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New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Houston Urges Haste
On Administration
Food Control Bills
Secretary Says Legislation
Asked of Congress Is
Urgently Needed

Washington, June 1O.-The urgent
need of food legislation was empha-
sized by Secretary Houston Of the Ag-
ricultural Department to-day, in a
statement outlining the purposes Of
bills Congress has been asked to pass.
"CoOperating as we are with the ma
tions of Europe in the war against the
Central Powers" said the Secretary,
"the task Of maintaining the subsist-
ence Of the Allies is at once a political
and moral obligation and a military
necessity. The wheat crop Of practi-
cally the entire world has suffered
serious reduction during the last year
and the prospects for the coming year
promise little or no increase in its
production.
zone Of two courses lies open to our
government. The first is TO continue
as we are at present; and the second
consists in the regulation or control
of our foodstuifs. to the double end OF
maintenance Of the subsistence OF r. .
Allies and the protection Of the food
needs and commercial interests of our
own people.
"The bills now pending in Congress
provide for systematic development of
our productive forces and an adequate
control Of distribution and consump-
tIon, TO the end OF conserving for our-
selves and for the Allies the food
stuffs provided through the stimula-
tion OF agriculture"
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Campaign to Save
The Horse Is Begun
Menace Of War Brings Breed
ing Campaign, Headed by
r. &. Vanderbilt

In view Of what is believed 10 be
serious merace to agriculture and in
dustry resulting from the destruction
Of 5,OOO,OO0 horses in the war, the un-
precedented export Of 100000 head in
two years from the United States TO
warning nations and the present sharp
curtailment Of livestock production be
cause Of the high cost Of feed. Reginaid
G Vanderbilt. president of the Amer
can Hackney Horse Society and the AS
sociation Of American Horse Shows
has started a continent-widc campaign
TO increase horse breeding IN America
il was announced last night.
An appeal for cooperation has been
sent to breeders, livestock organiza-
tions and agricultural societies through
out the United States and Canada. AT
a special meeting Of the Hackney Horse
Society, called by Mr. Vanderbilt, res
olutions were adopted declaring that
the export of horses threatens TO as
sumo still greater proportions IN the
near future and urging breeders to use
every means TO keep up the supply.
Among the directors of the society
who are cooperating with Mr.. Wander
bilt are Fred Pabst, Of Oconomowoc,
Wis; Samuel insult, Chicago; W. D..
Henry, Pittsburgh; John L. Bushnell,
Springfield, Ohio; Charles +. Coke and
Thomas G. Ashton, Philadelphia; Will
lam du Pont. Wilmington; Daniel j..
Driscoll. Reading. Penn; Paul Moore
and William Ziegler, jr., New York, and
Colonel J. Wesley Allison. Canada.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
100000 Children
To Produce Food
Worth $4,0O0,000
Army of Little Folk Enlisted in
Crusade on Kaiserism by
Agriculture Department

Washington, June 10. 4 children's
food army, organized under the au-
spices of the United States Department
of Agriculture. is expected to raise be
tween S3.OOO.O00 and S4,OOO,00O worth
of food products this year. according 10
statement made to-day by Assistant
Secretary Of Agriculture Carl Nrooman.
Here We have q modern children
crusade" declared Mr.. Nrooman to-day
~ crusade against Kaiserism and
world domination by the Central Pow
ers. Our department has been prepar-
ing for such a crusade for long time.
Last wear we had an army of practl-
Cally 200, 900 enrolled in canning clubs,
corn clubs. etc. Working on peace
basis. this army produced foods valued
at more than 100000. This year, re-
cruited to war strength, the children's
food army numbers about 100000. and
our reports indicate that it will produce
a corresponding greater amount Of
food.
"Co0perating with the government
agents who are directing this children's s
food army, there were at work last year
1857 volunteer leaders. This year the
volunteer officers reserve corps of the
childrens army of food producers has
increased to 10000 I'm order 10 handle
the new work the department itself has
increased its regular force Of workers
in club and home demonstration, and
the legislation pending before Congress
Will give US money and means to 20
still further"
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Corned Whale
May Soon Rival
Cabbage Affinity
Campaign To Be Started to
Add Mammal Flesh to
Food Supply
frrom The Tribune Bnreanl

