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seag savke Ahsrd The Hudson River Dy
Lire Beats Each SUNDAY.

On August 25th Chaplain Lewis W.
Armstrong will conduct the service on the
500 A. N. boat. The speaker will be
Rev. d. q. scadenG, who has spent three
months at Camp Gordon, assisted by Mrs.
Armstrong and Mr.. Frank Farmer. soiOist.
Service of song and address will be con-
Quoted oil the great steamer washington
Irving" which leaves Desbrosses st. 10
A. M, by Chaplain b. f. Butts. assisted
by Miss Ruth Linrud. soloist; Miss Emma
De Bois. cornetist. and the Hampton
Quartet.
Soldiers and sailors and all patrons are
welcome at thS Bear Mountain Service In
Pavilion No. Q at 2:iS p. II. Singing and
address. ...
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Church Of Zion & st. TJn,otj1,

334 West b7th Street.
Rector-Rev. HENRY LUBBOCK, D. c, I.
8. IL (Rev. DR.. I. c. sturges).
ST. THOMAs'S CHURCH, 9th Av. & SD So.
Rev. ERNEST VI, sTIRES. ID. D., Rector.
g: II Grew. FLOYD s. Leach, Pm. d..
GRACE CHURCH. broadway and 10th 81.
Rev. Charles LOWS Slattery, ID. D., Rector,
g; II lDr. Gilbertl 8 rev. e. Carhart).
OTHER SERVICES
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SRI. james, CHURCH

Madison Avenue and list Street.
Rev. Frank Warfield Crowder. Rector.
A. M. Holy Communion.
IL A. N. Morning Prayer and Sermon
fRey T. NJ NEIFERT),
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From precincts Indicated to Traffic
DIV. 10 motorcycle duty Temporary,
Peter J. Reilly. 50; william Meyer.
Div. Nat. Defence.
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DAILY, INCLUDING SUNDAY.
Direct HAIL Connections to all points in
the Catskills. Saratoga, the Adirondack
the West and North. All through ran
tickets between New York and Albany and
Troy Evening Line tickets accepted. Music.
Restaurant.
On sunday steamer washington Irving"
will make the 10 A. NJ. trip. Passengers
for Bear Mountain. Sewburgh and Pough-
keepsle are advised to take this steamer,
on which there will be more room than on
steamer Robert Fulton leaving at $40
A. ".
Religious and patriotic services each
Sunday, 2:15 p. NJ, In Pavilion No. I
Bear Mountain.
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The committee in charge Is composed
Of Miss Florence Woodin. chairman ::
Miss Anna Daniels, Miss E Gibney and
Miss Margaret Murphy. while Mr.. Blank
inship. the manager Of the butcher
House. also Is assisting In tho perfec-
ton of arrangements.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
NEWS IN THE MARKET

GENERAL the marketing conditions PROMISING
than they have been for time but better DAYS are
coming Among the things not to buy Just yet are oma
toes which fancy in price we'll quality cucumber
which going down. but still have far CO. celery which
between and inferior in quality the Florida shin
ments giving out and others have yet in asp
mostly from California; very choice and very high none
that is first class being available for than As cents
Strawberries aso not extra quality, and from 81
to 40 cents a box.
The best purchases spinach. cau]ifcwer potatoes
onions. cabbage meats, founder and cod
The meat prices beginning show already the effect
of the liberal buying of the better Who can saw
that cannot help to control market conditions by thought
fu buying with due regard to the condition of the when
such abnormal prices bearing relation quality respond
quickly to supply and demand Even the proteer left
with his losses if the public inegenty and consistently de-
clines to buy.
Speaking Of intelligent buying here menus served
for four selected with reference the mar
ket prices using the products that abundant instead of
those that temporarily The meal bought ' or
miss costs than twice much the other worth
the difference?
Cream Of tomato SOUP roast beef buttered cauifower
baked stuffed potatoes salad of celery water cre
with French dressng apricot whip (cost, $3.50
No
Cream of celery soup roast chicken mashed potatoes
tomato and lettuce salad with French dressing
Strawberries and (cost $345(
STATEMENT OF RETAIL PRICES STORES LOCAL..
TIES lapril 9.
prices in cents pound otaerlete sadl
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
More Coal Mined Than
Roads Can Handle

