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2 Bhipping wood alcohol whiskey to Hartford on Dec. 20. Col, Daniel L. Porter, supervising who; fovenne agent of this district, assured Mr. Creeton that the Federal author!- Withes will aid in the prosecution on ba yee gushter charges of all persons y arged with implication in the sale of Panarelli was the first taken up pSpause he has turned State's evi- dence, Mr. Creeton said he expects to ask for the extradition of others aun shipping the poisonous whiskey t Hartford. Col. Porter assigned a special force of forty revenue agents to-day to in- fumeries, colognes, hair tonics, flavor- ing extracts and other liquids the manufacture of which is allowed by law with non-beverage alcohol as a sons ostensibly engaged in the manu- facture of these articles are really making up stocks of wood alcohol Nquors to be unloaded in anticipation Col. Porter said that the secret still hunting of moonshine forces of hhis office have been doubled. He has been informed, he said, that raw dangerous to the public health as wood alcohol. He pointed to the dis- covery of a still in a Washington Heights apartment house as an indi- trict and in the Bronx would find that with the exhaustion of the reserve supply of old whiskey there would 6 an outbreak of moonshining. fevenue men proves true, the wood @icohol that spread death through New England towns started from the andertaking establivhment of John Brooklyn. There was no widespread conspiracy and it is not believed any, of the poisoned stuff was sold in New York. | OF WOOD ALCOHOL SALE. The charge that Romanelli, bought large quantities of wood al- cohol on the representation that fig | of embalming fluid, used for poison in the manufacture of something he| called whiskey, which actually did | have some of the properties of em- | who had a wine and olive store at No. 311. Bleecker Street. Panarelli made | a confession yesterday, the gist of which is as follows: ness in Connecticut. On Dec. 20 an} old friend, Nate Salsberg, a Hart- ford suloon keeper, came to New | York and called on Panarelli saying | for the holiday trade in New Eng: | Jand. Panarelli after some negotiations obtained five barrels of alloged and Amedio Delomo, partners in a! figrocery business at No. 111 Mott Street and Luigi Puga, a grocer at | No, 124 Mott Stret, The grocers toll Samuel K. Saleeby, a druggist at No. | 84 Court Street, Brooklyn, and that | Saleshy bouht it from Romane!! | undertaker. which he paid $4,300, They were sent to Hartford by motor express. In Hartford Salsberg turned them over © one Saul Joseph, who “rectified” | sugar and prune juice, thereby doubling the quantity, The stuff was wold in Hartford and other Connecti- cut towns and in Chicopee, Mass,, and An Italian saloon keeper in the| Bronx took the remaining two bar- ppzels from Panarelli. The Bronx man telephoned to Panarelli on Dec. ‘anarelli immediately telephoned this , information to Salsberg at Hartford “end Salsberg started out to recail the “whisky” he had sold but he was ~jiarly in Chicgpee. The Connecticutt and Massachusetts authorities think | they can trace about thirty deaths | and several cases of total blindness to of wood alcohol whiskey. ‘The case {j accused by Panarelli of having aided spect all plants manufacturing p base, It is believed that many per- of the celebration of New Years Eve, crudely distited whiskey is nearly as ation that bis agents in that din- If the information collected by the Romanelli, at No, 271 Third Avenue, CONFESSION REVEALS DETAILS wished to use it in the manufacture | balming fluid, comes from Panarelll, He was formerly in the saloon busl- he wanted to buy a lot of whiskey | whiskey through Carmine Licenziato iim they got the liquid through Salsberg took three barrels, for) the liquor by adding water, burnt) other points in that State. ees the stuff was wood alcohol. tuo late in several instances, particu- the stuff distributed by Sulaberg. All t men implicated in Punareilli's Uharges are under arrest. TWO HELD WITHOUT BAIL AFTER 8!1X DEATHS HERE. James Condon of No, 154 Bast 113th Street, and his bartender, William Nolan, were held without bail by Magistrate Tobias in the Centre “Street court to-day ponding an ip- | ; vestigation to determine whether a "> charge of murder could be made, fy inst tham following the deaths of | {pix persons in and noar Condon's } “eploon at No. 252 Fulton