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Chicago Railroad
Managers Say
Strike Is Won
Predict Settlement Within
a Few Days After
Conferen-ce
Mediator Is Called In
Federal Official Summoned After '
Conference Lasting Until
Midnight
Chicago, July 29.?Following a meet- j
ing of the general managers of the :
nineteen railroads affected by the |
strike of switchmen in the Chicago !
yards, a statement wag issued late to- ;
night by George Hannauer. chairman i
of the conference committee of gen- j
eral managers, that the strike was al- !
ready won on most of the lines effected
and that it doubtless would be settled
shortly.
A plan for the settlement of the
strike was submitted to the rail?
roads by representatives of the three
big railroad brotherhoods not invo!v?d
in the controversy?the Order of Pail
way Conductors, the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers and the Broth?
erhood of Locomotive Enginemen and
Firemen.
The railroad committeemen would
not indicate what the plan to bring
peace was. It was submitted first to
the general managers' conference com?
mittee, and referred by them to the
whole committee.
Tho railroad men to-night said some
of the roads were operating to full 100
per cent of normal, and that all were
handling a large share of their usual
business.
The brotherhoods' representatives !
also requesU'd the railroads' commitU'e
for a statement of conditions upon '
which the local strike of switchmen,
who are affiliated with the Brother?
hood of Railway Trainmen, was based.
The request for information was in- '?
terpreted by some as signifying that
irik-? was culled locally, and
without full discussion by the general !
officers of the organization. It was said i
the men might be ordered back to,
work soon.
While the "Big Four" railroaJ '
brotherhoods had the support of Sam- ,
uel Gompers and the American Fed- i
eration of Labor in their efforts to put .
the Adamson law on the statute books, I
the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, ;
on strike in Chicago to enforce the ?
have neither the sym
patay nor the support of either in i
the present controversy. ,
On the contrary, there is good au- j
thority for stating that whatever '
power the American Federation may :
have in the premises will be thrown to '
the Switchmen's Union of North
Amer.. whose members the ,
strike is directed. This organization ,
is one of the two railroad unions af- ,
filiated with the American Federation i
?the other being the Order of Rail- ?
way I?kfraphers. H. B. Perham,
pre-.id-.nt of the latter organization,
Was in the eity ysterday, but refusi-d
to discuss the Chicago situation.
Privately some of the leaders ex- '
pressed a fear that one result of the >
strike would be the enactment of anti
strike legislation. While the American
Federation stands committed to pre?
sen.' so far as possible industrial ?
peace, it would be vary much opposed !
to any legislation depriving organized j
labor of what its leaders consider their
most effective weapon.
There would be no weeping in local
labor *he strike shoul?i end
in a thorough beating of the Brother?
hood of Railroad Trainmen.
''The brotherhoods have run wild,"
said one leader of national promin*?n-e !
la&t night, "and it may be for the pood .
of all that this strike has been ca'led. '
They have gotten away with murder,
but it is doubtful if they get awny
with this. It i.-. easily within the pos
tibilities that this is the beginning of
the end of the reckless domination of
the 'Big Four.' From this distance it
looks as though the trainmen had bit?
ten off more than they can chew**
The leader of the Switchmen's Union
of North America is Samuel B. H?-ber
ling, of Buffalo, one of the best
known labor men in the United
States. He is well known in
this city, and on his last visit
is understood to have told friends
that he expected the Brotherhood
of Trainmen would attempt to
put his organization out of business.
"I don't Enow how far the\* will ro."'
he r.aid. "but it would not be rarpria?
ing if they should try to imitate the
Kaiser. We ail know what is coming
to the Ka
Shopmen of C. & O.
Threaten to Strike
Huntingdon. W. Va.. July 2*?.-A meet?
ing of shopmen employed by the Ches?
apeake ft Ohio Railroad here to-day di?
rected that a telegram be sent Secre?
tary Wilson of the Department of La?
bor at Washington, stating that unless
their demands for an increase in wages
of approximately 30 per cent are met
a general strike of shop workers era
?he company will be called
? morning at R o'clock.
"0 would be affected
in a walkout of Chesapeake _ Ohio
ihop-er., it vat itstod to-night by their
leaders that 82,000 men in the south
?ast? n ?rill quit work unless
the pa** increase is allowed. This
would inrl.j-le shopmen employed by
the Norfolk ft Western, the Southern
and the Virfiniaa railroad companies,
it was said.
