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New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
By His Gifts He
Inhames the Ignorant

He has employed his abilities only TO
inhame the poorer and more ignorant
classes. Many a member Of the Georgia
bar will tell you that Tom Watson.
with all his great knowledge Of the
law. never made 2 reasoned. logical
argument. He chooses his jury and
appeals 20 their passions.
said Representative Howard: "LooS
at the Frank case. Tom Watson hanged
Leo Frank He had no concern in the
case. but it was an opportunity for
him with his paper. He could say
things that would sell the paper. H.
could increase his subscription list and
raise his advertising rates. And ne
took the Frank case and went TO 1t.
Dante in his palmiest days never pict-
ured such horrors as Tom Watson drew
around Leo Frank
"He made it an issue through all
Georgia. He divided husbands from
their wives, mothers from their chill
dren. fathers from their sons. lie
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
German Insurance
Here Is Dwindling;
Spy Peril Stays
Six American Companies
Continue Business With
Teuton Firms

In spite OF the governments failure
TO bar German other enemy insur-
ance companies from writing fire in
surance in the United States, their
business is dwindlng, says Alfred W..
Best in the current issue of Best
Insurance News"
To the extent that they cease TO
strengthen Germany by piling up as
sets on which her bankers can realize
in neutral countries-they collected
$4,000, 900 last year-the value Of the
companies to Germany has decreased,
but as means for the German spy 3yS-
tenn TO secure military information Of
immense value they are as great a
menace as ever.
Mr.. Best, writing Of the financial
aspects Of the situation, says:
"The situation has changed very
greatly during the last few months by
reason Of the wholesale cancellation
Of treaties contracts with enemy
companies. leaving them only a frac-
tion Of the large business they former
" wrote in this country
Because of the large number Of in
ouiries received at the Best Offices As
% reinsurance contracts or treaties De-
tween American companies and com
.raries Of Germany, Austria and Bull
,or;e Mr.. Best recently sent a letter
~ every American insurance company
asLinp If each had any reinsurance IN
forcc with companies organized IN
those countries-ali classed as enemy,
though the United States Is not for
mally and officially At war with Aus
tria and BulCaria-or with the First
Reinsurance Company. OF Hartford, or
the International Insurance Company,
Of New York.
German stock Transferred
The Hartford company was included
in the induirv because Il was organ
led bv interests allied with the Mu-
Mich Reinsurance Company and is di-
~ected by Carl Schreiner, the head OF
German insurance interests in the
United States. The International was
included because il was organized by
interests allied with the reinsurance
firm Of II. Mutzenbccher, Of Hamburg,
whose New. York representative Is
Sumner Ballard. Of The Journal OF
Commerce Mr.. Ballard now states
that all Of the German stock in this
company has been taken over by Amer
leans and the only on-American stock
holder is an Eng!ishman.
In answer to this question 162 com
panies replied that they DO no bust
ness with such companies. thirty failed
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
DEATHS

