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New-York tribune., 1918-08-19

remaining IN his pocket could retire
With the privilege Of in.bibing enough
liquor to tender him unconscious for
hours AMI o.. spending those hours OF
oblivion sprawlcd on the bare floor Of
the "Felvet Room"
Blear-Eyed Old Man
He survived even tn e sightseeing
day Of the Bowery, doddering, blear-
eyed. unkempt old man who shivered
through the winter and cheated Pot
sisted of loating through Mott Street
in the early evening when the women
OF the Chinese quarter yAVned in up
per windows and cried: Boy, oh, boy,
take this can to the corner"
But something vital that he brought
from the mountains on the further side
Of Champlain still stirred in what had
been Doc Floods heart, and winters
frosts, the airs of Chinatowns women
and cirrhoss of the liver were power
less to kill it. When the sap stirred
slugglshly in the forlorn. eXiled trees
in Mulberry Bend something re-
sponded in the inncrmost shrine of
Doc Floods shabby, heshy sanctuary
Salina Answers Appeal
He fought it with the weapons which
that Jade, the Bowery, had placed in
his hands, as he had fought it year by
year for more than two generations
But it won, and last week Ethan Allen
GreenWay did what Doc Flood had been
afraid 70 do for all the years he
wrote to Salina Worthington back in
the Green Mountains and told her
bravely that he had been coward,
but that he intended to die a man
hy I1o ri ,oI,
juvenated the Bowery yesterday, Sa-
lima Worthington still lived, spinstcr
and alone, on that farm, and telegram
which arrived at dingy lodging house
told Ethan Allen Greenway that she
was coming to New York to take him
back to the Green Mountains, where
they would be married.
telegram for Doc Flood could not
be KEEP, from the Bowery-or what was
left of it. The news was passed from
Chatham Square to Houston Street and
eyes klndled with memories of hopes
that were dead and those who heard it
resolved that Miss Salina Worthington
should not be ashamed of "Doc" nor
he OF tbc Bowcry.
"Doc" Regenerated
SO that was why when the "Doc" ap-
peared in his old haunts yesterday ac-
companied by timid. frai old lady,
who wore black dress with jet orna
mcnts and q little black hat with pur-
pie flowers in it, he wore clean linen,
gorgeous new cravat, suit of
clothes which no one outside the Bow
cry would know had ever seen Baxter
Street. and why his beard was freshly
trimmed an. a carriage waited TO take
him and his bride wherever they chose
10 go. But the new light in Doc
Floods eyes had been kindled. not only
by .he kindness Of the Bowcry and the
presence of Miss Salina Worthington
but by that something within hin,
which had responded to the bedragglcd d
howery spring time for more than
forty ears.
Mig Worthington shook hands stiff
~ with more people than she ever had
met in her life before. She thought
they were "very nice" because they
Thought so much Of Ethan.' She saw.
Chinatown as few visitors TO New York
have seen it and when she drove of
With Ethan Allen Greenway to the
Grand Central Terminal and the Green
.Aountaira haNdi.orchicrs huttered
from almost every window ard Mis-.
Salina turned stily in her sent and
waved her parasol
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19

