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THE SUN; SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER , 18, ,1919.
WOMEN RESELLING
ARMY FOODSTUFFS
3lako Tin Monoy by Turning
rurchttsos Over to
Bctnilers.
WHOLESALERS BENEFIT
They Arc Permitted to Buy
Supplies iu Defiance of
Warning. '
Kot only have wh61esalers been set
ttnj supplies of surplus army foodstuffs
at talc In publto schools, although
warned that the food Is lntchded for
consumers exclusively, but housewives
liave been picking up nln monoy buying
eases of prunes and other things and
tasting them hlohg to retailers tor ro
tate to other housewives at Ihcteased
'"The Hev. Dr. Jonnthan C. Day. Com
missioner of Public Markets, in an
nouncing this discovery said yesterday
ji didn't know What the dickens can
be done about It.
"A woman entered the public school
building nt DelnnCey and Ludlow
streets," Dr. Day said, "and bought a
rue of evaporated prunes, explaining
that she had six children and needed a
lot of them. She carried, the case out
It weighed fifty pouhds, and went
straight to the 'store of a retailer, who
took them oft her hands. She was fol
lowed by a member of our store force,
who witnessed tHo transfer. The re
tailer was compelled to tote the prunes
back to tho school.
"Another woman buyer of prunes was
followed, and she went direct to her
home. Later, however, nn Investigator
for this department saw her deliver the
case at a retailer's store. ,
"We have other Instances on record
of the same kind of purchases by house
wives for resale to storekeepers. We
would havo to have a large detective
force, 1 nrn afraid, If we were successful
In stopping this kind of wofk. 1 am
aure I don't know how we are going to
prevent It."
Investigators for Arthur Williams,
Federal Food Administrator for this city,
have made a survey of grocery stores
and butcher shops In tho section bounded
by Lexington and Second avenUes and
100th and 110th streets, which are
patronized by non-English speaking resi
dents. Mr. Williams said the reports
ehow that a great many of the stores
are filthy and unsanitary. In many
rnnrta Are exnosed contrary to law.
Deputy Markets Commissioner Edwin
X O'Malley announced last night that
the sale of surplus army poultry would
begin Monday morning. Th,e poultry
will be handled by retail butchers, who
have agreed to operate on a margin of
four cents a pound. .They will obtain
the poultry from A. Silt, ate West Four
teenth street. Mr. SUx Is handling the
food In behalf of tho city. The Gov
ernment Is releasing the poultry At 30
cents a pound and Mr, Bllz will pass It
on to retailers at 3J cents a pouno. Tne
price to the consumers must not exceed
11 cents, Mr. O'Alauey earn.
DENOUNCES PACKERS
AND URGES LICENSE
Vice-President of Livestock
Association "Warns "Big
Five."
WABiriHOTOt Sept. 12. Excoriation or
the "Big Five" packers was the traraen
of a three hour argument made before
the Senate Agriculture Committee to-day
by Edward ti. Burke of Omaha, Neb.,
vice-president of tho American National
Livestock Association, Who asked the
Immediate passage 6f the Kendrlck and
Kcnyon bills for Federal regulation of
the packing Industry.
"What the big packers need," Mr.
Burke declnred, "is common sense enough
to accept fair Federal regulation. The
trouble in tho Industry la that they
think themselves bigger than the Gov
ernment, and the end of couree will
lo to send them straight to destruction."
The Livestock Association, Mr. Burke
aid, was proud of Its connection with
the Federal trade commission Investiga
tion of the industry, but he added, "tho
statement that the association used un
du tnSucnca with the commission Is a
lie."
Cattle association in almost every
stato west of the Mississippi Blver. he
asserted, stood solidly behind provisions
of the Kenyon bill, and washed the
packers divorced from ownership of
stockyards, their refrigerator cars made
common carriers, and tho operation of
their business put under Federal license.
"The big Issue," he continued, "Is
whether tho nve great packers nhall be
allowed to use their tremendous financial
power to perfect their monopoly of food
ttults and to continue to stand between
producer and consumer dictating what
each shall pay."