FOR more than a year the railways
have been unable to handle coal as fast
as 1T was produced and at present
some millions OF tons are heaped up
at the mines. A number OF importan. .
coal mines were annexed by iron COM
panies. and brown coal mines are also
being absorbed by various classes of
manufacturing companies. The price
Of coal was advanced three times last
year, making total rise Of about 81 80
a ton. Dividends of eight coal com
panies averaged for their last business
year (mostlv ended with June 80, 1910
1912 per cent, as compared with 9.55 per
cent for 19l3-14
trade. Smelling and rolling companies
are working full or more than full
time. There is great pressure from
the military authorities for iron and
steel products. Machinery factories are
embarrassed for lack Of steel, inasmuch
as the big steel companies are them
selves working up as much of their
product as possible into machinery and
vehicles. Automobile and motor fac
tories are especially crowded with
work. In the iron and steel industry
nineteen companies had average divi-
dends of IL per cent. compa%cd with
Z per cent. Twentythree machinery
and motor companies also averaged IS
per cent, against 30.
The shipyards are also working to
their highest capacity They are turn
ing out, besides war craft, much con-
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10

mercial tonnage, both for ocean traffic
and for internal waterways. A number
of new shipyards were established last
year, and not few of the existing
yards increased their capitals. Divl-
dends increased here ALSO eight com,
panes averaged 10 per cent. compared
with 6A per cent just before the war.
Grouping together, finally, nearly one
hundred companies in shoes and leather.
textiles, paper. -four, sugar and brew
ing. the average dividend was just a
little short of 13 per cent, as against
10 per cent for 19l3-'14. Some individ-
ual dividends are hard tC understand.
considering the hard conditions under
which Germany Is evidently living.
Thus tulle factory paid p per cent,
against rs per cent for 1915, and mir
ror glass concern paid 20 per cent, after
having passed its dividend for two
years. Were they also working on war
goods?
Industrial expansion assumed larger
proportions last year than at any time
since the war began. The new capital
absorbed through the establishment OF
new companies or the extension of ex-
isting ones. amounted to S31O 100000,
or little more than double the amount
taken in 1916. The companies in the
big dye trust called for $40 900 new
capital The calls for new capital
finally assumed such proportions that
the Federal Council. toward the end
OF the year, adopted decree making
il necessary to obtain the governments
permission to increase capital by
more than $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
Iron and Steel
Now a War Industry

The great iron and steel industry has
become practically a war industry,
though not actually made so by change
of organization; it was done by the
sheer volume of war orders, on which
the military authorities dictated the
specifications and finally the prices.
Not only orders for the goods wanted
we're sent in to the steel syndicate by
the military organizers, but often di-
goods should be produced. TIE coal
Industry, too, has become largely A
ministrant of the military service. The
great chemical factories have become
organizers and dispensers of death by
manufacturing poison gases for the
battlefront
The transformation of industries
from peace work to the production of
war necessities also made giant strides
after the "Hindenburg programme" was
taken up. At this moment there are
hnen factories iii Germany working on
purely military goods. Breweries. piano
factories and concerns formerly turn
Ing out other musical instruments, are
doing the same; even department stores
are big army contractors. IN short, the
tontacles of the great war octopus have
extended out IN every direction and
are sucking internal energy from in
dustrial tablishmcnts cf the most
multfarious character.
The sheer volume Of war business
carried out by German industries can
hardly be imagincd; but I want to
make a comparison here that will
vaguely suggest to the reader some
thing OF its dimensions. | want him
TO recall what happened here in our
American industries and on the New
York Stock Exchange within the first
year OF the war. England, France and
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
TRIBUNE INSTITUTE CONSUMERS, C,Jrps

HARDLY seems worth while to talk to New Workers about
the virtue that lies IN eggs when they are eating six hun
dred thousand dozens day which is almost twice the
normal consumption 49,
there Is more tonic and nutritive value in an EGG than
any concocon OF alcohol physc herbs that was ever
up up, ana aneled spring tonic The eggs already going
eol storage az hgh prices, eat them now No one
plopnesF wha} It VIII cost YOU to eat them next winter
me pfce OF the very best quality eggs carefully
oleo and ceNered to club members twelve dozen lots is
cents a dozen ~ ' "
~ % re nest OF pasteIzed butter in any quantity desired
cents pound Butter is concentrated milk and butter
a the fat with the maximum of vtazng properties for
growing children p>1 -
The club members who have bought the California pink
Deans nave without exception been enthusiastic over their
texture and taste Fvepound packages can be had for
cents winch saves you from to pound as contrastd
YIN she navy oea II you are afraid to take our word for
ana would lke sample pound package it can be furnished
of Is cents why dstrust bean because it is pink? When
cooked e are merely lit darker brown than those to which
you nave been accustomed Telephone Mornngsde 7795
place your order. 'eN
are over ~ cubs who find cooperative buying worth
while You can Judge from the fact that their orders
80 per cent larger this week than they week ago
,rh ~ u. - ~ d
Qhs eo"m" appears on Wednesday and Saturday. S.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
Hylan's Inquiry
Is Begun TO Weed
Out Health Board
MacBride Leads lnvestiga-
ton to Seek the ollie
gally Employed"

