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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-29
Fusion Chiefs Organize;
Unanimous for Mitchell
Cleveland H. Dodge, Wilson Democrat, Elected Head
of Committee at First Meeting to Plan Campaign
Executive Board to Submit List of Candidates

the administrative departments were
doing much more work while AT the
same time running at over 100000
less than in 1914. In 1917 portion of
this saving was used for deserved sal
cry increases and for additional po-
licemen and fremen. still leaving the
general administrative departments
costing s1,75O,OOO dollars less than in
1914.
at has been a national asset that
during this national emergency New
York City has had an energetically
loyal and efficient government. The
farsighted preparations made By
Mayor Mitchell have placed New York
City in advance of the entire country
and are a matter Of pride to every loyal
citizen. The safety OF the city ha,
been assured by the most efficient police
and fire departments it has ever had.
"The Home Defence League, the
Mayor Defence Committee, the
Mayors Food Supply Committee, the
Public Works Mobilization Board, and
other agencies created by the city gov
eminent are rendering valuable SER
vice in aiding the ordinary agencies
Of the city government to meet the
unusual and extraordinary require
ments incident TO the state of war
into which our country is entering"
Meeting Harmonious
The first meeting of the big commit
tee was harmonious. The permanent
officers, committees and resolu-
tions were all accepted by reclamation
in short order. George ". Wicker
sham, former United States Attorney
General, presided a temporary chair
man.
The members of the executive COM
mittee selected are: William Hamlin
Childs, chairman; Manhattan Repub-
Leans Charles l.. Bernheimer, Charles
+. Hughes, jr., Ogden l.. Mills. George
w. Perkins, George W. Wickersham,
Henry L. Stimson; Manhattan Demo
crats-Gordon Auchincloss, Thomas l..
Chadbourne, jr, Henry Morgenthau,
Joseph NJ. Price and Charles Steckler,
and Timothy Healy. of the Labor party
Brooklyn Republicans-E. W. Allen
II. Murray Lamont, W. b. Bannister
II. X. Twitchell, George T. Mortimer,
Elmer G. Sammis; Brooklyn Demo-
crats-Edward NJ. Bassett, Charles W
Body. A. II. Eastman and Charles +.
Robertson: The Bronx Republicans
Richard w. Lawrence, Isaac G.. John
son; The Bronx Democrat-Edward
Smith.
In Queens II. =. Williams is the Re-
publican member. and Frank II. Luce
and James A. Mcdonald the Demo-
cratic members. Nathan A. Smyth, a
Democrat, is the member from Rich
mond.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-29
State Insane Asylums
Called Inadequate
Commission Reports $22, OO0,'
900 is Needed for Proper
Accommodations

The New York State institutions for
the insane are in such rundown state
that to make them modern will necessi-
tate the expenditure of s22,0OO,OO0.
This was brought out yesterday at the
quarterly meeting of the State Hospital
Commission, in conjunction with Off
Gals of the insane asylums, at the
Hotel Aston
Special attention was called to the
poor equipment of state hospitals in
New York City. Dr. II. c. Evarts, act
ing superintendent of Manhattan State
Hospital, on Wards Island, read pa
per describing the changes which he
believed to be necessary.
At present, he said, it is impossible
to furnish proper accommodations for
bedridden women patients. Some OF
these are obliged to sleep in the cor
ridors because of lack of space. He
urged the construction of new build
ing to house 300 Of these.
DR.. I. c. Harris, superintendent Of
the Brooklyn State Hospital, told the
meeting tina. the buildings of his insti-
tuition were old, unsanitary and unsafe.
He believed that it would be impossible
to repair them properly, and urged the
construction Of an entire new hospital
to accommodate 1000 patients.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-29
To-day's Programme in
The Sunday Revival