Washington, June 10. Whale meat
will rival fresh beef and corned whale
compete with corned beef, thus adding
materially to the meat supply, if the
Bureau Of Fisheries succeeds in cam
paign it is about to begin TO educate
the American people to eat whale ana
porpoise meat.
There is evidence" says the Bureau
Of Fisheries, "of great interest IN TINS
matter by whale fishermen on ooth
coasts. and it would not be surprising
if within short time the meat OF
whales and smaller cetaceans in both
fresh and preserved form would be IN
demand and extensively utilized.
whales and porpoises are mammals,
like cattle and sheep, and their flesh
is meat and not fish In texture and
appearance it resembles beef, though
the color is darker red. The flavor -
closer TO that of meat than any other II
is devoid of all fishy taste. II is likely
that il will soon be obtainable fresh.
corned and canned, and 1t is recon-
mended to those who have the oppor-
tunity to purchase il.
During May an enterprising whaling
company pldceu " ldlc meat VH NhN ila'
ket in Seattle and Portland. Ore. The
product met with a ready sale at 10
cents pound, and was Immediately
placed on the menus of hotels and res
taurants under it's proper name.
whaling on the Atlantic side, once
the greatest whaling region. has de-
clined greatly, but there are still some
whales taken. There is no difference
in the food value of the Atlantic and
Pacific whales.
"Porpoises are abundant on all our
coasts, and there is a regular fishery
for them at Cape Hatteras, where they
are valued principally for their oil and
TO some extent for their hides. Canned
porpoise and dolphin meat, recently
submitted to the Bureau of Fisheries,
was favorably regarded by all who
tasted it,"
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Fell the Right Way
To Win $4,000 Suit
Plaintiffs Contention Thai
Stopping of Train Threw him
Backward Upheld by Court

Whether the sudden stopping |"
train will hurl n passenger forward "
backward was the principal quesu''
just decided in suit for SiO.0Oo ''D
ages brought by Terrence Burtnst =
Sufern, \. Y. against the Ere nD
road for the loss Of foot. Bur''''
was on top of box car when the q
cineer iammed on the air brakes y.
denly. He asserted that he was n''"'
backward and fell of the car. LID
The New York County Court oe.,, =.
in his favor, but the decision wa :,
versed by the Appellate Diyision 2. .,,,
grounds that Burtnetts cohvs",, ,s,,
that he was thrown backward 49,
against the law Of momentum
inertia" Il was held ;hat ne WV
have been hurled forward. o.-
The case was tried again, ana .i.,s
rett's counsel contcnded that the 80
of eight inches between the ears 49,, w..
cause A recoi. lie advised me .,r
10 notice their experiences tns Ire,
time thcv rode on the subway 4,
decided IN Burtnett's favor shs 49,,
case was taken 20 the Court OF APp 40
which has handed down cecis,o. n,
holding the verdict and gran',H. 20 IA,
plaintiff four years interest o.
additional
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Crippled, "Goes for
Doctor" in Balloon
One-Armed Filler Had Excuse
Ready in Nutley; Landing
Follows Tragedy

The ordinance framed by the Town
Council of Nutley, y. j., which pro-
bibits balloonists from landing within
the confines Of the township unless the
aeronaut is either seeking physician
or is on his way to church was viola'Hd
ykterday when Peter Wormslnger ana
his parachute landed in Avonda!e
Quarry.
The police ignored the violati8, but
more than 1000 persons gathered ~
the quarry to see what would happen %
the intrep.d balloonist, who leaped from
the big bag as il tioated over HllisIde
Park. Belleyille. and was carried away
by the strong wind. Wormslnger, VINO
has only one arm. was prepared 70 meet
the charge Of violating the ordinance
with the statement that he was on ms
way to his doctors for treatment when
the wind grew boisterous.
Just before the parachute landed IN
the quarry. which is filed with water,
Joseph Hines. sixteen years old, OF 40
High Street. Nutley, was drowned there.
He had plunged into the pond with sew
eral of his companions, had gone out OF
his depth and sank before aid could
reach him. After the parachute had
been fshed out of the water the police
began to drag the pond for mis- body.
II was not recovered.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Vegetables Sprout on l,150
Acres of War Gardens in City
Veritable Farms Spring Up in All Five Boroughs with Boys
and Girls Taking the Lead-Manhattan Alone
Has 900 Plots Under Cultivation

