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New-York tribune., 1917-07-30
Kristianiafjord Pounds
To Pieces in Storm

st. Johns, n. F., July pa furious
storm last night made a total wreck Of
the Norwegian-American Line steam
ship Kristianiafjord, which ran aground
near Cape Race two weeks ago. The
work of lightering the cargo was in
progress, and with good weather it had
been hoped to float the vessel this
week, but she pounded heavily in the
sea raised by the storm, and the crew,
numbering $50, who remained on board
after the passengers were removed,
were forced oabandon her. She was
fast going TO pieces when ten last Of
the men left her. The crew will be
brought here tomorrow.
The Kristianiafjord was a vessel Of
l0,e0l tons. She was built in 1918.
When she went on the rocks in a fog
she was bound from New York and
Halifax for Norwegian port with pas
sengers and a general cargo. The pas
sengers were rescued without accident
and were brought here to await the
arrival of another steamer.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-30
Hartigan, in Report,
Urges That Weights
Laws Be Modernized
Retiring Commissioner Tells
Mitchell That Public Is Not
Now Protected

Joseph Hartigan, Commissioner OF
Weights and Measures, who Will retire
voluntarily from that Office on August
/, after three years and three months
of service, made public yesterday his
report to Mayor Mitchell, in which the
work of the bureau is reviewed and
several recommendations are made Tor
the further protection Of the public
from unjust charges.
Commissioner Hartigan urges re-
codiication of the ordinances relating
to weights and measures, and declares
that the state laws should be revised
to conform with modern conditions.
Thev should be modified also, the re-
port states, so as to provide that all
foodstuffs be sold by weight only.
II is recommended further that al!
weighing and measuring instruments
be serialized, after tests by the Fed
eral government, in order 10 prng
about national uniformity.
Other recommendation are that the
examination and inspection OF gas and
electric meters be placed under the
jurisdiction OF the Bureau of Weights
and Measures, and that a service be
established in the bureau, or some
other branch of the city government,
providing for quality tests Of gaso!ene
and other fuel oils.
Urging that the bureaus power for
accomplishment be extended, perhaps
by making it into a department, Com
missioner Hartigan adds: Subtle in
fiuences, operating adroitly through
sources of convenience, TO merge the
Bureau of Weights sCd Measures into
a department of markets, or any other
department in the present formation
of the city government, are moving
against the interests of merchants
m rnannfacturers and consumers."
New-York tribune., 1917-07-30
Accused Sergeant
Escapes From Armory
Police Asked to Find Engineer
Charged With Swindling
Club

Elman j. c. McCann, a sergeant in
Company d. Of the 22d Engineers, ar
rested, charged with swindling the
Army and Navy Club on the repre-
sentation that he was an army officer,
escaped from the gusrdhouse Of the
22d Regiment Arnory, az l6sth Street
and Fort Washington / Avenue, last
night.
Lieutenant Edward 3. Wittlefey
traced McCann 10 the home Of his
aunt, where IL was said the fugitive
had changed clothes and departed only
FIVE minutes before the lieutenant ar
rived. The police then we're notified.
MeCann, who said he was q Yale
graduate, Joined the Engineers six
weeks ago. He was arrested Friday on
warrant issued by United States
Commissioner Houghton. His alleged
swindles occurred last winter.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-30
By BRIGGS

