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___ THE RVENING WORLD, TH wun | FINANCIAL NEWS AND Shares has been driven to gover und | | purchasers at Ube lower levels have o | L $I ST! C U T IONS | THE CURB--2 0 p M paper profits into cash. Yet reporta | ‘ | pe from automobile centres recently wa) oie have been wo encouraging that mM. | ) tam Kaat Oba'ee, Nas, tom, tame, nase | mee fe Th tow. tant There was considerable profit tak- cient new buying has been induced to | Sis sbsser yoo Sgr ak: ead | oe nauk there 1 H ' Mm 1% vaywione ‘Lire 16% 16% 18% | chivas kL tag in the stock market this morning, |OMset sales. Declines in i MOOT | iets Junan is wee i ak! 1000 Car tAghe > om ft © (which was generaily expected con- A cai eek ware mostly limited to sincoaiates ay ate of Rubber & ‘Tire 2 4 Be w 490 Commbia Henorsid . mm % i@ering the extent of yeoterday's | #™mall fractions Chalmars of si + 2% | Leltigh Valley HM WOM 4+ " a ‘ise, and vd| Ralls were dintinctly havy. Union Am Ae Grom “0 | hen aie we a aS 100 Cio AW Ry wt 1h 1K 18 uf prices of most stock show | paaiie ans: 0 tan Pace ran oft Am om Sura 42% Lowws, fee 18% 1% 18% yy (100 Chic AB My wt BL tL hz _fecresions ranging from substantial ic a ar , 2 i otcas land Am Boneh Maunon 00° 68% +? Taft, Ine 10% 10% = 10% ‘y - 0 Durant Motor us te ty Se es ors ae oe cae ircend aoect spent. Hwee toes” nl ae SE ima tea Pe wort pared with the olosing figures of last °TS “veras mt & Se Ae Cae 4 yA ae on aia 40% 140% 100 Nor Am Pay : 2 fenreed One & Wary. 14 + | teow ame. “Tf reir od ee But it was evident that Sos have ve weer aie ia: 4s (halen OU... 8 1 | Man Biorat st a ae iano. rn i ace etoc! come ser a Deag fiynd.... ae | Mi Motor pressed by the mass of literature that Am nares... 120 120 iim Oe ee x ok Hn is being issued regarding the pre- Am lide & Either Oy 9% %% — % Mex Puirol Uy IA6 bad carious position of railroads as « (mile & lo. 7 4 = 1% | Miami" Ocoper 17% 17% % whole, by the unusually poor showing Am intomatinal. 40\) 43% 46% — %| sens Grates Ot Fd 200 U 8 Steam ... % being made by most companies in Am tawmotira. 67 Si St Mien & Gt... 10% "ia Cua treed o aie current carnings, and they evidently | Allied Chum “8k 6 “Mo Pa 7% tee altad Ra Canty este | Tat are inclined to give credence to the \™ aie i oe | Me Pee. ot 00% wuss cen | reports of many important dividend |Am gm A fle. 40 a0 30% sya rant Wate 10 Prairio Pipe 208 ave reductions that are now everywhere | Am Sm & Itef pf 76% 704 rang A ghia Schad 200 8 Oil of Ind , 70% 0 eamsareny rel rg a 76 104 + Nut WR Mex ua eS GROWN Y ae 336 ing heard. “ wv | Natl Acme. ‘Mis % t : Am Sugar .... BX WE 1K ul DSPENOENT Cts. Yot railroad authorities who ure 4 Nau Binouit 108% +S!) as0 allied Ob cea ers considered the best judses of thelam ma ma... we 1 hea 2 + 1% 300 Arkaoms Nat Gee 1% 110% situation persist in asserting to their Am ais —1 Nspeagel hai 1909 Boon Oil 1% 1% 1% Am Net lam & BW. lly ‘% 67000 Boston Wyonring 1% 11-32" 1 aad closest friends that railroads have | Am OL + 1 | Nevada Coan ir ‘| Rae ee ee turned the corner, that earnings wu oT writ pce ui aa +B )Now Or T & at... e0% % | 15 Castb Trading. Pr aa now begin to show improvement, aml | Ansconda .., w u ha bi on. Q 100 Citlen Ser "8" tte 1% 2% that reports of wholesale dividend re- | Ans Dey ‘Goods 31% eek ae) ie ee 1 % ductions should not be heeded rorsge di O%— KIN YO a WW | hf <9 te ee Call money renewed at 61-2 per gph ae ay ai eK wm ie | Newall Gouthare oY 2000 Wedecal OW. 1% . Y cent, the sama se 6 previoua.daye|an Gur a wi. aim sre. cit oe | tee, Sy eam Ole 900 Clagrodk Ot. : ‘ of the week, and ruled at that figure | Atl Gut & Wot Ai am + | OMetorm Po It "te Gate OU isos, > throughout the afternoon, But the | jaiwe lao... 6 Me {ft | Gupte Oirewt 4) 100 toe Pet... speculative element as a whole 18 ton & Omnio “ay mK + OU | Otin dtlorator (000 Laetngstan now paying more