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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1918. 128 CASUALTIES; 10 MEN KILLED, 73 ARE WOUNDED 37 of Pershing's Soldiers Missing Only Two Brooklyn Names in List. Washington, September 14-The following casualities are reported by the Commanding General, of the American Expeditionary Forces: Killed in action 10 Missing in acton 37 Wounded severely 67 Died of disease Wounded (degree Died of accident and other causes Died from wounds Total 128 KILLED IN ACTION. Privates.

HAMMOND. M. R.F.D, Oregon City, Ore. HOLTZ, F. 133s Beloit Janesville, Wis.

HUNTER, J. 205 N. Charleston Charlotte, N. C. LANDES.

RAY Greenacres, Wash. MeINNISS, M. 1030 5th av Troy. N. Y.

MAHON, T. F. 57 Bushnell Hartford, Conn. RAAEN, JOHN Fingal. N.

D. SCHREIER, 3952 15th San Francisco. VANDAM, CORNELIUS, Platte, S. D. MILLER, ARTHUR Websterville, Vt.

DIED FROM WOUNDS. Privates. HATZFELD. W. 3984A Utah St.

Louis. JONES, THOMAS Dexter, Mo. MURRAY. JESSE Roaring Spring, Pa. OAKLEY, ELMER ARONS, Burr, Mo.

DIED OF DISEASE. Privates. HOOPER. GEORGE, Thornton. Ark.

ROBERTSON, EARL Hood River, Ore, DIED FROM ACCIDENT AND OTHER CAUSES. Privates, GHIRARDI, GEORGE, League City, Tex, SHEEHAN, JOHN, Loughri, Ireland. WOUNDED SEVERELY. Major. MITCHELL, M.

612 Angell Providence. Lieutenants. HAPER, HARRY Smithboro, Ill. MacMILLAN, SIDNEY Wilmington, N. C.

Sergeant. MIZE, J. 605 W. Laurel Seymour, Ind. Corporals, DITTBERNER, R.F.D, 1, Merrimack, Wis.

HUDSON, E. 919 N. Smith RockingN. HUNTER, R. F.

D. 6. Galesburg, Ill. GEORGE, Taylor, Ark. McGRAW, JOHN Marlington, W.

Va. RUANE, J. 74 Lancaster Cohoes, N. Y. Mechanic.

FOWLER, W. 1331 st. S. Washington Privates. FLAGG, NORMAN Larimore, N.

D. FRANKOWICZ, J. 1127 Cornell Chicago. GELPOKE, PAUL 65 Eighth ave, Bkiyn. GOSS, GEORGE, Box 122 Hokah, Minn.

GUY, CECIL Crystal Springs, Miss. HENRIE LEGRAND. La Salle. Utah. HENRY, HARRY 1865 Chestnut ave, TrenN.

J. HERRING, W. 430 Earlham terrace, Phila, HIMMEL, HERBERT Moscow Mills, Mo. HINKLE, ABIE. 520 N.

Madison st. Clinton, Ill. HOYT, HOBERT 320 W. Lincoln st, Lyons, Kan. JOHNSON.

EDWARD. Mullan, Idaho. KAMAR, PETER. 1338 Leavitt st, Chicago. KAMPA.

IGNATZ Independence, Wis. KASTRICHIS, NICK, Kasprinton, Greece. KELLEY, ARTHUR 1118 S. Union st, Mishawaka, Ind. KLIMA, JERRY 1271 Lexington av, N.

Y. KOBUSINSKI, 127S McDougal st, Detroit. LIDSTROM, HENRY Palermo, N. D. MALECKI.

AUGUST Berlin, Wis. MARICOUTI. 2443 Cumberland ave, N. Y. MATTINGLY, TONY.

Debow. Ark. METTS. WM. R.

F. D. 1. Figsboro, Va. MILLER NELIEN, R.

F. D. Sheridan. Ill. MINNICK, PAUL 125 Troy st.

Payne, 0. MOLESON, MIKE. 856 Greens Alley, Scranton, MULLER. HENRY Alden, Minn. R.

F. D. 1, Gainesville, Tex. NEILSON. EDWIN Buchanan, N.

D. NETTLETON. FRED R. F. D.

1, Rhodes, Mich. NYKOWSKI, 8504 Barley ave, S. Chicago. ROSE, AUSTIN Truro, Mass. ROSE.

JOS. 440 S. Dearborn st. Chicago. SMOLINSKI, WADYK, 82 Bridge st, Union City, Conn.

SAUL, 319 Jones st, Dayton, 0. SWARTZENBERGER, M. Devils Lake, N. D. TEETER, FLOYD Albermarle, N.

C. VINSON, GEO. Colquitt. Ga. WESTERGARD.

ROB. Cando. N. D. WIEBER, EMIL.

Henkinson, N. D. WRIGHT. ERNEST Hazelton, N. D.

O'REILLY, FRANK 614 7th av, Grand Forks, N. D. PRICE, BRUCE S. C. RINEHOLT, M.

Sunlight. w. Va. ROSS. EMIL Montello, Wis.

RYAN JOHN. 510 Market st. San Francisco. SANDERSON, R. F.

D. 1. Bradley, Wis. SCHUMER. GEO.

748 Wesley ave, ston, Ill. SHAROW. EARL. West Branch, Mich. SILVERMAN, SAM, 46 Allen st.

New York. JAMES Comanche, Okla. TAYLOR. Woodbine. Ky.

