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New-York tribune., 1918-12-25
Daniels Urged to Make
City Dry Tomorrow
Anii-Saloon League Asks That
Liquor Traffic BE Stopped
When Sailors Come Ashore

William II. Anderson. state supcrin-
tendent of the Anti Saloon Lcae,,e
said yesterday that he had sent the
following telegram to Secretary Dan
ies:
"Thc whole world owes you debt
or gratitude, which will be more fully
appreciated ten years from now than
1t Is to-day, for your demonstration in
the biggest business Of the world the
saving Of civilization itself, of the
vital relation between prohibition and
preparedness and efficiency.
"New York City desires to honor
'nc neet, but there has been such
shocking disregard by the saloons and
hotels OF this city of the regulations
Gesi@hed 10 protect men in the uni
'orm OF the United States that pa
.rlo'lc cluzens view with apprehension
lne consequences of combination Of
greed and lawlessness on the part Of
itquof sellers and misguided enthu-
slasm and hospitality on the part of
= public which properly feels % tbot ~
hothlng is too good for the navy.
Under the circumstances viii vo,
HoI go to the extreme legal limit in
Voklng the aid of the War Dopartmen+
Il desirable and proper, in an cffort 80 ~,
prevent the sale of any iouor AZ alj -
anybody during the afternoon 'i ana ~
evening of the day Of the naval na-
irade, even to the. extent of constitpt
ing New York City a dry zone. AZ leas
temporarily, if you are AUTHORIZED liA -
do sou '''0i iAeu TO
New-York tribune., 1918-12-25

understand
"It's Terrible said the ncighbor.
Mrs. Flynn's heart sank. She had
not looked over the latest casualty list.
"Why,' she said, (which one? /
don't understand"
The neighbor pointed over Mrs.
flynn's shoulder to where the service
tag which represented the three Mahon
boys hung from its inclined standard.
Mrs. Flynn looked and gaspcd. The
blue star had turned deep orange, not
unlike gold
81 must be some of these awful dye
stutfs, said Mrs. Flynn. "But it's
strange, now, isn't it?'
The neighbor agreed
WELL" said Mrs Flynn, "Tn take it
out and put in a new blue one The
idea! The nerve of the store that sold
nc tho cloth made them out Of"
And so Oh, as a woman would
Then she thought bit, and said:
"No. ! won't change the star: least
ways till hear from the boys again. V
SO the story of the blue star that
had turned gold overnight spread about
the neigh borhood, and people came
and stared at it.
The ncws came last Sunday in an
official notice from the War Depart
ment. 1t was Peter J p Mahon, and he
bad been killed in action November /.
And, as Mrs. Flynn stood or the front
step reading the bulletin, the service
flag futtered overhead. showing the
one star golden and the other two
though made from the same cloth and
exposed to the same clements a bright
unfaded blue
And that is the Miracle of the Golden
Star. and you may account for it in
any way you like. But you will not
c9ange the opinion of Mrs. Flynn nor
New-York tribune., 1918-12-25
Dollar a Month Charge
For Electricity Illegal
Bronx Company Is Told 1t Can
Collect Only for Current
Consumed

Residents of the Bronx who have
resented the charge of So month
minimum levied against them by the
Bronx Gas and Electric Company for
electricity, whether they used any or
not, have been granted relief by the
Publc Service Commission. In re
port handed down by the commission
yesterday it was ruled that the charge
is illegal and the company is ordered to
discontinue it.
The company filed series of tariffs
with the commission to show the neces-
slty for its charge. The commission,
however, decided that the company had
the right only to charge maximum
of II cents per kilowatt hour for cur
rent actually consumed
Counsel for the commission was in
structed if the company persists in its
plan of making a fixed minimum charge
whether current is used or not. to in
stitute proceedings to prevent violation
of the commissions ruling.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-25
Mayors Car in Accident
But " hetEer He Was i'm 1t Docs
Not Come Out i'm Court

Whether or not Mayor Hylan was in
an automobile accident on Sunday last
remained secret after the hearing
yesterday before Magistrate W. Bruce
Cobb into the facts connected with the
collision of the Mayors automobile
with one driven by Harry Kaplan at
Lafayette and Spring streets. The
Mayors limousine was driven by Harry
Eppse, who described himself as spe-
cial investigator for the Police De
partment.
All that was brought out at the
hearing was that a gray-haired man
was riding IN the Mayors car. Fol
lowing the taking of the testimony
Magistrate Cobb fined Kaplan $40 and
sentenced him to one day in the city
prison.
According to witnesses, the car driv-
en- by kaplan turned in front of the
Mayors machine, without the warning
signal being given. SO far as was
brought out in court, no one was hurt
New-York tribune., 1918-12-25
Restaurant " Orkers
Ask Day OF Each Week