Dealing with the previous testimony of
cattle producers who have objected U
the regulation as drastic and unneCto
eary, Mr. Burke said that the witness.,,
heard had not represented any consider
able sentiment among farmers and
ranchers.
"The attitude of a few of these large
rattle producers can be well understood."
he asserted. "They have large bunchis
of stock to market every year, and th.iy
maintain close personal relationship wl.h
the packers. It has been repeatedly
BtateJ that their cattle receive extra
favorable treatment at the markets.'
G. O. P. WOMEN UNITE
FOR CAMPAIGN DUTY
r
Miss Boswell Chosen County
Chairman by Leaders.
The associate executive committee pf
tho Republican County Committee, con
sisting of tho women associate leaders
In the various Assembly districts, or
ganised yesterday nfternoon by recioci
Ing Miss Helen Varlck Boswell as chair
rnan. 1
Representative P. II. L Guardla and
Major Philip J. McCook, candidates for
rrMUflont-of the Board nl AIQSrrnen no
Justice of the ttupremo Cuuit -ftiitcz
tlvely, talked "to the women, f.
The women leaders are:
A.D.
1 Anna, Marwl
Malalloe isertond
t-Marj Jacobaon
3 Acnei C Cloud
A.D.
!-Adelft Xr. Erb
tl-Carollne Kocltk
It-Mr. J. H ltelln
It-Mrs. Kill. Cogel
IT Anna Llebowlta
Mrs.A(nea Bchewlt
j ttid sieuen
Twite Cutler
t-Mr. W. WMior
-Mrs. B. S. Koentx
k-'Mlrr Nawtnti
E4ith Hctiacmer
t-Mr. Ells. Plerco
Anna 1. Levy .
i u&ra npiex
to )rlru(1 M Tuatta
-Mr. P.L. Mirhall!
H-HrrletYM Torrltl,
XTf. n T1 llantmtrlf Mr. M. 1. OirHrt
jeMr. d H. Gabriel fa-Mrs. HrH J(. Han-
U-Mrs.W.E. Wilkinson
t-K11ialxh Cudmore
ford
fcallr J3eBtt
MAXIMUM FAIR PRICE LIST
, ALMOST SAME FOR WEEK
Schedulo Announced by Federal Food Administrator
for Staple Groceries and Meats Shows Little
Change From Tuesday.
Wcelc end "maximum fair prices"
uiirtoUmieU yesterday by Arthur Williams, Federal Pood Administrator for
this city, on behalf of tho Fair Price Committee. The following list shows ft
comparison between the prices tho' first
" onocEniiss.
ArtldO.
Beans Lima (domestic)...
Beans Poa or medium (domestic
Beans Pea or medium (iiiimri.,n
Bread Factory Wrapped, 18 or. i
"u-oioro wrapped, is oz.. ..........
Butter Fresh creamery firsts
BUtter Fresh crenmnfv Bamhrlti. .
Cheese "Amerlprtn wiihfo wiiii-
Corn Canned. Nh. a utiinriawt " .
Cornmeal Yellow, granulated. ..... I
liBHs eeiect candled, fresh.
Flour Wheat
Lard ;
Milk Kvnporatcd, unswbetencd, 16 ot
Oats Bulk, rolled..... ,
IVas Cnrined, No. 2, standard....
POtatbes Long Island
iuuc uroKcn, domestic
nice Blue Hose
oaimonv-anneu, wo. a tall, pinK....
Sugar Granulated, bulk
Tomatoes Calmed, No. 2 standard
MEATS.
Beef: Tuesday's Price.
vnucKs or jrooo ana medium etcers...
unuck steak
Whole cross rib
Cut cross rib
Slrlolh steak
Bottom round
Itlb roast, prime...
Whole tbp sirloin
Cut top sirloin
Lamb:
nib chops.. ;.
StoW lamb, under coast.
Pork:
Smoked shoulders (picnics)..
Smoked bacon '(unwrapped) j.
Pork chops (end)..,.
SENATE VOTES BILL
TO JAIL PROFITEER
Two Years and $5,000 Fine
for Hoarding' or Destroy
ing Necessaries.