Shipyard Men to Stay Out
?? ?? voted yesterda;- at
a meeting in S?ngerbund Hall, 67
eat, Brooklyn, to continue the
strike and prevent the Robint Dry
Dock Company from keeping its prom?
ise to ttart work on government con?
tracta to-day.
In a itaUmsnt given out after the
*.g it was said that 2,000 em?
ploye* of the dry dock company were
? nt and that their vote wat an
si.twer ii> the ?.Bitrtion by William
>nt of the company, that
all hit rn?-n would be bark at work
to-day.
Village President's Wife
Ends Her Life with Acid
(By T?'*rr?**ti K> TfK? Trlftur??]
Tsrr Mm, John
Wirth. ?rift of ?-?? president of the vil?
lage ? I arrytown, committed
toieide this afternoon by taking car?
bolic and i tarn moments aft-r the had
??'.ay aohool.
.- father, Jacob
? -nrnit
ttd suicide in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
\
No Need for Coal Price
Fixing? Say Merchants
Report Shows Production Has
Increased and Transporta?
tion Improved
The Merchants* Association of New
York, in a statement to appear to-day
in the July issue of "Greater New
York," reports that there is no neces?
sity for price-fixing legislation to solve
the coal problem. This report is based
on an investigation conducted by a
special committee, which found that
the prospect of obtaining coal at a
reasonable scale of price? next winter
was favorable.
The findings of the committee showed
that the production o? ??oth bituminous
and anthracite coal had recently in- j
creased and that the movement of coal
had been accelerated by the steps ,
taken by the Railroad War Board for |
the provision of an adequate supply of I
cars through the medium of pooling
arrangements. The resolutions of the
committee incorporated the recommen- ;
dation that legislation fixing prices and
controlling distribution of coal be sus- ;
pended for the present in view of the :
probability of satisfactory agreements ,
for the protection of the public being!
reached. Another r?solution is to the
effect that the Federal authorities be ,
urged to continue cooperation with the
coal operators, but that in the event
of the failure to secure a proper sup?
ply and an equitable distribution at |
fair prices the authorities intervene to
correct the situation.
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Red Cross Sends
A Commission to
Learn Italy's Needs
George F. Baker, Jr., of First
National Bank, at Head
of Body
Henry P. Davison, chairman of the
Led Cross War Council, yesterday an?
nounced the dispatch of a special Red
Cross commission to Italy to advise
tow American Red Cross activity can ,
best be exerted to meet the needs of !
the soldier and civilian population I
there. An emergency appropriation of |
$200.000 has been put at thai commis-;
sion's disposal, and more money may ?
be supplied if the nood is urgent.
The commission is headed Dy George ;
F. Baker, jr., vice-president of the
First National Bank, this city. The;
other members are John R. Morr?n,.
president of the Atlas Portland Cement
Company, this city; Dr. T. W. Hunt
ington, of California, president of the I
American Surgical Association; Dr.
\ ictor G. Heiser, of the United States
Public Health Service, and Nicholas F.
Brady, of the Central Trust Company,
this city.
Chandler R. Post, professor of Greek
and fine arts at Harvard and one of
the country's leading experts on Italy,
will accompany the commission. The
commissioners also will be assisted by
Gorham Phillips Stevens, director of,
the School of Fine Arts, and Charles
Upson Clark, of Yale, who are now in
Rome. !
Mr. Davison said that while the
reeds of American troops will always
bo the supreme consideration of the
American Red Crost, the generous re?
sponse to the $100,000.000 fund cam
piign has enabled the Red Cross to
assist other countries. This is the
fourth commission the Red Cross has
seat overseas, the others going to
France, Russia and Rumania
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Summer Concerts at
Columbia University
Season to Begin when Grand
Opera Closes
Immediately after the termination of
the grand opera season at Columbia
University the annual summer con?
certs will be inaugurated. These con?
certs are given by the New York Mili
! tary Band, under the direction of
Edwin Franko Goldman, and the dates
are August 1, 7, 14 and 16, at 8 p. m.
They are given under the auspices of
I the summer session of the university
! and are free to the public, as well as
the students of the university.
The concerts take place on the cam?
pus, and in event of rain are given in
' the gymnasium.
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Eight Die in Forest Fire
Sixty Men Trapped in Flames
Near Nelson, B. C.
Fernie, B. C, July 29? Eight men
perished and a number are missing in
o forest fire that swept the Spruce
Rival1 Valley, fifteen miles northeast
of here, yesterday. More than sixty
men and some twenty teams were
trapped at Camp No. 14 of the Elk
Lumber Company, which is situated in
a blind valley, and a majority of the
men had a hard fight in making their
way through the fire. Some of the men
wer-? driven inrane temporarily by
their experience.
