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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. MONDAY. APRIL 1. 1918.

18 SMILES WHEN GIVEN BREAK GROUND FOR MR. PYLE ORDAINED The setting apart of Stephen D. Py VITAL RECORDS Coal Even at Cut Rate To Cost Between $8 and $9 555 BROOKLYN MEN ADVANCE GUARD OF ordered by Mr. Garfield. Just when the net benefit to consumers of 15 cents a ton becomes affective is the problem that bothers the dealers.

Most Brooklyn dealers, it was said Uncertainty prevails among Brooklyn dealers as to the exact price to be charged for coal today. The ruling of Fuel Administrator Garfield provides that a reduction or 30 cents a ton from winter prices takes effect today to continue to August 31. but local dealers have not yet been able, because of a variety of circumstances, to make out just how the price standi after the reduction. Similarly. Frederic mnison, Fuel Administrator for the com not yet set any standard pri Brooklyn on coal orders.

Ther fixed retail selling price, it was 9 I is no: aid at bis office, because the Government leg ulations, which fix a ceita profit over the actual cos make the price vary 1 on 40 cents with different dea ferenee is being held ibis I tween the local Administt. resentatives of the deale the situation. The dealers, it was st 5 to A con-' on be-1 id rep-1 know at present 3 al is cost-! ng them. This Is becau the pro- i Islon for an increase of 15 cents a ton in the freight rate on coal. It Is! the understanding of local 1 this freight increase goes about April 4 or 6.

It thus of the mine reduction of "0 that uto effect! ffsets half ton their suit cases against the wall of a building and sat down to light cigarettes and chaff one another until auch time as the members of the draft board, No. 32 in this case, were ready uto the waiting train. 555 Men In Brook I Then came another carrying a large Amfia ip, silently, "hefl.aeB'wae"c alter tneni otic nearly 500 likely young fellows standing i )ut me tne ihe drafted men of Distr lo 36 Inclusive. There in this initial contril.uti Hoards 23 479 men of Brook- bix boards lyn and each of the will send off about so nun vamp Upton, one-iiuarter of the uuota leaving on each of the first tour days of the week. This moi'mmm contin itingent at Eas; picked up other draft.

New York, swelling th tal to 555. eter leave- way it was the thousands of Ihe first draft spilled themselves over the broad acres at Camp pton. There was no procession of gayly decorated automobiles, there were no boastful inscriptions scrawled on the steel aides of the cars with chalk, such aa "We are going to Berlin," and there was onlv band where there used to be half a dozen. It divided Its attention between "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "Over There But the boys bless them were the same in spirit. What though the realization may have been borne In on them since the start of the great German offensive that it is a bitter, hard task which must be accomplished in Picardy and Flanders, there was no sign of fllncning anjwoeie.

by some of the big retailers, are meeting the situation by notifying customers that coal ordered today will be paid for at a price to be de- termined as soon as they have been able to figure their costs. Where coal is paid for today, the price is gen orally the March price and the dea th hat he will rebate when the April-August price has been definitely figured According to the grade of anthracit desired, the price, with the redt and with the freight advance range between $8 and $9 a ton. Another coal regulati effective today. This provides lb nut twn-th rds or a customers quirements can be filled on order. It was explained this nil would work ou in this way: Deal receiving orders will fill them to amount of two-thirds of what customer bought during the ear from him.

Every order will filled in rotation in this way. that the two-thirds stipulation not apply to orders of less than tons. When a dealer has filled customers' orders in this way. he will, take up the remainder of the order again proceeding strictly according rotation. PREPARING TO DRAG PARK LAKE FOR BOY i Fear That Theodore Roxbury, 6, Was Drowned, but Mother Is Hopeful.

SEARCH FOR WHITE STRAW HAT. If Isn't Discovered Wright Will Bel Given to Theory Thai CWId la I Just "Lost." Prospect Park Lake is being scanned from end to end this afternoon for a small white straw hat and the police are preparing to drag its waters for the body of 6-year-old Theodore Roxbury of 400 Seventh avenue. If they find the straw hat they will proceed with the dragging at once, convinced that Theodore's Easter pilgrimage to the Park yesterday ended in his death. But so long as the hat is not discovered Mrs. Edith Roxbury, Theodore's mother, is going to cling to the belief that her bov is orougtu lo his home last evening by a kindly stranger, who hud discovered mm on a bench in one of the park tunnels, weeping and forlorn.

He had lost track of Theodore somewhere near the lake, he said, and he did not know how to get home alone. The stranger solved the difficulty of getting home, but there was no truce to be found of Theodore. Early today Theodoro's father, William, a truck driver, went to the Prospect Park police and asked their help. They Marched the Park thoroughly! pying into out of the way corners una nenind bushes, but there was nothing to be seen of a boy of 6 uiue anw wnite middy nite siock- police wee inclined mil like Americans, steady of still living and that he will be brought eye, firm in the jaw. home Just as soon as his Identity can Casey Got His Eye Fixed, So He be discovered.