WAsmnaTON, Sept. 12. The House
bill extendlhg the food control net to
penalize profiteering, as requested by
President Wilson and Attorney-General
Palmer as a means of reducing the cost
of living, was passed by the Senate late
to-day. It now goes to conference.
In addition to penalties D,000 fine
and two years' imprisonment for
profiteering, hoarding, destroying or
monopolising of food and other neces
saries or "making any unjust or un
reasonable rate or charges," the bill
extchdB the law to Include wearing aV
narel and containers of food, feeds and
fertilisers, as well as food, fuel, fer
tilizers and agricultural machinery. The
life of tho proposed law wodld
terminate upon the proclamation of
peace.
Although many Senators criticised
the bill and with general expressions
of reluctance grudgingly assented to,yerj BaI(1 yesterday he felt confident he
(g passage without a record vote, there
wok virtually no oDDoaltlon.
Only one amendment of substanco
was made to the bill as passed by the
House, a rider proposing an official
body to supervise property rentals In
tho Dlstrldt . of Columbia to prevent
profiteering:
The Senate struck out a committee
amendment. ' championed by Senator
Smith. Democrat. (Ga.).
.),. authorizing i
ihment by the
of "fair price"
specifically tho establishment
Dcnartment of JUBtlce
committed ind providing mat cnarRea
above tho price sclWules fixed by such
committee should bo considered to bo
profiteering.
As passed, however, the bill does not
prohibit or limit the Department's plan
to administer the law through the ngen
cles of voluntary "fair price" commlt-
teer. All of the House provisions as
signed to extend and "put teeth" In the
taw were adopted by tho Senate.
After Dasslng Ue bill tne senate aa-
Joumed until Monday.
POLICE DODGE HIGH
LIVING COST IN TRIAL
Men Decide It Is Better to
Buy Winter Uniforms.
The defence expected of threo patrol
men of tho West Sixty-eighth street sta
tion that they would plead tho high cost
of living to explain their failure to buy
winter uniforms did not materialize m
the hearing before Deputy Commissioner
John A. Leach at Police Headquarters
veaterdav. Patrolmen John J. ilooianan
and Peter 'M. McGoUgh dodged tho Usue
by stating that they had bought the
uniforms since tne cnarges wero in
ferred, and the third ofilcep, Patrolman
Martin J. Fisher, put the whole blame
on a tailor who had wanted a cash pay
ment. Fisher said he was unablo to
meet these terms, but finally reached an
agreement, and tho suit was being made.
His case was put over until Friday. Tho
charges against Hoolahan and McQough
were dismissed.
Th trial commissioner also heard tes
timony In tho cases of Patrolmen Eliot
J, Petersen and Otto J. Jiiseio 01 inu
East Fifty-first street station, accused
of leaving their posts of duty at St
Patrick's Cathedral, wnicn mey wcru
guarding on July S. The officers said
ihcv'hnd lust been indulging In a little
confab about when they would get relief
In order to get sometniqg to eat, com
missioner Leach-said the "eating time"
m urn a-ettlnir to bo an old story,
pnd that It was making him exasperated.
lie reserveo aenwra.
OFFERS AID OF BUS EXPERTS.
Nntlonal Corporation IlendytoAld
' Ilylan In Storting LIiii-h.
II. B. Conkltn, president of tno Na
tional Motor Bus Corporation, has writ
ten to Mayor Hylan offering to him the
s&VtCS -thlr- traffic experts in layz
Ing out bus routes to' tako the place of
the four crosstown electric lines which
Judge' Mayer has ordered discontinued
by the New Tork Itallwaye Company.
These experts, It Is stated, have
.tiiiltnri transportation conditions In va
rious cities In the United States for
tha last seven years. The company,
through a nubsldiury has operated
bUSeB In cnicago ior iwo yra.ru unu
is now preparing to organize cervices In
Newark and $t. Louts.
Mr. Conklln states that his company
would M glad to consider operating tho
proposed lines here. If a atUfact.ory
can bo worked, out.)
for staple groceries and meats wcro
part of tho week and to-day:
nns.nv'a tla
Friday's, Price.
14 16U
14 CP16V4
11 12
nu nllu
UV4
114
84
..