a group of soldiers from the 14th Reg
iment Armory stopped discussing the
dryness of Spartanburg to watch the
race.
Boy Drops in His Tracks
Midway in the vacant lot a shot
sounded, and the fugitive dropped in
his tracks. From all sides the spec
tators gathered about the body, and
some one rushed with the news to Mrs.
Varley. Coroner Wagner arrived with
the ambulance surgeon, who found that
his only task was to revive the boys
mother.
Manahan declared that he pulled out
his revolver thinking TO fire in the air,
but that he stumbled as he drew the
weapon, and it went off accidentally.
Neighbors of the Varleys, strangers
TO them and the soldiers who saw the
affair, asserted that the patrolman was
running evenly and had not so much as
faltered when he drew the revolver and
fred.
Among those who gave this version
of the shooting TO the Coroner were
Mrs. Charles Gore, of TIA Franklin
Avenue, who was peeling potatoes in
her kitchen, overlooking the lot;
George Moore, OF 792 Classon Avenue,
and George Farrell, Of 571 st. Johns
Place. To their statements Mrs. WILL
lam Clark, OF SIT ST. Johns Place, who
has often complained of boys who
shoot craps in the street, and who saw
the group on Franklin Avenue yester-
day, added that Varley had merely
paused to see what was going on, that
he was not shooting craps and she had
never seen him among the crap
shooters.
Charged with Homicide
Manahan will appear in the Flat
bush police court this morning to an
swer to charge of homicide.
Varley's father, John, is a long
shoreman. The boy was employed by
the Columbia Naval Stores Company,
II Battery Place. He had been TO 6
o'clock mass, and was going to join his
brothers and sisters at Coney Island.
His mother wanted him to take more
Of the extra dollar that he had earned,
but he would take only fifteen cents.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-30
Democratic Committee D.
clares Many Fusioni,s
Are "Tax Dodgers"
Gives Descriptive Lis
Allegiance Frankly Proclaim,
To Rockefeller Group"
Statement Adds

The Democratic Fusion Commit.. !.
40, which is trying TO pick Tsmr,..
candidate TO oppose Mayor Mi,eh.s
the coming municipal election. i.,s.,
statement yesterday declaring th., a.
records Of the State. Superin.end.s. !,
Elections showed that twenty-five ma.
bers of the Mitchell Republican ru,i,.
Committee" do not vote in New Va.
City.
The statement also refers to som. :,
the Fusion committeeman as "tax Sos,
ers," and others as "who frankly ,,,
claim allegiance to the Rock.f,a..
group" '
A descriptive list Of the alleged @rc,.
voters" is given as follows:
List of Non-voters
Samuel McRoberts, 20 East six,,.
fourth Street, in 1915 swore of sS0Ots
personal tax assessment, declaring n,
residence was in Westehes.er cour,r
The total capital and resources q,
the corporations he represents are D..
29O, ,662,720.
A. G. Milbank, $50 Park Ay.ru.
swore off $4,000 personal tax asses.
ment, declaring residence in Hunting.
ton, Long Island. Mr.. Milbank IA ,
representative of the Borden Milk Com.
pany and four other corporations that
total capital and resources Of slS,.
404 200.
Robert ". de Forest, Washington
Square North, swore off $4,000 psr.
sonal tax assessment. He Is one Of tho
most conspicuous of the Foundaticn
Group. The capital and resources ot
the corporation represented by Mr.. d
Forest are S737,392,2 ,253.
S. A. Lewisohn. SSl Fifth Avenue,
pays no personal taxes.
Daniel E. Pomeroy lives at BestA
Road, Englewood, n. J. The total as.
sessments and resources of the cor.
porations in the management Of vh.A
Mr.. Pomeroy participates is sl52,2oi.
452.
Ancell H. Ball, l39 West Seventy.
fourth Street, has not voted in New
York since 1911. His assessment for
personal taxes was S500,000, which he
swore of, claiming residence in Water.
mill, Suffolk County, Long Island.
Irving T. Bush, % East Sixty.fou.th
Street, votes at Irvington-on-th -the.Hud.
son.
Martin W. Littleton, 1l3 East Fifty.
seventh Street, head Of the City De.
mocracy. In 1917 he swore of a s5o,
900 personal tax assessment, claiming
residence at Hampstead, Long Island.
J. r. Truesdale, AZ Park Avenue, sec
retary of the City Democracy, swore of
a personal tax assessment Of s26,00C
claiming residence in Westbury, Lon
Island.
Four Didn't Vote for Wilson
Other members who DO not vote Il
this city, according to the statement
are George Blumenthal, Arthur c. Cox,
jr., Elliott H. Holbrook, L. n. Ham
meriing, Charles D. Hilles. L. P. Mar
win, E. P. Maynard, W. V. Crawford, d.
T. j. Riley and F. H. Norwood
The records of the State Superin
tendent of Elections further show, III
statement sets forth, that four men
bers, posing as Wilson men," did no
vote for President Wilson last year
They are Frederic r. Coudert, 4
Cook, G. F. Thompson and Joseph Il. A
Symonds.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-30
Germany's Gold Less
Decrease of 56,225, 900 Marks
in Reserve Shown