Heavy showers fell last night, and
this checked the ferocity of the fire
somewhat. Eight bodies thus far have
been found in the rear of the path of
the flames.
?
Accused Sergeant
Escapes From Armory
Police Asked to Find Engineer
Charged With Swindling
Club
Elmar. J. C McCann. a sergeant in
Company J). of the 2L'd Engineers, ar
I rested, charged with swindling the
| Army and Navy Club on the r?*pre
I sentation that he was an army officer,
? escaped from the guardhouse of the
j 22d Regiment Armory, a* 168th Street
land Fort W- ?mgton ?.venue, last
| nig-ht.
Lieutenant Edward R Wittlefey
I traced McCann to the home of his
aunt, ?here it was sai.] th<* fugitive
! had charged clothe? and departed only
five minutes befor?* the lieutenant ar?
rived. The police then were notified.
McCar.n, who ?,?.<' Uj was a Yale
I graduate, joined the >Engin<*ers tix
?weeks a|?o. He was erres*? d Friday on
' a warrant itsued by United States
Commissioner Houghton. His alleged
r.windlei occurred lart winter.
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When a Feller Needs a Friend ? B"BR1GGS
Free French Class for j
Fighters To-night
League vor Women's Service
to Instruct Men Expecting
Duty Abroad
Free French classes for our "Sam?
mies" and sailors who expect to see
foreign service within the next few
months open to-night at the National
League for Women's Service, 257 Mad?
ison Avenue. They are designed to
aid the American soldier or sailor to
express his simple needs without hav?
ing to resort to sign language.
Mme. Jeanne Berthelot and Mile. ,
Berthe Gay, both well known French
teachers, have volunteered their ser- j
vices. The lessons trill be entirely
conversational, from 7 to 9 o'clock five
evenings a week and every non-com?
missioned officer or private is invited
to attend.
Besides conversation, Mme. Berthe?
lot will give infirmai talks on the
French life and customs from a wom?
an's point of view, while J. C. Russell,
of the American Red Cross, who has
spent, many years in France, will give
the men intimate talks of the rivall?
ing conditions, both civil and military.
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Soldiers Try to Kill
Li Yuan-hung, Late
President of China
By ADACHI KINXOSUKE
A number of Ch?nete soldiers belong?
ing to his bodyguard recently at?
tempted to assassinate ex-Prefeident Li
Yuan-hung, according to cabled reports
to the Chinese papers here. .Soldiers
on patrol du .y frustrated the attempt,
killing four of his assailants and capt?
uring a number of others.
Not exactly a reward to crow about-,
i for the ex-President is perhaps the
'. most disinterested man ever to devote
himself to the cause of China. It Is
1 small wonder the Li Yuan-hung has
' made up his mind to retire from public
i life. And, according to the cable re
forts. he and his family are already at
ien-tsin on their way to Temg-tao,
j which is now enjoying something of
; peace under the Japanese administra
| tion?a peace which passes the under
' standing of the militant politicians at
Peking.
The report*? add that Tuan Chi-jui
j and other southern republicans have
pressed the former President to con?
tinue in the office of the Presidency of
China, to no avail.
Fame and notoriety have no lure
' whatever for U Yuan-hung. He has
: always been simple and rugged in
, hi? tastes, and about as keen for pomp
and parade as for the refuge for the
I feeble-minded keener, in fact.
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Germany's Gold Less
Decrease of 56,225,000 Marks
in Reserve Shown
Copenhagen, July 2i?. The Reichs
. bank statement, just issued, rigain shows
: a decrease in gold of 56,225,000 marks.
' The decrease is due to shipments msde
abroad ip an endeavor to improve the
(xrhanire situation. The gold reserve
en as 2.*.00,000,000 marks, which
I is well below that of a year ago and
| less than K/nan.ono marks above the
stock of the corresponding week of
1916.
Tr.e ?..ote -irculation, which custo?
marily ?I?rrense.?, heavily at this sea
hows a contraction only of 11,
?o fc?.OOO.OOO marks.
Only M per rent of tfcil note circu?
lation is covered by gold.
Brooklyn Boy Killed by Policeman
In Chase Following a Crap Game
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Frank Varley, 1 7, Shot in Back by Patrolman Manaban,
of Grand Avenue Station, Who Says Revolver
Was Discharged When He Stumbled
Mrs. John Varley has a dollar bill
which she will never part with, though
the wolf haunt the door of her home,
at 776 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn ?
which he hasn't done yet. It is the dol?
lar that her Frankie. earned day be
fore yesterday--his Saturday half
holiday?"working extra" for the
grocer.
