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REHEARSALS BEG FOR KIDEEKLUBS BROOKLYN SHOW Tryouts Are Over and Talent Revealed Bespeaks Fine Entertainment. Miss Florence BROOKLYN BOY WOUNDED WEEK AFTER HIS SISTER HAD VISION OF MISHA | »pham {# to train Members of the venir World's Kid @ie Klub in a patriotic ballet, rep- resenting ourselves and our Allies, for the Klub's Patriotic Party which Is to take place the morning of April 6 at the Majestic Theatre, Brooklyn Characters in the ballet will include Liberty or America, France, Bel- gtum, England, Ita! tland, Spain, Japan avd a Red Cross nurse. These are the Kiddie Kiub cousins who will appear: Margaret Loulse Koehler, Irene Roth, Agnes Braham, Hagel Claudia Tapper, Selma Ruben, Estelle Levey, Margaret Gilligan, Violet Mil- ler, Janette Col Giadys Cohen, Margaret Donohue, Elsic Glados and Virginia Franck And there wil by Lucy von Ho wants to th a military dance ‘cousin r Kiddie cousins THE EVENING W ‘ING ORLD, SATURDAY, MAROH WOULDLET POOR PAY COURT F BY INSTALME Chief Magistrate McAdoo and. Up-State Judge Approve Proposed Law, Chief Magistrate William McAdoo | receive letter to-tay from City Court Judge F. Ditmans of Geneva! asking his assistance In an effort to) have tho bill introduced by Assembly- man McLoughlin to allow poor people to pay fines by instalment State-wide and not only apply to New York City. | “On two different occasions we here rote Judge Ditmans, | cised for collecting | fines on the installment plan by the State Comptroller, However, we have| brought into the city treawury a good many hundred dollars by doing 60. “Tam writing you in the hope that vu have the bill made broad! enough to cover the Whole State and not ¢ It to Gre New York.” Chief Magistrate doo in reply you will McA SQUIBS, FIBS AND SQUIBBIXES As the Squib Is No More to Be Believed Than the Fib, These Paragraphed Bon Mots Must Be Taken With a Grain of Salt, Especially Since the Squib Is Brother to the Jiblix, and That’s No Joke. By Arthur (‘Bugs’) Baer. Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing (The New York Evening World). HB equibbix is a squibbish beast, He 18 #0 long and fibbish, He lives in narrow paragraphs And talks in accents squibbieh, He doesn’t believe a thing he says. His diet 4s broiled fis, And that is why the squidbix beast Is always squibbing squibs, Most girls’ idea of Easter music is the squeak from a new pair of shoes. That line ts @ little squib, It's uncle ts the squibbix, It's also cousin to the fib And brother to the jiblix. Restaurant owner was found guilty of putting meat in his hash on Tuesdays. However, he ts innocent the other sx days of the week. Kaiser will frame a new treaty with Bullsheviki, “Frame” is right. New Ford submarine chaser will be able to submerge in a saucer, No matter whether the Italians take Trieste or whether the Aus- triang take Venice, you will never be able to buy grass seed that blooms as well outdoors as it does tn the catalogue, who 80 loyally presented themselves a eer ; Riive tevauts. aed ow that these CHSUAILY Lt Fullils Dream When ein out tht the 18) tow skinowers , tryouts are over and group rehearsals Sailor Is Listed A Vi |@ Judge to collect fines by inatal- Feo at New York's public golf links 1s now $5 a year, Which means are going on, quietly but energetic. | peered NL Hd aL AL SP |ionts, but that the proposed law| that one round of the links will cost some players ten dollars, ally, throughout Brooklyn, Cousin tims in Hospital jwould make this mandatory when-| wees Hleanor thinks that everybody in the) 4, an qaditional list of American|Over the reputation of the person Reason why you never see a photograph of the Katser riding on a Klub should draw a long breath and fined is such as warrants the pro-| horse is that he would need a stepladder to get on a rat, give three cheers for the neroUs caswaltion caused by the collision of the} ‘1 | ore fscet oh ade e Pa jotic cedure. Bey ye have mado the Patriotle tated states destroyer Manley with a : ¢ a : era A flock of squibs