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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-03

December Of last Mr. T. j. Davis OF Hamilton ont
Il typewriter from the Retain typewriter CON
pany at Broadway. $35 in cash. which was what tie
machine cost.
reached he waited and waited for his typewriter
didn't come middle Of January he wrote to the Retail con-
nothing happened Finally he wrote to friend IN oon
Mr. ground didn't DO good Mr. WOOD
the typewriter that they would look up
Late the We sent an Ves
tgator up Broadway with him. The story was repeated
the same promises given the Tribune suggested that since
there had the shipment through the express
since express receipt could be located and since nothing mad
would be simply to give Mr. WOOD
s35 Mr. Davis The Wormsers senior and con
duct the typewriter that probably that would ne me best
idea And they looked if that was the end OF Mr. DAVIS
and Mr. Woods troubles. II -
But wait days after Mr. Davis cahed his check 1t came
back-protested, for insufficient funds -. . .l, l..
Up again. This time cash and sent our chek
Mr. Davis letter from which tins paragraph
taken:
to for your ndness
bureau Is gr
and all the credit
the dong Moro
thanks for your great
The idea being nearly four months to stIagnten
ont perfecly simple like this would be funny dd
MONT such If Mr. Davis had bought from place Of
standing he would have had his typewriter or ms money @
at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-03
Cecil Denies That Wilson
Urged Irish Settlement

London. May Lord Robert Cecil
was asked in the House to-day TO state
whether Secretary Balfour had in
formed the Foreign Office that Presi-
dent Wilson was of the opinion that
speedy solution Of the Irish problem
would do moro TO further the fight for
universal democracy in the world than
any other concession Great Britain
could make. lie replied in the mega
tive
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-03

Germans to Make
Bread from Buds
To Get 100000 Tons Of Flour
From New Source

Berlin. May . Bread made from
the spring buds Of lime and beech
trees is the latest promise Of German
scientists. Two brothers named B'anco
have perfected the process Of producing
-four from this source. with consider
able quantities Of fat and animal foc-
der as by-products. They estimate
that about 100000 tons Of the new
-four can be produced annually in Ger
many. The flour is said TO have about
the same nutrtive value as barley.
The Imperial Corn Office IS skeDtic,al
az 20 the value Of the invention, de-
cdering that the harvesting Of the buds
and the preparation Of the flour in
volve such an expenditure Of manpoweer
and money that it hardly seems likely
the invention can be exploited at pres
ont
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-03
Estimates German
Dead at 300, 900
Ex-Reichstag Member Says Pop
ulation Is Cut by 100000

!. Amsterdam. May p. One million
three hundred thousand Germans have
persisted in the war, according 20 Jo-
seph Friedrich Naunann. formerly ?
Conservative member Of the Reichstag
Herr Naunann. lecturing on "The In.
nuence o. the War on Population
said:
THE war has caused US a loss o.
100000 dead. This. together with the
decrease in birth. gives reduction o.
$4,000 The surplus Of females has
increased from 100000 10 far more than
100000. The nation has bled as never
since the Thirty Years War"
The report Of the lecture does not
state where il was delivered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-03
Uruguay Aroused by Sinking

Montevideo, May 1.-THE Foreign Of
fee has asked the Uruguayan legations
in Paris and London for information
regarding the sinking Of the steamer
Gorizis. which was navigating under
permission given by the Uruguayan
Consul at New York. She had not yet
been registered in Uruguay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-03
The Weather Report

Washington. May The northern disturbance
has reached the lower 81. Lawrence valley. and
during the last twenty four hous there were rains
and from the Upper Lake region eastward.
Another disturbance from the middle plateau il
now over Central Texas with Increasing n,ensity.
Light rains and SHOWS continued over the middle
and northern plateau and Rocky Mountain regions
and the rains extended into the central plains
states the Missouri Valley and locally into Illinois
Elsewhere the weather was fair
Frosts Orcurrei Wednesday morning In the NOrih
west AID Tie Mississippi upper and lover Ohio
valleys
There wIlebe showers Thursday in the lower
Nissls ippi and Ohio valleys continuing Friday and
extending into the Southern aud middle Atlantic
states. except Eastern New York II viii be some
what cooler Friday IN Tennessee and the East Gulf
states
Forecasts fer Special Loestes.--Disthd OF Co
lumbia. Msyland Virginia. Delaware. New Jer-
sew and Eastern PennSlyania-Fair Thursday
Friday cloudy. probably rain by night
Eastern New York Southern New England-Fsir
THURSDAY. Friday increasing c'oIdiness.
Northern New England-Cloudy THURSDAY. with
rain snow IN Eastern Maine. Friday fair
Western New York-Fair Thursday. Friday cloudy
with showers IA vest
Local oMelal Reoord.-rhs following orici. rec
ord from the Weather Bureau shows the tempora.
tures during he last tSeilil Your hours. H. CON
pArison with the corresponding ds's OF last yoar.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-03

