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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
SAYS GERMANY IS TRAPPED
Commodore Benedict Sure Wilson's
Foreign Policy Will Win.

Germans attitude is like that Of
cat that has seized its prey and has
been caught by the tail. b. our country,
and is being dragged backward by
President Wilson, slowly but success
fully" This was the comment made
yesterday upon the German reply to
the American note, by Commodore T.
{. Benedict.
Regarding the United States mer-
chant marines condition, the Commo-
dore said: "Our statesmen in the last
fifty years have succeeded in driving
US from the ocean. where our fleets
once rode triumphantly, and have
bankrupted a large part OF our trans
portation on land and more or less
naralyzed the balance"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
Public Service Institute
Urges Ward to Refuse
Bids for Permits.
SAYS PROVISIONS
ARE OBJECTIONABLE
More Rigid Restrictions Sought
Commissioners Secretary
Tells His Side.

The Institute for Public Scryie.
doesn't exactly object TO men and
women doing tango now and then A.
the Casino restaurant and NcGown'.
Pass Tavern in Central Park But IL
placed itself on record yesterday az
being emphatically opposed TO VIVA, Il
calls Park Commissioner Wards inten.
ton to establish "a con bination Of al
cohol, tobacco. dancing and 50-cent
table d'hote."
On Wednesday Park Commissions
Cabot Ward will receive bids for Ave
year leases Of the two and Of tho Ar
senal restaurant. William II. Allen,
director Of the Institute for Public
Service. in urging that more rigid 70.
strictions be placed on the granting
Of the concessions. said yesterday:
The proposed contracts permit tire
sale of liquor and tobacco without ad-
yertising the fact II therefore makes
the concession seem less valuable than
it is, and fails to attract the attention
Of persons desiring to make money BY
selling liquor and tobacco. Il is OBJ
jectionable if il is intended TO permit
the sale of liquor in peoples play
ground.
THE provisions in the contracts re-.
garding dancing are also Objectionable,
because they make IL optional with the
Commissioner TO permit 10 or 10 pro-
hibit il. IL is unfair 10 young people
who cherish their regulations for the
city TO encourage contractors 20 uss
dancing and alcohol as an attraction
for night entertainment, without max
ing equal provision for chsperonng.
carly closing and other supervision.
I'VE urge the Park Commissioner to
advertise that no bids will be received
rext Wednesday and 10 draw up new
contracts"
Commissioner Ward was not in the
city yesterday. Louis ". Fehr, secre.
tary of the Park Board, said:
The advertisements offering these
restaurant permits and the form o.
permit which will be granted amply
provide every safeguard for public
morals. The Commissioner has spe-
officially advertised that dancing shall
be allowed only at his pleasure. There
is no foundation, therefore. for Mr.
Aliens fear. The Commissioner fur
Their reserves the right to cansel the
permit il any unsatisfactory condition
should develop"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
Gang Attacks Peanut Vender

More than a dozen boys at Twenty
fifth and Cropsey avenues, Brooklyn
were kicking an aged peanut vender
who already had been knocked sense
less by a blow on the head, early yes
terday morning, when Patrolman
George Yost, of the Bath Beach sta
tion, rushed into their midst. A blow
from a bottle felled the policeman and
the attack upon the unconscious man
vas renewed.
A moment later the patrolman
sprang 20 his feet. With one swing
Of his club Yost felled John Gerby-
shire, seventeen years old. Another
blow knocked down John Wagner. Both
are locked up at the Bath Beach sta
ton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
SHOOTS 3 IN JEALOUS RAGE
Italian Officer Kills Wife, Priest and
Himself

Ponzano, Italy, May Captain Bet
tolo, member Of leading Rome FAM
lily, in a fit of jealousy slew his wife
to-day and committed suicide.
Captain Bettolo, suspicious o. his
wife, who was the Marquise Remedi d
Sarsnza, returned from the front and
sought the Able Giscomo Sierra, OF
whom he was jealous. At the parish
house of the able Captain Bettolo fired
through the windows, one OF his bull
lets killing the Able Nicolo Richetti.
Able Sierra was not hit
The captain returned 10 his home
and killed his wife and then committed
suicide. He was a nephew OF the late
Admiral Bettolo, once Minister Of Ma
rine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
CRITICISED FOR SUING FORD
League for Defence and Preparedness
Leaders Denounced by Labor Man.

