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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-15
N. Y. Central and
Vanderbilts Gave
100000 to Fusion
Liberal Contribution to the
Mitchell Campaign Fund Re-
vealed by Investigation

According TO District Attorney Swami
q cursory examination of the Mitchell
Fusion campaign fund shows "the Van
derbilt interests" contributed more
than 100000 to help reflect the Mayor.
Assistant District Attorney Kilroe, d.
rcctly in charge If the investigation of
the fund. saws there was probably an
even large amount given by the fam
ily. but more than 100000 was given
by members of the family and attor-
neys for the New York Central Rail-
road.
Mr.. Kilroe said he had discovered
that certain contributions listed as 60
ing 70 committees in certain Assembly
districts had not been reported by
those district committees.
Without a parallel said Mr.. Kilroe,
ait was the worst case of money run
ming amuck that ever happened. There
has never been anything like it before
in the history OF this country.
M Swami said he had personal
knowledge on Election Day that gangs
OF men on the lower West Side were
boasting that they had received large
sums 10 "buy out Tammany Hall"
II saw some Of them fash their rolls,
but | did not wish to repeat what they
said about the gullibility Of the fel-
lows who they said gave them the
money said the prosecutor.
The District Attorney added that he
was not ready to say what action would
be taken by his office, apart from an
nouncing that the facts would be laid
before the grand jury on Monday.
A.-F.4.,,. nsa4rt.4 DlonE -
quested yesterday the prosecutors in
the other counties within the limits o.
the city to collect all data possible re-
garding Fusion campaign expenditures
and forward it TO Mr. Swann's office.
All records filed by the Fusion Com
mittee in the County Clerks office
have also been subpGnaed.
Records already received show tina:
Ellis Parker Butler received from the
Fusion management $4,000 TO spent in
Queens, and that considerable money
in addition was received by James p
Hicks. "a politician Of that county.
Judge John +. Hylan, the Mayor.
elect. wrote to the Allied Board OF
Trade asking il 10 urge the Legis-
lature 20 investigate the expenses OF
his rival party.
"To my mind" he wrote, every citi-
zen should know to what purpose this
vast fund was expended, who con.
tributed the larger sums and why the
contributions were made. Organize.
tions like yours exist for the common
good. and / know of no better way to
fulfil your purpose than TO cause the
Legislature TO inquire into the sources
Of this vast fund and into the purpose.
for which II was used"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-15
Grocers Divided
On Scent Loaf

The proposal Of the Federal Food
Board to fix the price Of bread at
eight cents pound loaf. with a profit
Of one cent a loaf, met with a mixed
response from a gathering Of retail
grocers and proprietors of delicatessen
stores at the Federal Food Board head
quarters. 90 West Fifty-seyenth
Street, yesterday afternoon.
The representative of James Butler,
Inc, was not an especially popular
member of the assembly. James Butler
Inc, sells war bread for seven cents a
loaf. and, according TO the firms rep
resentative, there is money In 1t at that
price.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-15
employment continue at their regular
peace time tasks.
High Prices Hit School
Luncheons; Backers Urge
City to Supply Food

High food prices, which Dr.. Henry
Dwight Chaplin, Of the Post-Graduate
Hospital. declares have rendered lOO,-
600 New York City school children
victims of under nourlshment, have hit
the luncheon system operated IN nifty
three of the public schools. The noml-
nal charge the children pay for noon
day luncheOns no longer covers the
costs Of food and preparation, and the
.wo voluntary school lunch committees.
which have had the system in charge,
recommended yesterday that the
Board of Education take over the
work
The nominal deficit Of $500 per
school is mounting, the committees
state, and creation Of bureau OF
school feeding is suggested, so that
city funds may be used to meet in
creasing expenditures.
unprecedented rises in food and
labor costs" the committees ex.
plain, "render deficits unavoidable"
With the recommendation, which
was submitted to William G. Wilcox,
pre- sident of the Board Of Education
the School Feeding Committee of Man
haitian, of which Edward Brown il
nfdu, OUeTeu pldi VI OptiaN4oii ANA
the proposed city bureau Of school
feeding.
This plan contemplates the estab-
lishment Of four central kitchens-one
in each OF the boroughs Of Manhattan,
The Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens-to
prepare food for both elementary and
high schools. he present central
kitchen, at Delaney and Tompkins
Streets, which now serves twenty-one
schools, could easily serve fifty and
effect economies, the committee as
serts.
Appointment of a director of school
feeding and two assistants, all respon-
sible to the Board Of Education, is
suggested.
The committees urge the Board of
Education TO take over the work OF
feeding the school children, on the
ground that school feeding is as much
an educational matter as school teach
ing. and indorse the frequently reiter
ated declaration Of Superintendent
Maxwell that an underfed child is an
unresponsive pupil.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-15
Blanoes
Hoover Prices for
Sugar Shortage
Continued from page |

