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2 Dead and ?Score
Overcome on City's
Hottest July 30
East Side Gasps as Mercury
Reaches 100 Mark; No
Relief iii Sight
Heat Causes Accidents
Hospitals Crowded by Pros?
trated; Man Goes Insane
and Dies in Cell
The hottest July 30 in the history of
the local Weathtr Bureau visited this
city yesterdny and caused the death of
two persons and the prostration of
more than a score.
Isidore Goldman, nine years old, of
M Boot Elever ?h Street, "was playing
at an Fast Tenth Street dock when he
it carne dizzy, fell into the water and
was ?wept ?way by the tide. His body
was not recovered.
John Barry, thirty-five years old, of
20 Mulberry Street, died in St. John's
Hospital, Yonkers, having been placed
in a padded celf after a scuffle with a
patrolman during which he broke sev?
eral fingers.
Thermometer at 100
The temperature at one time reached
100 on the city's thermometers. At 9
o'clock it was ?6 and the humidity C9.
At 11 o'clock last Friday's record, the |
season's previous high mark, was j
equalled 5vnen the mercury climbed to j
90. while the humidity dropped to .'.7. ',
The climax of the day's heat wave came |
at about 3 :r.n, when the Hu) mark v. as j
reached.
The Weather ''.urruu announce* that
no relief is in sight. The Ea*t Sid" j
was the district that particularly suf? j
tered. Thousands of men, women and
children sought the parks and literally
gasped for breath. The streets were
almost deserted about mid-afternoon.
Large crowds were attracted by the
mounting of the mercury in giant ther?
mometers that line the city's main ?
thoroughfare-. At the Pulitzer Build-j
ing the mercury was still at 97 at 6
o'clock, and cerned reluctant to recede,
in spite of a gentle breeze that had
sprung un from the direction of the
Hudson Uiver. One at Fifth Avenue
and Thirtv-third Street actually stood1
at the 100 mark for nearly an hour.
Heat Causes Accident?
The heat was the direct cause of sev
eral accident?. While working on the;
new e?evated structure at Fulton and1
Washington streets, Jamaica, yesterday j
afternoon, James A. Hannon, of 295
Seventeenth Avenue, Astoria, became
dizzy from the heat und fell to the >
?round, a distance of thirty feet. He ;
was taken to St. Mary's Hospital, suf-,
fering from a fractured rib.
Patrolman Bernard J. Malloy, fifty- !
f ve years old, attached to the Clinton
Street station, was overcome by the
h?at 5vhile on his post, tnd after brine
attended at his precinct was Rent home.
Benjamin Whitney, levi nty-eight years
old, of 664 First Avenue, Long Island
City/, was overcome bv heat while at;
work. His condition was critical.
Among the prostrations reported were
the following: Charles Hartman, thir- ?
ty-two years old, taken from his home,1
25 South Street, to the Vol5inteer Hos- ,
pital; Francis Kobelmad, nineteen years
old, of 220 Madison Street, taken from
his home to Bellevue Hospital; Mary
Gibb, fifty-five, of 161 West 129th Street,
taken to Harlem Hospital; Dora Wilson,
thirty-five, of 122 Waverly ." tren, and
Peter Johnson, thirty-four, of 307 West
Sixty-eighth Street, taken to Knicker
booker Hospital; Joseph Smith, fifty
four, of 440 West Fifty-third Street,
and Mary O'Connor, twenty-eight, of
1297 Amsterdam Avenue, taken to Poly
clinic Hospital.
Others Overcome
Other? who were overcome by the
heat and received hospital treatment
were Marion Sacker, nineteen, of 132
Henry Street; Peter Quincey, thirty
three, of 142 East 123d Street; Anna
Haas, whose address was given as
Barnes Avenue, The Bronx; David Ko?
vin, thirty-two, of 433 Wyona Street,
Brooklyn; Joseph Levine, of 31
Street; Kynoch Youngson, 61 St. Felix
Street, Brooklyn; Nicholas Gorman,
sixty-five, of 350 East Ninth Street;
Edward Olsen, twenty-two, of 1433
Longfello5v Avenue, The Bronx; Mich?
ael Rozzola, of K6 Van Cortlandt Park
Avenue; Frank Kelly, of Mount Square
Road, Yonkers; Mary Mamatanio, of
217 Hester Street; Edna Hansted, of
S27 West 135th Street; Egbert War?
nten, of 207 West 131st Street, and
Helen A?ker, seventeen, of 23 Wash
burton Avenue, Yonkers.
100,000 Bathers at Coney;
Mercury 98 in the Shade
Captain Sackett, of the Coney Island
police station, estimated the number
of bathers there yesterday at 100,000.