Street, Bxeritant idatcice Artorney 3, Re } Hennis said that if a charge of homi- | cide could not be sustained, no action | would be taken; he asked for deten- | tion of the prisoners until the Board { Health could report on the analysis | the contents of bottles found in Condon's saloon. In apite of objec- | ilons of John G. Dyer for Condon that Sthere was no logal warrant for hold- | Ing his clients more than forty-eight hours, Magistrate Tobias suid: “The Court will cooperate with the (District Attorney to do everything | porsible to control those who ate careless enough or mercenary enough to deal in poisonous drinks by giv- jing the nuthorities every opportunity for a full investigation of such deaths | 48 are reported. The Health Department reported | this afternoon that six of seven sam- plea taken from Condon's place had| been analyzed und no traces of wood | alcohol had been found. | Acting upon information received | agonymously, Revenue Agenta last! night swooped down upon the saloon | of Frank soli, No. 912 Madison} Brooklyn, which is directly Street, agross from the’ Bushwick Theatre, and placed Grisoli under arrest on a charge of selling nonbeverage alcohol, He was later arraigned before United mee © Commissioner Meioldrick and on $5,000 bail. ‘4 hss | space | was gene | keeping down retail ice price THE EVENING WORLD, UNDERTAKER SUED BY GITY AS RESULT OF CALLIESS CASE Action Started Against ( H. Kelly May Bring License Forfeiture. Summons and action instituted by York H were to-day ser Kelly, undert: mbus Avenur of Mrs tives of the dead woman being noti- fled, and who secured the hody for burial by sthting on the burial permit that an adjustor for the Town and ‘Terminal Taxi Company was next of kin, wh Anna Cal without rela The summons is returnatle in the Sixth District Court and Kelly is given five days to answer, Assistant h will pros Corporation Counsel Kec ecute the case for t ty Two speckic charges are made against Kelly. The first is for violat ing Section 36 of the Sanitary Code. which refers to the filing of false death cert!ficat nd the second dealy with Section 187 of the same code, Which prohibits the making of false and misleading statements in obtaining burial persnits Following trial of fhe case, the findings of the court and the testi mony will be forwarded to the State Board of Embalmers with a view to the forfeiture of Kelly's undertaker- er's license, Assistant Corporation ‘Counsel Keogh said of grammes and sustained gayety at the|other way round Biltmore who have ments, and Commodore for already made their arrang Every bit of dining in both has been sold. Pric or that “service” have not been an- nounced but will probably Waldorf Astoria ecale ‘There being no sale of liquor at any pla ‘under the law~ there is no clos ing onlinance to enforce, Everybody those m be can stick around as long as the brought-in wet goods last and the waiters stay awake No official utterances except from Mr. Boor recognition of agement.” adjacent r of gracious liquid ends of the man- Tn all directions along and to Broadway, however, it Wag intimated that the price of lee by the pailful would reach unprecedented limits before Thursday's dawn, It ally felt that re ent opinions regarding Mayor Hylan's success in as re ported by the profiteering investig: ions might have to be revised But why not, when one can order a ten or Hfteen dollar pail of salted crack: nd find a fine, healthy bottle pee fizz water sitting up jin the middie of | Send it back’? Ab, no, don't be cross and hurt the poor walter's feelin, cf ES |KERENSKY NOW IN LONDON SERVING BEEF AND BEANS Secretary of Labor in His Cabinet Tells Story to New York Socialists, anybody in New York wants’ to see Alexander Kerensky, one time leader of the Ruasian revolution, Gregory Zilboorg can lead the anxious one straight to the former leader, Speaking of Kerensk 4 meeting of Socialists in Greenwich House at No, 27 Bar- row Street, Zilboorg, former Scc- retary of Labor in the Kerensky Cabinet, said: “Kerensky is working in a beef- and~beang restaurant in kondon, ‘The poor fellow is down out.” last night at on the | GENERAL BARRY, a iO te WEEK DIED TO-DAY Maj-Gen..T.H. BARRY Q AMERICAN PRESS ASLOCIATION. NAME OF JUDGE CROKER AND SON noney and belleved the debt was Deision was reserved, jon to Mr. once. with pert Ryan to submit brief: | Leans to the Compulsory King We Are to Have It at All, 1) T. ber Gary, chairman f | present transit contracts in order to ec itn echt e an ! 