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Whitman Asks
For Board To
Control Food
Legislature Receives Plea
for Law to Supplement
United States Act
Waste and Hoarding
May Be Prevented
Wilful Destruction of Sup?
plies to Maintain Prices
Pointed Out
Albany. July 81. -A vigorous request
for an effective food control bill in
New York ln order to enable state
authorities to supplement he provi
siona of the Federal measure nov
panding in Congress was made by Gov
crnor Whitman in a special message
transmitted to-night to tkt Legislature
aasembled in oxiraordinary aession to
enact food legisLauon.
"It is our duty not only to take care
of ourselves--wo nre together with
England, France, italy and Russia."
?he message read. "If our cause is go
Ibb to win we must care for our al.ies.
We must send more than men. money
or munitiona. We must send food
above everything else in the world. We
cannot do this without making real
sacrifWs. In order that we may do it
with as little disturbance to our own
economic life ns poaalblt, I have con
vened you in cxtraordmary session.
Powera Are Outlined
The Governor recommended the ap
pointment of a State Food Commission
with these powers:
"To obtain information on all food
production and consumption and report
the same to the Federal food admin
iatration. including the amour.t of food
and fuel in storage, the sUte s own re
quirement.* and its possible food ex
ports and imports to other states and
allied eouatriei
"To prohibit furthcr placing 1B
storage of food products without its
permis-ion and to prescribe rules cov
ering the same.
"To -.iize and distribute food products
in case of neccssity, after paying the
value of property so seized.
"All of the powers above enum
erated," the Governor declared, "are
being exercised by our allies."
The message coitained no suggestion
that maximum or minimum prices be
fixcri. the Governor holding price fixing
to >*? a Federal function. In connec
tion with the latter, however, the Gov?
ernor pointed out some of the dif
ficultics to be encountered if an a*
tempt is made to fix minimum q-iota
tior.s
Counta On I'nited Action
The Governor answered some of bia
many critics, who have held unneeea
aary an extra session for the enact
ment of state food legislation, by de
claring:
"lt has been suggested that there are
intrrests w'nleh will defeat any at
?ernpt to pass proper moasures for food
lagalttiOB. I do not believe that any
substantial group of people in thu
State of N%w York will. by reason of
their own selfish ir.terests, attempt ta
block any such measure. I am con
fident that we can, with the aid of ai!,
with the conscicntious support and de
votion of all, accomplish much towsrd
solving thia problem by the enactment
of proper legislation.
"It may be urged by some that the
8tate ?ho"uld await BCtloa by the Fed?
eral government, but there are two an
ewers to this contention: First, that it
is our important and inherent duty to
provlde for the people of this state as
be?t we can at the ear'.-.est passible mo
ment, BBd, second. tha* 'here ia nothing
in the <-uggestions which I am about to
make which will in any way conflict
w:th any legislation thus far proposed
in Congress. The powers which I
would suggest the Ltgislataia confer
upon a commission are entircly discre
tionary, and the corr.m;*sion should be
required to act in eonjanctiot with the
Federal food admir.i<tratmn. On the
other band, it is inevitable that the
sUtes must bear the brunt of any work
carried on by tho Federal government
and must furnish it with the informa?
tion on which to base ar.y action it may
see fit to Uke. It ia therefore impera
tive tt create th:? agency wjthout any
furth'T delay."
Firat Law* Inaufficlent
Early in the me.? <??-e it wa? reralled
that durirg the rr^ -!*r legislative ses?
sion a joint committee, consisting of
appointces of the Governor, Mayor
Mitrhel of New York and the Legis?
lature. recommended food control leg?
islation. That which was enacted the
Governor held to be "not suff.cient to
tore. with the pre?ent emerger.cics aria
Ing 0 ' ' '' '? ar."
Th?- ExaetUva subsequentlv cited
figures ahowing that tho itate'a food
ixpor's had increas^d in value from
U26.I 18.016 in 1914 to $740,273,^9 in
1916, ar.d that In the same period the,
value of Imparta had decreased from
j ..-? -? ? ? J. - 87!,i 81.
"U tnu-t be remembered." the mes
-.age eaatlaaed. "that ladiridaala in the
State of N'ew York are compoting with
the gavaramtBta of foreign eaaatrita
in the *purchaie of ntetasititB. As in
atances, I am credibly ir.formed that a
foreign power hai lately been negotiat
ing for 4,000,000 cans of salmon, the
entire ou'.nut of one of the large-1 can
neriea in th?- Ui Ittd StattB. and that re
eently a foreign government purchased
J,000/i00 pounds of bacon at '\Z rents
a pound.
