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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-29
Decision Between Large
and Small Boats May Not
Come for Month
Time Chief Concern
Craft l60 Feet Long Better,
but Face Delays in
Building
From he rribune Bu,e.ul

Washington, June 2S.-The Navy De-
partment is still hesitating between 40
and $50 foot submarine chasers, and it
is understood the decision will be de-
ferred until the latter part of July.
Contracts Tor several chasers have been
awarded, but the decision as TO which
will be the standard model is still in
allegiance.
The decision will be determined
largely on the question whether it is
better to secure very large number of
the 110-foot boats or a considerably
smaller number Of the larger chasers.
The 16O-foot vessel. 1t was stated
authoritatively to-day, will require
three times as much material as the
1iO-foot boat, cost three times as much
and take three times as long 70 con-
struct.
The cost, however, is p secondary con-
sideration. the main concern being the
time in which the vessels can be built.
The larger chasers possess distinct ad-
vantages. and there would be no ques-
ton as to their preference if they could
be turned out as rapidly as the navy
needs them.
The main advantages Of the 160-foot
chasers were said 10 be their ability TO
carry heavier armament, their greater
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-29
Average Food Prices
In United States Rose
80 Per Cent in Year

Washington, June 2S.-Retail food
prices in the United States advanced
on an average per cent from April
Is to May Is, as shown in figures COM
piled to-day by the Bureau OF Labor
Statistics. During the year ending with
May IS. they increased 80 per cent.
The biggest jump during the month
was in flour. which advanced % per
cent. The increase in cornmeal was Is
per cent. beans II per cent. bread -
per cent, and rice II per cent. The
only drop in price was in onions. SO
per cent, and butter. per cent.
Some Of the months increases are
given as follows: Beef, , to per cent;
bacon. ham and lard. to 10 per cent;
hens, / per cent; salmon, 10 per cent:
eggs, per cent; cheese, 3 per cent;
milk. per cent; potatoes, 6 per cent;
sugar, per cent; coffee and tea, per
cent.
The greatest advances during the
year were made by potatoes, which
advanced in price lI9 per cent, and in
-four 100 per cent
In the last four years retail food
prices generally have advanced SO per
cent.
Preliminary estimates by the food
administration to-day indicate that
farmers received an average price Of
$3.50 a bushel for their last years
wheat crop, against 9S.4 cents the year
before, and 81 cents the year before
that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-29
German Newspapers
Fight Censor's Gag
Editors Forbidden to Omit
Even a Comma from OFF,
Cial Statements

Copenhagen. June 2S.-The msnipu-
lation Of the German press by the au-
thorities has repeatedly been re-
ferred to in dispatches. II is now pos
sible TO cite the testimony of German
newspapers, which, writing under the
government cuts in their paper supply,
speak their minds freely.
The "Deutsche Volkszeitung," Of
Hanover. for example, writing Of the
government efforts TO control and di-
rect sentiment, says that the contents
of the German papers are almost word
for word the same in all the papers.
as these arc fed from the same source.
and the papers are not permit d TO
take any independent line in new or
views.
THE governments whole efforts"
says the paper. sis toward :he creation
of a standardized newspaper. and it in
sists upon the unchanged publication
of mass of articles and dispatches
furnished
Parenthetically, IL may be remarked
that it is an offence, punishable by mar
tal law, for an editor to omit a comma
or a word from a communication issued
by news agency and designated as
official.
The "Volkszeitung" declares that the
German newspapers arc losing the con-
fdence OF their readers, who are taking
their information from neutral news
papers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-29
otato Farmers
Quit Harvesting
After rice Drop
Boy Scouts Who Volunteered
Help Withdrawn Following
Reports of Mistreatment