just flew by, oxsible “1 strikes me," he sald, hi First, there is George H. Nicolal, British man-of-war on March 19 the| etn Fe pe it a hat asl Please do not bump any. owner ‘of the Majestic Theatre, WhO pame of Frederick Hanson, coxawain, is) > Oo & a reasonable The reason why squibs fly in flocks has given it to the Kiddie Klub for (unt oe he tured He tere. (time to ® poor man in which to pay Is misery loves company, their party nd then there are '" ant oy gl ae ne ded and sent to|# fine, places the rich and poor on an sige Le house manag eee Lagi ve REVS PEGE 18H | actual as well as @ theoretical equality. Senator claims that 60,000 American officers are {n non-shootable rundm oth @ hospi : Senate r ei a of whom a van to| Hanson lived with his stster, Mra.|The court says to a rich man and @) uniforms, And we know of 60,000 Senators who are in non-thinkable make the party success, Madeline McCord, at No. 623 Decatur, poor man charged with the same of-! hats, dled | | meats IRISH M. PLARRESTED, | sscre’cte''anc’ has teen tn the. navy |the same penalty. —f fine each of you| New York volice Hina, translates Chinese food tate Ragilsh and weer ts years old gto alas he same penalty c 0 ‘ % beef on Tuesdays, This cop can eat in four- since he was sixte $25. In default of payment of which| accuses ¢ hink of serving L. Ginnell Charged With Inciting to 1 1 was at neon a hal |} teen languages, lak Vie teaen® ; ’ . ATT shall sentence cach of you to ten ee St anal a — ———- eee ee hia alater, | “But when | aays in the workhouse.’ | LONDON, March 23.—L. Ginnell,! he learn the Leviathan, formerly | O"¥* 1" er rcypor Member of Parliament from West-|the Vaterland, was about to mil, he cut| “Theoretically these men are being | BRITISH RADICALS TO MEET. BIG DROP IN EXf CARTS. menth, was arrested In Kilkenny, Ire-i short his furlough because he wanted |treated the same, Actually, however, peer BE . i 1 De- for Vebranary 8412,000,000 Jand, to-day, charged with inciting to go to the other eide and get Into the|the rich man pays and goes back to|!@dependent Laborites Wilt SURO UONOOD Vane Aikd people to “enter the lands then ip tise’ a ‘ | mand Abolition of Monarchy. 8505,000, . ‘ghting. Hla only ambition since the| his home and business, while the poor March 6—(by muil),—Re-| WASHINGTON, March 23.—Restric United States entered the war has been | man, unable to pay in cash, 1s com- rir aot ihe natlonat debt, abolition tlon on exports and the transfer of ship i] to help defeat Germany. He aatled on | petted to liquidate the fine by the more Pudiation of Mle maine Ci iitles, na-|tONaKS to Government uses brouxht tho Leviathan and was soon afterward | precious price of Mberty. Ho leaves Hie ike lie of all public utilities and|* heayy decline tn exports for Febru- r] transferred to the Manley.” his home and his job and goes to jail, /(°"" © ary, as shown in figures tssued by the IF CONSTIPATE) rovers max Sousir ; | AS WILDCAT PROMOTER Look at tongue! ‘Then give “ Lita fruit laxative for stomach, |\awyer Accused of Obtaining liver, bowels. Money to Float Garage Company "California Syrup of Figs” Which Never Materialized. can't harm children Central Office detectives are searching and they love it. the city for Horace D. Byrne, an attorney, |tormerly of No. at the fourth man Indicted by ‘an yesterday for obtaining through wildoat promotions in Wall Street. Byrne was indicted on the charge of Yassau Street, . Nassau vat A laxative to-day saves a sick child) to-morrow. Children simply will not | take the time from play to empty their) bowels, which become clogged up with the ¢ Jury money waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach |arani larceny tn obtaining $1,000 from sour, Jone Zerillo, President of the Universas Look at the tongue, mother! If| Steel Export Company, It ts alleged coated, or your child is listless, cross, | Byrne induced Zerilio to part with his feverish, breath bad, restless, doesn't|monoy to float an automobile gara eat heartily, full of cold or has sore) company. Byrne, tt ts