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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16
URGE GOVERNOR
TO AID JUST TAX
Supporters of Mayor ASK Whit
man to Declare His Stand.

A committee Of seventeen prominent
members of the Tax Reduction Com
mittcc, which is backing Mayor Nit
chel in his programme for legislative
relief Of the city's tax burden sent
A letter to Governor Whitman yeSter-
day, asking him 10 make it clear TO the
public that he is not lending his in
duence 20 those who oppose the bis
for he relief Of the city.
There are in circulation reports
the letter read, which have become 50
general that they cannot be ignored.
TO the effect that you are not in sym
pathy with the legislative bills 20 re-
lieve New York City from unjust tax
alton"
The signers OF the letter were:
eugene H. Outerbrdge, Isaac W..
Seligman, Cyrus c. Miller. aired T..
Marling, Adolph Lewisohn. Peter j.
Brady, William Fel!owes Morgan,
George Gordon Battle, Jesse lsidor
Straus, William IIamin Chlds, Irving
T. Bush. Abram l. E.kus. Alfred T.
White. II. X. Twichell, William Nc
Carroll. Elmer c. SammjS and Jacob
{. Klinck.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16
Subway Work at Mercy
of Striking Engineers

In the absence OF Chief Engineer
Clark Of the Holbrook. Cabot q Roi-
Inns Corporation, who Is said 20 be out
Of the city arranging for the employ
ment Of licensed engineers 20 man
hosting engines, no official of the COM
pany could be found yesterday 10 ex-
plain the sudden shutting down of its
work in the subway excavations at
Broadway and Forty-fourth Street and
Clinton and South Streets.
Engineers OF other contractors say
the Holbrook company is compelled 20
use great many engineers In the
hosting work under Broadway. and
that they are at the mercy Of the men
on STRIFE
All the contractors are ready TO con-
cede the 50 day rate for unskilled
labor, according TO Chief Engineer
Angel. Of the Frederick L. Crawford
Company. which is digging the subway
sections around the Federal Building,
but they cnnnOt agree 20 recognize a
union Of tuch employees. He snys
increases demanded by laborers ln
partly skilled lines would, II granted,
bankrupt every contractor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16
u. S. Troops on Border
Ready for Swift Dash

FL Paso. Tex, April Is. - Border
troops prepared to-day for new
move. What it is to be is a secret
with General Funston and his staff.
That u contemplates some early and
radical action Is the belief in army
circles here.
Every American soldier on the Dor
der not only is being kept in the camp
or reservation. but all are ready for a
quick dash into Mexico. This is true
of the troops at I'll Paso. Columbus,
Douglas, ATiZ.. and every point where
there are American soldiers.
Troops at Douglas are under orders
TO move into Mexico from Columbus,
according to reports received here to-
day. These troops include a battalion
of the 18th Infantry, all OF the 22d In
fantry, three troops of the lst Cavalry
and battery of the 9Th Field Artillery,
all in command Of General Thomas F.
Davis.
The next move may he the throwing
into Mexico Of every available soldier
on The border, and army preparations
to-day indicated strongly that this is
contemplated. Supply trains wait
loaded, routes have been picked out,
scouts are on hand and ammunition
has been distributed, so that, should
the order come, there would be no time
lost.
The one thing that puzzles border
residents is what will become Of the
border II the troops should all be sent
into Mexico, but il is known that for 3
month national guard commanders in
border states have been prepared TO
swiftly carry out mobilization order.
Companies b and c, 2ith Infantry
(negroes), were added 20 the m iitary
force at Fort Bliss to-day They we're
transferred from Del Rio. where a
clash with the white residents resulted
in demand for their removal
Private advices from Parral to-day
told OF the complete destruction by a
Mexican mob OF property, including
warehouses and Office building, Of the
Presns mines, owned b. the Alvsrado
Mining and Milling Company. lac
Presna mines ere two and half miles
from parrel. In addition 10 three big
warehouses Of the company. all OF the
residences which had been occupied By
.be American employees were destroyed
and tho Office building, With oil " is
records, also was burned,
The message said the loss was enor-
mous. The attack on the Presena
mines followed sn attack by mobs upon
other properties Of the Alvsrado mining
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16
ARMY AUTOSPLAY
Big ROLE IN CHASE
Conquer Rocky Hills and
Apparently impossible
Canyons of Mexico.