attention to the Bak & Quo uf Win 49% “ idle Rt + | 900 Maracaibo 08 market's, technical position and to re. Unwed pony au“ 8 — 1 pes Der Gist, bri G a fone + ports from business centres than it nc: steal Bt Se ge + Me Tecktic Gee ae | ae sane is to the money situation. Bibo Rap ma, 13% 1% [tie OF so HN + 4) 600 Ne Cotta ‘Trading flattenca ovt as the session Burra Pew oY SH +, % | eae feet 72% 70% ‘| 130 Midwent Rat... Barmialo Ro Ok Wisaea ae 2% | 200 Afountain Prod. steadily malsftained «| Prostesscd. and the total of trantace oy Got on. 1% Ut = R |Mowo att 25% + %} 3000 Nebte nt. in apite of the beat ef-| tone for the day way not much more Cont tase gehts 16 |e seared esi | “ ef the! beard to bring about | than helf that af yortertay. “Clothing Cait iim AL ee ee oe 7 ae ‘ Se eastion, Houston Oli assumed | shares, certain of the food stocks, the fen tucilie «| he | PNieederakip of the oll group and ad-| Com! shares and the sbipping ®TOUD. Gent Lathe wf abit ad 2 Wivanesd five points above tha clos-| including Atlantic-Guit, ecntinned (0 Care De Pasco... 45% aw | 2 ative ve @ nocomnt of themselves, but | Chandiar Matore 81% ane Sore te Sere of yesterday. rn pant Ohm Obio.. wy ce + i * Mest t taking was felt by the| rafiroad insuos continued to be heavy. Gry", “UN, rth “i +h f * motors Certain of those issues, and| While most net changes in the indus- Gu @ Bt P uf iq mgr oa 7 “more particularly Chandler and| trials were downward. [xcept for two Chic Paou Teot Ob ~ n Studemaker, have advanced from 1¢ to| or three instances, notably 0. 8. Rub- | OME ff & laa. aie : _...%9 Paints during the last two weeks.| ber, Scars-Rbebuck, which sold at a'C hia pace om ae 2 | 1000 AlaeBr Cot Most of the short interest in these | new low for the y Virginia-Caro- | Gass te s [Hoeding it iW. 401. 40% 40% — 1% 1 1000 Auanie lina, whioh pussed its dividend, and) gnc 4 None lip 4) Htomington dyve th at ‘a | 1000 Mig Laden Mexican Petroleum, loxwes were lim-!¢ ite Yoon Seok Si tence U Med t int or less sad cia 18% -- 14 ¥ KING AND FINA\ 10 a point or les | ie 2 | 2000 Hon & Mont pp RARRING AND FINANCIAL. | rhe grain market was strong, whont | cam, Merc: 65 — | 1000 Caled Mn rising 3 cents a bushel. Cotton was! qasou . t Bila — % | 2200 Candalabria @ull and slightly lower, Woreizn ¢x-| Ql Gas & da. % — %| 100 con Virginia change rates were steady. | Gamble ‘Gnchas, th Mea | 3200 Cortes Stiver The Best Free akon oe 2 B= | Soe oe Conee! Gan 80% 8% na — »\2 a Silver. . Book for Traders ome Tete StL a | ee Be cen all St. Gossip] Seo" 3 S23 |e = ? - et, ee has) Per aha | ont Gold. Gms to fe It clearly explains: ¢ baat aot ge ec ay : een te ie bal 5000 Goldfield Flora =... OO The General Rules of LinhATY BONDS: Corn rodicta 6% 74% 78% + | ini cack a eee sare Cam Produste of. 102% 102% 100% — | 1200 Goid Silver Pick .. o 6 6 Trading — The Rights Liberty 31-28 opened 90.52 off .04, \Oricibo Stal .. 1% eae |e ae eee is of “Stock and Bond 24 48 86.84 up 10, Ist 41-48 87.36, 24 Oe Cane Sarr, 2% + % re, ea wane Cee ae, 43 Holders—The Deposit 90.16 up .04, 4th 87.16 up .12,/Crtm Cano Sug nt 5% + 10 Hecla Mining a ey or 86.90, 34 P00) De Ohi & Mant Dl ete 2% =a 1200 Tron Blowson . uo uo . Car- Victory 43-48 97.30 off .08. \aava- gree ee ra ot oars : tse oy k Stocks—How to FORBIGN EXCHANGR Onban Amer Supur, 21% -% | 16500 Knox Divide. » @ i { Zive a Broker Instruc- At 2.45—Sterling, demand, 3.91 1-8; |! Nam Mining. 15% ae . | 100 MeNamara wow tions—Broker’s Com- cables, 3.917-8 up t-Re. French jn tame Waal ai” + ig | Stodebaker we 7s | oe oe mission Charges— francs, demand, .0692; cables, 069%. |Nen & Tio Grande 1% I 1 Hic ger *6 | e400 Mauhertod ow OM x How to Indorse a Stock off, .00021-2. Lire. demand, .0297; |Den & Rio Gr nf), 2 1% 1% | aye" a Pea Ooo! (S| 200 Motherlode wew 5s 5 5 4 cables, .0398. off .0001c. Belgian paves ny pets net pried ‘Trew Sq ue io 4 te wsiaiss : ‘ “ | f francs, demand, .0724; cables, .0726.