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The sun., 1916-08-24
Is WOMEN SLAVE
WITNESSES VANISH
Friends Of Policemen Under
Fire Accused Of Inducing
Them to Leave.

At least s~eventy-hve women who might
have been asked to testify against police
men under indictment or facing indlct-
ment in the white slave investigation
have left New York. and v been traced
to other cities outside this State. accord
ing to Assistont District Attorney James
T.. Smith. Mr.. Smith accuses friends OF
tire policemen OF having compelled or
persuaded these witnesses to leave town.
lie said yesterday:
Detectives from the District Attor-
ncy's Office have located most of the
missing witnesses in Philadelphia. They
have been assured that II they will stay
out OF New York and keep their mouths
shu, no harm will come TO them where
they are or when they return. In a house
in North Seventh street. Philadelphia.
were found two women who testified here
against Yushe Botwin. a white SLAYER
who pleaded guilty to one indictment and
against whom four more indictments are
pending.
our detectives also found in Paterson
several women who are wanted here as
witnesses. They had worked in New
York for Samuel Kirsch. known as sam
the Ped'er." They now say they left
New York under a promise OF immunity
from the vice trust blacklist II they
stayed away until the trouble was over
and did not talk
The sun., 1916-08-24
TAKES ONLY 40 WORDS
TO TELL OF DOWNFALL
PurlOiner Of Jewels Worth
$1,000 Tells How High
He Lived at 20.

There WAS 10 news in JWiRe Rosal-
sky's> part Of General Sessions yester-
day. The clerks ooxed boredom, the at
tendants slouched under their load Of
cnnui.
In the dock stood a young man. fresh
checked, well dressed. He didn't look
as II he should be there. lie was tell
ing In forty words a story as old az
sin Itself and as sordid. The clerks and
attendants yawned. so often had they
heard the san story.
He was Irving Lavendal Of 1850
broadway. He is 20 years old. and
until he was arrested n few days ago
he had n substantial job as a sales
mar for Charles l.. Scale Il Co.. $50
Broadway. dealers in diamonds. lie
had just pleaded guilty to having stolen
$1,000 worth OF jewclry from his en-
ployers. and the Judge had asked him
II nc had anything to say.
Here Ia his story as he told II:
II frequented the Tenderloin and
bought champagne. / fell into the hands
OF two women and they got every piece
OF jewelry ! stole. The life was great
while It lasted. Here I am now. ready
to pay the penalty"
He was remanded for sentence on
Friday.
The sun., 1916-08-24
QUICK WORK AVERTS
GAS TANK EXPLO SION
Residents of Harlcm's Little
Italy Flee From Fire Near
Huge Reservoir.

Quick work on the part Of fremen and
Consolidated Gas Company employees
yesterday morning prevented an explo-
sion which might have wrecked a large
part of Harlem's Little Italy.
A fire began at s:45 o'clock In an ac-
emulation Of oil and paint drippings
near the gas company's huge tank on
the block bounded by First and Second
avenues and 10th ana 111th streets.
The flames shot up quickly and soon en-
circled the tank. which contained SOC. 600
cubic feet of gas.
Two alarms brought the fremen. Fifty
feet east OF the flames was another tank
containing 5000, 900 cubic feet Of gas.
While the firemen were working or the
flames with sand and ~tarpaulins the
Consolidated men were draining the big
tanks by pumping their contents through
pipes TO the Long Island City reservoir,
Residents OF the neighborhood and
nearby business men realized their great
danger and fed from the district other,
sought refuge in cellars. expecting tc
hear ar explosion any minute. When
the fire was finally put out the actual
damage was assessed at $40.
The sun., 1916-08-24
5000 MORE FOLD
RAZORS IN STRIKE
Earbcrs Promise TO Extend
Walkout To-day to Down
town Districts.
COMPLAIN ABOUT THUGS
Teddy Bear Makers Union
Latest to Threaten City
With Labor Trouble.
COMPLAIN ABOUT THUGS

