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The sun., 1916-12-10
TRUCK FARMS SEND
OUT CHEERING NEWS
Good Crops Of Beans, Cabbage,
Onion and Spinach Are
Reported.

Here Is good news for people who
have a hankerlng. now and then. for
the good old piebeian snap beans. cab
bage. onions and spinach. The news Is
from the regions OF the United States
where winter truck crops are raised,
and It comes through the Department Of
Agriculture. The report says that not
only do these old fashioned adjuncts OF
a vegetable dinner still exist. but that
they exist In %profusion that the crops
are mighty good and that they are NOV
inG rapidly TO market.
Take the cNse OF cabbage, for in
stance. produced In Florida. South Caro-
lima. Texas. Alabama. Louisiana. Cali
fornia. Virginia and North Carolina. II
is doing well. Its grade. a. Of Decem-
Der 1. ranges from SIS in Alabama. which
IL passing. to 101 on the southwest coast
Of Florida.
In each instance the acreage planted
Is larger than last year 1t Is much the
same In the case of snap beans, cauli-
flower. cucumbers. lettuce. green peas.
celery. kale. a variety Of cabbage, straw.
berries. spinach n tomatoes. The con
dition Of h crops approaches the nor
NAL and acreage Is uniformly greater
than last year.
Dry weather has had a tendency to
set back truck In the Florida truck
farming district. Beans were hurt by
the cold rains and frost. Seventy-fve
per cent. OF the al crop has been
moved. Strawberries are beginning to
ripen and the indications are for a big
crop. In Texas exceedingly dry weather
IL complained OF. and the frost has done
some damage to tomatoes, beans and po-
tatoes.
From Virginia the fail crop Of Irish
potatoes is coming to the surface and Ia
estimated at 900. 900 barrels. Most OF
these potatoes are now being shipped
to New York and the balance is being
stored for winter use.
There is a noticeable decline In the
spinach crop. due to the embargo on
seed by III Holland Government. The
acreage In the Norfolk district, accord.
Ing to the departments reports. Is about
5000. with an indicated yield Of $50, 900
barrels. This Is a decrease from past
seasons.
The sun., 1916-12-10

doubt that their estimates Of a days
business will about the same. One
might conclude that 100000 persons
are shopping In Manhattan every day.
OF course. very many Of these revisit the
same store often snd are counted a.
among visitors to other stores. II ID
dlnicult to estimate what they will spend.
but n might say $500. o00. 900 easily.
Personally I don't doubt that the
total will be somewhere around that hs-
ure. OF course that does not mean that
New Workers. are spending all OF this
money. or that the 5000, 600. 900 repre-
sents presents for people within this
great city. An immense number OF per-
SOM are here from other countries, and
q vast amount Of articles will q all
over the United States. II would be In.
teresting II We could have a sort OF
Christmas clearing house to work out
the exact statistics. All We know for q
TACT Is that the season Is . whopCer."
The sun., 1916-12-10
FRANKLIN SIMON ENTERrAINs.
Four Thousand Persons at Annual
Reception Of Firm.

Two thousand employees Of the frm
attended the annual entertainment and
reception q ven by Franklin Simon 4
Co. last night in Central Opera House,
.05 East Sixty-seventh street. There
were nearly AS many more guests.
IL Is the custom Of Franklin Simon 4
Co. to gag vaudeville talent for the
entertainment. but this yea the Mutual
Benefit Association. which had charge
Of the arrangements. found abundant
talent In the store. There were clever
skits. Ministries. songs and dances.
Among those who had a part In these
features of the entertainment were
Thomas Mooney. Thomas Watson,
Thomas A. Robertson. Mrs. NJ. O'Grady,
Edward Ward. Miss Rae Coelho, Joseph
r. Finnerty. Joseph McKenna. Charles
Geib. Edward Heine. Greg Patti. Ed
ward Powers. Reuben SLIDER. Miss Flor
ence Weiss, Philip F~ranznick. Miss Ger
trude HaertinE. Miss Nora Shea, Miss
Margaret Jonap, Arthur Hanshe. Miss
Edith Cahill and Harry Humphreys.
Dancing followed the vaudeville
sketches. Arthur J. Simon was floor
director and was assisted by David
Cronbach. The members Of the en-
tertainment committee were George
kassebart. Thomas Williams, Joseph
Finnerty and Edward Laherty. Chair
men OF other committees were Robert
Leach. reception Edward Ward, floor /:
John J. Barrett, door. and J. Langslcy,
ushe-s.
The sun., 1916-12-10
10000 READY TO
STRIKE THIS WEEK
All Clothing Workers Here Ex.
pected to Be Out by
Wednesday.