THOMAS. CHAS. Cumberland, Va. WHITE. CHAS.

Hooper, Utah. 318 Church st. Duryea, Pa. MARKOWITZ, LOUIS, 1800 Pitkin Bkln. WOUNDED, DEGREE UNDETERMINED.

Privates. HASSETT. DENNIS 11 Knowlton ave, Worcester. Mass. LILLEY, JOHN 10341 Lowe ave, Chicago.

McMANUS, 276 W. 119th st, New York. MILLER, ORIAN Carmi, Ill. MORRISETTE, D. 53 Cedar st, Lewiston, Me.

VIRDEN. BRADY Bald Knob, Ark. MISSING IN ACTION. Corporal, WALSTAD, ELMER R. F.

D. 2, Evansville, Minn. Privates. MURPHY, BRAND, La Grange, Ga. BUBALO, MARKO, Phillipsburg.

Mont. DAIGLE. EDGAR Patterson, La. DALY, JAMES 18 Leywood av, Holyoke, Mass. DEEM.

FRED Parkersburg, W. Va. FENE. VICTOR Huntington, Ark. FITZER.

LOUIS Clear Lake, Wis. FRENCH, EDWIN Grove Terrace, Methuen, Mass. PAUL, 4552 South st. St. Paul.

HANZOOK, SAIVA, Derazano, Russia. HOFFMAN, IRA R. F. D. 1, Shelbyville, Texas.

HOLMES, HENRY 34 Ridge S. Kirkwood. Ga. HOVENCAMP, LEON R. F.

D. 4, Horseheads, N. Y. XAKIS MANTHOS Asmere, Greece. KALITKA, JOHN, Coal Dale, Pa, LAY.

THOMAS, 60 Ashley st, Bridgeport, Conn. LUCAS, WILLIAM Stiles, Wis. McCULLOUGH. ALLEN Hammond, Wis. MARMES.

PAUL. R. F. D. 4.

Antigo. Wis. MARQUARDT. HENRY, 513 Chestnut st, Neenah. Wis.

MELAWSKY, SAMCEL. 1708 Polk st. Chicago. MUELLER, FRANK Albany, Minn. O'BREIN, FRED, Veteran's Home, Waupaca, Wis.

O'NEILL, JAMES W. 2202 107th st, Morgan Park, Ill. PAYNE. CHARLES Cherrydale, Pa, POPOSKI, JOSEPH, 120 Norwalk av, Hamtrainck. Mich.

REID. ROBERT Round Hill. Va. WALTER 501 16th st. Milwaukee.

1417 Rebucka st. Pittsburg. RUSSO. ANTONIO, N. Larger st, Lansing.

Mich. SCHLOSSER. G. H. sunnyside, Washington.

SHIRK, McKINLEY R. F. 13, 2, Grand Porks, Dak. SINCLAIR. ARCHIE 311 19th av.

Seattle, Wash. SMITH. JOSEPH Sparta, Texas, SPILSKI, FRANK 517 5th st, Menasha. Wis. TAYLOR, ORA Poplar Bluff, Mo.

TOTAL NUMBER TO DATE. INCLUDING THOSE REPORTED ABOVE: Killied in action (includng 291 at sea) 5.758 Died of wounds 1.:64 Died of distase 1,734 Died of accident and other causes 826 Wounded in action 16,575 Missing in action (including prisoners 3,962 Total to date 30.619 I. W. W. HEADQUARTERS RAID Butte, September 14-Federal and city officials, assisted by United States Cavalry stationed here.

early today raided headquarters of the Industrial Workers of the World, and the offices of the Butte Bulletin, a daily newspaper publication of which had been forbidden by the State Council of Defense. The elltire staff of the paper from the editor and business manager down the Linotype operator, were talen to polico headquarters. Lt. Gus Grafmuller and 8 Other Brooklyn-L. I.

Boys on Casualty List; 2 Are Killed Several Brooklyn men are in the latest casualties reported. Four of these are on the list officially sent from Washington. That the men now fighting believe the battles, they are engaged in to be demonstrated by the tone of a letter written by Pvt. Joseph D. Mozelousky of Brownsville, to his fellow-members the Nonpariel Club of Brooklyn.

"He writes: will be fighting on German soil within a month; and once we get there, it means the beginning of the end! "We have captured many prisoners and they've put yours truly on guard over them. "It's the best job in France today. All I have to do is watch them and not let them run away. Really, I don't see just why we need to watch them. for the way they act I don't think you; could drive them away with a sixteeninch gun.

It means that they are glad to be captured by the Americans. Last night, while riding on the train they felt so happy they sang all the way." Pvt. Michael Norelli. Pvt. Michael Norelli of Company 7th U.

S. Infantry, was killed in action in France on June 19, according to advices received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Norelli. 38 Bandman Jamaica.

Norelli enlisted in the 7th Infantry about two vears ago, and left for France on April 16 last. He was born in Italy and the family moved to this country eleven years ago, making their home in Jamaica, where Michael later graduated from P. S. No. 50.

The father is a shoemaker at Jamaica, and, before he enlisted, Michael was employed in a shoe factory in Brooklyn. He leaves, besides his parents, three sisters. Pvt. John Wright. The death of Pvt.

John Wright of Manhasset, L. not yet officially nounced, is told in a letter from Sgt. Dennelley, a fellow member of the 165th Regt. Wright was the son of Mrs. Margaret Wright and was 20 vears old.