|muinudemen . Gi, al ai incre Produc. “ATMs 404 mie | Te Rats meets Te ik We ¥ off .0003c. Marks, demand, .0156; | tie 2% 124% 12% eee ea a ate ; | 200 Ptatioum ‘Palladium Mh BOK } catbles, .0167, off .0005¢. Canadian dol- | Brie dst of .. 1% 16% 18% main 6 ly | 220 Ras Come. aeesi st i} briefs rigged up .0039c. Argen- | Tames Plager OK @ Or Nslea'has vee a i on pee Mine ..... H ‘ a Ine pesos, demand, .7650; cables, oo © | a 6 s .7670, off .0080c. Swiss francs, de- | Pim Bety G% sy a ¥ {OR | 100 sree King wiride.., 8 8 mand, .1720; cables, .1725. Guilders, | Visk Ruther 10% 16 16 Mpa tiarey i ee | 1200 So am Poa Gee 6 Om OF ( i cables, .2450. Pesetas, | Gen Axphat 1% 2% OH ree Ate i | 800 $ Silver Tend. A te OW demand, (1297; cables, 1402, Swoden | Gatos Wi & Wie 1% 1M 1 - tee etic Bem S 1000 Gucrem Mite. ee kronés, demand, .2315; cables, .2820, |Generd Cigar eM Oe cid |r erent . 00 Tonopaty Velo whe] 4 JONES & BAKER ||| Sores: “Strone tcoama™ ie nant Me Tig Teg fy | Cal na £3) ate re, ft ' cables, .1610. Denmark kronen, (overs) Motor wf . 1) Bie OY % mt 2% — 700 Tone Vivid we in New York mand, .1740; cables .1745. [Gon Moar Tee. 7% HK HX + 4 40% — 1 | 00 onopsn v oe a. ‘Market Securities DIVIDENDS. im Motor €@ yp 0 66% O% Oe — % ~o Iie4 pacing Aid wee Oo 8% BK % y . stad 3 BROAD STREET OFFICE ‘The MoCord Manufacturing Com- 16% 10% 10% — % 25 ie on roeeeh is we pany passed the regular quarterly Bh % Bh main | eee ee ici 1000 Tovopab Movtana a ’ dividend of 138-4 per cent. on the pre- Be 88 103 102 iat ion me eu Ue ferred stock due at this time. by be 4 a ie’ — "| 1000 U $ Continental. o e@ 86 1200 United Bastom .. . & ate 2% The Norfolk and Western Rail-| 1% : aay. aa — 38 | ele ae a se oe 8 road declared the regular quarterly Lote] Utah Gecurities =. MM 1% 11% — %] ag00 Victory oo. oes 4 ‘ — 1 per cent. preferred dividend, pay- reas Venetian Steal... 69% M% 90 + K| 4004 ad C... a It A etude STREET OFFICE |] |e, Mey 1% 10 stock OF remmrd \inian Raining .. 988 ra dong gat a mc a ed ei 505 Fifth Avenue The Shaffer Ol and Refining Com- | iron Copper. 83 Rte Maes i eh ak \ 4 ‘Telephone Murray Hill 7120 pany declared the regular quarterly ad Cone Com. n 4 Wabash, % %m wh ui . = cent. 7" Cons Corp m™ | Wabash pf A. ne » - Offices in 8 Principal Cities aera Agel, gated PAViggan, Inter Aur Corp 8% 8% — % | Wor Quarylend, te feu) ga bth 1 ) Otret Primate Wires, March 31. 064 98K OOK — | Went Pacific Com. 28% 4 28% + ne © ; e ai [deter ster B% MY Mh — 1 | Wetnuboum BK 6% 48% — Peper —-%* 5% 8h 8% — a he ';OM TT he Whe Wh + % | White Motor ... 41% 41% 41% — c MITTEE REPORT 1 ml White Of ...... 16) 18% 18H — ieee IS AGAINST JAEGER [i= siaw..-.... 15% 16 — % | WillwOvermod 8% 8k BM eae ‘ | Imrinelise O41 2% 2% + | Willy-Overiand of, 34% 4 OH — a i | ieland Oil. 4% 4% Wilson & Oo He Hb dhe + rie bmi resday - 9% + % | Worth Pumo ..... 51h 50% 1 od wit Be Sub ted Tuesday Declar ‘ 23% + 1%! Wort Pom of B. 63% 6th 68% + aS es 4 ing Socialist Assemblyman Resi- 45 41% 42% = 1% Ke dividend, ‘Total salen, 706,200, “ i) i dent of New Jersey 1000 Both Steel Ts 28. 7% 91K $ ” } 4900 Gan Nat Ry Pa 7 100% 100% 1004 puma of New Jersey. {PLAN PERPETUAL —_|POLISH IRREGULARS | (0 a sii hy 36-0: 1004 1004 04 right of Ausembiysnan Henry taexer,| DUTCH MONARCHY| ATTACK LITHUANIA 2% G08 10%. we ‘te Socialist, of Kings, to sit In the Stato is | _2it0 Cos ase. oh 80% ‘ Legislature will be determined by the sitar | : ot ens. Tesille 8.5.11 : ‘ =| Assembly next ‘Tuesday, it. war an-|Proposed Constitutional Change Ab-| Alleged to Have Crossed at Vilma‘ ‘fay Cavonr fason te Soo Tak To Tet ; ELP WANTED—FEMALE. nounced to-day. The Judiciary Com-| jures Republic and Would H 1 ane ed. Memb ates Se ee ee ee aor Ta| mittee yesterday voted, § fo 14, to re-| UTES epubl Lip Ot bahia ad andl, Exeout USES of 30000 Copper Raport Sa 25... 