Could Go. Theodore has been missing from his There was young William Casey, for home since yesterday afternoon. When Instance typical of splrit that he f(jr afi r.V.,itt902WVan Buren stVc-et. "ad with him on ihe great expedl-days after "war was declared, Casey "on John Krammcr, also 6 years old, woni to ihe Armv recruiting station, I of 44 Seventh avenue. John was 20 YEARS IK JAIL Russo, Who Pleaded Guilty to Murder, Known ae the "Smiling Prisoner." 1 SHOI 1 AND KILLED VITETTO.

Odored Burglar Given T'ii Years In Sing Sing By Judge Hoy. th a smile on his face Carmelo 20 years old of 611 East Four-h street, Manhattan, heard ty Judge Roy sentence him today term in Sing Sing from twenty to life. He was indicted for mur der in the first degree for shooting and killing Joseph Vitetto, on the night of December 4, 1915, but had pleaded lilty 10 murder In the second degree. As he was led into the courtroom, usso, who is also known aa "Charles Ross." smiled blandly at the judge. The imposition of the severe sentence lU(l ot Derturh him In the least and lis smile was just aa broad as he was a ken away to the pen.

When he waa rcvmusly arraigned to enter his plea, ie also smiled and he became known 0 the court attendants as the smiling Walter Taylor, colored, charged with iiglary as a second offender, was sentenced by Judge Roy to ten years In Sing Sing. He entered the dwelling house of Anna Ferlanger on March 19, ml stole jewelry and clothing valued ni $400. He had been convicted for tioiis offenses eight previous limes. Joseph Schaefcr, another burglar, with a record, was sentenced to live years in Slug Sing. He luid broken Into the stablo of Michuel Avidon and stole a set of harness.

Arthur Peterson of Fifty-third street and Third avenue, who brutally beut an aged Chinaman with a stove lifter, was sent to Sing Sing for a term of five yean and also ordered to pay a fin. of 1,000. He hud a previous con-en i against him of robbery. Joseph Marrone of 2022 Westches-ter avenue, Bronx, charged with carrying dangerous weapons as a second offender, was sentenced to Sing Sing for a term of from three and a half lo seven years. He was twice previously convicted for various offenses.

Nathan Rosensteln of 1372 Rock-away avenue, guilty of a serious charge, got little sympathy from Judge Roy when he asked for' clem- "You are a married man," said the court, severely, "and there ws no excuse for what you did. You deliberately abandoned your wife to go with this girl. I sentence you to Sing Sing from one and a half to three years. Other county court sentences by Judge Roy were: Anna McDcrmott, petit larceny, sentence suspended; Angelo Nardello and Benjamin Ryan, petit larceny, sentence suspended; John Kallina, attempted arson, sentence suspended; Harry Gullcksou, petit larceny, sentence suspended; Joseph (Joetz, attempted burglary, penitentiary; Anthony Sisto and William Hague, petit larceny, sentence suspended. Sentences by Judge May Gaelano Rizzuto, assault, penitentiary; Sanger Parsons and George Coopey, petit larceny, sentence suspended.

Sentences by Judge Campbell-Fred Slntarlna. assault, one and a half to three years in Sing Sing. SAYS WOMAN ROBBER LOOTED HER ROOMSj glar Was a Female. Mrs. Herman Tictjen of dates avenue, today reported that a woman burglar had entered her home on the first floor of the apartment house nt the Gates avenue address and had gotten away with property worth about $500.

Mrs? Tietjcn Is positive that a woman committed the robbery because part, of the loot consisted of a bottle of perfume and a woman's handkerchief, and because a blue suit, belonging to her daughter Edna, was discovered after the burglary with split seams, indicating that the burglar had tried the suit on, with the intention of taking it. but had left it behind when I was found too small. The burglary took place Thursday afternon. Two diamond earrings, a gold watch, and a locket were taken In addition to the woman's trifles. The robbery followed a succession of incidents in which a mysterious woman whom she met on the street, displayed a great Interest In Mrs.

Tletjen and her whereabouts. "There's not tho slightest doubt in my mind that a woman waa the burglar." said Mrs. Tietjen. "I am sure It was that strange woman. She is about 45 years old.

and Is either tier-man or English. I am telling the police to look for her." PLANS FOR GARAGE. Shampan liampan. as architects, have filed plans for a garage to be located on Seventh avenue, Long Island City, for the Globe Thread Com- FOLLOW THE CAMPAIGN To follow the operations now developing on the Western front you need a good map. Tho Britannica Charts which The Eagle Is putting out at a low price Include a complete map of the entire Western front.