Sidney Hiilmsn. president Of tho
Ama'samated Clothing Workers of
America. announced yesterday the &C.
lection Of q committee Of seven en-.
powered to call a general strike OF CO.
600 clothing workers In this citv early
this week. lie said the men were prc-
pared to quit work on a half hours no.
tice, but that the date would not be an
nounced In advance.
Cohen. secretary and treas
ured OF the New York Joint board, pre-
dicted that some OF the men will he
called out tomorrow and that ali will
be Idle by Wednesday.
In anticipation Of the strike Hillman
n Joseph Schlossberg. general secre-
tary OF the AmalGamated, addressed n
letter to Police Commissioner Woods re-
Questing that he Issue orders to the DO
lice to observe strict neutrality.
Unfortunately. the police have not
cooperated with u In our efforts to
maintain peace during past strikes" said
the letter. Tho attitude Of you and the
department.. We know 10 neutral. but
there arr . number OF policemen opposed
10 organised labor. Instead they are
partial to the gangsters. the .scabs' and
strike breakers.
such favos wou!d not b. tolerated
by you II you were aware Of It. SO we
are asking that you Issue a special or.
DER TO the police Of the city 10 be neu-
trai In this contest. Every worker has
been ordered to obey the orders OF the
general strike and picketing committees.
Private armies Of big corporations al
ways cause trouble, as We have seen in
Colorado. Bayonne. West Virginia. Mich
igan and other places where extensive
strikes have been held"
The clothing workers are demanding A
forty-eisht hour working week and a
wage increase Of ~ a week. A confer
ehee v three OF their representa-
tives and three men representing the
manufacturers Friday resulted in a dlsa-
greement.
Mayer S~choenfeld. labor adjuster OF
the American Clothing Manufacturers
Association. said yesterday:
Till war has created two important
situations. among others. the high cost Of
living and . scarcity OF labor. The a..
ISOLATION has voluntarily ordered an in
crease In the pay Of the workers, both
union and n%on-unlon. amounting TO about
100000 a ear Tho assertion that
the workers have not seen this Increase
ID natural. as the increase does no; go
into effect until December Is.
The walking delegate Is opposed 10
any Increase that includes %non-union
workers. Each July and January, on the
eve OF the busy season. he must call a
strike In order to get new members and
dues. They will Of course tell the work.
ers that this increase 70 q fake. and then
when 1t goes into effect as II In scheduled
to do they will say II was their efforts
h procured II. and their Jobs will be
good for six months more"
The sun., 1916-12-10
2 U. s. GRAND JURIES
IN FOOD COST PROBE
Orders Fed
eral Inquiries Here and
in Detroit.


