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New-York tribune., 1918-07-22
Girl, Three Boys,
Two Sailors and
Civilian Drowned
Youngsters Life Is Saved
by Pulnotor all Long
island City

Seven persons, one a Girl, three boys
under seventeen, two sailors and a
civilian. were drowned in tho waters
about New York City yesterday.
Joseph Bergson, twenty-nine, a sailor,
who before his enlistment lived at 1892
Fourteenth Street, Brooklyn, lost his
life in the surf at East Rockaway, after
dragging to safety his sister and aunt.
The women were in bathing. When
they screamed for help Bergson plunged
in after them. He brought them both
close to shore, but while persons on the
beach were attending TO them, he
dropped into the surf and was swept
out to sea. His body was recovered
When a boat in which she was row
ing on Il creek at Nassau Beach. Queens
tipped over yesterday, Flora Clarkson
thirteen, of .lS4 Liberty Street, Brook
lyn, was drowned. Four other girls
with her were rescued
tn training ship Granite State, was
drowned when canoe capsized at
Eightysixth Street and Hudson River
Sailors from his ship aided the police
in a fruitless search for his body.
Elmer Britt, sixteen, of 5l69 Broad
way, was swimming with his father
George, in the ship canal, at 225tf
Street yesterday, whom he suffered
cramps lie sank almost instantly
The police still are dragging the canal
for the body
While bathing in Canoe Creek. Ram
blersville, Queens, John Weissenstein
thirteen, sank within the sight of a
dozen of his companions The body
was not recovered
Charles Relic sixteen, of 26 Hope
Street, Brooklyn, went under while
swimming at the foot of North Thirc
Street. Brooklyn. The police are still
searching for his body.
Alfred Wurts, twelve. of 364 Eas
ScventysiXth Street, Manhattan, was
swimming Off the foot of Thirteenth
Street. Long Island City, yesterday
when he suffered cramps. His chum!
dived and brought the boy uncon
scious, to the surface. He was rushet
TO st. Johns Hospital, where a pul
motor revived him.
The drowning of one man at Soutl
Beach was the only incident to ma
q record day at the Staten Island re
sorts yesterday. Frank Cueo, twenty
six, a salesman, of New Brighton
Staten Island, was seized with cramp
after he had gone out beyond his depth
BEFORE ans of the bathers could assis
him he disappeared His body ha
not been recovered.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-22
Newark Strikers Return

NEWARK, N. j., July 21.--Anxious
to do their part in winning the war
now that the War Department officials
nave promised to aid them in getting
more wages, about 80 per cent of the
machinists and toolsmlths, who recently
went on strike, returned to work to-
night: 1t was not expected that work
would start in the plants until to-mor-
row, but, after the strikers had talk
with their business agent, the men Of
the night shifts decided to return to
work at once.
Commissioner of Cancellation Rod
gers may come from Washington to try
and settle the trouble,
New-York tribune., 1918-07-22
Stabs Playmate to Death
Boy Kills Chun,
After Quarrel Over Game

Martin Suzelak, ten years old, of %
West Nineteenth Street, Bayonne, N. j..
was stabbed to death yesterday by
John Blisko. nine years old, Of IS West
Nineteenth Street, after q quarrel over
a game called "two feet from Ger
many
The lads were playing the game on
the sidewalk when they quarrelled as
to whose turn it was to pitch. Finally
young Blis4so seized an umbrella rod
and stabbed Su2elak in thc neck. The
lod entered Suzelal1's brain, and he
later died in the Bayonne Hospital
Blisko is locked up III the parental
homo.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-22
Bureau Established to
Make Principles of So
ciety Worldwide
Much Progress Made
Formal Recognition Sought
With Countries Not In
volved i'm War
Especial Dispatch to The T''itme)