The action OF the American League
for Defence in suing Henry Ford was
criticised last night at Washington
Irving High School by Edward T. James,
chairman Of the Labor Forum. Mr..
James. following the address OF Sen
ator La Fontaine. of the Workingmen' 5
party in the Belgian Senate. also said
sharp things about preparedness lead
ers.
these leaders for preparedness,
said the chairman. who are preparing
for war should be made TO enlist at the
outset if war should come. Congress
should pass a law making every man
who wants war register his name, and
if war should come these men should
be organized into a national guard"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
SAVE 3 AS 3 ARE DROWNED
Rowboat Capsizes in Passaic River at
Singac, y. J.

Paterson. n. j., May Three men
were drowned to-day and three others
narrowly escaped the same fate at SIN
gao, y. j., where a rowboat capsized in
the Passaic River. Louis Eckhsrdt, OF
II Governor Street; John Herman, OF
273 River Street and Peter Gordsn. Of
: Bridge Street, were drowned. Her
man Heller and Herman Schmidt. OF
Bridge Street, and John Herman, egh-
teen years old, whose father was
drowned. were rescued.
Four of the party had attended an
outing held along the river bank and
asked Gordan and Eckhsrdt, in a row.
boat, 20 take them across the river
Too much weight was put on one side
Of the boat and il capsized. The river
bank was thronged with pleasure seek
crs. and it was through their quick ae-
ton that the three were saved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
Plans Sailors Home in Panama.

Senator James A. Hamilton aud
Joseph B. Morrell, president Of the
Maritime Association, will be among
the speakers at the annual meeting Of
the American Seamen's Friend Soci-
ETY.. at 507 West Street, this after
noon. 1t is expected that the work Of
the society, which has been increased
by the activity of the merchant ma
rine due to the war, will be discussed,
and plans will be laid for an even
greater expansion. Among them is
one for the erection of a sailors
home at the Atlantic end of the Pan
anna Canal, in which General George
W. Goethals has been cooperating.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
SUNDAY SCHOOL BOY SHOT
Party Annoyed River Camper. Who Is
Held Without Bail.

Paterson, y. j., May John Nell
seventeen, Of las Hamburg Avenue
is dying at the Paterson General Hos
pital with a rife bullet in his aldo
men. and John Wajnier. Of 339 East
Nineteenth Street, was arrested in con
nection with the shooting, and - N
the Passaic County jail, held without
bail on charge Of atrocious assault
Neil and a party Of boys from the
Paterson Avenue Methodist sunday
School were on May walk and were
annoying Wajnier, who has a camp
along the Psssaic River at Singae. 10
scare them away he shot at them WIN
the rife. accidentally wounding Nell
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
CHARITIES BOAT BURNS;
ALARM AT BELLEVUE
Steamer, Ablaze, Sinks at the
Twenty-sixth Street Pier.

The Department of Charities transfer
steamboat Lowell, plying between the
Twenty-sixth Street pier and Black
Wells Island. was burned and then sunk
at her berth on the Manhattan side yes
terday afternoon. The pier is adjacent
to Bellevue Hospital and the noise OF
the passing engines alarmed the pa
tents until they were quoted by the
nurses.
Fireman Murphy, stationed at Belle
vue. and the Bellevue fire corps were
the first to fight the flames, Later the
fireboats George b. Mcclellan and
Abram S. Hewitt responded.
About an hour after the fire started
tho Lowell sank. The thousands Of gal
Ions of water which the Hewitt, work
ing alongside, had poured into her hold
caused her to 90 down. She VIII be
raised and rebuilt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
PREACHER ASSAILS BRITAIN
Urges President to Act Against Inter
fering with Mails.

81 fail to see why the United States
should now insist upon any more guar
antees than Germany has given" said
the Rev. A. B. Moldenke in his sermon
al ST. Peters Church yesterday. Eve
undertook to clear up our case with
Germany. Having zone so. ! think
President Wilson can now do no less
than to try to clear up our case with
England"
The clergyman, as a member OF r
committee which is seeking TO send
milk to the babies Of Poland and Ger
many. pleaded for action against Great
Britain's interference with Americon
mails. Milk sent by first class postage,
he said, had been held up by England,
although his committee was willing TO
send milk to any country that needed It.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08