69
Rft
9
.9
44
63
5BSV4
69
042
.11
8JM1H
... ixia ma
151-6 16
6 74
69
6 8 2-5
35
16 17
6 710 7
16 '16
3 4-5 4
11 11
16 17
22 24
: 10
16 16
Ci 8 tH
67 C9
6 a t 2
37
164 174
6 45 W 7
15 164
3 9-10 4H
, . 11 11
16 17
22
15
24
10
l
Friday's Price.
S3
23 25 23 25
80 32 30 32
34 36 34 36
23 25 28 26
39 44 ' 39 44
41 46 41 46
40 45 40 45
37 42 37 42
41 46 41 40
34 38 34 38
34 38 34 38
16 20 16 20
23 27 23 27
4445 4344
32 33 32 33
49 50 43 40
44 46 45 46,
48 50 4D 50
... .....
HARVEY FREE, SAYS
HE IS PERSECUTED
Pershing Reception Promoter
Demands to Know Why
He Was Arrested.
David M. Harvey! the man whose ar
rest Monday night on a warrant several
years old Caused tho reception by the
George Washington Memorial Associa
tion to Gen. Pershing to be cancelled.
was acquitted yesterday. Harvey's
counsel now nro starting an lnvestlga
lion to ascertain who It was that caused
the arrest and why the promoter why
any citizen of New Tork should be held
In Jail without bond and without,
hearing of any sort for four days. The
District Attorney's office, say Harvey'B
lawyers, pass tho buck to the police
and the police refuse to glyo a satisfac
tory explanation of why he Was arrested.
According " to tsador WasserVogel,
representing Harvey, "It was n high
handed and outrageous piece of busi
ness on the part of some one. u want
to find who Is responsible. Wo want to
show up the methods by which citizens
can be at rested and deprived of their
lnerty without due process of law.
AWhiir V Rlffnr lT.fir.v1. r.tt.1... Inu..
know who Inspired the arrest and that
the particular person was actuated by
spite.
A rumor which has been current since
tne cancellation of the PershlnK reten
tion ahd which in effect ts that the ar
rest was "put over through the irood
ofllceB" of persons Inimical to the recep
tion Itself rather than to Harvey was
Dlmock, sister of the late William C. (deferred marriage In "Jght.
Whitney and president of the association! Katherine and PffrueMo of
which" was to have given -the affair ini'nagazlno wera reconciled.
aisputeu last nignt ny airs. Henry F.
Carnegie Hall. Mrs. Dlrftock at the
Colony Club pointed out that persons
mentioned as being Jealous of the
George Washington Memorial Associa
tion were in fact among Its staunchest
supporters. "It was a great pity," said
Mrs. Dlmock, "that our plans should
have been spoiled nil because of one
man whom we employed. As It Is, the
association will go ahead with the great
work for which It exists. We are shortly
to launch a campaign In all the States
to collect money for the bulldlnc In
Washington. Committees will be ap
pointed In each of the States."
Meantime the District Attorney's office
wtil continue its Investigation of Harvey,
especially of his preterit activities, ac
cording to Alfred J. Talley, chief as
sistant to Mr. Swann. Mr. Talley ex
plained that Harvey's commitment with
out ball had not been -without due pro
cess of law, as stated by WasservoKel.
The man, ho said, was not entitled to n
nearine. "u imariiiB unu
was awaiting sentence which In thlc
case was postponed several years. The
only way lib could have been released
before being acquitted yesterday by
Judge nosalsky, during tho four days of
ins connnement, woum nave uccn on
habens corpus proceedings.
Harvey was discharged In the Court
of General Sessions on motion of hla
counsel, who argued that by the statute
of limitations the court had no Jurisdic
tion of their client. He was arrested
on a warrant charging him with vio
lating his parole, on which he had been
released In 1909 following his conviction
of grand larceny In the second degree.
The maximum sentence which could
have been given to htm was five years.
This, according to law, was tho period
of his parolo.
In 1912, on complaint by the man
agement of the St. Hubert Hotel that
Harvey had failed to pay a board bill
of J676, a warrant was Issued for his
arrest charging violation of bis parole.
The arrest, according to his counsel,
never was made until Monday night.