officials of the BARRIERS union threat
sncd yesterday to invade to-day with
,rc.r strike the downtown business dis
,rct and the hotel and theatre district.
Admitting that no BARRIERS except In the
lower East side. Harlem and The Bronx
are now on strike. they said 10000 Of
these men have quit wor In their fight
Tor shorter hours and more pay.
Three thousand BARRIERS answered the
call Of the union yesterday. said the Of
Acials. and added that 400 boss BARRIERS
have agreed to the demands Of the union
aid have signed agreements to take their
men back at the union scale Of pay.
we will get the BARRIERS out In the
wall street. hotel and theatre districts
tomorrow said c. NJ. Fielder, vice.
president of the Journeymen BARRIERS In
,ernational Union Of America. 'Our
tickets are doing good work ard we
have practically all the shops on the
Eas, side. in Harlem and The Bronx
closed up
Daniel rrauberman, "a strike picket
Of the BARRIERS, told union officials that
thugs had assaulted him for his &C.
~t!vitles.
The Paper Box Makers Union laid
plars yesterday to add 1000 boNmakers
IN Brooklyn to the $4,000 now on strike
N Manhattan. Officials complained that
IN spite Of their complaint to Commits
sioner Woods on Tuesday that thugs
have been assaultins union pickets the
police have done nothing.
There has been no abatement in the
assaults said Secretary Morris Valid.
man II the union. scores Of pickets
have been beaten in Wooster and Grand
streets. mos, Of them at the intersection
Of these two streets. II the police don
protect us better We will complain to the
Mayor"
The General Council Of Metal Workers
formulated demands for employees yes
,erday. Unless employers grant these b!
September | $4,000 metal workers will
strike. said union officials. The Travel
ling Goods and Leather Workers Union
which claims to V 1000 members
refused to make known the date these
men will strike. but II is expected to b'
Friday or Saturday.
The Teddy Bear Makers Union |!
preparing for a strike. II claims to hav'
5000 members. The strike Of the mem
bsrs II the human Hair Workers is con
;inuirg. although some OF the manufac
turers have signed agreements.
The sun., 1916-08-24
CARMEN K BACK.
- Rcinstnted and More Cases Will
he Considered.

Twenty carmen who had been dis
charged by the Third Avenue Railway
company after the settle ment OF the re-
cent strike were reinstated yesterday AZ
Ter y conference. between union leaders
AMI officials OF the railwa>. II is ex-
pec,el other dismissed men will be taken
bsct.
Edwin 4. Miher, Sr.. v~ice-president OF
the Third Avenue. and his son met WILL
Ian Il. Fitzgerald and Louis Frldiger. at
toIney for the union a; the company's
Offices. l30th street and Third avenue. 1t
was the first conference over the de-
msnds made by the men for higher
wage and better working conditions,
Blu, before taking them up both sides
deemed Il wise to consider the dismissals
OF III men.
THE company officials met US with a
spirit Of fairness that We have not en-
tountcred heretofore" said Mr.. Fridiger.
They tod us frankly that had we got
together before the strike there never
would have been any strike. We dis
eussed the cases one at a time. Mr..
Sahc' gave his side and We presented
our side. In many cases Mr.. Maher
tpok the initiative and ordered the men
hack to work"
There are still other cases to be con-
sidered. The union men and the Third
Avenue officials will meet at 2 O'Clock
this afternoon. At $3.50 there will be "a
conference between Frank Hedlcy. gen
etal manager Of the New York Railways
Company. and the union committee rep
rssent.ng the carnen in regard to the
demand for higher wages and better
working conditions.
The demands on the marlborough
Rapid Transit Company will be made
public this afternoon. FITZGERALD an
The sun., 1916-08-24
OWEGO NOT ARMED
Ten Or Twelve shot Fired BY 4
BOat. Crow Reports.

ROTTERDAM, Aug. :3.-According to
information here the American steam
ship owcso, which arrived at this por,
On August -. reported having encoun-
tered OF the Isle of Wight a German
submarine. which iirod ten or twelve
shots at her. without warning, II IL de-
cared. some III the shells striking the
water close To hcr bat iu1icting no dam
age.
Capt, Barlow OF the Owcgo sent a boat
with the mate u the ships papers.
after examination OF which documents
the Germans allowed tho owego to pro-
coed.
Tho submarine officer told the mate
of the American vessel tina they fred
because the Owego did not stop imne-
diately IN obedience to flags and signals
which they displayed. The signals could
not he deciphcrod from the Owego. IL Is
added, owing to the lei calm and the
haze.
The Owego unloaded at Rotterdam and
sailed for America on August -.
The sun., 1916-08-24
ACQUITTED OF ABUSING PETS.
BIRD store Owner ExOncratcd
when Taken BEFORE Nagtstrate.