tate belonging TO DR.. W. T. Alexander,
at l57th Street and St. Nicholas Ave
nue..
Girls Busy, Too
Older girls of the Wadleigh school
have taken charge of another and more
ambitious venture at 2l4th Street and
Ninth Avenue, which they have dubbed
"the intellectual garden because it Is
to be an experiment in simon pure
scientific cultivation. The girls are
working under the instruction of Miss
Mary d. Womack. teacher in biology.
More than one hundred Italian boys,
every one of whom has relative
fighting in the Italian army, are cul-
tiyating field at iS4th Street and Am
sterdam Avenue. Each lad has his own
patch, and every little plot IS planted
with tomatoes, peppers. onions ana
garlic. The boys figure on raising
enough garlic 10 flavor all the salads
eaten in New York during the war
Throughout The Bronx there is hard
" baseball lot left intact. and m
cpient material for the big leagues IS
likely to suffer through the cabbage and
potato craze which has struck that
part of the city. The city officials
found Park Department tractor
hitched 70 gang plough demollshing
the expensive lawns of Pelham Bay
Tark facing Eastchester Bay. Near by
on the magnificent Lorillard Spencer
estate. fifty acres of lawn have been
riouehed up. The Board Of Education
has secured thirty-eight acres Of this
tract for cultivation by the school
chiicren of the neighborhood, and
twelve acres will be cared for by the
Manhattan council of the Boy Scouts
OF America.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Elmsford Prisoners
To Farm for Profit
Inmates Will Sell or Send Home
Crops They Raise

Profit sharing farming for inmates
Of the model Westchester County PEN
itentiary de luxe in Elmsford. just in
troduced there by V. Everit Macy, Cor
rection Commissioner, 1t was an
nounced yesterday, is the latest in
prison reform.
Every industrious man who is un-
fortunate. or fortunate, enough 10 be
confined in the new prison can plant
a garden of his own and take home the
foodstuFs he raises when he goes out,
or sell il 10 the county.
The only requirements are that he
furnish the seed and do his gardening
outside Of his nine hour prison work
dav. Eighteen gardens, measuring 30
By 80 feet. Warden Calvin Derrick an
nounced yesterday. have just been
staked out for prisoners who have vol
unteered 70 farm on their own hook.
Some of them already have the seed in
the ground.
"Ail YOU have to do now If you're
oyertaxed by the high cost of living"
mused one Of the pcnitcntiary officials,
"is go to Jail and do your own gar
dening."
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Nathan Straus Formally Opens
New Israel Orphan Asylum

Nathan Straus yesterday formally
opened the doors OF the completed
lsiaei Orphan Asylum. at PA Second
him by Justice Gustave Hartman, Of
the Municipal Court. president of the
Institution. The opening ceremony was
simple, and among the speakers were
Fiarcis VI. Hugo, Secretary Of State;
Dr Henry Moskowitz. chairman of the
Civil Service Commission, and Mr..
StTaus.
81 accept this key and will treasure it
among my most precious possessions
Of our Jewish family life" said Mr..
Strlus. This key opens the doors of a
home for gentle little children. The
establishment Of this asylum shows and
proves the Americanism of the Jews"
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Jewish Revival Urged
Need Explained at Institutional
Synagogue Meeting