"Wnat can be aerompliehed '.?y ueans
of tathortaiag etate jiurehase ia ahown
by the axperioaea ia rraaet. In Fraaea
the pritt of brasd ia tba same to-day
a* it waa at the bej-inrnr.g of Um war.
and it has not be< r, rirreixHry tt IBgB
late the eoBaataption of brtauL This
waa accomplished by rn'snn of a rr,m
-niasion, which purchased at private
aale in every rountrv in 'he world vaat
quantities of wheat. whirh were stored
in granariea huilt by the government,
and with the further rtflelt tbat Fran-e
had on Marrh 1 last aufficient wheat to
laat for enothar year."
To Present Hoardlng
In rommer.ting on the powera he
alahed t'. be veated with tba proptttd
Ct.mrr.ia? or, the Oovernir aald:
"Jt ia not naeaaaary for tre to rr,m
B?ent ?n tha tactatltji t<>r lagtalaUoa tt
prtv,. / i.r.d to prevant 'he
CommiHir.g of wilful waate Hoarding.
ipenjlatior, an'l wa-t* rontribute in no
amall degrea l-> lugh food pri-e*. I am
iaforme'! ".?? f>> order ". maintain l igh
pri'e there ' ' '
our owi -'a*^ i'' been wil
futlr daatrv/ed.
"Xb i?a Jtbjuua ibt itOY.ixhi&tat bjuu
' the people were calling upon the farmer
1 in no uncertain terms to increase the
, acreage of cultivated land, and the
fnrmer responded nobly. It is now the
, datj of those who called for this in
ereased acreage to see to it that he
? shall not suffer through h:s patriotic
| action. The farmer must be able to
, market his entire crop. He must re
i ceive a profit sufficient to stimulate him
; to still greater efforts in the future. I
think that the best method of accom
! plishing these results is to empowcr the
! commission when necessary to buy,
atore and sell food producta."
Cash Prizes to Spur
War Garden Canning
Emergency Food Commission
Offers Inducement to Girls
and Boys
Washington, July 31.?To whip the
j interest in food cor.servaticn to the
< highest point, the National Emergency
. Food Garden Commission to-day offered
, 1,000 cash prizes to tne women, girls
i and boys of every state in the Union
! for canning war garden produee.
Charles Lathrop >pack, president of
j the commission, announced that $5,000
would be given for the best canned
vepetables shown at the exhibits in
' hundreds of towns and cities and at
' county 6tate fairs in Scptember and
; Oetober, these prizes being for canned
j vegetables grown in tov.n and city war
\ gardens.
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Fight Promised
On Food Measure
In Legislature
Governor's Proposals Meet
With Much Opposition
in Senate
[Fr<^m a PtalT Omapondar.t of The Tribune)
Albany, July 31.?The Legislature
eor.vened to-night in special session
i for a short perfunctory meeting to con
] sidor state food control, and adjourn?d
' after the reading of Governor Whit
j man's niessajre cn the subject. It will
meet again Thursday for the introdue
i ticn ofnfood hill. The excessive heat
; wilted the collars and took the spirit
I out of the lawmakers, so that they
were glad to r/o through the motions
i and get throuph.
Tho Governor's message was a vig
orous appeal for a real food dictator
I ship of three commissioners which
; would provicio fair prices for the con
' sumer at home and our ullioa abroad,
j and the activities of the speeulator3.
i While there was no discu>sion of a
proposcd food measure to-night, it was
| evident that the Governor's drastic
; programmo would not go through with
] out opposition and attempted modifica
1 tion.
Senator Elon R. Brown, president pro
, tem. of the Senate, announced that the
' ioint war committee of the two houses
! had a bill of its own under considcra
tion which would be completed and
' ready for introduct on Thursday after
I noon.
Some of the Senrtors resented what
they termed the " ictatorial methods"
I of the Governor and were not inclined
! to accept his own Dill without amend
ments. It ia understood that the com
mittee will try to effect a eompromise
I with the Governor between now and
Thursday and formulate a measure sat
! isfactory to all concemed.
Committee Oppoae* Governor
The committee is not in favor of
granting the broad powers to the pro
posed commission as suggested by the
Governor, partieularly in regard to the
' seizure or commandeering of food sup
? plies, except where they have been
hoarded. The committee is in favor of
laaring such powers to the Federal
authorities.
All reports from the Executive office
to-night, however, indicated that the
Governor would insist that none of
< his suggestions should be the subject
' of amendment. If the Governor main
tains his present attitude a hard hght
? is looked for.
The Senate ar.d the Assembly con
vened at 8 o'clock. Senator Brown out
lined the committee's plan to adiourn
until Thursdav. He said that the com?
mittee would finish formulating a bill
in the meantime.
After the bill is introduced the Sen?
ate wi'l adjourn again until next
; Wednesday at *:30 p. m. Public hear
' ing on the committee's bill will be held
' before the joint committee next Mon
. day at 2 p. m. and Tuesday at 11 a. m.