doesn't tell US anything about British
lines in Flanders and the fact that
mighty German armies cannot break
through the still more mighty wall of
steel which the young citizens and vol
unteers of the United Kingdom have
placed across the faces Of the legions
Of Germany.
Zone Of the misfortunes of our want
Of readiness was the fact that almost
all of our highly trained officers were
killed or wounded. Only new men can
take their places. When you remem-
Der that most Of the officers are new
and that the whole army is new.
think the simple fact that they can
hold the Germans is marvellous.
Does not this abusive writer know
that If the German staff thought the
English volunteers soft proposition
they would have made for them more
than they have ever done during the
last twelve months? An unprepared
power, an unarmed power, suddenly
called upon TO become first class mill
tary power, has TO play a quiet game
while that perfect force which British
armies have always developed in the
past is being developed. The Tribune
writer speaks Of the position Of the
forces if the war ended tomorrow, but
would like to remind him that Ger
many has been at her top strength for
a long time. sh.le Great Britain is only
beginning to feel her feet. She is not
going 10 rush any German trenches
until she is quite ready. All the time
the mighty German army S worrying
her she is getting filter.
lit stands 10 reason that the German
armies would smash the British armies
II too much we're attempted with in
adequate preparation. The Germans
did try 10 get over tina. contemplate
little army, as the Kaiser called il,
and get to Calais, but they got sick
when our fellows were only beginning
to get fit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
WILL DEBATE PREPAREDNESS
Compulsory Service viii Also Occupy
Attention Of County's Economists.

Advocates and opponents OF prepar-
edness and compulsory military service
will indulge in scientific discussion
Of these subjects Thursday afternoon
and evening at Earl Hall, Columbia
University. on the occasion of the
spring meeting of the Academy of Po-
litical Science.
principles and Methods Of Compul-
sorry or Volunteer Military Service
will be the general subject for the
afternoon debate. In the evening
"Obligation Of Citizenship to the Com
mon Defence" will be considered. Many
prominent men have accepted invita-
lions to speak Each will be limited TO
fWentN minutes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
Business Men Want Sympathy.

Paterson, \. j., May 7.-The Pat
erson Chamber Of Commerce will
meet on Thursday afternoon in the
United States Hotel here to protest
against laws and public sentiment an
tagonistic to business. The silk men Of
Paterson especially are convinced that
the present shortage in dyestufFs and
the consequent suffering sustained by
the silk industry are due 70 a short
sighted policy on the part Of national
legi slators.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
The Pioneers Now Boy Rangers,

Montclair. n. j., May 7. The Pho.
neers. an organization Of boys started
here some time ago, has changed its
name TO the Boy Rangers of America.
Discovery Of an organization called the
Pioneers of America at Hamilton Col
lege and the revival Of the Boy Pioneers
Of America. society which existed sew
eral years ago, made a change of name
advisable
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
France Urged to Prohibit Liquor

Paris, May Two great snti-liquor
meetings were held to-day, one in the
Sorbonne and the other at Rouen
Both meetings adopted resolutions urg-
ing Parliament 70 pass measures 20
suppress the liquor traffic, notably by
prohibiting the manufacture and sale
of so-caled "appetizers" having alcohol
as base and preventing private dis
tillers from marketing their output.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
TRIES TO LEAP OFF BRIDGE
Machinist Dependent Because War
Has Deprived Him of Parents and Wife.

Because the war had separated him
from his mother and father in Russia,
and because his wife had been swept
beyond his ken in the war zone, Eric
Saquitz, twenty-six. a machinist, Of Sc
Hopkins Street, walked TO the middle
span OF the Williamsburg Bridge at 8
o'clock last night and tried to leap
over the rail.
Peter Carene. of 2l5 Hackensack
Plank Road, happened TO be passing in
his automobile at the time. and he
jumped out, grabbed SaquItz, and
pushed him into the machine. Patrol
man De Witt. of the 18th Precinct,
also came to the rescue, and the de
spondent man was taken TO Gouverneur
Hospital. where he was attended by
DR.. Long. and held on charge Of at
tempted suicide.
IL have nothing TO live for he told
the authorities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
AUSTRIANS FIRE ON RED CROSS
Building in PLAYA Zone Target for Ar
tiIlery. Savs Italian Report.

Rome. May The War Office issued
the following official communication to-
day:
There has been more intense ar.
tillery action in the PLAYA zone. where
the enemy fired OF one OF our Red
Cross buildings.
ION the upper Sabotno our shells re-
peatedly struck tho enemv fortress
There we're small infantry encounters
which were favorable 90 Va, on the
Marmolada, in the Visdende Valley and
on Vodil and Monte Ner."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
Berlin Welcomes Bulgarians.

