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New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
Man of Mystery
Hanging in Woods
Police Unable to Identify
Body Found in High
Bridge Park

Diagrams with annotations in Ger
man and three pay envelopes marked
"dishwasher' arc the only clews the
police have 10 aid in solving the mys-
tcry of the death Of man whose body
Was found hanging from tree in High
Bridge Park, on Amsterdam Avenue
near l7lst Street, early yesterd1.
In tho pockets OF the dead man were
six pages Of foolscap paper with
sketches and written explanations on
them. The sketches appeared TO be
geometrlc diagrams, and some of them
possibly rough drawings Of guns. tor
pedoes and submarines. A German in.
terpreter who was called in explained
that the dead man apparently "had
been studying the human brain" Dis.
satisfied with this theory the police
started 20 investigate further and to-
day viii enlist The aid Of Captain Tun-
ney, 70 IL said.
The case is complicated by the
"dishwasher" pay envelopes. for the no
lice insist that the unidentified man.
whose fair complexion, light hair and
round features proclaimed his German
origin, was dressed too well for q
kitchen employe. lie wore a dark grav
oyereoat. gray suit and sweater. white
socks, black laced shoes. white shirt
and gray neektie and gloves. His an
pearance Was that Of a middle class
business man. In the enyelopes and
elsewhere in his clothing WAS S5l .T3
and on a sheet Of paper the name
George" was written. A Chinese laun-
dry ticket was also in his pocket. The
man seemed 20 be about thirty-two
wears old
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
Unfit Men Make Poor
Soldiers

No war movement ever started has
at bottom a greater fighting good than
the War Camp Community Fund.
\ soldier who has allowed himself to
become unfit for service IS a canker in
the side of our army. The person who
does not use his best endeavor to keep
these clean young men free from vices
that sap the life blood is guilty of gross
patriotic neglect.
The War Camp Fund has the
pledged support of International Ro-
tary. The local headquarters are at
the Hotel McAlpin, and the work of
enlisting support of individuals and
organizations is moving forward at a
tremendous rate. Nearly naIf million
dollars has already been subscribed in
New York City. The full city allot-
ment is S7jO,O0O. The committee cx-
poets to reach its full amount by Feb
ruary ].
Ii you have not already subscribed
to this cause or know nothing about it,
write or 90 to the War Camp Head
quarters, on the third floor of the Hotel
McAlpin, and you will learn facts that
will convince you beyond the question
of doubt that you should support it
with your time or your money.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
:s> 4:s; KEssN2 ROTARY CLUB NE&WSlka
Darkest Before Dawn
In Editorial By n. W.

The end of perhaps the most momentous year
our country will ever know goes out to the beat OF
drums and shril buge blasts. Somehow we can
picture the dying year as the decrepit man leaning
his palsied hands on a staunch cane as he hobbies
out of the line of vision This year he is broad houdered
heavy set khakcad figure grzzled because Of his age OF
course but with an eve of steel and grim set to his Jaw
that speaks of dearly bought experience.
He salues the little figure just coming around the bend
i'm the road-becalse he too khaki because he too,
carries gum because he too must go through hell fire
and out victorious. The little figure has shoulder
knot futterng out behind him, bearing the figures 1913,
but his conventional coStumewhch in years gone by has
consisted mainly of bare, pink toes and chubby kneeSs
altered Dougboy shoes cover his toes putees take all the
frvoity out of his knees. He is the New Yearand the
Dawn!
The old the radiance which surrounds the
because his acute But who looking for
radiance eagerly, it not is hard dawn before
break svilEon untra anedevc
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
Smith and Pomerene in
Seniority Dispute OUer
Succeeding Newlands

