers street "JAKE" FAILS TO NAME CROPSEY MEN Thousands who gave up the fight for sleep on the beach tried to go home and found the terminals choked with other thousands who had gone there before them. In the pushing, sweating jams many fainted and at least one woman died, a woman of 50 years old, who had not been identified today. Back in the Island away from the beaches women wheeled baby carriages all night long.

Mattresses were spread on the sidewalks and whole families tried to sleep through the few quiet hours before dawn. Roofs and porches became improvised bedrooms scarcely cooler than the stuffy rooms deserted. When the Ninth Coast Artillery debarked from an Iron Steamboat to march to the Hotel Shelburne for dinner seven men collapsed on the pier and had to be treated by ambulance surgeons. Later, as the regiment fell out of line at the hotel, several more dropped. Both the Coney Island and the Jewish Hospital ambulances Were kept busy reviving fainting men and women.

More automobiles than ever came to Coney Island at one time before, snorted, rattled and roared about the foot of Ocean Parkway and along Surf avenue. Commercial trucks hurriedly fitted with seats bore whole familiesmany of them several families -all on the same forlorn quest. Captain Sackett of the Coney Island police station, had forty-six extra men detailed to protect the searchers for sleep from pickpockets and thieves. FLAG SHOWS WHAT WIND THRE WAS AT 9 TODAY driver D. S.

C. Kings County Hospital. JOHN PRAPSON, 36, 502 Hamilton avenue, overcome in street. Holy Family Hospital. SADIE SCHULTZ, 27, 12 Maujer street.

Eastern District Hospital. JOHN McNICHOLAS, 50, sweeper, 102 Ralph avenue. EMMA SPALL, 17, 1641 Broadway. FREDERICK KELLY, 28, 848 Bedford avenue: Cumberland Street Hospital. LORETTA BROOKS, 26, 732 Union street, overcome at Park place and Grand avenue, attended by ambulance surgeon, left for home.

PHILIP BOUGHT, 40, 131 Nineteenth street; Long Island College Hospital MICHAEL MUNYON, 57, 127 Gold street; Kings County Hospital. SAMUEL PURPLE, 17, 1438 Park avenue, Manhattan; overcome at Brighton Beach Station, Lincoln road; Kings County Hospital. JOHN BASSE, 35, 502. Linwood street, YETTA SHAPIRO, 22, of 412 Howard avenue. JAMES WALSH, 58, 919 Belmont avenue, ticket agent, Manhattan Junction and Broadway elevated station.

WILLIAM SHEA, 53, of 538 Vanderbilt avenue. WILLIAM MOLLOY, 30, 316 Forty-eighth street; Bushwick Hospital. JAMES McSHANE, 88, laborer, Van Brunt street, GEORGE near Verona: Kings County Hospital. TOGEMANN, 48, 77 Berry street; Eastern District Hospital. ANNA, CARLQUEST, 65, 687 Carroll Brooklyn Hospital.

IDA PASCAL, 28, 2 Crystal Court, Coney Island. RALPH CAPPO, 56. 184 Degraw street ELIZABETH LUMBERG, 36, 184 Bergen street. JOHN HERWIG, 71, 467 Graham avenue; Greenpoint Hospital. CATHARINE BECK.

28, 107 Nassau street, Brooklyn Hospital. EMMA NEFFIER. 17, 541 Knickerbocker avenue; Brooklyn Hospital. CARL UNDERLAND. 54, of 474 Halsey stret: Bushwick Hospital.

JOHN BOUNCR, 25, electrician, 2009 Fulton street, at 27 Vandewater street, Manhattan; Volunteer Hospital. JOSEPH RUPPELL, 36, 210 Miller avenue; taken home. MINNIE GROSS. 25, Tenth street and Fist avenue, Coney Tesland; overcome at Chambers and Center streets; Hudson Street Hospital. IVA A AYRES, 22, telegrapher, 523 Twelfth street, at 63 Park Row, Manhattan; teer Hospital.