Pershing's Camp at the Front In Mex
leo, April 10 (by motor and aeroplane
to Columbus, n. NJ, April 15).-What
the American troopers call "Villa's
drug store" was captured in the Guer-
zero fight. it was learned to-day from
men Of the 9TH Cavalry who partici-
pated in that battle. The drug store
was a pack mule loaded with quinine
capsules, antiseptics and bandages. In
addition the mule carried q quantity OF
coffee.
One Of the surprises Of the cam
paign, according to General Pershing'
has been the effectiveness of automo-
biles in mountains and deserts.
THE automobiles have done work
which astonished me- said the gen
eral. "They have traversed roads
which seemed impossible; they have
climbed hills where the rocks alone
appeared snarr enough 10 cut the tires
and smash the running gear; they have
gone through canyons where a goat
might hesitate The automobiles have
made faster progress than any branch
of the service except our aeroplanes.
The automobile trucks have brought
food for men and horses not only to
advance bases. but to points beyond
these bases, sufficiently close 20 the
cavalry columns to enable them 10 send
back for supplies without losing the
advantage. Oh their early forced
marches.
Automobiles likewise have been Of
great value to the staff officers. They
have covered trails where nothing ex-
cept a horse or man ever before trav-
/ e!ied at the rate of a hundred miles
a DAY There were surprisingly few
accidents to cars. When the wireless
would not work, due to static condi-
tions, and when hurricanes kept the
aeroulanes dashed to the ground the
automobiles have bridged the gap"
When making long rides through dis
tricts where attack might be expected
/ the automobiles travel in small groups
with guards IN each. With their mo-
bility these auto parties are consid-
cred here as very effective fighting
groups in emergencies.
Wild game Of this region has not
learned TO fear the machines, from
which one or two deer have been shot.
Droves Of wild turkeys, focks of quail,
coyotes, o few wolves and some smaller
animals have permitted machines to
approach them closely. The bears
alone have kept out Of sight.
The usual soldiers shelter is a bed
dug to a depth Of six inches with a
small embankment around il for a
windhrcak The dirt at the bottom of
the trench is pulverized for comfort.
A few Of the men. however, have dug
deeper trenches. in which they sleep
with a blanket laid over the top, except
a six-inch aperture for ventilation. At
noon the temperature is 90 degrees;
by early morning the creeks are usually
frozen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16
II EAST Both STREET
10 EAST 37th STREET
llInnlrnnIlIuluIulIuUnnUllnllIrllIllHnIllIllIl

il would be necessary to augment the
army and call out the national guard
to accomplish il.
Pleased by Obregon Report.
officials were much interested in the
report of the Parral incident furnished
10 Carranza military commanders by
General Obregon. War Minister. ltwes
noted with satisfaction that this also
described the disorder as unimportant
and did not suggest serious friction
between American troops and the civil
population.
The only reports giving serious
turn 70 the outbreak and 70 which OH
cials can attach any Importance are
those furnished Thursday by the Mex
ican Embassy. In these two messages,
one signed by General Carranza, and
the other by his Foreign Minister, the
incident is used as an argument in be-
half OF the proposal that American
troops Ia withdrawn. The kilograms,
however, give so little detail that 10
conclusion, II is felt, can be based upon
them.
Secretary Lansing has planned TO
answer these messages and deal with
the Parral incident as entirely a
growing out Of the request for with
drawal of the American troops. Gen
eral Carranza's charge that the Ameri-
can commander violated his orders and
sought 20 occupy the town is serious
one, and officials believe II grew out Of
imperfect knowledge of what had
transpired. Unofficial reports reaching
the border seem 10 confirm that view.
stating that not only was no attempt
made TO occupy the town. but that I'M
armed American soldiers seeking only
10 purchase supplies were the victims
of the attack.
Movements Of Carranza troops in the
region in which the American forces
are operating are being carefully
checked by the general staff. and Gem
eral Funston is transmitting informa-
tion in this connection as rapidly as
it reaches him. This may be of use 20
President Wilson's advisers in reach
ing a conclusion as to the ability of
the Carranza forces 20 carry out alone
the campaign against brigandage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16
CAPTAIN TRAPS
HIS STRIKING CREW
Continued from page I

Union officials said that while no
general strike had been called on the
Atlantic seaboard, general demand
for more pay had been presented, and
stop work.
In Providence to-day the Eastern
Coal Company granted the deNand Of
the sailors on the steamer Ravenscraig
for more money, giving them $40 a
month, an increase Of So. Crowell &
Thurlow, Of Boston, also granted more
money 70 the crew Of the collier Nor
folk, which presented it's demands when
the ship arrived in Providence to-day
from Norfolk
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16
AMERICAN GRADUATE
BURNED BY TURKS
DR.. Joseph Shimoon Executed at
Urumiah, Persia.