Louisiana crop. He said his company
had not considered getting any Of that
crop because tae food administration
had fixed no price and that he was as
founded to learn Of the American COM
pany making the contract after price
Of $685. for the Louisiana product had
been agreed upon at conference par
ticipated in by Mr.. Rolph and Mr.
Babst.
Sugar Held in the West
When the shortage came into sight
in the East, the witness asserted. more
than 100000 tons of raw sugar was
held in the West. of which the Cali
fornia- Hawaiian company held 10000
tons. He said he appealed to Mr.. Rolph
to allow some of this TO come East TO
keep Eastern refineries going, but was
informed it was necessary 20 keep the
supply in the West until the new Ha-
waiian crop came in.
In support of his charge that Rolph
and Babst favored the American COM
pany, Mr.. Spreckels related an incl
dent that brought out how two COM
panies operating chain retail stores
recently had sugar when none was to
be procured at many stores. He said
A. II. Lamborn & Co., of New York.
sugar brokers. contracted for two
cargoes of Cuban sugar for delivery
at New York, and offered il TO the in
ternational sugar committee in October
at $500 a hundred pounds, but the
committee declined % buy without Civ
ing reason.
Lamborn came 10 him soon after
ward. Mr.. Spreckels said, for means to
further finance the deal, and told him
that within fifteen minutes after the
committee had declined the sugar a
buyer for the American had offered
him $685. for it. Buyers for the chain
store companies heard of the situation.
purchased the sugar for s715, and with
the permission Of the Food Admins
traitor had it refined by the Federal
and the Warner Refining Company for
Sl.30 hundred.
Sugar Trust Benefits
The witness said the retail price Of
1925 cents for graduated sugar at sea
ports works a hardship, because his
company manufactures practically
nothing but graduated and brown,
whereas the American company spe-
cializes in graduated handled in
shapes for which prices are not fixed.
Several witnesses have been sum-
moned by the committee, including A.
II. Lamborn. who is expected TO testify
after Mr.. Spreckels concludes tC-mor-
row.
The committee also is charged with
investigating the coal situation. Sem
ator Reed tonight telegraphed to Gov
ernor Cox of Ohio, where tie shortage
has been acute, that if he had informa-
non of value his presence was desired.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-15
Drive Fails to Gust School
Court Holds Riverside Restric-
tons Do Not Apply

The Appellate Division decided yes
terday that the Hamilton School for
Girls. at Riverside Drive and Nine.
.ieth Street, does not violate prop
erty restriction. The court reversed a
decision By the Supreme Court that
the school. having eighty-five pupils,
and conducted by Mrs Florence de G.
Shaw, violated restriction on the
houses in the neighborhood TO private
residences.
The objection to the school was made
by William II. Barnard, president of
the salt Trust He occupies the
house adjoining the school. his house
being at Riverside Drive and Eighty
ninth Street The higher court held
the restrictions apply only to build
iugs erected after the date OF the fix
ing or the restrictions, and not to
houses then standing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-15
Warships' Names No Longer
Betrayed by Navy Hatbands

Chronicle now the passing Of the
navy hatband, on whose black silk the
names of lighting ships have been en-
blazoned in gold since the days when
Uncle Sam first acquired navy.
For military reasons, the regulation
hatbands now issued 20 sailors do not
bear the names of ships Instead
there is the legend "U. s. Navy The
reason is a desire TO make it as diff
icult as possible for spies TO tell what
ships may be in any port.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-15
Says Keyes's Man
Bought Revolver
That Killed Wife
Detective Identifies Prose
cution Witness as Pur-
chaser of Pistol