Frankie, who was seventeen years
old, started for Coney Island yesterday
morning. He whistled as he strode off,
jingling 15 cents in his trousers
pocket, and ?urned ?o wave at his
mother.
Killed by Policeman
Twenty minutes late: the boy lay
dead .n a vacant lot around the corner
from his home, shot through the back
by Patrolman Orrin L. Manahan, of the
Grand Avenue police station. The news
prostrated the woman, who had seen
her son depart lighthearted. On being
revived she prophesied evil for the man
who shot him.
"Policeman Manahan has brought a
great sorrow to my door,' she quavered,
while Coroner Wagner and a group of
neighbors stood silently by, "and the
Almighty God will lay one at his. If
man does not punish him, surely the
i Creator will."
Manahan had been sent out in plain
| clothes to catch Sunday crap shooters.
He saw an intent group of youths m
I front of 579 Franklin Avenue, and
| made for them stealthily, using a pass
I ir.g automobile as a stalking horse.
His approach was seen, however, and
| the crap shooters sca'*?red. Only one
! boy stood fast. That was Varley.
The patrolman seize '. him by the arm
and bent to pick up the dice and coins
on the sidewalk. As he did so Varley
suddenly shook off the grip on his arm
and ran. Manahan pursued.
Through a vacant lot which stretches
beside Franklin Avenue from St. John's
Place to Lincoln Place the chase led.
Churchgoers paused to watch it, house
'? wives saw it from their kitchen win
I dows overlooking the vacant lot and
a group of soldier.? from the 14th Reg?
iment Armory stopped discussing the
dryness of Spartanburg to watch the
race.
Boy Drops in His Tracks
Midwsy in the vacant lot a shot
sounded, and the fugitive dropped in
his tracks. From all sides the spec?
tators gathered about the body, and
some one rushed with the news to Mrs.
Yarley. Coroner Wagner arrived with
the smbulance surgeon, who found that
hi? only task was to revive the boy's
mother.
Manahan declared that, he pulled out
his revolver thinking to fire m the air.
but that he stumbled as he drew the
weapon, and it went off accidentally.
Neighbors of the Varleys, strangers
to them and the soldiers who saw the
affair, asserted that the patrolman was
running evenly and had not so much as
faltered when he drew the revolver and
fired.
Among those who gave this version
of the shooting to the Coroner were
Mrs Charles Gore, of 774 Franklin
Avenue, who was peeling potatoes in
her kitchen, overlooking the lot;
George Moore, of 702 Classon Avenue,
and George Farrell, of 571 St. John's
Place. To their statements Mrs. Will?
iam Clark, of 577 St. John's Place, who
has often complained of boys who
shoot craps in the street, ar.d ?ho sa***
the group on Franklin Avenue yester?
day, added that Varley had merely
paused to see what was going on, that
he was not shooting craps and she had
never seen him among the crap
shooters.
Charged with Homicide
Manahan will appear in the Fl*ir
bush police court this morning to an?
swer to a charge of homicide.
Varley's father. John. Il a 'long?
shoreman. The boy was employee* by
the Columbia Naval Stores Company,
17 Battery Place. He had been to 6
o'clock mass, and was going to join hi3
brothers and sisters at Coney Islani.
His mother wanted him to take more
of the extra dollar that he had earned,
but he would take only fifteen cer.?s.
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Four Lose Their Lives
In Waters Near City
One Falls Off Tug; ?another
Sticks in Mud, and Two Are
Seized With Cramps
Four persons were drowned in the
waters about Nev- York City yesterday
William H. Manning, forty-five, an
? engineer, of 353 Fourteenth Street,
Brooklyn, fell from the tug N'orthing
! ham in Staten Island Sound. Two
! deckhands leaped in to save him. Har
j bor police from St. George recovered
: the body.
Steven Grosse, twenty-three, of la**,?
? Bay Street, Fort Wadsworth, S. 1 ,
'? swam from a pier at Manner's Harbor
I out into the middle of Staten Island
j Sound, where, taken by a cramp, he
! went down.
Tony Lororuno, twenty-four, of 219
Lawrenc? S're?*.. Flushing, waded into
! Flushing creek, a? the foot of Gro?rv
I Street. He hegan to sink in the mud
: Before companions could extricate him
he was pulled under and drowned.