SiSmund SImmenauer of the New York
Bird store. Inc. $40 Sixth avenue. was
exoncra;ed yesterday when brought be-
fore Magistrate Marsh In Essex Market
court, charged with being cruel to pup
pies and birds in his store.
Kate J. Warner OF the New York
Women's League for Animals and VIII
liam Il. Hin. secretary Of the Horse own
ers. Inc. accused Simmenauer OF keeping
puppies in his SHOW window without
water and Of crushing a bird in his hand
whcn Miss Warner entered the store and
demonstrated with him. SimmeraucF
said nc was too good "A business man to
abuse his own stock, and a representa-
tive OF the Society for the Prevention oi
Cruelty TO Animals told the court "oa-
ditions are good In the store.
The sun., 1916-08-24
E. B. HINSDALE DEAD.
Former Justice Of Special Sessions
VI At Penn Yam.

Elizur r. Hinsdale. former Justice
Of Special Sessions. died yesterday a,
Penn Yam. y. Y. at the age 'of 81
years. lie vas born In Genesee county
December 1. 1881, and came TO New
York from Buffalo thirty years later.
He helped TO found the Republican
parry and was a leader in the Union
League club. succeeding the late
Whitelaw Reid as chairman of the COM
mlt,ce on political reform. He devcl-
opcd the North shore division of the
Long Island Railroad and helped TO
bring about the consolidation which
made II the system II is to-day. In
1895 he wrote the History o. the Long
Island Railroad" Appointed TO the
bench when the Court OF Special SEES
sious was created. he served ten years.
Later he retired from the law and from
all active business.
The sun., 1916-08-24
MCLEAN LOSES IN WILL CASE.
court Rules Personal Letters Must
60 IN Executor.

WAsHINGroN. Aug. e3-Edward r.
Mclean has lost III" frs round In his
fight 20 break his fathers Will. Justice
stafford I'm The Dis;-iCi supreme Court
tp-las declared the personal letters
found among the effects " the late
John Il. Mclean and now held by Fran
els r. Homer of New York should he
ccturned - the American Security and
Trust Company. executor Of the estate.
An order dLssolving the injunction 10
prevent the return OF the letters, which
were given 10 Mr.. Homer by the trust
cprnrsiny for examination. probably will
hr entered tomorrow.
The sun., 1916-08-24
LIGHT HEARINGS SEPT. Z.
EH"rt VIII Re Made to Establish
Lower Manhattan Rates.

Hearings will begin september : he
fore IN. Public Service Commission III
an effort To establish a lower rate Tor
electric light IN Manhattan beginning
July /, i9l1. In October. 1915, the rate
case was closed with the decision that
the New York Edison Company might
charge light, cents "A kilowitt hour il
Manhattan for three years.
Mayor Mitchell obtained the ro>perins
Of the case In the hope that tho three
wear period might he shortened.
The sun., 1916-08-24
NATIONAL CITY ENTERTAINS.
New Men and Old Are Dinner
Quests Of COmpnnH.

Tn" National CITY Company, which has
assumed the bond distributing orraniza-
ton of tho National city Bank of New
York and purchased the bond business
Of y ". Halsey Il Co.. entertained the
combined organization of meu at "A diu-
ncr at the McAlpin Hotel last night.
more than 200 being present AT the
tables.
Among tho sneakers were j.. \ VAN
,Icrlip, Samuel Ncl,ohcrts. Allen q
Hoyt and Ralph hals,y. e. L. Mitchell
acted as t~oastmaStcr.
The sun., 1916-08-24

Mr.. Barclay. British counsellor. was a
caller AT the state Department to-day
and presumably sought information
which nigh, shed light on this and other
subjects.
The mysterious American note to Ger
many In the case OF the steamship
Oweeo, said to have been fred upon by
a submarine. is also n matter which is
kcenly interesting Entente diplomats.
They are anxious to know whether the
United States Government has ~. facts
concerning this case. about which Off
clal inquiry has admittedly been made
OF Berlin.
The state Department for the present
declines TO divulge anything abou, this
case except that an inquiry Of Germany
was made
The sun., 1916-08-24

CHICAGO. Aug, GA fire and en-
plosion in II Standard Oil Company
warehouse here containing $4,000 gal
Ions of gasolsne and kerosene to-day re
suited In the death Of A. y, Young fore
MAJ at the s~torehouse. serious i%njurich
To eight hremen. lesser injuries TO "A
score OF other firemen, and material
damage estimated between $4,000 II
$4,000.
The sun., 1916-08-24
secondary Cases Few.

