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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Snowstorr, Adds to Traffic
Congestion in Many States

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. -- Snow
througout the north eastern section
OF the country, accompanied by
cold wave through the Middle West
and extending southwark to the Gulf
of Mexico, to-day generally delayed
movement Of traffic, already badly
congested. Continuation Of the snow
was predicted for tonight and to-
morrow by the Weather Bureau for a
greater part of that section. In East
ern New York and New England warm.
or weather was indicated, but cold
wave warnings we're issued fox the
lake region, the Ohio Valley, Tennessee
and tn East Gulf agnd South Atlantic
states.
The centre of the storm was over
eastern KentuS,y this morning.
Tunderstorrns in the South accompany
the disturbance About fifteen inches
of snow fell in the Ohio Valley dur
ing the night. =.
Heavy snow tonight in New England
and the Middle Atlantic states was
forecast, probably continuing Sunday
in the lake region and New England,
with such colder weather in Atlantic
coast districts south Of New England.
Storm warnings are displayed on the
Atlantic coast from Jacksonville, Fla,
70 Eastport, Me.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Whipping Post for
Jersey Wife Reaters
Mayor Smalley of Plainfeld
Will Be the Simon Legree
to Weld the Lash

NORTH PLAINFIELD, n. j., Dec. 8.
The climax of "Uncle Toms Cabin"
10 about to be played in the City Hall
here, with Mayor William l.. Smalley as
Simon Legree and the very next wife
beater he catches as an unwilling Uncle
Tom. In other words, Mayor Smalley
is about 10 set up a whipping post and
deal out righteous retribution with his
rood right arm and a blacksnake whip
TO every citizen who beats up his law
ful spouse.
"And every cry Cor mercy" quoth the
red-blooded Mayor yesterday, will be
an incentive for the man welding the
lash to ply it with greater fury"
Mr.. Smalley backslid into Elizabethan
methods OF punishment this week, after
several cases OF wife beating had been
brought before him. He said to-day the
whipping post would be installed a.
once. and that all Of the citizens Of
North Plainfeld would he invited TO the
openinG Of the whipping season.
"You can't reform q wife beater by
sending him 20 the county jail while the
county cares for his family" he de-
clared. THE whipping post may be
bgrbarous. but we must remember that
we are dealing with barbarians."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Nurse Wrote to Keye,
After Bride Was Shot

DEDHAN, Mass, Dee. 5.-Cro,s-s,
animation Of George n. Keye, A,
Brookline, a witness for the prose-,
ton in the trial Of Miss Harr., A
Varney charged with the murder A,
Xeyes's wife, was ended to-day. z.
had been on the stand under dir,-
and eross-cxamination seven hour,.
The witness testified to-day that a,
June 10, the day his wife was aha,
the front door o. his home va, n,
locked. He left 10 so, be said. Wa,
he took ore OF his dogs FOR xsI,
aad when he started Tor his Office u,sl
the rear door.
Reyes reiterated that he had n.a.
no particular attempt 90 establish :,
abb.
He said No gave a letter Kiss vsr,,,
wrote him some days after Mrs. Key,s
was found dead 20 the District Al.
tosney, az he wanted 70 see tia, ms
tice was done.
Miss Ellen Fitzgerald. a wsitr.,
identified Miss Varney and Mr.. K,vs.
as the couple she served in a Box;a,
restaurant soon after noon, June 10
She said Miss Yarrey appeared Ser.
cited" and flushed" and ate very
little.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
NNws in Brief

DR.. Earl B. nowner. Red Cross surgeon
cho saw service la Serbia and Russia, VIII
lecture on the Russian revolution AZ The
Hotel PLAZA Wednesday evening.
An entertainment and dance for an army
girls transport tobacco fund will he held
W.dn.sday evening in Trommer's Hall.
Bushwick Avenue and Conway Street.
Brooklyn.
Henri BoiIet, second butler for Albert X.
sbsttuck. at II Washington Square North,
excused himself in the midst OF dinner. lie
felt i'll. he said The contagion spread when
the family discovered that both Boilet and
900 worth Of Shattuck jewelry had van
ished utterly.
A shabby wayfsrer who had begged and
obtained a Job in Meyer Slpkin's smithy, a.
500 Park Avenue, Brooklyn, was killed a
few minutes later by the collapse OF a 1ueN
which sustained heavy truck body.
Hyman Rover. OF 50 HeKibben Street.
BROOKLYN. killed himself by jumping from
IN. twelfth aoor Of $50 Fourth Avenue, Man
h,t,an He had been discharged from a
,anatoriurn rs cured Of despondent moods.
Annie McTicue cooked dinner for Mr.. ana
Mrs. J. Oppenheim at 90 West Eighty-snth
Street and sent Il up on the dunbwsiter. As
shs leaned into the shaft 20 make sure OF its
arrival the dumbwaiter fell and killed hsr.
A Young woman found unconscious In Cen
trail Park, near FIFTH Avenue and sixty-hrst
Street identified herself ne Ruth Farrell. OF
sol Fifty-frst Street, Brooklyn. she said
she had taken a walk after her morning
exercises and had been oysEeoms b. fatigue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Hope for Early End
Of Food Profteering

