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New-York tribune., 1917-11-27
Italy Needs Ambulances
Poets Committee Here APP
peals for More Funds

Heavy Italian casualties during the
present German drive focus attention
upon the work of the American Poets
ambulances in Italy. Fifty ambulances
now in action as result of the efforts
Of the committee have been unable to
care for the thousands of wounded,
Robert Underwood Johnson, chairman,
said yesterday.
Twenty-six more cars Will be ready
for service before December 6, making
"a total of seventy-six furnished by the
poets committee. Even these will be
inadequate.
A cablegrsm from Nelson Gay, whose
personal attention and private credit
are being given to the cause, reports
an additional sl50000 is needed for
ambulanccs TO carry the wounded away
from the fighting lines.
Word has been received that one
hundred Ford chassis are available in
Milan. These can be purchased and
fitted with ambulance bodies for $4,000
each. Funds collected by the commit
tee are cabled to Italy, where cars are
purchased and placed at the disposal
OF the Red Cross. Checks for Italian
relief may be sent to Robert Under
wood Johnson, No. 20 Fifth Avenue.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27
Smoot Sees Fight
To Amend TaxLaw
Utah Senator Will Intro
duce Amendments to
War Measure

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-Efcrts 20
amend the new war tax law and closer
scrutiny of appropriations during the
coming Congress were predicted to-
day by Senator Smoot, Republican
member of the Senate Finance and Ap'
propriations committees.
The Utah Senator proposed to offer
amendments to perfect the war excess
profits provisions of the revenue law,
for repeal Of the increased second class
postage rates effective July l, and pos
sIbly for lower income tax exemptions.
Hi, her taxes, principally on war profits,
ne regards as assured, and he favors
general land leasing legislation before
work begins on appropriations.
Kew or amended war tax legislation,
according to Senator Stone. who also is
member of the Senate Finance Com
mittee, should not be undertaken until
after thorough survey Of the situa-
tion. He said there was no doubt that
in many respects the new war tax law
can be improved, and probably will be
to remove inequalities and iujustices.
The session, he predicted, would be a
long one.
Absence of Senators On the sub
committee appointed to Investigate
Senator La Follette's ST. Paul speech
last September caused a postponement
to-day of the inquiry. probably until
after Congress reconvenes.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27
Difficult Task
Courageously Met

After hurried preparation Shaler
got away this afternoon with young
Couehman by way Of Liege. ! went
cut to lunch with him and to see him
off. 1t is not an easy task he has
ahead, but he went to it with good
Heart.
Baron Won der Lancken talked TO
nc for half an hour or so about the
war in general. He said they had
Just received a telegram that Rheims
is in flames, cathedral and all. it is
terrible thing TO think of, and |
suppose may turn out to be another
Louvain before we get through. Won
Ger Lancken explained 1t on the
ground that French troops had come
I'd and occupied the town, and that
il was necessary to take it by storm
that troops could never operate
against a position of that sort until
artillery had cleared the way.
don't know just how far that sort OF
an explanation explains.
The Germans got out an ataehe Of
news this morning, stating that "tes
t,oupes Auemonds ont ta't des
proqres sur certains points 1t does
not sound very enthusiastic.
People coming in from Mons and
Charleroi yesterday and to-day say
that the German rear guard has
fallen back on villages near those
places and ordered the inhabitants to
leave the idea evidently being that
they are preparing to resist any
further advance of the Allies.
Late this afternoon we got tele'
gram from the consul at Liege stat
ing that Shaler and Couchman had
been arrested in that city because
they were carrying private letters
70 be posted when they got to Eng
land. They had taken a certain nurp-
Der of letters, all Of them open and
containing nothing but information
az 90 the welfare Of individuals here
They were on mission Of interest
70 the German notwithstanding
ioodstufs to prevent famine here
The minister got of an urgent tele-
gram 20 the consul TO get to work ana
Rave them released, and also saw Won
der Lancken about it, with the result
hat the wires are hot. hope to
hear tonight that they are free
These are parlous times to be travel
ling with correspondence.
may have 10 get away any MN
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27

