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New-York tribune., 1915-11-26
POLK TESTIMONY
FALSE, SAYS BURR
In Death Avenue Controversy
Calls Incorporation COun-
sci Political Dilettante.

William P. Burr, formerly Assistant
Corporation Counsel, reiterated his
charge yesterday that nothing had been
done toward The removal of the railroad
tracks from Death Avenue" for nearly
two years. Mr.. Burr also refers TO
Frank L. Polk as a political dilet-
tante," and says that certain state
ments ne made before the Thompson
Committee on Wednesday were "abso-
lutely false"
Mr.. Burr testified before the same
committee that he had been removed
from Office because of his activity in
attempting % procure the removal OF
the railroad tracks from death Ave-
nue." In his statement yesterday he
declared thai at the time ne was re-
moved the matter was no longer in the
hands of the Corporation Counsel, but
was up to the Mayor.
81 have accomplished too much fo'
the city to be called ineffective by
political dilettante like Frank Polk
Mr.. Burr says.
Referring to Mr.. Polk's statement
that after a conference with the Mayor
he directed Mr.. Burr to press the New
York Central case, Mr. Burr says it i:
absolutely false-"a direct lie"
The case passed out Of the hands o.
the Corporation Counsel when Chapter
III Of the Laws Of 1911 was signed by
the Governor. Mr.. burr says. Under
that act the railroad was directed e
submit on or before October, 1911, tC
the b ,ard Of Estimate plans and pro
fles for the removal Of the tracks a.
railroad expense. Mayor Mitchell wa;
president of the Board of Aldermen
and a member of the committee thai
had the matter in charge, he says.
"The last time any action was taker
New-York tribune., 1915-11-26

,ba estimates of appropriations repre-
sent the beginning of a speclhc pro
oramme and do not contemplate eN-
1andino all the money in one year.
"In the estimated disbursements Tor
1915 there is included slO,O0O,OO III
Grants from the treasury for estimated
nostal deficiencies; s5,000,0O0 for l9l'
Tor tho same purpose. The remandei
of postofiice expenditures VIII De cdfeu
for by postoffice receipts
Secretary McAdoo's Statement.
Secretary McAdoo's statement fol-
lows;
ain view of the many inaccurate ana
misleading statements which are being
made. either deliberately or Ignorant
iv about the condition of the Treasury
and the finances of the government
with respect to the current fiscal
wear and the fiscal year 1917, l
feel that a true and accurate analysis
of the situation may be Of service 10
I'VE began the fiscal year 1916 July
/. 19l5) with I; general fund balance,
not including amounts TO the credit OF
disbursing officers, of SlO4, OlOo.fo.
COMPARED with the balance shown IN
the daily Treasury statement OF June
30. 1915, this is composed OF the tos-
lowing: Balance in general fund, June
30. 1915. as per Treasury daily state
ment. Ss2,025, 1908; add national bank
note redemption fund, which, by law
is a part of the public debt and not to
be set up as a liability of the general
fund, S19 1890 1850; add cash deposits
during the year 1915 and included IN
the revised totals, advices Of which
were received at the Treasury after
June 80, 1915, s2.754, ,O442o; balance IN
general fund. June 80, 1913 (revlsed
BASIS, s104,170, ,105.7S.
"Under existing law the present duty
Of cent per pound on raw sugar
ceases Nav /. 1916. and the present
emergency revenue law expires on 'e-
cember 81. 1915. Assuming that these
two sources of revenue are eliminated,
the following results may be expected
for the fiscal year 1916:
General fund balance in the Treas
urv. July /, 1915, rs already shown,
st64170. .iO5.7s; estimated total re-
ceipts for 1916, S670,S65, 800; total,
S774535. .605.7s. Total estimated DIS
bursements for 1916, excluding Panama
Canal payments, s7l6,S91 900. Surplus,
or balance, June 80, 1916, S57,644, ,6O5.7S.
"The duty on sugar and the emer-
gency revenue taxes ought TO be con-
tinued If this is done, the additional
receipts from these sources for the
fiscal years 1916 should be sal .OOO, ,OOo
from emergency taxes and Sl5,0OO,OOO
from sugar-s56, 100000; balance, Sll3,-
6l4 .605.7S.
Surplus for 1916.
at may be assumed that there will
be appropriated by the Congress for
supplemental estimates and dehclen-
cies for the fiscal year 1916 total OF
Sl2.O0O,00O. Surplus for fiscal year
1916 assuming that emergency taxes
and sugar duties are continued), slOl,-
Ga GO5.7S.
New-York tribune., 1915-11-26