0. K. FOR SWANN event further divintegration of the " " con enting on the recom- | transit systems, Mr. Delaney states mendations of the industrial conference BY GRAND JURY) _ ynnounced at Washington yesterday, ised | that the traction interests particularly ee | j urge that a temporary contract be “If the public is disposed to protect | Not the E Siirurditers Body, How- | entered into to cover the first six | every one agains’ o he ‘a of 1920, to by vor Kainat bl th ever, Which Records Approval | months of 1820, to provide @ higher purt of ‘capital or it should not AGEN GS | fare so that the companies may ob- depend upon voluntary arbitration, but ! of District Attorney, | TAR aM enG GRE TRV eHUS tonnmer Ourrens i ‘| obligations: should establish and administer laws| ‘The Grand Jury went on record tor} = which will have complete Jurisdiction |day in hearty £ Dist - |day in hearty approval of District At over both groups of citizens ltorney Swann, but it wasn't the ea-|LA GUARDIA Quits CONGRESS Th have been instituted in the |traordinary Grand Jury. | past your many strikes and there have] Having completed their labors, the! Wil A Reception as Alder- nin some places disorder, riot and! members of the regular Grand Jw or manic President Jan. 1, Injury to person and property, In most, | December fled into the Court of Uen-| ytajor FL oH. La Aik? as if not in all, instances they were prez |OSS°essions and. stood at attention | iuardia announced cipitated by union labor leaders acting | While Foreman Dents H, Me. eo hand- | to-day that he has sent his resigna-| jon their own initiative ? d to Judge Mulqueen @ communication | tion as Congressman to Gov. Smith Judge Gury repeated his prey which concluded Jand that he has made plan serlions that 85 per cent. of |The regular Grand Jury for the! Ihe ORICK RE Aaeeanit plovees of the United st i {month of December, 1919, wishes to ex: He will be in. hi inion members and feel ax with} Dress its approval of the capable an t 1 ‘. y pI p 0 ni their working condit thorough manner in which the business sae Aha Bo MOU Ae | ores of the Grand Jury has been conducted y PANO VAELSOF TEACHERS NEED MORE PAY by the District Attorney and his staff." | ——_ | | HAVANA ENTRIES, vow, cor $799,580 FOR DISABLED. | eA alle Ohne —— | ‘Phe Havana entries for to-morrow are veatiins ‘ * | Tenth of Compe ancien Gece te/as follows: : Fighters. FIRST RACE. Six furlong: _ two-year olda: ATLANTIC CITY, N. Ju Dec. 30-4 NAST, TOR CUR simile: ple Su Maw acty iets Ga crisis in American education has been| WASHINGTON, Dee, 30.—Coincident , Litard, 106; Major raat 110; hincumi, 110; |reached, according to Praf. George p,| With the signing of the Sweet Bill, pro- | ND ners |Strayer of Columbia University, who| Yiding for udditional compensation to | gaming, lage “Mitte, TAN, , ; 4 | disabled service men, 1,005 checks rep- | 2% nia, Mite’ Hattlewing: S16 Foul |made an address to-xlay before the con-| resenting a total of $799,580 were mailed | 118; slur Teercois era Assostation He offered a solution soldiers affected by the new 110} Railbird, the 5 fon, the bureau announced to- 110) Bars aud | profession has ceased to be at- 7 n halt f tractive to our most eapable young men ho checks were written in advance J Cialinings pape eon UNE Weinen: He aad. ae Pet} and were ready for the mala at the MTEL Ra oo Ban | of the schools in the United | time the President signed bill on High Gear,’ 108; | ates were closed for want of teachera! Christmas Ev Nearly 10 per cent. of the beginning of the present fall! the total amount was contain in term. checks addressed to men from the ate w le 10 An inquiry made in November shows | of ew York. » 108; Fly Home, 109; that one-third of the country's “schools ¢ in_wix Southern States were closed on Only Oni claim Account of the impossibility of securing |. TQ He, the, genuine, ste iat teachers.” He said an immediate in- | PAXATIVE | BiloMo ra Basonia. crease in wages Was linperauve. Sit irons aL. | Cured Appreutige allowance slalis weather ser, JUDGE GARY'S VIEW OF ARBITRATION Ss, Native Atinouncement wa of ‘New Yor York, tered Service With Custer Seventh Cavalry. He En- To Enter Trans-Atlantic Ser- vice—All Will Be Fitted With Oil Burners. to-day at Governor's Island of the death Of Mercuntiin Marine to-day announced Major Gen, Thomas HW. Barry at that