The Civil Service Commission started
after few more city Jobs for the
llylan faithfu!s yesterday, when the
investigation Of the Health Department
directed by the Mayor was begun at the
Office OF the commission. President
MncBride Of the commits sion. Health
Commissioner Amstcr and COmmis-
sioner of Accounts Hirshtield presided
jointly
The purpose. announced by Mayor
Hylan and President MacBride, is to
weed out persons "illegally employed"
under the civil service law and adduce
facts upon which to reOrganlzc COM
pleteiy the department. The report
was current in political circles yester
day that Mayor Hylan had asked Com
missioner Amste9 to remove some Of
the heads of various bureaus in the de-
partment. but that it was not found
feasible to do this, and the present in
Vestigatlon was started to accomplish
similar purpose. The impression is
gwen that the investigation plan will be
followed in other city departments.
The heads OF several bureaus in the
Health Department were called as wit
nesses yesterday, including Dr. Frank
krause. sanitary superintendent; L. G.
Brown, OF the bureau of food and
drugs; William j.. Guilfoy, register of
the bureau OF vital statistics, and Dr.
l.. Harris. director Of the bureau Of
preveniable Diseases
Mr. MacHlide said after the hear.
ing it hal hccM leaned that for a
GOOD many years the department had
hoen reporting tv .hc Charities Organi-
1ation Society all cases OF persons who
applied to the Health department for
medical treatment. MIR. MacBride de
olarcd 1t was improper that any one
applying for aid should have his pri-
vatc affairs made a record in the chari-
ties organization.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10

ket statistics the demand for men is
now about twice as great as the sup
ply. Women b. the millions have un-
der these circumstances taken up man.
work. And everywhere, as the German
papers emphasize, both men and women
are working with tremendous energy;
the thought is ever dinned into the,,
ears that hard work at home keeps the
battlefront intact
The process of industrial read ust-
ment Already described has now pro
cceded so far that the so-callcd pence
industries" are again coming into theil
own. Even manufacturing companies
that were not transformed TO war work
got excellent business results last year
after having suffered considerably dur
ing the previous two years. This wa:
the case with porcelain, crockery. glass
and furniture companies; wine dealers
and manufacturers of soft drinks have
also greatly profted by the shortage
of beer.
The general aspect of German bust
ness life at this moment is influenced
by two factors. The first is the ease
ond. the deprecated value Of money.
Not only are the great companies that
handle army contracts earning i'm
mense profits, but the labor that they
employ is earning much higher wages
than ever before.
The advance in wages has been very
marked. Transportation and express
employees at Berlin, for example, are
now earning SIS a week, as against
So before the war. There are, how
ever, large classes of the people whose
earnings have by no means kept pace
with the general rise in prices This
is the case with persons employed upon
fixed salary holding clerical
positions in private and even gov
eminent undertakings. teachers and
others not doing manual labor. But
whoever has Drawn instead Of brain
for sale is master OF the situation; his
wages are far above the peace level
The plethora OF deprecated money
easily earned tends to create a reckles S
scale of expenditure. Articles cf lux
u1y ave demanded Oh scale not knowl
even in peace times. Never. says one
writer. have such high prices been paid
as now for jewelry, pictures ard e.t
objects. The prices of all such things
not being controlled by the authorities
other goods
good index Of general conditions
was observed at the Lcipsic spring
fair, in the first week Of March. This
is a great exhibition of samples by
manufacturers, at whicn buyers ap
pear to place contracts for goods. This
fair was pronounced considerably more
successful than previous ones held dur-
ing the war; both exhibitors and buy
ers were more numerous than hitherto
Buying increased from day to day
whereas at previous war fairs buying
relaxed after the first day Here. too
there was heavy buying Of goods
classed lis luXuries. The demand fa.
self playing pianos and toys could
hardly be met; there We're big sales OF
monographs and other musical instrH-
ments.
Conditions in few OF the leading
industries may be briefly outlined here
The coal trade is working 20 its utmost
capacity with its insufficient labor sup
ply. By great eXcrtions its output La
year was increased somewhat ovcl
1916, and brown coal, or Ignite, even
exceeded the 80,00O,000 tons produc ed
in the last peacc yoar
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10