He enlisted in the old 69th Regt. shortly after the United States entered the war. At the time of his I enlistment he was employed as a chauffeur. Put. Anthony Bonagura.

Pvt. Anthony Bonagura, 27 years old, of 406 Lefferts officially reported wounded, degree undetermined, was drafted December 5 and assigned to the 307th and sent to Camp Upton, where he remained until sent to France in May. His wife. Mrs. Grace Bonagura, received an official telegram announcing that he had been wounded June 1.

A letter from him told her that he was in a London base hospital, having been injured during an raid by flying particles of bomb. Bonagura was a graduate of the publie schools of this borough. 1st Lt. G. E.

Grafmueller. First Lt. Gus Grafmueller, an adjutant of the 305th Infantry, has been severely wounded and gassed in action, according to a telegram reaching his mother, Mrs. Alexander Rain of 555 Herkimer yesterday. Two days previously she had received a letter from him telling of his wounds and saying he had been badly burnt with gas in action on August 15.

Lt. Grafmueller is a graduate of the Plattsburg Training and a member of the Crescent Athletic Club. He is 31 years old, a graduate of Public School 35 and Boys High School. His going to France is resented by a star on the service flag of the Church of the Good Shepherd. A brother Carl is also in France, having enlisted with the 47th Regiment.

Pit. Floyd B. Gelteke. Pvt. Floyd B.

Gelteke, 22 years old, son of Mrs. Paul Geltcke of 65 Eighth WINS D. S. C. SERGEANT J.

H. DENNELLEY, JOHN H. DENNELLEY. CULET STUDIO Sgt. John H.

Dennelley of the 165th Inf. has been recommended for the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery under fire, according to a letter received from him by his mother, Mrs. John Dennelley, of Middle Neck road, Great Neck, L. I. Before he enlisted Sgt.

Dennelley was editor of the Long Island Globe. In all of the bloody conflicts in which the Rainbow Division was engaged Sgt. Dennelley came out without EL scratch. Sgt. Dennelley was advanced in rank after the manner in which he gallantly acquitted himself under tire.

The exact details of the deed or deeds for which it has been recommended that the D. S. C. be conferred upon him is not know. THREE IN MERCHANT MARINE.

Boston, September 14 -Today's list of men by the United States Shipping Board at Boston, for enrollment on its Merchant Marine training ships, included Albert R. Tuveri of 248. South Fourth street, Philip Cohen 1 of 363 South Fourth street, and Thomas P. Croke of 563 Halsey street, Brooklyn, 17 AMERICANS ON THE CANADIAN LIST Ottawa, September 14-The Canadian casualty list, issued today, contains the names of the following Americans: WOUNDED. HUSEBY, Nashua, Mont.

HOY Lynn. Mass. ENGLISH. Minneapolis, Minn. GANGBY.

Bradford. FITZGERALD, Seattle, Wash. ELLIS. Port Huron. Mich.

FOLEY E. Clinton. Ind. McCALL. Pontlac, Mich.

Goodthunder, Minn. QUIMETTE. Huron, D. ROCKETT. R.

Harding. Mass. LANGEVIN. P. J.

Route's Point, N. Y. ALLARD, Woonsocket, It. GASSED. ROONEY.

Detroit, Mich. WILLIAMSON, H. Detrolt. PATLER 1. Bloomfield, N.

J. EASTMAN, G. Chicago. WOMEN DEMOCRATS IN LIVELY ROWS OVER CHOICE OF LEADERS Mrs. Whitman Succeeds Mrs.

McMahon in 16th-Rival Factions Pick Leaders in 8th. Two upsets and several rows developed at the meetings held in the various Assembly districts by the Democrats last night to elect women leaders and officers of the Assembly district committees, while several of the expected fights did not develop because the meetings at which they were scheduled were adjourned until a later date. The upsets were in the Sixth and the Sixteenth. In the former, as had been predicted, Miss Carrie D'Oench was chosen woman leader to supersede Mrs. Francis P.

Rooney, who, although she made a fight to retain her post, was decisively beaten. In the Sixteenth Mrs. Minnie Whitman was chosen to succeed Mrs. Jennie MeMahon. Mrs.

McMahon, who was the provisional leader, did not make a fight to hold her place. The selection of Mrs. Whitman was a surprise. Mrs. Margaret Geradot, who had expected to get the McMahon vacancy, declared last night that she had been doublecrossed.

In the Eighth Assembly District, where Patrick J. Diamond defeated Charles M. Byrne for the leadership by nine votes, the two factions held separate meetings and elected separate sets of officers and two women leaders. The Diamond faction reelected Mrs. Marie A.

Westbrook as woman leader, and the Byrne group chose Mrs. Mary Wise, who succeeds Mrs. S. J. McNamara, the former! Byrne woman leader who declined election because of ill health.

'In the Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Twentieth, where other rows had been brewing, the meetings were postponed. The results in the various districts were as follows: First Assembly District. More than hundred and fifty members of the Women's Seawanhaka Democratic Club of the lower end of the First Assembly District gathered in the clubhouse at 305 Concord and re-elected without a dissenting vote Mrs. Martha Guilfoyle as their executive chairman. The Assembly District committee elected consists of Patrick J.

McCann, president; Mrs. Mary Carberry, first vice president; Mrs. Mary Black, seeond vice president; Miss Marie McKeon, secretary, and Daniel treasurer. In the upper end of the First Assembly District Mrs. Margaret V.

