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New-York tribune., 1917-06-24
Care Of Dependents Of Soldiers in
Canada Furnishes Guide for U.S..
Assistance Graded According to Cost or Living in Different
Provnces-Wife Receives $50 Month Exclusive
of SIS Assigned from Husbands Pay

ent receives 80 fs.oosa.:..., separati,,
allowance and that the soldier h..
assigned SIS a meuls 0l mis- nav TSs
allowance for wiys. is tbep, depondir.
on the age of tho ch,idrSv. as follow.
No children. 81 = R9n.l: one Gina
Sl3 TO $3.50; tu9 eEi.Gr5f, Sl6 10 500.
three children, si9 70 s25: four chi.
dren, SD 10 S2S; five Children. S25 "A
$50; six children. S2S 70 $50: nov
than six children, $50. Larger aiiow
ances are made in the cases Of deperS.
ents of rcseryists whose separation IL
lowances are below the $50 A mon,b
standard. \ widowed mother NAV Va
ceive $40 in addition to the separatio,
allowance and assigned pa,. and ds.
pendent parents $50.
Applicants for relief must an on.
a form giving full information as :,
the soldier on whom they had depcnsss
for support. and details as 10 ,bei.
own condition and individual earni,e
capacity.
Acting on the information contained
in the application for relief and N,
reports Of the fund visitor, or OF Ne
references given, and in couformancs
with the local schedule adopted. The
relief committee passes Mrs. John
Smiths case at SO much month.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-24
Fifty Acre Gift Of John D. Rockefeller Jf, to People
Scene Of One Of Comty's First Fights for Liberty

Land Now Dedicated to Recrea-
ton Bristled with RamParts
When Washington's Soldiers
Fought the Hessians in De
fence Of New York-Highest
Point in Manhattan-Natural
Gateway to State Park Across
the Hudson.
History, great natural beauty and
the deft hand of man have been com
bined TO give unusual charm TO the
spot in upper Manhattan which John
d. Rockefeller, jr., has recently Of
fered 70 the people as a park.
Long before the subway burrowed
northward. hardy adventurers from
the Battery Jared TO these island hlgh-
lands. and when the American Revolu-
tion came the land around Fort Wash
ington Heights was dotted with their
little farms.
Not far from the main gate OF Iryon
New-York tribune., 1917-06-24
By JOHN J. LEARY, JR.

Lynn, Mass, June 23.-If the manu-
facturers Of this city, the largest shoe
manufacturing centre in the world, have
their way, women's shoes will not only
be simpler in design and fewer IN pat
tern this fall than in any season for
years, but lower in price. The i'm
pelling reason for the change is
request from the National Council of
Defence that the manufacturers SIM
plify styles generally, reduce the num-
Der of lasts and patterns so that the
national supply of leather may be
conserved, labor freed for other in
dustries and prices lowered to the
public.
The request comes at a time when
the manufacturers are IN highly
nervous frame OF mind, conditions,
thanks 20 the competition for the more
varied lines, having shown manu-
facturers little OF the comfortable
profits that were possible VII 4 lines
were staple and before the craze for
Iancy SnOeS mad developed.
II was then possible with compara-
lively small line of samples to so place
orders that factories could be oper-
ated on reasonably full time. This has
been impossible with styles changing
overnight, and overhead expenses have
mounted 10 prices that would have
been unbelievable a few years ago.
Added TO this the constant changing
of patterns and lasts, the cancellation
Of orders after they had been placed
because of some change in demand.
and the manufacturers lot has not
been altogether a happy one.
More recently men in off the road
have reported a tendency on the part
of women TO rebel against high prices
for shoes. So strong have these re-
ports been that many manufacturers
have been seriously considering ways
and means Of cutting costs prior 10 the
action of the national council. The
demand for plain pumps and oXfords.
costing less than the high-cut shoes,
has emphasized this demand for some
thing less expensive and demonstrated
70 the satisfaction Of many that the
plain shoe is beginnin. TO come into
its own again.
Local manufacturers, however, insist
that they are in no way responsible
for the high prices charged in some
centres for women's footwear, insisting
that II is not possible 70 get more
than fair manufacturing profit on
the fanciest of shoes. no matter what
rrice they may retail FOR. They de-
clare that the jobber or the retailer.
who may buy direct. insists on rock
bottom prices here, and then boosts
his own prices as nigh as the traffic
will bear.
In this connection the story is told
OF manufacturer who has been
specializing in fancy shoes seeing
some shoes in New York show win
dow that looked familiar. lie asked
New-York tribune., 1917-06-24

