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New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
STEAMBOAT POET HERE
TO GIVE CITY FAME
Inspiration Quickly Seizes Crown
CITY. Ohio, Laureate.

Todhunter Martindale, poet and
steamboat captain, of Crown City, ONO
Is at the Hotel Majestic to watch the
citv grin and see some magazine
editors. Mr.. Martindale specialiZes in
vers libre because it leaves him more re
time for steamboating. Soon after his
arrival Yesterday he dashed this on;
Catiike the city sleeps
Quietly awaiting morn
When with claws outstretched
It will play with the
Scurrying mice
Only 10 prolong the agony
And inevitable fate.
See it grin. and grin and grin!
The room clerk TO whom Mr.. Martin
dale showed the verse thought II was
pretty good and the skipper stuck It IN IN
bis portmanteau before he went out to
see the editors. He can write poems ms
that rhyme. too. and when he was ten
Years old his lode to Rooster" got
on the first page of the weekly Jour
nal" of Gallipolis.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
CONEY'S BEACH PUBLIC
PROPERTY COURT HOLDS
Says Amusement Places on the
Shore Line Must Go.

Albany, July 12.-Most of the amuse-
ment devices between high and low
water marks on Coney Island must be
removed, under a decision by the Court
OF Appeals to-day. This ruling will
leave almost the entire beach open TO
the public.
One exception is made in the case Of
Joseph Huber's 800 feet of shore line
His grant of land between high and
low water marks was made specifically
by the state in 1897.
Huber's, oddly, is leased by the
Steeplechase Park Company. Steeple-
chase comes under the ban of the
courts The claim is made, however,
by officials of the amusement park that
the part of the beach upon which 1t is
situated is ground that was thrown up
when the water line changed. 1t is the
contention that it is not on the original
beach
Edward Tilyou, son of the late George
B. Tilyou, president of the Steeplechase
company, would not comment upon the
case last night.
A number of places along Brighton
Beach are affected by the decision Of
the court. Several persons have boxed
in certain parts Of the beach, it is
said, and have charged an admission
fee Of from 90 to rs cents. This price
had to be paid, il is said, for the
privilege even of sitting in the sand.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
COLUMBIA ALUMNUS
WEEDS MISS MACKAY
Both Were Members of Party to
the Exposition.

Miss Margaret Terras Mackay, OF
Edinburgh, Scotland, and Arthur Macy
Holbrook, son of Mrs. Francis New
berry Holbrook. OF 795 st. Nicholas
Avenue, were married yesterday morn
ing in St. Agnes Chapel of Trinity,
l2i West Ninety-first Street, by the
Rev. Edward c. NJ. Tower.
Immediately after the ceremony they
left for Draper, n. c.. where the bride.
groom plans TO develop large tract OF
land he purchased recently.
Mrs. Ho!brook is the daughter Of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mackay, of
Edinburgh. Both the bride and bride
groom were members of party whicn
went to California to attend the Pan
anna Pacific Exposition last year: Since
their return Miss Mackay had been
engaged in war relief work in one or
the Allied hospitals in France.
Mr.. Holbrook was graduated from
Columbia in 1909. He is member of
tne Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
COCKTAILS TO RESIGN SOON
President Gives Way TO Generals fiea
Harding Slated for Post.

Washington, July 12.-President Wll-
son agreed to-day TO accept the resig-
iation Of Major GeAeral Goethais as
governor of the Panama Canai Aone
at an early date. TO be fixed by the
general General Goethals called at
The White House and again urged his
desire TO retire from the active ilst
OF the army with his work OF building
me canal finished.
Colonel Chester Harding, now en-,
gineer Of maintenance in the Canai
zone, probably will be appointed ooV-
ernor
General Goethals was promoted and
gwen the right TO retire by an act OF
congress. He planned to give up MS
WORK several months ago, but Withdrew
MS request because of renewed slides
10 the canal. He now thinks the dan
ger OF serious slides has been eliminat-
20, 20, and does not expect to return 10
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
HER SOCIOLOGY FAILS
TO WORK ON SERVANT
Amateur and Cook to Have
Court Battle for $40.