Waukesha, Wis. April 15.-Dr Jo-
scph Shimoon. a former student Of Car
roll College, Waukesha and a member
Of the class of 'O3 OF Jefferson College,
Philadelphia, was burned al the stake
and behesded in Persia, according to
advices reaching here.
No date was given in the reports,
but they show that DR.. Shimoon was
seized at Urumiah, Persia by Turks,
who tried TO compel him TO embrace
Islamism. On his refusal and state
ment that Jesus is my Savior" he was
seized, set on fire, burned to death and
bcheaded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16
Oravediggers on Strike;
Demand Higher Wages

Inspired by the action of their fellow
underground workers Of the New York
subways. forty gravediggers and labor
ors in ST. Raymond's Cemetery, West
chester, struck for higher wages to-
day. Graves had aready been dug for
eight burials. which were held de
spite the walkout But members %
the funeral parties had TO fll them in
themselves.
The ncwly-formed gravedgCers'
union insists that not another burial
will be held at the cemetery until the
authorities. Monsgnor Edward Nc
kenna, and Alexander Walsh. supcrin-
tcndcnt. comply with the worker re-
quest They demand that skilled grave
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16
HARPER G. BROS. TO MOVE
Firm VIII Go Uptown This

Harper & Bros, the publishing firm,
again in the shifting current Of busi-
ness, and some time this summer will
desert the building on Franklin Square,
occupied for quarter century, for a
new home further uptown.
In March, 1916. the Harper firm came
into being. II was known then as j. d
j. Harper and was a little printing
shop in Dover Street. In 1923 the bust
ness was moved TO Cliff Street, and
later the structure on Franklin Square
was erected
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16

The men said they were Frank Ca,
Murray Silverstein and Henry Sar.5
ers Police say they admitted robSI, /,
two houses in West le5,h Stree, rs
houses in l25th Street near Sey,,.g
Avenue. two on LenoX Avenue al llr-
Street, two in West Seyenty.tosr5
street and two in East Forty.n.,,s
street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16

degers receive henceforth s225 a day
ana that their helpers shall be paid 81.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16

With the fleet in Cuban waters were
the torpedo boat hotilla, the mine lay
ing and sweeping division and nine
auxiliary vessels.
Each OF the battleships fired in all
about 100 rounds from their II and Ia
inch rifles and 200 rounds from their
5-inch guns. On shore $4,000 men were
fired through" small arms practice.
using 2.5O0,0OO rounds Of rifle ammuni-
ton. In addition. there were drills on
shore, athletic competitions, swimming
instruction, boat racing and sailing
races.
The Wyoming carried of the bulk OF
the athletic competitions. The big gold
cup, known as the Battenberg CUP. the
highest athletic honor in the navy, was
won by her men, who also took the
baseball pcnnant. the sailing trophy
and the swimming trophy. Lieutenant
Commander X. ID. White won tho de-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16

il would be necessary to augment the
army and call out the national guard
To accomplish il,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-17
THERE'S A REASON.

THERE'S A REASON. - Both of
the loop newspapers that occupy
public school land and benefit ffnan-
CiaIly by the infamous midnight lease
are supporting Jake Loeb for re-elec-
ton as president of the school board.
All Of the Tribune building is on pub
lie school land, and so is part of the
Daily News building. And Margaret
Haley says that the vice president of
the new league to back Loeb and
boss the public schools is Alfred R.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-17