IL N 20 . y. m-Ten-cent lunchcon
Tor business women. Madison Square
PRESBYTERIAN Church. Madison Avenue
and Twenty-fourth Street Meeunss
every half hour from II 80 until 80.
IL noon Open air and shop meetings.
~ Eleventh Avenue and fify-hrst
Street. 90 Eleventh Avenue and for'y-
seventh street 90 Western Electro
Company. is3 We~t Street, ~ heh-
mare street and Cleveland Place CO.
: $ White Dental Manufacturing Com
rany. Staten Island. thl barre',
Nephers & Co. Staten Island.
f9.2o p Meetings for employees Of
Naison De Blanc. $40 Fifth Avenue, and
Park a Tilford. 4f9 West forty-sccond
Street.
2 y. m Service in the Iaoernae,e,
Broadway and issth Street Sermon by
Billy Sunday.
p. Bible study class. Tabernacle
choir platform.
p. NJ Meeting for girls OF Wadleigh
High School. main building. Northmin-
s,er Presbyterian Church. III west
18th Street
3:s0 D. Boys and girls meeting
Bethlehem Chapel. 196 Blocker Street
4 p. M Boys and girls meeting. first
Methodist Church, Mount vernon.
r 80 p. Meeting for Washington lrv,
ing and Julia Richman High school
girls. Central Y. W. c. A., East ri
tenth Street
e.f5 n. H. Supper meeting for business
women. Salem Baptist Church. New ko-
chelle.
: 40 u. m Service in the Tabernacle.
Sermon by Billy Sunday.
~ m Parents meeting. First Baptist
Church. Mount Vernon.
Bible study class, University
place PRESBYTERIAN Church at Tenth
Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-29
Plattsburg Man
Kills Himself
With Bayonet
Mind of Merritt. H. Smith,
Jr., Deranged by Dummy.
Staying Drill
Iron . stan Correspondent. Of The rribunsI

From a stan Correspondent Of The Tribunel
Plattsburg, May 28.-The Officers
Training Camp lost its first member by
death last night when Merritt Havi-
land Smith, jr.. son Of the Chief En-
gineer of Water Supply of New York,
died in the Champlain Valley Hospital
from the effects of self-inficted bay
onet wound in the abdomen. Death
came when the young man failed to
rally from an operation performed in
an effort to save his life.
Smith stabbed himself early Friday
when temporarily deranged by the
nervous reaction induced by the realis-
tic bayonet exercises of the day before
but officers of the camp suppressed the
news in the hope he would recover
Wanted To Be Excused
Three times during the week Student
officer Smith reported at the post hos
pital that he did not believe he could
stand the work of the camp. The army
surgeons were unable. however, to de-
tect any physical shortcomings which
should bar man from service. After
a half hours grim practice at Staying
an enemy with one well-placed thrust
of the bayonet, Smith went to his quar-
tiers Thursday night. He retired with
his colleagues of the I'd New York
Company at taps, which comes at 9:45
A shrek awakened his sleeping COM
panions. II was 12:45 o'clock. Those
nearest rushed to the aid of the in
jured man, tumbling over one another
in the darkness. Smith was carried
into the post hospital, which is just
across the road from the I'd Company
barracks. He was conscious, but silent.
Later he is said to have made state
pent to Major Thomlinson, of the regu-
lar army Medical Corps, and an old
friend Of the family, but the major
would not be quoted.
Died in Hospital
The young mans father, who is colo
mel of the LIST Field Artillery, y. G..
n. Y, arrived on Saturday morning.
The army surgeons then hoped to save
their patient, and all who knew of the
incident were pledged to secrecy. Colo
mel Smith asked to have his son re-
moved to the city hospital, and Sunday
morning Lieutenant Colonel Paul A.
Wolf, the post commandant, consented
to the change. Sunday afternoon the
young man became worse, and Sunday
night the doctors operated.
Student Officer Smith died at 1890,
according to statement DR.. r. S. Nc
Donald, of Plattsburg, made to the
Coroner. His mother, father and two
sisters were at the bedside. The body
was taken to New York tonight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-29
Kentucky Reports 20 Dead
And Nearly 300 Injured