ing on the central organization for its
actual needs. PAY what you can, draw
what you need" was a slogan largely
used in branch organization.
Funds have been received from pro-
vincial, county and municipal grants,
large grants by the more important in
dustrial and financial institutions, local
campaigns, grants of days pay
n month" etc. The local campaigns
wherever carried out have been revela-
tions in the generosity of the Canadian
people.
The actual canvass is preceded by an
extensive advertising campaign, making
use of street banners, sidewalk signs,
window cards. picture show announce
ments. Sunday talks from the pulpits
and advertising and reading notices in
the local press, followed up by leaflets
or circulars addressed through the mail
10 a carefully prepared list Of every one
to be canvassed, taken by a psinstaking
compilation of the records OF voters
lists, factory payrolls and telephone
and city directories. These circulars,
calculated TO give all essential informa-
tion and TO answer the usual objections,
do much to pave the way for the can
vasser, who follows with the personal
approach. Generally two or three days
are set aside for the collections, and
the results have in practically every
case greatly exceeded the widest ex-
pectations of the committees.
Towns there are which have put or
a second and even third year cam
paign, and in almost every case the
response to each succeeding appeal
has outdone the previous ones. The
payments are generally extended over
a period of nine TO twelve months. a
card taken. and the collections handled
through the local banks. These collec-
tions are very well attended TO. around
20 per cent being paid in without trou
bic.
Besides securing local funds. it is
the duty of the local branch 10 see
that no soldiers wife in its jur.sdic-
tion is in need. The fund aids alike the
family of the Canadian volunteer. the
British reservist and the Belgian.
French. Italian, Russian. Serbian ard
Rumanian rescrvists who have re-
turned to fight for their respective
countries.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-24

Checks are made out monthly for each
family.
The main idea underlying the deter
minatlon Of assistance is that az famt
lies should be brought up 10 a certain
income. sufficient, all things considered
10 maintain them IN a reasonable de.
gree of comfort.
The fund estimates that wife re.
quires at least $50 q month, exclusive
of assigned pay. and the children so
much more. according 10 number and
age Besides the pay and goyemmen.
allowances, items which will affect ,ae
grant are help from the husbands
employer, earnings Of other members
of the family. income from invest
ments. rents. etc.
With r'o Canadian soldier the oyH
tiou O, assigned pay present. SON,
difficulty. At present II ~ not taker
into consideration, provided 10 is prop
erly used. This money the wife s sup.
posed TO use to pay any old scores her
husband may have left behind, TO make
the home comfortable, TO educate the
children and 10 save for emergencies.
Numbers Of these women have been in
dUced this year TO save in a small way
toward securing one Of the Canadian
Government War Saving Certificates
which Tor S2l.50 paid IN now viii re-
turn $25 in three years On the other
hand, where no attention IS paid 70
debts, no provision made for the chill
dren or the home, the committee ls
able 10 discipline the offenders by de.
duction from or delay in the grant, 70
hand the children over TO some chll'
dren's aid society and provide for their
care. The Salvation Army has been o.
great use in cases of this nature
In numberless cases the sayl1Ss 0,
the wife from assigned pay have helpei
10 keep the family after the lr-slloel
husband has returned until be couia
secure some suitable employment %
augment his pension.
The activities of the average rehei
committee include the adjustment Of
debts. listing rooms 10 ict, securing
better accommodations when existing
conditions are unsanitary. correspond
ence re pensions. separation allowance
assigned pay, wounded, missing or De-
serted soldiers, free legal advice, ma
ternity lists and babies outfits, medi-
cal advice and attention, storage ior
furniture. opportunities for systemse
saving, etc.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-24