all failed to { and refused to throat or any other children's ailment, teaspoonful yrporate the company vunt for the mon r three men Indicted are Dan- hol, a former policeman of give a of “California | a Syrup of Figs.” then don't worry, be cause it is perfectly harmless, and in|; 1 a few hours all this constipation poi-| No. 20 Mroad Street; Albert H. I ey son, sour bile and fermenting waste] of No. 19th Street, Brooklyn, will gently inove out of the bowels} ang ir B. Signor of No, 146 and you have a well, playful child] poming Street, Newark, N. J. ‘They again. A thorough “inside cleansing” is ofttimmes all that is necessary. It should he the first treatment given in any sickness. Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for a bottle of} “California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bott »ok carefully and see that it J the “Cali fe yrup ¢ are under arrest and held tn heavy bail. _ Investigate Enemy Alien, Karl Tucker, a German alien, was taken into custody yesterday by| agents of the Army Intelligence Bu- pau and is being detained in the Tombs for further investigation, It 1s sald he has been active in connec- tion with German propaganda on the Pacific Coast, Tucker was a witness | for Hans Tauscher, who was acquit-| ted on charges of having been in- volved in the Welland Canal plot. nin Pig S mpany | > Three Forced to Kise Flag After) Tar and Feathers. CHRISTOPHER, Ul, March ~| | Three men charged with disloyalty | | wero tarred and feathered, forced to} Try Kondon’'s ng to atiffon up ou that the kidneys are ptly doing thetr work of throw © poisons that are always form. (at no cost toyou) {80,000,000 have used this 29-year-old ree medy. For chronic catarrh, gore nose, To neglect these natural coughs, colde, sneezing, nose-bieed,etc. warnings 18 a crime against yoursc t Write us for complimentary can, or buy ave these symptoms you ean find tube at druggists. It will benefit you promp In GOLD MEDAL Haarlem four times more than it costs,or we pay t apaules, For more tha yeare back. For trial con free write to this has been the recognized remedy for wi kidney and bladder aliments GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Of Capsules imported direct from the laboratories Haariem, Holland, Get them at your umgiste. Do not take ttute, In son, three al ~Advt WHERE TO GO AND HOW TO GET THERE | STEAMBOATS, Aes ais ‘ Beenie | away ected and in disgrace man goes te jail he from his job whil oftttiin loses hi When a poor also loses his pay he ts away and Job, because he is} “fa man has a job and can bo Iden- | tifled as a responsible citizen, T see no axon why he should be sent to yail because he is unable to make full pay- | ment instantly, In fact the punish. | ment inflicted by a court has a more | ft deterrent t, in my opinion, if it ox- tends over a fairly long period of tUme.” Chief Magistrate McAdoo discusses various provisions of tho proposed statute and continues: “I have not had an opportunity to consult with the Board of City Mag-| istrates on the principles of the Mc- ghiin bill, and Tam not at this time ready to give an opinion upon It But a law should prevail throughout the State permitting poor people, who are earning a living, to pay fines on instalments, so that the courts may not, after pronouncing, judgment equally upon beth rich and poor, be compelled to send the poor man. to| jail because he ts too poor to pay the fine, and allow the rich man to go fren because he has the price of his liberty WOMAN HELD AS SLAYER OF MOTHER BAFFLES POLICE Miss Elizabeth McDougall Refuses to Be Shaken by Grilling of Authorities, beth McDougall of No, 169 Holliday Street, Jer: cit suspected of having slain er ag mother, Mrs, Mary McDougall, Thursday night, was held without bail on a homicide charge by Magistrat Markley in the First Criminal Court, Jersey City, to-day for examination on Monday. Tho police admit Miss McDougall to be a deep puzzle to them, and so far they have been able to draw from her nothing that could be construed as an admission of guilt