It wa? the biggest week-day crowd
? oney has had for years. At 4 o'clock
it wa? ps degrees )n the shade
Mrs. Sarah Adler, of 129 Avenue C.
one of the flbow-to-elbow bathers, ?et
up a ?hriek and jrrasped her left' ear
with ene hand and David Risansky, sn
ajaeent bather, with the other. Some?
body had snatched an earring worth
$275 from Mrs. Adler'? ear and a part
of the ear with it. She hung on to
Kosansky until a patrolman arrived,
who took h;m to the police station.
He denied taking th? earring, 'but
wa? locked up charged with assault and
robbery. His horn? is at 2809 Surf
Avenue, Brooklyn. An ambulance sur?
geon sewed up Mrs. Adler'? ear.
f^ist night thiity extra patrolmen
were ???igned to the b?ache* to pro
Ust th? pockets snd Baloagiags *a the
thoussrds who sper.? the night on the
sand.
Mercury 96 in Albany
Albany, July 30 OaMol thermom*
'??ra in the Federal Building here reg?
istered f<6 denr?e? at noon, for the
hotteat day of th? ?utnmer and ths
hotteat July day ?ince 1913
98 Degrees in Chicago
Chicago, July |9 fhlr-aeo suffered
In the hottest w???her of tne year to?
day, the thermometer reading a maxi?
mum of 9? degree?. K.rl.ff ii promised
for to morrow.
Boston Hottest in Five Years
Boston. July 30 The hottestOn
in fiy year? wa? rerord'-'l officially
?'i .'???' s them? Bieter n ad
l ' 'ah degree* A hreez* which ?et
in about 2pm crerke-l a further rise.
One Dead in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Ju'y II VTftl a maxi?
mum of 97 degree?, all h?a* record?
for th? lest two year? w?re BTOkoi
bar? to day On? death arid numerous
pfOOtrotloos ad-ie to th? heat wer?
???VWlaXL ?'
Actors Offer to Help
American Red Cross
Mary Anderson May Appear
With Them at Huntington,
September 1
Leading foreign and American getan
have offered their services for the two
benefit performances winch the Amer?
ican Red (ross ?rill ?.tape at. the Rose?
mary Open Air Theatre at Huntington,
Lonf Island, on September 1. The
theatre, which grill be opened formallv
on this occasion, is situated on the
"stato of Rolland R. Conklin and will
hold several thousand persons.
Definite announcement of the nature 't
of the entertainment will be made later.
It is hoped that all the Allied nations
will be represented. Mrs. Whitelaw
Reid is endeavoring to induce Mary
Anderson to return to this country and
appear. Mrs. Navarro, as sh? is now,
recently made her reappearance on th?
London statte in a pai'eant, in which <
she represented America.
Whitman to Urge
Drastic Food Bill
Upon Legislature
Measure Approved by Hoo?
ver Gives Absolute Con?
trol to Board of 3
[From a H'aff rorratprmdent of The Triton?! j
Albany, July 30. ? A drastic food |
measure, which will vest almost abso
lute control in the hands of a small
commission, with a view to bringing
food prices nearer to the purse of the
poorer citizen, is the plan of Gov?
ernor Whitman, and will be outlined
in his message to the Legislature to- ;
morrow night at the opening of the (
special session.
The Governor completed his proposed |
food bill to-night. There was every
indication that it would meet with
obstacles in the legislature and that
the Governor would have a stiff light
on his hands to carry his plan through.
Members of UM joint Legislative
"War Committee" were in conference1
here to-night, and there was considera?
ble talk of formulating a bill of their ?
own, which would tone down some of ,
the drastic proposals of the Governor. ;
It is understood that every detail |
in the Whitman proposals has been i
heartily appiovcd by Herbert ('. I
Hoover, National Food Administrator,'
at Washington. For that reason it is I
expected that some of the legislators,
who declare that they will oppose the
Governor's measure, will go slow, as
most of them want it to appear that
they aro willing to follow the recom?
mendations of the Fvdcral authorities
in the food crisis as far as possible.
Control Veated in Hoard of Three
Tha proposed bill calls for a com?
mission of three unpaid members, who
will have complete charge of the food
products of the state, with power to
seize food in cold storage, appraise it
and sell it directly to the consumer at
what they consider u fair price. It li
pr-joosed to vest the commissie. with
the further power of going into private
"bins" and seizing foodstuffs wherever
they can show that the individual
owner is holding more in reserve than
he needs. The Governor also proposes
to give the commission authority to
build terminal warehouses and markets
for the storage and disposal of the
food it "buys."
The chief opposition to the Whitman
programme is expected to come from
the commission merchants, particular?
ly in New York and other large cities
of the state whom the proposed legis?
lation wouln practically eliminate, and
the up3tatc farmers, a great majority
of whom ar? said to be kindly dis?
posed toward the commission merchant
cr middleman.
Some of the leaders in the Senate
are already preparing to use dilatory
tactics. It is uiderstood that they are
S in favor of holding up any state food
legislation until Congress has disposed
of the Federal food bill. It is likely
that the Governor's bill will be re?
ferred to committee at the opening ses?
sion to-morrow night, and adjournment
taken for hearings upon it before the
joint legislative committee. A less
drastic measure may be presented by
' members of the committee which will
serve the purpose of marking time.
