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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-05
ALARM CLOCK TOO
MUCH FOR HENS

Farm and Fireside" has been offer
ing prizes for the best letters describ-
ing ways and means to discourage set
ting hens. In the current issue the
prize winning letters are published.
First prize went to the writer Of the
following letter:
"Some years ago I was endeavoring
to break up a setting hen, but my eff
forts were in vain. old Yaller' con-
tinued to sit. Finally | took a small
alarm clock and set it so it would go off
in a few minutes. | placed it in one
corner of her nest and watched. 1t
went off. And so did old Yaller.' She
left the nest and stood dazed for one
Mortified instant, and then with one
squawk she ran out Of the henhouse
and flew over the park fence and began
to hunt for bugs in the grass.
"She not only stopped setting, but
she stopped clucking, and in a short
time began TO lay. ! have since tried
this method on more than one hundred
broody hens with complete success"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-05

day school pupils in scent gifts. Tbs
aim of the society Is to get enough
money together in this way to pay for
l. 100000 New Testaments 70 90 70 as
many fighting men. 1t is intended .
raise $4,000. and the Bible societies in
the different countries will purchase
The books they believe best suited.
The Commission for Relief in Bel
GUM reported yesterday that there
seemed as yet 20 be no sign that the
spirit of giving had abated.
The Belgian people have transmitted
through the Belgian Minister at Wash
ington an expression of their gratitude
TO Mrs. John A. Logan, chairman Of the
District Committee Of that city, who
collected s5000.25. Vice Chairman Lin
don ". Bates announced yesterday ne
had received n check for $1,000 from
citizens Of Palo Alto, Cal, through
their chairman, z. c. Thoits. A tele-
gram from Gulfport, Miss. stated that
there is good prospect Of big cargo
for the Mississippi ship. which -
scheduled TO sail from that port.
Both the Persian War Relief Fund
and the American Women's War RELIEF
Fund reported additional contributions
yesterday. The former committee now
has a grand total of Sl6.456.25.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-05
ERIN CHEERS ARMY
IT ONCE SCORNED
Troops Get Rousing Reception
in Streets of Dublin and
Limerick.

Dublin. April A band OF the Irish
Guards, which would have received an
unfriendly greeting anywhere in Ire
land few months ago, arrived here
to-day on a recruiting tour and was
Enthusiastically cheercd as Il marched
to the Mansion House. playing "St
Patrick's Day The regiment was re-
ceived and welcomed by the Lord
Mayor and sheriTs.
There was another remarkable scene
here to-day when John f. Redmond, the
Irish Nationalist leader. reviewed
$4,000 of the Irish National Volunteers.
He said that of the Nationalist and I'll
ster volunteers who had organized to
fight one another more than $4,000 were
now fighting side by side on the Con-
tinent or training to go there.
Limerick. also, has altered its opinion
Of the British army. Officers, who dur
ing the week found three hundred re-
cruits in Limerick, were heartily well
coined by the people. The recruits
were cheered when they presented
themselves.
Perhaps for the first time in Irish
history such scenes have been wit
messed, and certainly there has been
change from the days when an Irish
man who joined the army was Stunned
by many.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-05
Timely News of the 6Nerchandise Worla'
WHAT THE BUYERS
WILL LOOK AT TODAY

IN one Of the neutral countries OF Eu-
rope has informed an American con-
SUI that it wishes TO communicate with
American wool spinners who are in n
position TO deliver dyed woollen yarns
IN tho following numbers: l-22. PA
and 3-24. The firm wishes 10 receive
offers and samples for the delivery Of
several thousand pounds.
Aniline dyes, No. 16,l24.-An Amer
ican consul in the United Kingdom re-
ports that business man in his dis
trict desires to establish commercial
relations with American producers Of
aniline dyes with view TO securing
an agency for this commodity. Bank
reference Is given.
Shoes, jewelry, stationery, supplies,
etc, No. 16,l3l.-A merchant in Persia
has Informed an American consul that
he wishes to receive catalogues,
samples and full information relative
TO shoes, jewelry, haberdashery, sta
tionery supplies, lamps, driving whips,
clocks and watches, saddlery and har-
ness, hardware, crockery. chemicals,
drugs, groceries, gramaphones, etc
Electrical supplies, paper, hosiery,
etc, No. 16,132-An American consular
officer In Brazil reports that business
man in his district wishes TO represent
American manufacturers and exporters
of electrical supplies, printing and
wrapping paper, stationery, notions,
perfumery, hosiery, drugs, shirts and
haberdashery, fancy goods for women,
porcelain, glass and earthenware. Cata-
logues and discount sheets, etc, should
be sent at once.
Drygoods, drugs. razors. etc, No.
l6,137-An American consul in Russia
reports that a business man in his dis
trict wishes to purchase drygoods,
drugs, safety razors, nerve strengthen
ing remedies, chocolate, confectioner's
extracts, etc. Correspondence should
be in Russian or German. Prices,
weights, etc, should be in Russian
equivalents, and quotations should be
made c. /. T. Russian ports.
Pins, needles, machinery, etc, No.
16,l43.-A firm in Russia has informed
an American consul that IL desires 10
represent American manufacturers and
exporters of all kinds of Inns, needles,
hooks and eyes, dress fasteners, paper
clips, buttons and machinery for the
manufacture thereof. IL also wishes to
correspond with manufacturers End ex-
porters of horse and sheep shears, ma
chinery for making wheels, cash reg
listers, cheap watches, horn and knit
ting machines. Correspondence may be
in English. Bank references are given.
Prices, weights, etc, should be stated
in Russian equivalents, and quotations
should be made c. /. f. Russian por;s.
Flax yarn, etc, No. 16,154.-A rep
resentative of one of the foreign lega-
tons in Washington has informed the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce that he is in receipt Of inquiries
from firms in his country which are
DESTROYS of receiving information rola-
tive to flax yarn and "sericose.'
Wearing apparel. No. 1858. - An
American consular officer in Great
Britain reports that a dealer in his
district wishes to communicate with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-05
WAR STRIKE HERE
URGED ON ALIENS
Publishers Of $40 Foreign News
papers Unite In Plan to End
European War.