Walters was re-elected as leader of the women's organization. The meeting was called to order in the clubhouse, 350 Atlantic ave. by Leader Quayle, who acted as temporary chairman. The Assembly District committee officers elected were: Walter 1. Madden, chairman; James F.

McGovern, first vice chairman; Mrs. H. Hyams, second vice chairman, and Eugene Kelly, secretary. Second Assembly District. In the Second Assembly District, the Democratic women met at the headquarters of the Kings Highway Democratio Club, 1124 Kings Highway.

Miss Lillian Murphy was unanimously re-elected leader. Lawrence Megsenger was chosen for chairman of the Assembly District Committee. William J. Kinsella was chosen first vice chairman and Mrs. Lillian Wilson, second vice chairman.

John E. Stoddard was elected treasurer. Mary Francis McGann was elected corresponding secretary and David Goldberg recording secretary. Third Assembly District. Miss Anna L.

Patterson was reelected as executive member of the Women's Democratic organization of the Third Assembly District at the meeting held last evening in the clubhouse at 314 Clinton street. The meeting was called to order by Senator Thomas H. Cullen. The Assembly District Committee officers elected Senator Thomas Cullen, chairman; Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, vice chairman: Joseph Moylan, secretary, and Dennis Clare, treasurer.

Fourth Assembly District. The Democratic Assembly District Committee of the Fourth last night elected Fire Commissioner Thomas J. Drennan as its chairman. The women members of the committee were reelected Dr. Laura Riegelman as the woman leader.

The meeting was held in the Seneca Club, 130 Taylor st. The other officers of the Assembly District Committee chosen were as follows: Harry J. Rosen, vice chairman; Peter F. Nolan, secretary, and John Lawler. treasurer.

The women selected Mae Drennan as vice chairman of their division; Ella M. Woods, secretary, and Alice Lindsay, treasurer. Fifth Assembly District. Mrs. Mary Greehy was re-elected as the woman leader in the Fifth, at the meeting held last night at the headquarters, 735 Hancock st.

Mrs. Thomas Finn was re-elected secretary. The Assembly district committee elected Leader James I. Sexton as chairman and Miss Grace E. Smart as secretary.

The election of other officers was postponed because the organization desired to spend its time planning for block parties. Sixth Assembly District. Miss Carrie D'Oench, Fire Commissioner Thompson's choice for woman leader of the Sixth Democratic A. was victorious at the election last night, over Mrs. Francis P.

Rooney, a supporter of Charles A. Tolleris. In fact, Miss D'Oench carried the election by a landslide, receiving thirtyeight votes, against five for Mrs. Rooney. President John Dorman was chairman of the meeting.

The Assembly District Committee elected as follows: Mortimer S. Brown, man; Rosemary Rogers, vice chairman; George Dorfman, recording secretary; Anna K. Fagan, corresponding secretary; William J. Farrell, treasurer. Seventh Assembly District.

The expected over the election of a woman Heather in the Seventh Assembly District did not materialize it last had night. been Mrs. predicted Mary Gotimer, who might run for the place against Mrs. Agnes Leonard Ward, the provisional leader, nominated Mrs. Ward for re-election and she was chosen unanimously.

Mrs. Gotimer was given the position of first vice chairman in the Assembly District Committee. John Howard WaS chosen chairman. The other officers were: Mrs. Anna McGreevey, second vice chairman; Mrs.

Gertrude Fuller, third vice chairman: Patrick F. Barden, fourth vice chairman; Joseph Astarita and Miss Agnes Mackin, secretaries, and Thomas J. Murphy, treasurer. Eighth Assembly District. warring factions of the Eighth Assembly District Democrats held separate meetings last night for the election of the chairman of the Assembly District Committee and the woman leader.

Consequently two sets of were chosen. Charles M. Byrne, who was defeated by 9 votes, according to the police figures, for the State committeemanship, but who elected the majority of the county committeemen, called meeting of them at his clubhouse, 220 Bergen st. The followers of Patrick J. Diamond.

who captured the State committeemanship from Byrne, refused to reeognize the Byrne meeting and called a meeting of their own at the Gowants Club, 375 Sackett st. The majority of the county committeemen attended the Byrne meeting. Byrne, who has begun proceedings for a recount of the primary vote, predicted at the session that when the recount was finished he would be shown the winner. He made this statement at the opening of the meeting and then the election of officers proceeded. The women of th Byrne organization selected Mrs.

Mary Wise as the woman leader. She succeeds Mrs. S. J. McNamara, who was the provisional leader, a Byrne supporter, but who was unable to take the job again because of ill health.

Byrne, himself, was chosen as chairman of the Asen elected a full compliment of offisembly District do Committee. The womcers for organization, including Maud Garrity, May Belford, Emma Whelan, Adele Gibbons and Helen Hughes, vice chairmen; Sadie Farley, recording secretary; Mary Hazlitt, corresponding secretary; Daisy Ward, financial secretary, and Alice Cavanagh, treasurer. The Byrne Assembly District Committeemen elected with Byrne the following officers: Walter J. Bryan, Joseph Fitzgerald, Peter Kilgallon and William Howard, vice chairmen: Joseph Farrell, secretary; Richard Hossett, assistant secretary; treasurer, Denis Norton. Down at the Gowanus Club Mrs.

Marie A. Westbrooke, who had been leader of the Diamond women, was reelected woman leader and Samuel A. Byers, chairman of the Assembly District Committee. The other officers of the committee are Alice W. Hodgens, vice chairman; Carrie Richmond, secretary, and James J.