With the aid of thin Chart It is possible to follow from day to day (he successful efforts of the Allies in stopping Ihe Ger toward Amle THIS COUPON preiented al any office The Eiooklyn Daily Eagle with csah. check, money order or tlampt (or 69 cenli, by msil 72 cenls, entitles the holder to ONE SET of the GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL WAR CHARTS showing Ihe worlds wars from 4000 B. C. lo IVIB. Ihese are exactly than.

are sold by The En-for $2. to our Ma 0ff.ee. clopedia Brila, Smd all ma I to the Baptist mintatry took place in the Strong Place Baptist Church, of which he has been for some years a member and of which his father was an honored deacon, yesterday after-1 noon. The Rev. Dr.

John Love, acting' pastor, presided. The Rev. Dr. A. K.

iosier, formerly of the Washington Avenue Baptist Church, now in the! service, delivered the sermon. The Rev. Dr. c. L.

White offered the prayerl ordination. The Rev. Dr. A. A.I Shaw of the Emmanuel Baptist Church' extended the hand of fellowship and I gave the charge to the candidate.

Deacon George G. Dutcher charged the church in Stamford, of which air. t-yie is to be pastor, which was represented by a number of its mem bers. In its behalf and as its special representative, Dr. Frank H.

Barnes made an appreciative response. The benediction was pronounced by the candidate, the Rev. Stephen 0. 1'vle. MRS.

BUNGAY KILLED; STRUCK BY AN AUTO Had Just Stepped From Curb at Broadway and 72d Street, Manhattan. D.MGHTKR WAS Albert Arnold Seriously Injured By Truck On Ihe Queens Boule- Mrs. Louise A. Bungay, a widow, 53 years old, of 657 Hast Twenty-first street, is dead today, having been struck by an automobile at Broadway and Seventy -second street. Manhattan, last night.

Mrs. Bungay spent the afternoon and evening with her daughter, Mrs. J. Irving Walsh, at 500 West End avenue. Manhattan, Mrs.

Walsh was accompanying her mother to the subway station when the accident happened. Just as Mrs. Bungay stepped from ihe sidewalk to cross to the entrance of the subway, an automobile driven by William M. Burke of 78 Terrace View avenue, Kingsbridge, turned out of Seventy-second street, into Broadway. The machine hit Mrs.

Bungay, threw her several feet and then ran over her before her daughter, who was still on the curb, could drag her to safety. Mr. Burke, who was accompanied by his wife and two daughters, stopped quickly and assisted In carrying the injured woman into a flower shop. An ambulance was called from the Knickerbocker Hospital, to which Institution Mrs. Bungay was taken, but she died soon after her arrival.

Mrs. Walsh, Mrs. Burke and her daughters all became hysterical and the physician had to treat them. Traffic was blocked for fifteen minutes. As the police said the crossing- ibjnal gave the automobile the right of way, no arrests were made.

Mrs. Bungay's son. George W. Iluii-gnv. is president of Ihe Acme Die casting Company, Bush Terminal, and lives at 611 Ocean avenue.

Mrs. liunguv was born in the East-rn District, the daughter of Jacob and Schneider, old resi.l- uts ol that section. Her lather was a well-known violinist. She had been lor many years a member of the First formed Church on Bedford avenue, in Which she retained her membership after moving lo Flatbush. Her father-in-law was George W.

Bungay, the poet and writer of the Eastern district. Her husband. John O. Bungay, who died three years ago, was attached to the I'nlted States Assay df tire. She is survived by her son, 'WW W.

Bungay; a daughter. Mrs. Walsh, and a grand. la igln.r ill, Walsh. Funeral services will probably be held tomorrow at lock at lier nomo.

wnn imermeiu Greenwood Cemetery. cars old, of 1 Ob i Dean street, i- in a serious condition ill St. John's Hospital, Long Island City, as a result of being run don yesterday by an auto truck on (linens Boulevard He has several fractured ribs and his breastbone is believed lo have been crushed. The truck is said to have been on the wrong side of the street. The driver, l'ctcr Walsh of 241 West 122d street.

Manhattan, was-arresled on a charge of assault. Automobiles owned by the Texas Company. Sag Harbor Branch, and Nelson W. Osborne, an Ensthampton hanker, collided early yesterday in Ensthampton. L.

I. Osborne was thrown out and catapulted over the dashboard, turning a complete somersault, but was Utile hurt aside from trifling bruises. Three men were in the Texas car, none of whom was seriously Injured. APPELLATE TERM. DECISIONS TODAY LOST AND FOUND.