The necessity for a Jewish revival
vas explained yesterday at a meeting
addressed by Rabbi Herbert S. Gold
stein in the Regent Theatre, Seventh
Avenue and 10th Street, under the
auspices Of the Institutional Synagogue.
DR.. Goldstein, who has started Jew
ish revival in Harlem on Billy Sunday
lines. said that what is needed to-day
is the environment in the home and
that outside the home. The Institu-
tional Synagogue. he said, represents
all the activities outside the home.
Rabbi Goldstein announced that a
house at 1l2 West 10th Street had
been given as headquarters for such a
synagogue, of which he will be head.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Fire on Seized Liner
Causes 3 Inquiries
U. S. Agents, Fire Marshal and
Police investigating Koenig
Wilhelm II Blaze

The Federal authorities, Fire Mar
shall Bropny and the police OF the sixth
Branch Detective Bureau are investI-
eating fire of mysterious origin
which broke out at 3 o'clock yesterday
morning in the forward part o. the
port side of the K0nig Wilhelm II, one
Of the seized German liners now under
going repairs in the Morse dry dock
~ the foot of Fifty-seventh Street.
Brooklyn. The fire was discovered by
a dock Waterman, who turned IN an
alarm and then organized volunteer
corps Of dock laborers 70 fight the
flames. They had them practically
under control when the hremen reached
the scene and the damage was said to
be slight.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Cornbread Urged
For Breakfasts
Here to Aid Allies
Self.Denial Would Permit
15O,OOO,OOO Bushels More
To Be Sent Abroad

One hundred and fifty million bushels
of wheat could be added to the United
States supply to the Allies if the
American people would eat only corn
bread for breakfast. 1t would be suf-
fiolent to solve the immediate problem
OF feeding the Allies.
This was announced in a statement
issued yesterday by the New York
Produce Exchange. The statemsnt was
an appeal that the slogan "eat only
cornbread for breakfast" be adopted in
every American h me.
Should Conserve Wheat
so far as it is possible" says the
statement, there should be a substitu-
tlcn on all tables-of both the rich and
the poor-in the public dining rooms
Of hotels and restaurants and in the
hcmes of the people, of the food prod
ucts of corn, oats, rye, barley and rice
in place of the products OF wheat.
This might conveniently take the
form of the eliminationsbf wheat bread
from the breakfast table of the ma
tion until the end of the war, its place
being taken by cornbread or other
corn products ana oatmeal, of which
there is an abundant supply, and which
furnish a great variety of wholesome
and acceptable breakfast foods.
"If fhero cOuld hp a cOrnn1eta euhcti-
tuition of corn and other cereal prod
ucts for wheat bread on the breakfast
table Of the nation it would increase
our eXportable surplus of wheat by
1j00OO,OO0 bushels. This would solve
the immediate problem of furnishing
additional supplies OF wheat to our
Allies.
I'VE ask the cooperation of the mer-
camille exchanges the -four millers and
the bread makers in approving and
circulating the idea, as q patriotic eff
/ foIt TO accomplish the purposes of the
national government"
Must Increase Supplies
The appeal quotes this statement
from Food Administrator Hoover:
"lf we continue our normal rate of
orportation OF breadstuffs until the
CDG OF this year our Allies VIII be re-
duced to 5S per cent of their food re-
quirements. We must give them an
ether % per cent or the war will be
lest. That means that we must send
them an additional 100000, 600 bushels
of wheat over our normal shipments.
We must do it, even if we take it off
our own tables.
at best, the loaf of our Allies will
be privation loaf, and every ounce
We can add to il is a contribution to
their strength and constancy in the
war"
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
News in Brief

