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The sun., 1917-06-07
BORDEN'S BUYSS
Big MILK FIRMS
Farm Paper Says Reported
Deal Involved $8, 100000
to $9,OOO,OOO.

This weeks issue OF the Rural Ne,o
Yorker. a farm publication OF which
John J. Dillon. State Commissioner of
Foods and Markets, 10 the owner. con-
tains a statement that the present In
has bought up the X. F. Stevens Com
pany Of Brooklyn. the Central Dairy
Company and the Uhlmann & Hauk
Company Of New York.
THE price II said to aggregate be-
tween eight and nine Millions the
weekly continues. 1T Is also reported
that negotiations are practically COM
pleted for the purchase Of two other
concerns. one Of which Is the largest
remaining milk company In Brooklyn.
II Ia freely predic now that all OF the
smaller companies ultimately will fall
into the Borden's hands and that ulti-
rnately the whole distribution business
then will be controlled by Bordens and
Shef1eid Farms"
T. Frederic Taylor. president OF Bor-
dea's Condensed MIX Company. de-
clihed last night 10 discuss the report
He referred inQuirers to c. A. Weiant
president Of tho Borden Farms Product
Company. recently incorporated to take
over the nuid milk business Of the Bor-
den concern.
II was said at the home OF Mr..
weiant that he WAS out OF town and
would not return until to-day.
w. w. Walsh. Jr.. president OF r. II
Stevens 4 Co.. said to reporter for
THE SUN: II cannot give you any in
formation. Up to this time II isn't so
All kinds of rumors have been anoat
The most ridiculous one was TO the ef-
feet that the Stevens company had
bought out Borden's"
The sun., 1917-06-07
VETERANS OF SOUTH
HONOR THEIR DEAD
Memorial Services Held Around
Confederate Shaft in Ar
lington Cemetery.

WARRINGTON. June G--Memorial exer.
cises for the soldier dead In the Con.
federats section OF Arlington National
Cemetery featured to-days programme Of
the United Confederate Veterans 70.
union. Sons of Veterans and Daughters
Of the Confedsracy participated. Bishop
Collins Denny Of Richmond. Va. paid q
tribute 10 the women Of the South
through whose efforts the memorial shaft
was erected. and to tho generosity OF
the nation In no readily granting the re-
quest for placing tho monument In
Arlington.
Emphasizing the spirit Of fraternity
and unity now existing between the soc
tlons. Bishop Denny said: This monu-
ment is the seal OF a fraternai union
America Is united. The young men OF
to-day will remember the heroisrn OF
their fathers and are ready to sacrifice
their oil for the stars and Stripes"
Delegates and visitors continued 10
come In during the day. swelling the
number OF veterans to about ten thou
sand and the total OF visitors to 100. 900
nearly double the prereunion estimates
Buildings are being rented and cots
placed to take care Of the overflow. and
many citizens are throwing open their
homes. The veterans are looking forward
with keen interest to the great event OF
the gathering. the parade tomorrow up
Pennsylvania avenue and by the White
House. whore they will be reviewed by
President Wilson and Vice. President
Marshall. A detachment from the loo al
post OF the Grand Army Of the Republic
will act a. escort for Gen. Harrison. the
commander In chief Of the Confederates.
The sun., 1917-06-07
NAVY EXONERATED
IN HOSPITAL ATTACK
Civilian Investigation Board
Reports Solace Charges
UnfOunded.
Overlooking ADMITTED
DR.. Abraham Flexner, Nathan
Straus and. DR.. Welch
Made Inquiry.

WASHINGTON, June s.--The protest or
round robin" signed by thirty patients
aboard the navy hospital ship Solace.
charging mistreatment by the medical
officers. rests on gossip and hearsay.'
according to the report Of the civilian
Commission sent TO the feet by Secretary
Daniels to investigate conditions in any
way It saw At.
After interviewing more than 100 men
who were aboard the ship during the
period covered by the complaint the com
mission. composed Of DR.. William II.
Welch, Johns Hopkins University. and
Dr. Abraham Flsxnsr and Nathan Straus
Of New York. reported that ''the general
testimony is to the effect that they re-
ceived what they wanted, needed and
asked for There was. In our Judgment.
no lack OF Kindness and intelligent care
on the part Of Or. Blackwood tcom-
mand!ng the SolAce) and his assistants
They were dealing throughout the month
OF May with an unprecedented emer-
gency. and In handling II they acquitted
themselves admirably"
The report asserted that the medical
personnel in charge OF the heets naval
hospitals are all entitled to the highest
praise for their devoted and untirins
efforts and for the success which they
achieved under extremely difiicult con-
ditions."
The sun., 1917-06-07
FUSION COMMITTEE
TO SELECT mitchell
Indications Are That He Will
Be Renominated Whether
Willing or Not.
ORGANIZATION EFFECTED
Executive Committee to Can
vass Feasibility Of Picking
Men for All Offices.