Russia were not able 20 manufacture
all the arms, munitions and other war
requisites that they needed, and hence
a part Of their orders were sent here
But certainly by far the greater part
Of their wants were supplied By their
own manufacturers.
Now, what was the effect upon or
industrial life Of these fractional or
tlcrs from The Entente? Many COM
panics were overwhelmed with work.
They sent out their agents all over the
country to bring in additional labor
by Offering unusually high wages. and
there are country districts to-day
where it is practically impossible 20
hire cook or other servant, SO clean
a sweep did the munitions factories
make of labor. Many mills greatly ex
tended their capacity; not few new
concerns were organized to run on VAR
orders. The profits of these companies
were immense, and the Stock Exchange
and the unorganized street market
went wild speculating in so-called war
babies" Sudden fortunes were made
in large numbers, both by stock specu-
lators and by the manufacturers them
selves. We had a war boom.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
By William c. Dreher
EinLllh irtl1

No other country has ever had TO
undertake such a big economic task as
Germany was confronted with after t
went to war. In previous articles
have attempted to give some concep-
ton of the difficulties OF that task as
affecting the civilian population-diiii-
culties involved in feeding and clothing
the people. But an even larger PRO-
lem had to be undertaken: the whole
economic system of the country had
to be modified for war work. 1t is a
war of industries, of machinery, and
economic Germany had to readj just
itself accordingly. Arms and ammuni
ton had to be manufactured on an un
hcard-of scale. The accessories Of
war-appliances. machines. materials
had to pc TUNED out in quantities that
no imagination had yet pictured.
People say that Germany had pre-
pared for the war, that everything was
in readiness before the Kaiser gave
the order for his legions to marcn.
But what should readiness mean when
measured, not by what the German
militarists thought would be necessary.
but according to the standard fixed BY
this world war itself? OF course, the
Germans had made all preparations
for such a war as they expected, but
they realized very soon, certainly after
the battle OF the Marne, that they wee
confronted with q problem that made a
mockery Of all their fine preparations
They soon saw that their dogs OF war
had flushed bigger game than spccifca-
tions called for and that they were
wofully unprepared for such war as
this.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
To Try Railroad Case

Judge IIough. il the Federal District
Court. yesterday denied motion 10
dismiss the suit brought by Edwin
Adams and others Of Nassachusetts.
minority stockholders OF the Ncw
1ofk' New Naven & Hartford Rail
road. against William Rockcfcller snd
other defendants of New York. and the
railroad, 20 turn over Sl65, 900 o0o.
which the plaintiffs contend was dis
sipatod.
This suit has been in the courts for
months and determined efforts have
been made to take it out of the Fed
cral courts and transfer il 10 tne
courts of Massachusetts The su,t
found lodgment in the Federal courts
ON the basis of diversity Of ctizensh,n,
the plaintiffs being citizens Of Massa
chusctts, the individual defendants
citizens OF New York, and the rn,lroud
being designated as under jurisdict;on
OF Connecticut.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
Problem Marked Prcpara-
tons 1eutons Had Been
Making for Forty Years
Shells Shot Away
Within Six Months
Industries Revolutionized by
Hindenburg Programme;
Readjusting Now for Peace

NOTE.-J'ntU the outbreak Of
qcor betwccn the United States and
Germany Mr. Dreher had been for
gears The Associated Press COR
respondent at Berlin. specializing
IN financial. economic and political
subjects. He has, there fore, q rery
ride kaowledge Of the sources and
nature Of Gcrmony's Industrial
poace7', aud also an tnnsual under-
standing Of Germony's emotions.
In this and succeeding articles he
arW digest all upoiloble ccidence
as to the conditions now cristiag
IN the land Of the enemy ard droaU
such conclusions as seem 10 him to
be uor-runted.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
Berlin Speculated
In "War Babies