Three hundred and seventy publish
ers of foreign newspapers of the Unit
ed States have sent out an appeal to
the people of this country, especially
10 the workers, not to manufacture
sell or ship guns. powder or articles
Of war to the fighting nations Of Eu-
rope or TO Japan. While the word
Strike" is not used, the stoppage OF
work in arms and ammunition plants
is urged.
"As n result OF receiving thousands
OF letters, cables and messages OF a
heartrending nature from the peoples
of our native lands. we have resolved
to place this appeal before the Ameri-
can nation in behalf of our readers,
reads the publishers message. which
appeared simultaneously in their pa
pers last week.
I'VE appeal to the citizens OF the
United States, TO an intelligent and
courageous press and to American
manufacturers of gunpowder, guns,
cannon and other war materials. We
appear 10 lHe eNlpIONtS VI sum PiHlI'
that they Immediately cease making
such instruments of war-instruments
which by very nature are destined to
destroy our own brothers, to make
widows of our sisters and mothers and
their children orphans.
1.-THE honor of the American nation,
The honesty of the United States de-
mand the world be shown that money
soaked in the blood of men and women
can never purchase any such instru-
ments of death"
The signers of this appeal hope that
after such sales have been stopped the
United States will be able to demand
that Europe cease its bloody activities.
They also recommend that the manu-
facture of arms and gunpowder be
stopped by writing to the members OF
Congress and state officials, by organ
iZing societies. by appealing to the
local press and through work done in
the churches. II is estimated that the
$40 newspapers have a total circulation
Of about 100000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-05

manufacturers of jerseys, blouses and
soft shirts.
Textile machinery, No. 16,163.-An
American consul in Russia reports tna'
firm wishes TO correspond with Amer
lean manufacturers of textile macnin
cry. II Is stated that the firm has had
fifty years experience in TINS Iihe OF
business. Correspondence may De III
English.
Silk. cotton and woollen fabrics. etc.
No. 16,164.-A firm in France informs
an American consul that it wishes TO
represent, on a commission basis, Amer.
lean manufacturers Of cotton, silk and
woollen fabrics. knit goods, such az
hosiery for women and sweaters, etc
Reference is given.
Cotton and silk yarns, No. l6,191.-A
commission agent in Russia has IN
formed an American consul that he de-
sires TO communicate with hrms ex.
porting cotton yarns, single thread
from No. 20 to 100 and double thread
from No. 40 TO 100; also silk yarns.
Quotations and samples should be sub
mitted at once.
Ani!ine dyes, No. 16,196.-A firm In
Russia has informed an American con-
sui that II wishes 20 import aniline
dyes. chiefly violet, blue and red. Only
first class product is wanted. II is de-
sired for the manufacture of ink
pencils. Prices. etc, should be sent at
once.
Tent material, No. 16,19s.-One OF the
commercial attaches of the Department
Of Commerce in the Far East reports
the name and address Of merchant
who states that he can conclude con-
tract for 5000 to 5000 yards Of brown
and white canvas for military tents.
Samples Of the material desired may
be examined at the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce and its
branch Offices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-05