vices at late residence 2ii2 sth av.. Sep
tcube- Z. 1917. NJ 10 a. m.
MFEHAN- Suddenly, September I. Corma'
j.. beloved husband ~ the late Marga %
Neehan and father Of Mrs. Catherine A.
OuiDarc and Bernard T. Neehan. Funeral
from his late residence 3i2 West 18th 81.
thence 90 ST. Bernard Church, Tuesday.
September T. az 10 a. M. lnterment Holy
Cross.
MULLINS On Friday. August 81, William
+. Mullins. beloved husband Of Mary A.
Mullins rec DOYLE. formerly Of ith Ward.
Manhattan, at his residence 81 Mofatt st.,
Rrooklyn. Survived hy hi, wife. two sons
and three daughters. Funeral Tuesday.
September l. az 10 o'clock; thence 10 the
Church Of Our Lady of Louries. Broad way
and Aberdeen 80. lntermoHt Holy Cross
Cemetery.
MCLEAN Mrs. Albertina. lS9 WyckoT
-t., Brooklyn. September .. aged 80 years.
NOLAN September .. 1917. Frank belo, 81
son Of Margaret Nolan nee QGir>D 'r
the late Michael Nolan. Funeral from
residence Of his mother -20 West 2nth SD.
Tuesday. September (. at go q. m. thence
10 81 Francis Nayiers Church. West 10Th
ST. Mass Of requiem for repose Of his soul.
lntermeut Calvary.
PAU. A. Newark. " j.. on Sunday. Sep
tnmber -. 1917, william Paul. lr Funeral
-erycie, will be held a. ais late home. 1850
Broad st. Newark. Wednesday. September
o.. az 800 p. m. Interment at convenience
Of family
QUAILEY on September /. MARY, beloy ed
wife VI Gcprge Quai'ey az AZ West j1th
81. Funeral from pau.ist Fathers Church.
Itth 80. and Columbus ay., Wedaesday.
September ., a. M.
PRICE
lafayette Lodge. 80 81, r. and A NJ
Brethren are requested % attend the fU-
neral Of our Pvt Master Harry Irving
Price. .rom August Eiche'bcrg's funeral
parIorf. "54 sth av.. near JJtn 81. on
Tuesday, september Z, az S p. m. Pred
cricE A. Niliyau. Naster.
REYNOLDS Sunday September ,. Mar H
Gardiner. beloved wife y John n. ReS-
nolts. Funeral services Tuesday evening.
Septembe- 3. at her late residence. 80 Mid
wood Road Eidgcvood. y. J. 70
EICHENLAUB Flora Elizabeth. 70 Cath
crime st.. Mariner HarbJr. ~. Y. Sep
tember %. aged years.
ROBERTS HerDer. Wilks. n Los Angeles
Services IN chapel s.. Lukc's Hospital at
n $50. Tuesday September {. %
ROGERS september =. 1917. Jaue =. Rogers.
aged So years. Services at Methodist
Episcopal Church Home 673 Amsterdam
av.. on TGesday 10 @. N. Members OF
Metropolitan Temple invited.
STEDMAN At Hackensack y. j.. Septem-
her D. 1917. Charles. beloved husband Of
Mary l.. Builard formerly Of Boston. Fu-
neral services at his late residence. g
East Camden st., Hackensack. n. d.,
Wednesday. September 5, at ! p. m. In
termeu. Mount Hope Cemetery. boston.
Mass. Thursday, at 2:30 o'clock. Boston
papers please copy
WENDELL Suddenly. on August -. E,ert
Jansen Wendell. at American Hospital.
Neuilly. Paris. France. son Of Jacob and
Mary Bertodi Wendell. deceased Memo.
rial service will be held at a later date
Texas, Delaware. Pennsylvania and Middle
West papers please COPY.
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
The Scourge
OF Hickory Hill

Tom Watson lives on Hickory Hill,
overlooking Thomson, Ga, and is rare
ly seen outside OF his own yard. He is
sixty-two years old, about five feet
seven and a half inches tall, weighs
around l50 pounds, and has smooth
shaven Thomas Jefferson face and
long, thick hair, formerly a fiery red,
but now almost white, brushed back
over his head. His beginnings in life
have been described by himself. The
occasion was a murder trial in Georgia
and Watson was defending the accused
man, while J. c. Hill was the proSecut-
ing attorney. In the selection Of the
jury Watson sought only one thing
He wanted at least one old line Popu-
list on the jury, and then he would De
sure of hung jury, at any rate. lie
got his Populst, and during the course
Of the trial called no witnesses. When
the time came for summing up Mr..
Hill began by saying:
81 feel great dfTidence in address
ing jury in this courthouse, for my
illustrious father has so often spoken
here from the very spot on which ]
now stand"
Watson followed, and he said:
"[ feel no difidcnce in addressing
Jury in this courthouse. ! had no
illustrious father. Ny father was a
plain backwoods farmer. But every
night before he went to bed he would
reach up TO the shelf over the log fire
place and take down the Holy Word.
Kneeling on his bended knees, he
would read from the Book to his fam
ilv gathered around him and exhort
them to live in rectitude and honor
To-day Tom Watson lives in fine
big house. with plenty OF servants, and
owns 5000 acres of the best farm land
in Georgia, which he rents out to tina.
class of tenant farmers whose misery
is the curse Of Georgia. In one COZ
ner OF his yard is the building III
which are published The Jefersonutn
and various books and pamphlets that
Watson writes. It was built by his
tenant farmers and others of the sane
class. who gave 81 or s. each, as they
could. for stock in Watson's publish
ing enterprise.
Before he took up journalism he was
n lawyer. In his boyhood he managed
to get enough education so that he
could hold job teaching school IN
Central Georgia. where Alexander H..
Stevens found him and took him up
Stevens put Watson through law school
and started him in practice. That was
all that was needed-a start-for ne
is acknowledged to be one Of the mos:
brilliant forensic speakers that ever
addressed a jury, and as a trial lawyer
he shot up like 4 meteor. But unlike
the meteor. he did not fall. His power
70 hold an audience is as great to-day
a ever, and among his followers nc IS
looked upon as inspired.
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
Cerman-Americans
Reamrm Loyalty
Fatherland "But a Memory"
Says President of the
State Alliance