BY the most precise and reliable in
formation obtainable, Russia's run
away duchess"-she who has cut her
slight figure in world news as Miss
Tatiana Niclaeyha Romanotf since the
lst Ward, Petrograd, went Socialist
spent yesterday:
Aboard a trans-Pacfic liner, nearing
a west coast port.
In Seattle, resting and incog.
In Canada. guest OF the family Of the
Governor General.
All this is emi-oficial. Beyond,
there is a possibility that Ubiquitous
mysterious Tatiana is sojourning IN
Japan; and, while going in for posi-
bilities, another still that not for
single moment have the fragrant
blooms in the conservatory OF the
prison palace of Tobolsk missed her
miristrations.
Washington Doubts Escape
The last surmise is bolstered chiefly
by remarks that were dropped in high
Russian official circles in Washington
They concerned the Bureau of In
formation of the Russian Postoffice," +"
which announced in time for the other
wise dull Monday morning newspapers
the imminent arrival of the duchess,
and were not exactly complimentary
in tone. That the second daughter Of
the deposed Gar even contemplated a
visit to America, was not believed.
at was declared" ran one Wash
ington dispatch, "that the so-called
Russian postoffice was wholly unworthy
as a source of information, as there
exists no such institution
The Russian Civilian Relief, in whose
work it was promised the Grand
Duchess Tatiana would take an active
interest, was treated no more kindly.
The same dispatch contains this para
graph:
Russian offici lis here do not recog-
nize certain self-styled Russian Relief
organizations in the United States, and
discussions have taken place between
The Embassy and the American Red
Cross in respect to them, the latter
having been requested to denounce
publicly such unrecognized societies"
There is exactly as much reason for
believing that the runaway duchess
is aboard a steamship close to the Pa
ciic Coast as there is that she is in
Seattle. There couldn't well be any
choice. for the same person sponsored
both tips He was n. A. Volgar, ssso-
cate Of Ivan Norodny (impresario to
the princessl in the ssianAmerican
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27

o'clock, while about five hundred eu-
ployes of various firms. many OF them
women, were preparing 20 knock on
work. Il started IN q room where 'he
Louis Hat Company stored chemicals s
and though II spread with eNtraorc'-
nary swftness all the women and men
marched out IN good order.
Three alarms were sent in before lhe
fremen got the blaze under control
and three upper floors were completely
burnes out. Chemical fumes, whose ei-
feet was that OF tear gas, knocked ous
a dozen fremen. five Of whom required
medical attention before they recovered
their sight sufficiently TO reioin their
They were Lieutenant
George Groves and Patrolman William
Scharmerger, Of Fire Patrol 3; Patrol
man Martin Kelly. of Fire Patrol
and Firenen Harrison Schneider and
James Kenehan, Of Engine "a.
The only damage by the flames was
in the fifth and sixth floors, occupied
by the hat concern. and IN the seventh
foor. which was unoccupied. Otner
firms suffered from the great 70 lume
of water poured into the blaze, how
ever. and the total damage was esti-
mated at s75, 900.
Motor Truck Kills Negro
Ross Cross. q negro, OF 329 West
Thirty-ffth Street. was killed by a
motor truck as he crossed Greenwich
Street near Barrow 20 get better look
at the fire. George Boyd, driver oi
the truck, was arrested.
Kimmel, the dog that refused to
abandon the roof, was given TO Charles
A. Jassinsky, a fireman OF Hook and
Ladder 8, four years ago by Tom Ward
NO. 3" a coachman for Cornelius
Vanderbilt. Kimmel was PUPPY. at the
time and nameless, though OF IRE
proachable ancestry.
In the days Of his puppyhood collie
attacked him, and his godfather, Jas
sinsky. gave him bit Of kimmel, to
which fiery beverage the puppy took
like a duck to water. kimmel he mas
been henceforth, though he is now head
of a family and his only dissipation
starts when the gong sounds.
THE name fits all right still, sald
one of the fremen. He's hot stuf'
Kimmel is
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27
Chile Socialists Upheld

BUENOS AYRES, Nov. 26.-The So
cialst party in a plebiscite has refused
by large majority TO accept the res
ignation of the Socialist members of
the Legislature who voted in Parliament
in favor of rupture Of relations with
Germany. The resignation OF these men
was presented because Of certain criti-
cisms on the part of Socialists and
advocates of neutrality.
Count Won Luxburg, the former Ger
man Minister. has arrived here from
the island OF Martin Garcia, and the
newspapers are criticising the authori-
ties for permitting these comings and
gOings of the eX-minister.
Herr Won Wachendorf, the former
German Charge d'Afaires at Monte
video, has also arrived, and it is report
ed ne will leave soon for Chile. As
surances are given that the object OF
Won Luxburg's visit was to confer with
Won WachendorF.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27
Miss La Fargo Married
To Lieut.. w. H. Osborn
Society Attends Wedding in
Grace Church-khaki
Lends Color