Imprisonment for debt, which re-
Gently was discussed at the meeting OF
the State Bar Association as a medi-
eyal provision Of the civil law Of the
etate that should be wiped on the
stotute hooks, is to be an important
sTbiect for treatment by the consti-
tntional convention. Judges and lead
49,, LAWYERS are interested in seeing
he drastic form of debt collection
ofto, employed maliciously by ]udg-
v,ont creditors, replaced by provision
that cannot be used for purposes OF
Abraham s. Gilbert. counsel 10
sheriff Grifenhagen, whose once Is 'he
official executor of such processes OF
the law. is taking leading part IN
tho campaign for the correction OF we
evil. His views. based on hrst mana Oh
scrvation Of the workings OF tne pro
visions Of the law imprlsonlng persons
for debt, have been placed 1e1oIe Lne
state Legislature. MI ElioeIt nus
found several cases IN when lhe IA"
has been abused. In nearly every IN
stance the victim is person 100 poor
10 take advantage OF the DAN PRIV
ilege. NJ cuhor+ IN
One case clted Dy HlI'
which the plaintiff took advantage Oh
y " II, defendant. was a Islander action
broncbt by woman against a man;
The defendant was arrested and bail
,,,as 6ved at 5000 He was unable to
Owe bond and remained in jail from
december to March. lie had no law
ror and mt in no answer TO the suit.
The plaintiff could have taken Judg,,
ment as early as January and have had
a sherif's jury assess damages, but
did not do so. Inquiry by Mr.. gilbert
% 70 how the defendant. without funds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-05
"LOCUSTS" AFFLICT
PALESTINE JEWS
100000 Starving, Says
Cryptic Appeal Thou
sands More to Belgium.

A cable message from the Holy Land.
begging that immediate aid be sent to
100 900 Jews who are actually starving.
was received yesterday by Rabbi Philip
Klein, of the First Hungarian Con-
gregation of the 0hab Zedek. 1l6th
Street and Fifth Avenue. Rabbi Klein
has issued an appeal to all the Jews in
the United States, orthodox and re-
form, to send assistance.
Financial conditions are desperate"
read the message, "and help is urgently
requested. Please ask the American
liberal press to spread this appear
throughout the country"
Il went on to say that the Passover
was declared by the rabbis fast IN
stead of feast on account OF down
flock of locusts."
Rabbi Klein did not know the exact
meaning Of the expression "locusts,
and believes it either has an allegorical
significance or was used to avoid the
censorship.
Frank J. Gootnow, president Of Johns
Hopkins University, has received
cable message concerning the typhus
outbreak in Serbia from Sir William
Osler, regius professor Of medicine at
Oxford, England, and one of the worlds
great authorities on meteorological dis
eases. The message read:
Doctors, nurses and money arc
urgently needed for Serbia. Conditions
there are lamentable. Typhus fever is
raging"
Ten thousand dollars worth of New
Testaments will be distributed among
the soldiers in European trenches and
OIL battlefields By the American Bible
Society, which dispatches the money on
Saturday. The money came from Sun
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-05
FRENCH OPTIMISTIC
ON CROP PROSPECT
Not Lack of Men but Ger
man PhoSphateS the
Chief Difficulty.

Paris, April 4.-Brillaud dc Laujar-
dieri, president of the Syndicate of
French Farmers and expert in agri-
cultural matters, was interviewed on
crop prospects in France to-day. lie
said: THE results obtained by French
farmers, despite the lack Of hands,
transportation delays and hundreds of
difficulties caused by the war. surpass
the most optimistic hopes. The first
thing the syndicate did during mobili-
zstion was TO offer work in the fields
at liberal daily wages to thousands of
laborers in Paris and other large cities
who were disqualified from military
service.
These men were brought to the
parts of the country where they were
most needed, and in cooperation with
the women of the villages and rural
districts old men and boys accom-
plished wonders in this way. The
sowing, planting and seed work during
the summer and autumn and the har-
vestine went on without interruption
and in the most satisfactory manner.
Draught work was lone with oxen.
donkeys and horses refused by vet
erinaries for military requisltion.
by such means and by the use Of
early varieties Of seeds we are con-
tinu.nC sowing, and owing TO the quail
ity of the seed we can continue until
the end of the month. We are also
planting with March wheat. The only
difficulties Just now are spring manure
and phosphates Our demand for these
is readily supplied from North and
South America. Our vineyards in Bur
cundy. Champagne ard Gironde may
have some trouble, owing 70 the scare
ity Of sulphates Of copper. That may
prevent thorough treatment OF the
vines to prevent the ravages of noxious
insects, cryptogams, fungi, etc.
What suffers most is the beet sugar
crop. In 1913, 900 factories were work
ing full time, but this number has
now been reduced 10 seventy, owing to
the invasion and devastation wrought
in certain sugar producing regions.
"Moreover, the Germans have sent 70
Rhenish Prussia considerable quanti-
ties OF sugar DeetS tdhcH rum Jul
northern departments. According to
the estimates Of sugar beet specialists
the French production of sugar will
not exceed 100000 tons, as against
last year's sugar crop Of 100000 tons.
1t becomes a serious question where we
are to get sugar beet grains for plant
ing. Hitherto these have come largely
from Germany. The stoppage has been
partly overcome by heavy consignments
of Russian sugar beet grain from Po-
dolia, and a great deal has already been
stored at MOdana.
an short, our agricultural prospects
surpass our best hopes"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-05
RISKS LIFE; SAVES S4.70
Man Foils Bandits, but Is
Tossed Into River.