Both the New York State FedersaiiO"
of Labor and the State Industrial Co'p
mission viii ask the next LegisiS'".n
TO include all restaurant workers ~
the "one- day y-of-res seven Jaw, o.
cording 10 the announcement OF JAZZ
Smith, secretary of the National Fec go
GRAFTON of Lunch Room Workers. 9gs ,bs
retary Smith, in appearing before ."s
commission to urge such action, s,sn ~
serted that lunch counter men o,rIv orlv
work eighty-six hours week. VII" W.
one day of rest in two weeks ort
Yesterday Secretary smith gS,S The
a letter from Henry D. Sayer' av;ng 70
State Indlttrial Commission. +
that "the Industrial Commisslo "a
year recommended an ameno@9orr 9or one
the law which would proyide n,nloyes ry
day of rest in seven for aii -e;r,5 e;, has
in restaurants. The comlnissastttt'e .satter 10
voted to again present this th.ats us next
the Legislature, which mss''
month. -,.o 10 pref
The commission voted also i eg,s E
sent recommendation 10 10, 'fn ID recar y
lature for amending the law w.stauraa' ,
TO the hours of women IN rst uusatis
so as to clear UP the prese'
factory condition. I
New-York tribune., 1918-12-25
COnrict'S Christmas
Petition Is Denied

OssINING, Dec. PA would
~ certainly like to spend
Christmas in New York" wrote
Charles Mooney, now in the peni-
tentiary, when he appealed the
other day to Governor Whitman
to have his term of incarceration,
which ends Thursday, made just
two days shorter.
The Governor looked up Moon
ey's record and discovered that:
He was known as "the king of
shoplifters.
His favorite scene of operations
was a real busy Christmas crowd.
Nothing stirring, was the Gov
ernor's ruling.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-25
Names of L. S. Men Cited
For CalIantry Made Public

PARIS, Dec. 23.-The names of 1s5
American soldiers cited for bravery
during the lighting of October TO
October 10 at St Etienne, Blanc Mont
and Medeah Farm. in Champagne, are
printed in the "Official Journal" The
men belonged to the Sixth Regiment
Of Marines, the Ninth Infantry. the
twenty third Infantry. the Fifth Reei
ment OF Marines, The Sixth Marine
Machine Gun Battalion. the Fiffh Na1
chine Gun Battalion. the Fourth Ma
rine Machine Gun Battalion, fhe Secona
Regiment of Engineers and the Am
bulance Colds
New-York tribune., 1918-12-25
nRlal P's!llTY
AH aIl1b N - s olRlEEIIs99|

There's big. three ycar-old cinnamon
bear on its way to New York from the
wilds Of the hills in Northern Georgia.
Park Commissioner Bcrolzheimcr. who is
spending his vacation in the South, notified
acting Park Commissioner Willis Holly to be
on the lookout for the bruin
Paul Chapman, the Brooklyn boy who was
saved from the death chair by Governor
Whitman. has been released from the hos
pital at Sing Sing Prison. He is now I.
Hfc-termer and has been made a member of
the prison band.
Rita Fornia, of the Metropolitan Opera
Company, is defendant in a $l0 ,000 suit for
damages brought by Miss Alice May Cole
of l0l West Eighty-frst Street, who al
legcs that the singers pet bulldog attacked
and bit her. Miss Fornia insists the doc
has never shown any tendency toward
viciousness.
memorial window for the late Douglas
Taylor long prominent as a resident OF
Chelsea Village has been unveiled in old
st. Peters Church, in West Twentieth
Street Mr.. Taylor we'll known as a
collector of old theatrical playbills. his col
lection, it was said, being the finest in the
city.
Soldiers stationed at Camp Merritt Du-
mont, n j., have arranged to present an
emblem to the village. which will show
their appreciation of the kindness shown
them by its citizens and children sine,
they have been in the camp. Every mar
AT Camp Merritt is said to have contributed
to the fund
A new ambulance has been presented te
the Womens Motor Corps by the New York
Athletic Club. The club is to present an.
other ambulance later in the week to the
National League for Woman's Service
Dock Commissioner Murray Hubert an
rounces chat the recreation piers at the foo
OF West l29th Street, Barrow Street anc
Cedar Street will be thrown open to the
public as vantage points from which the
naval parade NAV be witnessed
John Armstrong, fireman attached tc
Engine Company No. as, Washington Ave
que and 176th Street, was knocked down b,
a fremont and st. Lawrence Avenue sur
:ace car and taken to Fordham Hospita
with conclusion Of tho brain.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-25
Blast in Munition Plant
Nils Four i'm Watertown