Mrs. Alma Gyllstrom, amateur So
ciologist, of 4532 Chichester Avenue,
Morris Park, Queens, tried out her
sociological experiments on her cook,
with indecisive results. Now she is
going TO test them in court, and the
cook, Miss Ella Higgins, is going to
test hers.
Servants were deserving OF consid-
Grafton, according TO the belief of Mrs.
Gyllstrom, and TO that Miss Higgins
heartily agreed. So were employers,
averred Mrs. Gyllstrom, and TO that
theory Miss Higgins also subscribed
with reservations. In accordance with
the second hypothesis, Mrs Gyllstrom
is said 10 have sought to withhold
some 500 of Miss Higgins's wages. with
the immediate result that she lost a
cook and semi-convert.
Mrs. Gyllstroms eX-cook is suing
her for the $50, and Mrs. Gyllstrom is
suing the ex-cook for a like amount.
Fortunately, Mrs. Giyllstrom is an
amateur housekeeper as well as so
ciologist, so she is awaiting results
calmly
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
LIVING COST TOOK
A DROP LAST YEAR
Labor Bureau Says War No
Longer Controls Prices.

:. Washington, July 12.-Thc cost Of
hvlng. after rising steadily since 1907.
except In 1911, took downward trend
during 1918. A report by the Bureau
of Labor issued to-day analyzing retail
prices of twenty-nine articles of food
SHOWS that relative retail prices dur
ing 1918 averaged l per cent lower
than IN 1914 Meats. lard and eggs
averaged from l to per cent lower,
while potatoes were % per cent lower.
Wheat flour, cornmeal and granulated
sugar were higher than in 1914. -four
being 20 per cent and sugar IL per
cent higher.
Commenting on statements that the
european war is the dominant infu-
ence now controlling price changes, the
report says:
at is true that retail food prices in
creased greatly Immediately after the
outbreak of the war and il seems prob
able that they have been maintained
at n higher level ever since as con-
sequence of the increased demand
abroad for our foodstuffs. A study Of
the retail prices statistics of the bu-
Seau. however, will convince any one
that with the exception OF sugar, -four
and possibly Sornmeal. the prices of
the principal articles of food since Oc-
tober, 1914, have been mainly governed
by local and seasonal conditions and
not by the extraordinary exigencies
brought about by war"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
HOUSEWIVES TOLD ICE
PRICE WILL NOT GO UP
League Members Meet Publicity
Association Head.

A conference held yesterday be-
tween the ice committee of tie Ma
tional Housewives League, of which
Mrs. Egbert V. s. Chamberlin is chair
man, and Harold Cole, president OF
the Ice Publicity Association, resulted
in the committee being informed that
large ice companies would not raise
the price of ice beyond forty cents
hundred pounds.
Mr.. Cole said it was not the inten-
tion TO raise the price of ice to the
small neighborhood dealers, who are
now organized. 1t is thought better
TO be able to deal with them as cor
poration, to insure justice both to the
dealers and to the ice companies who
supply them.
Mr.. Cole said 20 per cent of the ice
sales occurred in the four summer
months. The price of a 300-pound
cake of natural ice was quoted at
forty-fve cents, plus ten cents for de-
livery; manufactured ice at ffty-two
cents, plus ten cents for delivery for
800 pounds.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
HENRY FORD CHOICE
OF PROHIBITIONISTS
If DetrOiter Won't Run SulZer
Nav Be Asked.

Chicago, July Eff he will accept
the honor, Henry Ford will be nomi-
mated for President on the first ballot
by the Prohibition party at its national
convention in st. Paul. July Is to 2l,
in the opinion of party leaders who
held a conference here to-day. They
believe he would get many thousands
of labor votes.
If Mr.. Ford declines to become a can
ddate, the leaders declare that the
choice will be between j. Frank Hanly,
former Governor of Indiana; Eugene
n. Foss, former Governor of Massachu-
sets, and william Sulzer, former Gov
ernor of New York.
1t was agreed that the party platform
would indorse the establishment OF a
Department of Peace in. the United
States government, and only such mill
tary and naval preparedness as may be
necessary for defence.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
JUSTICES PALLBEARERS
AT BLANCHARD FUNERAL
Jurist Buried at WOOdlaWn After
Simple Ceremony.

The funeral Of ex-Supreme Court
Justice James Armstrong Blanchard
was held yesterday morning at his
home, IL East Ninety-second Street
The service was very simple, not more
than fifty close Friends attending.
Justice Blanchard died Sunday, fol-
lowing an operation. He was buried
at Woodlawn.
Dean Grosvenor, of the Cathedral
of st. John the Divine, conducted the
ceremony. A choir Of eight boys from
the Cathedral sang.
Honorary pallbearers were SUI
preme Court Justices Peter A. Hen
drick, Eugene A. Philbin. Vernon NJ.
Davis, John W. Goff, Leonard A. Gieg-
erich, Edward R. Finch, Irving Lehman
and ex-Justice Henry A. Gildersleeve.
Delegations were present from the
Union League Club, the Geographical
Society, the Bar Association, the Re-
publican Club, and Lafayette Post lao,
G. A. X.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
AUTO LEAVES BADLY
HURT BOY AT HOSPITAL
Driver, Youth and How Accident
Occurred a Mystery.