TERBlEn. femnte park Ploa. String Pis LOST Sunday, red oldress FEI.IX ion sai.i STABLE OR GARAGE BULKLEY H0RT0N FOIt SALE Al-TOMOIULES. rail ri.Hl.us!,. M.MKttS AHiK' e- 'nut.

answer ihurs r. relri.ri.ne I mi, lilt: I vaRti LBlllt. I. urn, av I ai Koh HinK. I.HST-Morch 2.

small COI.MB. bin. ip, near Fifth' v. LOST-ntack and tan rapi SKY, 1 St. iVfi.

rsv stp si r.t Park; rem. iP'JVr reward. MICHAEL :.7 Dpgri.w hi. I.nST-Cnl.l WATCH, open fare, nt ripi line or F. s.

II csm. ri.N, lloaufnrl av. fee en l.l 1ST--! -nmeo Itnnoi'H, from tilth st to downtown rtinnpln. district, Knlp.n si; 1.1. A 14.

Kagle 1-: l.r!nd' lie. Uewar.l for r-tnrn 1,1 Hen.lrix st. Tel. IW Has: i BIG MOVIE THEATER $1 ,000,000 Structure Will Located at Fulton Street and Rockwell Place. WILL SEAT 4,500 PERSONS, Roof Garden Will 1,500 Place To Be Named "The Strand." Ground was broken today for tha new moving picture theater to ba built at the corner of Rockwell place and Fulton street for the Mltchal H.

Mark liealty Corporation, ownera of the Strand Theater, in Manhattan. The building is to be erected on tha site purchased five years ago by tha city for subway purposes and resold In the Real Estate Exchange at public auction to the Freel Investing Company of which Philip A. Curran la preaident, through Matthew V. O'Malley as broker in tha transaction. Tha first ipadafull of earth marking the beginning of the project waa dug by Moa Mark, of the Mark Strand Theater Company, which will operate tha houae.

The new enterprise will ho 0 11,000,000 project according to Mr. Mark, who announced today that Brooklyn was chosen as the location for "the finest theater in the group of buildings now owned by the company, which are distributed throughout tha I'nited States. "We have studied tha proposition for some lime," remarked the theatrical man, "and my associates have decided that Brooklyn Is the logical location for the model building, from which others will bo designed in the cites of Boaton, Baltimore and Washington. "The new moving picture houae," said Thomas Lamb, architect of tha building, "will be an improvement on the Strand In Manhattan and I can safely say will be the most modern moving picture home In the United States, because the company back of the project has planned to spare no expense in providing the most luxurious place possible fur the exhibition of moving pictures. The space al-loted for the orchestra will accommodate 150 musicians.

The lobby will be 75 feet square. There will be a roof garden for summer night exhibitions and a smoking room for men. as well as waiting rooms for women, which will be fitted up so that babies may be cared for whila their parents attend the perform- The capacity of the house will be The roof garden will accommodate 1.500 and the lobby will be provided with lounges for the convenience of persons waiting for their friends. The plans provide for an ornamental structure. which the architect says will be a notable improvement for the downtown theatrical district.

The main entrance will he on l-'nlton street, adjoining the Majestic Theater. There will be an automobile entrance on Ashland place. The plot purchased from the city measure Xa feet on l-'ulton street and about nr, feet on llockwell place, but the I-reel Investing Company through Matthew V. O'Malley has since purchased eleven old dwellings, nine of (hem being located on Rockwell placa and two on Ashland place, which will be demolished to make room for tho new theater. Following the opening of the ground on Fulton street this morning, work was begun on tho destruction of the old dwellings and according to Mr.

Lamb, the foundation for the theater, which will occupy a plot 110x175 feet, will be well undar was by April 15. During the ceremonies of breaking urouml. moving pictures were taken and M. Mark announced that the Caption for the film will be "Breaking ground for the most modern moving picture theater for Brooklyn, the most progressive community in the United About 100 persons witnessed tho ceremonies among them being Philip A. Curren, Matthew V.

O'Malley and Max Speigcl, secretary of the Strand Company. WALKS 15,000 MILES AT 72 Chicago, April 1 W. S. Chapman, "2 years old, is here today, having completed a walk. Chapman started from Baltimore, Md on March 9, 1916, on his long hike, to win a wager of $3,600 put up by a club of New York.

From the time he left Baltimore until he reached Chicago, the end of his Journey, Chapman ays be has not ridden on a vehicle of any sort. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. 1NSTV.I CI SONS TO 1II1II. EMS ON l'ua rk io us iione fin sti'i-uks t. crn ov xttv lndurwd with tt bid nhill fontnio JUartnient.

chief of a bureau. t.irrr-" ll rch othei er Hurler, Ii of Now Tort Is. stall bo eiue In-, dlrc-tly nr inilirertlj, rnntractln, srtiier. r. "jrety ottartrla.

li i ti.e tgrtDra-rf ttaun.rtM li'aBjporttoa of the atoBts tiirr.r. i vorilled In Hie nalh. In rrltme. t.H SK. nr nnrtlcs maklne tut hid that Ihe arc In all respects Into, I eondillna to Ihe reception or ron.i.l.