Miss Msrgare. G.. La Fargo, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. c. Grant La Fargo
was married to Lieutenant William
Henry Osborn, L. S. r., son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Church Osborn. yesterday
afternoon at 3 o'clock in Grace Church.
The pews in the centre of the church
were screened off by bay trees and
Southern smilax and white chrysan-
themums decorated the chancel. The
ceremony was performed by the rec
tor, the Rev. DR.. Slattery, assisted by
the Rev. DR.. Edward C. Chorley, OF
Garrison, n. Y. The bride was attend
ed by her cousins, Miss Florence and
Miss Mary Lockwood.
Earl d. Osborn, who recently was
invalided home from France, served as
his brothers best man, and the ushers
were Hamilton Fish Armstrong, Fred
erick Armstrong. Christopher La Fargo
and Henry Fairfield Osborn. jr
The ceremony was followed by a
reception at the home of the brides
parents, 124 East Twenty-second
Street.
Lieutenant Osborn and his bride will
60 20 Spartanburg, where he is sta
toned.
Among the guests at the wedding
were j. p. Morgan. Mrs. Arthur Murray
Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland II.
Dodge, Mrs. William Pierson Hamil-
ton and her daughter, Mrs. Arthur
Woods; Mrs. Cadwalader Jones. Pro-
fessor and Mrs. II. Fairfield Osborn,
Mrs. Stephen II. Olin. Mrs. L. ID. Nor
gan. Mrs. w. Emlen Roosevelt. Mrs.
Walter Damrosch, Lieutenant and Mrs.
Ralph Sanger, Arthur Sturgis, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifford Pinchot, Mr.. and Mrs.
Moses Taylor Pyne, Mr.. and Mrs. Percy
r. Pyne, Mr. and Mrs. Francis r. APP
pleton and Henry G.. Marquand.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27

from her family's home Of exile, OF
Tobolsk. Siberia" said Mrs. Carver.
Count Frederick took a leading part in
spiriting her away. She left Russia on
a yacht. She is now on her way TO
America, and will appear soon at Car
negie Hail, New York.
For obvious reasons, ! cannot cell
where the grand duchess is now. Day
and night German agents have BEEN
bounding ne. because they knew tha.
I have been asked by Alexander de
Boudisco, another former chamberlain
Of the late Car. 20 escort the grand
duchess over America. so she may tell
the truth about RUSSIA.
IN the lobby of the Gotham Hotel in
New York one OF the kaiser's agents
tripped me from the rear in an effort
70 get certain papers from me. Had Il
not been for my thick hair l might have
suffered concussion OF the brain.
"rat,ana viii come TO this country 20
ask its people this searching question,
What have you done to fight German
propaganda in Russia
"ln the United States the Committee
on Public Information is sighting Ger
man influence in this country. but Ger
man agents are at work in Russia un-
trammellC0.
TO apply the lash to the minds OF
the people Of America regarding this
monster at our door l. the chief work
Of the Russian Civilian Relief. We are
also asking that those who can send
clothing through US TO the 10000
Russian refugees most of them chill
dren."
Ekaterina Galanta, Russian dancer.
contided to william A. Page, general
press representative of Elliott, Com
stock & Gest. that two weeks ago a
man. who announced himself as "Mr.
Jacobs" and spoke Russian with diff
Guilty. offered her $500 week to imper-
senate the Grand Duchess Tatiana. OF
course. the loyalty OF Miss Galanta to
Elliott, Comstock & Gest forbade her
consideration of the offer, but discov-
cry that il had been made inspired Mr..
Page 10 this effect:
"If the mysterious Mr.. Jacobs could
be located IL is believed that the secret
of the visit of the Grand Duchess Ia
tiana could be cleared up, and it would
be interesting to know just who has
been selected TO take Nile. Galanta's
place as the Grand Duchess Tatiana.
the daughter of the eX-CZar. That
problem will probably he solved. how
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27
Ex-Czar Daughter Reported
AT ) Different Points at Once