WATERToWN, N. Y, Dec. "a. Four
persons were killed and a score in
iured, some probably fatally, by an ex-
plosion late to-day in the she'll loading
department of the j. B. Wise Munition
tompany's plant.
The accident occurred in small
..amc building The force of the con-
cussion was terrific and smashed win
aowglass I'M many houses.
ihe main plant escaped damage The
ausc o.! the explosion has not been
;.seegtained by the officials after sev-
cra' hours investigation.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-25
smoky Joe" Martin, Fire
Fighter, Wins Pron,ot;or

smoky ice" Martin received a
Christmas present yesterday rira
commissioner Thomas J.&Drennan pro-
noted the hero of many a perilous
0laze from deputy chief to assistant
chief of the Fire Department..
Joseph B. Martin joined the freight
ing force in 1884, and his name adorn :
the roll OF merit for extraordinary
bravery on more than one occasion.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-25
Christmas Trees at Clubs

For the first time since their active
entrance into political life Republican
women forsook civic matters Yesterday
to trim Christmas trees in the club.
that will be the centre OF soc!abilIty
IN the various Assembly districts to-
day This is the first Christmas sea
son that has come since women be-
came active in district club life, and
they. will play conspicuous part in
the festivities to-day.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-25
Mr.. DeeGan Wonders

I'VE wonder how Burleson feels low
about turning out our pres ident. gen
erai manager and general counsel. An
parentlv these officials still continue
TO act in those capacities i'm Canada,
Newfoundland, the Azores. Great Brit
ain and France, but are not president,
general manager and general counsel
as far as opertions are concerned in
New ork. We are wondering where
we are at
Mr.. Deegan also called attention 10
the following appointments mada by Mr.
Burleson, and declared that they
seemed TO indicate the Postmaster Gen
eral policy TO continue TO put
Western Union and American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company off
Gals in charge:
Telegraph and Telephone Service or
der No. 2455.
Washington. December .. 19l8
~. c. kingsbury, vice-president,
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company: A. f. Adams, president
Kansas City Home Telephone Com
pany. Kansas City, Mo. and ". \.
fashbaugh. vice president, Western
Union Telegraph Company. are hereby
and directed to submit a report at the
earliest possible date on the plan o.
organization and tho personnel of the
same for conducting the governmental
operation of the telegraph and tele-
phone systems.
y S. BURLESON,
POSTMASTER General.
Branding Nj Decgan's statement a.
not based on fact, an official Of the
Postofficc Department declared that
the cable administration had received
the unconditional permission Of the
British government to handle the trsf
nc Of the combined cables
- Great Britains Requirements
The British government. he stated,
before granting this "unconditonal
permission, made known IT'S require
ments as follows:
Il. That government messages ne
sent as routed. and that any delay afls
ing from lnterchanges be reported 70
the PostOffice Department.
-. That there be no interference
with censorship arrangements.
-. That mutual arrangements 'e
tween the two companies involve no
question of direct or indirect contro
of one company by the other by
person acting on behalf Of the United
States government -
Assured by the Administration tns'
these requirements would be obserea'
the official said. the British govern
ment gave Its unconditional permits
sion to carry out cable control
The official declared that the gosS
crnment is connecting up the Westey
Union and Commercial systems 70 Cd
tain the hest results He said pnYs',
cal connections between the respective
Offices in London were being made. ana
that also the stations IN Newfouio'
land are being connected.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-25
the fact that many of his customers
denounced the newspaper as unameri-
DIR. Sti,'es Quits
Hearsf-Hyian
Welcome BODY
Continued from page I

States to aid public officials to support
and protect the people,
His honor must be aware that there
is profound and widespread difference
of opinion upon this point, and that to
make such a statement will not help
Mr. Hearst nor rebound to the credit Of
the Mayor, nor minister to the peace
and good will which should unite our
people for the great work before us.
81 hesitate to call attention to GER
tain expressions in the Mayors letter
which are almost inf1ammatory by sug
gestion. Our homecoming men will
not easily tolerate such influences.
at is a great pleasure to accept in its
entirety that closing paragraph Of the
Mayors letter which utterly condemns
all the rest of it, The Mayor says:
This is time when all patriotic and
honest citizens should cast aside all
political or religious differences and
personal animosity and rally to the
welcome of our soldiers, sailors and
marines who are returning home after
their glorious victory on the field of
battle.
eve may we'll pray that this senti-
ment may soon become His Honors
deepest conviction, and that he may
have the courageous logic of that con
viction. Respectfully yours,
"ERNEST M STIRESn -
New-York tribune., 1918-12-25
Carlton Calls 1t Silly