DEDHAM. Mass, Dec. l4.-Positiye
identification by a defence witness Of
Harold Jackson, salesman employed
by George II. Keyes, as the purchaser
Of the revolver with which Mrs. Pauline
A. Keyes, the latter's wife. was killed,
was an unexpected development to-day
of the trial Of Miss Harriet A. Narney
on the murder charge.
A prosecution witness who could not
positively identify Miss Varney had
previously expressed the belief that she
was the woman who bought a similar
revolver from him at Providence. in
March, 1916.
According to to-day's Identification Of
the revolver b. its number. it was sold
in this city, April 4. 1916.
Argument Begins Tomorrow
The new development, which council
said was but recently discovered, closed
the evidence for the defence. Rebuttal
by the prosecution occupied the last
tonight were that arguments would be
begun by noon tomorrow.
A conference between the District At
torney and defence counsel preceded
the testimony of Maurice Zonnabend
a Boston pawnbroker. who was put on
the stand by the defence. but said he
was summoned 20 court by the prose
cution. He produced records of his
Ia Of ut a II f,
make Of revolver, No. 1889. on April
4. 1916. lie was then shown the re-
volver with which Mrs. Keyes was
killed. and after reading its number Ce.
clared il to be the same one. Gonna
bend described the man who bought the
weapon and who gave his name as Hay
den Young.
Jackson was then brought into the
courtroom. but Zonnabend could not
identify him as the purchaser. Sidney
Balkan, Zonnabend's clerk, who MADE
the sale. told about il, and, although
unable TO identify Jackson positively
said he "resembled very much" the man
who bought the revolver. The last de-
fence witness was Walter II. Smith, q
Boston police inspector, who was IN
Zonnabend's shop on that occasion and
declared uUneSlldlluRlg NNdL JAShSOt
was the man he saw make the purchase
On examination Smith said he
had made many identifications as po-
lice officer and insisted he had nc
doubt about his identification of Jack
son.
Jackson Denies Purchase
The first rebuttal witness for the
prosecution was Jackson, who had pre-
viously testified in establishing Keyes's
aib on the day OF the shooting. Jack
son denied he had ever been to Zonn-
abend's shop, and said he had never
owned or bought a revolver. lie said
that in April. 1916, he was employed
By the National Realty Company, OF
which Reyes is the head.
Reyes. on being recalled in rebuttal
testified that Jackson had never bought
revolver for him and had never been
requested to buy one. The cross-exam-
nation of the defendant, which occu-
pied the whole morning session
brought out little new evidence, and
did not cause her TO change her story
as told on direct examination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-15
Morgan J. O'Brien Improves

CHICAGO. Dee. Il. Morgan "a
O'Brien, president Of the New ,.s,r
County Bar Association, who was r ~.
to a hospital here last nlghs saIe;~ h.
from an acute ailment, was mueA "a
proved to-day. and physician. 80
there was no present cause Tor a.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-15
Federal Food Board
Issues a New Retail
Price List for City

The following prices we're named
yesterday by the Federal Food Board
Of New York as representative Of what
the consumer should pay for the food
stufs indicated on a cash basis:
tiI prices cents PER poundJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-15

The disclosure yesterday Of me ~ y
that thirty-seyen members or Ger" =
draft boards are Of conscripuoh ~
will probable lead 20 the remove.
those men. according 20 Philip ); 80 ~.
representative in this city Of Aala''
General Sheriff.. Ia.
After announcing that an inve,'ys y,
tion Of the report had been s,sTteo, !,
McCook said: at is our intsu' :,
eliminate men Of draft age Na0 ~,
members Of local boards as fast s. ~, !,
can be done without affecting the WV
Of the board"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-28

general SIT out ON his campaign IN
region sinister with repeated disaster
TO tho British arms: an ili-omened re-
gion. The hopes that followed his fore
runners. but did not follow him. ne
has more than fulfilled ON every oc'
casion. lie has met with no deIeits'
only with victories, victories won with
that satisfying thoroughncss, whieh
leaves nothing To be desired. his plans
seem to be perfect and are always car
ried out To the letter. Whenever he
stl ikes. he strikes like thunderbolt.
This accomplishment OF his. the cap
tur. OF an enemy army. has no prece-
dent on the side OF the allies since the
war began; and In the fact that II was
won By sheer stratesy. combined with
IN. vigor OF action that is always his
Il has no precedent on either side.
Mnude II reminiscent OF Wolfe.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-28
The RELIGIOUS Rambler