Copenhagen, July 29.-The Reichs-
bank statement, just issued, again shows
a decrease in gold Of 56,225,000 marks
The decrease is due to shipments made
abroad in an endeavor to improve the
exchange situation. The gold reserve
is given as 2,4OO,OOo,OOO marks, which
is we'll below that of a year ago and
less than 100000 marks above the
stock Of the corresponding week Of
1915.
The note circulation, which custo-
narily decreases heavily at this sea-
son, shows contraction only Of H.
100000 marks 20 s6,000,000 marks.
Only IS per cent Of this note circu.
lation is covered BY gold.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-30
Chester Quiet Again
Police Appear to Have
Quelled Race Rioting

Chester, Penn, July 29.-With the
exception of brief period this morn
ing, when a score of whites in auto
mobiles invaded the negro section with
the announced intention of cleaning it
up" Chester was quiet throughout the
DAY. More than one hundred shots
were fred by the invading party, but
so far as could be learned no one was
injured. Numerous panes of window
glass in the homes of negroes were
shattered, however, before the police
arrived and drove the white men out.of
the districts. No arrests were made.
Trolley traffic was resumed to-day
and more than the usual number of
people were on the streets.
II was announced tonight that
saloons and places of amusement, which
have been closed since the race troubles
assumed alarming proportions Wednes-
day night, would be open tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-30
Eight Die in Forest Fire
Sixty Men Trapped in Flames
Near Nelson, B. e.

Fernie, B. c., July 29.-Eight men
perished and a number are missing in
a forest fire that swept the Spruce
River Valley, fifteen miles northeast
of here, yesterday. More than sixty
men and some twenty teams were
trapped at Camp No. IA Of the Elk
Lumber Company, which is situated in
a blind valley, and majority of the
men had hard fight in making their
way through the fire. Some of the men
were driven ingane temporarily by
their experience.
Heavy showers fell last night, and
this checked the ferocity of the fire
somewhat. Eight bodies thus far have
been found in the rear of the path Of
the flames
New-York tribune., 1917-07-30
News in Brief

Mrs. Henne Ref was killed BY fAlhas st
jumping from the roof Of her home, a. ~
Fast i65th Street, The Bronx. Her huseane
is in the City Hospital Her three ehiigt..1;;
the youngest seventeen days and the esS~
two years old. are in Lincoln Hospital;
James Nolan. New York CITY,
found dead from heart disease in his room !.
the Globe Hotel. 300 West forty-'o'i'-
Street
Henry A. Michaels. arrested in Jam'ss' ~
plained that on July { he left the n.s a.,
yard with $50 and the ambition q,
life" He comes from Virginia ara
fireman. nj
A night nurse in Hudson stree, hosrssslf sir,sl.
discovered a Are in seven storS loi' ~.
ins at 80 Hudson Street Thanks "A IA
prompt alarm. the blaze was ext
hall an hour.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-30
Summer Concerts at
Columbia University
Season to Begin when Grand
Opera Closes

Immediately after the termination Of
the grand opera season at Columbia
University the annual summer con-
certs will be inaugurated. These con-
certs are given by the New York Mill.
tary Band, under the direction Of
Edwin Franko Goldman, and the dates
are August /, 7, IA and 16, at p. m.
They are given under the auspices Of
the summer session of the university
and are free TO the public, as well as
the students of the university.
The concerts take place on the cam
pus, and in event Of rain are given in
the gymnasium.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-30
Shopmen of c. & o.
Threaten TO Strike

