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New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
SAYS CITY'S IDLE
NUMBER 100000
Secretary of Hebrew Trades
Declares Unemployed Army
Biggest in History.

Leaders Of East Side trade unions
who have been investigating the ques-
tion of unemployment said yesterday
that at no time had there been so
much idleness in the city Bernard
Wenstein, secretary OF the United
Hebrew Trades, said that between
60 600 and 10000 workers in the gar
ment trades were now idle.
probably not more than % per cent
Of the workers will be found in the
factories this winter" he said. "This
is the busy season in the mems tailor
ing and dress and waist trades, and
50 far very little of this work has
been given out. All this is indepen-
dent Of the army of dock workers and
others idle owing to the war"
According TO Weinstein's estimate,
800. 900 persons are idle in this city.
Ernest Bohm. secretary Of the Cen.
trail Federated Union, thought the
estimate Of 100000 too high. but at
tho same time. he said, the number OF
unemployed in the city was unprece-
dented. He objected to the city au-
thorities Increasing the salaries OF
officials. while they were dlscharsing
many in the working forces.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
POINTS WAY TO FARMERS
Marks Tells Jewish Delegates
to Ignore Middlemen.

One thousand Jewish farmers, dele
gates TO the convention of the Fedora
tjon Of the Jewish Farmers OF Amer
lea, were urged by Borough President
Marcus NJ. Marks, at the opening or
the convention in Educational Ali
ance last night. to aid in the work OF
eliminating the middlemen by bringing
their produce directly to the cities.
Farmers who sold their products
through New York's free markets, said
President Marks, received SIS TO $50
a load more than when sold through
middlemen. and also aided the consum-
ers TO effect a saving Of about one
third. The free markets, said Mr..
Marks, did a business Of 100000 to
$l50.000 daily.
Justice Greenbaum. Of the Supreme
Court, who presided over the meet
ing, reported an increase Of twelve in
the number Of associations in the fed
GRAFTON. bringing the total to sixty
three. He had also. he said, received
encouraging reports from Jewish stu
dents In colleges. which indicated
large increase in the number Of stu
dents taking agricultural courses.
The convention. which is the sixth
annual gathering Of the farmers. will
continue throughout the week. Gov
ornor Glynn is scheduled to spoak on
Tuesday evening.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
FILM SHOWS MUST PAY TAX
Belief They Were Exempt
from War Tax Shattered.

Washington, Nov. 29.-There was
CONSERVATION among motion picture
theatre proprietors here to-day when
they were told that unless they p"''
the war tax on their places by Iu''-
day they would be closed. lAeS
thought they were exempt, on the ~,
dcrstanding that their organization 'au
been successful in having the OIL 50
shaped that they would escape q.
Copies Of the bill, however, as II
finally passed were obtained to-d2Y oy
a number Of the proprietors, ana the
following provision. which 'eayeS no
ioubt as to their liability, was dis
closed:
"Proprietors of theatres, museums
and concert halls, where charge 1ol
admission is made, having seating CO.
pacity Of not more than 25O, shall pay
SOS; having a seating capacity o. more
than $50 and not exceeding 5eO, snall
pay $50; having a seating cap eeity eXI
cceding 500 and not exceeding SOO, shAli
pay SIS: having seating capacity ol
more than 500, shall pay 800"
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
Considering Anti Trust
Law Amendment to AL
low Cooperation.
CONGRESS PREPARES
FOR NEXT SESSION
Hopes to Avoid Extra Term by
Completing Programme
by March a.
From The Tribune Bureau. ]