on Friday that company would 2.45 A. M. In the Walter Reged Hospl- | taxe formal possession of a total Washington, from uraemte pols | 169,909 tons of former German senger liners, worth 0,000. ago, had been jl for three house flag of the American line w i He was taken to the hoxpl- bo raised over four of the five vease } and has steadily grown’ The ships involved include the though only Its intimate Leviathan, nerly the Vaterland friends, knew of his serioux condition, of the Hamburg- American Line, with Arrangements for the funeral a tonnage of 50,000, the largest being made and will be announced Sel afloat; the George Wasi 1 fome time to-day fr Washington, of the North German Lloyd Line He was born on the lower west side the Mount Vernon, formerly the Kron of Manhattan Prinbessin Cecillie of the North | When Gen, Barry reached man Lloyd Line and holder of the of sixty-five on Oct. 18 of the German transatlantic record both year—and so Was automatically ways; the Agamemnon, formerly th tired—he had served Uncle Sant ax 4 rman Lloyd Kaiser Wilhelm Idier a little more than forty-th 6 Zeppe The latter ve years and, step by step, had t yperated under the flag of itation fe faithfulness and Laine, but t othe Newspapers had seldom carry the Stars and Stripes. ut him except Leviathan and the George chronicle briefly another ste- upward, Washington will be placed in the New a new as:ignment to a position of trast York-Plymouth-Cherbourg-Southamy Ing for all the best qualities of the ton run, an dthe Agamemnon, Mount Vernon and Zeppelin will ply betwe SUIEPICR GI SOLUIGR New York and Liverpool Barry was un out-an-out New “phe vessels will be overhauled, fitted Yorker, a native son of the bi with oil burners and will be put into the not nounced mis- 1 ty New York for bu: ‘Sat in soz. etd twenty-five his credit, in 1908, i, If been completed, that the body rial, 1840 and appointed to the naval acad- was retired for @ years’ | | Among ‘his shore assignments, | miral Pillsbury served as chief of th: | Bureau of Navigation and as a mem ber of the general board. but ve : here ce in time for the expected spring, ounve F F ar Says Who carried everywhere a gre vice in tim F Kelly's two assistants, Jack Kear y unger Man’s I twyer wey for his city, When one ye call to slr An 1 laa Ti > lants en Tris ¥ predict wi he greatest 4 aay sa rank See who were also He Wants Open Trial was placed in command at-Coverner’s trayeling movement in the history. of mplicated in the hurried and secret “at €, : Island Ce fer of th ond 10 nd as Commander « tie W burial of Mrs, Callicas, are awaiting \ction for Libel. Department he was déheribed here and | Oil burners be i by t trial in the Court of Special Sessions there as a id gaan, wuite Muel Ol mhetneetne The Board of Health will meet in Justice Davis in the Supreme Court op ¢y st Bide.” jon. ST Anis | Dr. Copeland's office to-morrow after- eas mee ae Ue noon and the regulations drawn up beard argument to-day on a motion! As ntten. of fi at a recent meeting of the heads of six to reopen judgments in default found Were neither Howery folk nor t eity departments relating to. burial 1" nO procedure, will be discussed and put “Sainst Richard Croker, former Siders. ‘Thornas Henry Barry. son of into offect ete of Timmany Hall) by hie saylooe yo ee ee The serving of the summons and We bial SOM | was born far down town in litt complaint on Kelly follows on thy Richard Croker jr, There are two. phames Strect, a speck of a thorough heels of The Evening World's expose judgments amounting to over $200,000 Begin ‘ : of “body snatching” methods that for money loaned to Rick Crok ae BCA aids sty have been pre valent. aned to Richard Croker jjroadway, crosses ‘Trinity Place to sr on his own account and on ac-| Greenwich Street and stops. ount of his son, Howard Young Barry learned to pluy base- Lawyer Frederick I an said pall in Battery Park and he learned | that the younger Croker was anxious ty swim—there was no sea wall then to have an open trial of the issues|—on Battery Beach, He attended age lin a Nbel suit of Young Croker! puplic School No, 29 at the corn: I YOU KNOW OWNER Jagainst his father inasmuch as “it o¢ Greenwich and Rector Streets and | (Continued from First Page.) may surprise the court to hear that) in due time entered the Free Academy, | fn Richard Croker #, has mentioned | now the College of the City of New) would impose an additional