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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-07
Three Kidnappers Caught
Convicts' Stories Bring Ar.
rests After Long Hunt

After nearly three years the police
Yesterday arrested three more accom-
plices 20 the kidnapping of eleven
year-old Giuseppe Gunia, son of Dom
inic Guinia. a retail grocer. of 305 East
Seventy-frst Street. The kidnappers
wrote to the father and promised to
send the boys body to him by parcel
post if 81 900 was not paid them.
The men arrested were Nincenzo
Masco. 1106 First Avenue; Vito Pet
into. lll5 First Avenue. and Vincenzo
Bagarello, 307 East Seventy-frst Street.
They were taken to the District Attor-
news office by Captain Jones, OF the
Sd Branch Detective Bureau. where
thew made confessions. Bagarello said
that he conceived the kidnapping plot
and Pettinto made the plans. Maseo
took part in writing the demand for
money.
Five of the band were convicted in
July. 1914, and sentenced to long terms
in prison by Judge Wadhams in Gen
eral Sessions. 1t was through dis
closures made by the convlcts that the
police were put on the trail OF the re-
mainder Of the gang.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-07
Car Service Commission
OPPOSES Food Embargoes

The Commission on Car Service Of
the American Railway Association an
nounced yesterday that it had recon-
mended to the railroads Of the country
that in making embargoes-in future all
foodstuffs and other necessities Of life
be excepted
"The idea in view is" the commission
stated. chat shippers and railroads IN
all parts of the country shall always
know that transportation Of the neees-
sites of life will not be restricted.
The commission also announced that
the railroads have taken steps to pro-
tect the movement Of oranges, Lemons
and grapefruit, which have bgun to go
forward from California. IL IS SAID
these shipments will be heavier than
in any previous year. -,
The commission states that freight
congestion at Buffalo. Cincinnati,
Pittsburgh and other interior points
has been much relieved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-07
Liggett Named to Succeed
Funston as Major General
Colonel Herman Advanced to
Post of Brigadier General

Washington. March 6.-President Viii
son to-day nominated Hunter Liggett.
now a brgadier general, as a major
general to take the place made vacan;
by the death Of Major General Freder'
ick Funston. Colonel Francis J. Ker'
nan. OF the 2Sth Infantry, was advanced
to the grade Of brigadier general.
General Liggett is iifty-nine years
old and has served in the army thirty
seven years. Born in Reading, Penn.
he was graduated from the United
States Military Academy at the age of
twenty-five. In 1913 President TAFT
appointed him a brigadier general. He
served in the SpanishAmerican War
both in Cuba and the Philippines, and
became president of the Army War Col
lece in 1913. General Liggett married,
in 1881, Harriet r. Lane. o. San An
tonic. Tex.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-07
u. S. Military Orders

Washington. March g.
l. Cois DANIEL " KErtHAM. THOMAS r.
.NlOREAUX detached list ANDREW HERO.
Ir'. and FRANK +. HARRIS: Malors FRED
PRICK y JOHNSTON. detached list: EARLE
ma PFARCE. ARTHUR :. CONkLTN JAMES
i BRADY. dcched nst: RODERICK l.. CAR
MICHAEL. and ANDREW MOSES. General STAT
corps &. A. Will be examined for promotion
col MASON NJ PATRICK. G. F.. assigned Isl,
Regt. Of Eng. -
second II PRANK T. PARKER q NJ C.. upon
s,praton Of one months leave % sbsence 10
Washington az assistant depot Quartermas,er
Capt ARTHUR T. DALTON. retired assigned 70
tive duty aud detailed Al artlug Quarefnas'eg.
10 II, Ox.e,hofpe e Quafiermasier.
Major HIGH n WISE. 2jth Inf. detailed 10
o. NJ 60 20 Honolulu A assistant Ia quarter
master. Hawaiian Dep.
First L. NEIL 6. FINCH IF. A.. Signal Corps.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-07
American Academy Pledges
Its Support to President

In telegram to President Wilson
Yesterday the American Academy OF
Arts and Letters, through its board Of
directors, pledged Assurance OF heart
lest support in any measures which It
may be necessary to take for the vim
dication and defence of the rights Of
American citizens"
THE message was signed by William
VI. Sloane, Edwin II. Blashield, Will
lam Rutherford Mead. William c.
Brownell, Thomas Hastings and Robert
Underwood Johnson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-07
Fixing News Print Prices
Trade Commission Clerks at
Work on Details