ANNA KENNEDY, 20, wrapper, 672 Fiftyfourth street, at 248 West Broadway, Manhaettan; taken home. DONALD KENNEDY, 31, bookkeeper, 401 Stuyvesant avenue, at 31 Union Square, Manhattan; taken home. HARRIETT HALLAHAN, 20, wrapper, 1641 Broadway, at 241 West Broadway, Manhattan; taken home. FREDERICK ROGERS. clerk, 1749 Forty-fifth street.

at 61 Broadway, Manhaettan; Hudson Street Hospital. IRVING KALICH, 19, clerk, 2167 Pacific street, at 116 Duane street, Manhattan; remained at work. DEATHS IN QUEENS AND PROSTRATIONS Death claimed five victims from the heat in Queens County between early, yesterday A score afternoon were and this morning. prostrated. The dead: William Maggenheimer, 33 years old, a driver, of Avenue and Twenty-first street, College Point, overcome at College Point.

He died in the Flushing Hospital. John Norak, aged 36, of 414 East Fifty-eighth street, Manhattan; died at Jackson avenue and Flushing Bridge, Flushing. Joseph Schubert, 61, of 61 Jay avenue, Maspeth; died at his home. Polopia Karlowska, 65, of 165 Maspeth avenue, Maspeth; died at his home. Theodore Widerman, 40 years, of 4010 West White street, Far Rockaway.

James Gerrity, 85 years old, a laobrer, of 290 East Seventyfifth street, Manhattan, was overcome on Bradley avenue, Long Island City, and died in St. John's Hospital. Tony Seymour, 40, a driver, of South street Rockaway road, was stricken on Hoffman boulevard and died an hour later in St. Mary's Hospital, Among those overcome by the heat Had Promised to Announce His Campaign Committee on August 1. HAS "NOTHING TO SAY NOW." Jacob C.

Klinck Opposes Straight Republican Ticket--Others Indorse Mitchel. Today 1s August 1-the date Jacob A Livingston set for A definite announcement of the committee which he undertook to organize, to boost Justice James C. Cropsey for Mayor. But there was no announcement of the committee--not even a promise as to when, if ever, there would be. Rumors were current that Livingston would "say something" tomorrowJust what no one seemed able to predict although some staunch Cropsey boomers expressed hope that it might be the committee -a little late but on deck just the same.

In quiries at the Board of Elections, where Mr. Livingston occupies a chair as a Commissioner of Elections, developed nothing. The Commissioner sent out word through an employee of the board that he had "no news about the Cropsey Political gossips had it today that Justice Cropsey himself would make a statement of some kind within the next forty-eight hours. Some politicians predicted that it would take him entirely out of the situation. "I am opposed to a straight Republican ticket for I think it would mean an overwhelming Tammany declared Jacob C.

Klinck, president of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. (Mr. Klinck 1s himself a well-known Republican, active in party affairs.) "It is all well enough," he continued, "to talk of making a. stiff fight under an out and out Republican emblem, but one of the reasons for engaging in a political battle 18 the old-time desire for Walter Hammitt, vice president of Frederick Loeser and William J. Wasson, vice president of the Kings County Trust Company, also issued statements indorsing strongly the Mitchel administration and urging his re-election.

Several of those members of the Fusion Committee of 1917, who were attacked by the Democrats on the ground that they did not vote in New York City, have resigned from the committee, according to announcement today. Among them were Walter Cranford and Irving T. Bush, both Brooklyn men. In behalf of the Fusion Committee it was stated today that two of the Brooklyn men attacked, E. P.

Maynard and William J. Wasson, did vote in Brooklyn, 5 WERE BADLY'HURT AT YARD That at least five of the fourteen men taken to hospitals after the collapse of a gang plank from an uncompleted warship in the Navy Yard, yesterday, are seriously injured, became known today despite efforts on the part of Navy Yard officials to minimize the importance of the accident. A board of investigation appointed by Rear Admiral N. R. Usher, to investigate the collapse of the plank, had not completed its work today, and was not ready to fix the blame, though statements given out yesterday by offcers indicated that they considered the men reckless rushing the plank in such large numbers.

