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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-04
Cunnjno,-

Cunning.
:, Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Won't
me 1917 picture of the then grand
mother in overalls look cute?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13
One Drowned, 2 Saved,
From Coney Undertow
Women Rescued as They Are
Being Swept to Sea; Crowd
Estimated at 100000

Enormous crowds which focked to
Coney Island yesterday and donned
bathing suits were kept within the life
lines by fear of a strong undertow.
Three bathers were pulled into deep
water and one of them was drowned.
He was Anthony Jerome. OF 81 East
Il7th Street, who was swimming off
Thirty-third Street.
Stephen Senft, of 81 Cannon Street,
rescued Minnie Weinstein, of 1880 Park
Place, Brooklyn, who was being swept
out TO sea near Sheridan's Walk.
Sophie Schlessinger, of 15S Hopkins
Street, Brooklyn, was in the same pre-
dicament off Twenty-eighth Street and
was towed to shore by a bather who
said il was of no consequence, really.
Haunting and splashing timid persons
who kept TO shallow water near the
Municipal Baths, Emil Baeling, of 50
Henry Street, Brooklyn, strobe boldly
out on a jetty and dived. The water
was shallow and he was taken 10 Coney
Island Hospital with a fracture of the
spine.
Although the crowd at the resort was
estimated at 100000, bath house prices
generally kept to weekday levels for
about the first time since the opening OF
the season. The average yesterday was
so cents.
The Coney Island Mardi Gras this
year will be from September 10 to l6,
a day longer than usual. The last day
will be Recruiting Day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13
Mobilization in
The Kitchen

Members of the Chamber OF Com
MERGE of the United States frequently
ask if there is not some service IN con-
nection with the war which they can
render while at home. There is no"
such an opportunity.
Herbert Hoover, at the request of'the
President. is endeavoring TO reduce
our consumption of food supplies sc
that we may ship to our Allies tnt
food that will keep men, women any
children from starving. To reduce oul
consumption of food he has asked tne
following of each individual:
Rules for Economy
First-To eat one wheatless meal
Second-To eat beef, mutton or pork
not more than once a day. -,
Third-To economic in the use Oh
Fourth-To cut the daily allowance
of sugar in tea or coffee and IN o'ne'
ways. .r,,;,
Sixth-To urge in the home or the
restaurants frequented the necessity OF
economy.
To assist in bringing about this con-
certed action every organization mem
Der of the chamber is hereby Ssked:
First-To form committees to MAKE
and follow up among its members the
three requests made below OF IN
dividual members, and to send tne
names of these committees to the I'M
dersigned committee. 80
Second-To promote, in any posslole
way. the actual and continued ooserv-
ance in each community Of the six re-
quests set forth above.
Individuals Action
Each individual member is re-
Guested: -.
First-To undertake himself to live
up to the above six requests, and 10
ask his friends and employees to do so.
Second-To ask clubs and associa-
tions of which he is a member to APP
point committees 10 assist IN making
general the observance of the above SIX
requests.
Third-To put into effect other
means of making general in his com
munity the observance Of the above SIX
requests, advising the undersigned
committee of anything he is able TO do
in this respect which might be of as
sistance in other communities.
All members are asked TO inform this
committee promptly what they are
doing in connection with the above re-
quests and to continue TO report at
least once a month.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13

il is finished in less than a month many
of the older members will be surprised
Senator La Toilette will offer, early
this week, his substitute for the peno-
ing bill, which would place virtually
the entire burden of taxation on war
profits, incomes, liquor and tobacco
Senator Gore is expected to speak IN
surport of the measure. senator
Thomas, another Finance Committee
member. who is opposed TO the major
ity bill, is i'll and will be unable to
speak.
Demands for Peace Terms
Activities in both houses of few
who want the government to deflne I'm
mediately its peace terms, coupled with
a report that President Wilson con-
templated drastic action against dis
turbing elements in the country, are
arousing interest, and may lead to
spirited debate this week. Senator La
Follette's resolution, asking for a
statement of terms, and another by
Senator King, of Utah, declaring there
shall be no peace until the Allies tri-
umph, introduced Saturday, will come
UP for debate early in the week.
Administration leaders are expected
TO assail both the peace resolutions,
as they regard all peace talk at this
time as extremely unwise. particularly
because of the effect il might have on
Russia.
Strong Effect in Russia
Members of the Root commission
who returned here last week from
Russia said that every move looking
to peace, no matter how trivial. in
this country was seized upon by Ger
man propagandists and made the most
of in Russia. Charles Edward Russell,
one of the commissioners, went so far
as to declare that one peace resolu-
tion in Congress was of more value to
the Kaiser now than a thousand men
in the trenches.
Immediate consideration of the Adj
ministration soldiers insurance bill
may be urged in the House by Repre-
sentative Adamson, and if taken up il
probably will be passed speedily;
otherwise the House probably will con-
tinue its three-day recesses under an
agreement to transact no business.
Senator Sheppard's bill to provide
for the establishment of an air board
to supervise government aeronautics
probably will be passed by the Senate
tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13
Police Drag River, Although
Father Believes He
Was Kidnapped
Dock Crowded at Time
Policeman Declares Child Did
Not Leave Wharf; Mother
Collapses