Perlin, May by wireless to Say
Vile. y. YD-A delegation of members
of the Bulgarian Parliament, among
whom are Vice President Momtshiloif
and Seneral Popoff, arrived in Berlin
to-day. There was general decoration
of residences in their honor and a
hearty welcome was extended to them
in articles in the newspapers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
Britain Seizes U. S. Money Orders.

Berlin, May ! by wireless 70 Say
Vile. n. Y.).-The Postmaster General
Of Sweden, says the Overseas News
Agency. has protested to the British
authorities against the illegal confs-
cation of at least $4,000 money orders
sent during April from the United
States TO Sweden"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
WALES AT ITALIAN FRONT
English Prince Guest of King Victor
Emmanuel in War Zone.

Paris, Hay 7. The Prince Of Wales
ia IN the Italian war zone as the guest
OF King Victor Emmanuel. with whom
he is visiting various points on the
front, says a Hayas dispatch from
Rome
The prince was reported TO have ar
rived in Egypt in March as a captain
on the staff Of the British commander
in-chiof in .he Mediterranean.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
Citizens Urged to Join in
Campaign to Enroll lOO,-
600 Members Here.
CHURCH LEADERS
TO PUSH CRUSADE
Will Meet to Devise Means OF
Increasing Society's Support
ers in Their FlOcks.

With the cooperation Of the Prcsi-
dent of the United States. the American
Red Cross has appointed a campaign
committee TO enroll 100000 new mem
bers at 81 each in the metropolitan
district Mayor Mitchell is acting hon
orary chairman Of this committee, and
yesterday issued this proclamation:
"To the Citizens Of New York:
"In the nationwide movement for
one million members in the American
Red Cross there has been apportioned
TO the metropolitan district the privi-
lcge and responsibility of securing
100000 enrolments between now and
Memorial Day.
This cause. so close 20 the heart OF
every American, has my unqualified
approval. and ! bespeak for IT your
earnest and immediate cooperation.
THE Red Cross is the nations arm
for relief to the American soldier and
sailor in time of war and TO commun-
tiles overwhelmed BY disaster IN time
chartered and supervised by Con
gress. the Red Cross appeals TO our
patriotism in asking that numerically
the society be placed in position to
compare favorably with the Red Cross
Of Japan, Germany, Russia and other
nations.
"You will be invited to take part
in this movement upon grounds m
menselv more important than those I'M
piled bv the nominal membership dues
and ! confidently expect that, as IN
other instances where New York CITY S
patriotism has been appealed to. there
will be so prompt and overwhelming a
response that American cities gener-
ally will be inspired TO follow our eN-
ample. ,-:..;,
"Shall we not add new and patriotic
significance to Memorial Day by DONG
our part between now and May 80!
JOHN PURROY mitchell.
mayor"
Other members Of the committee are:
Seward Prosser. chairman; Robert Bacon
James Barber. Cornelius y. Bliss James
BOYLE. y 2. DAWSON. Robert W. De f ,9i,sI
Daniel Guggenheim. charles nm. ~
charles + Murphy. Charles u. Norton, the
Rev Leighton Parks. Frederick fratt. j. ~
Ryan. DIN J. stephens. +. w. hder vow
Alfred r. White. otto 7. Bannard' u y
Bethel. q. c. Boldt. G \. Cofhn; w, a. LAY
William n. Franklin Darwin =. kingsley
charles /. Morse. Il. 6. :. Nobie. Morgan )
O'Brien. Charles a. Peabody. Eugene y
Rosenquest. Alfred +. Smith. FRANK ruih /,
bun. Cornelius Vanderbilt and Major General
Leonard Wood.
In response to the appeals OF the
Red Cross representatives OF the Cath
olic, Protestant and Jewish churches IN
New York will meet at luncheon TO-
dav to plan means of increasing the
Red Cross membership in metropolitan
churches.
Mgr. VI. J. .avelle will represent the
Catholics at the conference, Dr' >;
Parkes Cadman the Protestants and
Rabbi Joseph Silverman the Jewish
people. DR.. Nehemiah Boynton will
preside. Miss Mabel Boardman Will
describe the work Of the American Red
Cross in the European trenches.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
England's Wall of Steel.