99% 00% 0% opty 0 - 4 #4 | commend the disqualifications of Jaeger | King Elected if Necessary. Military Commission. 2000 Diamond Mateh Ts. 101M 101% 101% : : ot on the ground that he is a realdent of | THE HAGUE, March 24 (Associated | LONDON, March 24—Fighting has| "Woy Gaal 0 Teen... Bm Btn othe | ( apes Prieta New Jere y ktecmblyman Touts M | Press).—The Government introduced in| again broken out between Lithuanian | 1000 Grand Trunk Gis oh 0K OK ae "| Parliament to-day a bill for revision of forces and Polish “irregular" troops | $000 Gulf Oil Ze. 4 me Cay hy | “There is no doubt that Mr. Jaeger | the Constitution under the terms of|commanded by Gen. Zellgouski, says 4 | 5000 Heins Co Ts hme oh OH wp iggy 8 commuter, but we are anxious to/ which the people would elect a King | Copenhagen despatah to the Excirange | $1000 Humble OU ts i Minority’ reports, protesting against |*R0uld the Queen leave vo royal de- | Telegraph Company. 35000 Inter RT Ts, ny no nk the unseating will be submitted fo the |#cendant and there be no male dascen-| ‘The Polish “irregulars" crosse | ante Ligems: Myers te. - A _ the | “1000 Net Leather OH 9% Assembly, by Assemblymen Sol, Ullman |dants of the last King, |Doundary tine near Vilna on Saturday! jon pan Am Pet Te 1% 1% fa ae ing. ane ee e Sdanitioe Bleck nek Sane In Introducing the bill, the Govern-|and attacked the town of Schirvintau, | 2000 Soars Roobuck Ts 23... Wie 5% tri ¥. aie, Demoorats. ment takes the standpoint the Nether-|in the neutral zone established by the | 6000 Sears Hoxbusk Ts 22.. 28% 95% . = ——_— ——- — lands pet remain a monarchy and not | Allies, says the despatch, which quotes | 17000 Sinclair C TMs. - a. revert in any circumstances to a ré-|an announcement by the Lithuanian | 15900 Solvay e Cie &s.. ER RECOATS SUMMER RESORTS. publican form of government Press Agency at Copenhagen. bent agen Rind. we os - Should there be no lineal descendant | Members of © Lithuanian military | 000 Sunwen Well 7 ee See une qualified to succeed to the throne «| commission sent to investigate the sit- | U1 101% Wie The Leading Inn on North Shore naw King must be chosen, the bil spec-| uation ‘were, taken prionera ‘end’ exe-| ‘on lew in ities, This proviso is contrary to the | cuted, it is declared, 103% 102% 103% HALL’S, CENTERPORT, L,I. |} ssommendation’t ine commission ap- |" Polis regular troops opened artilory | 100 ben on we mn ’ id pointed to advise the Government con-| fire against the Lithuanian positions at OS BA Will n for the 18th Season cerning revision of the constitution, | Druskienski on Sunday, the dempatoh | (00 Tests Co Te... 0. oem tae 4.) Da which held that in case there waa no| states, and several Lithuanian soldiers | ‘ole Un iy a May poormmretriamrery qualified heir Holland should become a republic, the people to elect a Presi- | dent. SATURDAY, MARCH 26th Famous Shore Dinners ; Service a la Carte at all Hours “Large Emoggh to be Excellent—-Small Enough to be Personai” were wounded. pec Sa Car Kills Boy; Motorman He! Eugene Murphy, three, of No. 76 Henderson Street, Jersey City, was kiled last evening in front of his home by a crosstown trolley car. The motor- man, David Sinnott, sixty-three, of No. 682 Montgomery Street, was arrested on @ chews of manslaughter, ' ers Betts Bill Advanced In Ansembly. ALBANY, Maroh 24.—The Botts Bill |designed to eliminate the publication of Seasione Laws in newspapers was | sdvancea to the order of the final passage to the Assonmbly to-day. | ] PRICES: | URSDAY, M CURB FLUCTUATIONS IN OILS AND INDUSTRIALS —<$ Stock Exehunge Firm Suspended. Kinstein, Ward & Co., members of the New York Stock Exchange, with offices at No, 25 Broad Street, have been suspended from the Exchange for one year for violation of the rules. The firm members are Samuel Binstein, ate. and six th | authorizes . 000 as the State's share of the cost of | was comin’ constructing rural post roads, Marshall EK. Ward and David 8. Eiv- stein. ESTIMATE BOARD Measure for State Budgetary Con- ALBANY, March 24.