O' Brien, treasurer. Ninth Assembly District. Mrs. Edward J. Dougherty did not press her fight in the Ninth Assembly District Democratic organization at the meeting called to choose a woman leader last night, and the women reelected as their leader, Mrs.

Evelyn C. Meagher, wife of ex-Alderman John J. Meagher, without a dissenting voice. She had been the provisional chairman. Th Assembly District Committee elected as its officers for the ensuing year Thomas P.

Flanagan, chairman; John W. Kirk, secretary, and Michael T. Fay, treasurer. Tenth Assembly District. At the meeting of the Tenth Assembly District Democratic County Committee members at the ton Club, 241 Prospect place, Mrs.

Minnie J. Harris was re-elected man of the women members without opposition. The officers of the Assembly District Committee also elected without opposition are: Chairman, John D. Mason; vice chairman, Mrs. Minnie J.

Harris, recording secretary, George F. Kelly, corresponding secretary, Loretta McCormack: treasurer, Frank Fields, assistant treasurer, Beatrice Judge. Eleventh Assembly District. The Democrats of the Eleventh Assembly District meeting at the Andrew Jackson Club, 27 Jefferson avenue, reelected Mrs. Alice Leddy as the woman member of the Executive Committee.

There was no opposition to her nor was there opposition to the following officers elected for the sembly District Committee: Chairman, James B. Bouck vice chairman, Mrs. Mary L. McKeefe, and Miss A. Jewett; recording secretary, Mrs.

Josephine Blossfield; corresponding secretary, John Gregory McMahon; financial secretary, Miss Gertrude Gleason, treasurer, Patrick J. Carlin Twelfth Assembly District. The meeting of the 12th Assembly District Women Democrats, held at Acme Hall. adjoining the clubhouse at 439 Ninth elected Mrs. Ellen M.

Joyce as the woman member of the executive committee. The officers of the Assembly District Committee elected wede: Chairman, D. Kenneth McEvoy; first vice chairman. Mary McNamara; second vice chairman, Agnes Donohue; third vice chairVan man, Etta Valkenburg; V. Boyle; assistant secretary, secretary, Cecil Anna T.

McGinness; treasurer, James Holder. The Thirteenth Assembly District. Election of officers of the Thirteenth Assembly District Committee and the selection of a woman leader was postponed by the Democratic organization last night and September 19 set as the date for the meeting. Miss Elizabeth Skehan is slated for re-election to the woman leadership, it is said. Fourteenth Assembly District The women of the Fourteenth reelected Mrs.

Catherine I. Carroll. wife of Senator Daniel J. Carroll, as leader last night. The officers of the Assentbly district committee were as follows: Terrence Nugent, chairman; Mary Burns, Arthur Malley, John Hagen, Michael Lardo, Mary Rafferty and John Reilling, vice chairmen; Andrew Yacenda, secretary; M'ss M.

Berg, recording secretary: William Brown, corresponding secretary; Thos. Tracey, financial secretary; Daniel Donovan, treasurer. Fifteenth Assembly District. Because of a block party that was being held on Leonard street from Greenpoint avenue to Driggs avenue, under the auspices of the Greenpoint Auxiliary of the American Red Cross, the Assembly District committee meeting the Fifteenth Assembly District, scheduled last night at the headquarters of Leader James MoQuade, Manhattan and Meserole was postponed until tonight. S'xteenth Assembly District.

Charges of "double crossing" and considerable general disorder merked the session of the Sixteenth Assembly District Democrats held last night at the Coney Island Democratic Club to elect a new woman leader and officers of the Assembly District Committee. Mrs. Minnie Whitman was finally selected the woman leader and Dr. P. I.

Nash, chairman of the Assembly District Committee. John J. Ryan, the newly elected State Committeeman, who defeated Leader Charles R. Ward at the primaries, presided over both the session of the women and that of the men. When he attempted to take the chair in the women's meeting Mrs.

Jennie McMahon, who was the former woman leader and who supported Ward, protested vigorously, asserting that until her successor had been chosen she was the presiding officer. Ryan declined to relinquish the gavel. however. Mrs. Whitman was nomi-1 nated by Miss Clara Raymond.

Mrs. McMahon's name was presented by her followers, but she declined the nomination. Before the meeting. Margaret Geredot, who, it had been stated, was slated to succeed Mrs. McMahon, asserted that she had "been doublecrossed." She left the meeting before the election.

the men chose Dr. Nash as chairman they elected as the other officers Miss Clara Raymond, Charles La Vee and Mrs. Jeanette Joseph as vice chairmen: John J. Foley, secretary: John F. Cronin, and Miss Nellie Weedon, assistant secretaries, and Miss Catherine Ellis, treasurer.

17th Assembly District. Members of the Seventeenth Assembly District Democratic organization met in the clubrooms last evening, at 590 Gates and unanimously elected officers of the Assembly District Committee, as follows: Thomas A. Crennan, chairman: Mrs. Theresa Richards, vice chairman; Thomas F. McGrath, vocording secretary; Miss Winifred McGucken.

corresponding secretary, and William Bets, treasurer. Mrs. Minnie J. Abels was elected by the women as the women's leader. 18th Assembly District.