Hall, the great house that c. K. G..
Billings built upon his estate, there
is a ragged cliff surmounted by hum
mock OF earth. This is the site Of
Fort Tryon, a reminder Of the change
that came over the rugged country
when Washington and his Continentals
were fighting Americas first fight for
liberty.
The acres that have now been dedi-
Gated to recreation have bristled with
ramparts and been rutted with the
wheels Of cannon. Hessians have
charged over the hills. and from the
top Of the Palisades in New Jersey
Washington himself watched his men
make their last stand in the defence
Of New York.
Just south Of Corbin Place, which
cuts the loop Of Fort Washington Ave
nue.. was another battlement Of 1875.
Here the Continentals halted the Brit
lsh long enough 20 enable Washington
20 carry out safely mis- retreat from
Long Island. Here, when her artillery
man husband was killed, Margaret Cor
pin took her place at the gun and
served II until she, too, was gravely
wounded Mr.. Rockefeller paid trib-
ute 10 the natural beauty Of the land
when he said that It's possibilities as
a play place for the people had I'M
pressed him as boy.
From the days when ! was boy
and rode horseback ~ that part Of the
city. used 20 stop always and admire
the euperb view from that little knoll
o. land cneircled by the loop Of Fort
Washington Avenue he said when an
nouncing his gift.
Prom that crest, the highest point in
there is matehless out
look. On clear days storm King
Mountain may be seen up the Hudson,
and 70 the south the Statue OF Liberty
Ia clearly visible, twenty miles away.
The western view shows the Palisades
and the Jersey hills, 70 the east one
sees the Harlem River, the Speedway.
New York University grounds, and
FAR away a glimpse Of the sandy shores
of Long Island Sound.
Into this setting a few years ago
.ame a hoTseman with magnificent
deas Of an estate, and the wealth 70
voyk them out. G. X. g. Billings was
,rfoInally attracted 20 Fort Tryon ~
he opportunities for e1eTcis!ng ms
.rotting horses. but tho stabies ne
damned and built on the crest OF the
in were only incidental 20 his whoie
,lsn, -. - - 49,
New-York tribune., 1917-06-24
By GLADSTONE PERRY. F. c. b. A.


When the great war began. Canada
was confronted, as the United states
will soon be, with the great economi;
problem Of The care of her soldiers
dependents. Though only in ITS m
fancy in August, 1914. this promiseI
soon TO become serious question II
not efficiently dealt with from the out
set. The later development of the sit
uation only proved how serious this
matter would have become without or
ganization. How Canada has met and
solved the problem is one of the most
vital and interesting chap N he
war history.
Canada originally undertook to raise
an army of $4,000 increasing the hg-
ure until now she is aiming at 100000.
With the enlistments Of the first
Canadian contingent for overseas ser
vice. at Nalcartier, the need of some
central and national organization TO
care for the needy dependents all over
Canada. without neglect or overlapping,
was felt. despite the fact that in many
eases employers continued enlisted
men on their payrolls on full or part
pay and different cities made various
provisions.
70 meet this need the Canadian
Patriotic Fund was organized by his
royal nighness the Governor General
Of Canada and incorporated August %,
1914, "to collect. administer and dis
tribute a fund for the assistance, in
case of need, Of the wives. children and
dependent relatives of officers and men.
residents Of Canada. who, during the
present war, may be on active service
with the naval or military forces OF the
British Empire or Great Britain's al
lies"
New-York tribune., 1917-06-24
What will be the main Washington Northern

estate which Mr.. Billings is said to
have spent S2,000,000 in developing, is
Roman road which winds gently up
from the Hudson, dipping under a
great Roman arch, TO the house on the
heights. Its sweep suggests one Of
the great engineering works of ancient
Rome, and since 1t is as solidly and as
substantially built it should last as
long.
1t is 1000 feet long, ascends $50 feet
within small area al grade of about
10 per cent. Mr. Billings wanted a
road so built that he could drive HIS
automobiles over II at high speed
Engineers spent much time over the
project. and 1t was finally constructed
d. d cost Of upward of 100000.
Tryon Hall, built after the plans OF
Guy Lowell, of Boston, Is in the style
Of Louis XIV. and suggests the famous
ch6teauX of France, both IN Its lines
and IN the beauty OF its setting. From
its tall tower there are vistas Of viz
GIN land that have hardly changed
since Hendrick Hudson came up the
river in the Half Moon.
Near the house is a great swimming
ool and stables that housed Mr.. Biz
lings's trotters. At a little distance a
porgola stands upon the perpendicular
cliff of wall of ragged cliff. What
is 10 be done with these things has net
been decided. but 1t is the donors wish
that they be maintained as rest and
pleasure places when the land becomes
a park.
Across the road from Tryon Hall is
Libby Castle, a quaint Norman struct-
Ure, which has been suggested as a
Revolutionary war museum. The castle
was built in the fifties by a Mr.. Rich
ards, and ten years later it came into
;ho hands Of William VI. Tweed. Of
ursavory political memory.
Tweed lived there for time, but he
became involved in an effort 20 man
age and finance the old Metropolitan
Hotel, and in order 20 pay A. T. Stewart
& Co. for the furnishings of the hos
lery he mortgaged his castle. The
castle was bought on h foreclosure by
a member Of the Stewart firm and has
borne his name since.
Abbey Inn, now roadhouse, was
formerly Abbey Castle and was built
by the Hays family, whose estate is
also included in the Rockefeller gift.
on this property is the famous Abbey
Hill, a testing place for the hill-climb-
ing qualities Of automobiles.
The Shcafer property, the third es-
tate in the Rockefeller offer, is prac-
tically virgin country. The original
owner had made a fortune in the coal
mines Of. Pennsylvania and. looking
about for an investment, decided that
he couldn't do better than buy New
New-York tribune., 1917-06-24
Encourage Saving
Among Dependents