--A pill designed to carry out Gor. Miller's recommen: | dation for the creation of a State! Board of Estimate and Contra was | introduced in the Legislature today by Majority Leader Laisk of the Sen- ‘The proposed board would be com- | posed of the Governor, the Comptroler Committees of the Legislature. would be directed to adopt plans for the. elimination of waste and duplica- tion of effort fh State departments and inetititions, ‘The annual requests of department and burewu heads for ap- propriations would be filed with the proposed board Budget Committee The voard also would take over the duties of the Central Supply Commit teo for the purchase of supplies, bill carries an appropriation of $6,000 6 ALPI Rioters Reported to Be Poles, Kill | Men in Gerivee of IniersAllied — | BEUTHION, Upper Silesia, Maren 24 —Six Alpine troopers in the service of | the Inter-Allied Plebiscite Commission | were killed at Kant Tuesday by a mob alleged to have been made up of Poles, and as a result adopted drastic measures (o suppress rioting. The trouble in Kart broke out Tues: day, and a party of troopers was suni- | moned from Beuthen to suppress the| lows.” rioting. immediately attacked by the mob. They took refuge in 4 private house, which | was besieged by the rioters, who made a gunfire atack on the barricaded men. After the troopers bad hung out a white flag and offered they were permitted to loave the house under a guarantee of safe conduct, the | reports from Karf state had they than the f the party and seriously noased by the Adjutant $12,750,000 ROAD BILLS ARE PASSED Assembly Atpproves Two Measures ALBANY. March 2 rying total appropriations of $12 000 for highway purposes were passed by the Assembly to-day, troduced by Assemblynran Joseph MoGinnies, Chairman of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee. One appropriates $7,500,000 for th maintenance amd repair, of the Stat AGAINST CODE CHANGES. Aaron Levy, presiding Justice of the Municipal Courts, appeared at a logie- inture hearing before Mayor Hylan to- day and opposed a bill amending the New York City Municipal Court Code, because. give a tenant the measure of relief he is entitied to. The bill would prohibit the bringirks of dispossess actions out- side of the judicial district in which property is located. as a step in the right direction but not with tenants, have carried their cases on appeal to Greene County where the Suprem Court sits only twice a year. The result is that the tenants in many instances would rather give in to the landlord than go to the extra expense incident to court miles from_ this Mayor Yhethar be would approve or veto the $3,000 OPERA GLASSES. GONE. Mrs. Mameona St: Mystery surrounding the disappear- ance of « valuable pair of opera glasses, studded with wiamonds $3,000, owned by Mrs. Charles M. Mac- Neill, wife of the President of the Utah Copper Company. at No. 15 Bast 91st Street. According to the police, the glasses, which are studded with almost small diamonds, di McNeill a ce, thee opera supper at an apartment on Bas| 72d Street a few nights ago. Mrs. Mac- Neill admitted to-day the glasses had not been found. A reward of $00 has been offered by the firm of A. & Co., Ine., of No. 16 William Street. ot ee ‘LEAPED TO DEATH IN SURF. Rroeklyn Salesman Suffered From The Bedy of Richard Francis Reilly, of No. 78 Columbla Heights, Brooklyn, who committed the polke, off the boardwalk at Brighton Beach into the surf, was mMhe identification was made at Kings Hompital widow, Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, “The miiciie was caused by a nervous breakdown it was said. salesman of ladies’ clothing and was Bishop-Kiect Mai Rev tor of Trinity ghureh and Bish elect of New York, said earin, rere fa “loss to religion and to the country. . eS oa pnd Senn hold. in honor among our BILL INTRODUCED trol Is Put in by Senator Lusk. | the Chairmen of tie Finanelal| oMcers. Mu until the tion, and~ the Logistative| ga: ‘The | “Now, sa 2° exon NE TROOPERS | SLAIN IN SILESIA) catled. | tentively Plebiscite. you do?’ ‘What the Commission has you pick e3, 8 The Alpine contingont was| “And t Why, more."” to. surrender | bit up.” No sooner | the street, howev: ‘ed on them, kill ached mob pour wounded | killings were wit- Col. (Pervtval others. ‘Te vit is ee | accusing “Lie? for State Highway Con- ; “Oh, I Struction. —Two bills Gieut. D’. 0. sceating Both were {n- A. |The ‘ell e went the expenditure of $5, 0,2 | and hn eeraiheks tec | she— get out. | two, sir. Get Rellet He |) Says Justice Levy. “No, si bleeding the around as ho explained, it doos not Folgat. memory. may £0, amendment might be construded Folgat. ‘action city. did a hundred indicate | occasion Hylan pot aa ae proof. Charles YW. MacNeill Leses ded Binoculars. and worth fense?” The MacNetils live 800 ppeared while Mrs. | to an_after-the- | was attending R. Lee “Do but Kervous Breakdown, tein’s. “1 do! suicide, according to late yesterday by jumping identified to-day, Mrs, Anna MReilly, tho Charles Reilly, (No. 1593 brother. pital ton Reilly was @ tin the Brooklyn Elks. To a te Gibbous. William T. Manninj ‘ays Tet Dr pon" to-day iny Gibbona's death, | Mas of Cardinal reat Christian is name has He was jon! nd his death will be universally La OW {neas bench Late to return ‘Not me, sic! for tho bridge and knocked me flat. What made ime wild was the fact, hat I wasn't even wounded. ‘As you escaped Injury, I take | the Lieutenant. yourself up? and ran to my gun.” halted. This “One moment! j | Sa. Admiral, 1 tion the witn Mobraye “Yes, sir! bridge it—extraordinary, the first age; seco on board thing—an PLAY NOW RUNNING AT CENTURY THEATRE, CHAPTER XI (Continued. ) HY didn't you the boats at once?” “The men were slow Foignt in coming not thinking lives, went below to see that none interposed the Captain, was left behind and remained there 1 am glad you asked that question, sir, as now the country will know that twenty-two French foundered officers died to save their men.” “That was the reason for my ques~ admitted Lutzen, tm conclusion. ‘Gall Lieut, Brambourg,” said Fol- Then to Le Duc, “You may go, EN tw b 4 reach the wi Before Le Duy vould rewch tzen commanded hit ena, la Due, As 4 tr hen!" ‘Why—" ome, vome, my aut! 1 don't know nothing | return, th your righ arose finger Me lie? got it. ‘Artelle.” yes! evidence with ir. death, and to me Le Duc.” to say repeated plied the “TE sin Captain. cer the truth “insult t know? place? turned he said, you to try and clear your rain, seems rather foggy.” “Yeu, gir.” “You suy you remember jefore you were called to your post. But surely you must know something of what happened after you were “Yos, str, 1 do, sit!” “Ah, L thought go! soon : sounded ‘ready for action,’ what did'gained the permission of the court “] fell all in a heap, sir.” You were afraid? t ‘A shell came straight | take it you went below fuNy ten min- nd yowedtired, eh? was you who hit the Boche.” “It was, sir—me and the other fel- “The man’s hopeless, Admiral,” said | went.” Lutzen, addressing Folgat. Again Le Duc started to leave the) ordina: witness stand amd once more he was nary course of routine I shou'd me it was by Mobraye. With your permis- 1 should like to ques- “put I fear it will be a waste of time." nd pointed at Le Due. sald you didn't know any more, | thundered. “Don't i Good Lord!” can {rom the frightened Le Duc. don’t think that, sir’? so help me, I did. “That's it! ‘Yhink again!" Don't give up, my mun. { asked a messmati | -« fellow named Dagorne, to go down low with me to look for my officer, “Captain,” remenned ber igiving thle order? “Yes, sir,’ came the reply. “Tha@! Js quite correct.” 