memorial services. This is Joe Hills
version of ~ Didn't Raise Ny Boy to
Be a Soldier" sung TO the lively air
OF colleen Bawn":
"Should ever be a soldier
Meath the red flag will fight;
Should the gun | ever shoulder,
It's 20 crush the tyrant's might.
Join the army of the toilers;
Men and women fall in line.
Wage slaves of the world, arouse'
Do your duty for the cause.
For land and liberty
Army and Church Ridiculed.
Frank Evers, an Englishman high IN
the I. ". W movement, gave the soit
address in English. lie spoke of Hill
strom's last words, in which he badt
his fellows organize. He also referred
TO the dead mans song writing as
contributory cause Of his death.
'Tf Should ! Ever Be Soldier be-
came popular" he said, sit would un'
dermine the programme of prepared
ness. He ridiculed the state, the army
the church-everything that makes foi
the tyranny of capital. IL was because
of these things that capital, when II
got him, spewed its venom out upor
him.
II don't think Joe Hill would want
US 70 shed any tears over hlm. III
was imbued with our spirit. what We
must do when we go away from here u
defy capitalism 10 the last II we dt
this we will render Joe Hill service.
Outside on the street the shouts o.
children dressed in she mummery o.
Thanksgiving welled up shrilly to th'
room where these lean, pinched mel
and women were huddled. 1t was hare
TO imagine what their Thanksgivin;
would be.
New-York tribune., 1915-11-26

felt for the year of 27,525.600, and
estimates the income from the war
revenue bill at SS2,000,00O. and the
sugar tax-which the Underwood bill
abolished OH May l. 1915. and which
he would keep-at Sl5,000,O0O for the
two remaining months of the wear
These added to his admitted dehclt
make the total 1t is pointed out, IN
answer tc the Democratic CLAIM that
the falling off in exports due TO the
war is responsible for this, that the
imports for the first nine months of
1915 were only about 25,00O,OO0 less
than for the same months III lSl3
under the Payne tariff. The figures
for total imports for 1913 are ST.
S2I3S5,O7l. and for 1915, Sl,3O2, ,O94,-
7s6.
Another interesting point is the
small part in this huge Wilson deficit
that is played by the defence pro
gramme. Adding the total Mr.. Mr.
Adoo admits must be raised TO the
total he does not account for makes
$314,449 ,643.59 as the measure Of the
financial needs of the administration ,
with its present programme. OF this
the defence costs will total. according
to Mr.. McAdoo, sl16,S32 900. leaving
Sl97, ,643.59 as the amount that
would have to be raised if no defence
increases were contemplated-al always
assuming that the Treasury should be
in as good condition at the end of the
administration as at its beginning.
This, it is pointed out, is considerably
more than Mr.. McAdoo contemplates
raising by taxation, showing that ac-
tually the Democrats are planning to
r. If &c : L. rvNl hn
Republicans left in the Treasury.
When the discrepancy between the
preparedness estimates given out by
the Army and Navy departments and
the amount Mr.. McAdoo has allowed
for the purpose was called 10 his at
tention to-day the Secretary added the
following TO the statement:
"The estimated disbursements for
1916 and 1917 represent what the
various departments OF the govern
ment expect TO spend from the appro-
priations available in 1916 and from
the estimated appropriations sub
mitted for 1917. The estimates Of ap-
preparation for the military establish
ment for 1917 are SlS2,22l ,23l.44, in
cluding SCI ,832 900 for army prepared
ness. The appropriations for the mill
/ tary establishment for 1916 were Slli,-
3s8,751.13. The estimate of appropria-
tons for the naval establishment for
1917 are S219,550, ,291.24, including S49,-
100000 for preparedness. The appro-
priations for the naval establishment
/ for 1915 were S151 ,109, ,62796
while total of sl16,S32, 900 viii.
be asked for preparedness s67 ,S32, 900
/ for army and S49,000,000 for navy
the War and Navy departments esti-
mate that they will spend in 1917 only
/ s93.S00,00 for this purpose, that is.
( s5S,S00,000 for the army and s95,000.
/ 900 for the navy.
"The estimates Of appropriations for
preparedness for 1917 are larger thar
/ the estimated disbursements because
New-York tribune., 1915-11-26
MAYOR AT HOME
FOR THE HOLIDAY
Continued from page |

