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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-08
No Luck in This Horseshoe
Inventors Wife Used Floral
One to Gain Divorce Evidence

Frederick A. Tolhurst, inventor and
art collector, is no longer a believer
in horseshoes as an emblem of good
luck. One night, not long ago, his
wife, some friends and some "other
persons" gained admission TO his
apartment, at l06 Central Park West,
by telling the elevator operator that
they were going TO surprise the in
ventor with a birthday party. One Of
the party carried a large floral horse
shoe. on which was the device, "A
Happy Birthday"
Whether il was Mr.. Tolhurst's birth
day does not appear, but that he was
surprised was evident from the allega-
tions Mrs. Tolhurst made yesterday in
a divorce suit filed in the Supreme
Court The "other persons" in the
birthday surprise party were detec-
tives. Mrs. Tolhurst alleged that her
husband was dressed in pajamas and
that Miss Lillian Ruth Barker, who was
with him. was in negligee.
Mrs. Tolhurst also mentions in her
suit that her husband frequently beat
her. sometimes with a razor strop or
dog whip. Mr. Tolhurst is the owner
OF about 1875 paintings by modern art
lists. He is also the head of the Toll
hurst Machine Works.
Justice Donnelly awarded Mrs. Toll
hurst $50 week alimony.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-08
Baruch Heads
Trade Experts
Personnel of Advisory Com
mittee Announced by De-
fence Council Chairman
[Stof Correspondence

WASHINGTON. Dec. THE Council
Of National Defence to-day formally
announced tho abolition Of its former
industrial advisory committees. These
will be replaced by war trades commit
tees Of the several industries organ
lzed for cooperation with the council.
Director Clifford of The council ex-
blamed that in order that his organ
ization be equipped for discussion with
the several war trades committees he
had selected trade experts 20 represent
The Council of Nasonal Defence m
negotiation with the trades committees.
Among these are the following:
Bernard Baruch, New York, head OF
rev materials section.
/. L. Summers, New York, explosives.
Eugene Meyer, jr., New York. metals
and cement.
!. /. Replogle, New York, steel.
!. ". GuFey, Pittsburgh, oil.
r. II. bowman, New Orleans, lum-
Der.
$. VI. Vauclain, Philadelphia, chief Of
the section on production of finished
products.
julius Rosenwald, Chicago, chief Of
section on supplies of finished PROD
uC.s.
walter Robbins, st. Louis, electrical
equipment w..
II. L. Horning, Waukesha, Wis, auto
motive products. 9,
tools.
chine tools.
A. L. Scott, Boston, cotton duck.
Arthur W. Lawrence, Boston, shoes.
Alexander c. Brown, locomotive
cranes.
A. d. Ellington, Boston, wool
Charles Eisenman, Cleveland, fabrics
Explaining the change in the organ
ization of the Council of National De-
fence, Director Clifford said:
at has become feasible to discon'
tinue the embarrassing situation
wherein the members of the present
committees are apparently called upon
to act both as government agents OF
advisers and at the same time as rep
resentatlves OF the industries. IN avs
solving the present cooperative commit
tees Of industry, which were appointed
by and under the direction OF the coun'
ell. the action is taken only with the
highest praise and thanks TOR theli
splendid and indispensable work. and al
the same time with the hope that rep
resentative committees of the industry
will be formed by the industries them
selves at the earliest possible moment
"The establishment Of such commit
tees. formed so as 20 entitle them "a
speak for their entire industries, will
render Immediately available valuable
sources of information upon which the
government can draw in connection
with the countless business and indus
trial problems attendant upon the con-
duct of the work necessary for the
prosecution of the war"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-08
Grand Jury Would Gust
Bronx Building Aid

After more than wear Of investiga-
ton into the causes Of the collapse of
a building In Marion Avenue the Bronx
County Grand Jury Of September, 1915,
recommended yesterday that the Office
Of Assistant Superintendent of Build
ings IN that borough be abolished. The
Marion Avenue accident occurred on
August p, 1915. and cost two lives.
In the presentm,nt handed up 10 Jus
ticc Mitchell the grand jury calls at
tontion TO the fact that the Office was
transferred recently from the exempt
20 the classified" service without appar-
ent reason. 1T is useless place" the
grand Rry says, "and we recommend
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-08