or even direct answers to Irrelevant ‘The mid- die-aged woman whom they have been trying to break down has a perfect knowledge of her rights and ts ready to spar and fence on every legal techni- purchase Miss Bll questo flag and then driven from the | cality , last night. | Acting Chief Batuesby tried to ob- Perhaps if your head were \taln Miss McDougall's finger prints, as clear as a whistle, it |but the prisoner stood on her rights Cr ll ee OLD AGE A CRIME! |e: scfsra’so incte'ths"sne ot"ner| wo not ache * | fingers. >| e young at 60-—red <> ’ A vigorous. Others are | RUFUS GAYNOR WEDS TO-DAY He and Former Narae, kell, Get Le ‘ Rufus W. Gaynor, son of the late Mayor Gaynor, and Miss Margare Haskell of No. 434 West 20th Stre his former nurse, obtained @ marria license from City Clerk Scully shortly before noon to-day The couple announced they would be married this aft mn in Bt. homas's Church by the Rev. Dr neet M. Stires, the rector, The dding is the result f the w f @ romance | & minimum wage of five dollars for 4) A of Foreign nn Domestic Com. iworstoe: Oty. eine Usiors tRE| merce to-day. ‘Total shipments we eetulled British “Independent Labor | valued at $412,000,000, sugainst $505, Party at {ts convention at Leicester on | 000,000 for January ports for eight April 1 and he Independent Laver gnonths ending Keb, 28 were put at Fociatiata and: ie comparable neither in | $3:807,000,000, aguinst $4,085,000,000 for rength nor influence with the Hritish|the same pertod last year Imports for February were vulucd at $208,000,000, against $235,000,000 In Jan- uary. For elght months they totalled 1,841,000,000, compared with | $1,548, 00,000 In the saine period of 1917. r conference will be asked sident Wilson's league of but with the addi of sions designed to make it to Indorse Cat Oat and Save These Magazine Pages and Make a Complete Kiddie Klab Year Book KIDDIE KLOB MAGAZINE: Edited by Cousin ELEANOR: 28, 1918. |WHOLE VILLAGE ROCKED. "AS BLAST WREGKS HOME | Moffat Place at Southold, N. Y., Razed by Gas Explosion—T wo Hurt, One Escapes. SOUTHOLD, N. ¥., March 2%—The house on the William Moffatt place was wrecked by an explosion of gas Inst night. ‘The explosion could be heard for several miles, Practically the whole Village turned out to witness the wreck. Two men wero slightly hurt and a woman had a narrow escape. ‘There is a gas generating plant in the cellar under the kitchen, Moffatt en- gaged Charles H. Bechtold, a local plumber, to ald him in getting the plant running, They had a number of jets open and it is thought that either through these or through a leak the hollow walls filled with gas. There wore fires in the furnace and in the range in the kitchen. 54TH ELECTION OFFICIAL Notes in Society The last of the Colony Dances for this season will take place this even-| ing at the Ritz-Carlton. The patron- esses are Mrs, Oliver Gould Jennings, | Mrs, Walter B, James, Mrs. J, Hor ace Harding, Mrs. Henry Hutton Lan- don, Mrs, J. Magee Ellsworth, Mrs. Robert L. Stevens and Mrs, Winthrop Burr, ' Mrs. Maximillian Fleischmann of No. 32 East 64th street, has an nounced the engagement of her) daughter, Miss Grace Fleischman, to John Hazard Reynolds of No, 103 East 89th street. The Junior League will meet this afternoon at the new home of Mr, and Mrs, Otto H. Kahn, Fifth avenue and 91st street. The engagement is announced of Miss Brifili D, Stephanidis of No. 660 Riverside Drive, daughter of the la CONVICTED BEFORE GOFF ioci'Vrstnos er boston.