Ru. poliomycl!tis bore out Us rcru'a-
ton as the mystery disease IN ~"
figures compiled nv tho department ON
secondary cases. II was discovered that
there were Tower families with more
than one victim in crowded Manhattan
and Brooklyn than In any Other borough.
IN direct contradiction To tho usual
OF infectious diseases. Tho 1000
cases treated have come from ELS Gam
HES. of whom "2I families have had
more than one case each. TINS gives u
percentage 81 3.3f per cent, NJ secondary
casos. which 4, about identical with tho
records for scarlet fever. hut far below
those FOR measles ami whooping cough
Two cascs each We're reported from .oi
families IN the city. twenty families had
three cases. and only ono had four and
one had nv"
But Mauhattar's pcrcentaC" Of SOC
ondar, cases was :. RrooklNn's was
ctS, While Tho Bronx and Richmond
each rated ~ per cent. Queens had
The sun., 1916-08-24

In honor Of the troopers Of the Tent
Cavalry, 4. 4. A.. who died at carriral
negroes Of New York will hold memorial
services Tonight IN Salem Methodist
Episcopal church. 100 West 1881 street
col Roosevelt, has written u letter pral,-
ing The heroirm Of the troopers. which
viii he read at the service. A quad
from zach company Of the Fifteenth In
fantry. tho new negro regiment ~ the
National Guard. will attend.
The sun., 1916-08-24

WAsHINGToN, Aug, 23.-National
Guardsmen showed a lower sick rate
than the regulars again this week. War
department records published to-da,
show two deaths from appendicitis and
one from scarlet fever among the
guardsmen oil the border.
The sun., 1916-08-24
AMBASSADOR PAGE
TO SEE PRESIDENT
With sharp Will Furnish Ma
tcrial for Framing For
eign Policy.
lSSI'E IN CAMPAIGN
ENJOYS to Europe Now in
Daily Conferences With
Secretary Lansing.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 23.-Waltcr Hines
Page, American Ambassador tn LONDON
who IL here on leave. will have a con-
ference with President Wilson. Indicn-
tons are the simultaneous VISITS 10
Washington Of Mr.. Page n Mr.. sharp,
American Ambassador to France, and
their daily conferences with Secretary
Lansing are paving the way for a policy
Of definite action on tho part OF the Ad-
ministration with respect 20 the diplo-
matte contro,e rsies with Great Britain
and France
Since his recent return to the state
Department. Mr.. Lansing has been un-
usually busy in getting various matters
OF this Governments foreign policy In
shape for vigorous action during the
weeks of the Presidential campaign. The
Presidents political advisers believe that
only by this means can the criticism OF
the Administrations procrastinatoin he
successfully answered.
When the prospect doomed up for get
ting the Mexican imbroglio temporarily
Sllt gu. i NhE . fs'r
liable Information. TO take UP the broad
questions involved in the British blockade
next.
Lusitania Case . "victory."
The problems concerning German sub
marine warfare could wait. II was held.
SO long as the German L boats remained
inactive. whereuron announcement OF the
settlement OF the Lusitania case might
come as an effective diplomatic victory
IN the last days of the campaign.
Blu! in mapping out a general course
OF procedure for his government Ia
follow with respect to Great Britain and
France IL appeared important for the
State Department to know how far II
could 60 without risking n serious diplo-
matte breach over any phase OF the
nj uters In dispute. This Government
does not wish to p:ess matters to the
po.n: OF really offending the Entente
Powers and causing al abrupt impasss
In the diplomatic discussions whict
might necess.tate either pressing the
question at issue or backing down.
ON this theory. which Is widely enter
tained among diplomats here. the visits
OF Mr.. Page L Mr.. sharp are provld,
ing the State Department with valuabl,
Information as to just how far the Ad
minlstration dare 70. A general sum
mary of the long standing controversial
Is being gone over with a view 10 reach
! ing some course of action which woul,
al least give Il semblance of obtainin,
practical compensation for American in
terests and which might provide timel!
diplomatic victories" for home con
sumption.
The sun., 1916-08-24

Frank Lagonto. 1876 Eemaon and Cedai
Manor. Greensboro: Alice Whatchy, 1914
Gherardl avenue; Woodhaven, Charlie
Roberts. "a North Division avenue, Rock
away Teach; william Mangles, sl5 Bone
dict avenue, Woodhavcn; clara Seibert. 21r
Lahey avenue, South ozone PARK, Frances
MorovitZ. ~ storm avenue, Arvernc; Rosl,
kraus. $50 Second avenue, College Point
Viola Burke. u 81. John. place. Ridgcwooo;
Anna Lyons. Gs Fiith street. Long Island
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-02
municipalities Need Power.