Washington, March 6.-The Federal
Trade Commission put large staff at
work to-day on details for fixing news
print paper prices. Many more pub
fishers not represented in recent con-
ferences here must be induced % enter
The arbitration arrangement before it
is a success. and additional manufact-
urors must be persuaded to cooperate.
The price of $3.50 a hundred pounds
in carload lots. named by the commits
sion Sunday, is expected to give gen
eral satisfaction to publishers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-07
Housewives Blamed
For High Food Prices

Cincinnati. March Housewives Of
Cincinnati and not any combination
of food dealers, are responsible for
the present high prices Of food in Gin
cinnati. according TO report OF Chiei
Food Inspector Blume. rendered TO
Mayor George Pucnta.
''The consuming public largely ere
ates it's own problems" says Dr.
Blume. "The liberal use OF the tele-
phone. paying the overhead expense for
delivery, the credits demanded, living
from the tin can from meal TO meal.
the unreasonable demand for out Of
season and high priced foods, lack Of
supervision in the kitchen are impor-
tant factors in creating present con-
difiOne
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-07
Conviction of Doctor
For Manslaughter Upheld

Trenton. ~ j., March 6.-The convic-
ton Of DR.. John II. Young, of Mont
clair. for manslaughter was affirmed by
the Supreme Court in a decision an
nounced to-day.
DR.. Young performed an operation
upon Mrs. Emma W. Truesdell. wife OF
Dir. Paul f. Truesdell, a Montclair
dentist. on February 10, 1916. She died
on the operating table, and DR.. Young
was convicted of manslaughter and SEN
fenced to serve one year in the Essex
County penitentiary and pay a fine OF
81 900
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-07

As result Of pressure brought 10
bear, it was said, by spectators VINO
are holding large supplies Of canned
fruits, the retail price shot up TO y
cents a can yesterday.
Joseph Hartigan. Commissioner oil
Weights and Measures, put the blame
for this increase on the spectators and
iobbers. Because Of the scarcity OF
fresh vegetables the public, he ex-
planned. has for some time been buying
heavily Of canned goods.
Commissioner Hartigan quoted the
following retail prices prevailing yes
terday. as compared with the price on
March J. 49,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-07
Swedes Fear for Cabinet
Even Newspapers Supporting
Government Look for Fall

Stockholm, March 6-The fear that
the Swedish Cabinet crisis was only
postponed and not removed by the
promise of the ministers to make an
{ Their attempt TO solve the difficulties"
referred to by King Gustav in his re-
quest that their designations be recon
sidered can be read between the lines
of the press comment to-day.
Even in newspapers supporting the
is this apparent. The op-
position press is openly skeptical.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-07
Yester-

The situation with respect to canned
stufs, Commissioner Hartigan said, has
now become so complicated because Of
the activities OF spectators and un-
scrupulous jobbers, that both wholesal-
ers and retailers are as perplexed as
the consumers. They do not know
where to get supplies at reasonable
price, it is said.
Commissioner Hartigan received sew
eral more offers yesterday OF food sup
plies TO be delivered here at reasonable
prices. A concern in Abilene, Kan, Of
fered to ship 400 cases daily of fresh
eggs to New York at 32 cents dozen
delivered on the track here.
James W. Kennedy, OF Pottersville,
Tex. sent an offer TO supply the New
York market with thousands Of JACK
rabbits. which he believed was the so
luton of the food problem. His eoun-
try is overrun with Dummies.
Stores Slowly Get Supplies
Weather conditions interfered seri-
ously Yesterday and Monday with the
distribution of the hominy and Brazil
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-07
Hardships Fail to Make
Belgians Work for Foe
Nation Patient, Despite High
Prices and DECORATIONS

London. March Ga prominent Bel
gian who still remains within the Ger
man lines has sent the following mes
sage:
I'VE have ever increasing need of
comfort. for We are suffering much.
The extraordinary cost of all foodstuifs
is added to the deportations. with all
their horror and anguish. Despite all,
the Belgian people remain patient.
"Repatriated men, who were deport-
cd return worn out. but they tell US
that greater number have refused,
even under stress Of hunger and cold.
even blows. to sign an agreement to
work for the enemy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-07

tics. as we'll as in the coal fields. Mr..
Mann was an unsuccessful candidate
for the United States Senate and +. l..
White was on the inaugural committee
for West Virginia.
The following New York coal men
are defendants: George c. Clausson,
Thomas r. Farrell, John A. Renahan
and John J. Tierney. New York firms
named are the c. G. Blake Company,
the Chesapeake e. Ohio Coal Agency
Company and the s. J. Pstterson-Poca-
hontas Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-07
Dutch Cession Report Denied