Ioff.cials are right In assuming that the
western IDEALS promote democracy. II
not socialism. There have been several
instances OF Christians suffering De
cause they were supposed TO espouse
! socialism. which N the bette noir oi
l.Iap,nese officisldom. One missionary
rec.lyed by mail sample copy OF a
socialistic paper. and was Thereafter
shadowed for months. on this present
trim 10 Japan I met an alert younS
Christian who was leaving the country
on account OF his advanced poiiticai
views. his father having been arrested
some years ago as n radical. He nm
self would be rather put TO II 70 tell
where his Christian convictions leave
off and his democratic principles be-
gin.
Waging the Old War.
This struggle IL now raging In Japan
between liberalism and reaction, with
religion as q vital factor In II. Is
I Of course. the old old war between
prorross and conservatism. The plight
of the nation is one to evoke the sym.
pathy OF the world. Here Is an ancient
order of monarchy. which is inwrought
with every fibre Of the country's lie
and religion. No other emperor who has
sat on a throne within the memory OF
living man. not even the car or the
kaiser. has been so definitely and sacred
Is associated with the national relig'
ious life.
Now this sort OF government seems
doomed. Democracy appears TO have
decreed its passing. Not because OF any
Offending or shortcoming on the part OF
the Japanese imperial house, but be
cause the trend of the times is irresist'
libly toward representative government
the old order Is destined to pass m
japan. Within the nation are tens oi
thousands of eager students OF world
| tendencies No other nation follows
the march Of modern thought. or tht
expression OF the worlds opinion, n
avidly as do the educated japanese
There Is a real passion for democrac!
abroad In the land. This viii explain
many changes in the governments for
eign policy; but this is not the place u
amplify that point. Representatives ol
the old establishment. notably the gen
ro," or Elder Statesmen" who. II
their day were the real progressives o
Japan,--have set their faces like film
against the new tendencies. Naturally
they are using the religious vehicle fol
) accomplishing their purpose. Therefore
III is openly charged that some. If moi
all OF them. are actively opposed tt
Christianity, the religion that has be
gotten democracy.
When Christians Go to War.
Much has been written in American
papers about the effect upon "tht
heather" of the spectacle of great
Christian nations at war. Careful In
quiry in Japan develops the fact that in
the early stages OF the war there was
more than n little discussion of This
but Japan's own thinkers pointed out
the superficial character of the criticism
. and now nothing is heard Of II. Peace
! ideals have not been SO predominated In
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-28
MISSOURI LEADS ALL
STATES IN FARMING

Jefferson City. No. oct. 2f.-Missouri
is leading the United States in farm
cops. according 10 n revised report on
crop conditions today issued from the
office OF the state board of agriculture.
The report shows n crop average OF
iei per cent. while the average for the
entire country is 1914 per cent. The
corn crop is reported At 2si 100000 bush
els. wheat 23.oo0o0O: oats, 42,50o,ooo.
The apple crop is 6.36s,ooo bushels. Ac-
cording to the announcement. the fail
sown wheat area increased thirty.seven
per cent. rye forty-seven per cent. and
alfalfa is7 per cent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-28
GENERAL MAuDE'S WAY.
His Rapid Attacks Result IN Keeping
the Enemy Guessing.

tftV GsuFbts oos"sks
New vo-k Ti-,es. The dnshing
Naude again demonstrates that this Is
no, -Vefs wncrc anu necessarily war
OF trenches and OF pounding. We last
heard OF him whirlns up the Tigris
at such gait that the Turks were
throwing their guns In the river In their
mad rush TO get away. Then the can
opy OF heat descended ON Me-opotan,is,
putting an end TO the fighting as sifec'
tually as the SHOWS and rains VIII short
Is end IL In France. Now he finds the
Turks moving 20 Gu; his communica-
tlons. and turns their trap for him into
one for themselves. There Is no, a
particle OF pounding In his method He
suddenly selves commanding riise
when the Turks are not expecting u.
by the time they are aroused their
main position is being attacked IN the
southeast. while the cavalry assails
them from the north. The seizure OF
the ridge. II is 10 be- conjectured. was
made before daybreak. and by night
fan the Turks are penned in. with the
Euphrates on the north. the British In
fantry and artillery on east and south,
and the cavalry on the west The po-
sition held by the cavalry seems tn"
easiest to break through. and the Turks
spend the night IN fruitless efforts; the
cavalry always drive them back. Day
comes. and the Surrounding army at.
tacks from all sides with such fury that
by 3 O'Clock the Turks surrender, thou
sands OF them, including their general
and his stan.
This is victory won by strategy.
dash, and determination. a victory of
the oldfashioned kind of fighting. a
victory won in Maude's own way. Fol-
lowed by anxiety rather than hope, this
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-28
DAILY ARDMoREITE

Conditions are yeasty In the country,
but there Is little evidence Of profound
spiritual concern Of any sort. The
waters OF the life of Japan are not be-
INK stirred In their depths. The war has
not driven the people TO their aitars for
the satisfaction Of the ncwlyawakencd
needs 81 their spirits.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-28
ALDEN GOES FREE.