WASHINGTON, Dec. %. - Dispute
over seniority membership Of the Sen
ate Interstate Commerce Committee
between Senator Smith, Of South Caro-
lima, and Senator Pomerene, Of Ohio
is expected to precipitate sharp fight
when the committee meets 70 name a
chairman in place OF Senator New
lands. who died at his home here last
night. o.
The present Congressional Directory,
IL developed to-day, records Senator
Smith as the ranking member OF the
committee, who. according to precedent,
succeeds 70 the chairmanship. EN-
animation Of directories for previous
wears show that Senator Pomerene was
appointed 10 the committee in 1912, his
name first appearing in the directory
issued in April for that year, while tne
South Carolina Senator's name did not
appear until the directory issued one
year later.
Senator Smith was out Of the city
to-day and could not be reached. There
was no indication what attitude fe
would take. IL is understood Senator
pomercne will take the matter up with
Senator Martin, the majority leader,
and If necessary with the Senate steer
ing Committee in an effort to nave the
question OF his seniority established
definitely.
The committee chairmanship is one
Of the most important now in the Sen
ate because of the supreme interest
in transportation problems.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
View From the
Outside World
A WelI-Known Writer Tells
What He Sees in Rotary

man who has reached the moor
above in the world of literature taiNeu
ON Rotary as he saw it from the OUT
side. 1t was none other than fe'er
CI,rl Nacfarlane, whose pen has
eraced the pages of The Saturday
Evening POST many time.
Mr.. Macfarlanc was. before ne oc-
came n writer, minister OF the gospel
and The technique he acquired in the
. pulpit enabled him to get 1t over
with fnesse and force.
Mr.. Macfarlane indicated that ne
could see into the future, and believed
that Rotary. through its spirit OF tair-
ness and consideration, was fore
runner of ideal American business con
ditions. "If we had in the United
States every man pulling together as
YOU fellows do, what better country
would We want; No movement that l
can see has the excellent direction OF
Rotary. You men have got some kind
of a bug that seems to crash your
armorplate and expose your hearts.
I'd like to catch that disease and give
IL to everybody meet. The man who
breaks a bubble of perfume here ana
there gets a good deal of it on his own
clothes.
az read the editorial Il viii Not Be
a Rotten Spot in the Rotary page ap-
pearing in The. Tribune last week, and
/ want to say it was the most forccful
argument on the subject that | have
ever read"
Allen d. Albert, past president OF
international Rotary and an editor OF
recognized position, introduced the
speaker and then closed the meeting
with a short resume of his recent of
fetal visit to Washington. Mr.. Albert
said: "The greatest penalty of the war
was not shot out of guns, but the un-
necessarily contracted venereal disease.
The War Camp Fund fostered by the
Rotary clubs Of the country is doing
effective work 10 reduce this toll.
On the Washington Investigation sub
iect let me say that | consider many
of the inquisitions now going on un-
fair and unjust. These officials on the
rack, many of them are unselfishly Civ
ing all that's in them. No nation in the
world ever made such war progress as
this country has made. Germany
never at any period did as much in
given time. / believe that it is pre-
arranged to sacrifice some Of these
heads un.justly. Even Mr.. Hoover,
who has done so much, is to be cast
on the ash heap because some Congress
men want to see blood. believe in in
yestigations, but | do not believe in
unjust Investigations, falsely inter
preted by newspapers who are willing
to lend themselves to scnsationalism."
Rotarian Adjutant Cnas. Dieges, a
much admired member of the New
York Club, stood up on request and
was given a tremendous ovation. His
regiment is at Spartanburg, land
this" said he, sis probably my last visit
before we go TO France"
Rotarians are fond of the uniform
every time a brown spot is seen at a
table there is burst of encouraging
enthusiasm.
The meeting was held at the Hotel
McAlpin and was attended by two
hundred and fifty members and guests.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26

