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STATEN ISLAND REV. F. IN. SLOAT AGAIN CALLED St. Mark's Pastor. Completing Fourth Year, Gets Unani mous Invitation to Return. By Special Correspondent. TOTTENVILLE, Jan. 24.—At the fourth quarterly conterenco ot St. Mark's Methodist Episcopal church, Pleasant Plains, Saturday night, at the church the unanimous invitation was extended to Rev. Frederick W. Sloat, the pastor to return again for another year. district Superintendent Frederick Hubach of the Elizabeth District pre sided at the conference and heard ex cellent reports of the various depart ments of the church and Sunday school. The financial standing of the church Is good according to the report of the treasurer and the membership is the highest In some time. The official board has closed the main audience room in the church In order to con serve on coal and the services Sunday are being held in the lecture room. Rev. Mr. Sloat is completing his fourth year as pastor of the church and it is expected that he will return again for another year. The annual Newark conference meets the latter part of March. Λ yuwnumwinta all atm OUT IN THIS BOROUGH Bv Specie 1 Correapondent. TOTTENVILLE, Jan. 24.—With each of the four local exemption boards reporting that all their questionnaires have been mailed out, it now behooves every registrant who registered on Staten Island on June 6, and who, ex cept those already drafted into mil itary service, has not received his six teen-page pamphlet to get In Immed iate coimmmnicatlon with the board. Each registrant is held responsible for the return of his questionnaire, fully answered and sworn to, and failure to do so within the alloted seven-day per iod automatically places the regis trant in Class 1, Division A. Board 187, the last of the local boards to complete the sending out of the questionnaire because of a de lay at the time beginning in receiving supplies, finished up this branch of the work on Tuesday. The four boards are now well under way in classifying the returned ques tionnaires, and as each registrant is classified a card la mailed him notify ing him in which class he has been placed. The registrant has five days from the day dated on the card to ap peal from his local board's decision if he cares to do so. Appeals must be In writing in the place provided for on the questionnaire and be present ed to the government appeal agent stationed at the board. In answer to the call for volunteer bricklayers to Join General Pershing in Erance, three men responded to Local Board 189 and have had their names eent to the District Board for final approval. They are scheduled to go today. GREAT KILLS WANTED GOAL BUT GOT BROKEN STONE /y Spertal Correspondent. TOTTENVILLE, Jan. 24.—Residents of Great Kills who have been suf fering for the past several weeks be cause of the shortage of coal are in a worse state than ever before. Harry W. Kelsey, the largest coal dealer IE town, called upon County Fuel Admin istrator Williams several days ago foi some relief In supplying some coal foi that section of the Island. Mr. Wil llama promptly got on the job and or dered a car of coal sent to Great Kills at once to relieve the suffering of thf people in that place. The car arrived and was placed on the trestle at Mr Kelsey's yard and when he etarted to clear the snow from the coal as h€ supposed found It to be a car of brok en stone. Mr. Keleey called the fuel admin istrator on the telephone and told him that the people at Great Kills did not like the kind of coal that had been sent and requested another car. Mr. Williams was greatly shocked when he learned the mistake that had been mado and ordered another car dis patched to Great Kills at once. PAUL M GEIDEL ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING CAPTAIN By Special Correspondent. TOTTENVILLE, Jan. 24:—Paul M. Geldel, of Page avenue, mate on the lighter Potomac of the Β. Λ Ο. rail road. was arrested at 6:S0 o'clock yesterday afternoon on a charge of felonious assault by Detectives Schley and Detroit, of the Ninth Branch De tective Bureau. He was locked up In the Eightieth precinct station, Sta pleton, and will be arraigned In court today. Captain Otis Fergurson, of the barge T. M. Ryder, lying at dock Ko. 4, St. George, Is the complainant. He charges that Oeldel struck him with a piece of Iron pipe. Inflicting a ■evere wound on the head and face. TOTTENVILLE Lieutenant Joseph Butler, of 151 engine company, Is enjoying his an nual vacation. William Corson is slbwly recovering from a recent illness. Emll N. Walkerling, of Bentley street, is holding a responsible posi tion as foreman of the"caulkers with, the Peninsula Shipbuilding Company at Portland, Ore. The monthly