The suggestion was made to-day that
, any action on food legislation should be
postponed until a uniform plan could
' be worked out in all the states. It
was proposed to invite the Governors
of the various strte.s to appear before
: the legislutivo committee and discuss
j uniform laws on food control.
Say Whitman Will Win
The Governor declared that he did
| not propose to have food legislation
held up in this state for any unrea
j sonable time. He said he had little con
I cern as to what other states might do.
It is the consensus of opinion here to?
night that tho Governor will win the
l fight.
It is understood that the Governor
will confine himself exclusively to food
legislation in his first message to the
special session. Other less important
1 matten will probably be taken up in
lister messages, such as the correction
of the defects in the racent reapportion
ment of the Aldermanic districts in New
I York City and an appropriation for
] the maintenance of the port quaran?
tine station New York, which the Fed
! era! government failed to take over
July 1, as exp.-cted.
Liberal Forum Urges
State Food Control
At the suggestion of George W.
Perkins, the Liberal Forum, meeting in
? Labor Temple, Second Avenue and
?Fourteenth Street, adopted resolutions
; last night urging the state to buy and
1 sell food and to build cold storage
plants. The r?solvions will be ?. it
to Albany. Mr. Perkins announced that
ne had bought 15,000 sheep last week
:? Oregon to sell to New York State
fnrn.'
Mies Sa!l> Jean, of the Mayor's Food
A 'I Committee, said that 750 children
hud been discovered in the Gramercy
district who were victims of malnu?
trition. Their mothers, the saul, had
been invited to attend a cooking class
established by the committee.
Mrs. Tulp Sues Again
Hackensack, N. J., July SO. -Papers
in a divorce act;on against the Rev.
Peter A. Tu'p formerly pastor of Epis?
copal and Reformed churches here and
h Newark, were returned to-day to
tha S h ?T ff gf H< rgen Cnun'y for ser
Mr. Tulp has enlisted in the
i.r.d is r.ow at Fort Slocum, New
It is Um second <l,vorro action Mrs
In.fi has brought. She alleges deicr
lion. In rafagillg to grant a divorce
last year Vi*e ( hancellor Fowler ron
fesjed to an impression that Tulp was
without any sense of honor or morality,
although he ordered s'ricken from the
record Mrs. Tulp'a opinion that Mr
Tiilo w-fg "tha biggest liar in the
?<a*-U." ? - *
Alni It a Grand and Glorious Feeliri? -, - by briggs
And FimallY as a last
Resort You Look ?kj
Your Tackle Bo*
?- AND TNERg You pimD
SEVERAL. L.IEFT OVER
FRON?, LAST vSOMM.GR
Small Incomes
To Escape New
Tax Increases
$330,000,000 to Come From
Corporations and the
Rich, Senate Proposes
Washington, July 30,-Revision of
the war tax bill to increase its total
from $1,670,000,000 to about $2,000,000,
000 was undertaken to-day by the Sen?
ate Finance Committee, while House
leader? Informally discussed mea?ures
to still further provide agaln?t th? in?
creased estimates of this year's war
expenditures.
Final action was postponed by the
Senate committee, but Chairman Sim?
mons said to-night that the present
consensus of committee opinion indi?
cates the following changes will be
made in the tax measure:
Imposition of most of the tax la*
? crea?e? on corporation and individuals
i having incomes of $20,000 and more.
Material modification of the so-called
I Jones amendment, which in its present
j form levies 15 per cent upon corpora?
tions' undistributed surplus.
No increase of the normal income
tax rate on individuals, but an in?
crease, probably to fi per cent, of that
on corporations.
Additional taxes on intoxicating bev?
erages, including whiskey, beer and
? wines.
Increase of some of the consumption |
taxes imposed in the bill on sugar, tea. i
! coffee and cocoa, and possibly addi
i tion of a few new consumption taxes.
Addition of a few new small taxes.
The exact divisions of the new tax
burden have not been decided, but in?
creased corporation income tuxes prob
, nbly will raise about $170,000,000 of the
: $.'500,000,000 to be added to the bill.
| The normal rate probably will be made
6 per cent The tax is 2 per cent under
the rr^rtr.t law and an Increase to 4
per cent was provided in the bill a? it
passed the House.
Committee sentiment has crystallized
decidedly against further increasing
individual income taxe? except on in?
come? of $20,000 and above. The addi?
tional increase in rates of intoxicating
' beverages probably will not be large.
| A? now drawn the bill would double
| the present rato on xvhiskey and great
I ly increase that on beer.
Should consumption taxes be in
| creased It is expected that the pro?
posed rate of u? cent a pound on sugar
will be raised. Among new revenue
sources the committee is con?idering is
I a new tax on petroleum prcduct?, in?
cluding gasolene.