Minority Favora Drastic Law
The same plan was followtd in the
As?emblv. Minority Leader Callahan
pointed out that the minority members
had been in favor of passing drastic
food legislation ot the laat regular ses
aion, but he said it was "better late
than never." He deelared that in his
' cpinion nothing short of an actual food
i dictatorship would suffice to meet the
BitaatiOB. The Assembly appeared to
be fully in favor of all the Governor s
auggestions.
The ?uggestion of passing a law pro
viding for a moratorium on real estate
mortgages in New York State is being
discussed among the le?'islators. There
is some question aa to the constitution
nlity of such a law, and the mattcr hn?
not yet taken shape. Senator A'.berf
Ottiagar *aid that he had discussed the
matter w-.th large real estate interests
in New York City. and that they were
in favor of such legislation.
Germ-Laden Plasters
' Found in Binghamton
Federal Agents Seeking 2 Men
Who Sold Inf ected Packages
From House to House
Binghamton, N. Y.. July II. Federal
1 detectives are hunting for two men who
have baaa Btddliag packages of red,
Iwhite and blue court plaster from
hoi^e to house in this city. Specimens
of thi eoart plaster have been exam
ined and appear to have been lmpreg
natad with aathraa baeilli.
W. K Spalding, Commissioner of
Public Saf'-ty, nas sent out a general
alarrn for the arrest of the men and
warnings have been sent through the
tryaida against veadara of court
plaster. Every nno having purchased
any reeently from a pedler is asked to
turr it in to the police for analysis.
The 9B9_4Mtad packages are marked
"Jiiarriorid Superior"and bear thctrade
mark of a New York manufarturer. P
! is believed that the plaster was bought
in ordinary form and inorulated b> the
purehaaer. Inqmrieg as to reeent sulea
jril! be made of the mariufaeturer.
High Coat Hits Prison
Santa Y<-, N. M.. July 30. Because of
tha high eaat of food. ?tate peBitantlary
omriais are COBaldariBg tho possibility
i,t dapartiag t<, Ifaiieo aaady W8 ald
nativeg of that country now in prison
h?re for enTtneaa eommittad against
tt.i-ir aoBBtrymaa in thia atata,
? ? rr.oit met mada to day that
an agrajBH'.' ??? ?'': i '? tad Btat4 i !?
migratipn ofljriala concernuig the de
>bbruu<tu wuuli, h? aouahL
Movie of a Stenog. Doing a Big Day's Work
By BRIGGS
4 Burned in U-Boat Chaser I
GasoleneTank Exploded Hour
After Being Filled
Bayonne. N. J., July 31.?Four mem
I bers of the crew of one of the new
1 submarine chasers were *iurned this
1 afternoon by a gasolene explosion on
; their craft. The boat, which had jus:
l been placed in commission, tied up at
j the Tidewater Oil Company's docks
1 yesterday noon to take on gasolene.
An hour later she started out and
had gone only a hundred yards when
the explosion earne. Her captain put
: her about, and the flames were quickly
: extinguished by the oli company's fire.
department.
The injured were John Haderman,
engineer; Maurice Febman, 347 West
Thirty-fourth Street, Manhattan; F. J.
Smith, Rockaway Beach, and M. G.
Patterson. 3 West Sixty-third Street,
Manhattan.
-.
Churchmen Discuss Food
Editors Consider Organization
for Conservation
Washington, July 11. -Editors of the
country's leading church puhlications I
talked over with food administration
officials to-day the programme of church
aid in food conservation. Methods of
organization were discussed and the
editors exchanged views on the best
mtaaa of keeping their readers con
stantly reminded of the need for volun- \
tary aid in the conservation campaign. ;
Yirtually every denomination now'
has enlisted in the service of the food
administration.
_?-a-???
Three Foods Cheaper
Washington. July 31.?Only three
articles classed as foodstuffs showed
? decrease in price from May, 1911, to
May of the present year, according to
a comparison of export prires an
] nounced to-day by the Department of
Commerce. The commodities not in
1 cluded in the general advance in cost
are green coffce, oranges and dried
aprles.
Com jumped from 76 cents to 11.62
B bushel, wheat frorn $1 to $2.58, wheat
flotr from $4.60 to $9.52 a barrel,
Bgga from 20 to 35 cents a dozen, I
eanned becf from 13 to 27 cents B
pound, fre*h bref from i3 to 14 cents i
a pound, bacon from 13 to 22 cents a J
: pound. lard from 13 to 23 cents a |
'pound, butter from 22 to 37 cents a
ponnd, and potatoes from M cents to
$2.87 a bushel.
m,- a
Profits Near $1 a Thone
Big Income in March for Com?
panies Is Reported
Washington, July 31. Telephone |
companies showed a profit of nearly B
jriollar a telephone during March, Bt
cording to compilation made public to-l
day by the lnterstate Commerce Com.