ALBANY, Sept. 3.-T The German
American Alliance, through its eX-
ecutive board, which met here to-day,
expressed undivided loyalty TO this
country in its war on Germany.
AT this critical period Of America
we can DO but one thing" said Presi.
dent Henry Weismsnn, Of Brooklyn.
ego on record in the strongest and
most unmistakable language in favor
of giving 70 our government everything
AZ our command. There can be no two
loyalties. know the German-Ameri-
cans of this state are united with me
in expressing the sentiment that We
are for America, first, last and all the
time, and that the Germany we knew
is but a memory.
II urge you 20 indorse the action OF
the executive committee adopted at its
meeting in Brooklyn on April last.
and adopt those sentiments so there
can be no question Of our loyalty. This
ia our answer 20 the Security League.
l. is not necessary for US 70 reiterate
our loyalty. for the American people
know"
Upstate residents Of German-Ameri-
can Alliance locals came here prepared
20 elect DR.. Gustave a. HitZel, OF Buf-
faIo, president After President Weis-
mann had concluded his remarks. how
ever. It was moved that all the present
officers be retained for another year.
This was unanimously adopted.
The officers decided that in view OF
the war il would be unwise 20 call
general state convention At present:
The agitation against the teaching OF
German in greater New York was dis
cLssed. but the members present did
not think such a movement should be
dignifed by any consideration. A re
port was given showing that 2l.O0o
cildren in the public schools IN New
York arc now being taught German.
The war situation and the attitude o.
the American press toward the Ger
--.-.. ....-. - tnmnhnE mnnn
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
By Whom He
Is Followed

Who are the followers Of Watson?
Once more listen to Representative
Howard.
There are two classes Of people
that follow Watson. Through the
mountains Of Georgia, the two Caro-
linas, tennessee and Alabama there is
the cracker class. They are the purest
Arglo-Saxon blood there is in this
country to-day They have never
mixed the breed. The only trouble
with them is that they think educa-
tion is a disgrace. All they can do is
20 read and write, and all Of them
can't do that Those that can read
Tom Watson, and they believe any
thing he wants them to read.
"The other class is the tenant
farmer. He is the lowermost limit in
white man. He is poor, ignorant,
shiftless, without ambition, and glad
Of it. Once in while one Of them
gets ambition enough to set his son
up on a forty-acre tract. Then the
son buys a mule, and, after while,
gets a carryall to 60 with the mule.
Then he is out OF that class. And
Ehen he drives along the road to
church on Sunday, with his family
packed into the carryall and dinner
basket in behind and the mule shuf-
fling down the road, pulling the load,
the tenant farmers all stand in their
doors and say: 'Durn him! ! wish
that mule would run away and kill the
whole pack That's the kind Of man
the tenant farmer is, and the whole
lot OF them follow Tom Watson.
"Those are the two classes that fol-
low Tom Watson, and they will follow
him any place and do anything he
says. There are about 10000 Of them,
and when Tom Watson wags his finger
they all wag their boards
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
devised" by Wilson'S Re-
.,,s.t. Continues to Picture
yellow Peril
Oriental Ally
Is Shown as Foe
An Invasion From Mexico
Groundwork for Pictur-
ing Atrocities"