Richmond, Va, June 2s.-Following
n drop Of SO a barrel in the price of
potatoes, an order 10 quit harvesting
was given to-day by the association OF
truck farmers. representing all the
farmers along the eastern shore, and
about 1000 Boy Scouts, who responded
week ago TO a call for help, will re-
tam home tomorrow, with most of the
potatoes still in the ground.
Their Withdrawal was decided on
after Major General Bell, commanding
the Eastern Army Department, had sent
a representative to Investigate reports
of mistreatment at the hands Of the
truckers and after the truckers had de-
cided temporarily to matt harvesting.
Scout officials tonight minimized the
reports of mistreatment. saying that
the interruption of work was the actu-
ating consideration in the withdrawal.
There was some hardships, they said,
because of inadequate preparations for
the boys reception, but that was soon
remedled. They declared glowing
promises Of big earnings were not full
filled. however, even before the period
of enforced idleness. The expenses of
the expedition amounted to about
81 500 and the wages paid totalled 1896.
The order to quit work was circu-
lated yesterday, these officials said, by
a producers organization of which all
the truckers are members. No explana-
ton. it was said, was given for the
action. although it apparently was
caused by congestion in the big potato
markets and a drop of So barrel in
Irice.
The withdrawal was decided on at a
conference to-day between Major Allen
Potts, OF the Virginia National Guard.
who went to investigate for General
Bell, ard John Stewart Bryan, presi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-29

seaworthiness and their adaptability for
other uses after the war. As sub
marines carry 3-inch and some OF the
uper-submarines 6-inch guns, 1t was be-
lieved that the 1l0-foot chasers might
be az a disadvantage in comba, with
them, but chasers are needed IN such
large numbers that the shipbuildlng
facilities of the country do not offer any
promise Of supplying nearly as many as
conditions demand.
Il was suggested to-day that there
might be a compromise, and contracts
be awarded on the basis of two ll0-foot
chasers for every l60-foot boat. An eX-
animation of the shipbuilding situation
to discover the exact number OF vessels
Of each type that could be constructed
in a given time is believed already 70
have been made.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-29
ADVERTISEMENT
Tour Yellowstone via
Auto-a Wonderful
Vacation Trip

No more slow and uncomfortable horse
stages in Yellowstone Park Uncle sam
says automobiles must be used exclusively.
he has also placed the hotels. camps and
autos all undo one management, which VIII
greatly add TO the efficiency Of the service.
Go 10 the Yellowstone this summer and
see for yourself all those marvels Of nature
you have heard Of since childhood geysers
throwing out tons OF boiling water, great
canyons in one wild weller Of color" water
falls almost twice the height OF Niagara.
And on your return come cut by way OF the
Cody Road" Otherwise you miss some Of
the grandest scenery in the entire Yellow
stone region. IL Is the best and most IN
terosting part Of the trip all by automobile
over fine Govcrnment-built roads.
Stop at the office and let me help you plan
the trip. or write. and ! will gladly send you
a beautifully illustrated folder describing the
wonders Of wonderland.
W. J. Berger. Gen'l Agent, Passr Dept
c.. r. q q. r r.. 1854 Broadway, New York.
Phone Mad. So. 57Cj.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-29
Mayor Urges Square Deal
For Those of German Blood

Mayor Mitchell is in full accord with
Colonel Roosevelt in disappearing Of
discrimination against Germal-Ameri-
can citizens for war service. Comment
ing on the ColonePs recent statement
that unfair discrimination was being
practised by the government, Mayor
Mitchell said:
81 fully agree with Colonel Roose-
Welt that il is unfair 20 discriminate
in the Federal service. whether it be
the Red Cross or the army, against cit
liens because of their birth or parent
age. Loyal citizens Of German blood
ought 70 be treated a. loyal citizens Of
any other blood"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-29
Subscribers Flock to Loan
Quarters in Equitable
Building
Checks Cause Protest
Certifcation Demanded After
Holders Had Waited Long
in Line