7 ‘And no ship was in sight,” of Brambourg. “ “None—so far as I remember.” “There was nothing in sight, sir,"*? You returned to the bridge’ asked Folgat of the witness. ‘During the action.” i ‘Where were you when the Annet “On deck, sir! I had brought wi a-number of stragglers from ‘below. ‘The men, especially those who not swim, were clinging to the ship. ‘We had the greatest difficulty in psr= suading them to jump overboard. t- What I do clearly remember, sir, is in that I suddenly found myself in the water. A wave broke over me——" Admiral Folgat showed impatience... ‘Yes, yes, we know that,” he said. “The one thing vitafly necessary for us to learn is what the signals the nothing enemy made to the Alma were, Did you see those signals?” “Why II am sure, sir, that when the Alma and the enemy ship changed signals | was below.” “So it appears. You may go.” Now Iisten at-| Brambourg started to leave, but he as the bugle also was stopped by Mobraye, who laaneh up «My of their own + “4 want It ‘According to your evidence, sir,” said the Prosecutor to the witness, “I utes before sighted.” “Something Ike that, sir,” the enemy ship was replied ‘Ten minutes ta w What did you do in those minutes?” ‘1 made my rounds.” ‘Where ?”" “Where 1 was ordered to. ‘That's understood." Brambourg was ill at nse. “Ten minutes! long time. Til wager i) te Speak up ‘IT understand shipped Mobraye tn “But 1 don’t understand you. 1 want to know exactly where you) “T give) “] can't say exactly,” came from the witness, restraining himself. “In the! have inspected the gun deck first, and then between decks.” hat’ s all.” Le Duc arose from hts seat quic showing agitation. “Commander! sald. a Who sternly. ¢, sir—Le Duc!” "You must not speak unless you are asked.” “But, sir, 1 saw that officer’— “Sit down!" said the olerk harshly. Le Duc subsided onto the bench. He had thrown the fear of disclosure into Brambourg, however, and the ¢ latter made haste to remember some - thing else “By the way, to th rephed Polgut, is that?" demanded Folgut a You he | to me, man! You 1 told the truth, t me think"—— said the Lteutenant court, “I hope you will excuse reeame from Mobraye,/™e, gentlemen, but I remember now that might prove before beginning my inspection I did bis case against the Captain. went down lo Licut. D’Artelle’ Did you know the ship was sinkin Dagorne said she was. , that, [ says. And down tain’s nd brought your officer up safe- “We did our best, sir. in; the door got jammed ‘eld it ‘open with his body so (Here Le Duc caught himself quickly)—so me and Dagorne could It almost cut my officer in It was awful, sir, My of- ficer was done for.” “Tn tis cabin?” We got him on deck.” Capt. De Corlaix arose at this point, “{ should like it to Bo on record, sir, he said, “that Lieut. D'Artelle, though struggled fastened before he fel ° this brave officer that 1 owe my life “Thank you, Captain, “We should have been sorry to have missed the opportunity of pay- ing tribute to the gallant officer's And a moment later: far enough, Justice aid. ‘He| “Thank you, sit!” responded Le Duc, |, “In what way, please?” asked |] added that ‘hundreds of New York City | as he scrambled out of the witness's | Mtzen- _ a landlords who are involved in litigation! enclosure and resumed his seat on the Capt. De Corlaix,” replied the |] bench near the Captain, “Call Lieut. Brambourg,” commanded As the gendarme, acting on an oider | from the clerk, left the room calling | the Lieutenant's name, Up till now we have made no progress. Capt. De Corl statement remains It is to me—I hesitate to say ‘almost unbelievable, if the signals were given, that no one saw them but the Cortaix states that when questioned twice as to her na- tionality, signals that she was French.” He turned to the defendant: “Cap- tain, is that right— accused. t “Tt ig the absotute truth, sir,” re- ‘aly hope you will be suc- cessful in proving { Brambourg entere and, at a signal from the