meeting of the Ushers Association of Bethel church will be held tomorrow night at the home of Harold J-Tamblet, of Elliott avenue. The annual election of oarers of the Tottenvllle Veteran Firemen's Association will be held tonight at the Aquehonga Athletic clubhouse. A meeting of TTnlted Council, Jr. O. U. A. M., was held last night at K. of P. hall. The cottage prayer meeting of St. Paul's church, he'd at the home of Miss Anna Cole, of Johnson avenuo, last night was fairly well at'endod. Richmond Rebekah Lodge, Odd Fellows, met last night at Odd Fel lows' hall In regular session. The weekly ladles' night at the Aquehonga clubhouse last night was enjoyed by a number of the fair sex. Being Neighbor* W« «η never neighbor* to onr Mhre· than whlteneu to mum or Γ it to ilamii Philemons' Reception at Bap tist ChuFch to be an Elab orate Affair Β'J Special Correspondent. TOTTENVILLE, Jan. 24—The an nual reception and guest night of the Philemon Literary and Historical Society to be held at the South Bap tist church tomorrow night is expect ed to be a great treat lor the mem bers and their friends. An elabo rate program has been arranged un der the direction of the officers of the society who have been acting as the committee in charge of the arrange ments. Sergeant Victor Gordon, of the famous Gordon Highlanders, will be the speaker of the evening. Ser geant Gordon saw much service in France and comes here to tell some thing of the struggle in that country. Mrs. George W. Reardon, of Man hattan, a well known soprano soloist, will give the musical part of the pro gram. At the meeting of the society yesterday afternoon completed ar rangements were made for the affair following the program of the day. V. n OA nni VAOAllf. ed their tickets as yet, can get them of Mrs. Benjamin Williams. Mrs. Ernest L. Van Wagner will be in charge of the hospitality and Miss Anna Name the decorations. The pr >gram esterday Included an Inter ests paper by Mrs. Arthur Locke on ' Italy " and a paper by Mrs. Ben jamin V. illlams on "Spanish Court Life." Mrs. Stephen Cossey read a Christmas Message from Camp Upton. There will be no meeting next week because of the reception being hèld this week, It was decided yesterday. MISS NEIA MOORE SURPRISED IT HER HOME TOES. RIGHT By Special Correspondent. TOTTENVIL.LE, Jan. 24:—A sur prise party was tendered Miss Nela Moore, of E469 Arthur Kill road, at her home Tuesday night. Games and music were enjoyed. In the donkey game George Moore, Jr., was award ed the men's prize, Mrs. Frank Wood the ladies' prize, and Mrs. Edward Williams, the consolation. In the other game Henry Dern captured the prize. George A. Moore and his son furnished the music for the evening. Refreshments were served by the hostess. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. .Tnimna τ jre>n of Perth Amboy; Mr. and Mrs. William Deal, of Prince Bay; Mr. and Mrs. Plscolli and Miss Mary Dimlno, of Pleasant Plains; Raymond Barbour, of Rossville; Mr. and Mrs. George A. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Pearsall, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac V. Moore, Mrs. Frank Wood, Miss May Slaight, Mrs. Minnie Cooper, E. A. Stafford, James B. Slaight, Jr., George Moore, Jr., Glenn Moore, Alfred Moore and Henry Dcrn. PLEASANT PLAINS Mr. and Mrs. John Whalen, of Manhattan, visited In town yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Max Bedell, of Cort land, Ν. Y„ were here on Tuesday. Frank Humphrey was in Manhat tan this week. Mrs. F. G. Ebsary has been visiting in Manhattan. Mrs. J. Cohen, of Annadale, has re covered from a recent illness. Fred Lenzen was home from New Brunswick for a visit this week. Laurel DeMerritt has returned to Spartenburg, after a furlough at home. MV and Mrs. George Swanson have returned from a visit at Washington Heights. Iris Willey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Willey, is recovering from pneumonia. The prayer meeting at St. Mark's church last week was given over to the W. C. T. U. for prayer for the na tional prohibition that is being ob served this week. The meeting of the Junior Epworth Lcapue was held yesterday afternoon at the church. It was arranged for a social time to follow next week's meeting. Another shipment of the Homeless Child paper printed at Mt. Loretto, was made from the Prince Bay poet office yesterday. TEN BILLIONS MORE NEEDED BY JUNE 30 Delay on Railway Legislation Will Interfere With War Requirements. Washington, Jan. 24.