Anthony Caputo, fourteen, of 391
Canal Street, died when seized with
cramps, while swimming in the Hudson
off -JtWth Street.
Elopement Recalls
Girl's Disappearance
Yonkers Man Questioned About
Theresa Engle Two Years Ago
Weds Girl Secretly
Yonkers. July 29. -An elopement,
which came to light to-night recalled
to the police of this city the mysteri
' ous disappearance two years ago 01
Miss Theresa Engle, who has never
been heard from since, and who, the
police of this city now believe, is dead.
The young man who was the last per
, son known to have been seen with Miss
Engle is the husband of the young
woman in th<? latest elopement case
here
He is Henry A. Rurger, thirty one
years old. of Mojrt Vernon. At the
time of the disappearance of Miss Engle
the police talked with him, but, aside
from admitting that he saw her on the
day she disappeared from home, denied
knowing anything about her.
It was on Thursday, July 19, that
Mist Sophi*? Gier, seventeen, of 74 Vark
Street, mvstenoiisly disappeared from
her home. She was not heard from
again, the police claim, until this even?
ing, when she returned home with Bur?
ger, and they announced to the parent?
of the young woman that they had been
married in Philadelphia.
Workers Organize
To Fight German
Plots Against U. S.
New Body Is To Be Known
as Alliance for Labor
and Democracy
Gompers Is Chairman
Publicity Will Destroy Power
of Disloyal Movement, Say?
A. F. of L. Chief
The American Alliance for Labor and
Democracy ?j the name of the organi?
zation perfected by American Federa?
tion of Labor leaders yesterday to
combat the activities of those who in
the name of labor are accused of try?
ing to play Germany's game in this
crisis. Samuel Gompers is the chair?
man of the new organization, which
will be financed by the American Fed
t ration of Labor and kindred bodies.
With Mr. Gompers are Frank Mor?
rison, who has been designated vice
chairman, and Robert E. Maisel, sec?
retary. Tho executive council includes
Hugh Frayne, In charge of the New
York office of the American Federa?
tion; Chester M. Wright, formerly man?
aging editor of "The New York Call,"
and now of Cleveland; W. J. Small, of
Newark; \V. J. Berrey, editor of "The
National Labor Journal," of Pitts?
burgh, and Joseph Barondess, of this
city.
The organization was perfected at a
meeting held in the Hotel Continental
yesterday afternoon, at which were
present many local labor leaders, par?
ticularly from the East Side, where
the Workman's Council, a subsidiary of
the People's Council, in turn the suc?
cessor of the Emergency Peace Feder?
ation, is centring its attack on organ?
ized labor as represented by the Amer?
ican Federation on the ground that
Mr. Gompers has been devoting the
energies o? the organization toward
preserving peace between labor and
capital.
"The fight *.3 now on to a finish," said
Mr. Gompers after the meeting. "The
issue is straight cut?whether or not
the labor movement in this country
shall be American or anti-.*vmerican.
Our work will be to Americanize that
element of the working class not yet
thoroughly Americanized and combat
those who under any name would pros?
titute the name of labor for the benefit
of the foes of the United States and
of labor.
"The labor mo-rement in this country
is loyal to th* govemmen* and to its
principles, and it will loyally support
it in its efforts to carry this war for
justice, freedom and democracy to a
trumphant conclusion.
"The chief weapon of this crowd,"
he concluded, "has been publicity.
That is all that is needed to destroy
their movement, for once it is known
who they are, what they represent and
what they se*-k, their power tor evil
will be reduced to a minimum."
Swiss President
Hopeful of Agreement
With United States
Berne, July 29.-President Schulthess,
speaking to the Berne newspapers con?
cerning the relations of Switzerland
with the United Staes, said there was
no reason to believe the government of
the United Stats intended to make dif?
ficulties for Switzerland by preventing
the purchase of the most necessary '
foodstuffs in America, as all American
provisions are being handled in an ar?
rangement with the Entente.
The President declared the United
States always had ben kindly disposed
toward Switzerland, but that the situa?
tion in America wa3 difficult, because
of the great shortage of vessels. The
purchase of American corn had for
some *ime been suspended ,he added.
Concerning wha* he termed Switzer?
land's most important other question,
the supply of German coal, President
Schulthess asserted that Germany,
would deliver further coal only on the
condition that Switzerland grant a con?
siderable loan to Germany. The Presi?
dent added that, he expected the price
of coal to go still higher.