“ Ben Harrison’s Defense Is That He dicpuias tah us, isa Sires: Giament Herbert Betts of Hutton Park, West Orange, N. J., will be married to Cal- vert Stuart Randolph to-day in Grace Put Down Figures Given by His Chairman. Ben Harrison, an inspector of elec-| Church, Orange. tion in the 15th Election District of the 16th Assembly District was con-| Mrs. John T, Woodruff of No. 201 victed by a jury before Justice Goff| West 79th street announces the en-| to-day of certifying « false canvass of | gagement of her daughter, Miss Anna| the vote for Mayor {n the Republican] pouise Woodruff, to Lieut, William primaries of lust fall Harrison was Parker Taylor, 1084 Aero Suadron, Garden City, L. L, son of Mr. and Mrs, William O. Taylor of Plainfield, N. J. remanded to the Tombs to await sen- tence, Assistant Di t Attorneys Banton and McQuaid proved that Harrison had deliberately falsified the tally sheet by obliterating the true results and giving John Purroy Mitchel twenty-four votes Miss Harriet D. Moore, a niece of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan B. Currey of the Park Avenue Hotel, will be mar- ried to John A, Linder of Pittsburgh instead of thirteen which ho actually | to-qay peosived, William ML. Bennett, who| "cay at the Bt Regis. had received thi a was cred- a ie ae ntsrams se: 9 PINNED UNDER AUTO fense, told the ju he had put down} on the tally sheet what the Chairman out ‘Aitogether seventy-two men were In- cacao | dicted because of tb frauds. So far A |forty-elkht have pleaded guilty, aix have | Sailor and Policeman in Rescue of been convicted, two acquitted and the remainder ire awaiting trial, Justice Victims Who Are Rushed Goff, will. not im} ‘es on those if invicted and those who have pleaded to Hospital gullty until the cases now pending are Typesed oh Sailors from a naval station nearb | or ae [rescued three persons. trom under an “ ” overturned automobile at Cropsey Ave- POISON TRUST” HINTED. (yi and Bay 36th Street, Bath Beach, at 2 A. M. to-day. Mrs. Madeline Stout Chicago Coroner — Investtwatinw o¢ xo. 8117 17th Avenue 1s believed to Deaths of Many Workme |be mortally hurt CHICAGO, Maret Exhuming of] Roscoe Humphrey and his wife, Jo- bodies, a number of arrests and Grand|hanna, of No. 1701 7 eet, Bath Jury indletments were In prospect to- | Beach, had Mrs, Stout out for a ride day as a result of ( er Hoffman's !and were returning home, ‘The police investigation of an al poison trust/say the machine was going at great here, In each suspected case infured|speed and zigzagged. Mumphrey, who workingmes, for whom the Sta Was driving, said he lost control of it pensation laws provide a $200 operation | When the car turned over all three Ten we mn before, death |were pinned under the tor : Coroner Tloffinan, who int! “o sailors and Policeman McNaughto: poison. trust” was ‘responsible, polnted |heard thelr eries and soon had the car p 4 a jout that death followed unnec r 1. The three victims were taken administering of cyanide of potassium, |to the Coney Island Hospital. ‘The p and was followed by collection of In: {lice said Humphrey would be sted surance money as Well aso when able to leave. He and his wife foes escuped serious Injury ¢ interesting Contribations From Oar Own Kiddie Klub Members HARRY Vol. I.—No. VIII. LEGEND || LEGEND ti WHY THE ROBIN’S BREAST IS/ Leqend.) AR in the Northland a long time ago there was only fire, A hunter and a little boy kept this fire burning. ‘They knew that if they let it go out the people would sufte One day the hunter grew ill, so th boy had to tend to the fire. For several days the boy kept the fire burning brightly so that the White Bear could not put it out, But after a while he fell asleep and the! White Bear almost put the fire out. Now, there was a little drab robin sitting in a tree near by when the White Bear had almost put out the fire. The robin found # place where | the fire had not gone out yet and| started to fan it, The fire scorched | DRAWN BY EILEEN BLACKBURN (AGED ELEVEN YEARS), NO, 68 DOUGLAS AVENUE, YONKERS, N. Y. HOUR Saturday, M arch 23 aan cee {TRIBUTES T0 THE i CLUB THE KIDDIE KLUB. We all love the Kiddie Klub, And tts members too, We shall always love them. For they are stanch and true, They write stories that are very good About Jack and Jill and Red Riding Hood. They draw pictures very well of orge Washington or the Lib- erty Bell, By NEHEMIAH BECKER, Age 10, ‘Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. | A NEW MEMBER, Soon a member I will be Of the Kiddie Klub happy Words cannot express My true happiness, And poems I'll send to thee, | ¢ poor bird's breast, but It kept on | unue the boy awoke and could at- | ¢ tend to {t. And ever since then the robin has had a red breast From PRANCHS PRBDMAN, Rock- away, N. J. Annet TO UNCLE SAM. at through three acts and then he saw | We'll respond to your command: fa man who had been given the name | a isi of Paul Revere just for that play, |because he was going to do some- | thing such as the real and great Paul Revere once did more than a hundred years before. Hoe was going to warn the people of danger and so help |them to escape. | ‘The man in the play had to mount la horse and grilop down a valley |shouting to the people to go to the |nilis to get out of danger from a jreservoir above the city |} Just as the man on the screen mounted the horse little Jamie left his seat and ran homo as fast as he OUR FLAG. Jour flag, the flag of Liberty, |Phe flag that flies for you and me Upheld by right from day to day, The Stars and are he atay JOSEPH ORRICO (a Stripes ged 9 years) AMERICA. Hurrah ¢ ca, For her boys 80 brave and true; Hurrah for her flag Of Red, White and Blue. Over her heroes let !t wave Who for Freedom their lives gave could, y ADELAIDE SICKTLE, No. 2 “Why, Jamie,” said his mother, | By ADELAIDE SICKTLE, No. 284 Aye thes be over poe ie euiy | Woodalde Avenue, Newark four o'clock. mapa “IT know {t fen't, mamma,” aatd | OUR EMBLEM | Jamis, “but the very next act waa to |be the flood and I thought {fT stayed I'd_be drowned,” Rise up, proud eagle Rine up to the clouds, Filng from thy beak our dear banner |_ From WLIZABPTH KIRBY, No, 22 | of old, | Desbrosnes Street, New York City Toll that it still ts for freedom un- | furled, THE CIRCUS ‘And that our fing {s the best in the Soon the circus will come to town, world, Monkoys, elephants and the olowna;| rom EVELYN VOLK, No. 43 ‘The ohildron then will peanuts buy | union Street, Ridgefield Park, N. J. To feed the claphants passing by HERBONT 7 WENDT, axe sight are, No, 879 Lawie Avenue, Brook+ | THE SOLDIERS, } BR PATRIOTIC CONTRIBUTIONS FR Uncle 8: } STORIES AND POEMS | Uttuboor as noe ea \$ Are at your command! | | A STORY ABOUT JAMIE, Say what you will, NE day little Jamie went with| We'll do what you say, | some friends to see a moving| We'll always be ready to love and | picture play called “The Johns- oboy. town Flood.” He sat very still| And when you need us, Uncle Sam, ~|Poems that will make you happy, And greetings on your birthday, @ When cousins are all happy and gay. HAROLD CARLSON, age 18 years, N |Each willing his young life to yield, |To give it up for sweet liberty, 421 Park Place, Brooklyn, N. Y, |And that freedom shall rule instead of autocrac From ETHE \§ West 115th Street, i} OUR PART, . THALER, Age 9, No. ew York. OUR SOLDIERS. |Our soldier boys have gone away, But my dear Grandpa has to stay. | 1s too old to go to war, But {f he could he'd go there sure fight for our dear American flag, He'd try to make Kaiser Bill look | sad. WILLIAM HENRY No, 640 Hicks St, Br SHOW OUR SPIRIT. Let's show our Yankee spirit by help- | ing t A Observe T y as a meatless day, | Join the Red Cross right away, Learn to knit And do your bit By helping fill a soldier's kit He ago ten rklyn, By years, | LET'S YANKEE Our boys are crossing the sea of dread, Save! Buy United States war bread, A loaf a day Keeps the Germans away. By ROBERT MARANS, 70 Lenox Avenue. THE MEANING OF JU. &. A. U stands for Union eternal, } | 8 for our Ships tn the bay | | A for our Armies undefeated \ That's the meaning of U.S, A. U stands for our Uncle Sammy, § for our Stripes and our Stars, A for the Almighty who guides us, Victors in a dozen wars, By HAZEL PECONSER, aged ten Sethe eee ee re Drawn by Ruth Levy, age nine, No. BOG Weat 169th Street, | rank, STILL IN U, S., SO BE WINS BRIDE WHO PICKED DA Lieut. R. B. Jauss Weds Miss Har- riet A, James, Who's Only Sorry She Chose Saturday. Several months ago when Lieut Raymond B, Jauss, with his company, was ordered to one of the Southern training camps, Miss Harriet A, James promised she would ma him if he Was