It's d silly statement and there :.
nothing to it," declared Newcomb CAS- I
ton, Federal Director of Gables ~. 49,,
shown Mr.. Decgan's statement
Mr.. Deegan's statement follows.
" The Commercial Cable Comuany ss.
to- day received message from =.
London office, stating that the British
government is willing that tho Cam
mercial Gable Company assist tSs
" estern Union in the handing -
cable traffic from Great Britain =. ~
that company mas four cables in.ar.
rupted, on condition that no control bs
exercised from America. Therefors
the cable companies must ignore sny
instructions from Mr.. Burleson or bs
representatives. insofar as the oper..
ton OF the cables landing in Grpa.
Britain is concerned.
This message knocks Mr. Burlesor',
cable control higher than kite Tho
BRITISH government refuses. and rjehtf,,
refuses, 10 allow the American Posi-.
master General to invade Great Britsjp.
Just as the American government would
object 70 any attempt of the British
Postmaster General to dictate the over.
alton of the American ends Of the
cables. Mr.. Burloson's cable control
therefore, so far as the Atlantic cables
are concerned. IS nullihed and the al.
tempt of Burleson, Vail Theodore y
NaiD and Carlton to get control o.
the Commercial company's cables /:
defeated and is a failure.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-25

Britain Blocks
Cable Seiz,,re
Says Deegan
Postal Secretary Tells =,
Order Received That Null.
ifes BurIeson's Authori,v
''silIy,'' Carlton Replies
London Granted Full pe.
mission for Joint Oper.t
ton, Official d Declare.

William J. Deegan. secretary of =.
Mackay companies, issued statar..s
yesterday in which he declared st
Postmaster General Burleson's COM, 40,
of the cables has been knocked ab;,s
than kite" by message receives ~
the Commercial Cable COMPANY f.'1
It's London office, stating that the gr..
ish government is willing tba. -
Commercial Cable Company assist =.
Western Union in the handling Of c.SI. ~
traffic from Great Britain on conai,,as
that no control be exercised sron
America.
He declared that the stand taken by
the British government nulliee. ~
Burleson's control Of the Atisn,:. ~
cables, and that the cable comnsn;ae ,s.'.'S
must ignore any instructions from NM n,
Burleson or his repres entativeg ms
Tar as the operation Of cables lanS;s-
IN Great Britain Is concerned
New-York tribune., 1918-12-25

John Armstrong, a fireman attached to
Engine Company No. As, Washington Ave
9ue and 176th Street, was knocked down by
fremont and st. Lawrence Avenue sur
:ace car and taken to Fordham Hospital
with conclusion Of tho brain.
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Look at, the Hat Cords.

h military man can Immediately
tell to whnt division n soldier belongs
by glancing nt the cord on his hat,
hut to the average citizen the color of
the hat cord denotes little or nothing.
1t is an interesting feature to be fa-
milar with. especially now when SO
many soldiers are seen all over the
country, and anyone who takes the
trouble to learn the following list will
be rewarded by being able to satisfy
his own curiosity respecting any sol
dicr he happens to see without having
to ask questions: A cord of light
blue signifies that the wearer belongs
TO the infantry; red denotes artillery,
yellow. cavalry; buff, quartermaster's
corps; orange and white, signal corps !;
red and white, engineers corps; red
md black, ordnance; black and white.
field clerk; maroon and white, medi-
cal corps; black and gold, officers |:
silver and black, rAdjutant generals
clerk; green. instructor home guards,
and green and white, home guards.
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German General staff.

The German general staff is not the
creation of the kaiser. II Is the cre-
alton of the army, and in Germany
the army Is the nation. In the old
days, when the principality Of Bran
denburg wns' becoming the state Of
Prussln, 1t was the elector who gov
erned with unchecked. autocratic au-
thOrity. Even when Brandenburg had
become Prussia the kings of Prussia
dominated and owned the country ms
completely as the head of the house
dominated the family, or the manu-
facturer owned his business. The cab
met OF the great elector, the tobacco
parliament Of Frederick William, the
Potsdam library of Frederick the
Great, these have merged into the of.
fees of the general staff. I'm which
Is cOnsecrated the surrender Of the
state to the army, and of the army to
the army chiefs.
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TOO BIC 7 D GET
THROUGH DOOR
Of A OU c D j 7.
Husky U. S: Marine Sticks
When Trying To Reach
Safety During Bombard-
ment.

WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN FRANCE. July 17-Thc biggest sol
dfcr in any of the allied forces now
serving In France has been discover
ed. He Is U. S. Marine! Ills name
Ia q. NJ. Sergeant Pat Grcaly.
Grcaly has always had the reputa-
tion Of being whale of man."
but II wasn't until he got to dodgins
Boche shells in France that his fcl-
low lighters fully realize just how big
he was.
The first time an alert was sound,
ed after his company got up front.
Grealy made a dash for dugout and
got wcdged tight in the entrance. All
efforts to get him out were of no
avail. until six former football stars
in the company were called upon to
rush" him through.
They had to enlarge the entrance
before they could get him out.
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CAUSE AND CURE OF CRAMPS
Too High Blood Pressure Frequently
Brings Them on--Removed by
Vigorous Rubbing.

In this article we shall discuss only
the local muscular spasms that affect
most commonly the calves of the legs,
but that sometimes occur In the thighs,
the arms or the wall Of the abdomen.
Internal cramps. or collie, swimmers
croiDp and writer's cramp are affec-
tions OF an entirely different nature.
A cramp. in this restricted sense, is
n sudden, painful and very strong com
traction Of n small part OF MUSCLE;
II does not usually cause any move
ment In the effected limb, for to do
that a contraction of nearly the entire
muscle Is necessary. and then we have
what is called spasm, or convul.
sion.
The contraction IL involuntary, al
though persons who are subject to
cramps sometimes bring them on by a
voluntary movement. such as stretch-
ing. The early-morning cramp is Of
ten brought on by the stretching to
which one Is prone On awnking. Very
commonly the cramp comes on during
sleep. and the intense pain awakens
the sufferer with n start. The affected
part Of the muscle forms hard knot,
and II large part Of the muscle Is
involved the limb may ne drawn mp.
Children and the aged suffer more
often with cramps than do persons IN
middle life. In children the cause ie
usually violent exercise. such as rtIr-
ming and jumping. but in the elderly
tendency to cramps is often caused
by incipicnt hardening of the arteries.
When the blood pressure is high.
cramps often occur. but they cease to
trouble If the pressure is reduced.
Persons who are rheumatic and gouty
are especially liable to he attacked by
cramps-very likely because hardening
Of the arteries accompanies their con-
stitutionaI disposition.
! The treatment of - single cranp OF
the calf is very simple: stand on lip
toe in such way as TO stretch the
calf muscle and at the same time rub
the place where The contraction has
occurred. That viii put an end to
the attack promptly. IF the attacks
recur frequently. there Is; probably
some constitutional fauit that needs
correction. and tho sufferer shou'1 con-
suit his physician.-Youth's. Compan-
ion ~~as
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CAPTAIN "SKIppY" STIRS
a. THINGS UP ON Liner
Plans Big Program Of Sports, but
Ships Commander Figures
on Safety First.

In America Captain "Sklppy" would
get credit for being self starter"
or perhaps 'stem.winder."
lie does not smoke, nor drink. He
IS twenty-one. blonde, pink checked
und rushes about barehcaded always.
like schoOlboy nt picnic. And the
first day out he started the good
Am ricon srhool girl game OF skip
ping the rope thus winning his title.
But he is "go-getter."' He got on
and Of OF Gnllipoli. No boys cam
paign TINT for the officers and men.
"Skippy" has gone out and got a
war cross for bravery. He also got
himself n captolncy in the British
army; and he has come safely
through three years of war.
Outside the smoking room-it is not
on record that he infests that spot
the captain has been just about the
life of the party. He started gallop-
ing promenades with nurses. steaIing
them right and left. Starting also
dissensiOns and mutterings among the
less fortunate.
A few days later he was collecting
"buck" from everybody and pre-
senting a purse TO the band 1t was
he who discovered the ships "grama-
pIlohe' and had II carried about deck.
At the same time he was organizing
"sports" and making n speech to the
assembled American officers, enlisttng
their aid In mastering out their 'tals
ent. s3H
"We'll have pillow fights, tug of
wnr, potato races, you know; no end
Of fun" he said, "and we'll give some
prizes-a wooden spoon or some such
rot"
1t was going great guns when the
captain Of the ship explained 1t
wouldn't be safe to try to crowd the
entire ships company Mt one spot on
the boat. Plans have been changed
and the movement goes forward now
for mighty concert in the first cabin
dining room.