No Liquor Fight Planned
Anti-Saloon League Careful Not
to Confuse National Issue
No effort will be made by the Anti
Saloon League of New York to hitch
any partial prohibition amendment or
rider to any food control legislation
brought before the coming special ses?
sion of the Legislature, according to a '
statement issued vesterday, because
the league does not wish to detract
attention from the prohibition issue at
Washington.
Wtlliam H. Anderson, state superin?
tendent of the league, Issued the state?
ment *o clearly de?ne the position of
the league in the face of a possible
conflict between national and state
legislation.
"The league thinks it would be un- :
wise for any state temperance organi?
zation to do anything that would con?
fuse the issue by distracting public
attention from the clear prohibition
issue at Washington," said Superin?
tendent Anderson.
"This does not mean that the league
"'ill let up in its fight at the next reg?
ular session of the'Legislature for the
passage of the optional prohibition
remonstrance bill and for a prohibi?
tion amendment, to the State Constitu?
tion,'' continues the statement.
Kristi-.niaf.jord Pounds
To Pieces in Storm
St John's, N. F., July 29.?A furious
??form last night made a total wreck of
the Norwegian-American Line steam
?hip Kristianiafjord, which ran agrouml
near Cape Race two weeks ago. The
work of lightering the cargo was in
progress, and with good weather it had
been hoped to float the vessel this
week, but she pounded heavily in the
sea raised by the storm, and the crew,
numbering 250, who remained on board
after the passengers were removed,
were forced t oabandon her. She was
fast going to pieces when teh last of
the men left her. The crew will be
brought here to-morrow.
The Kristianiafjord was a ves?el of
10,?^1 tons, ."-'he wot built in 1913.
When she went on the rocks in a fog
she was bound from New York and
Halifax for a Norwegian port with pas
:rngrrs and a general cargo. The pas
*--***./ers were rescue?! without, accident
and were brought here to await the
?arrival of another steamer.
Hartigan, in Report,
Urges That Weights
Laws Be Modernized
Retiring Commissioner Tells
Mitchel That Public Is Not
Now Protected
Joseph Hartigan, Commissioner of
Weights and Measures, who will retire
voluntarily from that office on August
1, after three years and three months
of service, made public yesterday his
report to Mayor Mitchel, in which the
work of the bureau is reviewed and ,
several recommendations are made fori
the further protection of the public
from unjust charges.
Commissioner Hartigan urges a re- j
codification of the ordinances relating j
to weights and measures, and declares I
that the sute laws should be revised
to conform with modern conditions.
They should be modified also, the re?
port states, so as to provide that all
foodstuffs be sold by weight only.
It is recommended further that all
weighing and measuring instruments
be serialized, after tests by the Fed?
eral government, in order to bring
about national uniformity.
Other recommendations are that the
examination and inspection of gas and
electric meters be placed under the
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Weights
and Measures, and that a service be
established in the bureau, or some
other branch of the city government,
providing for quality tests of gasolene
and other fuel oils.
Urging that the bureau's power for
accomplishment be extended, perhaps
by making it into a department. Com?
missioner Hartigan adds: "Subtle in?
fluences, operating adroitly through
sources of convenience, to merge the
Bureau of Weights a*jid Measures into
a department of markets, or any other
department in the present formation
of the city government, are moving
against the interests of merchants,
manufacturers and consumers."
Watermelon ?Rind
Cheaply Preserved,
Says Food Bulletin
Food Commission Says House*
wives Should Take Advan?
tage of Low Price
Take advantage of the low price of
watermelons and make your preserved
gingered rind now, says to-day's bul?
letin from the National Emergency
Food Garden Commission. To preserve
watermelon rind, take two pounds of
rind after the peel and the pink part
have been removed, cut it into squares
and soak over night in a solution of two
ounces full strength hmewater added
to a gallon of pure water, i The fuil
strength Hmewater may be purchased
at any drug store.) The next morning
soak the rind in clear water, drain weil
and place for ten minutes in boiling
water.
Make a syrup of six cups of sugar to
three quarts of water. Add the juice c f
one lemon and slice in half anothe.-.
Add the rind slowly to the boiling syrup
and cook until the melon is tender and ?
transparent. Remove the kettle from
the stove and allow contents to cool.
After cooling arrange pieces of rind at?
tractively in the jar with slices of
lemon and add boiling hot syrup of
medium heavy density. Partially
tighten tops of jars and sterilize for
forty minutes in boiling water. Re-:
move jars, tighten tops and cool in a ;
place free from drafts.