night lease for the TTib and News. Is
it any wonder?
- MOSTLY ANYTHING
- .
Whether or not his fight is a good
one, there's something inspiring
about the gallant fight the ancient
cap" Streeter is making against
the Chicago Title & Trust Co., the
Lake Shore millions and the Chicago
police dept.
The Daily News got all choked up
over the investigation of vote frauds
in the siIk-sock wards announced by
Judge .ScuIIy. Vic Lawson's sheet
frothed with threatened vengeance
against the county judge.
Poor MAZE Mccormick! His dream
of running the u S. war dept from
the Tribune office was rudely shat
tered by Wilson's reelection.
They say that it's a challenge to
fight to ask Mccormick what he
thinks of Wilson, California, ETC.,
these days.
QUITO newspaper uiStlLiSiioA S4S
Miller as the probable mayoralty can
didate of the City Hall crowd in 1919.
Why not Fred Lundin?
If Judge Lands runs true to form
he should take great pleasure in eX-
posing how the big breweries have
their hands at the threats of the sa-
loOnkeepers of Chicago.
andie' hV the NAV could PendaF
wonderful aid by getting after the
food gamblers responsible for the
present cost of living.
We imagine that if Lands went
right after it he would prove more
effective than all the grand jury and
council probes combined.
Ask Mont Tennes. He knows.
-O-O-
Champaign,-Miss Jessie Spafford,
Rockford nInpfn6 rTnS III Red Of
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-17

per !, 900; so the loss on white paper
alone will be $12.75 per 1000 copies.
According to the published state
ment, the average daily circulation
of the News for October was 432, $40;
and at $12.75 loss per 1 900 the aver
age daily loss on white paper alone
after Jan. 1 will be $5,516.16, pro-
vided 80 pages is the average number
daily. Counting 3O8 publication days
year for an evening paper with no
Sunday issue, the annual loss on
white paper, according to the above
figures, would be 81, 698, 977.28.
This does not take into account the
cost of horses, wagons, auto trucks,
drivers, circulators, bookkeepers or
any other circulation expense.
Now the annual profit of the Daily
News is said to be close to a million
dollars; and out of the advertisers
must come not only all Of the expense
of publishing the paper and the mil
lion dollar profit, but also nearly
million and a half of loss on white
paper when the price delivered in
Chicago goes to 1855 cents pound.
These figures are interesting, as
showing what the big increase in
white paper cost to newspapers is
doing to them-and, of course, it all
comes finally out of the consumer.
FIFTY-FIFTY.-It isn't often both
sides can be happy and celebrate a
presidential victory. But this was
one of EN- The Hughes partisans
celebrated election night and Wilson
paTtisans have been celebrating ever
since. He who celebrates last cele-.
bFates best.
THERE'S A REASON. - Both of
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-17

champaign.-Miss Jessie Spafford,
Rockford, elected pres. Ill. Fed. Of
WOman's Clubs.
VeVay, SwitzeEIand.-Henry Sien-
kiewicz, Polish novelist and author
of Quo Vadis, dead.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-18
EARLY CLOSING RULE
HITS THE LON'ONERS

Correspondence Associated Press.>
London. Nov 2S.-Thc new early
shop-closing regulation has dealt
many people decided shock. The
smoker who finds himself unexpect-
edl without cigars, the candy eater
overtaken with late craving for
something sweet, and the workman
who wants to send out for a sand
wich, is surprised and angry when he
discovers that such indulgences are
barred.
After o'clock on all nights except
Saturday it is impossible to buy any
thing, except meals and drink. The
cigar stores and the candy shops must
close, but restaurants may remain
open and in London people may
crowd up to the bars and buy drinks
until half-past nine. But the public
houses cannot sell tobacco after
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-18

Every American, when he goes to
London, has funny stories to tell of
the primitive appliances in the Eng
lish hotels and houses; how the
Britishers don't as rule go in for
the new wrinkles of invention and
prefer to stick to the things handed
down from their fathers.
Just now, in the northern tier OF
our states, folks are again face to
face with heating bills-an important
item Of family expense. In compari-
son, therefore, consider how things
are done in Stockholm.
The Swedish capital is in a north
ern climate and is built on islands
1t is a mighty cold proposition In
winter. Fuel for individual families
was an immense item, but in the pas
few years electricians have revolu
tionized conditions.
The water powers of the countr!
have been developed to the produc
elton of electricity, and this mas De
come the chief fuel. Hot water tanks
in hotels, churches and all public ant
private buildings are heated by cleo
tricity from nearby power plant
and the hot water is sent thru tn
houses in pipes. The current ina
heats the water is turned on at nlsh
when the family retires, and by morn
ing the tank is so hot that the water
pumped automatically thru the nous
pipes, gives inhabitants all the com
forts of steam heat, and it lasts thr'
the entire day.
Sure: we lead the world. So doe
Stockholm.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-18
STATE COLLEGE CELEBRATION.