Individual subscribers to the Lib
erty Loan swarmed to the Equitable
Building yesterday to pay the Is per
cent instalment due on their purchases
/ of the bonds. Long before the Offices
being used by the Liberty Loan Com
mittee, on the fifth floor, were thrown
open for business, crowd Of several
hundred persons anxious t. hand their
money over to the government had
gathered at the doors.
As the line formed a good many
elderly men and women were seen TO
pass in front of the windows of the
receiving tellers. Payments made by
individual subscribers were mostly In
cash, although certified checks were
acceptable. The refusal Of checks
which had not been certified brought
forth a rather vigorous protest in
some instances from those who had
waited long in line.
Messengers from banking and bro.
kerage houses, who began to arrive
in large numbers late in the forenoon,
swelled the crowd.
100000 Is Paid in
Fully 1000 individuals, it was esti-
mated, had subscribed for the bonds
through the Federal Reserve Bank here,
and it was figured late in the afternoon
| that approximately 100000, repre-
senting the Is per cent payment on
such subscriptions, had been taken in
at the Offices Of the Liberty Loan COM
mittee.
For the entire country the Is per
cent payment yesterday amounted TO
/ $3.50, 100000. About half of this was
paid over by subscribers in the New
York Federal Reserve district. whose
participation in the loan is placed al
over 81 ,000,000000.
As many of the larger banks had
qualified as depositaries for Liberty
Loan funds, they were permitted Ia
keep the payments in their own vaults
the money being transferred TO the
credit of the Treasury Department by
q simple bookkeeping arrangement
/ Thus, the amount of cash actually
turned into the local Federal Reserve
Bank was only small part of that rep.
resented by the total payments for the
district.
OF the payments by banks which
have not qualified as Liberty Loan de
positaries a large portion was in the
form of the certificates of indebted
ness issued by the Treasury Depart.
ment at Washington in connection with
the Liberty Loan. 1t is believed that
about 100000 of these certificates
have been applied on subscriptions to
the loan to date. These payments, il
! is said. include the initial instalmen'
I of per cent which was due on June
| Is, the date the subscription books
were closed.
Advices from Washington stated tina,
Treasury officials were hopeful that 8
large proportion of the payments into
the Federal Reserve banks would be in
certificates of indebtedness. In an ap
peal to banks Secretary McAdoo asked
that half of the total be paid in these
| short term certificates. The Treasury
must redeem $26s,000000 of them Sat
urday, in addition to s50,000000 oil
other Indebtedness certificates at about
the same time.
The next instalment on the Liberty
Loan subscriptions 20 per cents due
July 80. The engraved bonds will
probably be ready for distribution mex
! week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-29
Rumania's Mission
Reaches Washington
Body Is Not Strictly Diplo-
matte; 1t Will Seek Re-
cruits for Army

Washington, June %. - Rumania's
mission to the United States reached
Washington to-day unannounced and
sought quarters at hotel.
DR.. Vasle Lucaci is the head OF the
party and is accompanied by Johan
Mota and Lieutenant V. Stocia. They
will call at the State Department to-
morrow and introduce themselves, in
the absence Of a Rumanian diplomatic
representative in Washington. This
mission is not strictly of a diplomatic
character, and will devote itself largely
20 efforts 10 stimulate recruiting for
the Rumsnian army among their fellow
countrymen in America.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-29
Fire Record

. 80 w~si 77ih G Herman slruan. slight
. auto II itaih - and River av Tho Bronx
william Rsndell, slight
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sO-sy Ia,t 5sih ST. Mar LsndrefAn. trinhg
? 5O-l3D Third aV. James D4dd.r. unlnz
sO-ss SCANNED st. Louis fsshbosiu. timing
,sS-Esst Van Cortland AZ ard Grand Con
c,nlrse Tho BrUr. Henry Goodman. Woo
eto-l8Ti brook ay. The Brour. Joseph Funschcr
y2s-a Unltniy Place Jacob Llpnsa. unknown.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-29

dent of the Richmond Scout Council.
Tonight Mr.. Bryan issued a state
ment charging that the truckers were
paying negroes 20 and 25 cents barrel
for picking up potatoes, while the
Scouts were given only 10 cents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-29
Member of Parliament Says
Bill Must Be Submitted
to People
Sees Labor Ignored
verville Declares Borden
Should Call in Workers.
as Wilson Did

o...wa. June 9s. - The declaration
.,.+ q General strike of organized labor
n canada will be called if the govern
.r. attempts TO apply consumption
...tor+ first obtaining authority from
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-08-10
THE MEANEST MAN.

Wagers have often been laid as to
who is the meanest man in America.
No decision has ever been reached,
but it would not be at all surprising
if it should develop that he is some one
who came to this country from a
broad, got sustenance and affluence
here, and now goes around with dis
LOYALTY in his heart and the sheer of
the marplot on his lips.-Jewish Ex-
change.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-08-10
August 10, 1917.

which clash with their own esthetic
standards, with their ideas of fitness,
propriety, and harmony. Such young
people soon lose respect for religion,
the synogog, and everything connected
with it, That righteousness among
our young people is on the increase
will not be doubted by any one who
takes the trouble to familiarize him
self with conditions The old fash
Toned synagog does not attract them,
while the prejudice of their parents,
as rule, keeps them from affiliat-
ing with the liberal synagog. The
older generation must learn the inn
portant lesson that to modern people
refinement is as necessary an element
in religion as in everything else.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-08-10
THE DIFFERENCE IN
FRANCE.