Whether the Jones amendment tax?
ing corporate undivided surplus 15 per
cent is to be reduced in it? levy or en?
tirely eliminated was not decided. The
understanding to amend the provision,
Senator Simmons ?aid, is based upon
the intention to levy increased corpora?
tion income taxes.
The committee decided to-day to
change the ba?is of war profits taxation
so as to include under the exemption
clause certain concerns in exi?tence be
I fore the war.
1 Cooper Waives Immunity
Acting Head of Detective Bu
! reau Testifies in Cruger Case
After waiving immunity, former
Acting Captain Alonzo Cooper, of the
4th Branch Detective Bureau, went be?
fore the grand jury' yesterday and tes?
tified to his part in the investigation
of the missing Ruth Cruger last Feb
rusry. He received all the reports
filed with the 4th branch hy Detective?
John I^garenne, Frank McGee, and Ed
ward Dillon. Ile was preceded on th?
stand by Detertive Dillon.
Ii'puty Polire ( 'ommi.ssinner Cay
Sc.:i WMM tn ii.r.e appeared before ti,.
?sTiir-d jury as a witness but the ex?
treme he.it slowed up the operations
of that body to fitch ni- extent that r."
was not railed. It is l.kely that he will
testify to-day after signing a waiver
of immunity
It is possible that the jrand jury will
complete it? work to-day, and in thet
event ?ev?r?l indictments are pre?
dicted Among the?e, it is ?aid, will
b? on? prominent pollc? official sta?
tioned at headquarters.
Retrial for Mooney
Recommended by
Attorney General
Action Based on Expose of Wit
ness'? Attempts to Suborn
Perjury
San Francisco, July 30.?A new trial
for Thomas J. Mooney was recommend?
ed li;. Attorney General I'. S. Webb to
(iay in a document tiled in the state
Supreme ("our* where Mooney's appeal
fr'im sentence of death is pending.
Mooney was tried on a murder charge,
an outgrowth of a preparedness day
bomb explosion, killing ten persons.
The Attorney General's action wes
1 BSed on the expos? of alleged attempts
by Frank ('. Oxman, an Oregon cattle
dealer, to suborn perjury in connec?
tion with Mooney's trial. Oxman, a
witness against trie defendant, is now
under arrest and awaiting trial in the
superior court.
After publication of lotter? from Ox
man to F. E. Kigali, of Grayville, 111.,
in which Oxman asked the latier to ap?
pear as a witness against Mooney, Su?
perior Judge Franklin A. Gr..nn, who
presided at Mooney's trial, asked At?
torney General Webb to confess error
"in the interests of justice."
Mooney's wife, Mrs. Kena Mooney,
was recently acquitted of one of nine
indictments for murder growing out of
the explosion on July 22 last year
Rioting Negroes Arrested
Troopers Refused to Allow
Whites to Pass Theate
Waco, Tex., Julv 80.?All the negro
soldier? of the 24th United Sletes In?
fantry who took part in last .nght's
clashes with the local authori'.i ? have
been accounted for. Six were a. -ested
not long after tho disturl r. " ? took
place. Fourteen other? who escap d to
the environs of the city Sport??? at
c.imp this morning, anil m ? placed
under guard. Everything wi .,...et to?
day.
Last night'? trouble was p ivoked by
negro soldiers refusing to allow white
persons to pass a negro motion picture
show
Will Jones, a nego trooper, was shot
in the head, and Patrolmen Todd,
Edgar Williams and Neal Harris, al!
white, were slightly injured
The troops arrived yesterday from
El Faso to do temporary guard duty
over government property at Camp
MacArthur, pending arrival of Wiscon?
sin and Michigan force?.
Seek to Unionize Negroes
The International Iron Moulders*
I'nion ha? started a movement to elim?
inate trouble between white and negro
labor in Its trade. In a call issued yes?
terday urging all negroes to organize,
the union speaks of the reluctance
which Booker T. Washington always
had toward introducing labor organiza?
tions among the members of his race.
"Since Mr. Washington's death," it
say?, "bo leading representative of the
negro race has said or done anything
which has come to our attention which
would in any way encourage the negro
in indu-try to join the trade union of
his craft. It was for this reason that
the moulders' delegation at the last
convention of the American Federation
of Labor metal trades department in?
troduced the measure which instructed
the officers of the department to corre?
spond with recognized leaders of the
negro rae? and convey to them the de?
sire of the American trade union move?
ment to bring about trade union organ?
ization among negroes."
Warning to Heroes
One Is Sued for Injuring Girl
He Saved in Lake
W> m Warren D. Hayden, of Worces?
ter, Masi . plunged overboard from his
mn'i r boat 01 Lake Quinsigamond and
rescued His? Joseph.ne Depatie from
drowaittg he little thought, say, "The
Brockton t Mas?. > Enterprise, ' that he
bad started a JJ.DOO damage suit right
there.