Berlin, March by wireless For
eign newspapers report that Germany
has suggested to Holland negotiations
regarding the cession Of a part of the
Dutch province of Limburg lin South
eastern Holland, bordering on Belgium
and Rhenish Prussia. says the Over
seas News Agency to-day. at is off
cially stated that this report is abso-
lutely untrue"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-07
Ernest L. Ransome

Ernest l.. Ransome. seventy-three
wears old and head of the Ransome
Concrete Machinery Company, died at
his home in Plainield. y. j., Monday
night He was born in Ipswich. Eng
land. and came to this country in 1862.
He was a member of the Society of En-
gineers of New York and OF the Masons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-07
Millions Get British Help

London, Feb. 26-It is estimated that
about one-third of the inhabitants Of
Great Britain are now supported by the
state. Either the War Office. the Ad-
miralty. the Ministry of Munitions or
the civil service has become the main
support of three million households.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-07
Refused a Rehearing,
Caminetti Seeks Pardon
Supreme Court Denies Delay
in White Slave Cases

Washington, March 6.-The Supreme
Court to-day refused to reopen or re-
consider its recent decision in the
Digs Caminetti white slave cases and
denied the application of F. Drew Cam
inetti tor rehearing OF its decree az
frming his conviction. Mandates in
the cases Of Caminetti, Digs and l..
T. Hays. Of Alva, Okla. putting their
convictions into force now will be
issued
San Francisco. March 6. President
Wilson will be asked TO pardon +.
Drew Caminetti. son OF Anthony Cami
netti. United States Commissioner
General of immigration. Marshall
Woodworth. counsel for Caminetti and
injury Diggs, also convicted, said a
petition to the President already had
almost one thousand names.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-07
Prices of Canned Goods Up;
Harigan Blames Spectators
Scarcity of Fresh Vegetables Helps UnscruPuous o0Ders
Squeeze Public, He Observation-Disclosures, rest
in Texas, Offered to Relieve Shortage Here

ian beans OF the Mayors Food supply
Committee to retail stores IN Brooklyh'
Manhattan and The Bronx. During the
dav deliveries were made 70 about hlIy
stores in Manhattan and The Bronx
and 10 a similar number IN Brook!yh'
IL was said the committee hoped 10
complete the distribution 10 300 more
stores in Brooklyn and nearly a tnou-
sand more in Manhattan and The Bronx
this morning
The women Of the East Side, through
the Mothers Anti-High Price League
declared positively yesterday that they
would refuse TO buy or eat any OF the
foods supplied by the Mayors commit
tee. They declared they would BOY
colt any stores that sold the smelts'
beans or homiry.
The women's threat so terrified the
Fast Side storekeepers that up 10 iSs'
night the Mayors committee mad nor
succeeded in getting a single last SiHe
stcrekeeper to agree TO handle the
beans and hominy. ,.
In an effort 10 solve the problem the
Mayors Food Supply Committee VIII
confer to-day with a committee rePle
senting the Federation of Hebrew ne
tell Grocers' Associations. The COM com,
mittee hopes that the conference VIII
result in the placing Of its foods IN
rumber OF East Side stores. 49,
"Our women won't buy one oil the
SO. 600 pounds of smelts the PERKINS
committee is bringing here !hurseay'
declared Mrs. Theresa Malkiel, OF the
Mothers Anti-High Price League M
Perkins knows the jig is up. lie rear
les now that he can't make US eat h's
ycrms end rice and hominy.'
Boycott Still Continues
Mrs. Malkiel denied vigorously state
n,ents made in Jewish newspapers tnat
the women's boycott was ended ohe
declared the women would continue tne
fight until the city got the right to ouy
md sell foodstufrs in an emergency.
The women. however. have decided 70
abandon rioting and all forms OF vlo,
Ience. She declared. Instead. they VIII
lombard the Governor and the legls-.
Istors with requests for the passage OF
the BOARD of Estimates food bill. Boy
cotted stores will still be picketed.
Plans are being made for reorganl-
zation of the Mothers Antl-Hlgh Price
League. The league will consist OF two
delegates from each Of thirty organIza.
items of women fighting the high cost
~ living. Mrs. Malkiel said there VIII
no a great demonstration this week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-07
Pooling Agreement Charged