The harbor police last night began
dragging the Hudson River, in the
vicinity Of l32d Street, for the body
of two year-old Paul H. Freedman, of
ll2 West Ninety-sixth Street, who mys-
teriously disappeared from the Harlem
pier of the Peoples Line at $3.50 O'Clock
last evening, and is believed to have
been drowned.
The police are at loss to under
stand how the boy could have fallen
into the river, as the waiting room on
the pier is surrounded by an eight-foot
picket fence, and more than sixty per-
sons, including the boys parents, were
on the pier at the time. No one could
be found who saw the child fall over
board or heard a splash.
Father Misses Boy
The boys father, Harry Freedman
proprietor of the Columbus Avenue de-
partment store at 728 Columbus Ave
nue., had stepped over to the ticket
window TO purchase tickets for the Al
bany boat, leaving the child standing
by his mother. when he returned Paul
was missing. He made hurried search
of the waiting room and then notified
Patrolman Richard Gavigan.
Mrs. Freedman became hysterical and
collapsed. Excitement was caused
among other women passengers, when
some one shouted that kidnappers were
on the pier, and several became
hysterical. Patrolman Gavigan sum-
moned an ambulance from the Knicker-
booker Hospital and Mrs. Freedman was
revived by DR.. Berger.
She said she believed the boy had
been kidnapped. Gavigan. who had
been standing midway on the pier, was
certain the boy did not leave the pier,
and said he was positive no taxicab
drove up or away. He questioned
every one on the pair, but none had
seen the boy walk away.
Porter Had Gate Open
A space of thirty-fve feet separates
the waiting room from the bulkhead,
and there'is a gate leading to 1t. Sew
eral passengers remembered that por-
ter had opened the gate to take some
trunks through, but the porter insisted
that the boy did not go through the
gate. and that he locked it securely
when he passed out.
Freedman declared that he had no
enemies who woIld have reason to kid
nap the child. The boy had dark eyes
and black hair and wore white blouse,
white knickers and tan stockings and
shoes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13
Nine Overcome by Smoke
One Fireman Knocked Uncon.
scious at Uptown Blaze

Eight fremen and Frank Goshofsky,
a Waterman, were overcome by smoke
yesterday in a fire which destroyed
the five story brick building at 500 and
55S West Fifty-second Street, occupied
by the Robert Wick Lumber Company
and Langerbacher & Co., cabinet manu-
facturers. Dense clouds of smoke from
burning varnish and other chemicals
hampered the tiremen.
Battalion Chief Martin turned in two
extra alarms when it was feared the
fire would spread to two five story tene-
ments on either side of the structure,
and occupants Of the buildings were or
dered to leave. Fireman Thomas Doyle
was knocked unconscious when he lost
control of hose nozzle on the second
floor, and was taken to the Polytechnic
Hospital
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13
Autos Kill 2 Children;
Driver Crushed by Car