JuBt why the police In their vigilance
waited seven years and then, sprang
the trap on tho eve of the Carnegie Hall
reception Is part of the mystery the at
torneys say they are trying to solve.
Harvey on leaving the Criminal Courts
Building yesterday declared! "I Intend
to leave nothing undone to find out who
was at the bottom of this prosecution."
. ':"r""rrV" ,r'lr
Ilupcrt Hughes, the author, who pro'
court yestVrdai id ho knew Komoof her divorced husband In Port-
Ut "ltl and thaT everVthlne Mana' Me- Tna dlvorce wal! Brantei' ln
itaut him , to Hnyrt1elvn'sl?. e husband receiving custody of
ter to the
the promoter
he knew about him' was to Harvey's
credit.
Becker Witness A"rri'tcrt.
James Marshall, a negro, of 129 East
Seventy-sixth ttreet, who was a witness
In the Becker case, was arrested yestcr-
day by datectlves of the West 135th show. Instead of going to the theatre,
street (station, charged with extortion In he said, Mrs. Lane hurried the child to a
obtaining $50 from Buth Gleason, a neirro train and brought her here. Ho followed
woman, of 10S West 130th street. The with Inspector Henry T, Fortuno of tho
money was passed, the detectives said, Portland Police department, who Is ar
whlle they wero concealed behind a cur- ranging for extradition paper. Mrs.
tain In the home ot the Gleason woman. Lane was arraigned before Magistrate
Marshall was an Important witness In Hlmma and remanded to the Tombs un
the trial of Lieut. Becker, testifying to til September 22, Sho refused to give
seeing Becker tn conversation with j her address or (o reveal the whereabout!
-Bald Jack" Bos in-JIarUm. j et the child.
SEE MUCH, EXPECT
MORE IN 'SCANDAL'
Cosmo Hamilton's Drama Pic
tures Girl's Bluff Called
' by a Man.
ACTION IS SATISFYING
And tlto Acting Believes tho
. Generally Tawdry At
mosphere "Scandnt" Al the S4th Blfk Theatre.
Pelham Franklin Charles Cherry
Malcolm Fraser.. William David
narnet Thatcher Itobert Ayrlon
Sutherland VorK. . . . .Maieetm Fassett
fowsey .i.i. Leonard Wood
Barah Margaret callings
Mrs. Henry Vanderdyke. . Allca Iutnam
Mls Vanderdrke Isabel O'Madlgah
Beatrix .Franelno Larrlmore
Coemd Hamilton Is occasionally a
dramatist with n purpose not avowedly
of the same character that Inspires the
writing of most plays. The roynltles are
not always before Ills eyes Sometimes
Mr. Hamilton sets out to expound. In
"The Blindness of Virtue" he revealed
for the enlightenment and Improvement
of society what might happen when
parents were too careless to Impart to
their children knowledge that might only
with evil results be nCqulred In other
ways. There was widespread public ap
preciation of this literary effort. -Men
and women of all ages flocked to see
what might happen wheh tho adoles
cents wero naughty wltliout( suspecting
the consequences. Great was tho Illumi
nation of the public mind and tho flow
of the royalties,
"Scandal," taken from a magazlno
story of the author, which was seen
for' the first tlmo last night at the
Thirty-ninth Street Theatre,, made no
such.prctericc"tO appeal to serious think
ers who enjoyed observing the conse
quences of a falso Btep In youth. The
play has been a source Of great delight
to sincere admirers of the art of the
drama In London and Chicago. Purified
to meet the demands of the censors. It
has even made an appeal through the
cinema. Fortunately the nudlehce last
night was able to see and hear nil ut
It. It was the second act which above
an other parts of the play aroused
Interest It Is seldom that the public
Is Invited to see a heroine so brutally
compelled to take the consequences of
her conduct. In this case a young girl
had. pretended that she was the wife
of a man much her senior.
The Story of the IMny.
She named him as her host on an
audacious visit to the studio of an nrtlst
when she was discovered there by her
family. As he Is In every respect a
desirable husband, the two aro wel
comed .home the same hlght. 6he must
take tho consequences of her He. The
pseudo husband demands that tho girl
marry him or under the conditions In
which they are placed treat him as her
real husband. It was at this Juncture
of Mr. Hamilton's Inventiveness that the
Interest was keenest.