The second Indictment, which charges
a pooling arrangement, names nine cor
porations and sixteen individuals. many
Of whom are also named IN the first IN
dictment. II is alleged that the firms
EMPLOYED Cashier. Curran & Bullitt,
Inc. as sales agent for the group
agreed upon uniform price scale and
arranged to pool the profits, each firm
getting its pro rata share. Lemuel
Burrowes. ir.. president OF Cashier.
CurTan e. Bulliit. Inc, is mentioned in
the indictment. but u is specifically
stated that he ~ not included in the
defendants
Profits, IL Is asserted. were TO be
distributed according To the amount of
coal marketed by each defendant. Cast
ner. Curran & Bullitt, Inc. it is said,
were TO get compensation on a tonnage
basis
The quality Of the coal marketed by
the defendants named 10 the second in
dictment rs said TO be not inferior 20
that sold by the other defendants, al
though the amount IS only 3,OOO,OOO
tons. Like the $1,000 900 tons. IT
comes from the Pocahontas and New
River sections Of Virginia.
Markets Tor me pfoouct Wttc Iouhu
principally in states east Of the Mlssis-
siop River and in Great Britain.
France, Spain aud Italy. Combination
81 restraint ~ interstate trade and for
cign commerce in violation OF the Sher-
man antitrust law j.. charged.
Men nder Indictment
Isaac 4. Mann and +. i. White. Of
West Virginia, both Of whom are named
a. defendants. are influential in poll
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-05
DENVER, COLORADO. SATURDAY, MAY S 1917

school, subject to the approval of
the War Department. The COM
mission would be given power to
employ such artists, architects
and others as deemed necessary.
The sum of $35, 600, to be imme-
diately available, is provided for
the expenses of the commission.
The bill provides that sum not
to exceed 81, 900, 600 for the pur-
chase of the site and erection of
necessary buildings shall be ap-
propriated. This money is to be
spent by the commission under
supervision of the Secretary of
War. Upon the completion of
the school it is to be operated by
the commission under the super
vision and approval of the Secre-
tary of War. The commission is
required annually to submit an
estimate to Congress on the
amount necessary for the work.
la addition to the four local
men; John E. Milholland, of New
York; Henry M. Green and A. A.
Fielding, of Knoxville; j. Finley
Wilson, of Washington; Berry
O'Kelley, of Method, N. c., are
named as commissioners. The
President would be authorized to
fill vacancies.
The bill has been referred to
the Committee on Appropriations.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-05
GERMANS IMPLICIT
HORRID TORTURES
ON WAR PRISONERS

Paris, April 28.-Dr. Cresson,
head physician of the French
hospital in Petrograd, has reach
ed Paris after twenty-one months
captivity in Germany, where he
was the indignant eyewitness
of atrocious acts of cruelty and
torture committed by Huns on
prisoners of war.
Captured at Verbol in Febru-
rry, 1915, DIR. Cresson was for
seven months employed in Or
ganizing a lazaret for invalid
prisoners.
The latter arrived by trains so
closely packed that they could
not stretch themselves out.
Their clothing had been taken
from them, and their sole cover
ing was a blanket. When the
first batch arrived they had to
take shelter from the cold in
holes in the ground, which they
dug with their pannikins.
Gradually huts were erected,
but the food supply was bad from
start to finish.
DIR. Cresson is particularly in
digHant about the way the Ger
man doctors used the Russian
prisoners like regular laboratory
experimental animals. On sew
eral occasions:prisoners were used
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-05
WOULD ESTABLISH SCHOOL
TO TRAIN NEGRO TROOPS

For the purpose of establish
ing training school for Negro
soldiers, Representative Austin,
of Tennessee, has offered a bill
in Congress to authorize the ap-
pointment of commission to Sc
cure site, plan and design. On
this tentative commission appear
four Richmonders, w. j. Parrish,
w. S. Forbes, James A. Moncure
and Giles B. Jackson, the latter
a well-known colored attorney.
The commission is to be known
as the Negro Military School
Commission, and the bill propos-
es that it be empowered to pro-
cure and determine a location,
plans and design for the training
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-05
DIR. GEORGE E. ORSBORN FOR
SCHOOL DIRECTOR
His Policy