At all branches more or less stten'
tion is paid TO the problem OF ihogy.
ing the dependent 10 save regular
amount for rainy day, some execli,
tives even going so far as 20 wltnno.e
a certain amount, placing IL m truN
account, only TO be drawn on IN CO"
Of real need or pressing emergehe!.
Help and advice have been given IN ths
matter of life insurance, many csses
being reported of wives allowing lhs
premiums TO lapse through delay 9.
carelessness. thus prejudicing 'ne"
most important asset.
| might fill the pages Of this paps.
in citing instances where the dltes;
personal touch Of the voluntary reM'.
committees, largely composed Oh 'as
best and most public spirited meh n, /.
any town. have rendered incalculsD.S
service toward the soldiers family ah1
Indirectly 70 the state. No mere gov.
ernment department could hope 20 s taAs
the place Of the bodies Of men VIZ W.,
give Of their time and experience VIZ.
ingly in the administration OF the''
funds and the care Of the families
We who stay at home have a dire'.
personal responsibility TO those VIZ, VIZ
go in our stead. and that responsioil.i
cannot be shifted over 20 or ass.ns.
by the government. The future OF -
nation, through the children, VIII ~
influenced by the care we take OF -
soldiers children now, while ne is %
ing care OF our immediate interesS -
Flanders and elsewhere. 49,,
The voluntary system Of suoseFipm..,
makes a heavy demand on those n.'s,
able 70 bear il, and probably resui,s -
a more equable distribution o. the o.'
den than any sys-em Of taxation -,
devised. although a light local So
ton, supplemented by the larger ~
scriptions OF those who are able 20 ~
more. is probably the nearest 70 ~
ideal that we will reach. n also plo
vides channel for patriotic gNHss
and patriotic work for those who W.
TO, but cannot. participate more ae's.
ly. All this work makes a peculiar aY
peal TO many public spirited men o..
women and has direct influence =.
recruiting through the sense oI ass.
ance given the soldier IN the "e"''
of his family.
Canada has raised in this mshn.i
some Sl9.00O,000 and has dlsoui@s.' So
about Sl5.000,00O, with q monthly o'
bursement sheet of about $9Oo'uVv =
present. In short. Canada has q sv
untary organization, cheap, en'sSj mi.
and thoroughly equipped TO hsndis ~. "A
work. The immediate results may H.
observed in any Canadian town or 80
while the collateral results WI
denced many years after the ws4 =
New-York tribune., 1917-06-24
Price of Women Shoes To Be
Less in Fall, Manufacturers Plan
STYLES To Be Smpihed Request of National Defence
Council to Conserve Leather Supply and
Release abor for Other Industries

to be allowed to look at a pair marked
20 sell at $3.50.
"And you sell that shoe for $3.50
and are not locked up?" he asked the
manager of the store.
why" asked the manager, whats
wrong with that"
Nothing replied the maker, Tex
cept that | made that shoe and deliv-
cred it in Boston for s2.S5. If that is
not larceny, | do not know what is"
"Well," said the manager. 1--WE have
to live. And, anyway, we can sell more
of those shoes at $3.50 than We could
at $3.50. If we offered them at $3.50
the women would think there was
something wrong with them and refuse
to buy"
New-York tribune., 1917-06-24

il done, New York will have
river front park extending from Sew
enty-second Street to Dyckman Street.
Mr.. Rockefeller's request that the
new park be decided 10 the Interstate
Palisades Commission. while the city is
asked to appropriate the money for its
development, has already caused some
criticism and may be a source OF some
dissension later.
The donors suggestion, he has ex-
planned. is based upon the thought that
his property by its location is natural
gateway 20 the. state park across the
Hudson and already connected by the
Dyckman Street ferry.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-24

York real estate He bought far 10 the
north, thinking that there might be
mineral wealth in the hill upon which
Mr.. Rockefeller stood as n boy and was
inspired with the vision Of a great pub
lie park
About fifty acres are included in Mr..
Rockefcller's offer. The land extends
from Northern Avenue and 1881 Street
TO Lafayette Boulevard, just south Of
Dyckman Street. In depth it extends
from the Hudson TO Broadway. As one
condition Of his gift Mr.. Rockefeller
asks that the city connect the tract
with Fort Washington Park by pur-
chase Of intervening property. II this
New-York tribune., 1917-06-24