DR.. Woodruff Law Post assisted him
into the automobile, to which he was
taken in a wheel chair, and accom-.
panied him on the brief ride I'D River.
side Drive to his home in the Pete,
Stuyvesant apartment house Ms
Mitchell did not go 10 the hospital. bu,
sent nurse 20 accompany the party
With a somewhat jaunty air As
Mayor walked from the automobile 10
the steps OF the apartment house soS
through the hall to the elevator. Ms
Mitchell afterward announced that the
Mayor was resting 70 conserve M,
strength as much as possible. Il \,
probable ne will spend few DAYS IN
the country before returning 70 MI,
Office in City Hall.
Before leaving the hospital The
Mayor thanked the internes and nurses
and DR.. Grimshaw, superintendent o.
the hospital, for his speedy recovery
New-York tribune., 1915-11-26
TOE HILLS SOUL
SPED WITH YELLS..
I.W.W. Cheers and Chants
Dead Mans Verses at
Goodby Meeting.
POET" GETS EULOGY
IN REVENGE THREATS
Hungarians, Following Service
in English, Talk of Fellow
Whom Capital Killed"

Three shrill cheers, wrenched from
the lungs of shabby women and
starved-looking men gathered yester-
day in the back room of a pool parlor
at $50 East Eighty-frst Street, was the
final godspeed flung by New York In
dustrial Workers of the World after
the soul OF Joe Hillstrom, their poet"
shot at Salt Lake City last Saturday
for the murder of John and Arling
Morrison.
Since half-past ten the dingy cham
Der, two fights above a slum motion
picture theatre, had been packed with
threadbare human beings, brought
hither to attend memorial service for
the man whom legal murderers' had
sent to that indefinite haven where the
|. W. W. finds peace.
II was now nearly noon. The English
service was over, and for an hour or
more swarthy Hungarians had been
droning in their native tongue of Joe
HILL" his works and the future IN store
for the capitalists who murdered him.
The last hymn, the tune once popular
air, the words written by the dead
man, had been sung.
Lad Leads in Cheering.
As the gathering rose to leave yell
low-haircd. ill-c.ad boy stood up IN
the front Of the room.
Three cheers for Joe HILL" he
called in d high, excited voice, and
through the tobaccO-clouded air his
comrades answered, yelping like wolves
their last greeting to their dead "fel-
low worker"
IL was a grewsome action, and the
/ strained, excited voices in which the
iank men and women sounded their
approval of the dead man made ii In
credibly ghastly.
I This was the conclusion Of the trib-
/ ute paid by super-radicals here TO Joe
( Hill, their sweet singer of hunger, OF
violence, OF tyranny. No tears were
shed by those who gathered to do him
honor. There were no gentle thoughts
for the dead man In the words of those
who spoke CT his passing. They were
all of revenge, of hatred for the men
who had killed him. Of the capitalists
who. they believed, had brought about
his death.
Hillstroms Parodies Chanted.
Nothing remotely resembling fu-
nereal air could be found in the meet
ing. Some of the men removed their
hats. Others did not bother Most of
them smoked, filling the squalid cham
Der with a blue haze. They chanted
the rough verses of Hillstrom's paro-
dies with a grotesque cheerfulness.
"You will eat by and by
In that glorious land above the sky
You will eat by and by
You'll get pie in the sky when you die.
That's a lie"
This and other similar lyrics were
sung TO gay or sentimental tunes
heard oftener in music halls than at
New-York tribune., 1915-11-26
DEFIANT |. W. ".
BURY MARTYR
5000 Sullen MOurners
Hear Hi1lstrom Eulogies
in Ten Tongues.
CHICAGO THRONG
GROWLS Discomfort
Red Flag Crowds Out Stars and
Stripes as Followers Chant
Songs Written by Slayer.
lBr T.l.gr,ph % The rhbune.l J

Chicago, Nov. 20. Five thousand
persons paid tribute in ten languages
to-day to the memory of Joseph Hill
strom, shot 70 death in Utah for muir
der.
By $3.50 o'clock in the morning 2,OOO
men and women had filled the west
Side Auditorium, where the body o. the
!. W. ". poet lay. the casket piled high
with flowers bearing polyglot inscrip-
tions OF defiance from labor unions, an
archist clubs, syndica!ists and the like
By noon the sidewalks outside the
building we're iammed solidly for three
blocks. Police in uniform and PLAIN
clothes were everywhere, but there was
no disorder Along the street there
was low and continuous murmur'
chiefly from the lips Of white-faced
young men and girls
Counsel Calls Il Murder.
Inside. after the funeral had begun
an inarticulate growl of appreciation
greeted Judge o. y. Hilton, OF Denver
Hilstrom's attorney, when he char
acterized his clients execution by the
State Of Utah as "the brutal murder OF
a martyr to the cause Of revolution
But for the most part, the spoken
expressions of discomfort. though bit
ter. were short. Other expressions were
to be seen in the huge red flag that
draped the casket. in the rec! streamers
worn by almost everybody, in the but,
tons bearing the inscription "He Died
a Martyr" and ip the conspicuous ao-
sence Of the American flag.
The crowd had chance to vent itS
feelings when the services were opened
with the singing of several songs writ
New-York tribune., 1915-11-26
100 JOIN NEW LEGION
Citizens Once in Alien Armies Enlist
in Defence Movement.