\ mission.
There were in service 7,405,470 tele
phones in March, an increase of ap- |
j.roxlmatrly 12 per cent ov.-r Mnrch.j
10ir,. Operating revenues totalled $25.-.
929,864, an increase of more than 10 j
per cent within the year. Kxpenses ia
rrrased from $14,850,172 to $17,148,433,1
[leaaiag Btt operating revenues for]
March, 1!'17, of $8.4*1,421. Tnxes and j
1 other expenses reduced this ligure to
$6,780,082 operating income for the j
' month._
City Better, Says Mayor
-
The snrial welfare of New York City |
was disrussed last night by MajTOf
Mitchel. 1'olice Commissioner Woods
and other city officials at a dinner
i given by Wiiliam M. Chadboume at
the Ritz-Carlton for the purpose of
creating public interest in the socinl
probltBM of the city.
Mayor Mitchel voiced the belief
Ihut during his administration New
l York has become a leader in the ,
I I'nited Staten in social welfare activi-i
' ties. Commissioner Woods told of tho i
' rnme prevenfion work undt-rtaken by
! the Ptliea Department, and other,
phBStfl "f Btdtl welfare artivity were
' dtaeribtd bl Commissioner Kingsbury,
(,f tha Cbaritlta DtaartBitBt, and CaaB
! miaBloBtr Ltwit, of the Department of
< orracl Iob.
Among tho?-e who attendefl the rlin
, ner wen- V. Kftii Mttg, Mrs. Ilelen
Hartlty Jaakiaa, Hsaiiltat Holt, Tbto
dora Roaaaaau, CtBtrolltr Prtaatrgaat,
j George McAneny. Mr nnd Mrs Ogdta
j Raid George W. l'erkins, Willian
'iiamU? Cbl|5# tfld Robert Adamaon,
U. S. Asked toMake Sauerkraut
To Save Immense Cabbage Crop
Pickling Provides Ready Method to Save Vegetables
Which Are Now Said To Be Rotting
in Freight Cars
[By Telepaph to The TrllHina"
Washington. July 31.-Reporta to the j
Department of Agriculture from New
York, Philadelp'iia, Boston, ^hicago and
other large cities indicate that in many
localities great quantities of cabbages
have been shipped in and are rotting I
in cars ar.d on wharves for lack of a
quick method of handling.
The tremendous rainfall throughout
the country has rcsulted in an enor
mous cabbage crop, it is stated.
New York State Commissioner of
Foods and Markets John J. Dillon this
afternoon discusscd the situation with '
Cnarles J. Brand, chief of the Bureau
of Markets of the Department of Agri?
culture.
Officials of the Department of Agri
ealtatt declared to-night that fresh
Ctbbtgta easily can be made into sauer- ;
kraut, and urged that this methftd be
taken to relievc the glut. Last year
$1,000,000 worth of cabbages was made
into sauerkraut, but even then there
w.is such a shortage of this food that ;
the price rose from $3.50 a Jarrel to
$.'s5 a barrel.
The food cxperts of the Department '
f.f Agriculture indorse tne f^rmenta
tioa of preserving cabbages. This I
method is simple, it is stated, requir- '
ing little outlay of capital or labor, and
produces a food which is appetizing
and lends variety to the homo menu.
Incidentally, it is stated the same
mrthocl can be used to preserve beets, j
beet tops, turnip tops, beins, cucum- I
Both Prendergast i
And Pounds to Run
Both Controller Prendergast and Ror
ough Presidcnt Pounds of Brooklyn
have formally accepted their ronomina
tions by the Fusion committee Their
letters to this effect were made public
yesterday by William Hamlin Childs,
chairman of the committee.
"For eight years," wrote the Control?
ler. "I have hud the honor of serving
the people in tnls, one of the most!
important offices in tn? clty. It has :
therefore been possible for me to ob
serve, as few men have had an oppor
tunity of doing, th-- great advanees'
that have been made in the manage
BJMBt of the city government under the
administrntions of MHyor Gaynor and
Mavor Mitrhcl.
"They are possible only in a nnn-par
tiaaa, basiatssliks administration of i
city government. This is the Fusion
idea. We must now decide whether we
will paah on with this type of govern
aaeat or ralaaat into the old method-."
"I believe," Mr. Pounds wrote, "that i
the best lattrtsta of the city will be
advanced only through a continuation p
of Fusion government und 'he re-elec-|
tion of th<> officials whom the Fusion ;
committe.' has renominated."