WASHINGTON. July 21.-The crea-
ton of bureau of foreign relations
by the American Red Cross to handle
its work in countries outside the war
zones was announced here to-day. Otis
II. Cutler will continue as head
of the fourteenth division Gre
ated some time ago to organize and
supervise the work of American Red
Cross chapters in insular and foreign
territory.
"The fourteenth division organiza-
tion has had an amazing development,
such as TO surprise even some OF the
enthusiasts who fathered the idea
Red Cross officials say. "Along With
the development of chapter activities
IN zones outside the continental United
States, however, problems have arisen
which do not come under divisional su-
pervision
"There also are arising matters in
volving the relations of the American
Red Cross with the Red Cross of other
countries-npart from those countries
which are in the theatre Of war.
Seeking Closer Ties
"At the same time the opportunity
is for broadening the cultivation OF
Red Cross principles on revised m
ternatonal scale The time is ripe for
welding of idea and effort among the
countries, which in spirit if not IN
actual fighting activity, are aligned IN
favor of world democracy. There Is
believed to be a fertile field for Rec
Cross influence among he people OF 81
other countries, especially IN South
America, to so'idifv the permanent
peace evenoually to he obtained
through still closer cooperation with
the foreign Red Cross organizations
This phase of the situation will receive
immediate attention"
DR.. Frank NJ. Chapman, who has been
directing the technical publications OF
the American Red Cross at national
headquarters since the organization OF
the society on a war basis, has been
appointed commissioner to South
America, and will leave for tour OF
the Latin-AIncrican countries early IN
the fall.
The possibilities of endcavor along
the same line in the Orient were made
apparent by the Far Eastern tour OIL
Frank N. Doubleday as special Rec
/ Cross commissioner last winter.
Madeira Is Assisted
'AnOther case illustrating tue HcCN
of distinctive foreign relations or
ganization is involved in the Madeir'
situation. The inhabitants Of the isl
i and OF Madeira have suffered severed,
by reason Of food shortage, due TO th
conversion of supplies by the bellge
rent countries and the rerouting o
TRANSFORMATIONS The American Rec
Cross has sent representative, Harri
son Dibblee, to Madeira, to investigat
and report on conditions, with a vieV
TO affording measures of permanent re
lief.
"All matters involving governmental
features. outside of those countrie
whore the Red Cross has regular com
missions, will be embraced in the juris
diction Of the new bureau.
"The bureau will be under the De
partment of Law and International Re
lations, of which George B. Case, mem
ber of the War Council. is director
Mr.. Cutler will report directly to Nj
Case"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-22
Soldier Faces Civil Trial

GOSHEN, n. Y, July 21.-fr'Sar
whitten, 1st Regiment, N. e. " =
who is charged with shooting and ''
ously wounding Edith Nurz, fOar'sss Il.
years old, viii be turned over ~ ,s.
civil authorities Tor trial. f9iio"ius AZ.
structions telegraphed TO District c.s. -,
torney Hirschberg by AdJulah'
efat Wbitten 5nsrl faces ses'tl trial on charge q
assault brought By the girl, who say, say
to to him when he beckoned. The ot so.
der says his rifle went OIL ny as'iA
New-York tribune., 1918-07-22
Two Aircraft Teachers Killed
In l,OOO-Eoot Tail Spin

FORT WORTH. Tex, July 21.-Two
flying instructors, stationed at Car
ruthers field. were killed in 1000 foot
fall in a tail spin to-day, near Ben
brook Flying Field. The dead:
Lieutenant Robert Yarnall Snyder,
7l9 College Avenue, Elmira, n. Y.
Lieutenant Olaf John Tanner, Moor
head, MINI.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-22
T. X. Urged to Run
On Issue Against
Food Speculation

John j. Dillon. former Commissioner
of Foods and Markets, and publisher
Of "The Rural New Yorker" last night
sent the following telegram to Colonel
Roosevelt:
Develop system through farm CO.
operation and state regulation and ia
cjities to take food from the farmers
New-York tribune., 1918-07-22
Auto Crashes INTO 7rair,
One Killed, Tuo Diving

ASBURY PARK, N. j., July 21.-A
collision between an automobile and
train at the Interlaken crossing here
to-day caused the death cf one person
and the serious injury of two others.
Oreste Caprione, ITO Beach Street, Red
Bank, the owner Of the car, was killed.
A woman and soldier, both unidenti-
fed, who were riding with Caprione,
are in the Asbury Park Hospital and
are not expected to live
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-22
Need Parcel Post Eacilitiea.

