Show HEALTH OFFICIALS PERPLEXED does a corpse cease to be a corpse when reduced to ashes new york march G especial special to lo tribune tho the board of will bo be called upon at tomorrows morrows to meeting to decide a question of international impo importance artance tho the ashes ot of the body of charles charlea his bo died in rome rom italy recently arrived by steamer ve day having been shipped by tho the european express company to be forwarded to friends in san francisco the tb body N vaa as cremated in italy and abid the th ashes has were placed in an urn which N in a metaldo boxy box the latter was r scaled aled by tho the states consul in R rome 0 and the box ft ith a cen incato by tho the of the crematory was waa ment on here hare yesterday Yes afternoon a of the 0 a company applied to ahn board of 1 for a transit permit the asme rae I 1 as self if it wore were the body of tho the alc eased instead a t ad of his ashes and all the th were in a quandary what to do in tho the premises premises dr tra tracy c y deputy r thought hought tho the ashes 11 hould bo be treated a BS x 1 6 body and that under the law a transit permit should be b general clark secretary slid and lawyer Stel stelbert nert councel counsel to the department ment however declared when dMit ones once e body Y has bell reduced to ashab hem it has lost loft its identity ss as a body and the board of health had no jurisdiction particularly was waa this tho the caige they cl almed when a person dieal in it a foreign land an md when no possible in ill effects could result from tho the transit of tho the ashes through the elev the urn nm containing tho the atilleo to Is now in hoboken awaiting unless the th board of health decides to latue a I 1 r sit lt permit it 11 must be obtained from the hudson counte authorities or go 90 without |