Fredrric K. CouaWt. who was includ?
ed among those members of the Fusion '
committe- who atlt accused in an
iinonymou.5 statement of mamtaining
their votirg residencps out of town to
tstapa taxes, indignantly denied the
charge **atttrdaa< His name does not
appear on the h?t of those who regis
tered here luat year because he was in
Kurope.
bers and numerous other foods which
might otherwUe go to waste. Pirec
tions for preserving cahbarre by the
fermentation method issued by the Pe
partment of Agriculture to-day are as
follows:
Containers- cider or wine barrels,
kegs, tubs or crocks. | Po not use any
made of yeilow or pitch pine.) Wash
thoroughly and steam containers.
Select sound, mature cabbage. Re- j
move, as for boiling, the outer green
leaves, all dccayed or bruised leaves
aad the core. Shred the cabbage with j
a shredder machine or cut into thin
slices with a large knife. Pack the
cabbage into the receptaclo in layers.
As it is packed distribute evenly
through the cabbage salt in the propor
tion of one pound of salt for each
forty, pounds of cabbage or two and
a half pounds of salt to each one hun
rlred pounds. When the crock is near
ly full. pound down ?he cabbage, cover
with a clean cioth and a clean board
cover. Place upon the board cover a
clean stone sufficiently heavy to cause
the brine formed by the juice extract
ed from the cabbage by the salt.to rise
above the board cover. I Po not use,
weights of limestone or sandstone.) ,
Leave in a warm room until bubbles
cease to rise to the surface, when the
receptacle is tapped gently. i Three
to live weeks in cold weather; ten daya
to two weeks in warm weather. i ^kim
off scum formed during fermentation
as often as it forms. and at the end
of the proeess. Pour a layer of hot ,
melted paraffin. one-quarter to one
half inch thick. over top of bnn*
aitai bubhles cease to rise.
If the sauerkraut is made during the
fall and stored ifl a eool place the
paraffin need not be added._ J
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Women Tell Fusionists
What They Want Done |
Urge Department of Public
Welfare, Terminal Markets
and Policewomen
The Woman's Committee of One
Hur.dred for Non-partisan City Gov-.
ernment, which ls to be an active fac
tor in the municipal eampaign, sent j
yesterday to Robert Binkerd, chairrr.im
of the platform committee of the |
Fusion Campaign Committee, a state- |
ment of "what women want New York I
Cily to do during the next four yeara."
It was signed by Mrs. William P.
Earle, jr., chairman of the Womar.'s
Committee, and called for the estab
lishment of terminal markets, for the
appointment of policewomen, for an in?
crease in tne number of health sta
tions and infants' milk stations, of
medical inspectors, sehool nurses anJ
home visitors. )i urcee a department
of public welfare and it indorses the
Gary plan in the public schools.
The executive committee of ?he
Committee of One Hundred includes,
beaidei Mrs. Earle, Mrs. Willard D.
S?ra:pht. Mrs. Henry Brucre, Mrs.
Qifford Pinchot, Mrs. William Curti*
Demorest, Mrs. August Belmont, Mrs.
Sheppard Morgan, Mrs. Franeis VcN.
BaeoB, ir., Mrs. BigBtBad Pallitsar,
Mr<. Ernest Poole, Mrs. William Grant
Brown, Mrs. Henrv A. Stimson, Mrs.
Ar'hur I.ehman, Miss Frances Perk'ns,
Mrs. Miriam Sutro Price. Miss Mina
Bruere and Mrs. Mary Simkhoviteh.
PROSPERITY BULLETIN
"We look forward with optimism to the new year
Which starts Septemher 1st, and are tontident it will
he a record-hrcaker. We are plannin>* as usual to step
forward with our advertisinjj, and, while we want to
make our cxpenditures wisely, ?c do not want to re
trench, and are Roinj* ahead wilh an anKressive cam
I'.ii^n There is a spirit of optimism in alt departments
of the husincss." C. M. LBMPERLY, Manager,
J he Sherwin-AVilliams Company, Cleveland, 0.
Art Museum Sues
For Hoge Million
Actors' Fund, Which Received
$500,000 Bequesr, a Defendant
The Metropolitan Museum of Art be
gan an action in the Supreme Court
yesterday to enforce the terms of a
codicil made by John Hoge, in which
he left the institution property valued
at more than $1,000,000. The property
is on the east side of Fifth Avenue,
north of Forty-first Street.
The Actors' Fund of America, which
roceives $500,000 under the will of Mr.
Hoge, is one of the defendants in the
action, cthers being James P. Hoge, A.
T. Hoge and Bessie H. Grant, execu
tors of the will. Mr. Hoge died on
June 6, in Zanesville, Ohio.
It is alleged by the museum oflieials
that the defendants claim title to the
property left to it and ask that they be
restrained from interfering with it.
WilsorTWants Allies'
Consent to Alien Draft
Holds Conscription of For
eigners Should Be Preceded
by Diplomatic Negotiation
Washington, July 31. ?President Wil
Eon has taken a stand in opposition to
alien draft legislation, provided it has
not been preceded by satisfactory diplo?
matic negotiations with the countries
affected.
