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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-02
Tammany Plans
ConferenceHere
To Unite Party
Invitations to Meeting Sent
to $50 Leading Demo-
Gratis Upstate
Overlook P. E. McCabe
Federal Faction Apparently
Unable to Decide Which
Way to Jump
Overlook P. E. McCabe

from stsr Correspondent o. The Tribunel
Albany, March democrats upstate
and down are trying hard 20 put
Humpty- Dumpty back on the wall. A
conference has been called for Sstur-
day afternoon at the Democratic Club.
in New York, to find ways and means or
reuniting the schisms and factions IN
the state Democracy. The party ap-
pears 10 be split three ways, with the
so-called Federal faction unable 10 de-
eide upon whose band wagon 10 jump:
The New York meeting is understood
to be Tammany effort to bring about
harmony.
Invitations were received to-day by a
prominent publisher in Elmlra ana
about $50 leading Democrats in Albany,
Rochester. Buffalo and other politicai
centres upstate. They are counted
upon as an organization nucleus.
Ostensibly they arc invited 70 meet "a
win s. Harris. state chairman. but the
purpose Of the conference goes TAR pc
yond social amenities.
Several matters are regarded as sig
nificant i'm connection with the call.
McCabe Not Invited
Patrick +. McCabe. Democratic leader
of Albany County, who issued a state
ment a week ago in reply 10 Samuel
Seabury that was an indirect slap at
Charles F. Murphy and Tammany Hall,
has not been invited. But Martin ii.
Glynn, former Governor, was asked TO
attend. and probably will. The invita-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-02

The Board Of Aldermen fixes the rates
., calculations made by the Depart
mont Of Finance and reported TO the
hoard BY Controller Prendergast. The
,,,es were based upon valuations Of
veal and personal property amounting
"a Ss678. 7O5.315. an increase Of $751;
AZ so4 The increase in real estate val
nations for the who're city is SAC, 1859.
The assessed valuation Of personal
,ronsrtv is s4Ig,156,315. an increase Of
go s2sl65. The real estate valuation
n New York County was S5,O6s, 344,4OV
decrease Of Sal .4S6 ,226. This decrease
wss somewhat Offset by the increase IN
,bs assessed valuation of personal prop
srty. amounting to $21, el9,4OO.
Inc total amount Of the tax levy is
onlv slightly increased above last year.
II viii be Sl67, ,91S, as against $751;
SS7s75 for last year, despite the fact
hat the budget for 1917 Is nearly 81
100000 less than the budget for 1916.
The slight decrease in the tax rate this
wear is said 10 be chiefly. because OF
me increase in the assessed valuations
and the absence of a direct state tax,
on which the city had 70 pay $l3,9Io, O2l
last year. The appropriations IN this
years budget, which the taxes meet, to-
sfalled s2llll4,l36.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-02
Local Option Measure
Changed for Whitman
Now Provides for City Refer
endums Every Other Year

rFrom a SAT Core ondent O. The Tribune
Albany, March AT the suggestion
Of Governor Whitman, the authors Of
the Hill-Wheeler local option bill have
made many amendments to the original
draft introduced early this session that
make il a simple local option bill for
cities. as the Governor intended IN ms
annual message to the Legislature. The
county and city ward provisions and
ne provision for submitting the ques-
ton by resolution Of a city common
ecsncil or board Of aldermen have been
dropped altogether in an effort 70 mar
noni1e all Interests friendly 10 local
option.
The bill. as amended with Governor
Khitman's sanction and support, pro-
Toes for all the cities Of the state.
They may have a vote on local option
every other year on petition Of % per
cent Of the voters. II would not, how
ever. repeal the present excise law, but
would merely suspend the operation Of
The law, for instance. in any territory
which decided 20 20 dry for two years
until the prohibition was withdrawn.
No territory would be left At any time
with saloon without regulation
Drastic provisions are made 20 pre-
vent evasion Of the law by physicians,
pharmacist and others Search and
seizure ma tc regOrted 20 where liquor
j. kept in violation OF the law, but not
N private ~ dcrces.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-02