—Ten billion dollars must be raised before June 30, Director General McAdoo testified be fore the House Interstate Commerça Committee. Congressional delay In passing the railroad legislation will nrlously ham per this gigantic work and Is endan gering flotation of the next Liberty Loan, he warned. "With the status of railroad securi ties up In the air because of no legis lation, the holders of these bonds, which form a big part of the credit foundation of the country, are In no position to subscribe to fufure Liberty loans," McAdoo declared. "The savings banks and other de positories of the average man bold more than $4.000.000,000 in railroad securities, sufficient to spell 'allure for the next Liberty loans unless the hold ers are assured by legislation that the government is guaranteeing these se curities. "I therefore must earnest:y beg yon to expedite this measure." Arms Seized by Irish. Dublin, Jan. 24.—Declaring that they wanted weapons "for th· next rebel lion," 20 heavily armed and disguised men raided several houses near Gal wa.v and seized arms snd ammunition, according to reports received here. WAS FEEURO ILL RUN DOW if Symptoms of on-coming kidney trou ble deserve prompt attention, for neg lect Invites serious Illness. Louis Buckner, S^naerset, V».. writes: "1 was feeling all run down; tired, with pain· In my bacK. After taking Foley ΚΙΛ nev Pills I felt like a new man." Back ache. rheumatic pains, stiffJoints, aore muscles, swollen ankles, purines· Under •yes. and sleep disturbing bladder ail ments, yield quickly to in I· Um*-triel - . ' , ' 1 - , V- <· . · Englishman Tells How Great Britain Clothed Troops— Took Months to Catch Up. By United Press. LONDON, Jan. 24—America can take consolation In outfitting troops In Great Britain's experience. Asked by the United Press today how long it had taken to catch up with the de- ■ mand of uniforms, a British general ! answered, "We were on top of the demand by July, 1915. It was on topi of us until then." Asked how the difficulties had been overcome he replied "By Darned hard ' work." Groat Britain's trouble was like America's. Her standing army not much larger than America's, she was called upon suddenly in 1914 to equip an army of millions. The army clothing department employing but few men had to grow. It is now in charge of flfty officers and six thous and men. Many men had to drill for months In their old clothes. Khaki1 was not obtained early In the war, the | uniforms being made of blue. The blue was later cast on to new recruits. ' So It was between eight and nine j months after England entered the war ) that the first fighting uniforms were ready. In three months a supply suf ficient for alt needs had been assured. In March, 1917, the government bought material at all prices. Since then the entire trade has been under government control. "The chief mistake we made," he exclaimed, "wae In not getting the ' trade together at the outset, finding ! out exactly what each manufacturer could do and challenging him to do it. I Of course we were handicapped for a long time by not knowing how much of an army we must raise." "In the distribution of clothing and equipment," the general said, "over centralization must be avoided. On this island alone there are fifteen great receiving, assembling and dis-1 patching depots." | Word From Local Soldiers & Sailors Camp Joseph E. Johnson, January 19, 1918. Dear Bill:—I suppose that by this time, you must be under the impres sion that I had no intention of writ ing you, but the fact is that I have been a busy young man. Camp John son is located on the St. Johns river, about two miles from Jacksonville. The men are housed in wooden bar racks, which are heated by big army stoves. ' There is plenty of wood on hand, so that there is no excuse for the men staying in cold quarters. The treatment accorded the men is very good and the meals leave noth ing to be wanted. Of course you have heard from some of the boys in re gards to the grade of coffee in the army, well everything said about the same is true, only more so; the coffee Is awful. Reveille Is at 6:15 or 7:15 eastern time and, retreat at 5:15 p. m. As you know th'is camp was intended as α quartermasters school. The camp was built to accommodate 11,000 men and already IS,000 have reported, with no signs of a let up. As a re sult the buildings erected for class rooms were turned into quarters and a lot of men cheated out of a school- | ing. Tents have also been placed on ι the firing range to take care of the overflow. Companies are being formed for in struction in storekeeping, office work, printing remount and prov. wagon companies. Since coming here, I have been at tached to a special examining board, known as the tuberculosis board. This board examines the men for heart, lung and nerve diseases. They are ordered from camp to camp. On Mon day last, I was called to headquarters of this board and now have charge of the office working force and act as stenographer to Major