Huntington, W. Va. July ga meet
ing Of shopmen employed by the Ches-
speake & Ohio Railroad here to-day d.
reeted that a telegram be sent Secre-
tsry Wilson Of the Department of La
Dor at Washington, stating that unless
their demands for an increase in wages
Of approximately so per cent are met
a general strike Of shop workers en-
ployed by the company will be called
Tuesday morning at o'clock.
While but $500 would be affected
in a walkout Of Chesapeake E. Ohio
shopmen, il was stated tonight by their
leaders that $4,000 men in the south
eastern district will quit work unless
the pay increase is allowed. This
would include shopmen employed by
the Norfolk & Western, the Southern
and the Virginian RAILROAD companies.
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New-York tribune., 1917-07-30
Shipyard Men to Stay Out

Shipyard strikers voted yesterday at
meeting in Sangerbund Hall, 81
Smith Street, Brooklyn, 70 continue the
strike and prevent the Robins Dry
Dock Company from keeping its prom
ise 70 start work on government con-
tracts to-day.
In a statement given out after the
meeting il was said that 1000 en-
ployes OF the dry dock company were
present and that their vote was an
answer 20 the Gsse rtion by William
Dodd, president Of the company, that
all his men would be back at work
to-day.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-30
Village Presidents Wife
Ends Her Life with Acid

Tarrytown, n. Y, July 29,--Mrs. John
Wirth, wife OF the president Of the vii
lsgc Of North Tarrytown, committed
suicide this afternoon by taking car
bolic acid few moments after she had
sent her two children 20 Sunday school.
-Four years ago her father, Jacob
Kreidler, a retired merchant, commit
ted suicide In Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-30
What Is Going on To-Day

Pre- admission 70 tho American Mussurn a Natu-
"a Hi1tory. Van Corfu Iandt PARK Museum the
Aquarium Gnd hs American Museum % safety
Addfsss by Geofgs " Perkins on 'The FOOD
Ql-tioa" q, meeting unGa ths suspcos q
ne NDersl Forum Labor Temple. ssooad Ave-
nus and FOurbsnth Buoo,. sl5 ?. N
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-12

OF educators. social workers. and Lead
ers OF public opinion is expected.
Tho normal school has recently is-
sued bulletin showing tho unique
activities and enterprises of this In
stitution. This bulletin briefly outlines
the extension lectures and the various
enterprises conducted by. the normal
school for the enrichment and enlar8e-
ment OF the lives of people who are
not in attendance at the normal school,
through the organization and uplift Of
the community In various ways. These
special activities OF the normal school
are so numerous and varied that prac-
tically any community can receive any
help that 1t desires. The Y. NJ. G. A
and the Y. w. c. A. extension work
covers ten counties. The work OF the
Appalachian School Improvement
Foundation. the extension lectures on
health. sanitation. Sunday school. ru-
raj and village churches. better roads,
and more comforts and conveniences in
rural and village homes stimulate. and
enrich both the youths and adults who
are not in school.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-12
ToDAvs AID TO BEAUTY

Hair Is by far the most conspicu-
Gus thing about us. and is prob
ably the most easily damaged by
bad or careless treatment. II we
are very careful in hair washing,
we will have virtually no hair trou-
bles. An especially fine shampoo for
this weather-one that brings out
all the natural beauty of the hair:
that dissolvcs and entirely removes
all dandruff. excess oil and dirt-can
easily be used at trifling expense by
simply dissolving a teaspoonful of
canthro1 (Which you can get at any
druEgists) in cup of hot water.
This makes a full cup of shampoo
liquid, enough so it is easy to apply
1t to all the hair. instead of just the
top Of the head. This chemically
dissolves all impurities and creates
soothing, cooling lather Rinsing
leaves the scalp spotlcssly clean. soft
and plant. while the hair takes on
the glossy richness of natural color,
also fiuiiiness which makes It seem
much heavier than II is. After Il
canthrox shampoo. arranging the
hair is A plcaSurc.--Adv.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-12
|ENTERTA|NS TROOPS
ON B|LTMORE GREEN
Mrs. Edith S. Vanderbilt Gives
Luncheon to Soldiers Stationed
In and Around Ashcville.
SOCIETY GIRLS GIVE PLAY
Many Beautiful Costumes Are Worn
in Theatrical Exhibition for Bene-
fit of Navy REPRESENTATION
Golf Tournament Opens.