WASHINGTON, Dec. s.-Early ter
minstion Of profteering in the dis
tribution Of foodstufrs is the hope Ct
the Food Administration. now that most
OF the staple food commodities have
been put under license. In most in
stances average normal profits of the
pre-war period will be used as basis
for determining what reasonable msr-
gins should be.
In cutting abnormal margins the
Food Administration will proceed
under a recent order issued by Presi-
dent Wilson comforting on Food Ad-
ministrator Hoover powers given tas
President in the food control act.
This order directs the Food Admins
tration 10 find the normal profit that
obtained in foodstufs transactions in
the period prior TO July l. 1914, when
business was under free competitive
conditions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
S2,4OO,O00 Raised
For Jewish Fund
War Relief Campaigners
Almost Half Way
to Goal

The members Of the Jewish war R'-
lief Committee and the Jewish Welfare
League. who are campaigning to raise
81 600 900 here as war relief iuhd'
finished the frst week Of their two
week drive yesterday with $2'AoO'oOo
collected. -.
This total, which was announced AZ
the regular afternoon tea for the cam
naigners in the funds headquarters, ~
West Forty-fourth Street, does not M
Guide the reports Of six teams, which
viii not be made till Monday.
The team captained by Louis Mar
sball and Samuel Lewisohn won the
highest honors yesterday by collecting
SOC, 2sS. Other Jeans that did notable
work include Henry Morgenthaus,
s95.b3O; $. G. Rosenbaum's, 500 ,8lS;
William Goldman's. sl7255, and Wal
ter II. Liebman's, Sl6,775.
Man Lowenthal offered $4,000 to he
fund provided FIVE women each give
81 900. His conditions were fulfilled
Yesterday by Mrs. Jacob Sperder, Mrs.
Felix VI. Warburg. Mrs. Alma Lehman,
Mrs. s. 4. De Lee and Mrs. julius
posenwald
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09

,nonweslth. II is only by insisting on
such action chat we can make democra-
cy safe In these lands and make civili-
ration safe. make small liberty-loving
nations safe, from the nightmare Of
Germsn conquest.
France embodios all % lovel'ness
and all Of vslor; beauty ~ her HAND
maiden and strength her shield bearer
and the shining courage OF her daugn-
tsrs has matched the courage of her
dauntless sons. For three and a halt
terrible years she has walked high OF
heart through tho valley OF the shadow.
Her body Is in torture, but her fore
head 10 slight with the beauty OF the
morning. Never in all history has
there been such stesdfsst loyalty IN the
doing of dangerous duty, such devotion
20 country, such splendor OF service
and OF sacrifice. And great shall be
her reward. for she has saved the soul
Of the world
Shows Germans Belief tn Might
Ambassador Jusserand told OF num-
berless occasions when German omcers
or civilians, either verbally or IN wr1t-
ing, had shown their contempt FOR those
who possessed right rather than might;
That in the Germans eyes force hnd
justice are the same thing has been
superabundantly proved at bouvain,
Rheims and each Of the unfortunate
cities or villages occupied by the enc
N.Y." ne said
"Reproached by the parish priest OF
one OF them with monstrous, ineXeusa-
Bile, perfectly useless eruelties, Ger
man officer answered; oh, we were so
very victorious! lesson for the
world as 70 what would happen II the
Germans were TO be In the end so very
victorious, which they won't be"
Senator Lodge told of his stay IN
London during the early days Of the
war. Of the obvious diplomatic moves
on the part Of Germany TO force the
world conflict and of his conviction,
even az thai time, that it was the pur-
pose Of the Teutonic powers to wage a
war Of conquest.
Gerard Praises Ambassador
Mr.. Gerard congratulated AmbasSa-
dor Jusserand upon the TACT and diplo-
macy with which he had handled the
affairs Of his government here during
the trying days Of American neutrality.
But he complimented him suli more
highly upon MS eAnlpiiohe Va PnSoic"'
prowess during the Roosevelt admins
tration when ambassadors were com
PEELED TO play tennis. swim and steeple-
chase at the side Of the President in
order to gain his ear during certain
hours of the day.
Mr.. Beck said that France to-day was
hailed as the victor in the war because
of the defeat OF the Germans when
thew were fifty miles from Paris, and
that the Allies were victorious, not only
because of the irreversible judgment of
mankind that their cause is righteous,
but because they had demonstrated
their moral superiority to the Germans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Snow and Rain
Sweep New York
Little Damage Reported in
City; Storm Was Indepen'
dent of Halifax Blizzard