woman who has been for twenty
wears registered nurse and Tor
eighteen years a slave TO morphine pun
a square challenge TO the medical pro-
fession yesterday afternoon after she
had finished telling the Whitney ieglS-
latiye committee Of her long ana iutHe
fight against the drug:
Cure mel"
Like the two other witnesses OF inc
dav who had preceded her-thc oX-sol-
der from Camp Mills, whose "haolt
dated back to a railroad wreck, and the
down.and-outcr whose sole remaining
ambition is to meet the benevolent
originator Of Old DR.. Somebody's Fam
iy Catarrh Remedy-the nurse had
been desperately anxious TO convince
the committee that larger measure OF
understanding and sympathy should
enter into the handling of the drug
problem.
Pain Caused Habit
The story Of how she had become an
addict was a simple one She had told
the whole of it within a couple Of min
utes after she had whispered her name
to the shorthand man -pcrltonitls,
complications, a series of operations,
something TO ease the pain. The some
thing was morphine. As a nurse she
realized that.
"For two years / tried to get away
from it," she went on. 81 couldn't do
anything for myself, so | began looking
into cures Ny first experiments were
with advertised nostrums. None had
the slightest merit.
"Then ! spent six months in pri-
vate sanatorium. During the year after
! came out kept away from morphine,
going from 148 pounds in weight down
to 1902. My suffering was horrible.
had to go back to the drug.
after that had ten-day treat
ment at the Town Institute. II was
very severe, and eight weeks later
nad 10 return 10 the use OF the drug IN
order to take up my profession again"
Calls Treatment Horrible
Senator John J. Boylahd, father Of
the present state drug law and mem
Der of the committee, questioned the
witness in detail concerning the Town
treatment.
at was horrible" she repeated. "The
first day ] was permitted to have a
third of my ordinary daily amount of
morphine. Belladonna was admins
tered every hour. After the third day
the morphine was cut off, but the bella
donna administration was kept up.
took sixty-eight capsules. They knocked
my heart silly at the. beginning, but no
one ever examined me to note any such
effect. The treatment was routine all
the way through.
"a doctor would be crazy to give a
cut and dried treatment in a case of
pneumonia or typhoid. They don't
realize that in the addict they have a
far sicker patient"
Says Addicts Are Stunned
81 can't understand the attitude OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-08
Income of Express
Companies Shows
Heavy Shrinkase
Plea for Higher Rates Heard
by Interstate Commerce
Commission

WASHINGTON, Dec z. Hesdx !
express companies to-day appeared b..
fore the Interstate Commerce Comma.
sion % argue on behalf OF their an.
plication for a 10 per cent increase Z,
rates. 20 Offset the marked rise N ma.
torial and labor costs and the grsSvsl
reduction Of earnings in recent months
An actual loss was recorded by tn
eight principa. companies last July. a..
cording TO figures presented.
The commission is expected 20 Coz
slider the express case IN conjunetioo
with the pending application Of raj.
rcads for % per cent increase, al
tho question of express rates VIII b
largely dependent on government ae.
tron 20 unity the railroads. now under
consideration. IT President Wiisea
should decide 20 take over operation Of
the roads, DO Is believed the actioa
would also include express business
Counsel for the companies declared
that during tho seven months ends.
AUGUST the Adams, American, Sou,s.
crn and Wells Fargo companies earned
net opcrat.ng income Of only sl33Goq,
IS compared with sf,755,000 the san,
period last year.
r. h. Harrison. OF New YORK, counsel
for tho companies, expressed willing.
ness 70 submit 90 any reduction tie
commission might order on restoration
of normal business conditions after The
4 committee Of state railroad con.
miesions. headed by j. r. Hendersea.
81 low. asked the commission for more
t;,,o in which 20 anaiyze the expires,
companies figures, and indicated heT
would attack a number o. tens o. o.
nreciation and material costs Other
members of this committee wee
Tbomas Yapp. OF Ninnesotsi G. I. Bee
Of Missouri; a. =. Helm. Of Kansas
"a Uuoh II Nor'~r- 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-08
Woman Held as Smuggler

Edith /. Rosenbaum. fashion writer
and designer Of gowns, who said she
lived in Paris. was arraigned yesterday
before Federal Judge Hand, on an in
dictmeut, charging her with smuggling
and making a false baggage declara-
ton. 1t is charged she defrauded the
government of duty amounting to 1896
ON 1--WE French gowns and "a uantity Of
mems ncckties and wearing apparel.
According TO the complaint, the
French gowns were found in the estab-
lishmeut of a New York designer, al
though Miss Rosenbaum had declared
they were personal property when she
brought them TO this country in July.
The mems apparel was found in her
apartment, at the Stradford House.
Hiss Rosenbaum is a survivor of the
Titanic disaster Her parents live in
Woodmerc, Long Island. Judge Hand
lXed her bail al $4,000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-08
Meet to Speed Ship Loading