"lild. It hf ft etrMSsd check Tort, or a chert 1 trust nteanr signed by a duly inert tli. drawn the reller. '-r uto. far must lie aubmltlci rhc-k nr mnney should no i either Inclosed la a separsle envi arrinil to the hend ef the Dsnartment.

l-rseriilly of the bid. imrtl 'll-r, as to Ihe qiisnlltr r.r or the nature unit reference must be mode the a. an Hie In th. tn nrrears to Tlie sets must he bid foe city ltr. hi.i.i.t.

sre -nek. their lil.ls Mtnk rorm, by eons- III" en tel. in te i h1 i with a of the contract In. I.i.lliia Ihe the form niuirovnl l.i i 1 ilrnw SECOND DRAFT ARMY Board Trains for Camp Upton With Smiling Faces as Relatives Weep. YOUNG CASEY HAPPIEST On this tine April tnorninir.

when he world read with a thrill, at its reakfast table, that America was hunt to "ko in" ion. 000 strong and the l.m.w!. dee was borne home that Clorv would be planted between he tri-color of France and the St. loTpe's Cross of England on the holy ground of Montdidier. thirty young men tramped sturdily along Faciflc street from Carlton avenue.

Suit cases swinging, eyes alight with the spirit of adventure, faces creased with grins, they swept through the iron gates Into the Long Island Railroad ards and down the stone causeway between a solid line of box cars on one side and a long string of empty pas senger coaches on the other. They might have been off for an outing In the country so jovial they were. But a throng of weeping women, pressing against the iron gates, testified that this was no outing their men-rota were going to. and the brown brassards on the arms of the sturdy young fellows told the story. They were the advance guard of the second draft armv on their way, laughing, to Camp Upton.

Once Inside the yards they rested DEATHS NAVARRO Suddenly, on March 1918, RAFAEL NAVARRO, hus band of Ruth Navarro and father of Ralph Navarro. Masonic services Monday. April 1. at 8 p.m.. at the resi dence of his son.

TOOli Kighteentn av. Brooklyn, N. Y. interment Olivet. Tuesday, April 2, lu a.m.

1 NAVARRO Brethren of Bedford Lodge No. 574. F. and A. are re quested to be present Monday, April 1, 1318, at 8 p.m., at (IMS r.ignicenm av, Masonic funeral service for late lamented Brother RAFAEL NAVARRO.

J. MARVIN DOYLE, Master. Edwin Leman, Secretary. NICHOLS On Sunday. March 31.

1918, Mrs. SARAH D. NICHOLS. Funeral services Tuesday evening, 7:30 o'clock, at National Casket Company parlors, 2 7 Ashland place. Brooklyn.

PEARSALL On March 31, 1918, ALICE, beloved wife of John V. Pear- sail, and daughter of William and Marv C. Logan. Relatives ana menus are invited to attend funeral services at her late residence, 35 Midland av, Arlington, N. on Monday, April p.m.

Interment Arlington ceme- PERROTT On March 30. 1918, at her residence, 542 Sixty-first st, SARAH A. PERROTT, in her 71st year. Funeral Tuesday, April 2, at 10 a.m. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery.

PLATT On Sunday. March 31, 1918, JONAS HENRY PLATT, aged 81. Funeral services at his late residence. 655 Jefferson av, Brooklyn, on Tuesday, at 8 p.m. Interment at convenience of the family.

Kindly omit RANDALL On Sunday, March 31, 1918, PRISCILLA, wife of Walter Randall. Funeral service at 396 Gates av. on Wednesday afternoon, at 2 ROBERTSON At Mountain Lake. on March 31. 1918, LYDIA MORTON ROBERTSON, in her 85th year.

Funeral services at Liberty. N. on Tuesday, April 2, at 3 p.m. (New time). SABATH On Monday.

April 1. 1918. JULIAN aged 18, beloved son of Samuel and Bertha (nee Heln-rloh) Sabath; brother of Carlotta enfeld and Celcla and the late Charles II. Sabath. Funeral from his residence.

312 Bast Third st, on Tuesday. April 2, at 2 p.m. Inter ment, Mount Carmel Cemetery. SEAMAN On March 30. 1918.

HENRY A. SEAMAN, in his 63d year. Funeral service Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, at nis late rcsiuence, tans SEIMS J. ALBERT, age 15. beloved son of Harry and Addis Seims (nee Follette).

Funeral services on Monday evening at 7:45, at his late residence, 1564 Sixty-eighth st. STEPHENS At Glenridge, N. Sunday. March 81, 1918. MAURICE PIERSON STEPHENS, beloved son of May Marr ana tne iat r.

