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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07
BREAD TO HESITATE
6DAYS, THEN RISE
Bakers Extend Time OF
Price Increase. Hoping
Flour Will Drop.
HARTIGAN SEEKS
CONGRESSIONAL AID
Wants u. s. to Halt Wheat Spec
ulation and Expectation to
Protect People.

A week from to-day" was the dec
laration OF some OF the large bakers
yesterday IS the time when they would
advance She price Of bread 20 six cents
a loaf The only reason for not doing
n sooner. they aid was ;ha; IN giving
little more time they hoped the price
o. wheat and -four would drop. and
POSSIBLY ;hey coalt avoid raising the
pree AZ ali Small retail bakers are
only waiting FOR some Of the large
WHOLESALE firms 20 take the lead and
they viii readily follow.
Relieving that The advance on bread
is inevitable unless immediate ,cCisla-
ton can be obtained 10 pu; stoppage
on the expectation % wheat Commis-
sioner Joseph Hartlgan, Of the Mayor $
Bureau OF Weights and Measures. sent
kilograms Yesterday 60 Attorney Gen
eral Thomas ". Gregory, Secretary
Redfeld, Of the Department OF Com
rnerce, and David F. Houston. Secretary
Of the Department OF Agriculture. He
sought their opinions as 90 remedial
measures. he explained, with the pur-
pose Of aiiayIug undue excitement ~
the public mind = the price o. bread Is
generally increased. and 20 urge neccs-
sarv action by Congress. III his ie!c-
gram 80 she Attorney General he sara:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07

ants and his fellow patients" what
"they can do to him
He has become convinced that. being
a stranger in strange land, without
means and without friends, It may be
possible that the brunt Of the responsi-
biitv of getting rid" OF the eight aged
inmates of the German Odd Fellows
Home in Yonkcrs. who, Coroner Dunn
claims, were murdered, may fall on his
shoulders.
Through an attendant he admitted
Yesterday that he was worried, al
though be felt that # justice were
done little could be done TO him. He
refused 20 say whether or not he had
received explicit instructions from his
superors at the home 70 get rid OF
certain troublesome old people.
Everything will come out in due
time, and | am not going to say any
thing more than | have already. Had
| known more about the law in this
country | think | should have kept
quiet. In my country an informant Is
treated differently
Mors admitted that he was not born
in Germany, and that his only claim on
Germany was the years he had spent
there in getting an education.
~ was born in a little town near
Budapest. and later moved with my
family to Vienna" he told an attendant.
lie is also said to have admitted that
he did not enter this country as an
immigrant, because he worked his way
over on a steamship and walked ashore
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07
MORS NOW FEARS
WRATH OF LAW
Alleged Slayer of Home Inmates
Realizes He May Face
Murder Charge.

If Frederick Mors, alias Muschawz.
did not realize the seriousness OF the
confession he made last Monday TO AS
sistant District Attorney Murphy, five
days bordering in the psychopsthic
ward al Bellevue Hospital has convinced
him that he is in a desperate predica-
ment While the outward demeanor Of
roncnalant indifference, which he dis
yci from the start has changed lit
tie, his anxious questions regarding
u,. Jaws Of this country covering his
case show that he is worried.
While little information was given out
By Dr.. Menss 5. Gregory and his as
sistants in charge Of the Bellevue OBJ
servatiou ware IT was learned that
Mors has snXIously inquired of attend
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07