ASHEVILLE. n. c.. August IL
Various forms of entertainment for the
I'soldiers stationed here awaiting or
dcrs and other war activities have oc-
cupied the attention of Ashevillc So
ciety during the past week. the feature
event of the week being the field day
and luncheon given for the soldiers by
Mrs. Edith S. Vanderbilt. at her mag
nificent estate, Biltmore. Many OF the
guests at Grove Park Inn and other
hotels of the city motored out to Bilt-
moro for the afternoons events, which
took place on the famous Bi1tmore
green.
Mrs. Vanderbilt had arranged for u
special train to bring In the soldiers
stationed at Canton. including the First
Regiment Band and the ambulance
corps, and with the field hospital corps,
two companies of infantry and the
| crack cavalry organization Troop b.
of Asheville, there were about thous-
and soldiers sharing the hospitality OF
the mistress of Biltmore.
With number of friends. Mrs. Van
derbiIt first reviewed the troops. and
| later there were competitive drills
various races and other sports, fol-
which the hostess had provided suit
| able prizes. Late in the afternoon, q
picnic luncheon was served.
Friday night Flu Flu. spectacular
play. was staged for the beneht or the
Navy League, the participants. for the
| most part, being the society girls OF
the younger set Many varied and
beautiful costumes were worn, and the
play, a success from the opening OF the
doors, Melted the league handsome
| sum.
ON Wednesday the annual invitation
| golf tournament was opened at the
Asheville Country Club. with about q
hundred leading golfers participating
Each day Of the tournament found tbs
western veranda of Grove Park Inn
| which commands full view of the
golf course. filled with an interested
| gallery, following the various plays OF
each entrant. No prizes were awarded
| the winners receiving silver and bronze
medals, and the prize money, together
with the entrance fees. going to the
| Red Cross.
Dancing has continued more and
more popular during the week. the new
Italian orchestra drawing large
crowd for the regular Saturday nigh,
dinner dance at Grove Park Inn to-
night.
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timere, is visiting her sister. Mrs w.
e. Eberhart.
j. A. Shelton. OF Nassawadox, spent
portion OF the week at his old homo
here.
Mrs. Houston NJ. Dudley and little
daughter. Margaret. Of Los Angeles.
Cal, are visiting relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. II. Lee arc visiting
In Baltimore.
Mrs. II. l. Bowler Is back from
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. q. T. Phillips have gone
for stays In Washington and Balti-
more
MIR. and Mrs. Harold c. Clark, of
Alexandria. who visited the latter's
parents here are now visiting In Hunt
inston, w. Va.
Mrs. r. P. Lumpkin is visiting In
Richmond.
Miss Bernice Hall. OF Richmond. is
visiting her parents. MIR. and Mrs. w.
w. Hall.
Major Stanley ". Martin. Third Bat
talon. First Virginia Infantry. who
was two months In an officers school n,
Fort Sill. Okla, is here on n ten days
leave.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. +. Featherston arc
at Virginia Mineral Springs.
Miss Annie Fishburne.. of Roanoke.
was here this week with her aunt. Mrs.
z. II. Ewart.
Miss NJ. Estelle Thomas. who visited
Mrs. Margaret Kessler In Roanoke. has
returned.
MIR. and Mrs. #. Ashby Watts and
family are at Natural Bridge.
Mrs. Thomas II. Cunningham. of Nj
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raE1ra Falls. N. y, 80 visiting her
parents. DIR. and Mrs e. n williams.
Misses Matte Perrow, Ruth Bailew
and Florence Banton are spending their
vacations NJ Ashevilie. N. C. s
W. n. Oakley, OF Roanoke. was n
visitor hero this week.
Miss Eddie Bell Dun, OF Fairfield.
is visiting her aunt. Mrs. l.. D. Robert
son. 5.,.lgl
Miss Ellen NIcKenna is visiting I'm
Pittsburgh. Pa. -4S
Mrs. Otey b Ward and children have
returned to Marion. Ala, after visiting
relatives here.
Mrs. c. C. Wicker and Miss Lille
Thomas are visiting at New Canton.
after which they will visit in Rich
mond.
Miss Mary Ballard spent her yaca-
ton In Bedford.
Miss Nellie Thomas Is visiting rela.
tives in Fluvanna and Buckingham
Counties.
Misses Lena and Vera Mcwane .r.
at Norfolk resorts
Mrs. r. w. Younger is at Yellow
Sulphur Springs, w. Va.
Mrs. L. j. Body is visiting her daurb.
ter. Mrs. E. N. Padgett at Natural
Bridge.
Mrs. f. p. siusher is back from
Portsmouth. Ohio.
Lawrence Anderson, OF New York n.
visiting his old home here
Mrs. j. II. Urquhart, OF Roanoke. q.
visiting her mother. Mrs. F. ]. Booker
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Snidow have re-.
turned from a motor trip to Roanoke
Rocky Mount and Pembroke
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EMP0RIA