There was every indication yesterday
At the, hrst meeting OF the Executive
Committee Of the Fuaion Committee OF
1917 n India House, Hanover Square.
that Mayor Nitchei will be oonscripted
~ the committees candidate whether he
10 willing or not While the members of
the Executive Committee steadfastiy de-
clined to talk for publication at this
time. enough was heard to make the
Mitchell position plain.
The committee met and organised and
empowered the Executive COMMITTEES
members from each borough to make a
thorough study Of the sentiment In their
respective boroughs as to the feasibility
of the Fusion Committee nominating
candidates for an ofY,oes. including those
Of Sheriff. District Attorney and Judges.
-Four years ago there was some resent-
rnent In some Of the boroughs against
the committee nominating any but the
heads Of the city government. and the
committee In going slow this year before
making any decision.
While no ofYicial Announcement was
made II was learned that the headqusr-
tsrs OF the committee will be In The
Thirty-eighth Street Building. Mt Thirty
eighth street and Madison avenue. The
Democratic Fusion Committee will be
located several blocks away In the Heck
scher Building. F'orty-second street. near
Fifth avenue.
The Fusion Committee OF 1917 win
soon select q publicity director and other
managerial heads and open the cam
paign In earnest. II 10 proceeding abso-
iutely on the theory that Mayor Mitchell
will Be its candidate. with Comptroller
Prsndergast n candidate for his present
position and Robert Adamson. Fire Com.
missioner. a. the candidate for Presiden,
OF the Board OF Aldermen In exposition
to Frank Bowling. the present Tam.
many head Of the board.
The. anti-Marks talk IL becoming
stronger In the Fusion Committee. and
there 10 little likelihood that Mr. Marks
will be renominated, IL he makes q
night. however. he may be apie to turn
tho tables. as there 10 no doubt. OF hi,
strength. II IL believed that he would
be an especially dangerous man to rur
Independently. either for Mayor or his
present place. Should he desire a re
nomination and be turned down It Il
quite likely. according to the gossip. thai
he will run Independently for Mayor or
the theory that he would get enough
votes to defeat Mitchell.
The sun., 1917-06-07
BOYS FLAG SALUTE
SPOILED BY PLOTTER
Busie Strangely Stopped Up
at Glen Ridge Ceremony.

While Glen Ridge. N. J.. IL almost
bursting with patriotism. Nathan Price.
the boy bugler Of the Glen Ridge Home
Defence Battalion and trumpeter for the
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Camp Fire
Girls as well. is on the verge Of expiod-
ing with rage, chasrin or modification,
he doesn't know which
On Tuesday all Glen Ridge turned out
to participate In the big patriotic meet
ing which was to conclude with a nag
raising at the Community Garden. Not
only all the school boys and girls were
town officiais as we'll The Boy Scouts.
Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls were
drawn up In hollow square. and In the
centre stood young Nathan with his
shining bugle poised for the long. sweet
blast that was to float out on the air
Just as Old Glory rippied to the breeze.
The signal was given. the nag was
shot up TO the towering mast and the
master OF ceremonies nodded to Nathan
TO sound his Call 10 the Coiors." Nathan
is only IL years old. but he squared his
shoulders and with busie to mouth blew
as he never blew before. His cheeks
pulled out to the size OF toy balloon.
His face became as red as a turkey
cocks and his eyes bulged But not a
sound came from the obstinate bugle.
Again he tried and then the pesl<y horn
emitted little sduawk that sounded
like the nrst crow of an eight weeks old
rooster
Tho crowd was amazed Nathan ragged.
The ceremonies were about over and
every eye was focused on the little trum-
peter. lie was seen 70 turn up his bugle
and peer into Its curling, mute bell.
Then the crowd let out a whoop as
Nathan was seen to pick out wadding
which some miscreant had stuffed into
the instrument. The Boy Scouts are now
seeking the German plotter who spilled
the beans down Nathan's horn.
The sun., 1917-06-07
Daniels Issues Statement.