BRINGS HIGHER BIDDER. Robert H. Haskell, counsel for Miss Arabella Barker, who has an interest in the estate of the late Charles aBrker, made good his assertion of yesterday before Supreme Court Justice Kelly, that he had at least one bidder who would top the bid of $175,000 made by the other heirs, who bought in the property at Fulton street and Elm place, today when he produced a bid of $185,000 from A. I. Namm.

HUSBAND LOSES APPEAL Charles Fenney, of West New Brighton, lost his appeal from a decision of the Supreme Court, refusing him permission to have the place of the trial of his wife's suit for a separation changed from Richmond to U1- ster Counties. Mrs. Laura Fenney, the wife, alleged cruelty. Fenney declared that most of the witnesses lived in Ulster County. On the denial of hismotion he appealed to the Appellate Division, which today upheld the lower court.

OUTSTANDING FACTS IN RECORD HOT SPELL Seventy-one deaths from heat reported in the city in last 24 hours, thirty-five of these in Brooklyn, 250 prostrated. Temperature reached high mark at 2 p.m.-94 degrees. Last night hottest on record. 100,000 sleep on sands at Coney Island. B.

R. T. crews quit because of heat, crippling service to Coney Island. Telephone service crippled, because heat affected operators. Record number of ambulance calls in last 24 hours.

Factories all over city close. One killed, six hurt in rush to catch train for Rockaway. were the following: MICHAEL BETZ, 68, of 857 Forest avenue, Ridgewood Kings County Hospital. JOHN BELSWERK. 23.

of 194 Greene street. Brooklyn; St. John's Hospital, Long Island City, JOHN NEFEULD. 22. of 1461 East New York avenue; St.

John's Hospital, Long Island City. JULIA NOTTA, 40, of 43 Walcott street, Seaside. DOMINICK SCARLIN, 40, of 17 Morris avenue. Richmond PETER CHIKO. 37.

of 4265 Kimball avenue, Ozone Park. JAMES DAY, 56, of Rockwood street and Broadway, Far Rockaway St. Joseph's Hospital, Far Rockaway. EDWIN PATTERSON. 29.

of 803. Fulton street, Jamaica; St. Mary's Hospital, Jamaica. BRIDGET MONAHAN. 60, of 148 Sixth street.

Long Island City; St. John's Hospital, Long Island City. PHILIP WALSH, 72. of 80 East avenue, Long Jaland City: St. John's Hospital, Long Island EDWARD McGOUN, 40, of 98 Humboldt Boulevard, Jamaica.

JOHN ESSENWEIN, 38. peddler, of 1730 Gates avenue; German Hospital. CASTORIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears Signature of the Car MERCURY BUT 2 DEGREES BELOWHOTTESTDAYHERE The following high temperatures of past summers were given out by the Weather Bureau: July 8, 1876............... 98 July 9, 1876............... 99 July 18, 1876..............

97 September 6, 1881......... 98 September 7, 1881......... 100 September 21, 97 June 80, 97 July 1, 1901... 98 July 2, 1901.. 99 September 8, 98 The mercury reached 98 degrees at 5 p.m.

yesterday. DAMAGE AWARDS SAYS COURT Justice Manning to Confirm Three Broadway Decisions. Passing upon the objections fled by New York, Municipal Railway to the confirmation of the report of Commissioners Edward Lyons, Otto Struse and George J. S. Dowling, who made the awards to the Broadway Theater Company and to two other owners parcels in the immediate vicinity of the theater for damages growing out of the third-tracking of the Broadway elevated, Supreme Court Justice Manning today said he could gee no reason why the report should not be confirmed.

A formal order confirming the report will be presented for his signature. An award of $5,000 was made to the Brondway Theater Company, $5,000 to Simon and Mary Schwartz, owners of 920 Broadway, and $4,250 to the Hiller Construction Company, owners of 918 Broadway. The railroad company opposed confirmation of the report principally uon the grounds that the Commissioners followed an erroneous theory of law and that the awards. were excessive. F.