Stephens, in his 25th year. Mineral at tne line iiiiti 1 man av, 'Sesday. April 2, at 1 p.m. Kindly omit flowers. STEVENS Suddenly, on March 30, 1918, SQUIRE STEVENS, at his borne.

718 East Seventeenth st. Notice of funeral hereafter. STORY" Suddenly, on March 31, 1918. GEORGE H. STORY, son of the late Rowland Story.

Notice of funeral UPHAM Suddenly, on Saturday, March 30. 1918, GEORGE A. UPHAM. Services Wednesday, 8 p.m., at his late residence, 7006 Fort Hamilton av. Interment Thursday at 10 a.m.

WESTERVELT On March 31, IMS. MARIA E. WESTERVELT. Funeral services Tuesday afternoon, at o'clock, at the residence of her niece, Mrs. David H.

Hammatt. 460 Nos- WHITE On Sunday. March 31, in 18. JOSEPH J. WHITE, husband of Catherine O'Cnnnell White and son of Michael J.

and Elizabeth Daly White, in his 29th year. Funeral from his late residence. 02 North Oxford st. on Tuesday. April 2.

(in S-itu-dav. March 3.1. WILLIAM husband of Maria Wild. Funeral services at bis late home, 301 Monroe st, on Tuesdav eve nlng, at 8 o'clock. WILD Brooklyn Council.

No. Funeral services of nIi; brother. WILLIAM WILD. Tuesdav, April 2. 1918, ni 1 3H MR, Regent.

Hallo o. on -It'll! sK vi 7. of Jacob Wood vices at the Kast 3.1 Tuesday, April 2, at 8 p.m Evergreens. S. i nee Keating I nml father.

siter Anna, and brother, Norman. Will be burled from home of widow. a in Tu-sday. St. Rose rhur.

h. I'a. kv.llo. Brooklyn. I ZKHMK" Saturday.

March Su. 1H1. KDWAUI) li. ZKIi.NIKO. In hi- 47th year.

Funeral services at the noma of bis sister. Mrs. V. a Abriims. McNeil av.

corner Jefferson s. L. I. rREDKliirg i.oESElt a inc. fiowKIIS AMI FI.OKAI.

DESICNS. ntoul'l' LiKl.IVI.lllK.-i. BACKE TURNER Mrs Austin O. Turner, 3 Pierrepont announces tha marriage of her daughter. KHAN-1 CES, to THEODORE BACKE.

on i Thursday. March 28. 1918. DEATHS Baker. George D.

NlVim Rafael Barton, Edmond Nichols. Sarah D. Bieber, Charlotte I'earsall, Alice Burtt. Jane A. I'errott, Sarah A.

Clifton. Cath. B. l'latt, Jonas H. Crowley, Anna Randall, l'riscilla Daniels.

Charles Rohertson. L. M. Kishbeck, Mae I'pham. George A.

Watcher, Prlseilla Sabath. Julian H. Foussadier, Victor Seaman. Henry A. Gager.

Benjamin S. Seims, J. Albert Gerken, Clarence Stephens. Maurice Harper, Eugene F. Stevens.

Squire Holmes, Faith O. Story. Georga H. Jacobson, Katie Westervolt. Maria Jones.

Beatrice E. White, Joseph J. Macaluey, Edwin Wild. William 1'. Meyer.

Henrv Wood. J. V. Z. Moynahan, Daniel Woodruff.ltohert K.

MeMullan. J. H. Jr. Zerntku.Edward D.

Murray. James E. BAKER On Sunday. March 31. 1111, after a short illness.

GEOROB D. BAKER, a former resident of Chicago. Ha was born in Chicago 34 Stars ago and has been a resident of rooklyn for the past ten years. He ta aurrived by his wife. Ma-y E.

Lynam, three sons and one daughter. Funeral from his late home, 1158 New Tork av, on Wednesday at 2 p.m. (Chicago papers please copy.) BARTON On Sunday, March II, 111 I. EDMOND. beloved husband of Sarah and son of the lata Daniel and Margaret Barton.

Funeral from his late residence. 258 Fiftv-ihird st, on Wednesday, at 9:30 a.m.; thence to St. Michael's Church. r.irty-soc-ond st and Fourth av. here a solemn requiem mass will be offered for the repose of his soul.

Interment in Calvary Cemetery. BIEBER On April 1, 1918, CHARLOTTE BIEBER nice Kiipimer in her 74th year, beloved wife of William Bleber and devoted mother of Henry Bieber and Mrs. Charles Lyon. Funeral services at late residence, 116 Vernon av, Brooklyn, Thursday. April 4, at 2 p.m.

Interment at I'nion l-'ulds. Cypress Hills Cemetery. Kindly omit flowers. BROOKLYN LODGE NO. 22.