aged better. Men were shaved, that no
trace Of corrosive poison or drug
might be seen on their boards. All vic
inns we're smeared about the mouth
with vaseline to prevent telltalc burns.
Henry Hasscnel, whose death oc-
Cured on October :, was declared 70
be the victim Of morphine. Dunn's IN.
formant added that the old man had
so much Of the drug that he became
violent. Whether he was in his right
mind or not the witness did not know
hut at any rate his contortions were so
violent that bureau was showed
against the bed 10 keep him IN.
Ring told of seeing Mors hard at
work shaving one of the oldest and
most troublesome of the inmates:
"Why are you doing that" Ring
says he asked.
'Just 10 save the undertaken the
trouble" was the answer, Ring de-
clared.
Cross on Door of Dead.
Within a few hours, Ring added.
there was cross on the man door.
Geichert appears TO have been inquisl-
tive by nature, and his curiosity was
aroused BY his gleanings. He got IN the
room. On several occasions. he says, he
heard Bangert and Mors talking. He
heard Nors report the death OF one IN
G .brance Of the home, he asserts. and
the superintendent expressed his salts
faction that the man was out or the
way. At another time, says Relchert,
he heard Mors ask:
who's the next one -
To which Bsngert replied. according
to Reichert: Hold on. Not too many,
too quick"
Surgeons Kit MAY Hold Clew.
Sergeant Willemsle and other New
York detectives who were at the home
Yesterday spent much time in the dis
pcnsary. where Amelia Buonopene was
in charge. They found an ample stock
of chloroform and other anasthetics, as
we'll as a kit of surgeons instruments,
whose use Coroner Dunn intends to IN
quire into.
In the medical library OF the place
was found a book on poisons, which
gave the doses which could be admins
tered in safety and the limit beyond
which il was not safe 10 60. In the
margin of the page devoted to arsenic
was a notation in German. Mors is said
10 have been n medical student in
Vienna. Handwriting experts Will be
called 20 ascertain If the memorandum
was made by him.
Karl Gass. one of those who died
while the home WAS in Unlonport, Is
sail to have been killed by arsenic. In
that District Attorney Martin OF The
Bronx places his greatest hope. Traces
OF arsenic poisoning may be found by
elimination months after burial.
Fred Fuchs. chairman of the board
Of directors Of the home, said yester-
dav that he had asked Thomas ". Nc
Knight. grand master of the state, TO
aid in the investigation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07

There Is a conspiracy on foot TO dis
credit the we'll meaning of jeff Davis,
chief in charge of the Hotel de Glnk.
JEFF said so yesterday, and further that
he had nothing 70 fear. His secret
service staff has been busy for some
days. The first inkling that all was
not what it might be among the guests
of the hotel came a few days ago. II
was i'm the form Of letter threaten
ing TO blow up the place. The jungle
bulls" were hustled out. and through
the cold and stormy night-it was
Thursday they patrolled the block
and watched out" for the dynamiters.
Furthermore. according 20 JEFF, the
fireman was bribed and enticcd TO quit
the engine room the other night. His
act left the folks of the Hotel de Gink
in the lurch, too
Attempts have been made to SNUG
gle 'snifiin' snow Cocaine and whiskey
into the establishment, and the same
people nave circulated mean and nasty
stories about the dwellers of the Ho-
tel de Gink," JEFF said yesterday.
They even came here and stole lead
pipe which was in the cellar.
when learned Of the conspiracy
10 discredt the place | got my secret
service men busy, and when had them
right | held jungle court and threw
them out. In regard 10 certain charges
that were made against some of the
guests, I investigated and called the
dicks detectives in. Three arrests
were made, but the complainant and
witness had left the city. Two Of my
mon wont IN the road after them They
are now trailing them in Connecticut.
II they are unable to bring them back
they will be forever disgraced IN the
ranks Of the hoboes.
"Some of those that have been
thrown out went TO the Mayors com
mi:tee and told damaging lies about
me and the guests. 1t has all been sat
isfactorily Investigated. and the com
mittee has the utmost confidence in ME
and what | have accomplished in tho
way OF conducting this hosiery sue
cessfully. /, is true that Objectionable
characters have got into the place, but
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07
DE GINK JUNGLE BULLS BALK
PLOT TO SMUGCLE COCAINE
Jeff Davis, Bonace of the Hoboes, Also Breaks Up
Conspiracy to Discredt Him and Ills fote-Fireman
Bribed to Quit He Asserts, and Lead Pipe Stolen