State College, Pa, Nov. 17.-Penn-
sylvania Day at State college, which
corresponds to Founders Day at the
privately endowed institutions, was
celebrated today on an unusually
elaborate scale. Leading features OF
the days program were an address py
Governor Brumbaugh, review OF the
student regiment Of 1900 uniformed
men, a football game between Lafay-
cite college and Penn state, ana ex-
hibitions by the schools of mining, en-
gineering and agriculture.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-18
MANY ARMY OFFICERS.

Washington, Nov. 17-Names OF
447 men who have qualified for ap-
pointment as second lieutenants in the
regular army, under the terms of the
national defense act, we're made pub
lie tonight. They passed examinations
held in August. Applicants for COM
missions came from civil life, the ma
tional guard, PHILIPPINE scouts and the
ranks of the regular army. OF those
who qualified, 112 were enlisted men
of the regular forces, 27 members OF
the national guard and Is were serv-
ing in the scouts.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-18
TALKS ON THRIFT.
THE ART OF DOING WITHOUT.

AS time goes by the virtue of self
denial is more and more apparent,
and the art of doing without more
needed The social destinations CT
today, the craze for dress, amuse-
ments, recreation, utomobiling-all
the glitter and attractions of mate
REALISTIC age-call loudly for self con-
troll, self denial and careful living.
And those who Try to keep pace with
the crowd set pace that kills.
No man ever succeeds who does not
learn to do without. The very basis
of religion. of good conduct, or good
character lies in the virtue of SELF
control It is the highest evidence OF
self mastery and the foundation of all
social and business success.
Did you ever stop to watch a crowd
around q street fakir selling some
article of household use-a potato
peeler. for instance? How he per-
suaded the men that their wives could
not peel potatoes without it, found
ready purchasers. who laid down
their quarters. marched home and
presented the article with pride and
a righteous feeling of "helping wife
in her daily labor only to find her
peeling potatoes the same old way
the next day?
We listen to argument. We per-
suade ourselves. We are easily con-
WINGED that we need, in fact must
have, many things that we might
we'll do without. We see things i'll
| the shop windows that appeal. We
read alluring ads until our resisting
power breaks down. We so bargain
| hunting until we are loaded down
with things we cannot use ~ like to
&C shopping said a woman one day,
81 see so many things l co not need.
F., And that is finer art than buying a
lot of things you will be sorry Tor.
Doing without may be difficult at
times. but it gets you somewhere All
successful careers arc built upon it.
Saving money and doing without is a
painful process, but the results are
mighty pleasant Sacrifice was new
er easy and self denial never popu-
lar. But you can't have the big
things. OF life if you insist upon haV-
| ing thousands OF little things all the
time. The boy who wants bicycle
must do without candy and soda and
the like, but he knows his wheel will
give him lasting pleasures that over
balance the little sacrifices. Saving
for purpose is not difficult, and sell
denial for larger pleasures becomes
joy. 1t is easy to follow the line OF
| least resistance--to do the easy thlns;
to follow the crowd. But following
crowds bring you to no desirable goal
/ 1t is a, splendid achievement-this
Going without and few learn it. But
, the structure it builds is a lasting ono
and beautiful And the pitiful fact is
that if you do not learn to- do without
now. there may come a time when you
+ Rave to, do without. and then Il Will
| be too late That is the lesson OF the
! poorhouse and the bread line. And
as sure as YOU practice the sin of
self qualification and ignore the virtuN
Of self control. listen to the lure ot
the shop windows the amusement col
umn, the appeal that is on every hand
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-18

eight. Nor can restaurants purvey
confectionery or cigars to any but
those consuming meals on the prem
Uses. Discussion over what consti.
tutes meal is waged in the news
papers. Is sandwich a meal? And
if one sandwich is not meal, how
many would constitute meal? One
cigar may be bought with a meal and
lighted on the premises, and there
fore smokers may sometimes be
driven to buy meal for the sake OF
a cigar Hence the Importance of this
point.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-18

Pine Bluff ought to be represented
al tho eighth annual convention 81
the Southern Commercial congress, ID
be held at Norfolk, Va, December IL
to IA. Some of the biggest men in the
United States-big mentally as we'll
as physically--will there discuss prob
lens confronting the South, and Offer
solutions. Pine Bluff could provide
itself with new ideas and additional
strength by sending to this conVen-
ton a representative Who would as
simulate and then disseminate the in
formation useful to the city. A flea
ture of the convention Will be con-
ference OF Southern commercial Sec
retaries.