MAsHiNoIoS Zee cragor,
and u. a. Attorney Anderson Of Boston
in charge of the Governments food in.
yestiEation, announcement was made ri
the Department OF Justice to-day tina,
Grand Jury Investigations will be started
next week In New York and Detroit.
Frank NJ. Swacker has been desis'
mated to take charge Of the New York
inquiry. and will leave for that city to-
morrow or Monday. u. $. Attorney An
derson will give his attention to investi.
cations in the middle West ana VIII
leave for Detroit or Cleveland on mon.
day. Both Grand Jury nves,igation
Will be devoted to a scrutiny OF conui-
tons affecting the recent increases IN inc
price OF coal.
indications were forthcoming To-day
h a up to the present time nothihs mas
been discovered to JUSTIFY the expecta-
ton that successful prosecutions may
DO brought against OK 1000
spectators. At the Department OF JUS
tice tonight stress was laid on the fact
that existing conditions are due to eco-
nomic causes very largely II not en-
tirely. and that the field for govern
mental activity In bringing spectators
to book for violation Of existing laws
other u. .. Probes Considered.
N.v.r,hs,es. tho Covernmsnt x,N
rro.ac,,s a co,rtrvwide inve.,irat lion
srd ,hs sav,.ahuitv n, wndert,kin.
Cra,a T,rv inn",r,.s IN ch,c.sn C,ava.
"a &c.,. C,,v go .,.anhss. =. ne
,nn -con.,a"rsa
~. AnS...o, ,o,-.. =. ,.,~.s e.
.ensu, ~.
oey ~Nh 'ne S~Ie.Iy vi HsrIeu.'ur
.no .hero were sever.i coh~terenceS az
the DepaI,nhen. u 1us'.oS W "n.en the
oemer~,. nIs ess's.An'. s. IA
ToiI Aooo sNr' Anoe.son anu o.ne. o.'
nciais OF the department pa~,tIcipx.eu
me order 10 go Aheao WIN tne o'Ano
Jury was 'ssueo " Az
rney-ueher -
WIN tne exception OF inc tIaine IN
coal. which Is oeiieved 10 nave peen ar
fected 10 some extent o. the mahipuIa'
tor OF cars. the Government in'estiga-
tors apparently nave round no business
involving hvinG necessities when re-
hects the activities or combinations OF
conspiracies. h hope OF relief IRON
the III cost OF living held out To-day
Is based on Individual economy rather
thai on any cure that may be AFFORDED
by Government litigation. according &c
tho experts.
The sun., 1916-12-10
BUILDING BIG HOUSE INDOORS.
Workers In FIeischmann Summes
House Enclosed in Huge she'd.

New LoNnoN, Conn. Dec. o.-Neither
elect nor snow nor Arctic weather will
impede the construction at Eastern Point
OF the summer home designed for julius
Flelschmann. the Cincinnati millionaire.
lie is determined that the elements shall
not interfere with the opening OF his
house next spring.
Therefore the workmen and their
building operations are enclosed In an
immense shed that nuts out the ex-
ternal conditions. They will work under
this protection on the foundations and
carry the shed to wider dimensions as
the height Of the house Increases. Only
when tho weather permits unrestricted
construction will the outer shell be re-
moved.
The sun., 1916-12-10
CLOSE LONG Is. CITY BRIDGE
Structure Over Newtown Creek to
he Repaired To-day.

The roller lift bridge across Newtown
Creek between Manhattan avenue in
Greenpoint and Vernon avenue In Ions
Island city. will be closed to-day from
8 O'Clock In the morning until 8 o'clock in
the evening. During that time the bridge
will undergo needed repairs.
To provide for the Sunday crowds who
use the bridge a free ferry will he run
across the creek and two big tugboa;s
W. been engaged for the day.
The sun., 1916-12-10
FARMERS PROMISE
PUBLIC CENT MILK
Continued from First Page.