Davis, presi dent of the board. The work is pleasant though very technical. The boys here have been playing baseball and basketball, and leagues are now being formed. It is a com mon thing to see a football, basket ball and baseball game going on at one and the same time. Weather conditions here have been unusual for Florida: having been damp and cool and the nights, at! times, are quite cold. Some of the days leave nothing to be desired for and are as warm as those in July at home. The T. M. C. A. and K. of C. are doing a wonderful work here. Camp certainly would be a dull place with out them. The people in Jacksonville have heen very kind to the enlisted men. Affairs are being held weekly for their sole enjoyment and refreshments served with absolutely no charge. The T. M. H. A. has a dance every Wednesday at which they serve re freshments and all are invited. The affairs are largely attended and every- I thing possible Ib done to make them 1 feel at ease, even to the furnishing of the fair sex (Ood bless them) to dance with. I have made a number of friends here during my short stay and will always save a place in my affection for them. Let me hear from you Bill and re member me to the boys. With kind regards, I am. Your friend. JACK WEITZEN. P. 8.—Too bad the series between the T. M. H. A. and Amboy Five was cancelled. Arrange Sub-Committees tor Thrift Stamp Campaign Organising sub-committees for the War Saving: Stamp drive in this city is at present occupying the atten tion of the workers. The chairman of these committees were appointed at a meeting of the general committee held on Monday afternoon. Each chairman of these sub-com mlttees when appointed was instruct ed to appoint his own committee, which he desires to help carry on the campaign and this work Is now being done. ι The active work of the committees will be started following a meeting of the general committee to be held In the Board of Tr&de rooms Monday afternoon, when final Instructions : will be given by the chairman. Goal Truck Stack In Snow By Special Oorresponâcnt. KEASBEY, Jan. 24—A large truck belonging to the John W. Olsen Coal Company, loaded with coal, became .Imbedded toi a ditch near the Amuse ment. Bark hill yesterday afternoon and had to be hauled out by a team of horse· driven to William Romer. The truck was hauling a load of coal to some house near the park DEO CROSS HEARS MIUORMURPHY Many Local People Hear Euro pean Head Tell of Work on the Other Side. That was a wonderful Red Cross meeting held yesterday over at the Waldorf. The ballroom was crowded, some of the audience standing, when Dr. Align MacRossie, introduced Henry Davidson. He spoke of the wonderful growth of the organization In six months from 200 chapters num bering about 465,000 members to 50, 000 chapters and auxiliary organiza tions with a membership of 22,000,000 of whom 10,000,000 are working members. Mr. Davidson declared the Red Cross management Indebted to the American people rather than the peo ple to the management. He then in troduced Major Grayson M. C. Murphy, the man who has headed all Red Cross work In Europe. In presenting the major, Mr. David son said: 'The most brilliant piece of work ever known to be accomplished in the world is by Major Murphy, in his work of organization on the west ern front." Visibly affected by a great demon stration Major Murphy disclaimed much credit for the wor kin Europe He said: "The fundamental thing is the absolute necessity of winning the war. When you're over there, when von «eft what half Deace or half when you see what half peace or hall victory means, you shudder to think that the people at home, upon whom winning this war depends, may not realize these things. Up to date, Ger many Is entirely victorious in this war. She has lost only blood. It has been fought on others' territory, she has drawn countless treasure and forty to fifty million workers as slaves from other countries, she has established her accursed hold upon Austria, Tur key and Bulgaria, she has poor mur dered Serbia and Russia at her feet and has bled France, wrecked Belgium, frightfully endangered the manpower of Great Britain, caused her great loss in fleet and money and has Russia crumpled and disorganized, and abso lute prey to the devilish machinations of Germany. Could you see th· ^ings which I have seen, and know t. . Ger man people as I know them you would realize that the world would not have a chance to live except as Germany eays, with peace at her terms. We would meet her and go down. If we can't beat Germany now, fighting to gether, we would never beat her alone. "I cannot begin to describe to you," Major Murphy said, "the brutal, beast ly, unspeakable things Germany has done. "Yo-u have got