Asistic Corporation, the brokerage
house of A. II. Martens & Co. and the
information bureau" One version OF
the whereabouts of Tatiana was given
to one reporter, the second to another.
Both Norodny and Volgar were panied
that there should have arisen any elc'
ment of doubt concerning the comlr &
of the duchess. A suggestion that
Tatiana might be as much Interested
in "A monarchial propaganda as IN re.
lief work brought an emphatic denial
from Norodny.
"I have been a revolutions. for 4
great many years. he said Russia
knows me as such. The princess her
self has the reputation of bei-g pre-
gressive, obstinate girl. Neither Of as
can be suspected of entertaining any
monarchistic notions.
"The duchess is coming TO the United
States 10 counteract pro-German and
disorganizirg influences. She wants 10
see a firm and stable republican gov
ernment established in her country.
She accepts the change as inevitable
and is resolved TO take middle course.
By throwing herself in with the demo-
cratic movement, heart and soul, she
sees a chance to save a good share of
the property of the former Car and
the family from confscation."
The possibility that the duchess may
be in Japan appeared in Norodny's
conjecture that she might have stopped
there a while. That she kept right on
travelling doesn't seem a certainty. All
concerned are vague as to the extent
and nature of their knowledge on this
point, although Norodny insists she
will be in this city about December l..
Mrs. Margaret Barry Carver, 1t be-
comes known. has reason 20 be n friend
of the late ruling house Of Russia. She
was head of the Tatiana Relief Com
mission in Petrograd, and as result
was brought into close contact with
the duchess and was twice decorated
b., thn C5ar
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27
Hunter on War Risks Board
New York Actuary to Act in
an Advisory Capacity
TStnf COrresDOndenceI

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-Secretary
McAdoo tonight announced the ap-
pointment of Arthur Hunter, of New
York. as member OF the Advisory
Board of the Division of Military and
Naval Insurance of the Bureau of War
Risk Insurance.
Mr.. Hunter is president Of the Actu-
arial Society OF America, and the au-
thor Of many scientific papers. He was
chairman of the medico-actuarial NOR
tality investigation, the largest inves
tigaton ever made into the mortality
among persons engaged in hazardous
occupations, persons with consumptive
family history, those overweight. and
under-weight. lie is chairman Of an in
vestigation being made into the NOR
tslity in recent years in the United
States and Canada.
Mr.. Hunter was one of "a group OF five
actuaries who prepared estimates for
the Secretary of the Treasury on the
probable cost TO The government Of the
insurance, compensation and indemnity
provisions of the military and naval
insurance act
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27
ADVERTISEMENT
What
District Attorney
Swami
8 ayS OF
HERO LAND

1T is most unfortunate that the
Army and Navy Bazaar scandal
should have come just before the
opening of Hero Land which is
a totally different sort of undertak-
ing and which | am confident Is
for worthy causes and is beng
responsibly and honestly con-
Quoted. Mr.. Mofat, executive
chairman, informs me tha, no CON-
missions are being paid to anyone
in connection with Hero Land,
This was one of the most objec-
,ionable features OF the Army and
Navy Bazaar. In prosecuting those
who have been guilty of a breach
Of trust in connection with The
Army and Navy Bazaar. this Office
has no desire to in any way deter
people from visiting and from con-
tributins to Hero Land. believe
Hero Land comes under the cate
CORY of those charitable enterprises
deserving OF the public support"
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27
Her Love Was Camouhage
So Court Decides Father Could
Not Have Alienated Ii

II did not love my husband when /
wrote him I did" said Mrs. Charles
Hauser yesterday in the Supreme
Court, where her husband sued her
father, Louis Levy, for 1000 on the
charge of alternating Mrs. Hauser frola
him.
This direct admission, indicating that
there was no affection on her part,
Which her father could have alienated,
outweighed the statement that one time
she had sewed rent in her husbands
trousers, for it took the jury five min
utes to bring in verdict in favor OF
Mr.. Levy.
In further proof that she cid not
love Mr.. Hauser, his Gife said: AT
the time tolo him ] had kissed his
picture it was reposing in tho ashcan
| married him because his castles were
so wonderful and because he talked
like a poet"
The Hausers were married secretly
and the young wife said that Gcr love
for Mr.. Hause- waned when he went
alone to the Adirondacks ind refused
20 return to face her parents.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27
Deciding to Go
After Flour

SeDtember 25.-I spent all day yes
terday sitting on the edge OF my
chair waiting for a decision about
my leaving for Antwerp, and by dark
I was a fit candidate for an asylum.
o'clock the minister went around
10 see Won der Lancken TO get the
lqisser-passey. 1t was then suggest
ID that a letter could be sent around
bv wav of Berlin and The Hague. 1t
would take a week or ten days to get
an answer that way. Then we ar
gued the matter out again from the
beginning, and after quarter OF an
hour of joint debate ] went over to
see Won der Lancken and press for
the Loisser-passer. lie was in con-
sell dc g,,erre, but had him pulled
out and put it up TO him. He SAID II
was then too late to get anything
last night, but that he would attend
10 it to-day. am now sitting on the
same old edge of my chair waiting
FOR action so that | can get away
This morning the Germans nave
big placards up all over town trying
10 explain their action in burning
Rheims Cathedral. They are doing
a lot Of explaining these days
Copyright. 1917, Doubleday Page '0''
by Otis T. wood
dpother iustdlment tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27