Washington, Nov. 20 resident Will
son has a busy week ahead Of him in
preparation for the convening OF Con-
gress. Besides completing his annual
message, he will discuss the European
situation with two American diplomats
Just back from the war zone, consider
various pressing domestic problems
and receive q number of important
callers. In completing the message 1t
is understood the President will con-
slider the adyisability Of recommend
ing that Congress amend the Sherman
antitrust Law so as to allow American
exporters to cooperate TO meet organ
lied foreign competition.
President Fahey of the Chamber OF
Commerce of the United States, VINO
will call at the White House during
the week, is expected to urge carrying
out at once a provision of the New
lands act creating the trade commlS.
sion providing for an investigation OF
combinations abroad with which Amer
lcan exporters have to compete. MI
Wilson has been busy for more than
month canvassing names OF men sug
gested for membership on the trade
commission. He is understood to have
decided on Joseph Davies, Commits
sioner Of Corporations, whose bureau
will be merged into the new commits
sion, and Mr.. Fahey is said to be
probable choice for one Of the places.
To Hold Many Conferences.
Chairman Sparkman Of the House
Rivers and Harbors Committee Will
discuss with the President the franz
ing Of the next rivers and harbors bill.
The President is understood to be de-
sirous that only urgently necessary
projects be provided for in the bill.
Conferences will be held during the
week with Henry van Dyke, Minister
to Holland, and Henry White, EXAM
bassador to France. II has been re-
ported that Mr.. van Dyke brings a
message from the Queen of Holland
proposing plan for neutral nations
to bring about peace in Europe.
Members of the House and Senate
are beginning to arrive in Washington
and the tasks that confront them are
the subject of much discussion.
The most absorbing question is
whether It will be necessary to hold
an extra session. IL Is SeHerdlly hu-
mitted that the administration will at
tempt to hold Congress within the linn
it's of the short session and end its
labors on March 4. The difficulty is
TO compress the legislative programme
into this short period. II it is the pur-
pose of the Democrats not to hold the
extra session Republican aid may be
counted on, ard the necessary work
will be rushed through by holding night
meetings, if necessary.
If. on the other hand, an attempt is
made by the administration to put
through bills which will arouse Re-
publican opposition the date of ad-
journment will be purely a matter of
conjecture. The House will have the
appropriation bills to draft and pass.
There is some doubt that this can be
done in the allotted three months un-
less an understanding is reached with
the Republicans that they are not TO
be kept in Washington during the sum-
mer.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
MANY GUESTS AT
LINDNER JUBILEE
One, Present at Wedding in Ger
many Fifty Years Ago, Sees
Old Rings Exchanged.

Mr.. and Mrs. Isidor Lindner, who
were married in Germany in 1864 in a
small town near the Polish border,
where fighting is now so active, cele-
brated their golden anniversary yester-
day at the Hotel Marseille. DR.. Maui
rice II. Harris, of the Temple Israel,
married them all over again, and they
exchanged the rings that were given at
the original ceremony.
About 250 guests attended the recep-
ton, after which there was family
dinner. Two sons. Walter and NJ. j.
Lindner, the latter of Cleveland; Mrs.
Henry Moskowitz, their daughter, and
ten grandchildren were present.
Commissioner MoskowitZ was also IN
the party. as was Bernard Kuttner, who
attended the 1864 ceremony, and came
from Bradford, Penn, to celebrate with
the couple yesterday.
Among others present were Judge
Mayer. of the United States District
Conrt: Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Floers-
beimer and Jules Dierckx.
Mr.. Lindner is seventy-seven and his
wife sixty-nine.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
N. Y. u. VOCATION BUREAU
Plan Is Aimed to Help Business
Students Choose Careers.

A plan to bring students of the New
York University School of Commerce
into closer touch with business men
by the establishment of vocational
bureau at the university is embo1led
in the annual report Of Richard p. Et-
finger, director Of the efficiency bureau
of the School Of Commerce, to Chan
cellor Elmer f. Brown.
Under the plan, the students in the
course of business organization Will be
required to interview. business men
with a view to determining the per-
sonal and educational qualifications
necessary for particular lines.
This system, Director Ettinger thinks
will help students in their selection
of career, by giving them opportuni;,
ties to observe business methods, and
of helping the School OF commerce IN
the planning of additional courses, to
keep pace with the demands of busi-
ness men.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
HAPPY HOME HERE
FOR HOW'S HOB0ES
New Winter Quarters Open
and Rent Paid for
Three Months.

]. Eads How's hoboes, whom he or
ganized about six years ago as the
Brotherhood Welfare Association, held
their last meeting in the Manhattan
Lyceum yesterday. -,
Henceforth their meetings will be
held at their new winter quarters" on
one of the floors of 81 East 4th St, a
lease Of which for two months having
been signed after many delays, Mr..
How, who finances the organization,
putting up the money. After that what
ever happens-will happen.
These announcements were made at
the meeting yesterday by j. j: Voss-
berg, a we'll dressed member. There is
a difficulty about the furniture for the
new headquarters, which does not even
contain a chair, and a committee ap-
pointed week ago to try and hunt up
benches, chairs and table reported
that requests had been made by letter
to owners of department stores and
others for disused benches or chairs
and replies were awaited.
1--WE expect to have some chairs or
benches next Sunday" said Vossberg,
"but, furniture or no furniture, we will
meet in our new winter quarters then"
Several of the hoboes gave hint in
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
FIGHT TO KEEP
INDIAN WAREHOUSE
Merchants Association Protests
Plan to Abolish New
York Store.