Democratic County Leader McCooey's followers in the Eighteenth Assembly District meeting at the Madison Club, 1519 Pacife last evening elected: Joseph V. Gallagher 18 chairman of the Assembly Dis. trict: Charles J. Minsterer, secretary; Joseph Weber, treasurer. The women of the district met and unanimously THOMAS B.

HURLEY KILLED IN ACTION 70 THOMAS 5. HURLEY Pvt. Thomas Bernard Hurley, 21 years! old, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hurley, of 319 Chauncey was killed in action July 31.

He was a member of the 106th M. G. C. He enlisted in March, 1917, in Troop of the First New York Cavalry and went to France in April of this Nile was a graduate of Public School 167. re-elected Sallie McCree Minsterer as chairman.

Other officers chosen were: Margaret Murphy, first vice chairman; Jeannette G. Archer, recording secretary; Margaret Quigley, treasurer. Nineteenth Assembly District. Mrs. Dina Katske was elected both as woman leader and as chairman of the Assembly District Committee by the Nineteeneth District Democrats last night at the meeting held in the district headquarters, 24 Jefferson avenue.

Her selection as the woman leader was a re-election. She was, the provisional chairman under the organization effected last spring, and the women continued her by last night's action. The men and women members of the Assembly District Committee meeting together elected her as the chairman of that committee. The officers chosen were: August Hasenflug, chairman; Mrs. John vice chairman; Ambrose Richards, vice chairman; Mrs.

Rudolph Avenus, secretary; Mrs. James Dempsey and Moses Rubenstein, treasurers. Twentieth Assembly District. There was no meeting in the Twentieth Assembly Disthict last night. William F.

Delaney, the leader, said that the clubhouse would be entirely inadequate to hold all of the members of the County Committee so he had arranged to hold the meeting in P. S. No. 56, Madison st. and Bushwick on next Tuesday night.

Not knowing that the leader had arranged for the school gathering, a large number of the wood Democrats journeyed to the club, Bushwick and Putnam last night. In this district there is some opposition to the re-election of Mrs. Anna Spencer, woman leader. Twenty-first Assembly District. Mrs.

Mary F. O'Malley was elected woman leader by the Democratic WOmen of the Twenty-first Assembly District at the meeting held last night at the Flatbush Democratic Club. The Assembly District Committee elected as officers: Charles A. Meyers, chairman: Mrs. Annie Toomey, Mrs.

May D. Koke, Mrs. Agnes Heinman and Mrs. Nellie A. McCann, vice chairmen: Michael Cochoran, recording secretary; Mrs.

Edith Haywood, corresponding secretary, and Edward E. Mackey, treasurer. Twenty-second Assembly The Democratic County Committee of the Twenty-second Assembly District. at the clubhouse, Fulton and Hendriv elected Tax Commissioner James P. Sinnott chairman: Miss Rae Sovin, vice chairman; Miss Ida Regan, second vice chairman; Miss Mabel Boyd, secretary, and Joseph Eschmann, treasurer.

Following the election of the committee officers Miss Gertrude Vaughan was reelected as woman leader. 23d Assembly District. Mrs. Laura Mulcaire was re-elected woman leader of the Democrats in the 23d District last night, at the meeting of the County Committee held at the clubhouse, 1120 Herkimer st. United States Marshal James M.

Power presided over the meeting. The officers of the Assembly district mittee elected were: James M. Power, chairman; Mrs. Laura Mulcaire, vice chairman: Miss Esther Arkowitz, second vice chairman: John J. Carberry, treasurer: Miss Mae Convoy, recording secretary, and Irving G.

Rothschild, corresponding secretary. 5 NEW INSTRUCTORS FILL POLY'S FACULTY Take Places of Those Called to the Colors. Five new men have been added to the faculty of Polytechnic Institute, fill vacancies left by others called colors, and preparations are going on to provide for war requirements. New students are still coming in, and Dr. Atkinson says the registration will be the largest In Poly's history.

Capt. Henry C. Gemmill, U. S. has been assigned by the War Board as the military commander of the Students Army Training Corps.

He has been connected with secondary and vocational schools in New York. As assistants he will have other army officers, in the proportion of one to every 75 men. The institute has been allotted 250 soldiers. The new members of the faculty are: Professor Edwin F. Church, appointed acting head of the mechanical engineering department; he is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has been connected with the University of West Virginia; Frederick W.

Ming has succeeded Mr. Seubert in the same department; Mr. Ming studied at Cornell; he has been chief engineer of th Davenport Manufacturing Company, producers of the 240mm. howitzers, used in France. Prof.

Robin Brach, replaces Lt. Barrett, U. S. in the Electrical Engineering Department. He was head of the same course in Norwich College, N.

H. Prof. Charles D. Calking, graduate from and instructor at Renssalaer Institute, Troy, takes the place of Prof. Berry, now in France.

Dr. James Brown has been appointed a professor of analytical chemistry. He received his Ph.D. from Yale in 1905, and has taught in Butler College, Annapolis. PERU NOT IN THE WAR Lima, Peru, September 14-A motion for a Declaration of war on Kermany, made at a secret session of the Peruvian Chamber of Deputies last night was defeated by a large majority.

