Section 126. Notice to creditors; when service cannot be made

The papers,
  specified in the last section, may be served, either upon  the  creditor
  or  his representative, or upon the attorney whose name is subscribed to
  the execution; and, in either case, in  the  manner  prescribed  in  the
  civil  practice  law  and  rules  for  the  service  of  a paper upon an
  attorney, in an action in the supreme court. Where it is made to  appear
  by  affidavit,  to  the  satisfaction of the court, that service cannot,
  with due diligence, be so made within the state, upon either, the  court
  may  make  an  order,  prescribing the mode of service, or directing the
  publication of a notice in lieu of service, in such manner and for  such
  a  length  of time, as it thinks proper; and thereupon, it may direct an
  adjournment of the hearing to such a time as it thinks proper.