It grow moro Intense at every effort to
tamo this Intensely modern shrew. The
spectators observed tho retirement of
her family from the bedroom, the
vanishing of her maid and the forcible
expulsion of her former companion and
heard the refusals of her reputed hus
band to yield In his demands. In a sud
den rage .he tore from her Bhoulders the
frock which sho refused to take oft And
then In complete humility she retired to
assume a diaphanous peignoir and crawl
under the cover. She was not disturbed
then. He left the room with the obsecva
tlon that nothing In tho world could
persuade him to come near her. No more
were the nerves of the spectators thus
nB.illpil. In the last act. there was the
At last
the sex
Scandal'
was at an end
The Aim of the Author.
'Throughout the whole play, which Is
.written with a certain vivacity and oc
casional sparks of a flashy wit, Mr.
Hamilton Is too concerned with the
chase of a double meaning to think
mUch of anything else In the speeches.
He hotfoots after every possible allu
sion which may recall the audience to
the fast that It Is hearing and about to
hear more and seeing and about to Bee
moro of a very risky nature. This In
sistent reminder of the quality of "Scan
dal" is by no means necessary. Even to
Its carefully prepared bed In the second
act to the obvious care with which It Is
prepared by the women and tho dark
ened chamber with the light falling on
the pillows, the play belongs by every
stigmata of tho category to the most
deliberate of the bedroom farces. None
0f Its predecessors ever witnessed an
evening gown rippea away irom n
moorings with the fiery Impetuosity
wuj, which Mr. Cherry performed tho
fent aei night.
Althoush the scenes of the drama were
jn,i in New York and Greenwich, It Is
altogether English In feeling ana cnar-
acter. Charles Cherry acted the unwin
Ing husband with his complete command
of the resources of his art. His ease
and distinction did much to ameliorate
the generally tawdry atmosphere of tho
episodes In which he appeared. Franclnc
Larrlmore played the long and rather
disagreeable role of the heroine with
complete authority. She Is talented, and
there was little In the study 'of the
gnmlne. HI bred, Impudent daughter of
a rich family whose Instincts should have
plnced her much lower that sho did not
graphically suggest. She speaks monot
onously In a nasal tone, but her perfor
mance last night proved that she Is nn
artistic personality to be reckoned with.
Then the contrast between her features,
which are regular, and tho glowing red
hair makes her an Interesting physical
type.
KIDNAPS HER OWN CHILD.
Portland Woman Followed Here
.lulled by Dx-ltasband,
Ethel B. Lane, 35. a stenographer em
cloyed at 19 Park place, was committed
to tho Tombs yesterday for kidnapping
her cW daughter. Marian, 8. from the
Marian and another daughter, and Mrs.
Lane camo to this city to obtain employ-
IllOltlr
According to her husband, Mrs. Lane
returned to Portland September 4 for a
visit, and obtained his consent to tako
the daughter Marian to a moving picture
'CIVILIAN CLOTHES' A
DEXTEROUS COMEDY
Thompson Buchanan Back in
Broadway With One of
Season's Hits.
A TOUCH OF MILITARY
Dialogue Is Witty and Players
All Prove MoBfc Sat
' isfying.
"Clrlllan Clothes" At Moreaco Theatre.
Billy Atkwrlfflt (lien Atiders
Nora. th Maid Millie fiutterfltld
Oen. Melnerny Edward Mackay
Jack Rutherford Arthur Albertaon
riortnee Lahham Olive Tell
Mrs. Lanham Inabtl Irving
Elisabeth i Grace Kabor
Sam McOlnnls Thurston Hall
, Mrs. Margaret smythe.. Marlon VaMln
Belle Henderson ..t. Bessie Eylon
Hack Hart William Ilolden
Mr. Lanham ........ .Frank Bylvesttr
McCJlnnla, Br. James It. Applebte
"Clvlllah Clothes." which Oliver
Morosco presented at the Moroseo The
atre last night, betokens much more
than the return of Its hero from the
battlefields of Europe to tho battlefields
of Kros. it means the return of Its
author, Thompson Buchanan, to iBroad
way that straight and narrow path to
success for the qualities of the comedy
are quite sufilclent to drag him from
the confines of a motion picture writ
er's den in California. Since "A Wom
an's Way" Mr. Buchanan's" playwrlght
thg has not always revealed the Midas
touch, but ho may once mofe don tho
civilian clothes of n successful dramatist.