A bov with fractured skull, con,
eussion of the brain, and fractured
left arm was left at the Lebanon Hos
pital last night. An automobile TOOK
him there, but the driver left no name
and the number of the car was no.
taken. The police believe the boy is
Alexander Sherman, of 1853 Prospect
Avenue. The Bronx, but they have not
aseertained how he was injured.
Lee Myers. 574 Morris Park, motor
man of Clason Place surface car
SAYS the boy was hurt while stealing a
ride. and the conductor Of the car
Harvey Delold, of 1926 Cruger Avenue
eorroborates this. A man who salc
that ne was witness contended that
the injuries took place on the car.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
With Manufacturers They
Form Committee to Aid
Employees Families.
pFNN. r. r. WILL PAY
DEPENDENTS 100000
o,.,t Of Auxiliary Begins to
Have Results-Run of APP
plicants Continues,

r..,;,ies for affording relief TO de-
.,d,nt wives and children of National
,-asmen. who have been pouring in
aver increasing stream into the
g.. ~ the Active Service Auxiliary,
Ao fist Regiment Armory, were en-
,.-c,a Yesterday by the organization
,Ae merchants and Manufacturers
,lovment committee Of the auxiliary.
TA;s committee was formed at the
-ss,ion Of Colonel Theodore {.
v'..s.. who will serve as temporary
S.;rmsn until the details of organiza-
-. can be completed. IL will devote
=. major part Of its activities TO OBJ
..,,;nc positions for members Of
~,,-ssmen's families. Vacant posi-
w, in the plants and business houses
T.,. members of the committee will
:. ,.ristered at the auxiliary head
..,,,,rs. The committee will also
r,ks an effort 70 find and register
,,.ueies in other establishments
The new organization has been oih-
N, indorsed by the executive COM
ea '..s.s OF the Fifth Avenue Associa-
~ sns The Broadway Association. Its
r.ss-~bership w. includes Robert Grier
C..Is temporary secretary; Rodman
N'.rsraker' Samuel W. Rayourn'
Wsi,sr Stabler. John Nee. Bowman,
80 80 C. Boldt. DR.. George F. Kunz,
Friedsam, Richard W. Meade, Doug
iss Gilman. II. J. Stokum, Paul H.
7,rat z. J. Bloodgood. John David
i. Gude, y. L. Ottinger, W. A sans
August Jansen, J. f. Harrington, H. u
0nSvke. Chester Alexander, Z. l..
Tsvior. Thomas d. Green, Arthur
Williams. Frank Tilford. Samuel talr-
,bild. former president Of the Union
Issrue Club: Edward S. Albee ana
.,csl H. Ball. Additional members
Vii be added as the work OF the com
ni,tee grows. ,. ~.
r J. Forsythe, general director Of
.ls Active Service Auxiliary. said yes
.srsay that many business firms which
i,S refused 70 continue the wages or
sSssnt cuardsmen have reconsidered
,,d viii provide for the families OF
their employees.
an many instances" said Mr., For
sv,be Eve have found the guardsman
was employed by firm which cannot
,Eord 70 continue his salary and en-
-lov another man 10 take his p!aee:
|; IS for the relief of the families Of
.seb men as these that the auxiliary
i working. We believe many Of them
rsr be cared forsby the new merchants
s-d manufacturers committee. All
complaints that employers refuse 70
continue wages are being thoroughly
Investigated and everything possible
is being done 70 assist the families OF
the absent soldiers"
The auxiliary was notified that the
heard Of directors Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad has authorized an appropri,a-
ton of 100000 for the relief OF the
families Of the roads employees VINO
have been called 10 the colors.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
KITTENS FIGURE In
DARING RESCUES
Sexton Dixon and u. S.
Sailor in Gallant Ef-
forts as LifeSaVerS.