Fargo. y. d.. Oct. 27.--Thc ease OF
W. T. Alden of Minneapolis. naval
recruiting officer of the Fargo district,
charged with setting fire to the federal
building here recently. was today dis
missed by United States Commissioner
Cupler.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-28

Japanese history that any violation OF
them is considered irreligious.
The real reason for the religious re-
action which all the missionaries and
other Christian leaders with whom
talked seem TO see In Japan is primarily
political. Some call II not NO much y
reaction as n depression. In addition to
the political considerations. and the feel
ing that the highest authorities are nj
least not enthusiastic over Christianity
the economic conditions initiate against
n revival Of any kind of religion. The
people OF the cities are getting rich. and
the country folk are under the harrow
OF high prices. Both of thes. conditions
tend 10 material engrossment.
AZ 10 the war. the people as whole
have no, had II brought home 90 them
There are domestic problems. OF 20
cial, moral and political nature. which
interest them more. should Japan On
ter the struggle upon scale that would
call for the sacrifice OF many men. the
case might be different
Christians and Moral Problems.
The gisi Of several conferences thai
held with groups OF American anc
Japanesc Christian leaders WAS well eN
pressed by one man. who said. "Al
these things being 80. IL is clear that th'
basic need OF Japan Is for more Chris
tians." The missionary situation Is a
once more difficult and more comple1
and more urgent than II has been fo'
long time. II the Ideals Of the wes'
are 10 dominate Japan. these men rea
son. then there must bc more Japanes'
Christians OF vital sort To leaven th'
land. \ serious mistake has been made
In the past by over-emphasis upon th'
achievements OF Christianity in the en-
pire. and by an understressing Of th'
difficulties. Even the recent nationa
leyangelistic campaign has been credited
with greater achievements than its bes
4 friends deem consistent with careful
determination.
summing up the Japanese situation
in paragraph. IL may be said that th'
war has affected religious progress
rather adversely than otherwise, an'
that through political channels. stirred
10 activity by the spread OF democracy
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-28
An Eminent Layman's Arrest.

Recently there appeared before the
official board Of Reformed Church In
Japan a candidate for membership. He
admitted, under questioning that he still
retained the family idols and ancestral
tablets, and that he was also n member
Of the local shrine. This, he argued
had nothing to do with his personal
faith: Christianity is matter Of per
sonal conviction. whereas Shintoisrn is
part Of patriotism and OF family allie
glance. The remarkable thing is that
this sort of idea is boldly professed by
persons whose personal desire Is TO be
come members of the Christian church.
Last spring there was a notable case
which set forth the new conditions I'm
striking light. Nothing of il was per-
mitted 10 get into the press. a fact sig
nifcant IN itself. An eminent Presby-
terian layman In Toxic. Hon. ID. Tag
ava, for several years n member of
parliament. long vice-mayor of Toxic.
and under the Okuma cabinet special
counsellor to the minister OF Justice.
was arrested on the charge Of having
impaired the dignity OF the imperial
house He had written three magazine
aitiCitS upon the pOuticdi SludlioH, CRIT
icising rather severely the ELDER States.
men," who are the power behind the
throne in Japan. AS an effort to stifle
the growing militancy OF democracy in
Japan, this arrest and secret trial would
be Of interest. but that is not the phase
of the matter with which this article
deals. Mr.. Tagawa was convicted and
sentenced 20 fine Of five months i'm
prisonment. and IL Is the feeling uf crni
nent Japanese Christians that the whole
prosecution had It's animus in an anti
Christian as well as an;idomOcratic
HAS. The editor 81 the magazine. Mr.
Ka-hiwai. aiso n Christian. was likewise
sentenced.
In the larger view. the present critical
situation In Japan Is religious as well As
political. There Is sense in which the