WE ALL know coy shrinking Of the accessory
an automobile guarantees If the entire
covered and all he gets =. Sne rom ne b & Tefr
ence o a good deal of the equipment III. -, - =. ,;
small spot in the desert Of avoidance re-
ed TO- bought HUpmSoe 9 f Vas THupPdt e T'h laid
stress the built in the factory o. the En Watch
%PP c 4G ' When had driven the car for about
noticed that the spedmeer running fast and wrote the up
They gracefully passed the situation the accessory man
ufactare and naturally felt mat rather ns1 purfT a' S
marine y 9G Gy house cu and ggre speed With that However
chance and wrote the Va Van Scke0 SGmga1 G o
Of manufactuTS and that quite possibly my instrument had d
veracy low creature the Of automobile gut.
but sy STs up e tf y d
back the old This did, and went ong until TINS
wrote to them my story again explaining that
The had beer in service for eighteen months that IT. had run
one admitted that pretty late date for
Mileage i@t i 6esc had fu@ daote from my letter: Up
1as 0Ssn 4 of sS o @1 H @
tract Wondering whether you among the few who
This letter is written find out | do not want to be un-
reasonable but the spee6meter equipment on my car has
so? If do ship head and shaft and let me
reasonable please write frankly"
The reply Of the Van Sicklen Company said:
"As matt fact, your instrument would not strictly
o1 your u car 0q However, we are arranging you com
pete outfit replace the parts you have II you will
a n 5s' sTehns s o We P % allow y0u fu credit for
The Van Sicken COmpanys speedmeter mechanically unique
PHILIP S. CLARKE.
This letter balm of several kinds The AdVora
uthfuness there witnesses to the ansa
atterng recognition of the possible presence of verac
be vendors whether they selling clothes
automobiles
(Ths merit Ad-ri'or riH appear Tuesday, May s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-03

- practice Of nstament houses we received n ~
during December that oged TO furnish one
Of nv rooms with furniture consisting three
| friend TO visit Spears at sixth ave
and Sixteenth ST. which OF the mentioned
article confronted with eXscty the same N'9
fnsiiy bought pieces which now have "a rOek9G
the ordered however refused the three
finally adjusted by having
small trimming the furniture put stu IL was not ndin@
promise making allowance of $40 on the og
nal price bringing amount 1885, instead Of s4 -. =
GLIDING paid the of the purchase making SZo IN al pa
" After reading the article trcked in
p ~ the furniture and especially SO a'e
would rather lose the SZo 'han KesP RaRnS
knowt tina have been trcked mrs N DANoN'
send expert appraiser 70 see te
furniture the furniture not mahogany as rep
stained BIRCH that it covered WIN SO s
$4,000 and that It actually worm
This would that logical namen price would be ABOUT
whereas originally asked and S3oOO was pe p
Spear Co., who replied;
In answer to beg 10 that
this
to Justify default in the payments However we VII
W. viii send for the suite been returned
will forward the entire amount OF the pay
you be good enough the nod envelope in wste.
and address Of your correspondent ta
adjust the matter without delay SFEAh q w.
immediately we asked whether understand definitely that
was their regular back nstament purchases and refund
in full dissatisfaction This point was not answered
entirely by the particular nature the circumstances Voed
therein" ;.to-u.i,r
the main pont still remaining whether Mrs Baron going get
her money back although uy two weeks later and after
one more prompting from grateful note date
March g. information We should like to have found
refund dissatisfaction but that not
being possible found that wond refund Whn was
something
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-03
Humidity