Especial 10 The Times Dispatch]
EMPORIA, VA. August 1.-THE
Merry Maids. a new social club. re-
| Gently organized in Emporia, gave it's
| initial entertainment in the home OF
Miss Mabel Cato Saturday morning.
The party assembled on the veranda
of Miss Cato's home. where forty-two
was played at three tables Misses
Marietta Cato and Elizabeth Garlicls
were the prize winners. Those present
were: !iisscs Mary Rawls. Grace Poole,
| Gladys Cochran. Mary Field, Ruth Wa
ters. Marietta Cato. Ida Cato. Margaret
Light. and Misses Louise and Eliza
beth Garlick. OF Oxford, N. c.. who were
the guests of honor.
Miss Katherine Groh. secretary of the
! State Sunday School Association, made
an address in the Presbyterian Church
on Tuesday evening. Miss Groh also
visited and addressed the members of
Independence Church near Emporia
| last week.
Walter Dew and daughters of Louis
willie, Ky. are guests this week Of w.
| d. Dew. in Emporia.
| Mrs. r. +. Staples and children. who
| have been visiting in Norfolk have
| returned
| Mrs E. E. Goodwin. has returned
| from Virginia Beach. and is now visit
ing her sister. Mrs. Walter Turnbull,
| in Lawrenceville
After a visit to Mrs. Mann Valen.
| tine. in Richmond. Mrs. Mary Armi-
| stead Mason spent a few days with her
| sister. Mrs. J. T. Taylor before return
| ing to her home. in Brunswick County.
Mrs. Lucy Wilson Luke. who has
been spending June and July with her
mother. Mrs. T.. p. Turner, is at Allie
| Ghany Inn for the remainder of the
summer.
Miss Laura Briggs Is spending some
time at Virginia Beach.
| Miss Juliet Washington, of King and
| Queen County, has returned home af-
ter visit TO her uncle, w. D. Dew.
DIR. r. T. McNair is in Chicago for
a two weeks stay.
Miss Hattie Cato is spending her
| vacation with relatives in Mining
ton.
Miss r. Sc Friend. OF Petersburg. was
IA recent visitor in Empora.
]. S. Byars, OF Washington, was a
visitor last week in the home of w
I. Tiller, who returned recently from
a visit to his imily at their cottage
in the mountains near Bristol.
Mrs. A. y. Goodwin and small son
are spending August with Mrs. Good
wyn's aunt in Atlanta.
| Mrs. Anthony hrienbaum ana chill
drcn have returned from six weeks
stay in Cincinnati and Chicago.
Miss Eloise Turpin, of Boydton. is
the guest of Miss Ruth Waters.
After visit TO relatives in Emporia
Mrs Walter Wyche and Miss Maggie
Wyche have returned to their home
In South Richmond.
Rev. NJ. S. Eagle and family lief,
Saturday morning in their automobile
for Mineral, where Mr.. Eagle begins
his duties as rector of the Episcopa
Church.
Miss Eva Potts. of Drewrysville. IL
spending some time with her friend
Miss Jimmie Prince.