known to the public. which is just now
somewhat exercised and certainly In
some cases Justly exercised over methods
used by spectators in food products 10
Increase the cost Of living"
About 100 members OF the Socialist
party and representatives Of civic bodies.
of whom two-thirds were women. went
to tho City Hall yesterday TO urge Mayor
Mitchell TO do something to reduce the
cost of living. They had not arranged
for an audience with the Mayor and he
was not on hand. DIR. Henry Mosko-
witz. president Of the Civil Service Com
mission. received the delegation In tho
Mayors absence and introduced the
speakers.
Henry l.. S~lobodin. chairman Of the
delegation. said hat poor people are
suffering because of high prices OF food
stufrs caused by flood pirates" and
bread usurers."
Urges city Ownership Of Mines.
Joseph u. Cannon OF the Western Fed
Grafton OF Labor declared e%xorbitant
prices are caused by the avarice Of in
dividuals and advocated the ownership
Of Goa mines by the city. He pointed to
the ownership by Evansville. Ind, Of a
coal mine IND the sale OF coal at sass
q ton as indicating the feasibility OF the
scheme.
Miss Theresa Maskiel made an appea,
on behalf o. women and children.
Joseph A. Whitehorn. Assemblyman
elect in the Tw~enty-frst district, saii
ut is the duty OF the Mayer - pre-
serve peace and order and 1t Is as much
his duty to prevent a situation thnt will
drive the public TO comrri; crime. no;
because they are criminals, but because
they must. Unless there is immediate
relief we will be faced with the u~gliness
OF rread and meat riots. Ther, are
Thousands who cannot earn en)ugi to
pay the exorbitant prices for food and
there is no economic reason for these
prices."
} Mr.. whitehorn advocated the es.aL-
lishment Of terminal markets and num-
cipal bakeries.
Or. Moskowitz said Mayor Mltche.
Will be glad TO meet n committee to-
morrow morning at IL o'clock.
The sun., 1916-12-10

The head OF one Of the very largest
stores in Manhattan informed a re-
porter for THE SUN yestei Any that about
100000 persons are wishing his store
every day-havo been since December 1,
and VIII continue TO do no until Christ
mas Day.
Il don't say that all Of these persons
buy he remarked. hut | assume that
most 81 them do: that most OF them
spend an average of, say. 50 q day.
There are six or seven other shops main
tained on the scale OF ours and I've no
The sun., 1916-12-10

Gov. Whitman arrived In New York
yesterday and In h Afternoon was In
conference at the St. Regis with several
Republican leaders. He would say MOTH
Ing Of any OF the matters discussed.
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IAssoclatea Press Service by Federal Wireless


FRANKFORT Germany, Feb 3Frankfurter Zeitung today
significantly the latest developments in the Lustana
The Zetung that that the
negotiations have taken unsatisfactory form.
This sudden change in the situation far the
United States knows Yesterday eabed from Berlin that
there hope for positive understanding between Amer
lea and Germany.
BERLIN Germany Feb 3The Koeuig ALERT flying
Italian flag 800 Serbian refugees has captured
the Adratc by Austrian warshp according despatch
to the Overseas News Agency.
ST. LOUIS No. Feb 3The crowd that heard Pre-
dent Wilson his preparedness today broke
tremendous cheers when the nations declared
should have the greatest navy in the world.
Straight shoulder president
national defense behalf of which he this
making His ST. Louis address before that
ammed the big hall to the last m of capacity while 10000
people, unable to get inside the DOORS
flow gathering
The cheering tumous the president drove home his
American safeguard the non
should be the largest should be uneonquerab he
emphasized that the submarines mostly have oeyed
law their underwater but added that the
might trouble against which the United
States must be fully prepared
Hundreds of Americans he pointed ot and
the ships that Americans aboard be the point contact
which viii bring America into One he ccptinpsd
cut off from the world has kept America from helping them the
country would like 81 #.Ass
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|. |. M'CANDLESS
TO Fight Hotel
ST. IMPROVEMENT
His Legal Representatives Will
Oppose Project at Meet
ing Tonight
SUPERVISORS TO TALK ..."
OVER FRONTAGE TAXING
No Objections to King Street
Extension Expected at
Board Hearing