Weather, using the word in the col
lectiye sense, paid New York visit
Yesterday. At s o'clock last night,
when Il vas speeding on It's way 20 sea,
it had left several little membranes
IN it's wake.
The first real snowstorm Of the year
arrived during the morning, the
Weather Bureau estimating the snow
fall TO have amounted TO az least hve
inches in The Bronx and growing
smaller the further downtown It came
About 4 o'clock in the afternoon the
snow gradually became rain. And then
about s o'clock, now 10 did rain! The
official measuring instruments above
the Weather Bureaus Offices placed the
amount Of precipitation az l.4l incnes !.
which compares favorably vita some OF
the biggest rains on record mere.
To make sure that no one escaped
either the snow or the rain. the gentle
breszes of early morning kept com nG'
until the wind gauge 1T Che Weather
Observatory recorded forty-eignt mics
an hour and going strong.
At Sandy Hook the wind whipped
across the sand dunes at the rate OF
siYtv miles an hour. and at Long
Branch. further down the Jersey coast
/. was eighty-four miles an hour.
The storm rose nthe hills OF East
ern Tennessee. and, after hitting the
hig hspots across country TO the coast
turned north and followed the coast
line we'll past New York, before slip
ming out TO sea. The Weather Bureau
said the storm WAS entirely independ-
emit OF that which hit stricken HALIFAX
and would probably be followed by
clear weather.
Fortunately for New York, the mer-
eurv in the thermometers made no ei-
fort TO seek low levels, with the result
that while yesterdays bit Of weather
made it uncomfortable enough Tor any
one on the streets, there was httie
suffering from cold.
The wind. too, while giving an e1-
cellent imitation Of small sized gale,
particularly further down the coast
did not do great damage. A few signs
wero torn down in Manhattan, but the
ONLY casualties directly traceable 20
the storm were reported from New
Haven, Conn, where Roswell G. Mac
kenzie and Milo l. Conger were
drowned when their small boat, in
which they were returning to the city
from a duck hunting expedition, was
overturned by the sudden storm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Senator Elon R. Brown
Seeks Return of Party
State Convention
Aim Drive at Whitman
Governor Feels Direct System
of Voting Is Best for
Sufragists
Especial Correspondence

NDCCllL tOTT tS GVftNbFILtJ
Albany, Dec. s.-Suffragists are eN-
pec.ed to oppose the suggestion mado
to-day by Republican Leader Elon +
Brown, Of the Senate, TO repeal tho
direct primary laws at the coming se'-
sion Of the Legislature.
In political circles, the statement OF
Senator Brown. urging the rehabilita-
ton of the party state convention sys-
tenn of nominating state officers and
taken as the opening gun of the
Barnes Brown-SaGe group OF estat
Senators in their expected efforts 20
defeat the denomination OF Governor
Whitman for a third term.
Governor Whitman himself was ST.
lent on the situation. At the last ses-
sion he opposed the passage OF the oilI
which would have restored the party
conventions. This year it is known
that he feels the women OF the state
who have Just been given the right 10
vote. should be allowed TO express their
choice of candidates for state offices IN
the most open manner possible ana
gives them this opportunity.
Senator Brown In his statement TO-
dav declared that the big increase IN
the New York State vote. due to the
fact that women will vote next falI'
makes il necessary 10 brings back me
state convention "if there is TO be de-
liberation and judgment in selecting
slate Of officers for the Republican
party. os
'Tf we are to have continuance VI
direct nominations, manipulation CO.
ruption and personal ambition are SURF
10 be the controlled factors, SAID oe"-
ator Brown. He continues:
"The general impression is that there
was as vet no sign Of contest IN tne
Republican primaries for the new al
ditions for state officers. The party
machinery is in the Governors hands,
and direct nominations and machinery
co hand in hand. There is some lear,
however. that direct nominations VII
not produce the party devotion ana
unity usual to nominations by conVeh-
lion The demand that the state con
vention be restored is resolute, aho
iris desire has been intensified by the
reeult of direct nominations IN 'he
Mavoralty election in New YORK
Attacks Bennett Boilers
Much of the Brown statement was
taken I'M with an attack on those VINO
took support from William NJ. Bennett
including the Governor. IAN ex-Presl-
dent and the last Republican candidate
for President" all voters IN the city
disregarding the party nominations
Opinion here tonight was tnat 'ne
srffragists would lose little time IN
pr.b;ng TO defeat the plan TO restore
the state convention system, as they
viii find back of this scheme the same
Mon who were so bitterly opposed to
suffrage in the Legislature and VINO
did ali they could TO prevent. adoption
of the constitutional amendment Tor
suffrage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Cookies Day Rumor
Is Denied by Childs
1000 More Out, Say Strikers
Places Quickly Filled,
Declares Company