A plaintive new struck the ear OF
Mrs. F. d. Dixon early yesterday as
she was going 10 her home in White
stone. n. j. She looked about her.
Land sakes," she said to the WON
an who was with her, "some poor little
kitten. I'll bet. Sounds hungry
She listened again. The wall seemed
to come from the bottom OF an old
well near the side of the road.
81 can't stand to hear that kitten
holler," said Mrs. Dixon. She turned
on her heel and marched back half a
mile to the church of which her hus-
Husband was touched, too. "Well
see what we can do" he said as he
trudged down the road to where his
wife had heard the cry. -.
Dixon found ladder. lie showed II
down the well. 1t just reached bottom
Crouching on a juttng bit Of concrete
could be seen very wet, very dls,
couraged kitten, shivering, but still
mewing desperately.
Dixon climbed down the ladder, seized
the kitten, and step by step returned. =,
Suddenly the sounds of another small
cat in distress fioated upon the nlght.
by george, tHelc HusS pS NV"
of them," said Dixon.
Russell Ross, of the torpedoboat de.
stroyer Ammen, came down the road
on his way TO report for duty.
"What's the matter?" asked Dixon.
They explained that this kitten had
been found.
"There is another one somewhere,
said Dixon. "Hear him holler?"
Ross did. He found the second KIT
ten at the top of the tree, about loV
feet above the earth.
Ross made for telegraph pole that
stood next TO the tree. Quickly ne
was climbing it. The darkness hid him
from the eyes of the people on the
ground. When he did not come down
they begged him not to take such
chances for a kitten.
"I'm going to get her." said the
sailor.
lie swung himself over crossbar,
reached out hand and, grabbing the
kitten with one finger and thumb, ne
bore il wriggling to his shoulder. Then
he slid down the pole 70 safety.
"Twasn't anything" said Ross. as
Mrs. Dixon and her husband praised
him; sailors are good at climbing"
II believe these little fellers were
travelling together" said Dixon, as he
mt his kitten on the ground beside
Ross's. Something must have fright
ened 'em."
The diagnosis seemed TO be correct.
For two happy little kittens scamperea
away as soon as they were releaseu'
and disappeared into the night
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13

sneezes Of the nation. Mr.. Jerome says
that hay fever promises to retain its
popularity this year, despite the drive
of appendicitis as the ailment OF the
aristocracy.
Officials of the sneezers' association
are concerned over a hay fever case
now in the courts Of Texas. A victim
has begun suit against a casualty
company, one of whose policies he
holds, for disability payments covering
six weeks, during which time he was
incapacitated by hay fever.
The Payment Clause.
The rclicy specifies that for total
disability he is t. receive S25 week,
but that IL the accident occurs on a
trolley car the weekly payments are to
be doubled. The plaintiff AYERS that
while he was riding in a trolley car
the pollen Of certain ragwecds and
goldenrod struck him upon TIE Schnei-
derian membrane or his nose, starting
a hay fever siege that laid him up for
six weeks. Plaintiff sues, therefore,
for double pay.
This case. on account of the new en-
poyers' liability law, is Of highest I'M
portance TO the twenty-five thousand
hay fever victims in New York State.
That there are twenty-five thousand
confirmed and habitual sneezers in New
York is stated in the annual report
made public yesterday. The report
adds that the average number OF days
that sneezers sneeze is forty-two each
year; that the average number OF
sneezes sncezers sneezc each day is
seventy-three. This makes a grand to-
tai OF 1850 900 sneezes year in New
York. Rockies in the ranks Of the hay
feverites point with pride to these fig
ures.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
COAST GUARD OFFICER DIES
Captain Samuel f. Mcclure Saw Ser
vice in Spanish War.

Samuel Edmunson McGuire, io'
years. before his retirement IN iSoo' a
captain in the revenue cutter and coast
guard service, died at his home III
Pstehogue on Wednesday. lie was
born in Maryland. When nfteen ne
enlisted in the 1lAth PennsyiVah.i'ai
Volunteers, serving with them uht''
wounded az Gettysburg.
In 1871 he entered the revenue cutter
service as a third lieutenant. lie saw
service during the Spanish war ne
mad also been superintendent OF ths
life saving corps on the Long lslana
and Rhode Island shores, and was IN
charge of the rescue OF the crew OF
the Louis d. Place in ls95. -,
He was twice married Three emil
oren survive.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
AN ENGAGEMENT.

At dinner given by Mrs: Alva
Adams. of Denver, at the Hotel Laurel
ton yesterday. the engagement of Miss
Mary Ursula Matty to Richard ]. But
ler was announced Miss Matty is the
daughter of Joseph II. Matty, Of Den
YER and the sister of Mrs. Adams. Mr.
Butler is the eldest son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John r. Butler, of 346 West Seventy
first Street, New York. The wedding
will take place in Denver on Septem-
har x
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
Halt Caused by Plague
Will Be Temporary
One Only.
USUAL NUMBER WILL
GET THEIR OUTINGS
Funds Needed to Start Things
Going at Earliest Mo.
ment Possible.