While Germany still persecutes
her Jews and refuses apparently to
consider the sacrifices that have been
brought by the Jews for their father
land, the Jews of France have found
that nti-Semitism in that country is
practically extinct. The wonderful
spirit shown by the Jews of France
and the great valor displayed on the
battlefield by the thousands of French
Jews have elected the admiration and
profoundest respect of all French
people, And if we are to Judge by
the apparently authentic reports the
position of the Jew in France is bet
ter than that Of his brethren in any
other country.
Stirring tales of heroism in which
three rabbis gave their lives to succor
the wounded on the field of battle
have resulted in a wave of consider
alton for the Jews that was unknown
in France Of course, the position
of the Jews in Russia is very much
improved now, and if Germany were
to eliminate it's deep-rooted prejudice
against the Jew, his condition in Ell
ropean countries would be quite salts
factory 1t is interesting to note that
the Literary Digest" in a quotation
from a leading journal, says, mi
chaelis, who is of a Disraeli's race"
We never knew, and we suppose that
most persons do not know, that Mi
chaelis is a Jew, even by birth; but
this is not strange because in Ger
many, by reason of the iniquitous
method pursued by the government,
the only chance a Jew has to exercise
his talents to the fullest is by hiding
his Judaism. They take what the
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-08-10

Yes, dear Corinne, we sometimes
think it foolish to blame the Christians
for disliking the Jews, when we con-
slider that one class of Jews dislikes
another class, and that some Jewish
clubs have been known to refuse mem
bership to "Pollacks." The cussed-
ness of human nature is everywhere
the same.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-08-10
THE GHETTO JEW.


He is serious in thought, in literature,
in business and in relaxation. Whe-
Their he is an old Talmudic scholar,
with the feeling for the holiness of his
disinterested passion engraved upon
his face a rabbi whose soul is devoted
to an Interpretation of the law; a
starving but imprisoned poet in the
ancient Hebrew; stormy socialist,
stern realist in literature or on the
other hand an untutored actor, sweat
shop worker, or street merchant, he
is always serious. Every face seen in
the Ghetto is picturesquely serious;
some express the solemnity of religion
of thought, some the melancholy of
fatigue or longing; the same intensity
that some put into the Interpretation
of the holy law, others put into bust
ness.
The Ghetto has message, and a
very important one, for us Anglo
Saxon Americans. For in our life
there is a great deal of what seems
unreal to the Russian Jew. Our atti-
tude toward books and plays is a
striking instance. We regard such
things as mere sources of amusement,
to be enjoyed after the days work is
done-The serious and intense Ghetto
Jew on the other hand, seeks the in
tense JOY Of ideas. Every season
many plays are given at the lowly
Yiddish theatres on the BoWery which
are genuine criticism of life; realistic
pieces portraying contemporary man
ners and customs, showing how the
poor Ghetto Jews live, what their
problems, their ideals, are; plays wit
messed in large measure by very
poor people indeed, but people who,
though they enjoy comic buffoonery
also enjoy still more faithful picture
of their lives.
ITO anyone who has met some of
the beautiful old scholars of the Ghet-
to, the honors at Kishinef and else
where, suggesting as they do that some
of these remarkable men may have
been included among the victims
seem peculiarly terrible; for no one
wants to lose from the world such a
fine thing
"The spirit of the Ghetto is the spir-
it of seriousness, of melancholy, of
high idealism which when inter
preted by the sympathetic artist, illu-
mines even the sweat-shop, the push
cart market, and the ambitious bust
ness man. This combination of the
highly ideal with the highly worldly
is, when seen from a disinterested
&c ,,:o,,,
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-08-10
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

Jew can give but they give nothing to
the Jew. That's the wonderful GA
therland" that some of our Jews be-
come ecstatic over Jewish Criterion.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-08-10
345
Jews HOLD FOUR OF SEVEN
WORLDS PUGILISTIC
TITLES.