The farmer whose habit it is to
rise in blackness eight months of
the year will say to his city-bred
visitors as they stumble through
the dark, swinging a smoky, smelly
lantern: It's breaking. 1t will
soon be light"
ard the spot which he imagines is east
and sees just inkiness-not even hint
of light. And he thinks to himself:
"Well, I'll let it 60 at that. These farm
ers think they can put anything over
on a man from the city"
But the farmer kROJcs. He knows
from experience He knows from years
OF training. He knows from the keen
eye he's gained from his way of living.
We-thc people of the United States
look toward the horizon now, during
the night Of 1917, and we do not see
the dawn-thc dawn which will merge
into the blazing high noon of Victory.
We do not see it because we are
Young in the experience OF war and
what war brings. We do not see it
because our eyes are not yet sharpened
sufficiently to what we must do as our
individual part of the conflict. Some
of us II not many - do not see il be-
cause we do not want to.
But nOw-on the eve of the New
Years dawning-is the time for each
OF us TO make mp his mind to see light
Not by straining the eyes, but by
sharpening the vision.
We must use every error of the past
year, every Shortcoming, every weak or
cowardly spot as a poignant object les
son of what not TO do during the COM
ing year.
We must do something that we have
never done before-proM by the er-
perience Of othersl
The U9ited States Government is
doing that now. 1t is profting by the
experience of France, England, Italy.
1t holds Belgium before its eyes as a
constant tragic incentive. II views
Russia with perplexity and pity. 1t
is going through its collegiate course
in war. And every step of the way
sharpens the vision. So that soon it
will see dawn in the mountain ranges
of black smoke and the murky gases
"over there"
1t is our part to train ourselves, as
individuals. All former New Years
resolutions fade into insignifcancc COM
pared with those we must make this
year. We must resolve: To encourage
sympathy; TO work unrclentingly; 20
sacrifice uncomplainingIy; to let up
NEVER!
II we do these things to the extreme
limit of their Interpretation, then shall
We be permitted TO "see light" 1t is
darkest before dawn. Remember that
and work toward the streak Of silver
in the east.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
The Rabbit Habit

c. f.. McGown, of Babbitt'S Cleanser
fame, says the movie habit is strong
with Babbitt'S users. The line: "My
dishes are finished early on account of
Rabbits, and I'm off to the movies" Is
one that is heard every day in many
homes.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
Note the Notes

Two notes is the sign Of Columbia
monographs and records. Eighty
eight notes means Winterroth pianos
and player pianos. And the sign of
Winterroth & Co. now hangs over
brand new shop, another link in the
chain, at al West Forty-second Street.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
Fuel Administrator Will BE
First Witness Heard by In
vestigating Senators
Sharpe to Go on Stand
Shipping Board and Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation Off
GERS To Be Recalled

WASHINGTON, Dec. %. - Congres-
sional Investigators Of war operations
and problems will resume work to-mor-
row after a short Christmas recess. al
though Congress itself does not recon
vene until January 8.
In the war inquiry Of the Senate Mil
itary Committee. Major General
Sharpe, quartermaster general, to-
morrow will resume his testimony re-
garding clothing and other army sup
plies, health. sanitation. transportation
and cantonment questions. Three can
tonment commanders who recently re
turned from abroad. may follow Cen
eral Sharpe, whose further eXamina-
ton is expected TO consume most o.
this week. Secretary Baker, who may
make q definite statement OF military
policv, is not expected 20 appear be-
lore the committee for some time.
Investigation Of the fuel shortage
viii be begun tomorrow by the Sen
ate Manufactures Committee. postpon-
ing until Friday its further inquiry
into the sugar shortage. Fuel Admin
istrator Garfield will be the first wit
ness tomorrow and Food Administra-
tor Hoover is promised an opportunity
Friday to get in with his statement
regarding the sugar situation, which
he vainly endeavored to place before
the committee last week, and which
was made public tonight at the White
House.
Members of the Shipping Board and
officers Of the Emergency Fleet Corpo-
ration will be further, examined to-
morrow afternoon in the shipbuildlng
inquiry Of the Senate Commerce Com
mittee. which hopes 10 complete its
work before Congress reassembles.
Plans for the railroad inquiry Of the
Senate Interstate Commerce Commit
tee are unsettled, owing TO the sudden
death Of Chairman Newlands and
President Wilson's call for confer
ence Thursday with railroad managers
and brotherhood chiefs. The commit
tees meeting planned for tomorrow IS
20 be postponed out of respect TO Sen
ator Newlands and hearings probably
will not be held until after the Presi-
dent delivers an address on railroad
problems after the return Of Congress.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
Xmas Riders Killed in Auto