Temperature yesterday. Highest IS tat 3.I5 .
m lowest. 3s at a. M average IS; average
same date last year. %. average same date for
thirty three years. 50.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-03
Barometer Readings

Local orleia Focecast-Fair to-day. TO morrow
itcreasing c',udiness moderate north1sst 10 ni,th
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-03

(Ths merit Ad-pi,or pcal appear Tuesday, May s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-03

AARoS 4 JACOBus. dolnS business .s 70
r,ffr pau.r Co wholesale paper al 40 sth az
has made a. assignment % Maurice L. shame
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-03

ANnRFW DVOSE .NafnU Ten Fa1 zen II
r.olrtsd receiver Tor Andrea Brose builder. 81
Madison av. Us JIdgc Mayer
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-12
SAFETY LIMIT Cause Of
HIGH Billiard Runs

Recent records made by cue artists
at three cushion billiards are due
chiefly TO perfection IN billiard manu-
facture and the limiting OF players 10
one safety shot.
The safety shot limit. however. even
more than the perfected table. IL con-
siuered by experts TO be the cause for
such high marks as is recently by
Alfredo do ORC In a practice game
with Charles Otis In New York
De ORC IS practising for his cham
pionship match with Bob Cannefax at
ST. Louis next fall. The high mark IN
championship contests Is rs. held BY
De Orc aud William Huey
Others who equalled De ORC at run
ming rs at three cushion are Charley
Norm and Jess Lean. OF Chicago, and
Pierre MaupOme OF Mexico City.
This high mark OF rs even may be
surpassed soon, 30 fast are the three
cushion experts travelling.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-12
ny nc. HAMILTON

United Press Stan Correspondent
NEW YORK, July l2.-One OF the
most popular league managers who
ever piloted a team Ia .he National
League was headed 10 minor league
dom or private life when Jimmy Cali
lahan drew his release from the
Pittsburgh League club In spite OF
the fact that ne has twice registered
failures IN the big show. Callahan Is
respected as n smart baseball leader,
fine developer OF pitchers and a
gcntlanan.
Callahan hrst was a major league
manager In Chicago, stepping In there
after n brilliant career az a pitcher
and outholder Backed by Charles
Comiskey's open purse he attempted
10 lead tho White Sox 20 another
pennant. but his efforts we're failures.
lie developed n marvellous pitching
s.aff. one that ranked with the best,
Red Faher. Mol WaIgang, Eddie CT
cote, Jim Scott. Rob Russell. Ray
Schaik Happy Fcisoh and other Chi
cago stars went 20 the Windy City
under his regime.
When he was let out by Comlskey
he went 10 tho Pacific Coast League
and plans were laid for MIN so ruf
a club there until Barney Dreyius
| decided on him as a successor 20 Free
/ Clarke
Callahan Jumped nj the chance q
stick 90 n big lceTue manager. 1
spite Of tho fact that he was willie
team tina, would hardly have bee
! good minor league club he wei
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-12

Shining brightly in the heroic cf-
fort OF the Cleveland Indians 10 head
on The Red Sox and White Sox In
their efforts TO carry away the Amori-
can League pennant stands Stanley
Coveleskie who Is pitching perhaps
tho most remarkable baseball of any
pitcher IN American League. not even
excepting the brilliant stan OF the
Red Sox or the predominant work Of
some o.her beauty.
Appearing in twenty-four games
this year. Coyeleskie has won no less
than seven Of them by shutouts. With
the season half over he already mas
stepped over the halfway mark COM
pared with the number OF innings he
worked last year. This year he has
faced opposing batsmon in III l-3 I'm.
nings and has allowed so runs. He
has been touched for ii9 hits.
on one occasion he held Chicago
10 two hiis, winning his game 1 10 o
Three times be has twlrled three-hil
games. St Louis suffering twice and
the Tigers once. His only extra In.
ming combat was n ten-inning AFFAIR
In which he was a TO victor over
Detroit on May ~. New York and
ST. Louis share the honor OF havins
hammered lhis star most Justify. each
team having battered out nine hits IN
single game. Covelesklc stands an
excellent chance OF equaling or bet
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-12
Profit NECESSARY
BUSINESS Replies
Capital Tells Wilson Maxi
mum Price of Labor
Must be Met
PRICE AGREEMENTS
MAY BE OUTCOME