In a letter to Chairman Flood of the
Foreign Affairs Committee of the
House, made public to-day, Actmg Sec?
retary of State Polk, discussing the
resolution introduced by Mr. Rogers,
of Massachusetts, said that thia reso?
lution, together with other bi 11s on the
same subject, has been laid before. the
President.
"I beg now to advise you," he says,
"th3t the President informs me that of
the bills before Congtess relating to
enlisting or drafting of alien residents
in the United States, the House reso?
lution 115 i the Rogers resolution) seems
to him most appropriate in the circum
stances, as, in his opinion, the matter
is properly a subject for negotiations
with the countries concerned."
Senator Mills Resigns
Has Accepted Commission in
Officers' Reserve Corpa
Albany, July 31.- The resignation of
Ogden L, Mills as State Senator from
the 17th New York City Pistrict was
received by the Senate to-night. Sena?
tor Mills resigned because ho had ac?
cepted a commission in the Officers'
Reserve Corps of the Cnited States
Army. He expects to see serviee in
France soon.
Senator Mills, a Republican, was
tirst elected to the Senate in 1914.
He was reelected in 191*]. Puring the
last legislative session he was chair?
man of the important new Committee
on the Affairs of the City of New York.
Two Rescues in River
Cool Policeman Off
Saves Seeond Uniform by
Using Rowboat and Then
Keeps in Shade
Patrolman Banken, of the East
Twenty-second Street police gtation,
sauntered through the sweltering gas
house district yesterday ar>d wished he
were at Coney in a bathing suit. Shouts
for help came from a pier at Eighteenth
Street and the East River. With a
g'.eam of satisfaction in his eye Banken
ran toward the shouts, stnpping off hia
coat.
A man was floundering in the water
fifty feet out. A clean dive, a few pow
erful strokes and the patrolman had him
pnd towed him back to the pier. After
a pu'.motor had been used Banken took
his man, who said he was Philip Scull
and had no home, to Bellevue Hospital,
a nrisoner charged with attempted sui
c:de.
Bcnken changed his clothes and
sought the shndy side of the streets.
Agnin r.ime yells from a pier, this time
from Twenty-tirst Street. Banken waa
wearing his last uniform and was due
to go home in half an hour. He glanced ,
at th? water regretfully and caughf
sight of a rowboat. The rest was easv.
and John Le Bohm, of 234 Third Ave?
nue. Jotaod Philip Scull in the prison
ward at Bellevue. He said that he had
quarrelled with hia wife,
Mayor Comes to City
To Perform Marriage
Halts Vacation to OfTiciate for
Friend of Mrs. Mitchel
Mayor Mitchel, who has been taking
a vacation in the Adirondacks, made a
brief trip to New York yesterday to
perform a marriage ceremor.y. Miss
Millie Adelaide Mildeberger, the bride,
is an intimate friend of Mra. Mitchel.
She was married at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Amelia A. Mildeberger, of
305 West Eightieth Street, to Walter J.'
Berbecker, of Kew Gardens, Queens. |
The only guests were Mayor and Mrs.
Mitchel and Henry N. French, a friend
of Mr. Berbecker.
Miss Mildeberger and Mr. Berbecker
have known each other for several
years. The wedding was a small one
because of recent deaths in Mr. Ber
becker's family. Mr. and Mrs. Ber?
becker will make their home in New
York on their return from a wedding
trip.
Mr. Berbecker, a grandson of the late
.Juliua Berbecker, is president of Julius
Berbecker * Sons, Inc, of 15 East
Twenty-sixth Street, and of the Ber?
becker i. Rowiar.d Manufacturing Com?
pany.
I. W. W. Threatens
Great Strike in
The Middle West
Wilson Is Told Arizona
Miners Must Be Re
turned to Homes
Chicago, July 31.?Miners, harvest
hands and lumbermen, workers of the
Middle West, threaten to go on a
sympathetic strike unless the deported
Industrial Workers of the World are
returned to their homes in the Warren,
district of Arizona. A telegram voicing
the in'ention of a walkout of more thin
a quarter of a million men was sent
from Chicago to President Wilson late
yesterday by W. D. Haywood, secretary
of the Industrial Workers of the World.
The message said that miners in
Michigan had begun a general strike;
that Minnesota miners would follow
and that harvest hanila in North and
South Dakota would fall into line un?
less tne men were returned.
The move on the part of Mr. Hay?
wood v as the result of the summary
dismis- i! from Bisbee, Ariz., of his at
torney, Fred H. Moore.
Whet asked what ho proposed to do
about t e deportation of Mr. Moore Mr.
Haywood said:
"What elsc is there to do but accept
the deportation? Can you tell me any
way to beat their game? If Arizona
can stand the domination of higli
handed officials, I guess the Industrial
Workers of the World will be able to
endure it.