A delegation from the Merchants
Association, it was announced yester-
day, has laid before Cato Sells, United
States Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
in Washington, a protest against the
proposed abolition OF the warehouse in
this city which purchases supplies for
the Indians. The retention of all the
present warehouses was urged by the
committee, but, provided change was
deemed necessary, it was urged that
the warehouse in this city be spared.
The committee that made the pro-
test includes s. c. Mead, secretary of
the Merchants Association; Robert
Parr. of II B. Clahin e. Co.; f. F.
Quinn, of Gimbel Brothers; George +.
Pashmore, of j. B. Greenhut E. Co.;
+. c. Morris, representing John Wana-
maker; Mark Cowen, of Mark Cowen &
Co., and Charles n. Eakle, of the Clin-
ton Woolen Manufacturing Company.
The warehouses through which sup
plies are bought for the Indians are
in New York, Chicago, Omaha, St.
Louis and San Francisco. The Indian
appropriation bill passed by the House
of Representatives provided that no
part of the appropriation should be
used for maintaining Indian ware
houses. As this would have abolished
all warehouses, the bill was amended
in the Senate so as to cut out two of
the five warehouses. giving the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs discretion
as to which should 90.
The attention of Commissioner Sells
was called to the fact that New York
is the greatest buying and selling mar
ket in the country; that the selling and
purchasing agencies of all the most
important business concerns in the
United States are stationed here; that
active competition and the lowest
prices were assured here. The delega-
tiou Of merchants also asked that. be.
sides retaining the New York ware
house. the Indian Commission should
open bids and samples in Washington
instead Of in 81. Louis. Chicago or
Omaha. as Is the present custom.
Commissioner Sells reserved his de-
cislon.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
INDIANS KILL TURNKEY
Armed Posses Pursuing Jal-
breakers in Canada.

Pembroke, Ont, Nov. 2e.-Robert
Coxford, turnkey IN the Renfrew Coun-
ty Jail here, was killed. and William
Brown, the jailer, lies at deaths door
as the result Of a successful attempt
at Jail breaking by two Indians. White
Duck and Anthony Jocko. late to-day
The Indians we're being held pending
trial on a charge Of theft from Grand
Trunk freight cars. Both got away,
and the countryside is being searched
for them by armed posses Of special
cCnstaoles and citizens.
The Indians were in the corridor
fronting the cells in the Jail when
Coxford entered with some supplies
The turnkey had occasion to enter a
cupboard in the corridor, and as soon
as his back was turned one OF the
Indians dealt him q smashing blow on
the head with a chair, fracturing his
skull. Death ensued in a few minutes:
Aroused by the sound of the fall,
Jailer Brown rushed to the scene, selz-
ing the first available weapon he could
find, an iron poker. Inside the CORRIDOR
the Indians were waiting, and Brown
was soon overpowered and the poker
wrested from him. He was beaten
into insensibility with this implement
The Indians escaped by the main en-
trance 20 the county buildings.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
STUDENTS AID
in HEALTH WORK
Columbia Medical Officer
Commends Their
Cooperation.