Edith Breen, seven years old. was at
the apartment of her grandmother,
Mrs. Ray Green, at SOS West l6Oth
Street. waiting for dinner yesterday,
but the children of a neighbor had
loitered in the street and their mother
could not make them hear. So Mrs.
Green asked Edith to run down the
street and tell them to come home.
Intent on her errand. the girl sped
down 160th Street and started north on
Riverside Drive. The other children
were Just ahead. Calling to them, she
started to run, but tripped and fell near
l62d Street An automobile ran over
her before she could rise. She was
killed outright. Her home was at l4l5
wilkins Avenue, The Bronx, and she
was staying with her grandmother
while her parents were away.
Joseph Cusimano, driver of the car,
was arrested and held for the inquest.
In the car were the owner, Jesse Met
calf, of 1870 East Sixty-seventh Street;
Captain Kenneth Chisholm, U. 5. A;
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel C.. Adams, of 525
West End Avenue. and Miss Anna
Meredith, Of PIG East Seventeen Street.
James Bennett, of Red Bank, \. j.,
died in the Long Branch On. J.) Hos
pital from injuries suffered when his
car overturned following hasty appli-
cation of the brakes. He was pinned
beneath it. Friends managed to raise
that side of the car from the ground,
but before they could extricate him the
vehicle slipped and crashed down upon
him again.
An automobile killed twelve-year-old
Andrew Manazina near his home. in
Fairview. n. J. Samuel Greer, of 346
East l44th Street, The Bronx, owner
and driver of the car, was arrested.
car which ran down Michael Spin
ELI. seven wears old, on the Boulevard.
Rockaway Beach. sped away after the
accident. Several of the boys ribs
were broken.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13
u. S. Girl Adopts a Marine
Believes Women Should Help
Soldiers of the Sea

BOSTON, Aug. 12.-Miss Jessie
Baumgartner, of Bessemer, Ala, is the
first college woman in the East TO
"adopt" q marine. The marine is at
the Charleston Navy Yard awaiting as
Segment to France. He is not Miss
Baumgartner's first protege, as she had
previously taken a soldier into her war
household. Her soldier is on his way
across the Atlantic to fight in France:
Miss Baumgartner at first INTENDED
TO adopt only one soldier, but she says
that when she saw pretty girls slight
ing the marines she Immediately took
stems TO pick out one she could help.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13

public opinion and the military devote
themselves to patriotic service, II TOT,
eign nations maintain their good VIII
and patience toward Mexico IN hel
present difficulties, Mexico VIII come
through. These are very big MS put
thew look much smaller to me than tney
did three months ago"
According TO Mr.. Bruere, his triP re
moved many misconceptions Win "nIcn
he entered the troubled republic. roI
one thing. he says the country has oy
no means reverted 10 barbarlsm, as re-
ported, but that men are again worh-
ing in the fields, cities are resunlns
their normal appearance, and IN nianS
parts of the country no signs Oh reVoIu-
ton are to be seen. He also rePort'
the survival of a surprisingly goou oi,
ganization in charge OF the ireasui'
business, while many excellent lns'itu,
tions and practices developed IN .Hs
conduct of finances under Diaz remain
undestroyed.
Created Controllers Once
His principal recommendation to the
Carranza government was the estao-
lishment of the office of Controller IN
the national Department OF finance
which will provide the government with
a strong supervision over all Its imam.
cial affairs. He admits, however, that
being the auditor Of claims in this de-
partment, following the revolution, Is
not his highest ambition in life. AS
one Mexican Officer expressed 1t, "A
Controller will need half dozen regl-
ments or so to get away with his JOB
Mr.. Bruere also remarked especially
on the courteous treatment he received
and asserted that among Mexicans
there is apparently no popular dislike
of Americans as such. He expects to
return to Mexico in the fall to continue
his work. In the mean time he has ar
ranged to have studies Of the currency
and taxation problems in Mexico made
BY Professor +. W. Kemmerer, OF
Princeton, and Professor II. A. T.
Chandler, of Columbia, who are now on
their way 10 Mexico
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13
Fire Record

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trail Railroad Company. tnfing
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3O--WeNrhestsr Railroad station. New York
NeW Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
tnfing
1855 East s3d st Bernard Setter: triring
9io-t0i East 63d At Charles finnegan. trinlnH
sO0-lgaT Lexington aV unknoNn; tnning
soo-5i2 East iT6th st, The Bronx. Margaret
Malcolm triring
s.S-SSs West SD At Robert Wick; unknown
tlS-l7sth - and Harlem River Matthew Wei
don slight
e5S-?Js5 vaisnuns az. The B:oEI. Tony Tn.
slal. 1idlnA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13
To Standardize War Wages
Army, Navy and Labor De-
partment Making Survey