o.,culNGTON. Sept 3.-Although
u.,,:.u Randolph Hearst was request
Wv g',, tbe government some time ago to
g .s-.sjn changes in "Patria,' a
r ~ picture serial released under
~, nv ETse,ion. the revised" film is still
=, ',~,y intended 10 arouse feeling
Gems ,.',,s, Japan and place that country
= = ,gs light Of waiting for an opportune
!. =. = % invade the United States
",r -. film was originally issued under
-, ss,se Of making plea for pre-
...S,s,s. =. In reality it gave vent to
~ vs,rst's snti-Jananese and anti
,.,..,r -, views. It was sufficiently en-
,..-,s.ing when the United States re-
- neutral. but when this nation
,'--,s herself with Japan by joining
=. Allies the situation became acute.
Y, attempts, 50 far as is known, we're
-, - change the film 10 meet the
.,,,rs, brought shout by the entry Of
- Tilted States into the war until
,.,;ssnt =, Wilson sent a request TO Mr..
y.,,,t either 70 eliminate the japanese
.., ~ in some other way 70 adjust
-. Genes 70 new conditions.
y, Hesrsts compliance" with this
meet which one Of his film repre-
,.,,,.iyes admits was received from
=, President. wss Characteristic. Orig
Ill the picture shows the Japanese
.r.3 with Nexicans in the invasion
-" - .ts United States. Behind them
g. leave a trsil Of movie atrocities,
NY .m,;;sr,Iv inspired 10 further anti-Jap-
sness propaganda.
japanese Names Unchanged
Bp. Mr.. Hearst has had this
changed" japan is no longer men
,ore3 directly as the enemy, even
.soyrb names Of japanese remain un-
Hanged han in the titles and the invading
,ni5;srs still! could be mistaken for
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
Especial Corrsspondenoel
( IASHINGTON, Sept 3.-Georgia's
" notorious Tom Watson has

w IASHINGTON, Sept. 3.-Georgia's
w notorious Tom Watson has
been legally branded sedi-
Zionist. But for brief personal char
acterization of q man one should al
ways apply. if possible, to his neigh
bors. William Schley Howard, Rep
resentative Of the 9th Georgia Con-
gress District, was asked by Tribune
reporter what kind of man Watson is
He replied enthusiastically:
"Tf Tom Watson had his choice of
being a humming bird or buzzard he
would prefer to be a buzzard. That's
the kind of man he is"
That fairly comedies with the opinion
Of Federal Judge Speer. who has just
rendered decision upholding the &C
ton OF the postal authorities in bar
ring Watson's scurrilous paper, The
JeferSonidn. from the United States
mails. The court said Of Watson:
Can one be said to come with
clean hands when tne policy, meth
ods and efforts he would maintain
may cause his hands to be imbued in
the blood of the demoralized and de-
feated armies Of his countrymen?
II, by such propaganda, American
soldiers may be convinced that they
are the victims of lawiess and uncon-
sttutional oppression, vain, indeed,
will be the efforts to make their
deeds rival the glowing traditions OF
their hero strain. On the contrary,
the world will behold Americas deg
radiation and shame, the disintegra-
ton, under fire, of our line of battle;
the inglorious fight of our defend
ers, like the recent debscle Of the
Russian army. brought about by
methods much the same; the ulti-
mate conquest Of our country, the
destruction of its institutions and
the perishing of popular government
on earth"
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
Army Shoe Makers Strike

Contradictory statements we're is
sued yesterday as TO the situation in
the strike at the shoe plant Of Rosen-
wasser Bros, holders Of large gov
ernment contract for shoes
The labor leaders claimed that l.5O0
workmen were on strike and that the
remaining 1000 employed in the plant
would not report this morning. Of.
ticials of the company insisted that
there were not more than 200 men out.
and that the regular daily shipment
Of 5000 pairs OF shoes would be made
to-day and each day hereafter.
The plant worked all day Sunday,
but was idle yesterday owing to the
lolidnY
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
Troops Called in Car Strike