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON. July 12.-Business.
struck by President Wilson's pa
triotism and profits" pronunclamento,
countered today with the plea OF high
cost OF labor
Some OF these men are on commit
tees Of the Council Of National De-
tense.
President Wilson had decreed that
profits and patriotism do not mix,
had dashed those who take "bl0Ot
money" out OF the war and costigated
those who plead for unusual profit
margins 10 stimulate" production.
He pointed out ship owners Of the
nation who. he said. are doing their
utmost. through exorbitant rates, TO
make success against Germany almost
q failure.
To all OF which business today COM
planned that labor is getting such a
tremendous share OF money nowadays
that more profits are required to meet
that drain as well as others.
And the business folk Immediately
set I'D the cry that a maximum pEee
for labor must be set up II the price
OF other commodities is 70 be arbi-
warned they would be-
Business has the backing OF some
members OF Congress In this plant.
The plea is that fierce bidding for
labor in certain industries has sent
wages clear out Of sight
For insttncc. the ship builders pro-
test that inter-yard competition Is
skyrocketing the cost OF ship workers,
while contractors declare attractive
wages on army cantonment camp
work are drawing away men from
other lines. Mine operators. too, tra
complaining az the drain on their
men because Of the lure OF higher
wages in other lines President VIII
sons draight-from-th the shoulder APP
neal for business sacrifices Is likely
10 bring 10 a head reorganization OF
the defense councils advisory COM
missions. "Big business members
OF the commission favor price agree-
ments insnring enough profits 70
Stimulate tho highest production
"victorv az any cost" President VII
son holds that there need be no arti-
fcial stimulation 70 make sacrhces
entailing neither loss OF life nor ac-
tuai comforts.
Other government departments, ho'-
ably the Navy Department favor
prices based on the cost plus percent
age basis.
President Wilson'S announcement
probably will tend 20 strengthen the
governments demand upon steel men
that they radically clip their prices.
Meantime some Congress folk are
stirring against the adv sorry COM
mission ~ the Council Of National De
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-12

tering the shutout record hung up a
year ago by Grover Alexander. He
has almost reached the halfway mark
now. His best pitching should come
with continued hot weather. II is
by his efforts. mainly. that Lee Foil
is able 20 maintain a gait with the
leaders. Without him the Indians
would present a much weakened
front
Johnny Evers. the Braves famous
second baseman. has probably played
his last game with Boston.
Evers Is on his way 10 Philadelphia
10 confer with Manager Pat Moran,
OF the phlllies. who has made a bid
for him. believing Johnny will short
ly be in condition 20 play hall. The
Boston management has given him
permission 10 negotiate with other
clubs. His contract. carrying a $40
600 a year salary. expires this year
The Browns recovered their lost
form and today inhabit the cellar,
vacated by the Athletics
Ty Cobb didn't &c. the only hlt OF
Babe Ruth Bush spoiled the other
wise perfect day
George slsler gained three points
on Cobb. lie Is now only a nero
thirty-four points In the rear OF the
leader.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-12