One of the most urgent necessities
in behalf Of the American export
trade with Paraguay is the establish
ment of large parcel post system
with this country, writes Consul Henry
81. Balch, Asnncion As there are very
few large distributing houses In Par.
quay. practically all the important
'r.ercantile establishments import their
goods direct from the foreign mar
lkets, and as many of the orders are
small or for goods that do not occupy
much space the parcel post is extern
lsively used by the average Paraguay
Ian importer. --.-- q . ....-.. -.
A good percentage Of the large trade
that Germany. England, and France
had with this country at the beginning
|of the war was developed through the
parcel post system that those coun-
tries maintain with Paraguay. Mer-
chants frequently state that they
would turn much of their trade to the
United States which has hitherto gone
to Europe If there were a parcel post
convenience. In fact, parcel post Or
ders from the United States are rath-
er frequently received by Asuncion
merchants through third parties To-
Gated in Buenos Aires.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-22
-IN-GERMANY LIES
CIRCULATED In CANADA

Canada is also having trouble with
Made-in- Germany lies calculated to
hinder Canadian food conservation ac-
cording to an official statement re-
ceived from the Canadian food con-
troller by the United States food ad-
ministration.
The stories bothering Canada are
of the same general character as those
the United States food adminiStra-
tor recently denounced in this cOun-
try, such as the ridiculous salt and
blueing famine fakes and the report
that the government would seize
housewives stocks of home canned
goods. T
The Canadian food controller esti-
mates that when the people listen to
and pass on such stories, each one
has the power of destruction that lies
in battalion Of soldiers.
Stories without even a vestige Of
foundation have been scattered broad
cast" said the Canadian statement
"NOr have they come to life casually.
They have started simultaneously in
different parts of the country and in
each instance have been calculated to
arouse public indignation.
"They are insidious, subtle, persist
ent. Fit by bit they dissipate public
trust, the great essential in the work
of food control.
st lies with every individual TO for
bear from criticism; to refrain from
passing on the vagrant and harmful
story, and thus the more effectively
10 cooperate in work which is going
TO mean more than the majority of
people yet realize"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-22
now ONE SHOULD USE MONEY
Worth of Pennies, Nickels and Dimes
First Value Wise Man Can
Place on Wealth.

ANY man, in order to achieve real
about money. If he hasn't the right
ideas about money, he is not solid in
character, observes a writer in the
American Magazine. A man may easily
be happy, successful and highly re-
garded on ST 800 dollars or less year;
but. if he is, it is because he knows
how to handle those $500, and real.
ICES the power that is in each of those
$500, and keeps in sight the fact that
it takes 100 cents or 20 nickels, or 10
dimes, to make each one of those ST.
800.
"On the other hand. man may
have an annual income of $4,000 and
be neither successful nor happy nor
highly regarded. If this is true of him,
it Is because he has not the right ideas
about money.
Here is the thing that applies to my
experience and TO every mans: Money
is the symbol of worth and power, II
your money is handled correctly. Ii
YOU regard money as a constructive
thing, something to be used beneficial
ly for yourself, your family and your
community, something with which to
build up and produce improvements,
YOU are on solid ground; nothing can
shake you, nothing, outside of earth
quakes and fires, can ruin you finan-
cially. Let me put it this way: The
use u man makes of his money after
he has got his hands on it is the meas
9re of his worth"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-22
South African Shoe Trade.

Cape Province has numerous firms
which manufacture boots and shoes.
Many Of these are engaged in the pro
duction of high-class footwear though,
as a rule, the better class Of footwear
that is popular in this country, Is OBJ
tanned from overseas, writes Consul
General George 81. Murphy, Cape Town.
The foreign producer, with his highly
specialized factories, Is able. with the
aid of the importing merchant, to flood
the market here with enormous guam
titles of boots and shoes, either made
for the South African trade, or form
ing a part of his surplus output. The
result Is that the South African pro-
Queer is unable to command a suff1-
cient market to warrant extensions of
his plant to meet large calls which
may be made by the wholesaler. He
must content himself with producing
high-grade footwear in small quaint
ties for the retailer.
Large quantities of boots and shoes
are being received from the United
States, partly as result Of the i'm
possibility Of obtaining adequate sup
plies elsewhere.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-22
The Grant Monument.

The monument to General Grant In
front of the capitol in Washington
was contracted for ON August 10, 1903.
The contract provided that the work
should be completed in five years. but
the contractors asked; and were grant
ed, several extensions. All of the ar
chitectural work is finished, the cav
airy and the artillery groups are in
position at either end of the platform,
the licus and lamps called for by the
design are in place and there remains
to complete the memorial only the
placing of the equestrian group, |. e..
the figure of General Grant on horse
back on the central pedestal, and af-
fixing the two bas reliefs which are to
60 on either side of the pedestal. The
total cost authorized by congress for
the memorial is $4,000, exclusive Of
$4,000 which was appropriated for use
Ia procuring designs.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-22
Salaries Are Increased.