Thomas Adams, English city-plan-
country, emphasized the necessity Of
proper Legislative steps to give NUM-
cipalities power TO carry out town
planning schemes. He pointed out
that, to have a successful application
of restrictive regulations, there must
be cooperation between the owner and
the municipality. "If you leave the
control Of your building development
until the buildings are up, the owner
is not going to submit to restrictions
which will take away his property. If
you go to him II years before, he will
join you in the proper health regula-
ton which will help him to properly
control and restrict the property so
long as you restrict everybody else in
the district accordingly"
In closing, Mr.. Adams said Some
body said yesterday that you, in Amer
lea, have no war. Have you not? You
have got wal with potential degrada-
ton and Stun life just as we have in
Europe, and you have to fight 1t. You
have war with all these difficulties that
breed ~preventable diseases; with those
difficulties that always confront us. L
want to appeal to the American Civic
association to be up and doing. Not
only let it be said that this hemisphere
is a place where there is liberty and
freedom, politically speaking, but 1t is
also a hemisphere of home" a.,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-02

These cars are left at the various stations. a dozen
or more at each. In these the people keep their
bedding and their scanty effects. The government
of Greece allows them two or three sous y day,
with rice which they cook on fires of thistles and
other weeds.
In a Turkish Journal, vigorous complaint was
made against the Albanian refugees in Thrace as
more proficient with the Mauser than with the
pillow, and skillful only as cattle thieves" A plea
was made for bringing back the Bulgarian farm
es as far more desirable neighbors. THE Bull
sarians are now our friends"
In the larger towns, as Saloniki and Kilkush, the
refugees are ranged in tent cities, ten thousand or
more in one encampment. There were perhaps
10000 Greek refugees n little more than a year
ago along the road from Drama 70 Saloniki.
When l was at Saloniki the Turks were leaving
in great numbers 212,0O0 took steerage passage
for STEAMBOAT in one month. Saloniki (Thessa-
lonike), beautifully situated, in full face of Mount
Olympus and with a noble harbor, should be one
of the great cities of the world. In the aftermath
of the second Balkan war it lost half its popula-
ton. 1t is no better off today than in the times
when st. Paul called out for help in Macedonia.
Harsh and often terribly brutal operations
in Serbia and Greece result from the unchecked
operations of the military element. The soldier,
as such, considers neither economic conditions nor
the soul of man. 1t was claimed that the two wise
ministers Pashitch in Belgrade and Venizelos in
Athens were both opposed to the policy of repres-
sion. Both would, if they could, have proclaimed
religious linguistic tolerance in those parts of Mac
edonia turned over to them by the treaty of
Bucharest. But the fact of victory, and especially
victory over their sister state, Bulgaria, intoxicates
the military, and fills the mob with the least
wind" In such times the civil authority cannot
hold its own against the military.
Bulgaria recognized better the value of toler-
ance. A Greek church and school stand undis-
turbed in Sofia. In the Bulgarian national assem-
bly, there are about a dozen Turkish deputies, rep
resenting Thrace. These Turks, supporters all of
the king, hold the balance of power against the
combined democrats and socialists, the group OPP
posed to all war. The spirit of hate is still very
strong among the people of Bulgaria. They hate
Roumania. as the robber-state who has done them
the most harm. They hate Greece.
There can never be settled quiet in the East
until the Balkans belong to the Balkans" until
civil authority everywhere dominates the military
and until customs unions and other unions cause
these people to realize that one fate befalls them
all and that the welfare of each state Is bound up
in that of its %neighbor.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-02
CITY LOOKING INTO FUTURE
5iIIboards and Such Disfgurements
SternIy Prohibited in Prosperous
California Town.

We have one city with sufficient
civic pride and backbone to say that
no billbOards shall be erected within
her limits, and that one is InglewOod,
n small city with great hopes and m
billions. It already has a civic center,
starting with a five-blOck park system
flanked on one side by a grammar
school and a modern up-to-date high
school second to none, and on the 9TH
er side by city lands reserved for a
city hall, fire house, etc, that in time
will give 1nglewOOd a centralized city
government of a rare combination Of
beauty, usefulness and economy in so
far as a municipal plan is concerned.
More expenditure is needed on the
park system and a great improvement
could be made in the appearance of
both building and grounds of the gram
mar school. With this granted, his
little city is well toward the head of
the list in municipal improvements,
and when that lev city hall is built
will Outrank any place of like popu-
lation known to the writer. And she
is deserving of the greatest praise for
keeping out the offensive billboard,
which d~esecrates every landscape in
numbered with M Here's TO a city
council with the right sort of rye
Los Angeles Times.