"I have been forced to wire Presi?
dent Wilson that a general strike will
be called in the Middle West, unless
thj men of Arizona are brought hnck
U th-ir families. When all the mem
btrs and sympathizers walk out 250.C0J
m.'n will be idle. As yet I have rc
ceived no reply from Washington."
Suspension of harvest work, l. W.
W. le.iders declared, would mean the
lo.'s of many thousands of dollars i.o
the farmers and inactivity in the mints
would prove a serious impediment to ,
munition manufacturera.
Mr. Haywood explained that the
s'r.kes of Industrial Workers of ?he
World were not called by the hesd- i
quarters, but that the men in the dif
ferent localities called the strikes
themselves.
Michigan Troops
To Go to Mine District
Lansing, Mich., July 31.- A telegram
from General Barry, at Chicago, was
leceived at Governor Sleeper's office
here at noon to-day accepting the Gov
trnor's suggestion to send part of the
Michigan National Guard troops tempo
rarily to Grayling, Mich., in the north
ern part of the state. This action had
beer. urged upon General Barry by the
Governor because of the situation in
the Upper Peninsula iron country. No
information as to when the troops
would go or how long they would stay
at Grayling was given.
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Scull a Witness
In Cruger Inquiry
Deputy Folice Commissioner
Tells Grand Jury Detective
Methods Used in Case
Deputy Police Commissioner Guy
Scull was a witnesa in his own behalf
yesterday before the special grand
jury that is investigating the Ruth
Cruger murdler. He was asked to
waive immunity before he testified. I: j
was learned that the grand jurors went
deeply into the deputy's methods of
directing the detective bureau work la [
the case of the missing Cruger girl,
and Alfredo Cocchi, her slayer.
He will probably not be recallcd as
a witness. He made his appearanc
yesterday at his own request and by
consent of Assi.-tant District Attor
nevs James W. (Lsborne and Alfred J '
Talley.
On account of the terrific heat of
the -mall room which the special grand
jury was compelled to use, the body
adjourned yesterday afternoon until
Friday, when it will decide on the
course that it will pursue. This has
been construed as meaning that severa.
indictments will be handed up and
that the jurors will arrange to recon
vene in September to sift the fact.<
about police organization and crimo
which will be provuled for them by
Mr. Osborne and Mr. Tailey.
News in Brief
The New York City Food Aid Committee
haa ralled a maaa rreetinir to b? held at
Crotona Park to-morrow evenlna*. Geor-fe '
W. Perkins will be ons of the apeakera.
A main burat on 1 ifth Avenue, north of
Thirty-fourth Street, and water flooded the ,
eellar of the Columhia Truat Company.
Mra. Clara Club-wk, thirty yeara old. of
DTR Third Street. Manhattan. died a few
minute* after ahe .ihot, her*elf m the rieht
temple. in the preaer.re of her two small
children. Roaie and Arthur.
Mn. Heulah Shaw, twenty-four yeara old,
and Dtaa Arkerman. aevt-nteen, both K
I'hiladelphia, were drowned near Harnra'at
Tier while bathinir. Mra. Shaw waa a bride
of four montha.
Fire in Shroud'a Novelty Shop. r emr the
Hotel Traymore, Atlantie City. N. J., did
dama-ce eatimated at $10,000. Tha fire aUrU
ad naar tha apot whara Um dUaatrou* con
fla?ratioa of 1914 bataa.
Many Navy Yard
Workers Hurt as
GangplankF^
60 Thrown Into Water in
Rush From Battleship;
Divers Seek Bodies
13 Sent to Hospitali
Brooklyn Officials Will NcaL*
Know if Lives Were Loat
Until- To-day
Sixty men were thrown lata tfc?
water and down to a dock by the break.
ing of a gangway on the battleship S',^
Mexico yesterday in the New York Maaj
Yard in a stampede to get awgy froB.
work during the hottest hour of tha
day. Thirteen injured men were taktq
to the Brooklyn Hoapital and dirara
apcnt the afterenoon hunting for bod.
ies. No fatalities were reported b?
yard officials.
Because many workmen have beag
quitting at noon on account of th9
heat, the commandant of the yard ia.
fcued a statement saying that poaitir*
knowledge of deaths cannot be secur*d
until to-day at a rollcall.
Liat of Injured
The injured at Williamsburg Hospl.
tal are: John J. Corr, 117 Park Ave
nue, shipwright, broken arms, contu.
sions of chest and logs; C. A Ander
son, 65 Pearl Street, shipwright, con
tusions of the abdomen; John Butler
153 Waverly Avenue, helper, contusiont,
and Louis Seigenbaum, 1017 Vyca '
Street, fractured ribs.