annual |the name of a Supre Court justice | York: 2 ‘tax of $99,694,589 upon the traveling | He was seventeen when Congress. | now sitting in this building as OOR= | ore Robert B, Roos t of the] Public. | splring with Richard Croker jr. to| Fourth District designated bim for] “In round figures," says the resolu- | defraud and cheat his father.” West Point and the future gene | aoe “the right to charge a ten-cent (Continued from First Page.) | Tho judgement was taken in thelittur Age Roonevelt announced an | fre wiiere the rite is now 6 cents - a Vbel suit at the thine of the defaults! open competition for a similar ap- | Would take from the passengers using change” is to be $2, but glasses and| because of the des for a yublic] pointment. Barry won with flying the transportation Hnes in tie ¢ ice will be furnished continuously for! hearing, Teele Mee ena spot examinations | §199,990,000 per year an atranster that a single charge of 26 cents per head| The reopening of the other defaults“), Wait he was a second Heutenant | 8um to the security holders, The pro- per night, ‘The Hotel Knickerbocker| Was opposed, Mr. Ryan stated, be- | with the Seventh Cavalry—the Custer | posal to exact this or any other sum and the Shanley restaurants an-|cause the elder Croker had Ps fy nt a ey nore, tO Pe aa | from our citizens for the ‘ed be x0 ‘the! sferred nis fore! erred to the infantry and went to secu olders necessarily de- nounced that in good will to their! transferred title in his foreig the First. In ‘91 he became a captain, | ¢ of security holders n arity d ‘visitors facing a long season of to his wife, » doubts of father Since that time he had been in| Mands a consideration of the char- drouth there would be no service! were stated to have been incurred by | China with a relief expedition, served | acter and extent of the securities | charge whatever. the making good by the son of his | 4s peli y eta ne t REINS whore holders are claimed to be en- The Cafe des Arts has fixed the) father’s drafts on the Equitable | (en a waa superintendent titled to be benefited in this way.” price of champagne handling at $1, rust Company, the Military Academy where Theo-| John H, Delaney, Transit Construc- No arrangements have been made) Harold Nathan, r the elder} dore Rvosevelt's unole gave him his) ton Commissioner, to-day made pub- for especial festivities at the Murray |Croker, argued that the papers in Shanes eu wastonecat tha niinyia ‘lie a letter he wrote the Board of Es- Mill, Manhattan or Belmont, where | the, original potion “ad nl served | ov gurvivora of the Indian fighting | timate and Apportionment on Dec. 19, all the tables have been engaged by | With no tine te ena ireland | days, He looked the part. Tail, lithe | urging that the city enter into new permanent guests or old haibitues for} keep in touch with the proceedings; | {nd straight, b hodap gi IR reo transit contracts under which the quiet family dinner and supper) that the elder Croker did not know | DRG Mew Men Ne iely populage | municipality would take over all ex- charges. There will be special pro- n now that he owed his non any rrangements for the funeral havelisting lines: (Conmiamtoner Delaney's v ' A it was would be an-| nt the thing in cash, properties without paying any- but to arrange for the) Rear Admiral Pillsbury De: ‘ amortization of the cost of the prop- | WASHINGTON, Dec, 30.—Re erties over a period of thirty-eight miral John §. Pillsbury, years. dropped dead at his home here peer bes > He waa born in Massachusetts in In his letter, Mr. Delaney quotes a communication from Lindley sea service tol Ad-| President of the Interborough, which these officials urge the impor- tance of an immediate revision of the | | | Transit Company, and Frank Hedley, | | | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, i GEN. BARRY DIES; U.S. 10 TRANSFER ONE TIME ARMY = GERMAN SHIPS 10. COMMANDER HERE N.Y. LINE FROAY plan provides for the city to take over) M. Gar- | rison, Receiver of the Brooklyn Rapid | in| 1919. HEAT ENOUGH IN AIR TO DO AWAY WITH COAL ALTOGETHER Fellows to Bring of Fuel and ed Humanity.” ST, LOUIB, Dec. 80. “rey of the atmos is sufficient re- Urges xtractiot ¢ Oppres UAT to slice fuel for all purposes, 4c ng to a paper AH. Piatt ot ladeiphia fead at the con vention to-duy of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, He urged the sclen- lists to use their energies to bring | About means of “abstracting this fuel fo as to relieve coal op- | 4 pressed hu ity “FRDERAL BOARD = LIMITS ALL LOANS Kan Driel, from long expomuagg king th FROM SHIPWREGK Ear wreck. Their from the whe elingit the bridge, had pertwhed ha lite wat crew thit the In m® captain sent to investigat r craft un ra ‘d they found |the three men there, all virtudlly helpless from the numbing cold Physicians at ‘Trepassy 1 it was uncertain whether they would re cover Sole Survivors Found in Wheel House of Belgian Steamer, Almost Frozen. JOHN'S, N. F., Dee. 30.