Irving r. Bush, chief executive Of
the War Board of the Port Of New
York, held an important conference
yesterday with men representing the
marine departments Of all the rail
roads entering the city, for the pur-
pose OF speeding up the loading and
unloading Of ships here
Formation Of a liehterage bureau,
with Offices at the War Board, was
planned. To show the need of quick
action on the harbor lighterage prob
lem. one of the railroad men present
stated that forty-four of its lighters
had been delayed 544 days, one as lonr
as SO days. lie also stated that 262
days were lost by lighters used in the
government service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-08
u. S. Mediation Board
To Publish Strike Data

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-SettIement
of many labor difficulties threatening
strikes on railroads will be disclosed
in report of the Federal Board Of
Mediation and Cancellation, soon to be
ISSUED in response TO a call to-day from
Congress. It was said to-day that for
two years the board has been so busy
report has not been compiled.
Since it was created there have been
only three cessations of traffic due 70
strikes. and the longest lasted only
three days. Railroads and unions alike
have indorsed the principle of media
ton by which the board has adjusted
nine out of every ten difficulties.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-08
Major Straight TO Head
War Insurance Bureau

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-MajOr VII
lard D. Straight. of the Adjutant Cen
erals Reserve Corps. formerly head Of
the International Banking Corporation,
has been selected by the War Depart
ment TO supervise the work Of the
overseas branch of the War Rick In
surance Bureau.
Major Straight has selected staff
of twenty subordinate officers in the
Adiutant Generals Reserve Corps 70
assist him in the task of bringing to
the attention Of every member Of Cen
eral Pershing's army in France the
benefits of the insurance features OF
the governments compensation act.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-08
H.E.Coffln to Head Air Board,
With Richard Howe a Member

WASHINGTON. Dec. Howard f
Coffin. of Michigan, was nominated to-
day by President Wilson to be chair
man and Richard Howe. Of New York
TO be a member Of the government air
craft board.
Other nominations made to cover APP
pointments made during the recess OF
Congress included Russell c. Letting
well. Of New York, Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-08
Seized on Murderer's Tale

Vincenzo Rocco. a well-to-do whole
sale butcher, of 7O1 East lSOth Street,
was arrested last night by detectives Of
the Fifth Branch Bureau because Of an
accusation which Giovanni D'Avanzo, a
relative. brought against him when
D'Avanzo was about TO be hanged as a
murderer In Connecticut. The charge
against Rocco is completely in the muir
der for which his relative was hanged
on November Is.
According 10 the story Of D'Avanzo,
the murdered man, Rocco Simonelli,
was killed in New Britain, Conn. on
SEPTEMBER %, in the course Of family
feud which started in Naples twenty
one years ago. Il was his relative, Vim
cenzo Rocco. according to the story
that D'Avanzo told TO Warden Ward
Garner of the Connecticut state prison
at Wethersfeld. who impressed upon
him the necessity Of carrying on the
vendetta and showed him how TO ac-
complish his purpose.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-08
News in Brief

DEPRESSED by business troubles. according
90 rs friends, Louis Slonimsky, Of 1913
Eighty-third Street. Brooklyn, committed
suicide bv jumping from the fourteenth aoor
OF an office building at 80 Nassau StfeeI
Ambulance surgeons said every bone In his
body was broken.
The Police Department Glee Club will give
A concert at the Casino Theatre. Broadway
and Thirty ninth Street. December 10 The
proceeds will be- used in giving aid TO mem
bers of the Police Department now serving
their country.
The will of Dr. Henry NJ. Jeip1iger.
Board Of Education. disposed of an estate
valued at about $4,000. One Of the bene-
6ciaries named was Supreme Court Justice
Samuel GreenbGum. who received $1,000.
phil, Zess. n chauffeur. OF 1880 Third
Avenue. who has been paying st the rate OF
81 p week a fine Of $50 inflicted on him "a
q second offender by speeding, has been given
permission 20 pay the remainder OF the sum
more than half Of it-st the expiration OF
the war. He has been drafted and VIII leave
for Camp Upton to-day.
A festival is being held at st. Marks-in-
the-Bouwerie 90 raise funds 10 send an am
bulance from ST. Marks. New York. to St.
Marks, Venice. The festival committee Is
composed Of Mrs. james n. Allison. Mrs.
Bancroft Gherardi Mrs. J. o. Won Schmidt.
Miss Mary j. Pierson. Nrs. Frank Vincent
Dumond and Mrs. William Norman Guthrie.
Mrs Anna Hard. seventy-nine years old.
was burned 20 death IN her home. "a Wind
sor Place Her clothing caught fire while
she was attempting TO light gss stove in
the parlor Neighbors hearing her cries
rushed in. but were unable 70 eXtinguish
the flames in time 10 save her.
There will be an evening Of song at the
Young Women's Hebrew Association. 81
Wet 10Th Street. Sunday. December lG.
FOR the benefit Of Jewish relief work The
singers will be Miss Tilly ZaehariaS, soprano.
and NORTH ssisstein, tenor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-08
For u. S. Employment Service