clerk, went the witness stand. oe “Age, Cprisuan Name and rank? asked the clerk. “Albert Brambour ‘98; twenty-eight years of 'd in command of the watch the cruiser Alma.” swear to bear witness In without pa speak the truth and noth- ‘Reamboure’s eyes sought the Cap- He was remembering some- he had called it. he replied, “what do you remember of the night your ship went into action?” asked Folgat. “My memory is not very clear since night. They were to send you Eaoctor’s certificate trom the hos- concerning my condition of mind, str.” “We know your memory is con- | fused as to what happened after the action, but you might tell us what! get an exchange without delay. a |, happened before.” Brambourg looked at the Captain | leave your ship?” asked the again. “I—1 don’t know, sir,” he said Tt was a lie. Bramboung was out after gruesome revenge. You were. on bridge and you don't know what was | Impossitile, sir!” } ‘ wag ordered to leave the deok,|to catch what might be just ahead. sir, and make an inspection below. Who gave you this ordgy: the senior officer of the watch?’ “No, sir, The Captain, himeelt.’ Fo te “You §0 to my cabin at the same time that cabin. Man (here he pointed to Le Dune) ig? | Was coming out of the next cabin. It looked like a point in the Cap- favor. A laugh from the crowd, at Brambourg’s evident dis- comfiture, was quickly silenced by the gendarme, CHAPTER XIL HE admission of Bramboucg that he had gone to his cabin was seized upon quickly by, Mobraye, who, after all, only wanted justice done. “Ab! So you went to your cabin?’ he said. | “This deta sitpped my memory,” explained Brambourg. “That man's face recalled it, But it's a detail of | no importance.” “I don't agree wh you!” Bram- ‘bourg gave a nervous start. “Wuetw” |] was your cabin located?” d “On the port side of the gun deck."* “Port? This is interesting.” q The water i A up to lifebelt It is to a saia Admiral ‘You Prosecutor, “has just told us it was || on the port side he first sighted the German cruiser." understand what you mean, sir, came from Brambourg quickly. “"Un- fortunately for your point, it wasn't possible for me to see out.’ My port- hole was closed—screwed up tight.” “Who said it was screwed up tight?" demanded Mobraye quickly» Not your conscience?” wit “sir!” said Brambourg, show of dignity. “I beg your pardon,” came from Mo~ braye, apparently apologetic, still playing his game. “You indulge. in a complete loss of memory; allow | me a little loss of temper. After you | came out of your cabin, did you con- \ tinue your round of ‘inspection ae once?" Brambourg did not reply immediate. | ly. He appeared to be seeking the best answer. “Don't hurry yourself, Lieutenant,"* said Mobraye. “Take your time— collect your thoughts.” hem!" came from the witness, fter I came out T went into the next cabi “Ab! This is a new detail’ Yes, I hadn't forgotten it, but £ didn't think it worth while mention~ ing, as it bad nothing to do with # inquiry.” Mobraye kept after him unrelent~ ingly. “Are you sure of that?" he de- manded. “Why did you not speak of it before “I had a roason—er—a good reae 60 Folgat took x's unsupported by Capt. De the enemy ship, wice by correct that your de- the chamber Lieutenant of fear, favor or What reason?” Brambourg looked at the President , of the court. “Admiral” “Frankly, sir,” replied Fo! ~ don’t like your hesitation.” basi “Then, sir,” came from the witnes: “LT must put myself right, although had decided it would be more discreet not to mention the matter here, went to Lieut. D'Artelle's cabin for the purpose of asking him to help me |" “Why were you in such a hurry to tor. 4 or. Brambourg braced himself. “I dig not_care to remain under the orders the | of Capt. De Corlaix!” was his reply, ‘The members of the crowd of oe | lookers leaned forward and straine@é, “Oh, indeed ment. was Mobraye's o Read To-Morrows Thrilling. A ment. the defendant.