B. P. O. ELKS Brothers: You are requested to attend the funeral service of our late brother. JOSEFH J.

WHITE. Monday evening. April 1, 1918, 8 o'clock, at 62 North Oxford st, near Park av. JAMES J. BYRNE, Exalted Ruler.

Joseph H. Becker, Secretary. BURTT On Sunday, March 31, 1918, JANE beloved wife of Richard Burtt. Funeral services nt the residence of her daughter. Mrs.

Anthony Moran, 480 Tenth at. on Wednesday. April 3, at 2 p.m. Interment Greenwood Cemetery. 5 CLIFTON CATHERINE BERTL.

Services "The FUNERAL i liriMI," B'way and 66th st (Frank Campbell's), Tuesday, 11 a.m. CROWLEY On Sunday, March 31, 1918, ANNA LOR ETTA CROWI.EY, beloved wife of Florence D. Crowley. Relatives and friends are Invited to attend the funeral from her late residence, 89 Classon av. on Wednesday, April 3.

at 9 a.m.; thence to st Patrick's R. C. Church. Kent and Wil-loughby avs. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.

DANIELS On March 2 9, 1918, after a short illness, CHARLES WEI and at his late residence, (25 Woodland av, Woodhaven, N. Monday evening, April 1, at 8 o'clock. 8 FI9HBECK Entered into heavenly reat at her home, 1721 Ditmas av. Flatbush, Monday, April 1. 1918, MAE FLORENCE (nee Willcock), beloved wife of Charles F.

and mother of Harold F. Fishbeck. Services at her late home, 1721 Ditmas av, Flatbush, Wednesday, April 3. at 8 p.m. Interment Greenwood Cemetery at convenience of family.

FLETCHER On Saturday. March 80, 1918, PRISCILLA. daughter of Mary P. and the late James H. Fletcher, formerly of Brooklyn.

Serv-Ices at Fred Rlker's Funeral Parlors, 760 Carroll st, at Seventh av, Tuesday. April 2, at 8 p.m. Interment Greenwood Cemetery, Wednesday, at I am. I FOUSSADIER, beloved husband ol Svea Foussadier (nee Nelson). Funeral service at late residence.

35 Schermer-horn st, Monday evening, April 1, at GAGER On Sunday, March 31. 1918. BENJAMIN STUART, son of Stuart and Bertha Bagg Gager, In his 16th year. Funeral services at the home of his parents, 29 Linden av, on Wednesday, April 3, at 2 p.m. Nor-Adch, N.

Greene and Albany, N. papers please copy.) GERKEN Suddenly, at Memorial Hospital, New London, on Saturday, March 30. 1 91 CLARENCE J. GERKEN. Notice of funeral hereafter, HARPER On Sunday, March 31.

1918. EUGENE beloved hushand of Margaret E. Flannery and son of James D. and the late Mary F. Harper.

Funeral Wednesday. April 3. at 9 a.m., from his late residence. 505 West lttth st, New York; thence to St. Rose of Lima's Church, where solemn requiem mass will be sung at 9:30 o'clocit.

Interment Holv Cross Cemetery. Automobile cortege. HOLMES FAITH ODGEN, beloved daughter of George C. and Faith Holmes, year. Funeral services at her late resid, Qulncy st, Monday, April 918, 8 p.m.

Interment Tuesday, in Ever greens Cemetery. i JACOBSON On Sunday. March 31 1918, KATIE, beloved wife of Petei Jacobson, in her 60th year. Funera services at her late residence, 163J Fifty-ninth st, on Tuesday, April 2 at 8 p.m. I JONES Entered at morning.

March 31. 1 it on Bastei HEATIth I beloved wile or i.e., is Funeral services on WeineSda a.m.. at her late resid-i 139 i.vi, at, -Brooklyn, N. Y. MACAULEY After a short illness on March 31, 1918, EDWIN M.vai LEY.

Funeral services at the dence of his 3049 av (East Twenty-fifth st), between Avenues and on Tuesdav. 2, at 2:30 p.m. McMULLAN Suddenly, on March 31, 1918, JOSEPH Sunday loved husband of Mary S. Farrell only son of Joseph H. and Apy ifc.Mullan.

of funeral hereafter. I METER HENRY, beloved husband of Dorothea Meyer, at his residence. Queens, L. 1 in his 5ih year. Funeral services at St.

Peter's Lutheran Church. 92 Hale av, Brook lyn, on weanesuay. aju-ii I lent at Lutheran feme- MOYNAHAN Suddenly. early Sunday morning March 31. 19 is.

at his home, 44ft st, Brooklyn, i DANIEL MOYNAHAN. Funeral' Wednesday at 1" "'clock at St. Sav- tour's Church, corner Eighth av and I Sixth st, RrookO'n. I vri-DUAV Su.lrtenlv n-i i March 28. D'IK.

at nd late Murruv. and or Mary Mo inemer of 106tb infantry, Funeral row the residence p. c. a v. 1 at f.i'l III hf I lo ii in and I Fulton street, near and offered himself to nis coutui was rejected, on the ground of some defect in his eyesight Next he tried list in the Third 1 I Corps.