how long did that last, chief" JEFF
referred the question TO Chief Stanley.
"JuSt as long az it took to throw
them out" Stanley replied
The secret service squad is still busy,
jeff explained. but he refused TO dis
close the hobo method of dealing with
a conspirator. Former Mayor Seymour
Of Tacoma was caller at the hotel
Yesterday. Mr.. Seymour now lives
here. but he knew jeff in the North
west. JEFF ran Hotel de Gink in Ia
coma when Nh. Seymour was Mayor.
He dropped in." JEFF said, Ito see how
things were going.
"A mission stiff came in yesterday"
jeff added mission stiff" is the term
applied 10 hoboes VINO go to religion
only when they are hungry. This man
is an Irishman who has been in this
country only a week" JEFF went on. "He
worked less than an hour yesterday
when he demanded that he be fed. His
next demand was 10 be shaved. II that
gentle stranger don't get hep TO him
self" JEFF declared. ~ see where | wil.
have 20 monacle him. Monacle means.
YOU know, ousted Gee, the fellow Is
only IN the country for a week, coming
on a cattle boat. blows in here and IS
starting TO run things. The FIRST thing
he knows he will be before the jungle
court and sentenced to washing cuspi-
doris"
Instructions were received yesterday
BY the executive board of the Central
Federated Union from the central body
20 ASK Mayor Mitchell this week to sbol-
ish the Hotel de Gink. In explanation
Ernest Bohm, secretary Of the Central
Federated Union, said yesterday that
the decision - ask that the De Gink be
abolished is on the ground that the
institution is a nuisance.
The first instalment OF furniture
from the old Girls Technical High
School Building. az Grand and La
fayette SITS, as a reward for the clear
ing out of the rubbish in the building
by the hoboes and getting IT ready for
receiving the clothing for the unem-
ployed contributed on Bundle Day."
was received at the Hotel de Gink yes
terday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07
BREADLINE PERKS Ur
Knickerbocker Wards fina W.
Regan's Charity Advantageou'

The Knickerbocker breso''"'
longer Yesterday than at any 0'A
time since it's start by james rss
Regain, proprietor of that hotel -, .oo
police estimate OF the toal was ~,
men and "a women. Many Of the won l
en- had children with them ana one
five. ,,as shin
ING or perhaps because eight "a; hem
one hot meal day had dSnS .,rsss
good, there was but little 0, ~ The
spparent in Yesterdays long nv have
recinients Of Mr.. Regan's ehsr''s Of
a different appearance from M, 10 vss
nine days ago when the ore eau over.
ORGANIZED. Most of them nave i,,ee
coats. all have shoes and a yeis q
percentage are shaved ana 81"
clearly appearance. <..,s IN DO.
Women have been fortunate nssrby
nations. Women from the .;h.,sd
hotels and passersby have eon'I'gss srd.
80 ,beir neeessities and there Wa "r nst
~ one in yesterdays line VINO Wa Tire
warmly and comfortably eiao. home
woman with five children wen "a in
with three pairs of shoes snu we're
money. Two younger No ha,s they
taken to places in Brooklyn ""'''
are TO do housework.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07

What action, il any, is the United
States government taxing with the we"
20 eliminating the alleged lllesiumate
speculative rise in the price OF wheat 4
Would Il not be advantageous 20 the
public 20 stop Legitimate speculative
wheat In transit between the states on
the ground of public policy, PrcsecuI..,
tiors to follow under The federal Ia"
Secretary Redheld's opinion was
.ouch, on the following questions:
In view OF export figures daily iindl-
eating the United States Will soon nave
IN. balance of trade and become W.
stead Of a debtor nation creditor ma
tion. do YOU not think an embargo
should be placed on foodstufs Tor eA-
port 49, .,,r
"Fxport statistics showing that our
ordinary articles Of export are no,
wanted now ia Europe, and that 1000
and munitions % war predom 'na.t
would YOU advise. in view o. the h'i"
pr;cc OF wheat and the CONSEQUENT III
crease IN the price OF a LOAF OF oreaH'
or , reduced s.,e Of the loaf. that some
form Of s'oppage OF wheat for export
"Wiat would YOU advise 70 stop H.
legitimate speculation in toods'''s ON
exchanges " .-..;..,e II
In addition TO similar INQUIRIES OF
Secretary Houston. the Commissioner
asked IL the Secretary had any reason
10Y spprchcusion that the constant De,
r,srd Tor wheat FOR foreign export VIII
cauee in any part Of the country
wheat famine between now and the as
Dihut.or Of the harvest crop OF 1919,
JOHN +. pi'lon, Commissioner 81 me
New Yor. state Department OF food'
and Markets. sent the following icIe-
GRAN, to President Wilson yesterday;
THE baker, OF this state claim ihat
they have been selling bread al loSN
for some time. and unless relief Is,
possiblc within q few days. material
ircrcas, ~ the price Of bread IS IN
cyItau.O
"Iuvcs, CATION by this department IN
d;cato~ that the principal causes are
outside the jurisdiction OF tins state
Speculation in future deliveries by men
who never intend TO own wheat has al
WAYS worked loss to the producers
and q. expense TO the consumers. IL
seems clearly responsible for the pres
en' situation
"Thc European demand does not tu'-
rish sufficient excuse for present con-
ditions The people OF New YORK
would heartily approve the recommon-
Gatiou 10 Congress for the enactment
Of federal law prohibiting gambling
in whoa: and other food products.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07
FREE SHOPPING, TOO
Women in Bread Line Pick Out
Clothing After Soup.

Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt, jr., Mrs.
Orme Wilson and Mrs. Charles Dins-
more assisted at the soup kitchen of
Mrs. o. II. p. Belmont. at 10 East 4lst
ST., yesterday. The programme in
cluded the distribution of Sunday
rations and old clothes. as we'll as the
usual free soup dinner. About four
hundred needy women had their bowl
of soup and two rolls in the dining
room. their pals were filled with soup
to carry away, and then they passed
iUto the clothes shop. More than five
hundred sbirtwaists. shoes. rTbbers end
hats were arranged on long tables.
The women selected what they wanted.
Then Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Edward y.
Ereitung wrapped the clothes for them
in brown paper bundles.
To some little newsboys who came
was given bag of cocoa and rolls for
Sunday. To the women were presented
beans, tea, rolls. sugar and dried ap-
pies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07
Continued from page !

few minutes she heard that Ferdinand
Scholz. one Of the inmates. had dled
suddenly.
Others have told Dunn that DR.. L: NJ
Juster. OF Cpl Morris Park av., Inc
Bronx. was never encouraged 10 enter
the room where one Of the inmates lay
dead. although he was the visiting
physician and signed all death certlil-
Gates. When a death occurred, Dunn
learned. a cross was chalkcd on the
door and Dr.. Juster, seeing IT, would
know 1T once who had died and would
make out the certificates without both
cring TO examine any further. DR..
Juster said last night that this asser-
tion was absurd.
81 attended those people regularly"
he said. IL saw them day after day.
ANY statement that ] made out death
certificates without seeing the bodies
is ridiculous.
There was nothing in the slightest
degree suspicious about any death that
occurred there
Assisted Out Of World"
According 70 those occupants OF the
o!d HdnSlOH WHO N"''Htu 'iIt ''uI ~ VI
the crosses and were in daily contact
with employees who complained Of the
burden the living were to them, some
o. the deaths were sadly bungled.
Reichert said that when an inmate got
too troublesome he was assisted out OF
the world.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hauser was one OF
them, he said. Her husband was at
dinner. Reichert said, ignorant that
Mors and other attendants were no
longer to be bothered with the care OF
his wife. Mors, said Reichert, would
not interrupt Fauser at his meal 10
tell him that his wife was dead, but
waited in the corridor
One undertaken, Reichert said, no
ticed burns about the mouth OF his
subject. After that things were man
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07

when the vessel locked here. This may
render him subject to deportation, II
his participation in the alleged Grim
inal disposal of inmates of the Odd
Fellows Home should not be proved.
It was intimated at the hospital that
Nors is mentally unbalanced, being af-
hcted, it is understood, with a slight
chronic variety of homicidal mania.
DR.. NJ. S. Gregory, head of the psyche
pathc ward. refused to discuss the re-
suits Of the FIVE days observation TO
which Mors has been subjected. He
said:
THE law specifies that patient le-
gally committed to this ward may De
kept here for a period not exceeding
ten days. Mors will be turned over to
the Westchester County authorities
during the middle Of next week, when
! shall report my findings of his men
tai condition TO the court, which COM
mitted him to my care"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07
DaCia Passes Hatteras.

Norfolk. Va, Feb. 6.-The steamer
Dacia. en- route from Galveston to Rot
terdam with cotton, is due to arrive
here tomorrow morning. She was re-
ported to-day rs having passed Hat
teras and on her way up the coast at
1O-knot speed. Great Britain has an
nounced that the Dacia will be seized.
The question Of her transfer from
German to American registry probably
will be settled in a prize court.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-09
JUDGE DAYTON PROBE
TO BE MADE AT ONCE
House Committee to Come to
This State to Take Evidence
in Impeachment Case.
m.selAl 70 1As 1s.serAn