A few days later he was enlightened
The girl's father, Charles Depatie,
brought the acM<m, alleging that Hay?
den'? boat upset the canoe in which
Mia? Depatie waa voyaging, and that in
rescuing her Hayden used her ?o rough?
ly that he brought on a ca?e of ap
pendieiti?. for which ?h? nsd'to under
go an ->_!??-.._
Rockefeller Now Has
No Supervision Over
Foundation Funds
Oil King Surrenders Rights to
Direct Spending of $100,
000.000 Gift
The withdrawal of John D. Rockefel?
ler's supervision over any of the ex?
penditures of the Rockefeller Founda?
tion, to which he contributed $100,000,
000 worth of securities, was announced
yesterday. When the gift was made
Mr. Rockefeller stipulate,1 that $2,000,
000 of th? income should be spent as
he directed for objects within the cor?
porate parposai of the foundation. In
his letter Mr. Rockefeller said:
"In view of the increasing demands
upon funds of the foundation, espe?
cially those arising in connection with
tho great war for human freedom in
which our country is now engaged,
which have led *he foundation to appro?
priate a part of its principal as well as
all of its income, I hereby release the
conditions set forth in the provisions
quoted above and surrender from this
date all right to designate the applica?
tion of any portion of the income of
the foundation and release the founda?
tion from any designations heretofore
made which have not already been
paid."
The amount of the foundation's 1917
income which had not been designated',
by Mr. Rockefeller up to July la\ when
his letter was written, is $965,230.69.
! Hungarians Protest
Persecution in Fiume
ChargeAustrians Have Ruined
Seaport's Commerce and
Oppressed Citizens
[Wim Ike TriM;no ?atea*]
Washington, July 30.?Hungarians
are discontented over the treatment of ?
the population of Fiume by Austria, I
according to the radical Budapest
paper "Vilag," excerps of whose com?
ments on the matter have been received
here. This paper laments the condi
I tion of Flume, with her commerce para
| lyzed, the city economically ruined,
and tho Austrian government perse?
cuting the citizens under the pretext
of espionage.
The paper states that its charges
! are warranted by the words of Count
' Batthzar.y, a leading figure of Fiume,
! and n*serts that "a little charity would
| save the city from the ferocity of the
1 roverner." "The rumor," it says, "that
\'. .? r.lfalussy Zoltan may again be
made governor of Flume is considered
as one of the most distressing possi?
bilities. Under his regime Fiume was
terrorized. His policy was the policy
of Torquemadn."
Picks Hearst for Tammany
Republican Leader of Queens
Believes Him Wigwam Choice
Joseph II. De Bralga, Republican
state committeeman from Queens and
leader of the Republican organization
! in that borough, predicted yesterday
that William Randolph Hearst would
i be the Tammany candidate for Mayor.
He said he thought Hearst would make
'? roi.?rest eandldatg the Wigwam
I could name against Mayor Mitchel.
"When he was a candidate pre?
viously," said Mr. De Bragga, "he car?
ried Queens. He would not have so
sure a thing this year, though."
Mr De Bragga is a Mitchel Republi?
can and will be intrusted with the task
of choosing the candidates in Queens
w-ho are to run on the Fusion ticket.
He does not favor Borough President
Connolly for renomination. His can?
didate is Robeit W. Higbie.
There was talk yesterday of former
'ant Corporation Counsel William
P. Burr as the Tammany candidate far
Maror Mr Barr was in charge of the
divtaion g1 franchisee of the (<>rp.->ra
j lion Caaaaal'g ..fficp for ten gaari gad
I managed the city's IBCCagafel flgrttl for
Sn-eent gas.
Red Cross Sends Special Mission
Wichita, Kan , July 30 Henry J.
Allen._ of this city, has been named hy
the National Red Cross Connell as a
member of the special commission to
go to France The commission will
spend five weeks in France. An early
departure ia tJjecUd.
U. S. to Call On
Mexico to Oust
Its German Spies
Fletcher Will Call Car
rnnza's Attention to Neu?
trality Violations
Washington, July 30.?So numerous
hf.ve become the reports of German spy
activities and propaganda in Mexico
that Ambassador fletcher is prepared
upon his arrival at Mexico City to call
the attention of the Mexican govern?
ment to the links in that country be?
tween Berlin and German agents in
the Oited States.
Officials of the State Department do '
not call into question the integrity of
the Mexican government, but the re?
ports have left no room to doubt the
existence of a German orgonisatioi
Mexico whose machinations may be de?
fined as a violation of Mexico's neu?
trality. The Carranza government is j
believed, in fact, to be disturbed by '
the abuse of it.s hospitality, and there
is a feeling here that the time in not
far distant when certain repre?crta- :
tives in Mexico of the German Foreign
Office may be officially questionel as
to their activities.