At the first open-air meeting OF the
newly formed Loyal American Legion.
held yesterday afternoon at Seward
Park, Essex and Hester Streets, 100
foreign born citizens Joined the move
ment to form an auxiliary army. made
up Of men who have served IN the
armies of other countries and who are
now American citizens.
Borough President Marks. Municipal
Court Justice Aaron j. Levy and Leon
ard A. Snitkin and William j. Lee, Of
the Park Department. were the speak
ers at the meeting. Justice Snitkin read
the Presidents Thanksgiving proclama-
tion and then led a delegation OF boys
to salute the flag on the speakers
stand.
The Borough President urged sup
port of President Wilson, and Justice
Levy asked all foreign-born citizens
TO interest themselves IN the new aux
iliary army until it numbers 100000
men.
The temporary headquarters of tho
organization is in the Second Municipal
Court, 261 Madison Street.
New-York tribune., 1915-11-26

ten By Joe Hill. as the dead man pre-
ferred 70 call himself. These are char
scter;stic bits of l. W. ". sentiment
"The Rebel Girl" "Stung Right The
Preacher and The Slaye"-and they
are set to lusty, popular tunes that
make strange dirges.
"Bill" Haywood. founder and head OF
the I. ". W., made short speech OF
eulogy, and then judge Hilton. who
was one OF the defenders OF HAYWOOD
Moyer and Pettibone. in the famous
Steunenberg case, launched INTO MS
two-hour funeral GRAFTON. The Nor
mon Church came in for generous
share OF his deru-ciation.
Sing Socialist Hymn.
As the casket uas taken from the
building 1000 or more marchers fell
in and followed il TO Harrison and Hal
sted streets, where il was placed on an
elevated train TO be taken 10 Grace
land Cemetery. The red flag headed
the procession. and the marchers sang
the refrain OF the British Socialist
hymn.
Then raise the scarlet standard high:
Bcrezfh ~ folds ven live and die
Thorrh coward. finch AMI usitos sncer.
Wen keep the red has n}ins here
At the cemetery another long ser
vice was held, with speeches in Swed-
ish, Russian, Hungarian. Polish, Span
ish. Italian. German, fiddish. Lithu,
anian and English. Jim Larkin, Of
Dublin. who led the British dock WORK
ers' strike, spoke in English.
"Joe Hills last words he said
"were Don't mourn for me; organize
The /. ". W. movement has been
sealed in the sweet blood Of the poet
radical. His callous. cold, d,6ioode'
murder will do more to solidify the
sentiment Of the workers OF the world
than any other crime of the mastei
class
In accordance with Hillstrom's viii
which he wrote in the form OF an
eicht-line poem in his death cell al
Salt Lake City, his body will be ere
mated at noon tomorrow and his
ashes will be scattered among the flow
ers al the cemetery.
New-York tribune., 1915-11-26
WIFE'S GUEST EXPLAINS
Man Who Summoned Police Accepts
Statement Visitor Had Been Invited.

Mrs. Joseph Kaufman, of 57i West
End Avenue. one of the two women
discovered by the police when sum-
moned to the apartment OF Andrew Al
bright. at l West Sixty-fourth Street,
Wednesday night, yesterday explained
that she had gone to the apartment at
the invitation of Mrs. Albright. The
woman who accompanied her, she says,
was her maid.
The explanation was accepted By the
police and Mr.. Albright, who is presi-
dent of the Rubberset Company, and
the women were released. Mrs. Kauf-
man denied a statement that she had
gone to the apartment after being re-
fused admission TO her own home.
New-York tribune., 1915-11-26

that | am aware Of" Mr.. Burr saw,
"was at a public hearing on slay
1918. have never heard anytbin,
further about it,"
He also referred TO Mr.. Folks star.
ment that he decided to reorganile ~,
Law Department in February, 1914. =.
absurd, since Mr. Polk had been !,
Office only a month and was not "a
miliar with the workings of the Do.
partment.
he expressed regret that the charge,
came up when the Mayor was in, bv,
he hoped the Mayor would wait Until
he recovered before answering them.
New-York tribune., 1915-11-26
ASK DIR. HAISELDEN'S HELP
Producers of Medical Play Want Him
to Address First Night Audience.