--Three were rescued to-day from the reck of the Belgian steamer Anton which struck on the rocks t the entrance of St. Mary's Bay at nidpight Sunday hey are the only urvivors of the crew of tw ne. All were rightfully frostbitten on the bridge. which was the ¢ portion of the Vessel remaining above water The Store The rescued men ar e second of the 10 RESERVE BANKS mate und two firemen, ‘They were| Bedding Specialist ;taken to Trepassey hy the rescue —— teamer Ingranam which was sent out| Box Springs tcloweneds Wiel Sika Peek) rom that harbor to the scene of the Pure Horse Hair Mattresses RP cabide wreck curly to-day Metal Beds and Shore obsery At the ot Day Beds tem stood And the Wederal Re: tO" Shotts Were unable to see any sign of the strain. The W mt ad South iitg on the Anton Van Driel whe LAldal Erna ern banks are in excellent condition qaytight permitted a view of the ex- At reasonable prices gy with piles of reserves, Dallas, for M-) po geq part of the ship and was > SONS stance, has 75 per cent, reserve eared that all the five men Who were FRANK A. Antara rh A pidiy, however, as the retailers seen yesterday during the storm: 25 West 45th St., New York City of the West and South who sold tre mendous stocks of goods during the holidays begin to pay their Eastern balances the flow of money eastward will begin MONEY WILL BE EASIER DURING THE COMING MONTH. Money is fully expected by the Fed eral Reserve Board to be easier in the month of January. But tha m discount rate lowered or that advances to member s will be resumed in unlimited quantities, It does mean that the op portunity will be at hand to take up the slack--the outstanding Federal Reserve notes and other credits which have been a drag on the situation. od is expected by the Fed- Board to come from the th Hdge whic organizations be The public generally may not realize that the United States a trade balance in its favor of nearly $3,000,000,000, and yet is shipping out gold in unprece- dented bulk. This means simply that American exporters have been selling to Europe on credit and that America is paying for her own imports in gold in the hope of stabilizing the exchange market, But while that big trade balance continues, American concerns | are drawing heavily on our own banks for money to pay overhead and other | expenses j The loans are a serious drain, How long can they continue? Not much longer. And Europe must get on her feet again in order to begin paying her bills in America, It would be a serious thing for America if the bottom dropped out of European af- fairs and it apparent Americans couldn't hope to get money for outstanding bills and that produc- tion would have to be curtailed be cause of stringency of credit. WHAT THE EDGE LAW PECTED TO DO. ‘The Edge law is designed to save | the country to a certain extent from ‘that particular situation. Senator | Bdge may not have intended to build up # public sentiment for the pe treaty by his proposal to distri foreign securities to the American people, but a very practical argu- ment for protection of American in- vestments in Europe is bound to ariso | as soon as the public begins buying in large quantities the investm offered by the new export finance or- | ganization, If instead of a few large business and banking concerns, the people generally begin to acquire credit paper and securities that de- pend for their value on the maint hance of a political equilibrium, thei interest in Europe is expected to in crease and pressure upon Congress for an early definition of America’s participation in world affairs will come to the surface, | ‘There seems to be no question of ‘the judgment of Federal Reserve offi- cials that America is weathering her financial storm very well, but that she would be immensely relieved if the treaty of peace were in opera- tion and the moral protection of or- derly Governments in partnership with each other could be thrown around the export and import mar- kets, The Nation has got through the Christmas season with its extra- ordinary demands on the pocketbook jin excellent fashion and the prophecy on every side here 1s one of optimism coupled with the expectation that the treaty of peace when ratified will be a stimulating factor to credits and world bus ———— DIED. CUMMINGS.