The unit weni awny -decision was reached. Casey was also turned down by his Draft Board Not discouraged, he sought and ob- fpet of evesight corrected itself so that today he went away happy in the knowledge that he had been Ho has a brother in the Signal Corps at Camp LUUj are ever at teh front when there is And there was Ellas Briethaupt, also that district, who underwent a seri ous operation on March 6 hut board today to report tor duty, Ik-was sent back, for, though the spit it was willing enough, the flesh was MvlVle hael W. Klnnegan of 80 Pearl street. rney weie th but the doctor said that itc one man short in tin ngent, so a nana was i.tio hand was laid on Kinnrgan's shoulder as a sign that he Ihat Theodore had fallen into tho lake I Tietinn Sure That Bur-and that John had run away because I MrS' TietJ8n 18 SUre 1 naI BUr ban run away because poor Airs. Roxlmr- believe that Theo- "Pleaae let me go!" he pleaded.

dore was iosl just as hls pinynlalf, After a re-eamiMoti oltha itu. was but mnk hlmJ atlon and a consultation It was found (lprst00d as Jnln rk) He couldnt that both could I so- very WpH and a danger might Langerman an! have taken him in until someone news, twirled It around hl na could claim him. ened at tne top oi friends down the causeway. I BVlg; Finneean The Eagle Just try inn ega n. 1 flJltld hT Tho i.lpa that there might out bad no part in His thoughts.

"You can ioi rap anywnere ami Finn' Way. Thlrtv-eight men from Draft Board No. 28." Ralph avenue, near Atlantic. mgre The a8tbIW.H0 niinils of Public School waving flags sang The Star-Spangled Banner," Engine 'ompany No. 127 Joined in the f.s chairman of the Draft Board Assemblyman Frank Sargent.

In- Km iartung nmivm-u East New York station, where new soldiers took the 10:10 for Camp L'PK0riy men from Draft Board No. 32, Patchen avenue, aiso v.c..i I pton in. lay. Atliong me M.lle i.SJ lates i I frightened; but thov 1 learned from Theodore's mother. Mr- wornawht sr boy had nd they said if Theodore had fallen into tho lake I a whim ureij oe rouna nuat- I his ing on the wa sure of thai.

I noxuury was hen a casual search lailco to reveal the hat she search failed she was inoociore was all ght and woulc still come home. no report a Detectives the Sixth Branch Thc0. but the, mat his great ad- venture ol yesterday may bay It is that they will Prk lake lat late this afternoon hiding Theo- URGES LEAGUE OF NATIONS wu of the I.on si: York correspon-Dally News, was it nt the Church the Pilgrims. Ivmsen and Henrv strPetSi of which Rev. Richard j( of Mr.

Wilson's addn-s "A Layman's View- of Jesus" and he is well ac- 7, is a member of he advocated based on the and that no Ittl that rlght-the enemy. It lea of mutual desolated terri-lon of weaker that no such the league league, could s. people accept ihe rule of the Prutcc of Peace and subject to Ills word. YOUNG ROOSEVELT'S ORDEAL That Captain Archie Roosevelt lay ommunlcatlon arm and a leg before he to a dress-irination con-an American to Dr. Josiah shrapnel wound In could be rescued at ing station is the tallied in a letter army surgeon In Hartwcll of Port According to Roosevelt started across he was struck by arm was broken i tratod his right Ii reaching the bone WOundl at 5 In lh( able to regain his lions were such th lenioved from it III N.

Y. letter, Captai lead a patrol March 11. when I rapnel. His left I shrapnel pene-below the knee, evening. lav upon th called lust month, when his and friends gave him a fare- ck and took I called for i ain.

a of the world where did be planted where It he- hlnraVelolnlTcli' fori tho nation at home on this fine Apt il County Court opened th Townsend Scudder presid-nppointing Samuel J. Seaman ove as foreman of the (irand present there are 190 cases opening address, Justice mmentad on thefact that so few criminal cases, and said he thought it I rountv fo be proud ght it was a thing for the member of the Jury to visit the local institutions and make themselves familiar with the various phases of county an dtown work. IN MEMORIAM COWEN In sad and loving mem ory of MARY I.OFISE COWEN. the I II vesterdav rc-ihlcgram: Everything O. I.

cloved wife of John Cnwen. who do- parted this life March 29. 1917. Goal giveth His beluved rest. HUSBAND.

Mrs. Archie celved Ihe following "Am resting line K. Archie." 10 II-JI Ea.l. 1 1.

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