The three acts of the nrcsent work are
concerned with the homecoming of a
soldier of thb American Expeditionary
Force, but a novel treatment makes
them a much moro enjoyable means of
filling In tho hours till bedtime than
most plays of that Vvpe which pence has
released for the front of the lootilgnts,
Mr. Buchanan must have heard some
elderly gossips discussing tho marriage
of a gh-1 to h man whom she had met
In the army, and caught the remark,
"But lust wait till Ehe sees him with hte
military makeup off I" He has based
his play on that, taking tho Idea, of the
Rlamor radiated by a military uniform
and .working It backward.
A Dexterous Comedy.
He had built a dexterous comedy of
manners. In this case bad manners,
which are sometimes good from the
theatrical standpoint. Son JcOhinla,
son of a shoemaker and civil engineer
by divine right of a self-acquired educa
tion, works his way up to a captaincy
In the A. K F. by sheer force pf mind
and flsls. In that rink he Is decorated
with the D. 8. C. for bravery, and
secretly marries Florence Lanham, n
daughter of a wealthy Southern family
who ts doing war', work at the front
and who Is cnptlwitcd by McQinnit's
rank and by the grandly heroic way In
which he boxes her cars for disobeying
orders.
When he comes back to America, at
the Btart of the play, JfcRhmls finds
the girl, In her home surroundings nt
Louisville, h snob of tho deepest dye,
ready to throw him Over because sh?
doesn't like his family and appearance
In civilian clothes, especially his yellow
shoes. Weirdly reminiscent of army
styles of footgear. In fact, It might be
said that during the first act the play
was set In motion by those shoes. The
ex-Captain coolly announces he'll win
hor yet by learning to bo ono of her
class from those social patterns of the
time, tho servants. So, slnco she has
kept tho marriage secret, he becomes
a butler In her home.
Further entanglements ensue before
the wayward wife finally comes to ac
knowledge her wilfulness In a bedroom
In a New Orleans hotel though In this
Instance the bedroom scene Is eminently
proper and mercifully brief. In the
course of the play Mr. Buchanan's char
acters Indulge In several quips at the
exenso of higher officers In the army,
which drew hearty laughter and np
plauec last night from many in tho
audience who seemed to havo military
dtschargo papers behind their guffaws.
Quips nt High Offlcfri.
But Mr. Buchanan's satire is good
natured, and indirectly ho pays a trib
ute to a democratic nrmy system that
can grant the well ifavored social posi
tion of an' officer to a man wh- rose by
a relative's boot straps Just as Lloyd
George did.
Except for R few lapses Into vulgarity
the dialogue Is often witty, though It
rarely appeared to be dialect. For
though tho play was pitched In the
South, none of the persons In It ap
peared to have voices pitched In the
minor key of that region. In fact one
could never hear the band play "Dixie"
when they spoke. Perhaps It was Just
as well.
That may have been duo to tho play
ers, whose mannerisms were those of
South Amboy rather than the real South.
But that Is the only fault to be found
with them, for tho work of the cast as a
whole transcended mcro geography.
Thurston Hall earned a stalwart per
sonal triumph as .Vcdntili, even though
it came as a shock to hear him call him
self an Irishman. Olive Tell was pleas
ant enough In the somewhat thankless
role of tho girl, and the others were so
uniformly good It would be absurd to
mention single names. Mr. Morosco ap
pears to have one of the hltB of the new
teason so why the final bedroom scene?
JAIL FOR FAMILY DESERTER.
Man Drought Illicit From Son
Franclacol Fined IfriOO Alio,
Eugene Vlcchlo, who ubandoned hs
wife and nine children In 19U. was
sentencod yesterday to serve not more
than two years or less than one year
In Sing Sing and. to pay. a ,fino of f BOO.