At the Cumberland Street Hoapital
are: ohn Mason, 144f? Third Avenue; J
Robert Croaa, 162 Highia d AvCnue-J
John Poster, 1521 Matropolitan Avenue'^
Samuel Milier, 721 Bedford Avenue
John Stoeffler, 519 Eltventh Street; Al'
fred P?n?, i:,i4 Thirtjr-fifth Street, aad
George >raser, l.i.' Emoraon Place.
At the Brooklyn Hoapital ar. : Ahra
ham Meyers, 108 Varet Street, l.ruiseg
and Henry Coone, n St. Edward'9
Street, bruises.
The <rangwfly was paralle! with the
ship. extendin? up to the deck level ar.d
running down to a float on each side.
At 11 o'cloek all the workmen made a
rush for shore, and instead of usinf
two other gangways, most of them
crowded to the sido one. The >upporta
snapped suddeniy and the planka
crashed to the water. Several workmen
saved themselves by chnging to tha
broken cdges.
Eighf mfi were freated bv pulmo
tors sent by the Brooklvn t'nion <,..i
(ompany. and help was given hy tha
Nassau Electrical Company's emtrgen
cy wagon.
A number of aailors plunced into
the water and rescued a dozen men,
while other victims were h.tuled by
ropes to the dock. Navy yaru officiala
refused aid from the poliee, and or
dered the Brooklyn authorities to give
out no information.
The unwillingness of the vard offi?
cials to make known aa* detaila of
the accident worked a hardship on
scores of workmen's famil.es. who
hurried to the gates arhen a rumnr
spread that many laborers had beeri
killed. Immedi.iteiy a-'ter the arci
dent the officials gave out a short
statement diseounting the senousnes*
of the accident. But the ar.t.u!ance?
at the gates caused many to be panic*
stricken.
Investigation To-day
A board will be appointed to-day by
Rear Admiral Uehar to iBTeatifato the
accident, in view of the faet rhat the
gangway was said to be faulty. The
official statement followai
"At the sounding of the 12 o'cloek
whistle a large number of workmen
not being co-itent with passing over
the three gangways as provided. rrowd.
ed over one trangway in such numbera
and in such haste as to break dowri
that gangway. Many were thrown to
the dock and others ir.'o rhe water.
"So far as known, no liv.s wera
lost and the injuries austamed were
not serious. Some fourteen mjurei
were sent to local ho.spitals and some
seventeen men were pulled out of tha
water. Pivers have been in the water,
but as no bodies have been recoverr<l
it is not believed that ar.v have her \
drowned. and this also fot ' ;..,-? i
that the accident oecurred at slaeig
water, so that there was no tirle faff
earrying away any who might have
been drowned.
"It will be difficult, if not lmpossibla,
?ie-initely whether any have beert
lost l?y drowning until some time to
morrow, and this for the reason that
during this hot weather a goodlv num
ber of workmen have knocked off ar.
noon and not rataraad to arork ia taa
afternoon. Such afcsentees vrill have
to be checked up at to-morrow's mu->?
ter before we can know of any possi
ble abrentees due to this accident,
Any absentees to-morrow mormng will
be cl.ecked up by eommunica'ing witli
their homes." ,?
m-?^
Warlike Husband
Sent to Workhouse
Refused to Support Wife, Who
Thwarted His Plans
to Enlist
For the next six months Peter Keav.
ney, of 307 Tenth Avenue, will eool hi?
warlike ardor in the Workhouse on
Blackwell's Island. To this resort for
the impetuous he was consigned yester?
day by Magistrate Cornell in the Po
mestic Relations Court after Mrs Cath
erine Kfavney had reiited the woe9
which attended her efforts to keep her
husband out of the war.
The Kenvneys have two small ehil
dren. Two we. ks ugo. ;he woman said,
her husband enlisted without her knowl?
edge in the 6i?th Regiment. When she
diseoverod what he had done sbo
promptiy obtained his diseharge.
Thwm'ed in his effort ,'oward martial
contliet, Kesvney, his wife said. turned
toward marital strife. She told the
magistrate that he had not given hef
suffieient funds to support her ehildrert
and had also treated her erueliy.
Magistrate Cornell told Keavr.ey that
he would hold him in $400 bond to pay
his wife $X a week. When the bond
araa not forthcoming he was sent to tha
island.
Mrs. Peckham Left $1,079,081
The transfer tax appraisal of tha
estate of Mrs. Annie A. Peckhara,
wi.low of Wheeler H. Peckham, a law.
yer, arhieh wa? tiled vesterdsy, place*
the value at $1,079,081. She left $60.
000 to public institutions. Mra.lpeek.
ham owned stocka and bonds ^aaluo I
at $986,150. Her raaidanea, a
iaoa Avaaua, waa ajpraiaod
nira.i * ecK .
onds Balue I .
, at 681 Mad. j
d at ?U* J