To the People of Denver:
Some time ago Il was nominated for
the position of school director or men,
ber of the board of education for the
city and county of Denver. Certain
newspapers Immediately stated that l
was canulaate on the Jones-Guyer-
Hilliard platform. 1 desire to state
that am absolutely independent of
any and all factions and am pledged
to no individual, organization or fac
ton. My platform is my own. The
essential features of that platform are
economy, efficiency and an equal
chance for all, regardless of race, pol
itics or religion.
l am in favor of the greatest econ
omy with an efficient school system,
and opposed to the proposed ten mil
lion dollar bond issue. | am in favor
of teaching force removable only for
incompetency or misconduct. 1 be-
lieve that all school contracts should
be let to the lowest responsible bid
ders and not given as reward to pol
itical workers or as favors to friends
of the board.
GEO. E. ORSBORN, NJ. d.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-05
BOULDER NOTES.

The Mutual Literary society elected
officers last Tuesday. President, Josie
C. Reeves; vice president, Lois Bish-
op; secretary, Pauline Rucker; treas
urer. Emma McVey. Willard Childress
is chairman of program. The COM
pulsory military debate was exceed
ingly interesting.
The boys of Allen Chapel Sunday
school are about to put in their gar
den on their two donated lots.
Mr.. and Mrs. Buckhalter, Mr. and
Mrs. Evans and Mr.. Krould were de-
lightfully entertained at dinner on
Sunday by Mr.. and Mrs. H. Alexander.
Mrs. Della Wharton is recovering
from severe illness.
Mrs. Fred Gibson returns from her
visit to California today.
Brickler of the university won his
place on the track team in the prelim-
mary meet last week. He is long
distance runner.
The Boulderado crew, under the
head waitership of William Evans, is
making good.
The Allen G. E. League presents
Miss Ruby Pettiford in dramatic re-
cital on Wednesday, May 23rd.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-05

Indianapolis, Ind, May s.
Dan Shay of Kansas City, man
ager of the Milwaukee American
association baseball team, shot
and fatally wounded Clarence
Ewell, a Negro waiter, in a hotel
here tonight, in an argument ov-
er a sugar. bowl. The colored man
was taken to a hospital where he
died short time later. Shay
was arrested, and the police are
seeking a woman who is said to
have been with Shay at the time
of the shooting.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-05

Cincinnati, O., April "a. The
subcommittee of the joint COM
mittee on unifcation of the M. z.
Church, North, and M. E. Church
South, has adjourned after hours
of debate without arriving at any
definite conclusion. To this COM
mittee was delegated the task of
providing a plan for uniting the
two churches, so as to hold the
colored end without offending
the southern branch. They seem
to be hopelessly divided.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-05
FIRE AND POLICE AMEND
MENT.

Believing that existing conditions
warrant them in asking for an in
crease in salary, commensurate with
the present high cost of living, Den
ver's police and firemen have initi-
ated a petition for a proposed char
ter amendment calling for a raise of
SIS in their monthly stipend. The
measure will appear on the ballot at
the coming election as Amendment
No. I, and, If carried, will become ef-
fective January 1, 1918.
A majority of the men who will ben
eft by the Increase now receive from
$50 to $s5 month, out of which, in
addition to ordinary living expenses,
they are forced to meet the cost of
uniforms and other equipment neces-
sary to the performance of their du-
ties.
Statistics recently issued by the
United States Department of Labor
show that wages in practically every
other line of employment have in
creased 19 per cent since 1910.
Ninety per cent of the police and
firemen are married. Their families
range from two to nine persons. Fifty
per cent are taxpayers, who either
have, or at the present time, buying
homes onsthe instalIment plan. Many
of this latter class will be compelled
to sacrifice their homes unless the
raise is granted.
The proposed amendment already
has the Endorsement of a score of la
Dor unions and of the Denver Civic
and Commercial Association and the
Denver Motor Club.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-05
Can't The
Country Do
Something To
Stop This?

heads, but here is an attempt to make
that segregation a part of the law OF
the land We ask if there is not some
way in which the American people by
the pressure of public opinion or in
some other way can do something
to put stop to these ruthless insults
to twelve million loyal citizens.
In another editorial in this issue
we say that it is reasonable to sup
pose that the ninety million in this
country might struggle along alone
and win the war without the help of
the ten million. Nevertheless, no
body knows how much fighting there
is to be done, and every able-bodied
and loyal citizen may yet be needed.
Why, then, should a few wide
mouthed, narrow-brained statesmen
(?) be allowed to insult millions of
such citizens We ask if there is
not enough pressure of public opinion
to muzzle such men as Vinson?