MASSIVE BUILDINGS
AMlDPICTURESOUEAND
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY
MARK THE PARK WHICH
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER,
IR.. HAS OFFERED TO
PEOPLE OF NEW YORK.
THE LAND CROWNS A
ROCKY HILL OVERLOOK
ING THE HUDSON, AND
IS FULL OF SH A d \
NOOKS AND OF + ER ,
NJ ANY BE a L I | + \ l.
VIEWS.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-24
Amount Of Assistance
Graded by Schedule

The amount 10 which assistance may
be granted varies according to the de-
termination OF the local branch. cor
sidering the relative cost of living in
different parts of the country, and s
graded from a central maximum sched-
ule, known ss the Eastern City Maxi
mum. II is assumed that the depend.
The sun., 1917-09-06
INFANTRY OFFICERS
HORSES IN DISCARD
Government Won't Transport
or Feed Them in Future.

ST. LOUIS, Sept, "a War Department
order received by Gen, Clark at Nevada,
Mo. this afternoon. places officers horses
in the discard. 1t says that in future
the Government will neither transport,
nor feed horses belonging to mounted"
battalion and resimenta1 commanders
and their stafts and brigade commanders
and their stafrs,
II an otYicer desires to keep horse he
must make arrangements to do so with
out expense to the Government
Under the new formation of the army
the order SAYS horses are not only not
needed. but coma under the classification
Of uuisances This order viii render
useless TO the Missouri soldiers many
fine horses presented to the First and
Fifth regiments not long ago by August
A. Busch, brewer.
The sun., 1917-09-06
PRICEOF SUGAR
TO BE FIXED
American Refiners Agree to
Buy Through Committee
Named by Hoover.


WASHINGTON. Sept o. American
sugar ref,ners agreed to-day to purchase
all imported sugar through a committee
to be named by the Food Administra-
ton. As the buying OF the same COM
modify for the Allies will probably be in
the hands Of this same committee. work
ing In close cooperation with the Food
Administration, the price Of Cuban raw
sugar will be effectively controlled. even
in the absence of an agreement with the
island producers. which the Food Ad-
mlnistration is hopeful OF reaching at a
conference TO be held here in the near
future.
Representatives of practically all re-
fners operating in the United States
were present at io-day's conference
The whole policy Of the Food Admins
tration for the control of the sugar. sit
uation IN the United States during the
war was outlined. There was an enthu-
siastic response from the refiners to the
request made by the Food Administra-
tion for cooperation in carrying out the
plans proposed. The rehncrs expires sed
their willingness to follow the plans of
the national body as a patriotic duty, It
was announced.
The sugar bought through the Hoover
commission will be distributed proper
tionately to all refners operating in the
country. The refiners' margin was not
settled upon. as it was decided to post
pone discussion of this question until az
ter pending bills affecting sugar have
been disposed of by Congress,
The agreement will hold for the period
of the war
The refners agreed also TO accept
margin OF profit to be worked out later
and to abide by regulations the Food
ADMINISTRATION may set governing their
, industry
The sun., 1917-09-06
THE WEATHER FORECAST.
COMMITS SUICIDE AS
WARRANT IS ISSUED
Alexander Hsindl, Noted Mu-
sician, Balks Court.

Patrolman Bernard Kelly Of the New
town. l.. l.. police station appeared in
the Flushing police court yesterday be-
fore Magistrate Doyle to swear out q
warrant charging attempted suicide
against Alexander Heindl, -, Of 285
81. Nicholas avenue. one Of the original
members Of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra. who was found with two
bullet holes In his head lying on the
lawn OF the Fresh Pond Crematory at
Glendale. L. l., late Tuesday.
Nist as the Magistrate was about to
attach his signature to the warrant .
messenger reached the court room from
the German Hospital, to which Mr.
Heindl had been taken, with the infor-
nation that the musician was dead.
Magistrate Doyle Immediately tore up
the warrant
Mr.. Heindl was prominent for many
years In musical circles and had been
solo celllst with the Mendelssohn and
Listermann quintets A Number OF
papers were found In his pockets when
his body was discovered. one Of them
being a note which read: "T have no
relatives except my three children. and
they are good to me. The only reason
] want to die In age. am over, and my
body worn out. ALEX. HEiNpI."
Other letters were addressed to his
children. Anthony Heindl Of Merrick,
l.. l.. Mrs. Ida NJ. Macdonald OF 1923
West a32d street and Joseph Heindl OF
oS5 st. Nicholas avenue.