himself 10 take toll OF their heroism
in money or seek to grow rich by the
shedding OF their blood. He will give
as freely and with as unstinted self
sacrifice as they. When they are
giving their lives will he not give at
least his money!
Il hear II insisted that more than a
just price. more than price that VIII
sustain our industries, must be paid;
that II Is necessary to pay very lib
eral and unusual profits in order 70
stimulate production; that nothing
but pecuniary rewards VIII do-re-
wards paid IN money. not in the mere
liberation OF the world. take it for
granted that those who argue thus
do not stop TO think what that means.
DO they mean that you must be paid,
must be bribed. 20 make your contri-
button, a contribution that costs you
neither a drop or blood nor a tear
when tho whole world Is In travail
and men everywhere depend upon and
call to you 10 brpg them out Of bond
age and make tho world a M place 20
live in again amidst peace and JUS
tice? DO they mean that YOU VIII
exact a price, drive a bargain, with
the men who are enduring tho agony
OF this war on the battlefield. In tho
trenches, amidst the lurking dangers
OF the sea. or with the bereaved wo'
men Nnd pitlful children. before you
will come forward 10 do your duty
and give some part OF your life. m
easy peaceful fashion for the things
We are fighting for. the things we
have pledged our fortunes. our lives,
our sacred honor TO vindicate and
defend-liberty and justice and fair
dealing and the peace OF nations?
"Of course you will not. ~ Is IN
conceivable. Your patriotism is Of
the same saif-dcnyiug stuff as the
patriotism OF the men dead or manned
on the fields OF France. or else IL IS no
patriotism az all. Let us never speak,
then. OF profits and OF patriotism IN
the same sentence. but face facts and
meet them Let us do so under bust
ness. but not IN the midst OF mist
many a grevious burden Of taxation
will be laid on this Nation in this
I generation and in the next 10 pay for
this war; lot us see 10 II that for
every dollar that is taken from the
peoples pockets Il shall be possible
/ 10 obtain a dollars worth OF the
sound stuffs they need.
Let me turn for a moment 10 the
ship owners OF the United States and
the other ocean carriers whose OK
ample they have followed and ask
them n they realize what obstacles,
what almost insuperablo obstacles
they have been putting In the way OF
the successful prosecution Of this war
by the ocean freight rates they have
been exacting They are doing every
thing that high freight charges can do
10 make the war a failure. % make IL
! impossible do not Gay that they
realize this or intend a. Tho thing has
happened naturally enough, because
the commercial processes which VIC
are content to see operate In ordinary
times have without sufficient thought
been continued into q period whore
they have no proper place. am not
Questioning motives. am merely
stating a fact and stating Il IN order
that attention may he fixed upon II.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-12
Callahan Twice Failed as Manager

into the thlng with his whole heart
and tried hard 10 produce something.
Experiment after experiment did
nothing FOR mo clubs botterment In
addition h9 was guilty OF several
mistakes that made him decidedly I'M
popular with certain numbers OF the
club. Then the fans began "a roar.
There was nothing left but 70 give
him the gate.
The release Of Douglas Baird, an
inheldor. was one Of CalAhan'H mis-
takes; his attempts 20 discipline Al
Mammaux wa another. Both cost
bah games for the Pittsburgh club
Namlnaux Is one OF the best pitchers
IN the league Baird one OF the most
timely hltters.
In spite Of his failures and his err
rors Collahan goes from the National
League with the good wishes OF every
manager and owner In the circuit
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-12

can Hawaiian Steamship Company.
struck a mine on tho French coast
last December. Sno was then re-
ported as sunk but was saiyaged and
returned 10 New York in April where
sho remained until she started out
again in June. In October 1916. the
Kansan was held up by German sub
marine U-53 of Nantucke, and was
allowed 20 proceed after tho U-boat
captain learned her identity. At that
time the submarine wac raidlng ship
ping of the American coast.
Formerly the Massachusetts TIE
ISansan was built in Camden. n j..
I'm 1903. She was OF 1913 tons gross
She was valued az 50 100000. and
carried a cargo Of -four and othel
! foodstuns together with 1000 tons o
steel. which. valued In all az 50 900.
1 600. was consigned 20 tho Froncl
/ Government A majority Of her GREY
we're Americans.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-12
PRITFS FOR ANCLFRS

Tho Delaware Anglers and Gun
nero Association members are very
much interested In the fishing prize
contest, and before Il is finished there
promises TO be a nght for the win
nors. The large mouth bass prizes
are FRS. prize. a Kinghsher steel
casting pole: second prize a casting
reel. For pike First prize, a cast
ing reel, second prize. a fishing
tackle box
The association will meet tonight
Frank Ives, secretary has Joined
| the navy
r. b. McArdlo another member
has gone 10 hsht with Uncle Sam.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-12

THESE ARE THE RULES
look II put home good lot in good
poor one and Colonial Park good better.
The the The West Fourth street
trolley is three minutes walk and Scent fare.
EVERY LOT is CAREFULLY RESTRICTED.
Take Springs trolley property West Fouhs line to
bridge walk two blocks Go it, Get that
you to the sale drop line and will take you
Of autos the morning evening by appointment