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA bill to es-
tablish a government employment ser
vice was introduced to-day by Sena-
tor Robinson and referred to the Labor
Committee. A board of three would
be named in each state to cooperate.
Practically the same bill was intro
duced in the House by Representative
keatinC. OF Colorado.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-08
Wants a Receiver to Run
Cars for War Workers

BOSTON, Dec. IA receiver for tho
Bay State Street Railway Company was
asked for in the Federal Court to-day
on the ground that it was necessary IN
order to keep the road in operation for
the transportation of thousands Of en-
pIoyes engaged in munitions factories
and other war work.
The receivership petition, filed by
the Archibald Mcneil e. Sons Company
of Bridgeport, sets forth that the rail
way company owes il sl9.G74 for coal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-08
Woods Defends Merit
System for Police
Says Judge Hylan's Criticism
Is Due to Misinfor-
nation

Police Commissioner Arthur Woods
answered yesterday Mayor-eleet Hy-
lars criticism Of the merit system in
thc DEPARTMENT He declared tina.
tpdco Bylan must be misinformed'
sbo9t the working Of the merit system
an Tie first place." he says 10 ha.
eausod an increase Of arrests saiG
Comoissioner Woods. "Thc fact is
tbat the merit system was put Boz op-
Grafton in 1916. and IN the year 1916
sbere ,ysro Fever arrests made by IN"
poliee forckthan in 1916, when thers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-08

We should be sorry to
have any man scared Oft b.
cause he thought US high
priced!
True, we've stuck to the
same old standards.
All wool! Fast color!
But the scale on which We
do things lets us do lots Of
things a smaller business
couldn't think Of.
AS a result, we still invite
attention to suits at SO,
Value with a capital Y.
There arc also Interesting values In fur
nlshiag-. hats ana shoes.
Army officers uniforms.
Tailored to keep their
shape-all our own manu-
tacture.
AS Christmas GIti-tho RoeorsPe1
,-,mn Toilet Case. $3.50 complete.
Gift order forms.
ROGERS PET COMPANY
Broadway Broaowy
at 18th st. The at S4tn u
Four
Broadway Corners ruin avg
At Warren at fia D.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-06-21
Select Defense Council Boards.

Columbia - Important committees to
carry OH the work Of the state coun.
Gil of defense have been appointed
by David r. Coker Of Hartsville,
chairman Of the council. Headquarters
for the council will be opened at an
early date in Columbia. Plans for
making the work Of the council effec.
tive during the war period are now
under consideration.
The following committees have been
named:
Executive and finance committee:
ID. r. Coker. chairman; William FL.
liott, vice chairman; John G. Rich.
ards, Christie Benct, ]. Ross Hama,
han, w. w. Long. Ira B. Dunlap
Publicity: Robert Latham chairman !;
William Banks. c. o. Hearon.
Military matters: e. NJ Blythe,
chairman; DR.. r. II. Mcleod
Production and conservation OF
foodstuffs: Bright Williamson. chair.
man: W. W. Long. A. C. Phelps.
Industries and exemptions: A. F..
McKissick. chairman; Robert Nc.
Dougall, John T. Stevens.
Transportation: j. W. Wassum
chairman; Otto Klettner, Robert G.
Hail.
Alienation Of distress caused by en-.
hstment: Horace l.. Tilghman, chair
man; 70. j. Watson, John S. Reynolds
Coordination Of activities Of patriot
1c organizations: DR.. John E. White
chairman; Miss e. e. McClintock, D.
r. Buckingham
Research and education: W. M
Riggs, chairman; j. =. Shrine, J. Ross
1lanahan.
Cooperation of negro organizations,
John f. Maybank, chairman; Bright
Williamson, w. l. Johns.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-06-21
RAISE FUND FOR RED GROSS
Governor Begins Campaign For $500,
900 to Alleviate Suffering During G
War.--County Chairmen Named. ,.$