B. KEPPY, DENTIST HERE 30 YEARS, DEAD Stricken Suddenly at His Summer Home in Bayport. (Special to The Eagle.) Patchogue, L. August 1-Dr. Frederick Beardsley Keppy, a wellknown Brooklyn dentist, who lived at 62 Hancock street, died instantly of heart failure yesterday afternoon at his summer residence in West Main street, Mayport.

He was 53 years old. Dr. Keppy had been under medical care, but was not noticeably ill yesterday, though suffering from the heat. He was seated in a chair superintending the placing of some screens when stricken. His wife was nearby.

Dr. Keppy had been practicing in Brooklyn for more than thirty years. He was prominent in Masonic circles, being a past master of Manual Lodge, No. 636, F. and A.

and was also affiliated with several professional societies. He was a native of Bridgeport, and a graduate of the New York Dental College. Surviving Dr. Keppy are his wife, who was Miss Mary Herbert Cornwell of Brooklyn, and a daughter, Mrs. Harry Tompkins of Brooklyn.

Funeral services will be held at his Bayport home tomorrow evening and interment will be made in Bridgeport Friday. JERRY COHAN, FAMED IN VAUDEVILLE, DIES Father of George M. Passes Away at Summer Home. Jerry J. Cohan, father of George M.

Cohan, the noted actor and playwright, died at his summer home, at Monroe, N. today. Mr. Cohan retired from the stage some years ago. Jerry Cohan, his wife, Helen his son, George and daughter, Josephine, were long one of the most popular teams on vaudeville stage.

After George Cohan began to write plays, his father, mother, sister and wife, Ethel Levey, had prominent parts in a number of them, among them being, "The Honeymooners' and "The Little Millionaire." ELKS AID WAR RELIEF. Committee to Confer With H. P. Davison at Capital Today. The members of the Elks' War Rellet Commission will go to Washington tomorrow to hold an important conference with Henry P.

Davison, chairman of American Red Cross, and various other officials of that organization. The Elks' commission, of which former Governor John K. Tener of or Pennsylvania is chairman and Joseph T. Fanning of Indianapolis is secretary, will discuss ways and means for aiding American soldiers at the front. MARGARET SANGER'S CONVICTION UPHELD Appellate Division Settles Birth Control Clinic Case.

The conviction of Mrs. Margaret Sanger, in the Court of Special Sessions, of violation of Section 1,142 of the Penal Laws, was confirmed today by the Appellate Division, while the conviction of her associate, Fannie Mindell, who was found guilty before the same tribunal of selling obscene books, is reversed. Both women appealed from the conviction through their counsel, J. Goldstein. Mrs.

Sanger's conviction grew out of alleged violations of the law in her birth control clinic at 46 Amboy street. It was there, too, that Miss Mindell, a Russian revolutionist, sold copies of the book, "What Every Girl Should Know." The Appellate Division held in the case of Miss Mindell that the book sold was not obscene. 'Tonight's the Night" TO DANCE TO DINE STAUCH'SI CONEY ISLAND OPEN ALL YEAR YOUNG AUSTRIAN ANXIOUS TO FIGHT; DOCTORS PASS HIM age." WIll Not Eat Germans. Mr. Conkling in his reply, wrote in part: Continued From Page 1.

Only one mas rejected in the physical examination, but of the eight who got by the doctors, only three made no claim to exemption. Ninety men have now been examined by this board and three-fourths of them, according to Chairman John Lindsay, hava either failed to meet the physical fequirements or have claimed exemption. Deputy Attorney General Conkling received today from Provost Marshal General Crower a ruling in the case of the German Poles in Brooklyn who desired ti waive exemption and enter the United States Army, Enemy Aliens Barred. The ruling is that all aliens of man birth are to be regarded as enen aliens and therefore barred from service. The appeal was made by Dr.

F. Drobinski of 597 Fourth avenue Brooklyn, a member of Local Exemption Board No. 37. Dr. Drobinaki, who is an intimate friend of Ignata Paderewski, the Polish pianist, said in his letter to Mr.