to realize it here, and beat that beast. This is a war of na tions. There is not a woman nor child in Belgium, France, Great Britain, or Italy but is a factor in the war. It is not a war of armies! It is a war of na tions!" The major said he has walked through the Belgian and French vil lages at nlgfri Jpolted in the cot tage windows, seeing the vomen, the children and the old mei·. "always working, working, working iteuri on this war." It 1· not α armies. It must be a war eupponSu by the people behind. The great fac tor now Is to build up spirit and keep up spirit behind the lines. "What have we done," asked the major, turning from the fundament al question of winning this conflict to the actual progress made by the Red Cross. In going to a country stripped by three years' war, very little could be bought or hired. There were no stenographers, no telephone opera tors, no men to run errands, no fur nace men. Practically all labor had to be imported for construction of a system of transporting and housing supplies. Two things were essential— goods and supplies on the ground, and some way to move them. A ware house system was complicated as the government had occupied practically all structures available. There must be advance ware houses, stored with supplies against emergency. We now have over Ave hundred motor ambulances and large trucks distributed in Paris and through the territory at the front. After the warehouses and trans portation and purchasing department was established under Stanley Field, of Chicago, there were also the ac counting, the engineering and the architectural departments to be set up, the latter to plan the buildings, the hospitals and the rest stations. We have one hundred .great barracks in construction, or done, for recrea tion, as hospitals and warehouses for the foreign army. Next came the construction of a department of civil affairs, to deal with care of children from the war zone. Eighty thousand are dying an nually in France. We hope to reduce that to forty thousand. We are car ing for 60,000 children in France In hospitals and in children's home*·. Twenty-five to twenty-six hundred child repatriates come back every week. We receive them, examine them and they recuperate in our hos pitals or in our homes. We work with the Rockefeller Foundation among the tubercular, "hnvinc hopn nhle thpnnirh that IneH. tutlon to put into effect a system of education, and to care for bad cases in sanitorla. We are developing a system of three hundred dispensaries with visiting: nurses attached. With the Foundation we have gained us much ground against tuberculosis in France In four years as we have in the United States in fifteen." Turning to the military work the rolling canteens right at the mouth of the communication trenches were noted. In December 225,000 French soldiers were served with hot drinks, by Red Cross men working in gas and shell fire. Before the Red Cross canteen and rest stations were established the French soldier came out of the trenches covered with vermin, slept in the rain, on the ground, between rail road tracks and anywhere, and could get no food except what he bought at high prices. He went home filthy, dis. couraged and with disease1 bearing vermin, which he distributed. Today the American Red Cross is feeding good hot meals—not sandwiches and coffee but real meals—to a million French soldiers every month. The only thing that matters to beat the Boche is morale. A letter was read by Major Murphy sent him from the French officials, approved by General Petain, In which the atmosphere and management of the Red Cross can teens were complimented. In this let ter it was stated that the men pre ferred the canteens to wine shops, that the morale of the French army was never better, closing: "We count on you to keèp it as it is."' Th« magnificent "wheel-horse work" of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt in canteen work was glowingly acknowledged by the speaker. "The only trouble is they are always trying to get up when they Set shelled." The American Red Cross is bow fur nlshlng I.BOO horoltala with medical supplies. Rest station· tor IT. EL Mid ler· are operated. In case anything I tmiMte Uiim b«tw«— intMt C· stations. Supplies of all Jcinds are be ing accumulated in almost incalculable numbers near the section where our men are going. As far as ossible we will care for our men. Movable ice plants are being built, gas outfits to furnish an anaesthetic for those too weak for ether—In short to have every contingency possible covered. Speaking of the immense comfort carried by our knitted goods to the cold soldiers, Mapor Murphy said "You don't know what it means to a man over there to get in weather like this a good