Judge Charles C. Nott. In pronouncing
sentenco In General Sessions court, de
clared that "men who abandon their
families will be brought back and sent
to prison no matter how far nway they
may flee."
Vlcchlo had fled to San Francisco.
He was arrested and brought here, but
refused to mako restitution or aid his
family, now living nt 227 East Ono
I (Hundredth street. He Is quoted In evl
1 dence as saying, "iyi rather go to Jail
for twenty years than contribute to
the support of my family."
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CONDEMNS PLUMB
PLAN AS BOLSHEVIK
Edgar S. Rich Styles It as Per
verted Socialism.
Wabhikotcn, Sent. 1J, The Plumb
plan for tripartite control of tho rail
roads under Government ownership
must be "burled beyond all hope" It It
Is not to bo mado a "rallying plant"
for the nationalisation of all Industry,
Edgar J, Ulch, transportation counsel
tot the associated Industries of Massa
chusetts, bald to-day before the House
Interstate Commerce Commission con
sidering legislation for final disposition'
of the railroads.
Mr. Ittch, who nlto spoke for the
manufacturei s' associations of twenty
two States and the Massachusetts Cham
ber Pf Commerce, said the Plumb plan,
like Bolshevism, was a "perversion'' of
tho principle of socialism In that it
would benefit only one class and deny
the socialistic theory of the "general
public good." The railroads under the
plan, ho said, would be operated "for
the behefit of the wbrkers," while the
public would assume all risk of loss,
The greatest defect of the plan, he
asserted, Is that tho tworthlrds repre
sentation given the workers And rail
toad officers on the proposed wage fix
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r.c.ri.l Trtnloa.N.J, Dr.ucti.. la Lm1ii CIUm
ing beard would enable the workers to
"dominate the board nnd fix their own
wages regardleM of revenues, with the
public to stand any resultant losses.
"The author of the plan," said Mr.
nich, "Claims there would bo on In
centive for efficient operation because
every worker would be entitled to u
share In the surplus. But after the em
ployees had helped themselves to what
wages they wanted does anyone believe
there would be any surplus? Why
should the employees care to accumu
late a surplus, one-halt et which they
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and moro by adjusting their own
wages?"
SOLDIER PATIENTS
CHOKED AND BEATEN
Washington Hospital Attacks
by Red Cross Nurse.
Spteiat DttpttcK to Tub St.
Wabhinoton, Sept. 12. Brutal treat
ment of shell shocked soldlerfe by at
tendants In St. Kllzabeth's Hospital
here was charged by Miss Katherine
Douglass, a nurse and Red Cross
worker. In testimony to-day beforo a
special House subcommittee ot the War
Department expenditures committee.
Conditions both aa to treatment and
food for the overseas men are outrage
I l ts
ous, Miss Douglass' Claimed. She h
pent the last few months Vlslttroy lee
soldiers In the hospital.
"While theso soldiers, ohie of whom
aro In pathetlo plights, should receive
the mom expert care," tho Bed Cross
worker said, "I found that some ot
them havo been beultn, choked and
otherwise cruelly treated, besides n6t
receiving the proper kind of food."
Miss Douglass told of one patient
who had bruises from being choked and
beaten, while another told her an at
tendant had stood oh his chest and
given him rough treatment, causing In
juries from which he did not recover
for weeks.
Conditions nt the hospital were
priced before officials of the War and
NiWy Departments, and Miss Douglass
said she was riven assurance that tho
patients would be removed to other
quarters, where they would receive bet
ter treatment. This was In May, she
said, but the men Were not reraovod
and conditions have not Improved, she
also charged that patients were Intiml-
rlutA.I Ititt. nnt fflvlnv nut nl... tnAna
tlon as to the actual conditions In the
hospital.
She told of the food nt the hospital
"I found the potatoes only halt
cooked, the oatmeal was sour hnd I
havo tasted meat that was parity
spoiled, which was served "tb tho boys.
There wera weeks at a tlmo when boys
In poor rondtlon were not given the
diet of milk and eggs thoywere sup
posed to get."
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