In making the report public tonight
Secretary Daniels issued q statement de-
ciarinG that mot only do the findings Of
these three famous health experts clear
the navy Of a shameful attack but they
should carry a message Of reinsurance
The sun., 1917-06-07


Company, t10,e00: Farmers Loan and
Trust Company. New York city. 5000
Manufacturers Trust Company. Brook
lyn. $4,000: Casenovia National Bank
New York. 5000 Mechanics ana Metals
National Bank. New York city. $4,000
American Exchanse National Bank, Ns~
York city. SCI 900: Chase National
bsnk New York city. $4,000: New
York state National Bank, Albany, ~
T., $4,000; Hanover National Bank
New York city, 5000: First National
Bank. Syracuse. y. r.. $4,000.
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The sun., 1917-06-07
DEFENDS BIRTH CONTROL FILM,
Justice Bijsr Dismisses Injunctien
Against Sanger Picture,

Supreme Court Justice Nathan Blur
yesterday cleared the way for Mrs
Margaret Sanger and her associates to
exhibit the motion picture entitled
Birth Control" This nlm. Of which
Mrs. Sanger IL the central nsure. was
10 have been shown at the Park Theatre
few weeks ago. but License Commits
sioner Bell forbade Its presentation
and obtained temporary injunction
against It.
Justice Blur yesterday dismissed this
injunction. In doing so he adopted a
divergent attitude from that taken by
Justice Greenbaum In connection with
the spectacle "The Hand That Rocks the
Cradle" based on the same theme.
Justice BLUR discounts the idea that
the Aim makes hero Of Mrs. Sanger,
declaring that III any one with a saving
sense OF humor had proposed to call tho
play The Way OF the Transsressor In
Hard the title would have been per-
haps more truly descriptive"
The sun., 1917-06-07
WIFE SUES SHIRLEY sPRAGUE.
Court Orders Physician to Pay
s7BO Monthly as AlimOny.

DR.. Shirley 6prague. physician. with
offices at 81 West Fffty-sixth street. was
directed yesterday by Justice Green
baum TO pay alimony Of $3.50 monthly
to Mrs. Marguerite Sprague pending the
settlement OF her suit for divorce, Her
counsel. Philip Carpenter. was awarded
a fee OF 81 900.
Mrs. Sprague names Mrs Anderson.
who Is said to be employed by DR..
Sprague as a nurse and to make her
home In the house where he has his
offices. Mrs. Sprague asserts her hus-
bands income is $50, 900 yearly.
The sun., 1917-06-07
coNsCRHT1oN URGED IN CUBA
Menocal Backs Obligatory SERVED
II Message 20 Congress.

HAVANA. June 6.--President Menocai
to-day sent q message TO Congress rec
ommendinE the passage Of law making
military service obligatory upon all male
citizens on the basis Of the selective sys-
tom a. instituted In the United States
The President asks authority to call
for q registration Of all citizens between
the ages Of ~ and 30 and to put under
arms Immediately the necessary number
Of conscripted men for the national de-
fence and the security Of the State. The
messaSs was read In the House and re-
ferred to the Committee on Naval and
Military Affairs.
The sun., 1917-06-07
GERMAN AID FOR LOAN.
FssAs Dse Then May BE Invested
~ Liberty Bsuas.

WARRINGTON. June s.--Miiiions OF dol.
lars In dividends and debts due TO Ger
mans from American citizens may be In.
vested In Liberty Loan bonds under the
trading with the enemy act now pending
In Congress- Germany will thus heir
America pay for the war.
custodian OF enemy property to bs
named with passage of the trading with
the enemy act would. under this plan
take over all enemy allen property, in.
vestlnG funds and putting real property
Into the hands Of trust companies for
operation. Liberty bonds are considered
safe investment for the German fund.-
and at the same time the money will b<
made TO work for this country.
The sun., 1917-06-07
RUTH CRUCER TAKEN
ABROAD, COCCHI SAYS
Heard She Was Kidnapped, He
Asserts at Home in
Italy.
Special Gable DespatcA to rHn Sun.