Instead the Chamber approved a motion presented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, approving the present rupture of diplomatic relations between Peru and Germany, which began on October 5, 1917, and declaring "Our solidarity with the great American democracy which proclaims for the world the reign of justice." It is expected that the Senate will approve the resolution. MARK ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL HYMN Thousands of Voices Sing "Star Spangled Banner" in City Hall Park. was slightly wounded in action on July 20, according to a telegram which his mother received from the War Department last Saturday, on the same day she received a letter from Floyd in which he said that he had received a bit of shrapnel his leg. Gelteke, who was a great wrestler when he attended the Polytechnic Preparatory School, enlisted a year ago and went to France last November with Battery of the 5th Field Artillery He has a brother, Alfred, who enlisted August 1 in the Navy and now at Pelham Bay Training Station. Pvt.

Louis Markowitz. Pyt. Louis Markowitz, of 1800 Pitkin was born in Russia, 22 years ago, and has lived in this country for six vears. Oflicial announcement 18 to the effect that he Was severely wounded in action July 19. He enlisted last October, and was sent TO Fort Slocum, with Company 16th Inf.

He sailed for France November 22. At the time of his enlistment, he was employed by the Naylor Bed Company, in the capacity of brass buffer. Several letters received by his mother, Mrs. Rose Markowitz, have given graphic descriptions of his experiences. In one letter, he said that on July 19, with four other privates and a lieutenant, he went out into "No Man's Land'' to reconnoitre.

The little party met about 20 Germans, with whom they got into a scrap, in which they were successful. Several shell fragments hit Markowitz in the side, however, and in a subsequent letter he sent three of the pieces, one fully an inch long. Three weeks before this encounter, Markowitz had been gassed. After a short time in the hospital he went back to the trenches, and was wounded soon after. Pit.

Frederick 0. Brown. A trench mirror made of heavy steel which he carried in his breastpocket, probably saved the life of Pyt. Frederick O. Brown of 59 Linden Flushing, when he was hit by a German shell on August 4, according to a letter just received by his mother, Mrs.

Seymour Brown, from Chaplain H. Pearce of the 17th Field Ambulance. This is the first news that the boy's mother has received since the telegram from the War Department. which reached her home one week ago. In his letter Chaplain Pearce states that Pvt.

Brown has been slightly wounded by a piece of shrapnel, in the right arm. "It has broken the bone, but it is a clean break and will do weyy. There is nothing to be anxious about," writes the chaplain. "He has had a wonderful escape, for which he feels very grateful. The shrapnel bullet struck a mirror he was carrying in his breast pocket.

This probably saved his There is a big bulge in the mirrow. The bullet was deflected and has done little harm. He is keeping the mirror and bullet as souvenirs. He sends his best love and kisses and will write as soon as possible." Brown is a member of Company 107th Infantry, having been transferred from Company Tenth Regi- ment, of Flushing. Put.

Edwin S. Smith. Pvt. Edwin Swift Smith of 461 First street. is reported as missing in action on August 13, according to a letter received by his mother a little over a week ago.

Smith was born in Summit, N. thirty-six years ago. In 1916 he enlisted with the 18th Regt. of Pittsburg, where he was at the time employed on a newspaper. He went to Camp Hancock, and after a period of training was sent to France, as a member of the 109th Machine Gun Battalion, Company He has traveled throughout the country a great deal, but his boyhood was spent in Brooklyn, where he attended the public schools.

BROOKLYN SOLDIER CITED FOR BRAVERY Sergt. William Maloney, Gallant in Face of Enemy, Commend-! ed by Division Commander. Patrolman Michael E. Maloney of the Fort Hamilton station, has received the following military order conferred upon his brother, William Maloney, who is a sergeant in Company 165th Inf. (old 69th), which tells how the sergeant, who is well known along the New York water front, has been commended by the commanding officer the Forty-second Division for heroic conduct on July 18 in France: The order reads: "American Expeditionary Forces, July 24, "From Assistant Division Adjutant, 42d Division.

"To Sgt. William Maloney, Company 165th Inf. "Subject commendation. "I am directed by the division commander to inform you that your conduct on the occasion of July 18, 1918. in when, sub-sector with three Tauphiniere-Champagne, of your men, you did voluntarily take up a position where you knew that the enemy was present force and you were in danger of beting surrounded, and you covered the withdrawal of your platoon to their position during which time you saw about sixty of the enemy advancing toward your platoon's position and immediately carried back this information to your platoon commander, has been brought to his personal attention and he considers your performance of duty on this occasion worthy of the highest commendation.

regards your action. in the face of the enemy, gallant and an example to your comrades in arms and characteristic of that splendid standard upon which the traditions of our military establishment are founded. Signed. "JAMES E. THOMAS.

"Capt. Adj. Gen." Sat. Maloney has been a sergeant in Co. for the last three years and went with the 69th Regt.

to the Mexican border. In civil life he was employed in the freight department of the Bush Terminal Co. and has many friends along the North River waterfront and both in Brooklyn and New York. He made his home with Patrolman Maloney at 930 58th this borough. WOMEN MOB LANDLORD Yetta Rabinowitz and Rosie Rosenbloom of 456 Williams and Israel Risner of 444 Williams were arrested at noon today after, it is alleged, they attempted to mob Abraham Perlman, landlord of the rat where the women live, because he raised rents.

They are the second hatch of three to be arrested for treating this landlord roughly. They are all members of the Brownsville Rent Payers The fracas started at 100n when Perlman appeared to look over his property. Immediately a crowd gathered. Tomatoes were hurled and finally finger nails attached to feminine hands scratched his face, The police, who arrived and rescued him, retained the three prisoners after they repulsed the crowd. The strains of "The Star-Spangled Banner" welled out after noon today over City shortly, from a chorus of thousands of voices.