DR.. J. F. Haiselden, of Chicago, who
recently became a storm centre Of pub
LEFTY by refusing to attempt TO prolong
the life of the defective Bollinger baby,
has been invited to address the au-
dience at the opening performance OF
The Unborn" at the Princess Theatre.
Monday evening on the subject-matter
of the play, the right of every child to
be well-born
Men ard women who have taken a
definite stand in opposition to that Of
Dr. Haiselden are also being invited.
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pendence which are bound to have
highly beneficial effect on her ma
tional life and destiny
So says srinivas r. Wagel, an East
Indian. for I'VE years financial edi-
tor Of the North China Daily News
Of Shanghai. He is an authority on
Chinese financial affairs, and is the
author o. two books. Finance IN
China Il now In press.
4China, = continued Mr.. Wagei,
"has been in the position Of d man
who was being held down BY several
other men. Suddenly these men be-.
gin to fight among themselves and
release the man who was held. That
man quickly finds his feet and his
freedom and his independence. So
it is with China.
China viii not be pestered by out.
sido powers for a while, and VIII
have ! chance to work out some Of
her problems for herself. gaining in
strength as she does SO. IN the
monetary feld. for instance, China
has been forced to the belief that she
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l. j u. ! 4 y y z =
couldn't get along at all unless CUT
side financial aid were extended to
her. But since the war there are no,
more Chinese loans. no more Chinese
financing in the old way.
And what has happened? China
has found money for herself. The
people of China and this shows
how much confidence they have ii
the strength Of the administration
which is being given the country BY
President Yuan shi-kai--are prroduc-
ing money Of their own from hidden
boards.
This money is chiefly in silver, all
though some gold has come out.
With this money China Is Ananc-
ing herself. The money which has
thus come out IN this time Of nation
al need would not be much for the
-United States. but II Is enough for
China. The nation now understands
that she can manage to set along
without foreign loans i; she Is only
let alone BY foreign powers.
Take exports and imports. The
war is greatly reducing exports,
while me import trade Is quite de-
r,1nrait1a5i : fyhfrn- 6afi Eass,. fs,s,ssSst
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lI6Sai NeWpoff BaiIe.

prominent Hngiishman oncs,
dined IN Paris and next; to him ii If,,el
table was . Newport belle. The CON- 81
Sversation dfifted to q discussion 81
things American and the Briton
made some rather disag reeabie ~
marks. 81
Why. DO you know. he CONTINUED
at some Of the places / dined ii
America 4 saw people eat With their
knives and spill their soup on the
itablecIoth. r y IN NJ
The American girl was thcEodsh-
" provoked by this time but she
replied, with an apparent uncon4
Germ: What poor letters OF intro
sduction you must have had my
lord.s
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pendency. Japan wants no trouhlt
with either Europe or ettca, ant
she realizes that Il she went to exs
treme lengths IN imposing her SOW
.ereignty on China that there mig
be a coalition of European powers
against her. 4
Not that Japan Is afraid of the
United States. Her reasons for not
wishing to fight this country are
economic. The silk and tea which
are bought by America sppport-in
consequences OF the industries they
represent fully Quarter Of the
population Of Japan.
AS for China. there ate also eco
nomic reasons which will deter Ia
pan from pushing the Chinese too
far II Is China which keeps the
Japanese cturing industries
aliye-the trade with; the unifed
States. BY the way, to which 4 re-
aferred - in raw NOT In snshnf
stilfed. roducts, The Japanese ~
not wish to have the Chinese boy
colt Japanese goods. II isstrne that;
there has been somewhat Of q boy
colt recently as q result Of the 5ap-
anese demands. but that boycott ssiil
neither by extensive nor pernaa.
.nent:
The idea that Japan wants the
Philippines is erroneous at least II
Is erroneous to suppose she wants
them at the price Of war with the
United States. What Japan. wants ii
aslarge area Of good but sparseiy
settled land. where she can send cpl-
onists. Manchuria, for instance.
suits japan. and she Is sending scoi-s
lonists there IN considerable NUM-
bers.n IA
Turning 10 the war, Mr.. waeei
said that he thought the conflict
would have the result Of paving the
way toa better unde standing be-
tween the white race and the Coz
ored.
There are fashions ii thousf,ts
and I believe the war viii make ems
tirely old fashioned the thought that
9 man with 9 white skin must necess
sarily be superior to q man with j 4
brown skin"