SPRINGFIELD, H., Sept. 3.-Strike
sympathizers returning from a Labor
Day celebration in Bloomington to-
night attacked streetcars in the main
business section here. took the motor
men and conductors off and turned the
cars loose. Four cars were demolished.
Troops from the 9th Regiment were
called out to quell mob Of more than
thousand persons which threatened
further disorder.
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
Six Negro Rioters Sentenced

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Sept. Six
regro soldiers of the oath Infantry,
who clashed with the civil police and
the troops sent 20 subdue them al
Waco on the night OF July 2s were
found guilty Of violation OF the s3d
article Of war before the general court
martial held recently al Camp Mac
Arthur, Waco. Five OF the men we're
sentenced % five years at hard labor
in the United States pententlary at
Leavenworth, Kan. The sixth man re.
ceived ten years. All we're sentenced
10 be dishonorabIy discharged from the
service and 10 forfeit all pay and al
lowances due or % become due while
in confinement under the sentence.
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
ENGAGEMENTS

BOBRICK- -LICHTENSTEIN- Mrs. D. Lich-
tenstein, of rs Beck St, announces the en-
gagement OF her laughter Jeanne, to Mr..
Ben J. Bobrck. Of Harlem. -
JONES GOING-Mr. Frederick r. Going Of
49, Riverside Drive. New York. an
nounces the engagement Of his daughter
Miss Rosalie Going 20 Lieutenant Kenneth
Burr Jones. of Crawford, n. j. Lieutenant
Jones is a graduate Of Yale. Class IA. and
received his commission az Fort Myer. Va.
lie is now stationed at Petersburg, Va
OPPENHEIMER- -HERZFELD Mrs. Sophie
Hersfeld, OF IS West l26th ST., announces
the engagement Of her daughter, Miss
Alma J. Herzfeld. TO Mr. Jerome II. OPP
penheimer. Of Brooklyn.
SAFER SCHAPIRO Mrs. Blume Schapiro
Of Boston, announces the engagement Of
her daughter. Annette, 10 Mr.. Maxwell ).
Safer of The Bronx
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04

20 respond with any answer. six stated
that they are doing business with en-
emy companies, eight that they have
business relations with the lnterna-
tional, which they understand is now
AmericaniZed; seven are cancelling
contracts, four have cancelled policies
and two are considering the matter.
The contracts cancelled we're for the
most part with German companies, and
those which are in process Of canoe la
tion are in the main Balkan companies.
German-Amcrican Continues
or those which indicate their inten-
tion 10 continue business with German
companies the German American OF
New York is the largest.
"The management of the German
American its reply read, considers
itself obligated to protect the interests
OF the Cologne Reinsurance Company,
but the question OF the propriety OF
continuing the contract is now under
confederation"
The Cologne Reinsurance Company
is unique among the German insurance
and reinsurance companies in that 1t
is credited with remitting TO this coun-
try since January | several hundred
thousand dollars TO strengthen the re-
serves Of its American branch.
The Phoenix Insurance Company Of
Hartford, which controls the American
branch Of the South German Reinsur-
ance Company Of Munich, is among
those which are cancelling enemy COM
pany policies.
The Best summary lays emphasis on
the financial weakness of German rein
surance.
Writing Too Much Insurance
"Many of the companies" it says,
have been writing far more insurance
i'm this country than is justified by the
limited resources OF their United
States branches. As a group their net
premiums IN this country in 1916 were
equal TO about three times the sum
total of their surplus funds. Any di-
rect writing company which overloaded
itself with business TO similar extent
would be justly subjected to sharp
criticism.
ut Is a fair assumption that the CON
gested area liability Of the average re-
insurance company is greater in pro
portion TO premium volume than is the
case with the direct writing company.
Consequently the relation between
available surplus and volume should. If
anything, be more conservative in the
case of the reinsurance company than
IN the case of the direct writing com
pany.
Instead it is the exact reverse"
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
Independents to HearHylan