Paducah, KY, May 2S.-The toll OF
dead and injured taken by the storm
which late Sunday afternoon swept
four counties of Western Kentucky
continued to mount rapidly to-day as
a confused mass Of conflicting reports
from many sources were shifted. To-
night it appeared probable that the
death list would approach seventy, and
that the list of those more or less Sc
riously injured would number around
three hundred.
Investigation to-day at Hickman. in
Fulton County, and Clinton and Bard
well, in Carlisle County, the sections
worst affected by the storm, revealed
conditions even worse than had been
indicated by earlier reports.
At Hickman a check of reports from
various sources apparently established
that the death list in Fulton County
would exceed forty. These reports told
of forty-two deaths in Fulton County,
of which twenty-five were at Bondcu-
rant, small sawmill town. The list Of
injured is problematical, but it is esti-
mated that the number will approach
200. Twenty-Five persons are in the
hospital at Hickman, of whom seven
teen are expected 10 die.
At Clinton, in Carlisle County, a
check of the death list reported showed
that five persons were killed there, and
that twelve others lost their lives az
Cypress. a small nearby village. The
list of injured in the two towns was es-
timated to be upward Of forty. At Bard
well, in Carlisle County, three persons
are known TO have been killed. and
twenty-five others more or less seri-
ously injured. At Dublin, in Graves
County, five persons were killed and
twenty-five injured.
Many isolated points in the stricken
district are not yet heard from.
The property damage was large, and
as yet IL has not been possible fully TO
estimate its extent. The loss AT Kick
man and in other parts of Fulton County
is expected 20 reach beyond 100000.
At Bardweli every business building in
the town was destroyed, and here the
loss will also aggregate possibly $780,
900. In and about Clinton the damage
will probably reach 100000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-29
Gables Will Garry All
Funds for Armenian.

The American Committee for Ar
menisn and Syrian Relief informed
The Tribune yesterday that a dispatch
from Washington printed in The Trib-
une Of last Tuesday which said it was
impossible TO transmit money collect
ed for Syrians and Armenians was err
rOneous.
Neither before nor since the sever
ance Of diplomatic relations has the
committee had the slightest difficulty
in sending relief funds. Its treasury
is overdrawn by $4,000. I'VE could
not have the heart to turn a deaf ear
to the repeated cables" is the expla-
nation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-29
Sundays Night Off
Worth $4,000
To Syrian Relief
That Amount Collected by
His Appeal for Victims
of Turk Oppression