Marine trades unions were notineu
yesterday of the appointment OF an
interdepartmental committee. headed
by Assistant Secretary Of the navy
Roosevelt, which will adjust the wage
scales of employees in the various navy
wards and government plants. Inc
other members are Walter Lipman; as
sistant to Secretary Baker, and Will
lam Blackman, conciliator of the De-
partment of Labor. -,
A survey of conditions VIII De
submitted by the committee on
August "a, and efforts will be made
TO have the wage scales conform
to those paid in private plants
in the various communities. some
navy yard employees are now receiving
higher wages than those in private
concerns, while others are paid less
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13
Longshoremen Win Strike

The strike of 200 'longshoremen
employed by the Southern Pacific Rail-
road was settled yesterday, when the
company granted an increase of five
cents an hour. A similar increase was
granted 200 'longshoremen of the Clyde
and Mallory lines, who threatened TO
strike. The men were being paid 3j
cents an hour and asked for 40.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13
Extra Tax Plan Not Fa-
vored Because of Posi-
BILE Disturbances
McAdoo Will Confer
Washington Lays Plans for
Raising $6,OOO,OOO,0oo
Needed for Year

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-While the
Senate continues debate on the s2'oOo'-
10000 war tax bill this week, initial
steps will be taken on the House slde
Of the Capitol toward raising part OF
the additional S6,OOO,OOO,OOO needed to
carry on the war until July l, 1918
More ready money, possibly $1,000
100000 or s. 900, 100000, will be neces-
sary TO meet current expenditures be-
fore Congress can appropriate at the
next session. so Secretary McAdoo mas
arranged a meeting with Democratic
Leader Kitchin, chairman Of the House
WAYS and Means Committee, for early
in the week. probably Tuesday, TO dis
cuss the situation. Members OF the
Wavs and Means Committee, both
Democrats and Republicans, have eN-
pressed willingness to pass without oe-
law legislation for any reasonable
amount the government may require
Senate leaders also are ready 10 CO.
Sentiment for raising additional
funds at this time by a bond issue ana
certificates of indebtedness and not by
TAXATION is strong in both houses. Such
action. il is argued, will permit the
revenue measure now under considera-
ton in the Senate TO pass with the
least possible delay, prevent disturb
ances throughout the country when
are engendered by every tax bill IN
crease and greatly expedite obtaining
money.
Opposition in Sight
Administration officials have, not
stated the exact amount they desire
authorized row, but a request for more
than 100000. 900 additional would
meet strong opposition IL the house.
The "pav ms YOU 90" element, which
believes in meeting as much of current
expenditures by taxation as possible, IS
strong in the WAYS and Means Com
mittee.
Movement to make the next issue OF
bonds or certificates taxable, and with
Az Der cent interest, instead Of being
non-taxable and bearing 312 per cent
interest. is gaining influential follow
ers in the House. II probably Will be
the subject of much debate in sessions
of the WAYS and Means Committee.
REPORTS that a certain United States
citizen acquired S6O,OOO,OOO worth of
the first issue of Liberty bonds in or,
der to escape taxation, have game !
much currency in the House, and
helped enlist advocates Of the plan to
tax the next issue.
Bill May Take a Month
Senator Simmons having concluded
his opening statement Saturday, genera!
discussion of the revised House rev.
enue bill will begin in the Senate to-
morrow. Optimistic leaders hope u
complete debate in two weeks, but II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13
Auto Blaze Kills Two
Crash With Wagon Spills
Gasolene and Starts Fire

MONTICELLO, N. Y, Aug. 12.-Mrs.
Leon Bassoin and Max Kanter, both of
New York City, were burned to death
here early to-day when an automobile
collided with wagon containing five
persons. The crash shattered bottle
of gasolene in the wagon. The fluid
shattered over Mrs. Bassoin and Kan
ter and was ignited in some uneX-
planned way Before the flames could
be extinguished both were burned ia
tally.
The three other persons in the wagon
and Walter Sheppard of New York,
who was in the automobile, escaped
injury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13
sHERIFFS AUCTION SALES

HENRY BRADY. Sherin's Auctioneer. sells
this day. Monday, August 18th, 1917 at
10 30 o'clock in the forenoon, at No ID
Lispenard St. Desks. Chairs. Tables. Type
writer's. Electric Fans. Files Typewriter
Desks and all other once furniture belong
ing to the defendant. Goods must he re
moved Immediately after the sale. Terms
Of sale all cash.
ALFRED r. SMITH. sheriff.
JOHN c. HACkETr, Deputy Sheriff.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13
Former Chamberlain Says
Fighting for Profit Is Only
Bar to Prosperity
Deficit Is Staggering
Republic Needs Help From
Without and Within; Amer
leans Not Disliked