SAGINAW, Mich, Dec. 20. r.
Stalker, a prominent merchant Of this
city. his wife. their eleven-yesr-old son
and Mrs. Mabel Earl, Of Ann Arbor,
were killed instantly this afternoon
when the automobile in which they
were returning from a Christmas cele-
hlation WAS struck by Michigan Cen
trai passenger train. The accident oc
cured about eight miles north Of here
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
Tisdale on the War

Wartime economy" says Glenn Tis-
dale. ''is a fine thing for the country.
That's why We urge people to buy
Franklin motor cars. But just as the
car itself will outlast the war, so will
the habit of economy. The owner
never again gets used to high gas and
tire bills"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
All That Glitters

Butter and eggs is golden business
right now. according to Charles H..
Nollman. Butter, on account of color.
and eggs because they're rich mans
food. Charlie has whole flock of
golden geese and hens that he keeps
busy.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-01-05

November 5, large party of I. ".
w. members from Seattle engaged in
a battle with sheriff's posse at Ever
EFT, Wash. Seven men were killed dur
ing the fighting
November %. Judge Hook of the
United States district court at Kansas
City, Mo-, held the Adamson eight-hour
law unconstitutional and an agreement
was reached between the representa-
tiveS of the government and of the rail-
roads for an appeal to the United
States Supreme court in an effort to
obtain . final decision on the validity
of the law as soon as possible.
The year was one of great prosperity
in all manufacturing and agricultural
industries. Foreign trade of the Uni
ted States, as shown by reports of the
department of commerce, reached a
total of S7.463, 100000 in the year end
ing November l, an increase Of 81. 500
100000 over 1915. and S2,500.000,OOO
over 1914.
The total wheat yield of the United
States in 1916 was only 54T. 100000
bushels, as compared with 1,0lI .0O0. 900
bushels in 1915 and at the same time
there was almost proportionate fall
ing off in all other grain crops. While
the crops decreased enormously in
quantity, they also Increased enor-
mously in price. The value of 10 stHple
crops, as based ON the November es-
innate of the department of agricu-
ture, was $7099, 33S031. as compared
with the estimated value on November
l, 1915, of the same crops of that year
of $685., 306,S17. The aggregate value
OF all farm products, including live
stock, was estimated at $4,000, O00, 900,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-01-05

recourse to arms" and followed this
up on June 10 with definite threat of
attack unless the troops were with
drawn northward. The following day
re-enforcements were rushed to the
United States troops in Mexico and
within a short time the expeditionary
force aggregated about 1900 men.
June is, the war department ordered
all the state militia modified and with
IN the next two weeks $4,000 of the
state soldiers had been rushed to tie
border
detachment of American troops
was attacked by Carranza troops at
Carrizal. June 81, and twelve Ameri-
cans were killed and II captured.
short time later Carranza aban-
doned his hostile attitude and in
conciliatory note to President Wilson
suggested the appointment of a joint
commission to settle the dispute be-
tween the two countries. July %,
President Wilson accepted this pro-
posal.
President Wilson named Secretary
Of the Interior Lane, Judge George
Gray and DR.. j. r. Mott as members of
the American commission on August
- and on September 6, the joint COM
mission began its sessions at New Lon
don, Conn, The sessions continued un-
til November "a, when a protocol was
signed providing for the withdrawal
of the United States troops from Mex
leo in 40 DAYS, conditional upon the
Carranza government showing within
that time that it could protect the bor-
der and prevent raids by bandits upon
American territory.
Two days before the signing of this
protocol, Villa, at the head of strong
force, attacked chihuahua City and af-
ter battle lasting several days he
captured that city.
CarranZa forces regained control of
Chihuahua City December 3 and Villas
forces fled to the mountains west of
that city, where they were later re-
ported to be gathering new recruits
in preparation for more extensive
operations.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-01-05
POLITICS IN UNITED STATES