Billy Sundays might of" last night
was worth $4,000 to the American
Committee for Armenian and Syrian
Relief. That was the amount collected
at the Tabernacle after the evangelist
had made one Of his Characteristic APP
peals on behalf of the men, women and
children dying by the thousands from
starvation and the cruelties of the
Turks in the deserts of Asia Minor
With the monthly pledges the amount
will reach at least 100000.
90 God, New York is 10000 miles
nearer heaven than it was this morn
ing" said Sunday, when the result was
announced. "If it had been 100000
we would have been just that many
miles nearer, but anyway we have
given the devil q bad case Of pneu-
monia. peritonitis and cold feet. and
he's scurrying away with his tail be-
tween his legs"
There was an anonymous contrlbu-
ton Of $4,000, and there were two
Of $4,000 each and two of $1,000
Among the larger donations were:
Arthur Curtiss James, 10000; Syrisns
Of New York, $4,000; Syrian Mount
Lebanon Relief Committee. $4,000; g.
f. Hardness, $4,000; Mrs. G. +. Hark-
ness, $4,000; Syrian Relief Committee
$4,000; Madison Avenue Presbyterian
Church, $3.50; Armenian women,
81 900; Mrs. N. B. Bonchion, $1,000;
Allen Wardwcll, $1,000: christian
Herald" $1,000; Roger Milliken, two
years old, 500.
Dr. Robert Z. Speer, secretary Of the
Presbyterian Board of Missions, also
spoke, and the Right Rev. Goulasarian,
the Armenian Bishop, thanked those
present, through an interpreter.
Billy Sunday began a busy rest"
day yesterday with his daily visit 20
Mrs. Sunday at the Audubon Sana-
forum. Later in the morning, accom-
panied by his daughter, Helen, and her
/ husband, NJ. =. Haines, of Sturgis,
Mich. he went shopping.
Dned by Mrs. J. 4. Burden
With Mr.. and Mrs. Haines and Mr..
and Mrs. George Sunday, he was the
guest of Mrs. James Abe-crombie Bur
den at the st. Regis for luncheon.
The large number Of trail hitters
which New York is sending TO every
Tabernacle meeting is gratifying TO all
members of the Sunday party. Already
81 1874 persons have come forward and
taken Billy's hand, exclusive of those
who have declared themselves at other
meetings.
These figures are greatly in excess
of those in any city where meetings
have been held In ten weeks Boston
sent 4S,903 persons over the sawdust
trail; the total number for eleven
weeks in Philadelphia was $4,000, and
for eight weeks in Detroit, 27192.
At both meetings on Saturday a total
Of S1,025.I7 was collected. and at the
three meetings on Sunday the collec-
tons amounted TO Sl,564.37. making
the total collections at the Tabernacle
meetings to date s57,295.S3. This sum.
with the $50, 963.46 contributed for
campaign expenses before the meetings
began, on April s. brings the grand
total thus fer collected up 10 SILL
$50
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-29
keep Up Local Charities
Council of Defence Appeals
to Women of Country

Washington, May 2s.-"Keep up Local
charities" Is the message sent By ths
women's committee of the Council OIL
National Defence to the women OF the
country.
"Our poor and helpless must not SUI
fer because Of the war;" II say
Charities are largely supported to-osy
by contributions from surplus incomes,
and with the burdens of war, income
taxes and the like our charities s's
likely to be curtailed. But the women
of the country who stay at home mu: '
step In and see that the dependen,ss
and helpless Of their communities %
not suffer. On our women will devolss
the responsibility Of seeing that tns
aged, the feeble, the helpless A's
taken care Of"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-29
What Is Going on To-Day

free admission 20 the American Museum u Nat
ursi History. the Metropolitan Museum Of Art
The New York Geological PARK. the Van CorilAndt
Psrk Museum tho American Museum Of Safety
and ;he Aquarium
Congenuon II the American Psychological Associa-
lion q New York Hotel As,or, 10 a m.
Meeting o. the Minerva Club OF New York. Wal
dorf Astoria. 10 a.
Convention q tie New York state Retail J,wellers'
Association. Hotel Aston. 10 a. m. dinner. Z
y.
Meeting O the Catholic Actors Guild. Hotel Aston.
j.
Diuncr for tho To-fhsm University Overseas Am
hulance Cons Waldorf; AsJons 20 y. N.
Dirner % the University fonim Of America. Hotel
Chershcr. 7.S0 =.
Mosins % the TIsnc club o. Nes York. waldorf.
AsiOfis. s 2.
Addreases rs Darwin y. kingsley, Frank A Van
c~fnp ard Maip CNsre- W Gordon mass
meeting % the Lfe Insurance Agents a. Nt~
Yogk. Cen.ury Theatre. .. u
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-29
Two Injured as Truck Hits Car

Passengers on a Third Avenue car
were shaken up and bruised when a
three-ton automobile truck crashed
into it at Eighty-ffth Street during the
rush hour last evening. Otto Kuhl-
mann, driver of the truck. and Joseph
Pasteana, of 206 East Eighty-eighth
Street. a passenger, were taken to the
Reception Hospital. suffering from in
ternal injuries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-29
Woman Hangs Herself
On Sound Steamer
Suicide, Said To Be Ann
Wells, of New London, Left
Open Note and Letters