ESPECIAL TO INK VNLg0NAh
WASHINGTON. ID. c., Feb. g.
The House of Representatives. today
adopted the resolution offered BY
Congressman Nicely providing for an
investigation Of the judicial conduct
of Alston G. Dayton, judge Of thu
United States court for the Northern
district of West Virginia. The resolu-
ton was adopted without dissent
Ing vote. after being slightly amend
ed in committee and the investigation
will begin In few days, a snb-com-
inittee going to West Virginia to get
evidence.
Chairman Webb, of the Judiciary
committee. this morning called up
theN report of his committee made
yesterday and moved the adoption If
the resolution, saying the committee
thought 1t would he best for Judge
Dayton and for everybody 10 have
the charges investigated Congress-
man Sutherland said that Judge Day.
ton and all his friends would well
come the Investigation. The resoi,I-
tion was then adopted without the
formally of vote. there being no
opposition to Its unanimous adoption.
It is the intention Of Chairman.
Webb to send a subcommittee to
West Virginia at once and to have
the Investigation completed and the
report in before the fourth OF Mdrch.l
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-09
STA TE SEN "A TE DOWN
TO REAL WORK NOW
With Turbulent Members of
That Body in a Penitent
Mood after Scrap. =

CHARLESTON, Feb. 9.-With the
turbulent senators in a repentent
mood this morning, the upper branch
OF the legislature made some progress
and when recess was taken at noon
until Q o'clock the public service com
mission bill had been amended in
many places and was ready to go to
third reading, but on motion Of SEN
ator Godfrey, patron Of the bill, it
was left on second reading until the
afternoon session. 1t Is expected,
however, that several amendments
will be offered this afternoon. Sec
ton twenty-six which provided that
mo person shall be eligible TO any
town or city office appointive or elect
i've, who directly or Indirectly has
any pecuniary interest in any contract
for furnishing heat, light, water,
power. or other public service to or
for such town or city," was stricken
out because 1t would have deprived
men OF means or interested in the de.
velopment OF town or city from
holding any office in such town or
city, No roll call was necessary and
but one "no" was heard against strik-
ing 1t out. Senator Fox's motion to
require the board of public works
to give approval before the public SER
vice commission could employ coun-
sci in any case, was lost by tie vote
The only other business transacted
by the Senate thds morning was the
adoption Of resolution by Gregory
for the printing and distribution Of
copies of the mining law.
The House having disposed OF the
public service commission bill yester-
day although in many sections differ
ent to the bill now going through the
Senate passed nine bills before recess
was taken Three Of these were SEN
ate bills, but nearly all of local ma
tnre. the most important being that
giving school boards the right to lease
Its property for OIL and gas purposes.
the revenue 10 go to the benefit OF
the particular school district making
such lease. @
The House also passed the Senate
bill giving right to bridge and rail-
road officers to carry weapons. The
Fairnlont and Wheeling charters may
be reached this afternoon on second
reading.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-09
On the Warsaw Front Accord
ing to Reports from Both
Berlin and Petrograd.
AUsTRo- GERMAN REvERsEs
In the Carpathians Claimed but
Russians Admit Retirement
at One Point.

IS LONDON. Feb. 9--The furious
German attacks on the Warsaw front
are again al a standstil1 according TO
reports received from both Berlin
and Petrograd; on the othe. hand
the Russian capital reports that on
each wing of the eastern battle line
the Russian offensive has been re-
sumed.
An official Russian communication
claims that the Russians have made
progress on the Hungarian side of
the western Carpathian ranges as
well as gained successes in the direc-
tion Of Mezolaborcz. which resulted
in driving back the enemy with con-
siderable losses in guns and prison
ers.
The Austro-German army is said
to have met reverses on the Galician
side Of the uzsok and Beskid passes.
Balancing these Russian successes
are the Russian admission Of their
retirement before strong forces in
Bukowina and the Australian claim
OF having entered the town Of KIM
polung in the crownland. In East
Prussia the fighting apparently is
assuming more desperate charac-
ter.
This may account for the lull on
the Warsaw front as the East Prus-
sian forces may have been reinforced
by some of Field Marshal Won linden
burg's veterans.
The fighting on the western front
has been taking Its usual monotonous
course, with sporadic Infantry as
( saults on the trenches to an accom-
paniment OF artillery firing.
The fun text OF the German block
ade proclamation published in Lon
don today served as a theme for
much comment in which the Lusi-
tania flag incident figured largely.
Most Of the papers defended the use
of the American flag in this emer-
gency. but some of them expressed
misgivings as to the effect Of this
course of action.