OEPTEMBER IS (continued).-
The food supply of the coun-
~ try is being rapidly exhausted
and there is urgent need for impor-
tations. The public knows little
about the situation, but a serious
shortage threatens and we must have
a considerable stock from abroad.
The Brussels committee has raised a
goodly sum of money and hopes to
yet food from Holland and England
to meet present needs. Similar COM
mittees are being formed in other
cities, and they, too, will require
food from abroad. The local conf
nittee has asked Shaler to go to
Holland and from there to England
to topurchase as much food as possible,
make arrangements for sending 1t
across the frontier and investigate
the chances of getting future sup
niles. The German authorities have
given assurances that they will not
requisition any Of the supplies i'm
ported for the use Of the civil popu-
lation. They are to issue placards
signed by the Military Governor or
dering the military authorities TO
respect our purchases. These pla-
cards are to be affixed to the cars and
targes bringing in the supplies, and
we are inclined to believe they will
be effective.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27

ute for Antwerp, to see if we cannot
arrange to get -four down here for
the city. There is enough for only a
few days now, and there will be
trouble when the bread gives out.
We have now been charged with
japanese interests; that makes six
legations we have to look after.
Went down to the Palace and had
dinner with Pausette and Bulle and
Cavalcanti, who were full Of such
news as there is floating around the
town. There is a growing impress
sion that the Germans do intend to
invest Antwerp, and the Belgians are
apparently getting ready for that
contingency-b by inundating lot
more of the country outside the ring
of forts.
At noon day before yesterday /
found a man with copy of The
London Times" and carried it in my
overcoat pocket to the Palace Hotel
when / went there to lunch. Last
night a lot of German civil officials
were sitting at table near by and
holding forth in loud tones on the
punishment that should be meted out
to people who had forbidden news
papers in their possession. The most
vehement one of the lot expressed
great indignation that the Amert-
kanischer LegdtionsrGtb had been
seen in that very restaurant the day
before with an English nwspaper in
his overcoat pocket. Pretty good spy
you have, Fritz.
A telegram has just been received
from Liege saying that Shaier and
Couchman have been released and are
on their way to Holland. A Dutch
messenger was in after lunch and
told me that he had seen the two
men at headquarters yesterday al
ternoon, and that they were far from
happv. He said he did not blame
them, as the Germans are dealing
out summary justice to anybody who
falls into their hands that they do
rot take fancy to.
The supply of flour is getting
pretty well used up, and may have
TO clear out tomorrow afternoon or
the next day to go to Antwerp and
negotiate to have some supplies sent
down for the relief of the civil popu-
lation. The government has volun-
teered to do this if the Germans
would promise that the food would
not be requisitioned for the troops
We have been given these assurances,
and it only remains for me to go up
and complete the arrangements,
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27
German Agents Hound
Mrs. Carver for NeWs
Of Duchess's Arrival
Especial Correspondence

DENVER, Nov. 26.-To fight German
propaganda by Russian propaganda in
an effort to put Grand Duke Nicholas
at the head Of the Russian soldiers, the
Grand Duchess Tatiana. second daugh-
ter of the deposed Car Nicholas Of
Russia, will arrive in Denver shortly
after Christmas. under the care of Mrs.
Margaret Barry Carver, founder and
organizer Of the Russian Civilian Re
lief.
Mrs. Carver told a thrilling taie at
her hotel here to-day. Dressed as
peasant girl. Tatisna slipped away
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27
Lieut.. K. C.. johnson VIII Wed

Mr. and Mrs. Haley Fiske, OF 80 Riv-
erside Drive and Overcross, Bernards-
Vile, n. j., have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss Ma
rione Virginia Fiske, to Lieutenant
Kenneth Clark Johnson. of Hartford,
Conn. Mr. Johnson is a graduate of
Yale, was at the Harvard Law School
until the outbreak OF the war, and is
now In the Officers Reserve Corps.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27
Mrs. L. c. Crane Left a Million

WHITE PLAINS, y. Y, Nov. 90
Appraisement Of the estate of the late
Mrs. Laura c. Crane, OF Scarsdale, was
filed with Surrogate Sawyer, of West
chester County to-day. The report Of
Charles c. Fenno, special attorney for
the State Controller, values the prop
erty at S1,O03, ,55l.75. Mrs. Crane left
her husband, Alexander B. Crane. sl9l,-
s4S.58. Her daughters, Elizabeth e..
Caroline f., Helen c., Aurelia h. and
Laura 9. Burgess, and her son. AleXan-
der NJ. Crane, each receive S124 ,4S7.64.