BOLOGNA, June 6-Alfredo Cocchi.
who came here from New York in Feb
ruary. was highly indignant to-day when
the correspondent OF THE SUN told him
he might be extradited to the United
States in connection with the disappear
ance Of Ruth Cruger.
Cocchi said he returned openly to
Italy after ten years residence in
America, and abandoned a good busines 50
in New York because Of the excessive
jealousy OF his wife, Maria Magrini, a
native OF Imola. who insisted on his
Joining her here.
He met Ruth Cruger only once In his
Ire. Cocchi said. when she called at his
shop on the day OF her disappearance to
have her skates sharpened He says she
was pleasant faced girl. but there was
nothing extraordinary about her. When
she disappeared and the police oues-
toned him he convinced them that her
visit to his shop was merely an insig-
nifcant incident. unconnected with her
disappearance
His departure from New York a few
days after her disappearance was not
intended for flight nor as an attempt to
Witnnoiu inIOrHatiOn, COCCnI eAI0. since
he opened a bicycle repair shop here.
where he 10 well known. he has made
not the slightest attempt to hide his
Identity.
Cocchi swears he knows nothing about
the dlsappea rance OF Ruth Cruger except
what he heard from New York that she
was kidnapped and brought to Europe
Since then he has heard nothing fur
ther. He was most astonlshed when the
correspondent of THE SUN questioned
him.
Ruth Cruger. an eishteen-year-old
student at Wadleigh High School, dis
appeared from her home. $50 Claremont
avenue, on February 13. Since then not
word has been heard from her. Her
last known act was to get her skates
sharpened at Cocchis shop, 542 West
127th street. The police questioned
Cocchi and a few days later he went
quietly to Italy. a week ago II was an
nounced that the State Department had
located Cocchi at the home OF his brother
In Bologna. The District Attorneys Of
hce may extradite Cocchi. though there
Is no charge against him. Cocchi's
statement that he had heard Ruth
Cruger was kidnapped and brought to
Europe does not coincide with accounts
OF the affair published here. Her being
taken TO Europe has never been mem
toned
The sun., 1917-06-07

A hre IN the testing laho-a.1- ., h !
Bureau Of Highways on the tnc.f.. ,Ns
Of tho Terminal Building. at So 80.
street. Brooklyn, yesterday t1u,ed az.
employees and proved a stubborn -" y
fremen. SulphUric fumes ve-e n. - ~ -
danger. The damage was coaa-s4 =
the twelfth floor.
The sun., 1917-06-07

to the parents OF the nation He said
the charges ''nrst receiving publicity
through Senator Calder and then given
countrywide circulation are shown to
have no other base than malice and
falsehood"
The commissioners reported that pa
tients and convalescents on the Solace
and In land hospitals were questioned In
the absence Of officers, and that the wit
nesses spoke without reserve and with
no evidence Whatsoever Of fear or re-
straint." It was learned that during
May the feet was receiving new men at
q rate Of 700 a day. with measles,
mumps. scarlet fever and cerebro-menin-
gitis unusually prevalent in communities
from which the recruits were drawn AZ
result the Solace, with normal ca
paeity for thirty infectious cases. at one
time was forced to care for 101.
Charges that proper precautions were
not taken to prevent the spread OF dis
ease. the report declares. are unanswer-
ably denied by the fact that there was
virtually no cross-infection either on the
ship or at the shore hospitals. The spe-
cihc charge that fever patients were
compelled to carry their own baggage
on boarding the ship is dismissed as
absolutely untrue"
Charges Not ssbstsntiated.
Charges that the supply Of drinking
water was inadequate are stated to be
grossly inaccurate and the allegation
that germ laden dishes from the con-
tagious wards were not promptly disin-
fccted are described as impossible and
absolutely absurd" The method of
serving food II declared to have been
the only practical one land, indeed, en-
tirely correct"
The author OF the complaint was the
only man found who said he had lacked
for food. his neighbor in the ward de-
claring the complainant had beeD served
regularly and abundantly." Not a
single witness substa inflated the charge
that blankets from the isolation wards
were heaped in one pile during the day
and indiscriminately distributed at night
The round robin" the report declares
was composed by one person, who wove
into II complaints from various sources
The signers evidently did not mean In
dividualiy to indorse or stand for the
whole Of Il. II Is clear to US that most
of IL rests on gossip and hearsay.''
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-29