GINGERED WATERMELON RIND.? \
Proceed as for preserves until the rind
has been soaked out after treatment
with limrwater. Then drain rapidly for
Attaea minutes in ginger tea. I Use an
ounce of ginger to a quart of water.)
Make a medium syrup by using a
pound and a half of sugar, a quart of
water and a pint of strained ginger tea.
Cook the rind in this syrup for about
two hours, or until tender and trans?
parent. Afterward proceed as in the
case of preserves.
MUSKMELONS may be preserved in
the same way as watermelons, except
that a little stronger limewater should
be used in soakir.g the rind.
Send a two-cent stamp to the Na?
tional Emergency Food Garden Com?
mission, at 210 Maryland Building, |
Washington, and you will receive free !
copies of the home canning and drying
manuals.
-? i
Chester Quiet Again
Police Appear to Have
Quelled Race Rioting
Chester, Penn., July 29.?With the
exception of a brief period this morn?
ing, when a score of whites in auto?
mobiles invaded the negro section with
the announced intention of "cleaning it
up," Choster was quiet throughout the
day. More than one hundred shots
w-ere fired by the invading party, but
so far as could be learned no one was
injured. Numerous panes of window
glass in the homes of negroes were
shattered, however, before the police
arrived and drove the white men out of
the districts. No arrests were made.
Trolley traffic was resumed to-day
and more than the usual number of
people were on the streets.
It was announced to-night that
saloons and places of amusement, which
have been closed since the race troubles
assumed alarming proportions Wednet
day night, would be open to-morrow.
Reform Blunderers
Harmful, Says Bishop
Many Unfitted for Tasks At?
tempted. Declares Detroit
Prelate
Bisho.? Charles D. Williams, of De
troit, preaching at the Cathedral of'
St. John the Divine yesterday, sent a
shaft at reformers. The Bishop said
the passion for doing good on a grand
scale through social service and con?
structive reforms is a fine thing, but,
f.dded that many attempt such tasks '<
who are unfitted for them.
"The world has suffered at much
from blundering reformers," seid he,.
"as from intentionsl knaves. These !
short-haired women and long-haired ;
men who are always trying to bring i
about a moral reconstruction should '
learn that doing good demands intelli-1
gence for its proper guidance."
Bishop Williams deplored the opin?
ion among Anglo-Saxon people that
intelligence and goodnets, faith and
knowledge, reason and religion appar?
ently are antipathetic termt. Shake
t-peare's clever men are all rascals, he
pointed out.
22 Mitchel Backen
Do Not Vote in Cty
Tamman^ Assets
Democratic Committee IV
dares Many Fiuioni*-^
Are "Tax Dodgen"
Gives Descriptive Lj-**.
"Allegiance Frankly Proda?jy
To Rockefeller Group,"
Statement Adds
The Democratic Fusion Commit*?*?.,?
170, which is trying to pick a Timm??,
candidate to oppose Mayor Mitcheii,
the coming municipal election, im,*
statement yesterday declaring that??
records of the State. Superintend?? a*
Elections showed that twenty-*-?*? ?.a?
bers of the '*.Mitchel Republican *^tsm
Committee" do not vot.*- in New j?
City.
The statement also refers to so*-.? of
the Fusion committeemen as ''tsxdiak
ers," and others as "who frankly m**,
claim allegiance to the RockefslU
group."
A descriptive lift of the alleged -*?*-***?
votei-s" is given as follows:
List of Non-Voters
Samuel McRobertj, 23 E?,,. yj^.
fourth Street, in 1915 swore off ?50.C***
personal tax assessment, declaring fcj?
residence was in We.?tche*'er County.
The total capital and resourcti ?f
the corporations he repre-enU art fi,.
290,662,720.
A. G. Milbank, 330 Park At??,
swore off $10.000 personal tax fStta
ment, declaring residence in Hunth-,.
ton, Long Island. Mr. Milbank it i
? representative of the Borden Milk Co?.
| pany and four other cot orations that
| total a capital and resources of $41.
404,200.
Robert W. de Forest, 7 Wsihingten
Square North, swore off $20,000 **??*.
sonal tax assessment. He is one of th*
I most conspicuous of the Foundatisi
i Group. The capital and resource? ?rf
? the corporation represented by Mr. <U
i Forest are $787,89
S. A. Lewisohn. ??.I Fifth Aven?,
? pays no personal taxes.
Daniel E. Pomeroy lives tt B?a*h
, Road, Englewood, N. J. The total u
I sessments and resources of th? eer?
' porations in the management of whlek
Mr. Pomerov participate? is $452,207,
452.