The importance of hygienic living for
the college student and the need OF
constant vigilance on the part of uni
yersity officials toward this end feature
the annual report of DR.. William H.
McCastline, Columbia University medi-
cal officer, Just made public. The good
work of the student Board of Health
and the cooperation of all connected
with the university have made the prog
ress of this department marked, with
the result that no .epidemics OF con-
tagious or infectious diseases have oc-
Cured. The need of fund to establish
a pavilion in one of the hospitals Is
urgent, according to the report, In or
der that the occasional serious cases
may have adequate treatment A por-
tion of the report follows:
"The records show that during the
college year there were 6.313 office con
sultations. This is more thar twice as
many as last year. OF these 3,944 were
with men and l. .763 with women during
the regular academic year. The re-
naming COG were students in the sum-
mer session. These figures do not in
clude calls on students confined to their
rooms by illness.
zone of the most helpful and pro-
ductive organizations associated with
the university physician has been the
student board of health. It's members
have been Of assistance in solving many
of the problems affecting the health and
general welfare of the student body.
This group constitutes most potent
safeguard to the health of the uni
versity community, since its members
report regularly upon definite assign
ments and are so distributed over the
campus that the sanitary conditions are
under constant surveillance.
"If the colleges throughout the coun-
try would place more emphasis upon
the health Of the candidates for admls-
sion those in control of the child in the
home and the school would be stimu-
lated to take more iudicious care of his
physical needs and TO encourage him
to appreciate the relative value Of
health to the full enjoyment Of play
and work.
"There is only one way the university
can compel the restaurants an board
ing houses in the vicinity of the
campus to serve the quality of food
that our students need under acceptable
conditions, namely, By operating the
commons so that il will attract the
students and that will serve as Il
model"
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
"BUY BUNCH OF SHINGLES
"Or Thousand Feet of Lum
ber"-Appeal to President.
From The Tribune Bureau. ]

Washington, Nov. 29.-"Buy a thou
sand feet of lumber or a bunch Of
cedar shingles"
This appeal came to President Will
son to-day from the Kelso, Wash,
Commercial Club, with the information
that conditions in the Pacific North
west were in bad shape and that mills
and lumber camps were either closed
or running small crews. The letter
was signed by j. l.. Sparkling, secre-
tary-treasurer Of the club, who said:
"To better these conditions we
would like to have you, as President
of the United States, start a move
ment to buy thousand feet of lumber
or n bunch Of cedar shingles. This
would help to improve the conditions
out in this section, if the people will
take hold as they have in the cotton
movement. Trusting that you will do
this, l remain"
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
AID LOUVAIN PROFESSORS
Rockefeller Foundation Sus
tanning Them at Oxford.
tBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune

Baltimore, Nov. 29.-Lady 0sier!
wife of Sir William Osler. formerly o.
Johns Hopkins Medical School, ma, mas
written a letter to friends IN oa.s' :
raised a fund to aid professors from
Louvain University who had taken rei- 1
uge in Oxford University, Of which VI
Osler is regius professor of medicine
Lady Osler writes:
"At present we have fifteen pr9ies,
sors, with their families, making aoou'
eighty people under our care. "A reg
ular monthly stipend is given them for Tor
their expenses. Oxford University has
opened its laboratories and norar.e .es
for the use of the professors -nd PR
vate schools have taken in the chi,greh' xG en-.
Through the influence OF III III Fdu. ir
cational Foundation has sent a grant
which viii enable the science pi"4es,
sors TO carry on their investigations
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
BIGGER BUSINESS
EXPECTED In 1915
Mayor of Philadelphia
Gets Many Cheerful
Answers to Queries.

philadelphia. Nov. ga decided I'M
Drovement IN business after January
IS anticipated by Mayor BlankenDurs'
de bases his expectations on responses
10 a wide range of inquiries ne mas
made among the leading industries OIL
the city. !,
The war in Europe, the change IN
he tariff and unreasonable weather are
among the causes clted Dy Ihe May0i
correspondents as contributing 10 tfade
depression. AS TO the practIcs OF piaS
ing indefinite orders for goods, mayor
BiankenDurg says that his experience
In q long business career suggests ~
him that manufacturers shouio com
bine TO insist upon purchasers placing
definite orders and taking the goods at
the proper time.
The Mayors inquiries about the con-
ditlon OF business in Philadelphia
leading industries brought ham the fol'
lowing data:
Knit goods-Prospects good.
Cioth.ng-Chanse for better. -,-..-,
Agricultural implements-Not satisiactofs
at thls time. -,
A.
Plumbing sspplies-Normai, with ueeioeo
.mpro ement since January. 1874.
I.aces and bra.ds--No perceptiole improve
ment
sh.rss-Depressed on account OF weather
Paper-Not sa satisfactory, but better OUTLOOK
Cotton waste cry poor.
Woolien yarns-Flfty per cent or capaclty'
Furni isure-Output materially iesse"eu' ou
outlook favorable.
Hosiery--Not satisfactory. but better pros
poets after January /.
Lumber-Fifty Pc cent OF ordinary busl'
ness: optimistic outlook.
Saws-General improvement perceptloie, up
ward bent; full force working three to n'e
days week. ,,,
poor.
Tobacco-Not satisfactory.
Hats-Sixty-hve TO Is per cent OF output;
same number OF employees on reduced hours
Chemicals-Decided falling of; collections
poor.
Pianos-slow. but picking up.
Hardware-Decidedly better outlook.
Carpets-Output same usual. owing 70
use OF more energy: 20 per cent less than
regular output. same number or hands. re-
duced hours; business bad, but outlook better.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. less than usual
number Of employees.
sugar--Quiet: busy season over larger de-
mand In prospect.
Cotton goods-seventy-fve per cent OF nor
NAL business.
Fertilizer-Decrease Of about 20 per cent In
output optimistic regarding future.
Paper boxes-About 80 per cent OF normal.
Worsted yarns-Running full time.
Bakeries-Better than year ago.
Leather goods-Traveling bags. etc, poor
hut hopeful prospects after January /.
"There is q general feeling of hope
fulness that there will be decided
Improvement after January l." says
Mr.. Blankenburg in conclusion.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
ACCUSED FIREMAN HELD
Faces Charge of Striking Eel
low Worker with an Axe.