"ln state war concealment il no,
lying. The Tribune editor talks abou,
the grand French armies at Nerdun
whom We all intensely admire. but he
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18
CONTEMPORARY COMMENT

Miss Etna Dalgarn had quite a
serious accident the first of this
week. When cleaning out the cellar
she found an old basket, left there
by the former occupant of the house,
in which were some old paint brush
es, empty paint tubes, various other
odds and ends, and a small package,
the contents of which were not in
Vestigated, but being with the paints,
was naturally supposed to contain
something used in that connection.
Being of no value, Miss Etna emptied
the entire contents of the basket into
the stove. The mysterious package
evidently contained gun powder, and
if not, something else equally as ex-
plosive, for a terrific explosion fol-
lowed almost Immediately. Her face
and right hand were quite badly
burned while other members of the
burned while other members of the
family were given the scare of their
lives. No other damage was DONE
Meade News.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

Hughes and Intervention" is the
rallying cry of the Mexico-Americans
whose wish it is to capitalize the mis-
fortunes of our neighbors to the
south, take over their wasted lands
and build to fortune with the labor
of poems and starvelings. They want
the intervention of property lust and
not intervention, which, if it must
come Mr.. Wilson would make for
Mexico's benefit and rehabilitation.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

A conceited merchant was very
proud OF his penmanship and for a
reason. One day Jew travelling
man called on him and the merchant
was using his idle time writing
and rewriting his name and paid no
attention to the travelling man, who
to be agreeable said, "You write a
mighty good signature" II ought to,
one of my forefathers helped write
the Declaration of Independence, :"
snapped back the merchant and kept
on writing. WELL" replied the Jew,
you have nothing on me, for one of
my forefathers wrote the Ten Com
"-Atchison Globe.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

T. S. Williams, living near Hooker
until recently, when he was brought
back from Kansas on charge of dis
posing of mortgaged property and
has been held in the county jail since
his trial in district court, at which
time he pleaded guilty to the charge,
was adjudged insane after examina-
ton by Drs. Mayes and Dawson and
taken to Fort Supply Friday by Sher-
if Leeman. When brought back
here a few weeks ago Williams mind
was blank as to what had happened
or as to where he had been since his
disappearance from his home several
months previous. He was unable to
account for the disappearance of the
live stock in question and had only
faint remembrance of any of his
neighbors. The court was not salts
fed with the results of the trial and
the examination as to his sanity
Guymon Herald,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

Don't waste time sympathizing
with yourself this hot weather. You
can wear anything you want to and
as near nothing as the law allows.
The one who needs sympathy is the
baby whose old-fashioned mother
clings to that barbaric custom of
keeping flannel on the baby all the
time, regardless of season. = , 1t
puffs this department all up with
pride to note the care with which its
wise advice is taken. Only two weeks
ago it called attention to manure
piles and other menaces to health
about town and suggested that they
should be ordered removed in the in
terests of the general health of the
community, and after but two short
weeks every plague spot in the city
has been-permitted to remain just
exactly as it was. Vurry well, vurry
well. Let's wait until there are a
few deaths from typhoid fever and
then get busy. What's the use to
worry over trifles?-Stafford Courier.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

John Batterman, living IA miles
northwest of Guymon, had very
profitable crop of wheat this year.
He had rs acres that averaged 81
bushels to the acre and tested 641s
pounds to the bushel His crop last
year made better average per acre,
averaging 80 bushels. but the quality
was not up to that raised this year.
y = Frank Foreman, who lives out
north of Guymon, was showing some
of his crop of maize he is raising this
year. 1t was as good as grows, and
is maturing nicely. There need be
no apprehension by the farmers
about maize not making good in this
country. 1t never fails, and is fast
gaining place in the United States
along with wheat and corn as one of
the staple feed crops. Frank is max
ing good on his place this year.
Guymon Democrat.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

j. F. Hutchinson of near Floris
was visitor here Tuesday, coming
over to pay his taxes and straighten
up other business matters. Mr..
Hutchinson is one of the extensive
farmers of the north flats and reports
that he has done fairly well this year,
taking everything into consideration.
OFF of 230 acres he threshed 1900
bushels of wheat and besides a good
prospect for a row crop, he has sold
$1,000 worth of hogs since January
1st Such fellows as Mr.. Hutchin-
son who have a little hustle about
them are the ones that are making
Beaver county the rich farming and
stock-raising country that it is
Beaver Democrat.