Ancell H. Ball, 139 West S?v?nty.
? fourth Street, has r.o* voted in !??*
| York since 1911. His assessment tor
personal taxes wi * 000, w h ich ht
swore off, claiming res.der.ce ?n Water
! mill, Suffolk County, Long Island.
Irving T. Bush. 28 East Sixty-*??*??
? Street, votes at Irvington-on-tbe-HW?
? son.
Martin W. Littleton, 113 East Fifty?
1 seventh Street, head of the City De?
mocracy. In 1917 he ?wore off a IS*),?
000 personal tax asiessment, claiming
residence at He.-.ipstead, Long Island.
J. R. Truesdale, 42 Park Avenue, sec?
retary of the City Democracy, swor? off
a personal tax assessment of $25,000,
claiming residence in We&tbury, Lonj
Island.
Four Didn't Vote for Wilson
Other members who do not vot? it
this city, according to the ?tattmtnt,
are George Blumentha!. Arthur C. Cox?,
jr., Elliott H. Holbrook, I. K. Ham
merling. Charles D. HilUs. L. P. Mar?
vin, E. P. Maynard, W. V. ? ranford, Dr.
T. J. Riley and F. H. Norwood.
The records of the State Sup?rii
tendent of Elections further show, th?
statement sets forth, that four m?m
bers, "posing as Wilson men," did not
vote for President Will .-. ?ait rar.
They are Frederic R. Coudert, A. A.
Cook. G. F. Thompson and Joseph fl- A,
Symonds.
o
City Administration
Is Caller Syzygy and
Strabismal by Black
Head of Citiz??ns' Democracy
Doesn't Explain Whether
That's a Knock or a Boost
The Citizens' Ind?pendant Democracy
places implicit confidence in its *>'**'?'
dent, Wilham Harman Black, a tstX
Mr. Black surely must hsve known b?
fore he issued a statement yesterday
plunging the organization into th# tt-*
nicipal campaign. Mr. Black, who il ?
lawyer, a scholar, an as-istar.t diitnrt
attorney and a Tammany man, difi?*?
the Independent Democracy's poiitl**
in a few carefully culled words.
"The present Fusion acm:r..*'rstio??
said he, "is syzygy I see foot not?)
with the worst predatory element? ?
the communi'.v. It *.-? not only r.or?uy
strabismal ?see foot rote No. 2i,ttX
mentally stark r.eked. We h?**? ***
?quarrel with ariv Democrat. We ar? ii
dependent and intend to have a ?ay**
to who shall be nominated on ourtiik?t
next fall."
FOOT NOTE.* DictioMar:- give thft?
definitions for syzygy. ( 1 * In *J'*r0lJ"
omy: One of a pair of opposite poi?|?
of an orbit where the rrovir.; body j*
in conjunction with oi
the sun, especially the pointi ol ij***
and full moon on the me-on'i or'1*
i2) In biology: An immovable unit*?
between two brachials. ,3i In *-00*??i
Conjunction of two organisms withe*
loss of i.lentttv.
FOOT NOTE N'o.2: A Third Ave??*
oculist s*ys strabumal mean? etas*
eyed or wall-eyed. . .
P. S. -Mr. Black will '.s.?i?e another
statement soon.
News in Brief
Mr?. Henn?. Reif was ktl!e?i by f?"i*-?JJ
jumping from th? roof of her home. **?**{
Fest 165th *>tr??->\ The Bro-*x H?r *******
t? i." the City HosriUl. H?*r tl-.ree /"?'fEr
the >oun??*st ???v->**it?v'n d*:?? ?nd *?*?? **mm'
two year? old, are in Lincoln Hotrit? ,
"Jam? .Nolan. .New York Cttj . *?
found detd from hesrt di??*?? in hi? ****** "???
the Glob? Hotel. IM Vie**- Ycrty.tttgm
Streart
Hanry A. Mi-hs?!?. arr?-?t?-d in J?1*****
Queen?, as a d*??frt<*r fro? in? r#?vy'J'*l
plained that on Julj I h- Je? Uj? ??"
y?rd v. tth I?*'* ?n.l Ike amhati?'" ?<J ?"
life '? He come* from Virsir'? ?r* ** "
fireman. JS
A night nur?e in Hudson !*???**??** ?***{*???.
diieover-rd a fire in ? tormo ?tor' '""JTakg
int at ?., Hud?on Strttet- r**nkt ?L^jZ
prompt ?l?rm, th? blax? mm* ??ti-?fu???"
hall an hour.