Woodward The specific charge is
professional misconduct" p.
Mayor Still 5lanes Aver
Il suspended DR. Aver because
do not believe that he should solicit
private practise. said Mayor Lane.
II people come TO him of their own
volftion that is different matter, but
TO have them moved to a hospital
from the emergency hospital and still
continue as their physician is in my
opinion wrong and should not be al
lowed -. ...
When asked concerning this point
Logan stated that when the emergen-
cy hospital was first opened he made
1t very clear in open meeting that the
emergency hospital should be used
only for first aid and that the pa
tlents. if they needed further atten-
ton, should be moved at once TO an
other hospital. If the injured per-
son is INDECENT" said Logan. the city
pays the bill. but il they have money,
as understand Nagle had, the pa.
tient must pay -.
A Star Bulletin representative inter.
viewed superintendent Roehl and DR..
F. F. Alsup, also Secretary. Jack Ed
wardson of the Sailors Union and
Clyt and County Physician James #.
Wayson, none Of whom eontradicted
any statements made by DR.. Aver in
answer to Mayor Lanes charges. DR..
Wayson, now acting emergency sur
geon in Dry Ayers place during the
latter's suspension, had nothing to say
about the whole affair, but admitted
having written to Edwardson the fol.
lowing letter:
Dr.. Wayson's Letter .....l F.
nave seen the mayor and also
District Attorney Brown, but have not
heard from them since, but will try
to see Them again on Monday. Il il
Is possible for you to do so should
like to have statement and receiyted
Dill so can show them to both the
mayor and to Attorney Brown VIII
you kindly attend to this part and let
me know as soon as possible if Maggie
1ulfy intends us to proceed in this
matter. The attempt to pauperize
man OF his age-crippled for life
surely should be a matter of govern
mental inquiry, and with your support
L believe we can see that such does
not occur again.
Alsup Corroborates Aver
Saying he would rather not be ia.
plicated unless by official request, or
DR.. Alsup made no
voluntary statement, but answers to
questions. bore out the gist of DR..
Ayers story regarding him, i. e., that
DR.. Aver placed Nagle in the Queens
Hospital as a private patient; that
DR.. Alsup attended the case under DR..
Ayers direction; that DR.. Alsup re-
celyed Nagle's approval of the $50
statement which DR.. Aver requested
him to present and that finally DR..
Alsup declined to take any more from
DR.. Aver for helping in the case, say
MORE -
ing he was not permitted to accept
fees. 49,. -.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-29
JAPAN TAKES A CENSUS
OF ITS INHABITANTS

TOXIC, Japan.-There are 2201
people in Japan who are worth more
than $3.50. 900. according to an inform
al census taken recently AS indicat-
ing the fact that the number Of veal
thy people is constantly increasing in
Japan il is to be noted that those
having more than $25O,000, or half a
million yen, has increased by 1876
since the last investigation made in
1911. The ratio OF increase is 115 per
cent. The aggregate wealth of the
2201 rich is estimated. at 3,470.0O0, 900
yen or S1,735, 100000.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-29
INDICATIONS ARE
Bright FOR SOME
RAISE in DUTIES

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 4.-The
imperative necessity Of devising meth
eds for greatly increasing the federal
revenues during the coming fiscal
year Is causing officials OF the treas
Try department and Democratic mem.
bers Of the ways and means commit.
tee OF the house OF representatives TO
give anxious consideration TO the pos.
sible sources from which additional in
come can be derived. The drift OF
sentiment is strongly in favor of a
bond issue TO cover large part OF the
tremendous deficit that confronts the
government. According to the esti.
mates Of congressional leaders this
VIII amount TO something in the neigh
borhood of $500, 000, 900. ...,
Bond Issue Certain ... ~.
II bond issue is decided upon,
every item OF expenditure that can
he set against IL with any approach
TO consistency will be charged up TO
this account Among these items
will be included the cos; of the en-
larged naval program, the purchase
price of the Danish West Indies and
other appropriations aggregating $780,
900, 900.
This will still leave gap of $780,
100000 between estimated income and
expenditure to be closed by tariff
duties or direct taxes Congress only,
recently doubled the income tax rate.
and IL is felt that any further increase
In this direction is out of the CUES.
ton. Congress likewise repealed the
special war taxes because OF the
widespread dissatisfaction with them,
and the unpopularity of these stamp
and excise taxes. except on liquors
and tobacco. makes members gen
orally unwilling to consider them.
As practically the only remaining
recourse, consideration has turned this
week to an advance in the tariff on
sugar and TO the possible imposition
of moderate duties on coffee, wool
and rubber, as well as some other
articles.
Suggestions emanating from ma.
jorfty leaders in Congress have turned
discussion into this channel within
the past few days While the pro-
posals have not yet taken definite
form. II is tentatively suggested that
the duty on sugar be increased from
the present effective rate of / cent a
pound to a. cent and half. II is
pointed out that this will provide ap-
proximately $25,000,000 year Of add,
tional revenue.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-29
SLEEPING cIaL HAS VISIONS

FfNDLAY, o.--Physicians and anna.
teur psychologists are deeply inter
ested in the cataleptic condition of
Miss Isabelle Myers, 16. OF Fostoria,
who has been asleep eight days after
eating her hearty Christmas dinner.
From time to time the girl talks
about the wonders OF world which
she evidently believes herself to be
visiting, and her descriptions are SO
vivid that persons who have heard her
declare their belief that the girl actu.
ally is receiving visions of another
world.