Gustavus A. Schwetje, a fireman at
tached to Engine Company 90, at 5l5
West lost ST.. was arraiLned before
Magistrate Murphy in the Harlem
court yesterday charged with assault
ing William j. McDonough, a fireman
of the same company, with a fire axe.
Examination was adjourned until to-
morrow. Schwetje was paroled in the
custody of his captain, Joseph Con-
molly.
Schwetje said in court that upon his
return from luncheon on Saturday Nc
Donough abused him and pulled but
tons off his coat. He remembered grab
bing an axe, but had no recollection {
striking McDonough.
McDonough underwent an X-ray ex-
animation in Washington Heights Hos
pital yesterday, and it was found his
skull was fractured. He will recover.
Schwetje has been suspended.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
SONGS OF INDIANS
TO Be new BIBLE
Preacher Says Americans
Must Form Religion
of Their Own.
BASIS is IN WORKS
OF OLD ABORIGINES
Claims Even "God of Manhat-
tan" Might Suit Better than
"GOd of Abraham"

Americans should develop religion
of their own, according to DR.. W. Nor
man Guthrie, who spoke at ST. Marks
Church last night on "Our Spiritual
Need of the Indians"
Religion had in this country sunk
into more or less Of a mummery, he de-
clared, in which the public didn't be-
lieve and which it could not feel.
"The reason for this" he continued,
ais that we have no real religion Of
our own. We have inherited religion
from the Jews, which they derived from
immediate contact with their country.
They felt it. II was real to them, be-
cause it reflected the moods which long
life in Palestine had created, because,
in short, il reflected their spiritual ex-
perience.
"But for precisely the same reason,
it is unreal TO US, whose spiritual ex-
perience it doesn't reflect. The only
religion that will be real to US is one
that we wrest from our own contact
with our hills and rivers and noun
tains, with nature as we ourselves know
1t.
"Our environment changes us newt
ably. Unless we mould our religion
upon it, or rather accept the religion
it suggests to us, we can have no real
religion at all"
DR.. Guthrie went on to say that the
Indians, more than any other people in
this country, had expressed the re-
ligious emotions 1t suggested.
"The aborigines have the key" he
said. "They have been subject to the
influence Of the country for countless
generations, and they have a spiritual
IL Z. l1. oNI
than that Of any other people. From
them we can learn the religious effect
of our American climate and environ
ment; their songs and writings are OF
more moment to us, in a religious
sense, than those of people formed
under different conditions"
Dr. Guthrie then said that learning
from the Indians by no means implied
abandoning the spiritual inheritance
that had come to us from overseas.
All these influences, he said, we should
blend into religion of our own, ex-
pressing our own experience and our
own aspiration.
He added that he had as much right
to talk about the "God of Manhattan"
as the Jews about the "God of Abra-
ham"
AFTER the sermon tnree lull DIoOutu
Mohawks-Red Eagle, White Fawn and
Chicadee, their five-year-old daughter
sang Indian songs, and Edward Will
lard Deming, the Indian painter, who
has been adopted by the Blackfeet
Indians, told Of the conditions under
which they lived, illustrating his talk
with slides from his own paintings.
Mr.. Deming left for Washington
after the meeting to consult with the
Committee on Indian Affairs concern
ing the desirability of restoring ra-
tions to the old men Of the tribe. To
compass this he is to make personal
appeal to the President.