4 sneak thief. detected riaing 'he ~ S,e
in the Church Of Our Lazy oi h.. ses ser;ea
',aken 10 81. Mary's Hospital he ieaP'' ~
his bed and escaped. ,.-! !,
Liberty bond. will be The prizes y,os. % 81
.,.,,..;,,', ..o,,,,.t. nd the Club dc Nins- ~
F,tty.cighth street. which VIII
The summer season on Thursday next ID
''y R;rnsrI ,e Row. structural irSoss'i,,: We ):
of ~ 20 Maurice Avenue. Elmhur;st lNss loss 4
a. and fell rom the eleya,ca railway y.,rs;,.:
he r. r. r. lines in course o. s,hhlcs y
,ncrc. and sustained injuries i'0"
died yesterday. 9, .A s.ss
Nathan straus. Louis Marshall Marshall, ssred :
speakers addressed mass mes,'nhs ih.,r, "a;
aid Jewish war sufferers m ..,.riss
Yonkers. last nigh;. under the '..osiatiss
the Yonkers Jewisn War Rehe'
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Cow in Road Cause
OF Auto Accident
Bronx Woman Loses Control Of
Car: Three Hurled Out

Waterbury. Conn. June 10. The ap-
pearance Of COW IN the Bristol turn
pike so unnerycd Mrs. Clare Agnew. Of
The Bronx. that she lost control Of her
automobile. Il ran wild and over
turned, throwing Mrs. Agnew. her
cousin. Charles Frost. Of Newark. and
an aunt. Marie Poore. 10 the ground.
The trio escaped injury. but the ear
was badly damaged.
The COW was SO badly injured II will
have 70 be killed.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
What Is Going on To-Day

Free admission 20 the Amer. Museum ~ Nat.
uraI History Van Cnrlaudt Park Nuseum
American Museum ~ Safety and thc Aluarum
Luncheon ~ tine Panama American society iof
Dr. Arturo Dfamalo. Haukcp' Cub. 40 Broad
way D. 40 D.
Meeting - tie American College ~ Surgeons
waldorf Astoria. 2 M.
Dinner n the Ncg York Restaurant Men. Ter
race Garden : . m.
II. s-iisson under the auspices n the Women
Augory General Hospital ~ The '.t oi Ne"
NDrl 900 TIE Work ~ Women i thc IIrn
lsau Vsr" EfiIcal 'u.fI-" Society. Central
Park Wa,t -nl sltj third street. N4' D. "a.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
3 Hurt When Auto
Splits Large Tree
AS if by Lightning
Two on Front Seat Escape in
Crash at Waterbury; Police
men in Brooklyn Hurt

Waterbury, Conn, June 1O.-William
r. Willetts, of Waterbury, drove an
automobile against big tree with such
force it split as if by lightning late
last night. when he and four compan-
ions were returning home 70 this city
from Meriden. He and the other oc-
cupant of the front seat. John O'Brien,
jr.. of the Cheshire School, escaped
with a painful shaking.
Samuel J.nes, Yale freshman, Henry
II. Rowland and Robert Larkin were
badly injured. Jones and Rowland are
still unconscious in the Meriden Hos
pital. Willetts is under arrest for
speeding his car and is out on bonds
Of $4,000.
Jones is a son Of Banker W. S. Jones.
Rowland is a son of another banker.
Robert Larkn is son of State Senator
Larkin. Willetts says he was crowded
out of the regular pathway by a big
car.
Sergeant Joseph Coleman and
Patrolman John +. Schulz. OF the
Fourth Avenue station. Brooklyn, were
injured early yesterday morning. when
an automobile. in wnlcn tney were RID
ing. struck motor liuCh oNHtN - NHN
Bush Terminal at Forty-second Street
and Third Avenue, Brooklyn. Co le-
man and Schulz were treated by
DR. Peifer, of the Norwegian Hospital,
and taken to their homes IN an amou.
lance. Michael GeogheGaH. driver of
the truck, was arraigned in the Fifth
Avenue Court. and was released on bail
for hearing to-day on charge Of
violating the rules OF the road.
Mrs. Loretta Colsey, Of 547 East
lTSth Street. The Bronx, was standing
in the safety zone at fremont and
Third Avenues. The Bronx. yesterday
afternoon. holding her baby. Agnes.
and her three -year-old son. John. when
a motorcyclist ran into the group. The
boy was taken TO Fordham Hospital
suffering from an injury Of the head
and both mother and baby were treated
for contusions. Carroll Johnson, Of
SOP East 10th Street. The Bronx, was
locked UP AT the Bathgate Avenue sta
ton on a charge of felonious assault.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Delegation Will See Presi-
dent and Urge Passage
of Laws by July /
M. D. Rebukes Women
L. P. Brown, Of Health De-
partment, Says Their Jeal-
ousy Hampers Authorities