GO back and tell the rest Of the women
Of your crowd that II any more are
brought before me | shall send them to
the Workhouse."
The Mothers AntiHigh Price League
was greatly enraged yesterday because
so many women were arrested through
out the city and fined IS and SO each.
4 member OF the committee ssSailed
Mag strate Nolan for the harsh treat
mentr he accorded women offenders.
When this did no good. the committee
issued the following statement;
The judges were unusually severe
to-day. but this IS not going 20 deter
US. The women are as full OF fight as
ever. The ining OF the women Will
have no effect on the boycott
Aged Woman Injured
Riots throughout the tenement dis
tricts were more severe than usual
yesterday.
Mrs. Gertrude Weinstein, siNty-two
years old. Of TO Rodney Street, Brook
lyn. fell a victim TO women boysotters
in Orchard Street. She had been TO
visit her niece. who lives over butch
er shop at 1873 Orchard Street. On
going home Mrs. Weinstein came out
through the shop and vigilant rickets
decided she had been buying meat.
They hustled her about and threw her
10 the sidewalk with such folce that
her skull was fractured. she is under
the care Of her own physician az home.
Hundreds Of women wearing badges
Of the league assembled at Stanton and
Orchard Streets during the day. Two
husky young men had established an
onion stand there A force Of ten po-
licemen was assigned by Captain
Hauptman TO guard the pedle:s. ny
afternoon the number had increased TO
thirty. Purchasers Of onions were es-
corted home by as many as four Tollce-
men. The Ludlow Street pushcart
market was also reopened yesterday
under police protection.
Fish Dealer Warned
Women food missionaries warned
Samuel Walawtz several times yester-
day that he would have to come down
in prices at his fish stand in the pub
lie market at 1913 IIavemcyer Street.
Brooklyn. or quit selling fish. Wala-
witt patiently retold them that he
could not cut down the price without
losing money. At O'Clock in the
evening two militant missionaries led
determined band of about one hum
dred women to his stand. They laid
violent hands upon Walawitz. his FISH,
his wife and his clerk. Founders, eels,
butterfsh, all became flying fish by
the magic of the missionaries. The arr
was full Of them and of Walawitzs
hair.
Crowds poured in upon the heels OF
the missionaries intent upon surrepti-
tious salvage OF the fish. The re-
serves of the Bedford Avenue police
station were called TO restore order.
Walawitz pointed out Mrs. Reoecca
Kasnowitz and Mrs. Rachel Mazer; oil
$50 Havemeyer Street. as the leaders
of his assailants. They we're arrest
ed on a charge of assault.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-02
T ammany Victory
In Fall, McCombs
Dinner Prediction
Speakers Tell How City Hall
Is To Be Recaptured, but
Candidate Not Known

Predictions Of Tammany victory
next fall were plentiful last night at
the dinner which the Young Mems
Democratic Club gave in honor Of
William +. McCombs, former candidate
for United States Senator. at the Hof-
brau Haus. Each of the speakers de-
scribed i'm detail how City Hall was
TO be recaptured from the enemy, and
the toast master. Frank d. Shelly,
went so far as TO hail Charles +.
Murphy, who was present, as "the peer
less leader who will lead US TO victory"
The peerless leader" smiled at the
applause which followed, but adhered
to his usual custom and said nothing.
Although prophecies of a Tammany
victory were so frequent, there was no
hint during the evening as 70 who
would be expected to supplsnt Mr..
Mitchell as Mayor.
Those who spoke confined themselves
chiefly 10 an attack upon the Fusion
administration, although Mr.. McCombs
departed from this rule long enough
TO assail "a former Democratic cam
didate," who those at the dinner recog-
nized as Judge Samuel Seabury, who
ran for Governor last Fall.
There is one man." he said. who
recently went from Buffalo to Mortauk
Point. while a Democratic candidate,
without ever mentioning the Demo-
cratic party. | am for the principles
of that party. for it is the party which
puts principle above the man. We
make occasional mistakes b. letting
men come into our councils who
haven't the slightest idea Of Demo-
cratic ideals
Mr.. McCombs also urged the diners
to prepare to respond instantly if the
country should need their help in the
present crisis.
Frank L. Bowling, president Of the
Board of Aldermen. announced that
the Mayoralty campaign was already
over. lie pointed out that no Fusion
administration had ever succeeded it
self in the history of the city. One Of
the reasons why this would hold true
in 1917 was. he said. because every
man on the Board Of Estimate, except
himself. believed himself to be the
future Mayor of New York.
Other speakers were Bird ). Coler,
who attacked the Rockefeller Founda-
ton and its work. and Justice Cor
nelius +. Collins. of the Appellate Dr.
vision of the Supreme Court.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-02
Vat fanciers 10 Be Heard