Owing to the great advance in the
cost of living, the local government
has increased the salaries of all its EN-
ployees who were paid under 1900
escudoc ($1,945) per annum. The in.
creases in some cases have amounted
to 40 per cent. writes Consul John F..
Jewell, Lourenco Marques, Portuguese
East Africa. -...
The resultant excess of expenditure
over the budget estimate for salaries
is in round figures $4,000. AS the
budget could not bear any additional
expenditure without q deficit that
would embarrass at present and in fu-
ture hinder the development and the
progress OF the province of Mozam-
bique, to meet this new expense item
the government has increased the fees
for licenses for bars, canteens. kiosks,
ETC., the telegraph and telephone rates,
and the export tax on sugar and has
established a military" tax. Increased
revenue is expected from these meas
ures as follows: Export tax on sugar.
$4,000; telegraph and telephone
rates, $4,000; other taxes and fees.
$4,000.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-22
Hollands FOREIGN Trade.

The ''In- en- fUitvoer" publishes
the following analysis of Dutch for
eign trade during the first half of
1917:
The value Of the leading articles
imported into Holland from Germany,
or rather, of those articles which are
included in the official figures of the
central bureau of statistics t"Maand-
statistiek van den In en- Uityoer en-
van het Entrepotverkeer'). in the first
quarter of the year was 25, 365, 107 for
ms (about 100000 at exchange of
$0.4D, and, In, the second quarter, 49,
2S4,606 forms (about 1885,. 0OO). a
total of 70.649.7 13 forms In the first
six months of 1917. The value Of the
chief articles exported to Germany was
1921, 575 forms (about $40, 191 ,500)
In the first quarter and 52,841 ,202 for
ms (about s21, e65.OOO) in the second,
or 102, 0S8,777 forms for the half year.
Thus, In the first quarter Holland sent
almost twice as much to Germany as
It received, but i'm the second quarter
the import trade with Germany almost
balanced the export trade
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-22
When the Doctors pespaired.

There have been recorded during the
war many being cured by accidental
means, such as sudden noise or an
unexpected visitor, or as startling
question, and in one case at least a
midnight fall out of bed. But one Of
the strangest cases belongs to for
mer. war. observes correspondent,
where a soldier lay Is months under
the influence Of catalepsy. Finally. in
despair, the doctors ordered the bag
pipes to be played near the patients
bed. That did the trick.
There Is q story told of a skipper
who had n medicine-chest containing
cures numbered one to seven. For dys-
pepsia he administered a stiff dose Of
No. Z. For sprains, No. was the bot
tie, and for rheumatism, No. 5 seemed
to work the oracle. But on lengthy
voyage the skipper ran out of No. z,
so when next a member of the crew
had q pain in his middle he dOsed him
with a mixture Of 2 plus 5. Nobody
had another pain during that voyage,
or, at any rate, confessed to having
one.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-22
Courtesy Was Wasted.

There is such thing as wasted
courtesy and one encounters it almost
every day in the crowded subway or
elevated trains, observes New York
correspondent. Recently a man was
riding in Il damned train and when it
stopped at the FOrty-second street sta
ton there was an thrush of passen-
gers. Among them was richly
dressed woman, who led boy of
about ten by the hand. She stood be-
fore notwithstanding man who Oc
cupied a seat. With a touch of his
hat he arose to give the woman his
seat, when the boy broke loose from
her and jumped into the vacant seat.
The woman made no attempt to take
the seat for herself and remained
standing. What was worse, she made
not the slightest acknowledgment Of
the mans courtesy.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-22
Ship Of Mystery.

The manufacture of large part of
machinery to replace anything broken
is almost impossible in the limited
space of the battleships machine
shops. But wondrous feats are per-
formed in the repair ships that ac-
company fleets on stations remote from
dock facilities, states British war
correspondent
The repair ship is huge floating
smithy and machine shop packed with
everything that the wit of man can
concentrate into the space for treating
wounded battleships. These ships en-
ploy some Of the best artificers from
our naval dock yards, and are scat
tered in every quarter in which the
British fleet is stationed remote from
dock facilities. The Boche has moth
ing like them, and it has been stated
that no inquisitive Boche has ever
been allowed to intrude his nose
aboard one to investigate its myster-
les and take the Information to his
employers of how the strange feats
performed by the repair ship are ef-
fected. The repair ship Is the abode
Of secrets.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-22
Stopping the Ex.czars Express.