still in the United States on March it, Jnuss not only fs still in the 1 States but !n New York to-day, marriage will take place to-night Park Avenue Metho- The at 8 o'clock in dist Chureh, the Rev, Dr. Arthur Jamie- |son officiating. Miss James declared the only thing she is sorry for is that he did not look at th she made her promi. March 23 would be. It is awful to get Saturday, but I can't lo @ soldier, you kuow, NEW SUBWAY MENAGED BY MYSTERIOUS FLOODS ndar when to what day married on a break my word she sald, Public Service Engineers Are Baffled by Leak—Some Blame Cats- kill Aqueduct. Work on the new subway is ham- pered and even imperiiled by a mystent- ous flood that wells up into an excava- tion at Madison Squ: At times, ate, cording to observe gallons a) minute pour into the hole, swamping the undertrack passage of the new Broad- ubway station at Street and | alarming superintendents of buildings facing the park The source of the known definitely. way flood Public is not Service engineers are inclined to blame a leak in the Catskill Aqueduct Men in charge of the excavation say the ground water under Madison Square is always high, but not high as the present oversupply. The aqueduct at 23d Street is 200 feot down, and a shaft drops to it at the Worth Monument. Before the shaft and tunnel were lined they carried off a large quantity of ground water as it seeped into th and, accord- ingly, the water low 1 for the time. REGRUITS FOR ARNY TANKS - AND OLD SEVENTH WANTED Drive Will Open Here Monday to Enlist Men for Big Fighting Machines A drive for recruits toman United States Army Tanks w din New York Monday, under ction of Capt. H. H, George, 3d of the Lu- glneers. Large numbers sf men are wanted for immediate servic tn Trance. The separate Tank unit ‘orps ix to bean eutirely having outgrwn its for- ney status as part of the ogineer eer. apt. George on his erival from ston Monday will s¢ tn touch with members of the Mapr's com- mitt > outline features of the re= eruiting drive v veteran orga o of the Seventh Regiment hold of @ urge part of the reeruttin’ problem, that confronts the New Yorl Division It has sent out 7,000, circularletters to veterans of the k regimen infantry calling upon them to fill the aps made in the 107th Infantry (form the Seventh Regiment), caused b trans- fers, reorganization and promtion. A total of 480 men are needed tofill the comman Thre are the Unitedstates rs who were formerly mem- now in the of armies of r nt Tobi, who has been sta- tioned at the Seventh Regiment Anory, ays twenty-eight men have enlyted in the past few day MRS, MABEL MAY STOREY GRANTED DIVORCE BY COURT Storey has obtained of divorce, with Mabel May \tory ¢ an cre $50 a week orey, an automob) own along B trooklyn. Mrs. Lena Bird, widow of ¢ a New York financie estate valued at fri Justice Callagh W. Bird, and owner of an $3,000,000 to $6,« oni was named {n the suit by Mire Storey. Jacob G. Hamburger, a private | tive, testified that on Dec. 14 last, ho saw St Bird and another man taxi to a theatre and roof ganden and jater to the Knickerbocker Hotel. Ne eaid ¢ reg the party ax Mr r. I and J. H, F ! that’ the y oms until 6 1p at the All- Jail, for fail vllowances or- ITCHING BURNING ALL OVER BODY Couldn't Have Clothing Touch Me, Cuticura Completely Healed, “My trouble first started with itch- ing and burning, and it got into large round blotches ail over my body. I scratched and the skin would get red and sore, and then dry. I could not bear to have any clothing touch me, 4 I could not sleep at night. I had this about six months “1 saw a Cuticura Soap and Oint- ment advertisement and sent for a free sample. They relieved me after the first few times so I purchased more, and after using Cuticura Soap and Oint- ment three months was completely healed.’ (Signed) Mrs. Wood,30 Fos- dick St., Glendale, N. ¥., Sept. 27, 1917. Cuticura Soap and Ointment tend to vent pimples, rashes, etc., if used for every-day toilet purpores, Sample ©. ' j

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