=, y ''7IT'II y TT TT'ITTI
q Hlp@hY Harch ! 4 Geld day Tor cat
.sitfa VII be- held here on March u
49, 70 senate Conservation Commit
ANili Tifc hearing on Senator Iheo-
~, ~ Do9gias koDinsona bill Iccnting
-. hi1c interest Dol tho measure ~
,sh - ne large number Of letters
s.tfi D. Senator Robinson. includ-
IL. NO app cations for the position 81
h. ',hn itni0ner. One woman declares
-. lhe iaW is cruel. ln that cats chnnot
80 eDlsfs. hnotfcr wrote that The
~ tDilNcn ~ thc problem vas 70
az nerlY born kittens.
d. fhaicf bpbinsOf intends 10 amend
~. ~ ~ providing that boo New YOrk
~ .tfnsfa may be- issued b. the So.
~ 'pf ne Prevention Of Cruelty 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-02
OWners of 100000 CoWs
Open Club in NeW York

A new club. with a membership of
$4,000, was opened yesterday on the six
teenth floor a. nc West Fortieth
Street. Il is called the Dairymen's
League. SiXty-eight counties. including
several in Connecticut, Pennsylvania
and New Jersey, are represented in the
organization, Of which r. u. Cooper is
president and Frank Thompson vice.
president. The members own some
406,367 cows, which supply a large part
of the milk and cream consumed in
New York City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-02
Potato Prices Decline;
Hartigan Sees Rise

The corner in potatoes and onions
bos been 30 ehectually broken by the
housewives boycoJ. that spectators
who have been holding supplies Of those
yccefables are rushing 10 cover and
losing money. according 20 Joseph
Hartigan, Commissioner OF weights
and Measures.
when the price Of onions was soar
ina, Ten days ago many spectators
bought quantities At $40 and ~ nun
dred mounds. Mr. Iiartigan SAID yester-
cav. Vow they are offering them a. 50
and 81. Dealers who paid from SS.-'
20 80 a barrel for potatoes are no" OIL
fering them At 50 and $40.
The retail price Of potatoes yesterday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-02
Crowd Thrilled as Daring
Climbers Unfurl Flag

II took a man of nerve yesterday TO
unfurl the flag on the Municipal Build
ing. A large crowd gathered in City
Hall Park and stood agape watching
"Steeplejack" S. A. Hughes, of Brook
lyn. and his assistant do the work
twenty stories above the street. The
wind and weather of the last few days
had tied so many kinks and knots in
the flag ropes that it did not wave.
The Aagpole extends horizontally from
a window 800 feet above the ground.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-02
To Mutuallze the Equitable
State Insurance Head Sug-
gests Stock Trustees

Albany. March Jesse S. Phillips,
STATE Superintendent Of Insurance. re-
ennended % the Legislature to-day
~veral important amendments 20 the
Insurance law. TO enable the Equitable
Lie Assurance Society 10 be converted
INTO mutual company. he suggested
change whereby boz the retirement Of
ne EQUITABLE stock trustees shall hold
ne shsres and vote them IN the inter
o. Of he policy holders until all the
tloek has been retired. This would
bieyfnt man DulatiOn.
Ar. Phillips TOOK 4 pronounced stand
~ favor Of revision Of the rates for
s',orsmen's compensation Insurance on
ne ground that the present rates will
prote inadeogata.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-02
Rockefellers Avoid Suit
Supreme Court Told They
Have Left Steel Directorate

Washington. March John D. Rocke-
Teller and John D. Rockefeller. jr., in
dividual defendants in the government
dissolution suit against the United
States Steel Corporation, to-day filed
pleas in the Supreme Court, asking dis
missal Of the suit so far as they are
concerned. The Rockefellers say they
have retired from the corporations di-
rectorate, now own "negl igible"
amount Of its stock. and took little part
N the alleged trusts formation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-02
Wilson Signs Flood Bill
Necessary Piece of Legisla
ton" He SAYS

"~hiDgon March T. President Will
IN tgned 'tr food control bill late To-
~ ~ he pres cace OF Senator Rams
~ o. lou lana, and q group OF mem
~ o. Congre from Southern states.
necessary piece % leRisla-
.,h' ne faid, a. ne affixed his signat-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-02
Women Claim
Right to Attack
Buyers of Food
Magistrate Angry at Their
Excuses When 20 Are
Arraigned in Court
$40 Fine for One
Mothers Anti-Price League
Enraged at Many
Arrests