Peter Canopelsky saved his watch
and $40 from thugs last night and
almost lost his life doing II. His home
is at l6l East l6lst Street, The Bronx.
Last night he visited friends IN Har-
lem. On his way home three youths
accosted him and persuaded him TO
visit a pier at the foot of East 18th
Street There thew attacked him.
Mindful of his watch and his S47O,
Canopelsky fought manfully. More
than once he beat back the three and
attempted a dash for safety. Badly
punished. the footpads finally made a
concerted effort and dung Canopelsky
into the East River.
AS soon as he reached the surface
Canopelsky shouted threats at his as
sailants. His yells continued and they
ran. Watchmen summoned a patrol
man. He lowered a rope TO the swim
mer and hauled him to the pier.
Canopelsky wished 10 set forth in
pursuit Of the men who had thrown
him in, but was bundled into an ambu-
lance and taken to Harlem Hospital.
Besides suffering from submersion be
had q deep scalp wound.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-05
SHERIFF WOULD FREE STATE
OF DEBT IMPRISONMENT LA w
Crifenhagens Counsel Aids in Campaign tor CORRECTION
of Abuse of Civil Code That Often Permits
Persecution by Creditors.

had succeeded IN getting out or jail
revealed that friends Of the prisoner
had raised $3.50 and given IL TO the
plaintiff, who thereupon furnished the
bail on which the defendant was re-
leased. %
Between January and March ~
there were thirty-fOur defendants ar
rested in New York County for failure
to pay money judgments. Several oil
them are still in Jail. The amounts IN
volyed are small.
The agitation for the abolition OF i'm
prisonment for debt has been in prog
ress since 1881. Recently a commit
tee of the Bar Association presented
q report recommending this change IN
the law. 1t, however. is not designed
to interfere with the present power OF
the court to compel obedience 10 its
mandate by causing the arrest and i'm
prisonment of persons who defy It's
authority in civil cases.
Among those who have spoken
against the injustice Of the present
system are Justice Charles +. Hughes,
Of the United States Supreme Court.
Justice Hughes has been interested IN
the subject for several years. He once
read a paper before the Bar Associa-
ton IN which he said:
"But for the poor defendant who
cannot give such bail there is no re-
lief. He must remain in prison until
his case is tried and judgment entered,
however long that may be. and after
judgment he may be imprisoned for
three months longer. In the few cases
where there is any provision for his
discharge from Imprisonment he Is
unable to take advantage Of it, because
he is without means to institute and
maintain the prescribed legal proceed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-05
ATTACKS BURLESON
In MAIL PAY WAR
Head Of /. |. r. X. Calls Post
master Generals Theory
Misleading.

Reckless and misleading were the
terms applied yesterday to Postmaster
General Burleson's attempt to show
that carrying mail pays the railroads
of the country better than their re-
turns from the express companies.
Ralph Peters, president OF the Long
Island Railroad and chairman OF the
committee on railway mail pay, issued
a statement in which he asserted that
since 1907 the annual rate for mail pay
had increased less than l per cent,
while express traffic grew 81 per cent
in returns to the roads. This is for
the six-year term ended June 30, 1913,
and the latest figures available.
MIR. Burleson." says the statement,
bases his assertion regarding the mail
and express earnings of the railroads
upon a number of comparisons o. which
this is typical:
"He SAYS that from New York TO Chi
cago railway mail pay amounts to S2.58
per 100 pounds, while the railroads pro
portion of the first class express rate
between those cities is approximately
$120 per 100 pounds
"Not one citizen in a thousand would
ever suspect that this meant anything
except that the railroads carry express
matter from New York to Chicago Tor
an average rate of only Sl.20 per 100
pounds. The fact is, however, that the
EXPRESS rate Mr.. Burleson names Is
not an average, or in any way repre-,
sentative rate, but is the railroads
share of the express companies charge
for a single 10O-pound package, on
which the very lowest wholesale rate rat,
per pound is given to the shipper. The
railroads are paid approximately nan
the express companies charge.
"For instance, for carrying 100 one
pound express packages from New V OK
70 Chicago the express company would
receive % cents apiece. or total OF
500. OF this amount the railroads share
for its portion of the service would De
about half, or S11.5O, which is nearly
four and one-half times the rate Tor
carving 100 pounds Of mail. SUCH a
comparison, if offered as representative
of average conditions, would be no
more misleading than the one, golne to
the opposite extreme, which Mr.. burie-
son has used. The truth, of course lies
between the two extremes"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-05


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