warm sweater br muff.er or socks. You don't understand here what a sock Is!" Passing over the Belgian work as dentical with that in France, he turned to his latest European work—that in recently invaded Italy. In Italy, he said, the Red Cross spoke and she spoke awful loud! We plastered the- American flag from one end of Italy to the other. It was one of the greatest pieces of work I ever saw, and it was so great that the Italian premier said, when be was finally able to announce America's declaration of war against Austria: 'The vigor and efficiency with which the American Red Cross has acted In this crisis may be taken as an earnest of the vigor and efficiency of the United States in this war.' " Speaking of the fine spirit of co operation of the British Red Cross: "The spirit of the British people is sublime. There is no wailing in Eng land. TheBritish women are play ^g the ^RM^aid theyare playing it right down to the nW^^ïisv » not asking for extra food ration^M^ gasoline to run their motor cars.." Alluding to the various relief so cieties maintained since early In the war by Amreican woman in Prance he said: "Theirs was the spMt that kept the light of America burning in those dreadful days of our neutral ity." The major reports complete ac cord with the Red Cross of thecse various relief societies. The major paid a glowing tribute to the American women and urged them to continue their own work as well as to influence the men. "If men in this country are solflshly standing in the way of fighting this war they are worse than the Germans," he said. "I am going back to France on Saturday. I came here with a very buoyant feeling about America. I am going back a good deal worried. "The great question is how soon are you coming? They are counting on us everywhere. If anything breaks I do not know what would happen!" German Socialist Sheet Suspended tor Strike News COPENHAGEN, Jan. 24—Three days suspension was the penalty of the Socialist newspaper Vorwarts of Berlin for printing Austrian strike news and declaring that German workers were in agreement with the Anstrians. THE NURSE IS MRS. VANDERBILT The nurse In this photograph is Mrs. W. K. Vande-bilt, Sr., who endowed a hospital at Nleuly. and ha· been se^n "as a nTrse there^nd In Held hospitals since early in the war. The helmeted poilu in the picture has taken advantage of a short leave from the front to visit his wounded comrade. Ν. Η, MAYER Another Railroad President Who 8tarted at the Bottom. ,l 11 U7 H. "Mifirer, recently elected president of til* Norfolk and Western railway, be gan hie career at the age of seventeen as a railway surveyor. Three years later hs entered the eemploy of the Pennsylvania railway as a clerk and rose steadily io the position of general manager and vice president of the great system. Prayer Service for Women of All Greeds on Monday A meeting for women of this city to pray for the colors, for the cause of the United States will bp held at the Y. M. C. A. building on Monday at 4 o'clock. The meeting will be open to women of all rationalities. TV movement, set on foot here by sev eral women, is expected to gain im petus within the next several days. Thp nntico of meeting as sent out by those arranging for it follows: "Inspired by patriotism find the be lief that prayer, especially that In which there are many united, and lm pelled by the plea of English and more particularly Canadian women, that the women of America get to sether for prayer before their soul· are wrung with anguish and they acte forced to their knees, the women of this city have decided to hold a prayer service in the social rooms of the T. M. C. A. on Monday, beginning At 4 o'clock. Women of all nationalities and all creeds are urged to attend and attest by their presence their faith in the God of Nations." Officials Mifate Alien; Had Blueprints By United Press. TACOMA. Jan. 24—Arrested o· charges of being an alien enemjr, Adolph Judd. thirty-eight, is a pile oner here today, while chemists pa pers and blue prints found in his poa· session are being examined by naval officials. Judd admitted that he is'a graduate of a German university and had served in the German army. BILLY ARLINGTON with "The Golden Crook" at the Majestic Nest Monday, Jan. 28, Matinee and Night. Leon's January Clearance Sale Is The Great Store Closed Every Evening Open Saturday Nights Money Saver You and every other thrifty housekeeper will find that we are teaching a new lesson in economy. Nearly 100,000 Dollars Worth Of Furniture and Floor Coverings Are Offered To You At Reductions Averaging One-Third Our Usual Liberal Credit Is At Your Service. No Matter How Low The Price, You Can Buy It On Credit. Corner Smith uà State Street· Corner tàfè 'AjsM'A