4 score OF women were arrested IN
New York City yesterday, charged with
attacking purchasers of boycotted
foods Most OF these asserted when ar
raigned in court that their member
ship in the Mothers Anti-High Price
League gave them permission to as
ssult those who offended against the
principles of the organization.
After several such excuses for dis
orderly conduct had been advanced be-
fore Magistrate Wylie. in the Nor
rissnia court, he became exasperated,
and announced that the next person
who made such defence would be
sent to the workhouse.
Women Fined $40
The magistrate fined Mrs Bessie
Singer, twenty-nine years old, Of $50
Wales Avenue. The Bronx, $40 on a
charge Of disorderly conduct. following
= disturbance in front of the poultry
market Of Isidore Wallach, at 500
Wales Avenue. According TO the
charge, Mrs. Singer led q number Of
women who assaulted a customer lesv-
ing Wallach's store.
In court Mrs. Singer constantly re-
peated that her children were starving.
The matron found twenty-five 81 bills
in her stocking.
by what right do you step up to a
stranger. take her property from her
and destroy t?' asked the magistrate.
The Mothers Anti-High Price
League gives me the right" said Mrs.
Singer.
NO organization can give you the
right to break the law said the court.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-02
Tax Rate Up in
Queens, Lower in
Other Boroughs
Aldermen FixLevy at .0202
for Manhattan, Where 1t
Was .O204 in 1916
Realty Values Decline
Assessments for This Year
Are 1856, 226 Less
than Last Year

The TAX rate for 1917. which was
go bv the Board Of Aldermen yes
..r3sv will be slightly lower than last
-. in all borouchs except in Queens,
- the cost OF the new East River
p part is responsible for a small increase
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-05
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Local Organizers and Busl-
ness Agents.

Charles Z. Vaughn, A. F. of L.
Residence, so So. Second Street
Bell Phone 308 X.
Timothy Rowan, Internationa
Molders' Union, Residence, 939
Central Ave, Bell Phore 403 x.
VIM. +. Bennett, Painters
Decorators aud Paper Hangers
Union, No. 1876. Residence Mt.
Pleasant Pike.
w. R. Smith, Paper Makers I'm
ion, Residence, Hotel Hamilton.
Home Phone 81. Bell Phone 81.
Swain B. Corson, Carpenters
and Joiners Union, No. 637, Resi-
dence 107 Brosey Ave, Bell Phone
| 756 L.
Conrad Moebus, Business Agent
BaItenders' Union, 258 Walnut St
Wm Geppinger, Business Agent
Theatrical Stage Employes Union,
726 L High St. Home Phone 1l01
Thos. Brennan, Business A ent
Stage Employees Urion No. 1856.
Residence 205 South Thiro street.
John Buhi, Teamsters Union
Home Phone 1927 X.
DAYTON OHIO.
Ben Closterman, Polshers.
J. F. Eichorn, Bartenders, 7
Market street,
w. ]. Gregg, Hosting Engineers
IL W Great Miami Boulevard.
VIM Schneberger, Cigarmakels'
125 Samuel street,
George Richardson, Teamsters
80 Wayne, Ave, Bell Phone 54l
Home Phone 2541.
Earl Nyswander, Carpenters 25
n. Main street.
Geo. Lorah, Plumbers corner,
Washington and Main, street
Plumbers Hall.
MIAMI VALLEY
L. Haefele, International Mol
ders' Union Residence, 754 Clark
street, Cincinnati Ohio.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-05
Oxman Offered $3.50.

San Francisco, Oct. 5 F. T..
Rigall, of GRANVILLE, H., chief
witness against Frank c Oxman,
charged with attempted perjury in
the Mooney case, testified that he
was ffered $3.50 by Oxmau. if he
{ (Rigal) went through with false
testimony against Mooney
Rigall showed letters and tele-
grams from Oxman inviting him
to testify against Mooney, desp te
the fact that he was not in San
Francisco at the time of the pre-
paredness parade last year, when
ne explosion happened.
You would make a dandy wit
1ess, District Attorney Charles
NJ Fickert told him on one occa-
sion, the witness stated
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-05
Living Costs Soar; Wages
Must Advance.

Sacramento, Cal. Oct. 5.-The
state council of defense has made
public the report of Prof. M. E.
Taffa OF the University of Califor-
MIA on the need of reacjustment OF
wages because of the increased cost
of living
1t is stated that the increase is
33 per cent during the past two
wears and that the man with a wife
and three children to support, who
receive SIS month. will have
s.. so left to pay for clothing, in
surance and other extras, after he
has paid for necessary food, rent
and shoes. Many families, in order
to make both ends meet, have
largely reduced their food consump
ion and such reduction is at the
expense of proper growth and de-
velopment of children and impaired
efficiency and endurance of adults,
says Prof Jaffa.
Taking rent, which he figures at
1 SIS month, and light and fuel at
| 81 so and S. respectively, as being
Items which have not increased in
price during the past two years,
Prof. Jaffa shows that where the
average wage Garner expende d
$57. rs for necessary living expen-
ses year ago, the increases in food
clothing and shoes now make it
necessary for him to pay out S72.5O
each month in order TO properly
nourish, house and clethe himself
and family.
Shoes in each family, that cost
So. 25 a month during 1916, now
cost So monthly, which is inclusive
of repair charges, made necessary
by the use of proper materials.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-05
Persistence Wins.