1'roof of Propaganda
How extensive the work of the Ger- '
man agents has been In forwarding
information to Germany by ma.! or
other means has not been ascertained
by American agents, but evidence of
theil tireless activity in propaganda '
has been produced. When Carl Heynen
was arrested a few weeks ago on tho
charge of spy activities in the Un:t?d
Statofl it was not known that his work '
extended to Mexico, but ?ince th?n
B?tatenos has buen produced to indicate
that he was very intimately connected
with the German spy system there, an i
that the men who formerly reported
to him are continuing their efforts
One man whom agents of the United
States are winching is Richard Evers
busch, the Gernuin consul, at Tampico.
Mr. Eversbusch was the partner in ;
business of Mr. Heynen, the lirm name
for many years being Heynen &.
Eversbusch.
While almost every other govern-1
ment has decreased the number of its
consular representatives in Mexico ;
Germany has kept there a full list and
Minister von Eckhardt has been at the
capital since the overthrow of Huerta.
Will Urge Expulsion
It will be pointed out to the Mexican
government that in the event of rea?
sonable proof of undue activities by
any German consul or diplomat pre?
cedent for expulsion from the country
can be found in the cases of Dumba,
von l'apen arad Boy-Ed.
The American government is not
concerned so greatly at the suggestion
that Mexico is used as a relay point
for military information a? it is over :
the constant and apparently uninter- '?
rupted German propaganda emanating
from Mexico and over the possibility I
of curtailment of the Mexican oil sup- i
ply. The recent strikes in the Tam- !
pico oil region have caused some
anxiety and it ha? been freely charged
that they were caused by German
agents working in some cases through
the I. W. W.
Recently increased tixes on crude
petr?leos? and its derivaties already
have resulted in a voluminous corre?
spondence between the State Depart?
ments of the two governments, but
danger of any curtailment of the sup
ply by reason of that has passed, moat
of the operatois paying the tax either
with or without protest.
Istrians Still Use Italian
(Fron Thf Tribune Bi?re?ii]
Washington, July 30.?An interpella?
tion of the Austrian government by'
Deputy Spincic before the Chamber of
Deputies in Vienna disclosed that Aus
tria is officially recognizing the use of i
the Ita..an language in Istna, accord?
ing to dispatches received here to-day.
Deputy ?pineie asserted that the
ciwr anil military authorities 1:1 Istria
are asing the itali.:i language, thal
the [tolioa language i?"ased in th*
war schools, in public institutes, am
that even sailor? from Istria who wr'.'?
in the Austrian navy are pronouncing
their oa'h of fealty in Italian.
in Italian quarters her? it was ?aid
the incident was interesting, as it
proves again the Italian contention
that thirty years of peraecution have
not been able, to destroy the Latin
character of the population' o? latr?a.
Sues to Compel Father I
To Adopt Children I
Wife No. 2 Complainant Against 1
Erlanger, Now With No. 1
Mrs. Harriet E. Erlanger has brought
suit in the Supreme Court to compel
Arthur G. Erlanger to adopt his own .
children. Erlangar is a wealthy young j
man, who, it is alleged, has had two j
wives and is now living with the first.
The plaintiff, who is mother of the
children, is his second wife.
Erlanger lives in Chappaqua. K.T.
He is a son of the late Nathan Er?
langer, a wholesale dealer in velvets.
From him the young man inherited
$30.000 in cash, a weekly income of
$140 and is a trust beneficiary of the
res;due, amounting to about $1,500,000.
Erlanger married his first wife in
1903, and they had two children. In
ItAfl Mrs. Erlanger obtained a separa?
tion. Although not legally free to do
so. Erlanger, it is charged, in 1909
married again, in Savannah. In 1915
Erlanger went back to live with his
tirst wife. He says his second wife
knew of his first wife when she mar?
ried him, which she denies.
I'pon his separation from his second
wife Erlanger signed an agreement to
pay her $30 a week and to adopt their
two sons, that they might share in his
estate. He failed to keep either of
these promises, it is charged, although
Mrs. Erlanger is suing only to enforce
the adoption promise. Erlanger saVs
that his first wife will not permit him
to adopt the children.
Rich Canadian Held
OnWoman'sComplaint
Far Rockaway Music Teach?
er's Wife Says Manu?
facturer Shot at Her
C. H. Cahan, jr., said to be a wealthy
manufacturer in Canada, appeared in
the Jamaica police court yesterday
and surrendered to Detective John P.
Ferle, of the Eighth Branch Bureau.
At the request of Martin W. Littleton,
his attorney. Justice Kochendorfer
granted a private hearing. At its con?
clusion all that was made public was
that Cahan had been held in ll?a)M bail
for tho grand jury on a charge ad
vanced by Mrs. Lillian Rebirer, wife of
John Rebarcr, an instructor of music,
now living at Far Rockaway.
Mrs. Rebarer explained this charge
at length last night. According to her,
Cahan's wife had been accustomed to
take music lessens from Rebarer at his
studio. 420 Mt digan Avenue. On July
3. she said, Cnhan appeared at th"
Wave Crest Ht tel and announced that
he was g .ing to shoot Rebarer for un?
due intimacy wth his wife.