WOKLDS PUGlLlSIlC
TITLES.
A glance over the list of our boxing
champions reveals the rather unusual
fact that, of seven divisions in Ameri-
ca, four of the champions are He
breWs.
A list Of their real names probably
would not be recognized even by the
most ardent boxing fan-Benj amin
Leiner, Gershon Mendiloff, All. Ri
dolph and Barney Levinsky. Leiner,
of course, is Leonard; Mendiloff is
better known as Ted Lewis, and Ru-
do1ph fights as Al Mccoy.
They hold the lightweight, weller
weight, middleweight and light heavy
weight crowns among them.
All of which reminds us that some
of our greatest fighters have been
Jewish.
Joe Choynsky, than whom there
was never gamer or greater fighter
at his weight, is Hebrew.
Abe Attell, in his prime the most
wonderful of feathers, is Jewish.
The list includes Leach Cross, Char
ley White, Kid Herman, the feather
weight; Harry Lewis and many others.
With the exception of the Irish no
race has produced SO many good fight
ers as the Hebrew.
The present-day champions, with
the exception of Mccoy, are up to
the average of the old days.
Leonard certainly is greater than
the two champions who came before
him, and unlike either Welsh or Rit-
chic, is willing to risk his crown now
and then.
Lewis is a great fighter shifty,
clever and hard hitting.
Levinsky made name for himself
as an iron man when he fought two or
three times a week against the best
men of his class. He won his title
from Jack Dillon, in itself no easy
task
Al Mccoy, generally recognized as
middleweight champion on account
of his one-round victory over George
Chip two or three years ago, manages
to hang on to the title because no mid
dleweight has been found able to
knock him out in ten rounds, and AL
won't play unless it's ten-round no
decision fight.-Brooklyn Citizen.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-08-10

A glance over the list of our boxing
champions reveals the rather unusual
fact that, of seven divisions in Ameri-
ca, four of the champions are He
brews.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-31

MILK TO
VANISH!

Saturday is the date set for the
rise in milk prices.
Friday we are paying the milk
wagon man who delivers our
morning bottle 10 cents quart
or six cents a pin. Saturday we
shall pay him II II cents a quart
or 6 u cents a pint.
The cream for our coffee will
cost us so cents a quart, or 25
cents a pint, or 12R cents for
half a pint.
Cream to whip for our short
cake will be SO cents a quart or
30 cents pint or 10 cents half
pint.
If we buy in larger quantities
and without wagon deliveries,
milk will cost SO cents gallon,
or 65 cents for two gallons, or
80 cents for three gallons.
Commercial cream will cost
$3.50 a gallon, 40 cents a quart,
20 cents pint or 10 cents a half
pint.
Whipping cream will cost SO a
gallon or SO cents quart, 25
cents pint or 12R cents a half
pint.
Thus saith the Pierce County
Dairymen's association.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-31
SEATTLE
SHIPMEN
STRIKE!

SEATTLE, Aug. 81. - Twelve
thousand organized employees of
Seattle shipyards will strike We'd
nesday, September 5, unless de-
mands for wage increases are
granted by the three of the largest
companies before then.
This was the announcement of
President Dan McKillop, of the
Metal Trades council, shortly be-
fore noon today, after confer
ence with leaders of the Is unions
affected.
A final attempt to avert the
strike will be made this afternoon
when the conference committee is
scheduled to meet with the heads
of the three companies, the Ames
Shipbuilding e Drydock Co., Seat
tie Drydock & Construction Co,
and j. F. Duthie & Co.
All of the plants are working
on government bottoms.
If the companies maintain their
present position, that they are un-
able to pay the increased wages
without orders from the U. S.
shipping board, the committee will
serve the strike notice.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-31

Word from Rome, from the
front in France and from Wash
ington brought the real touch OF
war ever closer to America today.
Diplomatic circles in Rome be-
lieye that President Wilson's reply
to Pope Benedict's peace appear
may be followed by an intensive
ubmarine campaign against the
United States. =,
From Washington comes word
that such a campaign is looked
forward to with confidence. New
devices and the efficiency OF the
American fleet will be relied upon
to successfully combat the u-boats.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made
to rush 10000 engineers and
1000 laborers to work behind the
American front in France. This
announcement followed United
Press dispatches from the Ameri-
can headquarters revealing short
age in labor and supplies.
Washington officials empha-
sized their belief that Germany
this winter will feel more and
more the grip of hunger and hint
ed that this may play powerful
part in the concerted assault of
democracy.
Little activity was reported
from the fighting zones. Berlin
claimed recapture of some ground
around lie Catelette. The London