Conkling that Paderewski was keenly interested en. the matter and hoped that a favorable ruling would be made. Many Gave False Addresses A serious problem has arisen tn some of the districts, because of the number of slackers who registered at the time the military census Was taken in order to obtain a registration certificate, but who gave false names or addresses, or both, to the census officials, in order to escape the draft. Board 52, which sits at Publio School No. South Third street and Driggs avenue, has had no less than sixteen of the notices of call for physical examination it sent out a couple of days ago returned by the postonice authorities, with the information that no such men live at the address given, or that they have moved and cannot be located.

William Ocker, chairman of the board, declared today that if the men did not appear for examination within ten days he would certify their names as accepted for military service, and turn them over to the United States officials to be run down and arrestedare the men Board 52 is trying to locate: Sam Rosman, South Third street; Harry Sohomaty, 195 street; David Stenstein, 208 South First street; Jacob Choneukind, 196 Roebling street; Alex Grossman, 176 South First street; Morris Sacklin, 269 South Second street; Myer Kusnerk, 198 South First street; Isador Dradspis, 260 South First street; Sigmond Kohak, 267 South Second street; Kastnart Culer, 69 South Third street; Harry Sambosky, 260 South First street; Oscar Zoigh, 95 Broadway; Frederick Nashewsky, 258 Wythe avenue; Samuel E. Harber, 806 Driggs avenue; Morris Miller, 120 South First street; Max Greenberg, 149 South Fourth street. Mr. Conkling received word yesterday of another plot to avoid the draft. The information reached his through a prominent Manhattan physician.

other physician, of pro-German sympathies, is said to be one of those plicated. The scheme is to sell men coming up for examination before the draft boards a drug which will stimulate their heart action to such a deI gree sician as and to render deceive their the rejection examining likely, phyAfter investigating the matter him self, the Adjutant General's repre sentative found enough basis for the report to put the case in the hands of United States Attorney Caffey, Dr. Kari Osterhaus of the Govern ment Advisory Medical Board at the State Arsenal said that it would an easy matter to detect if a heart stimulant had been administered. The status of vegetarians who are "conscientious objectors" to the draft was settled yesterday by Mr. Conkling.

He received a letter from Louis Berger, treasurer of Der Vegetarier, monthly magazine published in Yiddish. "The New York Vegetarian Society," wrote Mr. Berger, "was organized prior to May 18, 1917. The cardinal principle of the society is that the members abstain from eating all foods that come from any living being. They do not eat any fish, flesh or fowl and consequently are strongly' opposed to the killing of human beings in war or otherwise.

"These vegetarians are averse to being drafted into the army and compelled to participate in any service that tends to violate the cardinal principles of this society. Religious organizations whose creeds. are opposed to war are exempt from military service. I would ask what steps the Government will take with reference to the vegetarians who are of military "I think there is no idea on the part of this Government notwithstanding anything the Germans may have. in mind, to kill any human being for eating purposes.

The regulations provide no exemptions for vegetarians and you will fall in line it you are called and do just the same as those who eat meat will do. Perhaps if you would devote a little more time to trying to be real Americans and be willing to sacrifice a little bit toward defending the honor of this country, instead of worrying about vegetarian societies and exemptions at this particular period of the great interntional conflagration, you might slee better at night and at least know you had done something worth while." Because of the sudden death of Mrs. C. J. Hettesheimer, wife of Dr.

Hettesheimer of Local Board 76. it was announced today that the physical examinations of the board which had been set to commence Friday morning would be postponed until Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Board 28 will change its headquarters on Monday from -105 Rapelye street to Public School No. 7, Hicks and Nelson streets. The first batch of men are coming up for physical examination in this district on Monday and it was decided that more spacious quarters would have to be secured.

Many of the local boards have exercised considerable ingenuity in devising schemes for lightening the burden on themselves and the men registered in their district, but the prize device of all scems to have been invented by Board 72, which sits in Public School No. 75, Evergreen avenue and Grove street. William Brennan is chairman of the board. By means of a large drum on which the names of the registered men are pasted and a couple of mechanical revolving devices call number of anyone registered this district can be told almost insta ly. All the clerk in charge has to is to get the serial number of the plicant, shove a counle of indicat and I numb ppears.

T. John Kadten: Weinstein.