Representatives Of organized labor
will appear before President wilson to-
dav and request that he bring all the
pressure possible to bear in order that
the Administration food bills may
be enacted by Congress before July !.
The delegation will include officials OF
the American Federation Of Labor, the
four railroad brotherhoods and the or
ganizations of Federal employees.
The call upon the President was de-
cided upon at a recent conference at
which Herbert {. Hoover, Samuel
GOmpers and number Of Congress
men were present. At that meeting MI
Hoover was quoted as saying:
"Throuphout the last three years
two words have been written across the
pages of English history-Ioo late
Unless the Lever bills are passed I'M
mediatelv. before the grain IS mar
vested, too late will be written IN our
own history"
Increase in Stored Meats
General increase in the stocks OF
frozen and cured meats are shown IN
the report of the Office Of Markets ana
Rural Organization of the Department
of Agriculture at Washington. me ne
stocks reported showed 1OO,IO,So-
pounds of frozen beef, SO'l4''oIo
pounds Of cured beef. 7S,443,A32 pouhGS
o. frozen pork, 19l,554,sS4 pouhNss
of dry salt pork, 36i,135,2So pounds OF
sweet picked FORK, 64,44o,o5l pouhus
of lard and 3.5GO.0l0 pounds Of frozen
lamb and mutton. The only decreases
reported were in frozen and dry SAT-
pork and lard. A hundred and elgnt-
cen storage houses reported o'SIN''ol
pounds of frozen eggs.
A plea for a greater community
effort in stopping waste was made lasI
richt by DR.. Lucius 7. Brown, OF the
Denartment of Health, at the Church
of the Ascension, Fifth Avenue and
Tenth Street. He declared that Jeal-
ousv among the women's organizations
had done more to handicap the au-
thorities than anything else and urged
that they aligr themselves with the
anrexes Of the Mayors Food Commit
tee. He urged the buying of large
loaves of bread Stale bread, he as
serted, is more healthful than the
fresh variety.
Instances of Waste
He called attention to the fact that
recently four carloads of vegetables had
been dumped on the Jersey meadows
because there was low market, and
that on Tuesday a fish dealer in Fulton
Market was about TO dump two and
half tons of fish overheard because
he feared a twenty-four-hour delay,
when the Department OF Health inter
vened and sold the fish to a charity in
stitution. In hundreds of cases, he
said. the waste is permitted, because
the authorities do not learn of 1t IN
time.
A food zone, where East Side house
wives may purchase staples at whole
sale prices in retail quantities, IS to
be established by the East Side Food
Board, of 1872 Rivington Street, accord
ing to an announcement by Harry
Schlacht, director. Potatoes already
have been sold in the zone at three
cents a pound, while retailers in the
neighborhood were charging six and
seven.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-12
BRING SHEEP TO GEORGIA.

Savannah. Ca, Dec. Sit was
announced in Savannah today that
sufficient free grazing lands for $50,
600 sheep had been offered ]. a. Del
fielder, of Riverton, Wyo.. as repre-
sentative of Western sheep men, by
the Georgia Land Owners Association.
Waycross, Ga, which represents p
100000 acres of land in the coastal
plain region of Georgia.
1t is planned to transfer this great
number of sheep to Georgia because
the Western ranges are stocked TO ca
pacity and the sheep men wish to
avoid the necessity of turning OH
ewes at five years of age. Mr. Del
fielder has been in Georgia ten days
and has examined the sheep possibil-
tiles of 100000 acres The basic
reason for his visit was the desire to
increase both the mutton and wool
supplies in keeping with nation wide
efforts at conservation and increase
of supply