New York was not prepared for an
epidemic. Neither were the children
of the New York tenements.
So the epidemic surprised us, and
now both the city and the children
are suffering.
And these hot days are sapping the
vitality of the children-what little OF
1t they have.
Yet there Is no escape from the
tenements sor the boys and girls. The
health officers of the region which sur
rounds the metropolis have said to
them: "You cannot enter our towns
and villages; you cannot come out and
live on our farms. Stay back there in
your pest holes."
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund was
fortunate, and got its homes and camps
filled up with boys and girls before the
panic Of fear swept the country people
off their feet. 1t hss nearly thou
sand and a half Of lads and lassies in
its pleasant country places now, far
from the danger Of infantile paralysis.
Panic VIII Soon End.
But the Gordon Of health officers
which the country has thrown around
the city forbids the fund to send more
children out. For while the young
sters in whom the fund is interested
must endure the heat and the discom-
fort of their tenement homes.
Soon. however, the panic will pass,
the epidemic will be controlled and the
doors of the country will swing wide
again. Then the fund will send It's
little proteges out to reap fun and
health.
Plans have already been laid which
will make it possible to provide outings
for the usual number of children, even
though the ban of the country health
officers should not be lifted before the
end of July.
But if these plans are to be carried
out it will be necessary for the fund to
be ready to start with jump the MIN
ute starting is made possible.
Aid Is Needed Now.
The funds must be in hand to war
rant the undertaking of the plans now
mapped out. II you believe the young
sters ought to have their outings later
in the season send your contribution
to the fund. Send it now while the
heat helps you to realize how unbear-
able the tenements must be in sum
mer.
The expenses of the fund have not
stopped. because no new parties OF
children are going out for few days
II is costing $500 a day 70 MAINTAIN
the host of children who are now apou'
TO enter on the third week OF tneif
Tribune outings.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TRIBUNE FRESH
AIR FUND.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
Memorial for Hero Tomorrow.

Memorial services for John Mehin-
non. the lawyer who died from the ex-
ertion of rescuing a drowning woman
a. Long Beach on Sunday, will be held
tomorrow night at the chapel Of Co,
lumbia University. He will be buried
at New London, Iowa, his birthplace.
Mr.. McKinnon was graduated from CO.
lumbia, in the class of '13. He was a
we'll known athlete and prominent in
the affairs of the Phi Delta Theta fra
,arpitU
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
CHAMBERLAIN'S WIDOW
TO MARRY CLERGYMAN
Engagement to the Rev. w. II.
Carnegie Announced in London.

London, July 12.-The engagement
is announced of Mrs. Joseph Chamber
lain widow of the late British states
man. and the Rev. William Hartley
Carnegie. rector of st. Margaret and
Canon Of Westminster.
Refore her marriage Mrs. Chamber.
lain was Miss Mary Endicott, OF
Massachusetts,, daughter of the late
WILLIAM G. Endicott, Secretary Of War
in President Cleveland's Cabinet.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
"MOLLYCODDLE" READY
TO SEE SON SOLDIER
So Declares Author of Song De-
nOunced by Militarists.
lBy Telegraph To The Tribune.

Los Angeles, July 12.-"My son has
nv permission and blessing to go and
fight Mexico if Mexicans menace my
fellow citizens on the border, and
Whenever America is invaded or threat
ened with invasion by foreign power
Likewise, | want to see him shoulder
ing a gun in her defence" A..
Thus spoke to-day Alfred Bryan, the
man Colonel Roosevelt and others
called something worse than a molly
coddle, because he wrote, about two
years ago, a popular song entitled =
Didn't Raise My Boy To BE Soldier,
Alfred Bryan, jr., has just been mar.
ried, and it WAS at family party a.
the Bryan home in Hollywood tha'
his father made this statement.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
Radlein Will Disputed.

Relatives Of Mrs. Mary A. KadIeln,
who carpeted the floors Of her home, at
93e4 Lorillard Place, The Bronx, with
vellowbacks, filed objections yesterday
wi,h the Surrogate OF Bronx County 10
her will. which left her $4,000 estate
to her great-grandnieee, Ruth Vinal,
eiyh, months old. William Mullins, a
brother OF Mrs. Radlein, declared that
she was unbalanced, and that the will
had been made under duress.