A woman believed 10 be Ann Wells.
of New London, Conn. hanged herself
yesterday on the Sound steamer City
of Lowell. lying at its pier, at Hous-
ton Street She had knotted garment
around her neck, stood on a chair, at
tached the end TO a closet door and
kicked the chair away.
A note which she left read:
81. who have this room, have jumped
TO my death in the Sound. No one can
conceive OF my suffering. IL will be
over by this, but | can no longer en-
dure my sufferings and face the world
She left letters addressed to Mrs,
Emma Barnes. so Norwood Avenue. New
London, and George Wells, Hotel Bond,
Hartford. Conn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-29
Wealthy Japanese Held
Here by Federal Agents

Shigomstsu Kamoyams, wealthy
Japanese, and his native servant we's
detained on arrival yesterday from :
South American port and sent to E's s
Island for further examination
agents from the Department OF Jus.nsJ
From fellow passengers u was iear,.Si
tina. Mr.. Kamoyams had represent
himself as wealthy pearl hsner
ing in Balboa. the Pacific entrance ~
the Panama Canal. ---s-S
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-29
294 Killed, 1894
Injured by Storms
In Eight States
Illinois Heaviest Sufferer,
with IS Dead and $50
Badly Hurt
BY BRIGGS

Chicago, May 2s.-Revised figures on
dead and injured in the storms Of the
last three days in Illinois, Indiana,
Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee,
Alabama and Arkansas show total of
294 dead and 1,794 injured. The dam
age is estimated at above s5,O0O,OO0
The table of casualties follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-29

Deputy Commissioner Scull. when
Informed Of the accusations Of Dis
triet Attorney Swami last evening, de-
clined 10 make any comment.
Earlier in the day Mr.. Mellen asked
Mr.. Swami II he resented the fact that
the City Club had brought the charges
against him.
ED hate 20 tell you what think OF
the City Club" said the District Aetor-
ney. DIT would run 10 volumes and
would take all day"
Commissioner lngraham was obliged
20 use his gavel TO quell the laughter.
The hearing will be resumed on
Friday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-09
Lone 1rip Without Mishap.

The Bozeman, Mont, Daily Chron-
icle tells of the arrival there Of Mrs.
Minnie Payne Griffin and Miss Marsa-
ret Neil, who left here last month on
a motoring trip to Forcine, Mont. The
Chronicle says:
MRS M. G. Griffin, formerly resi-
dent Of Bozeman, is spending few
days here On her way to her new home
at Fortine near Kalispell. She has
made the trip overland from MARSHALL
town, Iowa, with her chauffeur Miss
Margaret Neil They left Marshalltown
July 81 and have stopped at some
points of interest along the way. Mrs.
A. Place and her sister, Miss Bogert'
went to Livingston by train to meet
Mrs. Griffin and accompanied her to
Bozeman in the car Tuesday evening.
After visiting here a few days Mrs.
Griffin and Miss Neil will go on to
Fortine to join Mrs. Griffin's son, Har-
vey Griffin, formerly. editor Of the
Montana Farmer who has just bought
a large. stock ranch there. Mrs Crit
fins father, who know 81 years old,
has sold out his interests at Marshall-
town and has gone, to Fortine to reside
with his daughter and grandson In
making the trip from Iowa Mrs. Crit
fin says they did not have tire pune
ture and did not pay out. a cent for car
repair" E3a1 ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-09
Ferguson Items.