'I knew positively that the charge
was without fo?:ndation," Mrs. Rebarer
said. "Wo walked down Central Ave?
nue together. I was pleading with Mr.
Cahan to give up his insane idea. He
declared several times that my husband
wxs guilty and that he was going to
kill him.
"Suddenly he said he would kill me
and reached for his pistol. I swung
him partly around, at the same time
stepping backward. His shot missed
me."
Cahan would say niching to news?
paper men yesterday, apart from in?
forming them: "Not a word of this is
? o fat into the paper ."
Labor Opens Fight
To Drive Out Germans
Every Workingm-n's Organi?
zation in Country Cir?
cularized
The work of combating the efforts
of pro-German elements to use the
labor movement for their purposes was
begun by the newly formed Alliance
For Labor and Democracy which has
its headquarters in the Stewart Build?
ing, 260 Broadway. The plans call for
the circularization of every labor or?
ganization in the country and the hold?
ing of mass meetings wherever the
Workman's Council, a subsidiary of the
People's Council, begins its propa?
ganda.
"As this movement to stamp out
anti-Americanism in the labor move?
ment .began in the Central Federated
Union in this city," said a member of
the executive council of the alliance
yesterday, "the first move will be
through similar bodies in the various
cities of the country. We will work
through the national and international
bodies, the state federations and the
local unions.
"We have plenty of speakers, and
wherever there seems any nee! of it
mass meetings will be held until
thoso who are seeking to make labor
n cloak for work in the interest of
Germany will have to get some other
cover. If these people are not loyal
to the state they will not be loyal
to labor. That is certain.
"Many Socialists of standing are lin
(?g up with us in this matter. They
remain Socialists, but they realize that
there is something higher than social?
ism."
The People's Council yesterday sent :
out a letter calling attention to Ernest '
Bohm's denial of statements attributed ?
to him to the effect that German spies
r.r.? working on the East side. It asks
that this denial be remembered when
B?hm or his associates next speak of
the council.
Six End Lives, Three
Of Them by Hanging
Death Certif?cate Shows Prof.
Ganz, Stevens Instructor,
To Be Suicide
Professor Albert Frederick Gani, of
Stevens Institute of Technology, whose ?
death at Katonah, N. Y., was announced
last Saturday, committed suicide by
hanging, according to the burial per?
mit issued yesterday by the Hoboken
Board of Health. This gives the cause
of death as "Strangulation by hanging."
and then, in brackets, "Suicide".
Mrs. Sarah Hoffman, of 133 Moore
Stre.-t, Brooklyn, was found hanging in
her home yesterday by a towel which
she had knotted about her throat. She
was taken, dying, to St. Catharine's ?
Hospital.
Another Brooklynite, John Mock, of
440 Melrose Street, was found dead in
the cellar of his home, hanging from
a beam. Business troubles are believed
to have caused his act.
Frederick Mast, of Ridgewood, Queens,
walked into the kitchen of his home
yesterday bleeding from gashes at hs
throat and wrists. At the German Hos- j
pital it was saul that he would die.
M igt Bagglg Horton, s-xty-two years'
old. leaped from her home "on the fifth j
floor of 128 East Fourteenth Street >"
terday morning and was killed. She
ha?i been blind for more than a year.
Mrs. Adrienne Dolly Sheppard, of r>ll
West lllth Street, attempted to kill
herself yesterday by swallowing a
quantity of laudanum. Dr. Hast, of
the Knickerbocker Hospital, saved her
life by quick work with a ttoroach
Mitchel Accepts
Nomination; Will
Make Hard Fight
Personal Ambitions L?e fo
Other Fields, Mayor
Tells Fusionists
Promises Honest Rufe
Adamson Consents to Run for
President of Board of
Aldermen
A letter from Mayor Mitchel fcr.
, mally accepting his renomination wa*
! made public yesterday by the Fuiio?
Committee of 250. In it he point? u>
! the conflict between hi? desire to r?.
tire and his duty to run, and h? prom.
ises a vigorous campaign.
The Mayor is resting ?t Upper f!?r?.
nae Lake. His letter is dated from
, there. Addressed to William Ilaimlio
j Childs, chairman of the executiv? com.
j mittee of the Fu>ion Committ??, h
reads:
"My Dear Mr. CUMbi
"I have just received your formal
| notice of my ?nomination for "e of.
j fice of Mayor of the Cttf of New York
by the Fusion Committee of HIT,
"Permit me to state to you. u|
through you to the entire committee,
; that I am deeply Sensible of the high
: honor conferred upon me by t!.e ,.,.
; dorsement of it,' adminis'ratio of the
? office of Mayor during the past thre?
i and a half years, through this renorai
; nation by the unanimous vote of tht
Committee oi Two Hundred ?na!
Fifty. P?OS ,0 fh(, m#B#
I bers of the conm/tee n:v tori ?<*e?