The Stock Exchange, just as with US,
sensed this result at a very early date
and the speculation in war babies
became hardly less active in Berlin
than it was at New York There, too,
the quotations of industrial shares
were driven up to double or three
fold their previous prices. SO active
Was speculation, although the Boerse
vas not officially in existence at all,
that the government on several occa-
sions threatened to shut it up alto
gethcr. Even during 1917 there was a
further considerable rise in prices; it
ranged from so to 200 on many in
dustrials. on top of the big gains pre-
viously registered
OF course, one of the early effects of
the war was to throw large numbers
Of workmen out Of employment. This
was particularly the case in the tex
tilc industry. But the demand for
labor in other Industries became ever
greater. Even the railways and the
post and telegraph service, many of
whose employees had been called to the
colors. became active bidders for help.
Thus tho unemployed labor was easily
and quickly absorbed in other work,
and even so the demand was far from
satisfied.
According to the latest labor mar
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
O'Leary Trial Postponed
Editor Of "Bull" Recovering
From Operation

The trial of Jeremiah Leary, edi-
tor OF an alleged scditious publication
known as "Bull.' was postponed until
May 6. in tho Federal District Court,
by Judge Augustus Hand yesterday
wher Thomas Fielder chief OF O'Leary's
counsel. asked for an adjournment be-
cause Of the illness of his client.
OLeary was operated on for ap-
pendicitiS in st. GATHERINGS Hospital
Brooklyn, last Thursday. Assistant
United States Attorney Earl Barnes.
who appeared for the government,
made no objection TO the delay.
Luther S. Bedford and A. Stern, CO.
defendants with OLeary. were IN
court. Their cases were put over also
until May 6. Bedford previously re-
Quested that William Sulzer be rc-
tanned to act as his attorney. Mr.. Sui
zer has declined to handle the case
and Bedford said that he would 20 to
trial without counsel
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
Germanys Economic Task After War Began
Greater Than That of ANY Other Country

turning shells into shape: and some
"hat later 1t was making swords.
Such examples could be multiplied
by the thousands, even in the earlier
stages or the war; but in August. 1916,
rev chapter IN the transformation
OF industries was opened Az that
tune ilndenhurg was made chief Of
the General Staff. He became the su-
preme war lord de facto. the Kaiser
remaining only the nominal posscssor
OF that title. One of the first things
that liindenburg did was to announce
the so-called "Hindcnburg programme"
Tor the$doubling Of the output of arms
and ammunition, with a due increase
IN all accessories necessary on the two
fronts.
hat demand meant Tremendous
speeding up and extension of the in
dustrlal machinery of war. 1t soon
became evident that whole industries
would have to be dealt with as units
and put into the service of the mill
cary power. The process of putting n-
dustrics upon IA VI footing had al
ready made considerat lie progress, but
after the "Hindenburg programme"
was launched this leadjustment and
consolidation OF Industries assumed
much larger proportions
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
immense Task TO
Change Industries

20 put an industry upon war foot
Ing meant this: To ascertain how many
establishments in it were necessary for
producing the goods pensably
needed by the civil population then
to shut down or divert to war produc
ton all the others. In carrying out
this programme it became necessary,
IN the case of not few industries. to
bring all producers into one great or
ganization. in which the government -
or in straight English, the military
power the presiding genius.
The prototype of such "Zwangs
Zyndi kat" or compulsory trust, WAS al
ready in existence. Already several
years before the war the Reichstag
had passed q law virtually compelling
the potash companies to come toseth er
in an ironbound trust. with the Prus
sian government as principal member.
The latter state had also arrogated to
itself predominant position in the
great coal trust, atter practically fore
ing the operating companies to keep
up an organization that was threatened
else with extinction.
Thus the strait jackcting of indus
tries was not wholly an innovation;
the war only hurried forward the proc
ess on q grander scale. The movement
was by no means agreeable as a rule
l" .Ac man "a actuteiS themselves, Du0
not all industries objected. The ce-
ment manufacturers even appealed
themselves TO the government, after
they had long tried in vain to get to-
:-ether, and at their solicitation several
syndicatcs were organized, covering the
different parts of the country The
government is, in each case, the opera
tor behind the scenes that makes the
puppets dance. Arrangement more or
less similar were made covering sugar,
shoes and leather, soap, paper, -four
mills. breweries, some products of the
chemical trade and not few others