Legal representatives of L. l.. Nc
Candless will oppose the frontage tax
Improvement project for Hotel street
from Nuuanu to River, which comes
before the beard of supervisors to-
night in the form of public hearing.
Though Mr.. McCandless says that
he does not know Of any other prop
erty-holders on the street who viii
bring in protests tonight, the feeling
is expressed at the city hall today
that enough opposition may develop
at the hearing to hold up the entire
project. =. .. - -.- .......~ -.
McCandless may not appear at the
meeting in person, he stated today to
the Star-Bullletin, but his representa-
tiyes there know his feelings In re-
gard to the proposed improvement.
Il contend that the city should build
the street of its own accord" said
McCandless in explanation of his
stand on the matter. "0u: taxes ere
high enough now without bringing In
a frontage tax. ..
We have paid taxes for years on
Hotel street, and figures 60 to show
that the total in a fiVe-year period
would build an entirely new street II
once applied that way. 1t is not fair
to ask property holders to make the
additional payment"
Mr.. McCandless says that the argu-
ment relative to increased value Of
property by street improvement Is of
little avail. If 1t goes up In value
taxes will go along with Il, he says.
and seFery4 property owner already
finds himself oyerburdened with tax.
es.
After all it's the city that gets the
good of these taxes" explains Nc.
Candless, so the city, supervisors
should be glad to put in good streets
OF their own accord If the work Is
going TO benefit the p-.,perty."
King street extension is also due
for hearing tonight; but It is not be.
lieyed that any opposition to this pro
ject will arise.
City Engineer Collins will report on
the proposition of narrowing the pro-
posed Beretania pavement by drawing
in the curbs nearer the center. The
engineer said today that he will re-
commend that the curbs be left as
they now are.
Data is being gathered fer a report
from the engineers office in regard
to widening Hotel street at its juno
tion with Fort street This is the
third time this question has been
brought up for the consideration of
the supervisors.
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BIGGEST Income
in HAWAII RUNS
ABOVEsl50,OOO
HaIey's Report Shows 799 Per-
sons in Territory Who Paid
Federal Tax Last Year
SIxTY-FOUR RESIDENTS
GET MORE THAN $50, 900
Hawaii Ranks Forty-first in
List of States and Territor-
les in Bulk Returns

Who is the wealthiest man COR wo-
mani In the way Of income in Hawaii?
Official figures contained in the
annual report of the Internal Revenue
Department just made public show
that there is only one individual in
this territory who has an annual net
income OF more than $150,0OO. The
only person in Hawaii who knows the
identity of that person is Collector
of Internal Revenue j. F. Haley, and
he won't tell.
The report shows that 799 persons
paid an individual income tax here
during 1915. Their net incomes
ranged from $3O00kup to $3.50, 900 for
that "off year" as 1t was called.
Those whose income ranged between
$4,000 and $4,000 totaled 245, while
145 persons showed net earnings of
between $4,000 and $4,000 each. Those
whose earnings were between $4,000
and $4,000 for the year numbered 233,
while residents who cleared between
$4,000 and $4,000 for the year num-
bered 70. i. .aE>-,
The surtax begins at $4,000 and
those whose incomes ranged from this
figure to $4,000 numbered 16. Twelve
persons had incomes ranging from
$4,000 to $30,000,s while Is had in.
comes from this figure up to $4,000.
Ten ranged between $4,000 and $780,
600, while seven had net saving
of between $4,000 and $4,000. -
There are three persons in the ter
ritory who had neat little nest eggs
ranging from 75g9N0 TO $iD0, ,009 each
for the years work, when business
closed for them last year.
Then comes the one whose net In
come for the year amounted to more
than $150,000. 1t is the identity Of
this one that certain curious ones in
Hawaii would like to know, and
chances are they will, not find out,
for those who do know would not dare
to tell. - F.
OF the 4S states, two territories and
one district in the Union, Hawaii
ranks 41st in the list as to the total
number Of returns filed. New York
has S3,405, Pennsylvania, 33,7S9; ILL.,
nois, 33, 1856; Massachusetts,, q 1868.
In the whole United States 57,515
persons paid income tax in 1915. OF
these ia have an annual income be-
tween 100000 and $1,000,000 and so
have incomes of more than 100000
One man in the United States pays
tax of $4,000, 900 on his income. This
means he has an income in excess OF
$50, ,000,00 a year-more than $4,000 q
second. This man Is believed to be
John D. Rockefeller. .s><.s:51> 80
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DOLLAR Is BUSY
ON QUESTION OF
PACIFIC'S TRADE
Well Known Shipping Man
Joins Resources With New
$50, ,0OO, 900 Concern
NATIONAL CITY CROWD
BACKING GREAT PROJECT
Books Close With 1900 Share
holders; Many Own Stock in
Country'S Greatest Bank