The ex-czarina's belief in the un-
speakable Rasputin proves that she
was Of a strongly superstitious turn
Of mind, and she Is generally regarded
as the true maker of the revolution in
Russia. but an incident which occurred
whilst the ex-cZar was travelling from
Petrograd to Moscow proves that the
superstition Is not all on her side.
1t appears, says a writer, that the
ex-czar wears a ring in which he be-
iieves is embedded fragment of the
true cross. 1t was originally one of
the treasures of the Vatican and was
presented to one of the cars prede-
cessors for diplomatic reasons. The
value he places on this suppositious
relic was proved when he accidentally
left 1t behind him when travelling to
Moscow. He had the train stopped
instantly, a special express chartered,
and trusty messenger sent pOst-haste
back to fetch the missing ring, nor
would he, allow the train to bulge an
inch till his messenger returned, hours
afterward, with the relic!
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-22
Costa Rica,s Coffee Exports.

Official statistics Of Costa Rica's
coffee exports for the past season
show shipments totaling 27,O44,55O
pounds gross-10,OS9630 pounds less
than during 1856. OF Beneficiado
or full milled coffee 24,749, 1875 pounds
were exported, and 2,295,415 pounds
of the Programme (parchment) grade,
these quantities being respectively
91.51 per cent and $40 per cent OF the
total. The United States took b3.l6
per cent of the shipments, the United
Kingdom 4O.14 per cent, and Panama
the bulk of the remainder. Some cof-
fee was sent to France, Italy, Spain
and Chile. The province Of San Jose
supplied 1884 per cent of the exports,
Heredia 1892 per cent, Carriage 1922
per cent, and Alajuela 1898 per cent.
The estimated value of the coffee ex-
ported was 8,12S, 489 colonies. Cat nor
NAL exchange the colon is worth
SO.4653; exchange now fluctuating)
The 1917-1S crop is placed at 10000
600 pounds. but the season is not Tar
enough advanced to make any definite
estimate.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-22
FINDING A DESIRABLE WIFE
Lonely Young Pioneer Who Did Not
Know How, Found It Was Really
Rather Simple.

In new settlement in the thick
forest, 20 miles or more from q city
and ten miles from railway, were
located "a SaWlnill and few scattered
honest eaderS who worked at the mill
when it was running and attended
their little clearingS at other times,
relates a writer in the Chicago Trib-
une.
one day in the cooks camp, connect
ed with the milk. the man and his wife
i'll charge began .juHing the homestead
err about being the only settler in the
whole community without u wife and
family.
How can | help it," said he. There
are no narriageable women that
know"
"Oh, there are lots OF them that would
be glad of u good home such as you
could furnish" said they.
'Well, you just find me one" said
the homesteader, land l will make you
a present of the best COW on the
place"
Not to he bluffed, they accepted his
proposition. Then they got busy, rum
ming over their list of acquaintance
in the city, finally selecting, fer their
matchmaking eXpedient, an eStimable
lady of their acquaintance, living with
her married sister in the city.
The victim selected for the sacrifice
had reached that age when unmarried
women cease TO celebrate birthdays
and begin to regard the tapering end
of statistical possibility with more or
less concern. The homesteader was
about the same age, and, evidently,
just as much concerned about his fu-
ture on earth. A friendly invitation
was forthwith extended to the lady to
spend a week with the cooks family
at the camp. 1t was innocently ac-
cepted.
The homesteader was conveniently
invited to Sunday dinner with the
cooks family, and the tragedy was
staged.
A case of love and desperation at
first sight. In the afternoon, chap
eroned by the cook and his wife, the
sllpllSu oNCl W Tic
homesteader's bungalow, where they
found everything "spick and span,"
with just enough incongruity in the
arrangement to make the fingers of an
orderly housekeeper Jingle with ambi-
ton to put things in their proper cor
ners.
A few months later the records in
the county clerks office gave a hint
of further developments, which were
staged at the sisters home in the city.
The happy couple at once settled in
their new home land lived happily
ever afterward."
In the excitement the poor COW was
crowded off the stage and forgotten
by the matchmakers, but a short time
later, looking out one morning, they
saw Mr.. Homesteader driving cow
into camp-as good as his word.