Columbia.-South Carolina has been
asked to contribute 100000 of the
100000 900 to be raised in the Uni.
ted States for the support Of the Red
Cross during the war period. This
large fund must be raised by popular
subscription
President Wilson has set aside the
week of June IS to 25 as Red Cross
week when the American people are
expected to raise the above amount
by sacrifcial gifts.
The following have been asked by
Gov. Manning to act as county chair
men:
w. p. Green, Abbcville; ]. B. Sal
Icy. Aiken; G. Cullen Sullivan, An
derson; II. NJ. Graham, Bamberg;
Harry ID. Calhoun, Barnwell; DR.. El.
lott. Beaufort; Il. ]. Dennis, Pinopo-
lis; J. Scottowe Wannamaker, ST.
Matthew's; II. G. Rhett, Charleston;
DR.. Lee Davis Lodge, Gaffney; r. B.
Caldwell, Chester; e. w. Duvall,
Cheraw; Charlton DuRant Manning;
w w. Smoak. Walterboro; G. w.
Coker, Hartsville; A. B. Jordan, Dill
Ion; Legare Walker. Summerville;
Ben Nicholson, lGdgeneld; j. Il. Nc.
Donald, Winnsboro; Joseph A. Nc
Cullough, Greenville; II. l.. Watson,
Greenwood; George Warren, Hamp.
ton; II. B. Scarborough, Conway;
Charles j. Shannon. Jr., Camden; Le-
Roy Springs, Lancaster; w. A. Watts,
kaurcns; w. r.. Scarborough, Bishop
villo; d. f. IIird, Lexington; P. w.
Johnson, Marion; d. D. McCOll Ben.
ncttsville; DR.. George B. Cromer,
Newberry; r. IT. Jaynes. Walhalla;
b. II. Moss, Orangeburg; w. S. Smith,
Pickcns; DR.. ]. A. Hayne, Columbia;
B. w. Crouch, Saluda; Howard B.
Carlisle, Spartanburg; Neil O'Don.
nell, Sumter; Allen Nicholson, Union !;
| j. ID. O'Bryan, Kingstree; John T.
| Roddey, Rock Hill.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-06-21
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS.

Several large rattle snakes have
been killed in Bull swamp near Swan.
sea.
Two large lots OF cotton-1G4 bales
and 172 bales-were sold at Jefferson
last week at 25 cents per pound.
DR.. IL. Fl. Dobsoon OF Gaffney. has
entered the corps OF dental surgeons
Of the army.
Alister G. Furman Of Greenville. was
reelected president OF the South Car.
olina Underwriters Association at the
annual meeting at Charleston.
The Methodist congregation at Con.
way have just completed handsome
parsonage.
The contract for steel bridge to
span Broad river between York and
Cherokee counties has been let.
The 9th annual session Of the En-.
worth League was held at Sumter last
week.
Five. carloads Of fine cattle bought
by the farmers Of Florence county
have arrived.
Organization for O vigorous cam.
paign In South Carolina to raise 5000.
700 for the Red Cross has been
effected. -
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-06-21
Army Worms in Anderson.

Anderson S NJ. Byars, county de.
monstration agent. reports tremen.
dous invasion OF army worms on all
growing crops in tho southern part of
Anderson county next to the Abbeyilla
line. The worms arc doing very de.
structivc work and farmers are organ
izing to combat them, working under
the direction Of Mr.. Byars. In Abbe.
vile county. where the invasion Ia
greatest. many farmers ran blows all
through Sunday to put In .ditches
around infected fields. Mr.. Byars
says moths laid their eggs early this
spring on alfalfa and yetch, the frat
growing crops, and the attacks on
these fields are more severe than on
other crops at this time. The pests
are beginning to work on cotton and
corn.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-06-21
U-Boat Sinks FreIahter.

New York.-News Of the destruction
of the big French freight steamship
mississippi by a German submarine
with q loss OF one OF tho merchant.
mons crew, was brought here by Of
hcers Of q British freight yossel that
arrived from a French port.
The Mississippi, OF 6,667 tons gross,
was torpedoed and sunk about 145
miles out from the port Of Brest,
France. on June Q, according to the
British ship. which rescued forty.
seven officers and geamen from open
baats.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-06-21
VIII Stlm ,Iate Business.

Washington. livery means Of stim.
ulating business should be used now,
says President Wilson in letter to e.
p. v. Ritter, Of the Merchants and
Manufacturers exchange of New York
city, just made public. Mr.. Ritter
wrote the President concerning the
advisability OF holding commercial
conventions during the war.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-06-21

Food Legislation to Front.
Washington. control legisla.
don now has the right OF way in Con.
gress.