That Capt. Robert Dollar Of the IA
NOUS Dollar Line of steamships is
now making thorough analysis OF
transpacific trade condition. in order
10 report to the American Internation-
al Corporation whether In his opinion
II would be feasible or profitable for
the concern to enter transpacific SER
vice with its ships, is stated by
c. A. Stone, president OF the $50,OO0,-
. 900 corporation, In interviews appear
ing In New York newspapers short
time ago.
Stone came from Boston, where he
Was member Of the firm of Stone
4 Webster. to accept the presidency.
The corporations books closed late
in January with 1900 shareholders list.
ed. Half OF the stock was taken by
stockholders OF the great National
City Bank Of New York, whose presi-
dent, Frank A. vanderlip. conceived
the project OF organizing q corpora
tion to expand foreign trade.
Mercantile Marine.
In regard to the attitude of the
company toward upbuilding of mer-
camille marine, Mr.. Stone said the
fact that the company heartily favor
ed expansion Of American shipping
was shown by the purchase of the
seven ships Of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company after its five largest
ships had been sold to the Interna
tional Mercantile Marine. -
THAT Is the only real business we
have done. he added I'VE propose
to keep the ships under the American
flag, and, because Of appeals from
great number OF persona and organize
tons On the Pacific coast; we win re-
tain an but one Of them in the coast
service between Pacific ports in this
country and Central America.
I'VE have other plans for develop
ment Of shipping. It is possible that
CONTINUED on page two)
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GERMAN OFFICIAL
CABLEGRAMS

The following eablegram from Off
ciaI German sources was received to-
day: 49,
German Headquarters, Feb. s.
The enemy's artillery in Flanders 10
answering actively the German shell.
ing Of the enemy position on . large
front. Northwest of HulIuch the Ger
mans have occupied two craters blast
ed by the English in front Of the Ger.
man positions
ain the Melville district the enemy
during the afternoon increased artiI-
Iery fire strongly and here and on
other sections, notably in the Ar
gonnes, the artillery fire 10 active.
German fliers in the Perscnne district
shot down one Engiish and one French
battIe-aeroplane, three Of the ayiators
being killed and one, 4 French -observ-
er, severely wounded"
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loan FUND JOBS
RUNNING BEYOND
CASH SET ASIDE
Cost Of Pumping Plant and
Sewer Lines Exceeding Esti-
mates BY Many thousands

That the expenditures from the
Oahu loan fund for the proposed new
sewer pumping plant and the attend
ant sewer lines that are to be install.
ed by the loan fund commission are
mounting up higher by thousands Of
dollars than the original estimates
was brought out by Charles r. Forbes,
chairman, in the loan fund meeting
this afternoon.
Forbes cited the Puunui sewer ex-
tension. which has gained by $4,000
over the original estimate, and the
Kakaako pumping plant. which has
reached more than $4,000 with more
still to be added.
Il do not believe any municipality
can build as cheaply as It can hire
work done by contract" Forbes de-
clared. THE federal government has
not found 1t so, and doubt II city
government will"
He pointed out that the money left
viii prove insufficient when the COM
mission begins to carry out its other
plans. and suggested that statement
be furnished by the sewer department
showing why the jobs are exceeding
their original estimates to such an
extent. The matter was still being
discussed at a late hour this after.
noon.
Lord-Young Engineering Company
were granted an extension of time Of
Is days for the completion OF the Puu-
nui sewer project, their work having
been delayed by the recent inclement
weather.
Specifications we're read for suction
and discharge cast iron pipe for the
Kakaako sewer plant, but were not
approved in the early part Of the meet
ing.