The Federation Of Independent
Voters, which has not as yet given any
indication as 10 which candidates IL in
tends 20 support the coming fall, made
il known yesterday that any action in
that respect would be deferred until
Judge John F. Hylan could appear be
fore the executive committee and make
clear his position on a number Of ques-
tions in which the federation is inter
ested.
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
IN MEMORIAM

BRYANT-on September l. Dora Thomas.
beloved wife OF George Bryant. Funeral
from her late residence. go West 9th St.
on Wednesday, September ) thence 10
Church OF ST. Matthew at 80 d m.
BROwN-In Washington. Conn. Sunday,
September .. 1917. Belden Balm Brown. in
his 72d year. Funeral services al Bromley
on Wednesday, at :4j ,. m. Burial in
Washington. Conn. Friends are kindly
asked not TO send flowers
COSLOS September J.. Matthew Con-
lon, beloved husband Of the late Essie Con-
lon. native Of County Wsstmeatn, Ireland
Funeral from his daughter residence. 50
East l2lst St. Tuesday. september :, ]
p.
September ., Bridget
Corbett Funeral from J. Malloy sons
undertskers. 3lJ Vest 18th 81, Tuesday,
{th inst, az Q a. Requiem mass at
Church OF ST. COLUMBIA, $3.50 o'clock. In
terment Calvary.
pOSOHUE- On September !. Timothy j.
Donohue beloved husband OF Lucy Donohue
nee Gibbons and con Of the late Bridget
ponohue and the la'e Patrick Donohue. ma
tive Of Monsen County Roscommon. Ire
land. Funeral from his lat. residence. 2ly
Fast gjth u. on Tuesday. September :. at
4:30 a. m. thence 70 the church OF ~.
Francis de Sales, 96th ST., near Lexington
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
Senator Onorato Caetani

WASHINGTON, Sept 3.--The Italian
Embassy to-day was advised Of the death
Rome yesterday Of Senator Onorsto
Caetari, Duke Of Sermoneto. He was
formerly Minister OF Foreign Affairs and
an cx-rrcsident Of the Italian National
Geographic Society. In 1870 ne con
veved 20 King Victor Emmanuel the
rlebiscite of the Roman people an
rouac.ng their intention Of joining the
Eir 1Inrl OF IfnlH
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
John /. Murray Buried

The funeral of John L. Murray, one
Of the best known restaurant men IN
the city. was held yesterday at the
Holy Name Church. Amsterdam Ave
nre and N!nety-ninth Street. The Rev.
Father Diueen otfciated. The funeral
was attended by men prominent IN po-
litical theatrical and sporting circles.
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
IMPORTANT

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you later. Tho notice Will reach over
:OO. 900 readers daily.
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
u. s. Rector Buried in Rome

ROME, Saturday, Sept. The body
o. Archbishop Thomas T. Kennedy.
rector Of the American College in
Rome, who died on August %. has
been inferred in the tomb OF the
American College, in the American
Cemetery.
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
MARRIAGES

ANNABLE - PARMELEE September J.
Juliana S. Parmelee TO Oliver 5. Annabe.
DUsENBURY sNEDECOR September I
Helen b. Snelecor 70 Louis Dusenbury.
MURRAY FOUGERA- August 81. Fran
ceni Fougera to Oscar J. Murray.
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04

activities. He was elected to Con-
gress in 1894, and was Populist can
didate for Vice-Presdent in 1896.
Once later he ran for Congress. Even
some Of his enemies admit that he
vas elected, but counted out That
event soured him so that he has never
run for Office since, but he takes a
pert in every contest, local, state or
national.
New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
IN MEMORIAM

DODGE In grateful and loving memory Of
our beloved mother. Ruth Anne Dodge
Mrs. GrenyiiIe VI. DODGE. who entered
into eternal rest September 1916. Her
lifs and character Of purity and unsel6sh
children and all who knew her