I appreciation.
"Since the Mme his now come fof
! a public word from me upon this m?t
' ter, perhaps it will not be amiss if J
{ restate what I have to often said U
you and to the other gentlemen repr?.
senting the com:. w!-,-,m I
have coni'ern-ii
No Ambitifin for Public Office
"ail lou know, my determination net
to accT* ? <:,.r ja
? office of Ma>or whs t.irmed. ?rd I be
. heved rtxe,!, safer? the epoaing of ts?
conference? betw?<-n ?/our
j mittee and myself. I had and 'hi*?
I no ambition to continue in public oie?
! My desires lay and -. .11 ft? in ? ?if.
! furent field of service. In
my persona! ?eeassitiei dictate tSAtl
refrain from the sssassption of ta?
j obligations and limitations of poWit
; office for a period of year?.
"I notified you months ago that I
| could not serve and that the commute?
must seek another can:
"After repentej conferences and
r.iuch deliberation on the part of yo?
| sub-committee you returned fe me with
| the conclusion that a genuine and ?f?
j fective fusion of th* citizenship fur s
, continuation of B4 I i st, buii
, ness government cou i not be brought
j about, except unon Up ba?i? of a te.
. nomination of the csfficers of the prci
j ent administration.
"Although I did no? concur In thii
I view with regaid to nyself, ?nd, al
though the course you proposed con
! flicted with my ambit.ons, my desires
' and my interests, yet when you stated
I to me that it was your firm conviction
| that in case I did not withdraw mj re?
fusal to run no effective fui;on mo???
ment could be organized, I realized that
in yielding to your judgment I hsd te
choose between a sacrifice of my par?
sonal future as I had wished ?ad
planned it, and a return, during th?
critical period of a vital war in which
the City of New York has played sea
must play an importan' part, cf that
type of dishonest, slo\enly, ir.effictiw
and unserviceable government which as
hope ha? been banished for good fron
the municipal life of New York City.
"I thereupon gave your sub-commit?
tee the assu: . I rur, prov.d?4
of course the balance of the Funon pro?
gramme were carr -ough the
renomination and nomination of s ?sit?
able and balanced ?Vston ticket.
Accepts the Nomination
"Having given you this prom!??, I
shall not withdraw it. 1 accept yosf
nomination for the office of Major. I
am willing to head the Fisi?n eau??,
and, if elected, I will g.-.e to I
New York the same kind of adminiatr?
tion it has experienced
three and a half
the many point
shown improi
>ary. and see
takes as have been made.
"You bees, ?T assuras?
that I will bocotn? ,r-e candidat? St
your committee for the crnVe of Mayor
under whatever conditions may be pre?
sented. I will ean?oet si ri?TetoajsB
campaign as in my power lies, ?i ??
representative of those who
an honest, non-partisan. uneor.trollN
and busine?sl.ke edminUtrsUon of U?
public affairs of New Vol* I
"Vere sincere.y your?,
"JOHN PU1EOT UnCBEL
Adamson Predicts Victor)
The Fu-ion romm.ttee aW
of :
missioner Roben
nominat-ii for Presidoi
of Aldermen on the .same <-?>' it ra
nominated rh,- mojror, ?OJf -
Adamson writes m part:
"You arc taking up the tight sgsinit
Tammar.v Hall Bt a tim when tW
project of a permanent triumph ??eau
more hopeful than ever a?foro._Wg
mary twVoiOOB and disroursgements.
this citizen warfare has jono ** g
many years. For a long time SOOBBBJ
seemed hopeless, and Koot YsfjBj
were apparently resigned to Josmj
wh,t ?OB per.iaps the ?^?t.Mi"fl
progreeeir? city . ttaj"
world. But now ? ?t20t
are begir-.ing to realize tr.st trie JraMB
or ?nd .imo-t despaired of otar fg
?dminsti -, er.dh>?
.is>onate.->. , ..,.?;??
??It is to continue th:? sdmn
that your committee has bee:
The voters of the city ere o *?*?*"
fall whether they Bro ???Jj/B
diate a goreroment ef ,'"?. k'r.ab%t
give up the gams which ??""?%
made. There should be ne ?M ?
these circumstances of what ..mr "?"
cisi?n will be."
___??? "
Lufbery Downs German
American "Ace" Fire? 1<?
Shots Into Enemy 'p,*n!>4
Paris. I:'- I ?''V.'J'.r^
drille, whirl: ' ^..?l
r.viators. issued ti . "iUiid?y:
i-ommunioation under U? ' ', ?uf*
??Had weather to day prevent* L(j{.
work. Our ace. Adjutant ha?? pn#
bcrv, in ? tight yeiterday ?? blW,
hundred shot* st a herman * ^
?hich fell and d>?rrf?rid '?^btad-.
thick cloud?. The machine ?nd*}
I, wa. disabled, but the c.oudy ?7 ?V,
vented Lufbery from marking ???
when it disappeered.