Reports that the forty-seven Childs
in Manhattan and Brook
Ign were to add cookless days to their
programme of one meatless and one
wheatless day a week were promptly
denied at the headquarters of the COM
pany, where it was said that the rumor
probably originated in the minds Of the
striking kitchen help who liked to be
lieve that they are indispensable.
c. j. Wimple. assistant treasurer OF
Childs, said that he was surprised by
the amount of labor that the company
was able to get 70 fiji the places of the
strikers, and added that by Tuesday
the personnel Of the Childs stores
would be UP to normal without the re-
instatement Of a single one of the strik-
ers who walked out at noon Friday for
higher wages. shorter hours and diff
ferent foods"
The answer of the strikers to this
claim of victory was that 81 900 more
Childs employees, including large pro-
portion OF women, would Join the 1900
seasoned cooks, griddlemen, counter.
men and walters already on strike, and
leave the griddle cakes, the Deans ana
the small steaks 70 their own salvation
and green hands" Nathan Goldberg,
chairman Of the strike committee, was
the spokesmen for the protesting en-
ployes.
For their Part, the patrons were able
TO get the usual variety of dishes at
most Of the Childs branches, and, It Is
said, the cooking was up TO the Gus
tomary standard.
The public, according TO the strikers
are 20 be the srbiters. Pichets APP
pesled TO the patrons of the restaurants
by marching IN front of all the branches
at luncheon and supper hours. Mr.
Goldberg aid the patronage Of Childs
was far below normal yesterday. but
representatives Of the company re-
Joined that Saturday is always a rela'
fiyelv liOht day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09

new and exciting adventure because Of his intelligence and
downright grit On the right is William Heyhger VINO
holds bows spelbound with tales of baseball football and
track meets where his heroes wonderful inspiration
in courage and stamina.
That boy Of yours is growing up His reading and his
friends are moulding him. His thoughts are laying the
track for the thoughts Of years to come The boys VINO
congregae on the corner are bad influence but il Is
merely temptation to say Don't play with those boys
Cheap morbid novels just much poison TO his mind
but it doesn't do to say, Don't read that" Your boy is
healthy, vigorous impetuous He cannot thrive on dons
Encourage him to do Divert him from harm and the
possibility of harm by giving him present Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
1896 Men Enlist IN One Day,
N. Y. Leads States With 354

WASHINGTON, Dec. s.-Reeruitins
for the regular army continued at !
high rate yesterday, with 1886 ne.
accepted, New York leading among Ii.
states with sH enrollments Theu
figures brought the total number Of
war volunteers since April to 2s2ecs.
The unusual increase IN volunteer,
probably Is due largely 70 the fact
that voluntary enlistment Of men M
draft age ceases entirely after noon
December 10. II Is assumed that many
men subject 10 draft under the nert
call are taking advantage Of the day,
that remain in which they may enlist
under a wholly voluntary elsssifca-
ton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Robbers Overlook $4,000
Beat Victim Unconscious and
Take $50 and Jewelry

Had the highwaymen who attacked
Otto Schundler, of 1903 Avenue X,
Brooklyn, in East Sixteenth Street,
near Avenue X, yesterday morning,
been less careless they would be now
$4,000 richer After beating their VIC
tim senseless they stole two rings, $50
in cash and a gold watch. but over
looked entirely a roll of twenty 500
bills which Mr.. Schundler was carrying
in his trousers pocket.
Mr.. Schundler is secretary of firm
at work on ships for the government.
He hurled a portfolio of valuable pa
pers into the bushes when he was at
tackled. The police recovered them. No
trace of the highwaymen has been
found.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
strange Submarine
Sighted Off Halifax
Mysterious Undersea Craft
Was Seen Night Before
the Big Explosion