Il.
Miss Florence Hickey is visiting with
Des Moines friends this week.
Mrs. Fred Brand and Miss S. Steaven
visited Saturday and Sunday with
their sister, Mrs. Lackey, at Madrid
Miss Lackey came home with them to
spend few days.
Mrs Ole Danielson visited at Lis
comb a few days recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Finders are the
parents Of daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Smith are
the parents of a son.
Mrs, Frank Bean, of Yale is visiting
here with her sons and friends
Mrs. David Alexander. of Tama, Wis
tied at the Garrett home Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs Leland Wilson, of Wa
terloo, were calling on friends and
relatives last week.
The Ladies' Aid Society met with
Mrs. George Clemens Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hills Wilson, Of Gar
rison, and Mr. and Mrs. William Fisher,
of Jesup visited at the A. T. Idso
home Sunday.
Mrs. Steve Garrett went to Coving-
ton Saturday to see her brother, Mel
vim Alexander, who is very sick.
Work was begun Wednesday on the
new garage being built by Fred Brand.
The building will be 40x60 feet, OF
brick and hollow tile, with a cement
block front.
Frank w. King has carpenters busy
building the new postoffice.
Dell Scott started building his new
building this week.
The hotel building, together with
all the contents, was destroyed by fire
Tuesday night. The origin Of the fire
is unknown. The building belonged
to L r. Idso and the stock and fixtures
to II. M.aDull.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-09

Diamonds. Hellberg.

Diamonds. Hellberg.
Miss Ruby Ferguson, Of Union, was
in the city Wednesday.
Wanted--Men for Ice wagons, good
wages. Marshall Ice Company.
sf33.s 4.--~-e---------- s' n.
@ Harold Haines, OF Grinnell, arrived
in the city Wednesday evening to visit
his aunt, Mrs. D. r. Ray
Home made cakes and ice cream
will be served on the Swedish Luth-
eran church lawn Friday evening, Aug.
10. Committee. i
G. G. Robinson, Of Lincoln, ILL.,, ar
rived in the city Wednesday evening
for few days visit with his brother
in-law, John Darling.
Susan and Evelyn Thomas, of Al
ssbion, who have been visiting their
uncle, Fred Williams, at Boone, were
in the city Wednesday being on their
way home
Mrs. l.. bennington, accompanied by
Miss Nell Grant, of Strawberry Point,
were In the city Wednesday being on
their way to Gilman to visit relatives
and friends.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-09
shinal.. Shipped By Pared pes..

A western lumber company made OK
ceptional use OF the parcel pest system
not long ago when It shipped con-
signment Of $4,000 shingles thru the
mails. The destination OF the shingles
was ffty-two miles from the shipping
point. and the postal charges were less
than $50. Altho a shipment OF this size
is uncommon, the parcel post Is IRE
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-09
ha, Recovered "a. Her RI Health.

So many women are, suffering from
similar afnictions that this testimonial
letter from Mrs, Laura =BeAll, Platts-
burg. Miss. will be read with interest:
Il got in bad health My left side hurt
all the time. took doctors medicine,
but it did me no good. Iftook two bot
ties Of Foley Kidney Pills and / feel
all right now" Backache,t rheumatic
twinges. pains in side. swollen and sore
muscles, stiff joints, pufaness under
eyes, bladder troubles and kindred
symptoms are quickly relieved by Foley
Kidney Pills. Sold everywhere.-Ad-
vertisement.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-09

rMarshalltown arc here visiting rela-
tives.
Mr. and Mrs Davis Hoover, Of
LeGrand, visited at J. r. Mays sun
day. W 4 Il
Mrs Charles Mendenhall, OF Grinnell
has been visiting relatives here,
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Butler and daugh-
ter Esther, Of New Providence. visited
at Rev. Mr.. Kitch's Tuesday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-09

Quently used In the western states -
send supplies to remote places IN the
stock raising country AS we'll az TO thl,
mines. many a. which are far from th|
beaten paths IL travel and so have ~
adequate railway facilities. The lot a.
shinges referred to went via stat-
rural delivery route.-Popular Mechans
les Magazine.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-09
Public Sale.

McCombs Brothers & Company livery
to be sold at public auction, Aug. Is.
1917. See advertisement on page II.
T. j. Shoemaker, receiver.