—On Sunday, De MAR A., widow of Edward A. Cum and daughter of the late Michael | and Bridget A. Darcy. Noth funoral hereafter, wrt Services CAMPBL FUNERAL CHURCH, B'way, 66th at., | Tucaday, 3 P. My WIN DHORST.---JOUN Services CAMP | BELL FUNERAL CHURCH, Broadway 66th et, Tuesday, 1 P.M. a that will be n the erve: of law, yperation would permit formed to finance exports. has became that 1S EX: | MEMORIAL NOTICES. KRUEDIR—In sad of our daughter and and loving momors ster, IDA WRAN- c ister), departed this life one year day, Dec. 30, Gone but not forgotten not dead to those who loved her; still Lives she in our memory und will forevermo: loving futher } and mother, MR, and MRS. HENRY reel Post package the Bronx P 5 about 6,30. address Indic: Ke99, reward for iwiuru, cae PENNY A POUND PROFIT e a blindfolded candidate for initiation and admission into a cret order, we stand, in wonder, in anticipation, on the threshold of the New Year. What is be- hind those closed doors which bear the name plate—“1920?" Who can tell what wonderful opportunities and possibilities will be revealed to us? What marvellous changes take place within a year! We cannot help taking a little philosophical ramble now and then, but to come back to earth, let us say with all the warmth in our heart, witha hearty clasp of the hand, sincere and well iv HUERYEOD TE well meant, “HAPPY NEW YEAR, A Very Special New Year Feature haan a Real Candy Bargain ITTLE FOLKS MINTURE—One of our Breve: thi leasing varietion of Hard’ Candies. ere Crewiis in ieety atm GREATLY REDUCED. ' is limited and first comers cet them AT Pane, oular holiday assortments. ‘ { er PRICE OUND BOX ur Big Daily Special for To- morrow, Wedne. : : + sday, Dec. 31- fag otal Y Vasant as heed, (alien nee it and Cream sugeest Pheer oie ina treat, bul yatit you Ah into these dainty little blocks of de= chi KooUness ded into the nut. Rich F ralang Cream. New Orlen tloner’s sugar, SPECTA, ne “- 34¢€ Gold Seal Assorted Chocolates out w doubt this is most diversified —¢ Insting good finest and of tong Am and is q Blocks. Sa Buttereups, Vwints, Curis ny others equally yp! vias BOC “$2.49 Very iG ASSORTED aree Size Assorti GRADE one GHOCOTATE RE ERUITS the luscious fresh DATES r a Bons their fullest and ates == In ‘of _ verfection, resh Grapes. au lems Han Pune riett Cream" amt. luxuriously covered with our t= mous Pre~ 69c m Milk tr POUND BOX For exact locations see t The apecitied welght inclu i Stores: New York, Brovklyn. Newark. TOUND BOXES FUNERAL DIRECTORS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS. A Bright Place. By DR. BERTHOLD A. BAER. They came to the City of Thousand Pleasures to find diversion and rest. He found rest—rest for eternity. And she, she was alone in this big City, a stranger among strangers. Services were held at The Funeral Church. The last strains of the organ had died away. The demised was conveyed to the Railway Station en route to El Paso, Texas. Two months later Frank E. Campbell received a letter: 71 shall never forget your piace bie City Tsay ie wan sorrow that abode eat yet abides in “What made The Funeral Church appear to you as a bright place?” 1 Hee “I was in a hotel, alone with my great grief, The manager recommended your place. I asked him to send for Mr. Campbell. “T expected a man to call. woman. You know, it takes a woman to understand a woman. She talked to me like a friend; she helped me; she anticipated my needs and my wants. I felt truly thankful to Mr. Campbell. “Then came thé preparation to send my dear one home. “There was nothing for me to do; Mr. Campbell attended to everything. After a short Funeral Church, the remains were station, “The same woman accompanied me to my train. Would you believe it; on my seat J found the late magazines and a bunch of flowe The one bright spot for me in that City of The Funeral Church, where the stranger It was the last one T saw tn that m otithatanding the great, awful my heart, Instead he sent a Sorrows i: finds a friend and the stricken, comfort.”