The voices belonged to a throng that filled the plaza immediately in front of the Hall to overflowing assembled there in token of this city's official recognition of the 100th anniversary of the writing of our national anthem. The gathering was a part of the three-day commemoration here of the composition of the anthem, a commemoration destined to make all citizens more familiar with it. Distinguished guests of distant nations were a part fthe throng at the City Hall, well-known men and women of city and a State also participated, and probably 15,000 persons formed the audience. Robert L. Moran, vice president of the Board of Aldermen, received the guests because of the absence of Mayor Hylan and Alfred E.

Smith and E. W. Cochems of the Mayor's Committee on National Defense, acted as chairman. The speakers' stand was set immediately on the steps of City Hall, with the members of the Mayor's Committee and of the Women's Committee and the guests sitting in back of the stand. The chief speaker was Supreme Court Justice Francis Key Pendleton, grandson of Francis Scott Key, who wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" during the bombardment of Fort McHenry at Baltimore 100 years ago.

Miss Anna Fitziu, the prima donna, sang all three verses of the anthem, and the vast audience joined in the chorus. So that there might be excuse for none to plead ignorance of the words of second and third verses leaflets giving the words the whole song were distributed to everybody. The celebration continues tomorrow, with special song programs in the various city parks. At Prospect Park at 3:30 the Brooklyn Commuity Chorus will lead a great Sunday afternoon audience in Brooklyn's share of the commemorative exercises. RUFUS GAYNOR FINED $50 Greenwich, September 14-- Rufus M.

Gaynor, son of the last Mayor William J. Gaynor, was found guilty here today of operating an automobile while under the influence of liquor. Judge Hubbard fined him $50 and costs. Young Gaynor was arrested Thursday night after his car had zigzagged across the road and collided with another machine. The policemen testified that Gaynor was staggering when brought into Police Headquarters.

Judge Hubbard demanded to know if the young man was the son of the late Justice Gaynor. He replied that he was. He declared that he was living in Garden City, L. but had come to Greenwich to visit his mother, who lives on Bush Belle Haven, a fashionable section of the town. Questioned further by the judge, he admitted having had one or two drinks at the Pickwick Inn, near where the occurred.

He stated tTat he ambulance accident, driver in France just before America entered the war, but that he had been shell shocked and invalided home: since which time he had not been engaged in any business. SUFFOLK GUARDS DRILL Bay Shore, L. September 14--The Suffolk Guards, a boys' organization for preparatory military training, in Bay Shore, Brightwaters and Islip, with a membership of some sixty boys between the ages of 14 and 18, gave an exhibition drill and dance at the Vitagraph Hall in Bay Shore last evening, in celebration of Gen. Pershing's birthday. The guards' drill was conducted by Com.

Paul E. DeFere Jr. and they were reviewed by Capt. Charles Hoyt, N. G.

S. N. who for many years has been at the head of the Knickerbocker Greys, the boys' organization that drills in the Seventh Regiment Armory, New York. The evening parade concluded with the firing of the evening gun of the Artillery Division. After the drill a fencing tournament was 'held and some very interesting bouts with the bayonet, the sabre and the foils were OBITUARY See also Death Notices, last page.

GEORGE LYSTER OGILVIE, in his 68th year, died Thursday at his home. Willow place and Grandview Springfield, after an illness of several months. He was born March 21, 1851, in Brooklyn. and was the son of George and Louise Lester Oglivie. He was a broker in Wall st.

in his early days. During the financial panic, in the 70s, he opened a printing establishment in Fulton Brooklyn, which he continued until his death. He was for twelve years treasurer and vestryman of Grace Reformed Episcopal Church in Herkimer Brooklyn. For the past thirteen years he made his home in Springfield. where he was an elder in the Presbyterian Church for ten years.

For several years he was corresponding secretary for the Springfield Citizens Association and was County Chief Templar for the Queens and Nassau counties Good Templar lodges. He is survived by a widow, Kate A. Oglivie, and four sons, William Edward Lester, Norman Fred and Frank Oswald. His sister, Charlotte Louise, resided with him for the past twenty-seven years, Funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, at his late residence, and the interment will be in Springfield Cemetery at the convenience of the family. CO BROOKLYN MEN PRISONERS OF HUNS William Hopke, Henry Woods and Joseph Sabantini Held in German Camps.

A list of 166 American soldiers now prisoners in Germany, made public at Washington today, contains the names of three Brooklyn men, William Hopke of 358 Bainbridge street, Henry E. Woods of 319 Sixty -eighth street, and Joseph Sabantini of 11 Sackman street. Hopke is at Camp Giessen, Woods at Camp Tuchel and Sabantini at Darmstadt. Previonsly The Eagle had reported the captures of all three. Hopke went to Camp Upton in December of last year and wa's a member of Company 102d M.

G. B. He was reported missing about May 10, 1918, and the first news that he was probably a prisoner reached Brooklyn on June 20. His parents, Mr. and Mrs.

William August Hopke, have another son, Charles, also in the service. Woods was a member of the Connecitcut National Guard and served as a corporal in Co. 102 Inf. He was reported missing member early in June. Sabantini was a of the 102d Engineers, had seen service on the Mexican border with the 71st N.

G. N. and was first reported missing on May 18. A block party for the benefit. of the American Red Cross will be held on Stockholm street, between Irving and Knickerbocker avenues, Saturday evening.

September 21. There will be the raising of a service flag having fifty star,.