The presidential election and the
campaign which preceded it occupied
d large part of the attention Of the
people OF the United States through
out the year 1916. June ;, the Won
ans party was originated and opened
its Grst convention in Chicago. Two
DAVIS later both the Republicans and
Progressive national conventions open
ed in Chicago. June 10, former PreSi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt was nomi-
mated for president by the Progressives
and Charles Evans Hughes, associate
Justice Of the United States Supreme
court and former governor Of New
York, was nominated by the Repubu-
cans. The Republicans nominated
Charles w. Fairbanks Of Indiana for
vice president and the Progress'yes
named John NJ. Parker Of Louisiana as
Ro0sevelt's running mate. June lG,
the Democratic national convention
convened in st. ouis and the follow
ing day President Wilson and Vice
President Marshall were renominated
without opposition. June 20, Colonel
Roosevelt declined the Progressive
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-01-05

nomination and the majority OF the
members of the Progressive national
committee, meeting in Chicago. en-
dorsed the candidacy of Mr.. Hughes.
The election on November was
one of the most unusual ever held in
the United States. the result not being
definitely known until three days af-
ter the election, when the final count in
California gave the IS electoral votes
of that state to President Wilson and
gave him victory. President Wilson
Won 216 votes in the electoral college
and Mr.. Hughes 2,i5. The vote cast in
the election was larger by several mil
non than any ever cast before in the
United States. President Wilson re-
ceiving a plurality of about 100000 in
the popular vote The great increase
In the size of the vote was due partly
to the fact that women voted for presi-
dent in this election in 10 states.
-Four more states voted to adopt
statewide prohibition in this election.
They were Michigan, Montana, Ne
bras6a and South Dakota. The Demo-
Gratis retained control of the United
States senate. but as n result of the
close election, neither of the two ma
]or parties has ], majority in the low
er house of the next congress. The
balance of power is held by five mem
berS not elected as members of either
party-l Socialist. l Progressive,
Prohhitionist, l Protectionist and
Independents
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-01-05
MEXICO AND UNITED STATES

The relations Of the United States
with Mexico became more strained
during 1916 than at any previous time
during the years of civil war that fol-
lowed the retirement Of President Por-
firio Diaz. They approached a crisis
early in the year when, on January 10,
nineteen men, nearly all of them
Americans, were taken from a train
near chihuahua and killed by a band
Of bandits.
Conditions became still more tense
when. on March 8. several hundred
bandits led by Villa raided and burned
the town of Columbus, n. NJ, killing
nine American civilians and eight Uni
ted States soldiers March 10, Presi-
dent Wilson ordered 5000 United
States troops iato Mexico TO catch
villa.
General Carranza, head of the de
facto government in Mexico, began
soon to display antagOnism toward the
American expedition and on March II
he issued orders forbdding American
troops from entering Mexican towns
He also refused TO grant permission
for the American forces TO use the
Mexican railroads for the transporta-
ton of supplies.
April 70, a detachment of United
States troops was attacked by Carran-
"a troops and citizens of Parral. Two
Americans and 40 Mexicans were kill
ed in the encounter. The following day
Carranza demanded the withdrawal Of
the American troops from Mexico but
his demand was ignored. The pursuit
of villa came to standStill, however,
because of the hostility of Carranza.
May 81. General Carranza again de-
monded the withdrawal Of the United
States troops from Mexico on peril Of
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-01-05

sent Identical notes to the entente al
lies through the United States, Spain
and Switzerland, proposing that the
oel!lgerents arrange q conference for
the discussion of peace terms. The
notes were transmitted to the allied
governments by President Wilson with
out comment. The peace proposals
were received coldly. Premier BRAND,
in the French house of deputies. is
sued a warning against a premature
peace, and the Russian duma. accord
ing to announcement made December
10, passed resolution favoring re-
tusal on the part of the allied govern
ments to enter into any peace nego-
tiations whatever under present CON
ditions.
AS If in answer TO the peace pro-
posals. the French in the Verdun sec
tor delivered a crushing attack on the
German forces December 10, winning
II square miles of territory north of
Nerdun and driving the Germans back
close to the line from which they start
ed their great offensive against Yer
dun in February. General Nfvelle,
VINO directed this attack, had been a
rev days before placed in supreme
command of the French armies in the
west, succeeding General Joffre. who
was made commander in chief of the
French armies, but with little more
than advisory powers.