Tacoma, Wash, Oct ) Even
as the continued dripping of water
will wear away the granite" says
the Tacoma Daily News, so is the
demand for proper working condi-
tons making its impress on the
basic principle of business
Slowly but surely the asinine
stuboorness of l won be dictated
to- is being overcome
1t has been a hard, long fight,
bat much progress has been made
in the last year. More will be
made in the year to come. Justice
ever has prevailed in the end
Blind refusal to see it som times
produces delay, bat ultimately it is
overcome, Wilful stubborness is
destructive and leads inevitably to
failure
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-05
LABOR BRIEFS.

Elevator Constructors union has a
membership of 2.S61.
Journeyman Tailors' union is consid-
ertng a plan to abolish home and piece.
work.
International Glass Bottle Blowers
union has membership of 10.347 In
ia locals.
There are 10000 members in good
standing IN the International Bricklay-
ers, Masons and Plasterers' union.
-Four hundred and seventeen local
unions are affiliated with the Molders'
international, the total membership of
which is $4,000
Bakery and Confectionery Interna-
honal union has increased its member
ship by $40 since last report; whole
membership 24.O17
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-05
was imported into the city Wed
nesday TO save the city. Conserva-
tive strike breakers if you please.

THR big reason that the local
papers backed the street railway
employees in their fight a few
months ago, was because of the
fact that nobody in this city held
any stock il the road. Had there
been local stock holders in the Ohio
Electric the support of the news
papers would have been very very
light.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-05


The condition OF organized masters.
mates and pilots on the great lakes,
according TO the secretary Of the or
ganization, has been improved during
the last two months by having the
wages of its members increased $50
per month more than the amount paid
to organized workers and agreements
entered into with employers Employ
ment is steady and the demand in
creasing. Officers are requesting locals
to ask for union labeled goods when
The unions are signing
up members now to be organized into
local unions as soon as navigation
closes next December. Thirty-three To-
cal unions comprise the international,
which has totai p!es1e 4ArShip of 1856
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-05
enoemakers PIedae LoYaItx.

The following resolution was adopt
ed at the recent convention of the Boot
and Shoe Workers union
Whereas, We, the delegates assembled In
the thirteenth convention OF the Boot and
shoe Workers union In Philadelphia do
hereby pledge our loyalty and support to
the forces now engaged in the struggle to
uphold the principles OF democracy and
liberty for which the allies are contend
ing: therefore be II
Resolved. That we encourage all our
brothers Of foreign birth, unnaturalized
residents in countries where the Boot and
shoe Workers union has jurisdiction to
become citizens thereof at the earliest op-
portunity
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-05
Reason For Strikes,

Phoenix, Ariz., Oct ) The
numerous strikes which are given
publicity in the daily press, says
the Arizora Labor Journal are
the direct result Of the high cost
of living and not a concerted effort
on In part of labor to take advan-
tage Of the government during be
war, as charged By the enemies of
unlonism
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-05

In industry TO JOIN tue traoe untSn =
n,s craft II was for TINS reason tnat
the molders delegation at the last
convention Of the American Fedora
ton of Labor metal trades department
introduced the measure which instruct
ed the officers of the department to
correspond with recognized leaders or
the negro race and convey to them the
desire of the American trade union
movement to bring about trade union
organization among negroes"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-05
WOULD UNi0N!zE NEGROES.
iron Moders' Organization Holds Out
Hand of Brotherhood

The International Iron Molders un-
lon has started movement to elm
mate trouble between white and negro
labor in its trade. In q cali issued re-
Gently urging all negroes to organize,
the union speaks of the reluctance
which Booker T. Washington always
had toward introducing labor organi-
cations among the members of his race.
"Since Mr.. Washington's DEATH" it
says, mo leading representative of the
negro race has said or done anything
which has come to our attention which
would in any way encoura ge 'hS 'Negro
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-05
BARRIERS win Parade.

The union BARRIERS of Milwaukee,
Wis, viii turn out In full force in the
Labor day parade this year. At re-
cent meeting motion was made and
carried requiring all members to march
or pay forfeit
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-05

THE molders went on strike at
the Niles because men wefe being
discharged for being members of
the molders union Wages and
sanitary conditions had nothing to
do with IT,