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Dec. S.-IWo
mv,terious craft. Apparently Iaree
submarine. in tow Of a steam vessel
were sighted of the Nova Scotia coast
in the vicinity of Halifax, on tho night
before the Halifax explosion according
TO the captain of steamship which ar
lived here from a s. Lawrence RIVER
port to-day. 49,, into
~. tvo arrange craft. neither Of which
dIsnisved light. At first he believed
-. yss,el in tow was buoy, but later
t ne conv,nced Il was a large sub
"ar;ns The towing vessel, he said
appeared to be signailing. cum aSor sum
other ship or point on the snoie'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Pennsylvania Lines
Aid War Stamp Sales
Road Will Make All Ticket
Agents Sellers in the
Thrift Campaign

The new war savings and thrift
stamps will be placed on sale in the
ticket Offices, freight stations and other
departments of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road on lines east and west OF Pitts
burgh, at the request of the govern
ment. Every ticket agent of the entire
system will have the stamps for sale,
unless the station is in close proximity
to a postoffice.
Special efforts will be made TO en-
courage investment in these stamps on
the part of the employees of the system,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Wilson Refuses to Pardon
Former Chief of Police

WASHINGTON. Dec. S.-President
Wilson to-day refused to pardon Sam
uel V. Parrott, former indianapolis
chief of police, convicted last July of
violating the election laws and SEN
fenced to four years in prison and a
Il - RIM
He will begin his sentence December
II, when the last of three respites
granted by the President expires.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Whitman Lauds War Fund
Efforts of Salvation Army

ALBANY, Dec. s.-The Governor ana
Mrs. Whitman we're guests Of honor =,
a luncheon to-day in consideutiou a,
the Albany efforts 10 assist in the ma.
tion-Vide campaign 20 raise $1,000 COO
for the Salvation Army War Pund.
az take especial pleasure in ofern,
my tribute OF respect and Appreciated
20 the Salvation Army" said the Gov.
ernor in his after-luncheon speech
There never was case Of misery q,
violence so low that the Salvation Arm
would not undertake to render aiG. I
congratulate you upon the success Of
your campaign and the spiri. vita
which it ia being conducted" =
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Justice Resigns to Aid u. S.

sAN FRANCISCO, Dec. sl-Justics
Frederick W. Henshaw, for twenty
three years a Supreme Court justice.
has sent his resignation 10 Governor
Stephens, il was announced to-day, TO
go 70 Washington. where he is 10 be-
come one Of President Wilson dollar
a-year men" The nature OF the work
TO be taken up by Justice Henshsw was
not announced.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Rrvce', Summer Home Burns

PITTSFIELD, Mass, Dec. 6.-Fort
Fill the summer residence of VIII.
am Bryce, of New York, was burned
.o-dsv. The loss is estimated at
sos. 600. The building, which was
situated on the west shore of Onota
lake. was one of the finest country
houses in the Berkshires. 1t was
closed for the winter only few days
apO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Print Paper Hearing Set

WASHINGTON, Dec. s.-Hearings TO
assist the Federal Trade Commission
in fixing a just price for newsprint
paper will begin here January z, and
continue until all interested persons
have been heard. The date was set
to-day by the commission In confer
ence with Mark Lyman, special coun-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09

sci 20 the United States District A.
torney FOR New York, and Henri (
Wite, OF New lors, represeat,e.
paper manufacturers who rece,,is
we're fined Tor violating the anti-tr,,.
laws.
A preliminary conferences Of a..
manufacturers will be held Tuesday !,
New YORK
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Puckette Succeeds Gavit

Charles Mcdonald Puckette has bee been
snnointed managing editor Of The
Evening Post" succeeding John Palmer
Gsvit who on January l will join the
STAFF of Harper E. Bros. Mr.. Puckette
for several months has been Mr.. Gavit s
assistant. He has served on the stan
Of "The Evening Post" nine years
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09

These are few of the boys and the
healthy -minded red blooded-that your boy will meet,
love and be benefited by in The American Boy Magazine
Here at the left is Dan Beard among boys the best
loved man in America and among respected for his
knowledge of the woods and his fine outdoor philosophy
He is teaching more than half million boys to be woods
men and sportsmen.
Next is Clarence B Kelland, with his hand on Mark
Tdds shoulder. Fat Mark Tdd the creation OF Clarence
Keands BRAIN the funniest and most fascinating young
Jackson Corporal May the chap he's been telling boys
about Each time Corporal May has emerged from some