The problem Of peace, complicated by
financial anemia. is keeping President
Carranza Of Mexico awake at nights, &C
cording to Henry Bruere, formerly
Chamberlain of the City of New York
who has just returned from ten weeks
investigation of conditions in Mexico
Mr.. Bruere, who was chosen last May
by the Carranza government to reor-
ganize Mexico's financial administra-
ton, has completed report on and mas
begun installing modern accounting
and business methods in the Mexican
Department Of Finance and Public
Credit.
"The principal problem of Mexico
more important than the financial PROB
lem. because no financial organization
can be effected without its solutions
the problem of peace" declared MI
Bruere in statement issued yesterday.
"Where Carranza's influence prevails
there is peace, but Mexico is vast and
peace is not easy to achieve or main
tain. Moreover, generals find general
ing more profitable than hard labor
Consequently, maintaining order and
paying an expensive array Of ofhcials
who prefer military life and the gov
eminent payroll 20 drab civilian exist
ence are making the Treasury officials
wonder where the next days cash is to
come from.
Mexico Needs Help Badly"
"For 1917-1S military expenditures
alone are estimated at 100000 pesos.
Nobody knows where the money is to
come from. Although the government
is now getting larger revenue than
ever before, there will still be sub
stantial deficit Attempts to meet the
situation have resulted in authorize
ton of loan of l50,000,000 pesos, but
AS much is needed alone to rehabilitate
the government-owned railway system
of the country and reconstruct new
central bank of issue.
mo one may safely prophesy what
the outcome of this national experience
is TO be. Carranza has weathered many
storms, but he needs help badly, not
only from abroad, but also from his
own people. Mexico has a stupendous
governmental problem. but compare
lively few persons are able TO do the
work of government. Too many of the
ADLER Mexican men are still lamenting
the loss of former opportunities and
possessions, and are devoting little or
no effort to the betterment of present
conditions. If the great mining, oil
and other foreign industrial interests
find a basis of cooperation with the
government, if the leaders Of Mexican
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13

Highest temperature yesterday. So degrees lat
az n. M; lowest. s. lat 100 a. M: average.
"A. average same date last year, Is; average same
date Tor thirty three years, 70.
Humidity
I. MS p. m..,.jl ] .. m..''6S
Barometer Readings
81 m...3oli p. m...3O.lt p. m...Soli
toc,i official Notwithstanding cloudiness to-
dsv, Tomorrow partly cloudy: moderate tempcrs-
,ure. gentle southeast to south winds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13

VALET COOK Entire care bachelors apartment
thoroughly experienced. responsible man splendi,
references: ven desirable. $50 Mrs Mason
Agency. 1871 West i2d st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13
The Weather Report

WASHINGTON. Aug l2.-The pressure changes
I'm the last twenty four hours have been unlm-
rortsnt. and there has been marked lack Of
rain. as compared with the last week or so.
Some rain fell In the upper Mississippi VALLEY.
tie UPPER lake region and al widely scattered To-
caltirs In the Rocky Mountain and plateau re-
giors: also in Arkansas and Mississippi! Mod
crate temperatures prevail IN nearly all districts
showers are indicated in the lake region and
thence eastward 10 tho New England coast: also
iT tho east Gun states and Tennessee Moderate
temperatures viii prevail IN all parts o; the
Warrington forecast district.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13

Forecast for Special Ioeatles.-Northern New
Enslard-Falr Monday and probably Tuesday.
southern New Ensland-Fair Monday Tuesday
probably showers.
Eastern New withdrawing cloudness Mon
day. probably showers in interior. Tuesday cloudy.
Eastern Pcnnsylyania-Cloudy Monday; probably
showers north. TUESDAY fat.
New Jcrscy-Generaly fair Monday and proba-
bis Tuesday.
Western PennsylSania-Fair south. showers north
Monday. Tuesday unsettled
Wr,,ein New York-Probab'y showers Monday
Tuesday fair.
IoeaI otncIaI Record.-Ths following official rec
ord from the Weather Bureau shows temperatures
du,Inv the last twenty four hours. In comparison
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13
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