old woman who were bringing up the
rear OF q procession passing through
the tunnel extending from the down
town platform Of the Manhattan local
line to the maze of alleys leading to the
Brooklyn train platforms we're attacked
from behind BY the flying vanguard of
another trainful Of passengers. The old
woman fell, but the two old men man
aged to keep their, balance as they
were showed along
Every Train Has It's Thrills
During the rush hours on these three
days there was hardly p single Sea
Beach or West End train that pulled
out of Canal Street without some scene
Of violence. Generally it took the form
of closing sliding doors OH passengers
that overfowed tho jammed coaches.
Passengers were pinned between door
and jamb. When the doors were re-
leased husky platform guards stuffed
the obtruding members in or pulled
them out. il the packed crowd inside
failed 10 yield sufficient room.
1t is almost impossible to give any
intelligent description Of this amazing
underground puzzle Of station. How
ever, it is divided into three main sec
tions:
I. The Manhattan local station. serv-
ing the Times Square Rector Street
branch Of the B. r. r.
2. Tho upper level station, serving
the Broadway a." Canarsie, the Myrtle
Avenue and Jamaica lines.
3. The lower level. serving the
Sea Beach and West End lines of the
Fourth Avenue system to Concy Island.
A Choice Of Transfers
The passengers from the Manhattan
local trains have to walk underground
through picture puzzle tunnels Il dis
tance Of from one and a half to two
and q half blocks; or, if they choose,
they can get transfers, climb out OF tho
Manhattan local subway station at
Canal Street and wall. two blocks from
Broadway over to Centre StIcct. elmo
down another system of stairways and
eventually, by persistent walking, cl
bowing. pushing and showing. they may
reach the platform where their train
stops to be packed by B. r. 7. guards.
During the early rush hours the
schedule of the B. r. r. is maintained
fairly we'll. Sea Beach and West End
trains operate on from six to seven
minutes headway The Canarsie, Ja-
maca and Myrtle Avenue lines run
bravely on three to five minute sched-
ule until the congestion al Essex Street
and the Williamsburg Bridge begins to
be reflected through the whole system.
Thereafter the schedule proves to be Of
the haphazard sort.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
Shots Kill Hotel Man:
Drug Fatal to Bride

The body Of j. Otto Dutton. pro-
prietor of the Sunset Inn, North Ber-
gen. n. j., was found riddled with
bullets yesterday morning in a room
at the inn. His wife was lying uncon-
selous in another room, suffering from
the effects of some unknown drug. She
died later. without speaking.
Police were unable to determine
whether the tragedy was the result OF
a quarrel between husband and wife or
whether the couple had been attacked
by an outsider: Mr. and Mrs. Dutton
had been married only two months
telephone call from an unknown
woman received early in the morning
by the police brought officers TO the
inn. Mrs Dutton was lying under the
telephone and it is believed She WAS
overcome while trim to summon helm.
\ revolver with five exploded cartridges
waa found by buttons body.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
ST.. Schoonmaker.
General Electric
Officer, Ends Life
Kills Himself With Re-
volver in Summer Home
Near Locust Valley

LOCUST VALLEY. l.. l., Aug. 1s.-.
SylVanus Lathrop Schoonmakcr. secrc-
tary and director OF the General Elec-
trio Company, and a director in several
other corporations, shot and killed
himself early this morning in his sum
mcr home. Rosebane, in the Bridge
Hall section of the North Shore.
Mr.. Schoonmakcr had been meian-
choly for some time and two nurses
were in attendance on him, Not long
after midnight he left one of them to
&C to his bathroom and the next in
slant two revolver shots aroused the
household. Mrs Schoormaker ran from
her apartment. but was prevented from
entering The bathroom at once lest the
shock prove too great
Adolph Fabrichus, the butler, en-
tered the room first. Mr.. Schoonmakcr
in his evening clothes, was stretched
motionless on the floor A revolver
lay beside him. but not until Fabrichu.
had turned the body over was he con-
vinced Mr.. Schoonmaker had shot hiIs-
Seii. l w DuiIet HO!eS were lOun0 close
together behind his right ear
Summoning Louis Lafare, superin-
tendcnt Of the estate. Fabrichus got
into an automobile and drove to this
place, where he aroused DR.. William
II. Zabrskie and took him back to
Rosebank. The bricfest examination
was sufficient to convince the physician
that Mr.. Schoonmaker had been killed
outright.
Justice of the Peace Edward Bcasy.
who also is coroner. was notified, and
after a brief inquiry into the circum
stances granted permission for burial.
Charles A. Coffin, chairman of the
board OF directors of the General Elec
trio Company, visited Roscbank to-
night. and it is believed ARRANGEMENTS
for the funeral have been made, but no
announcement was made
Besides being secretary and treas
urer of the General Electric Company,
Mr. Schoonmakcr held the same posi-
tion in the Montreal Locomotive Works.
Limited, OF which he was a director,
and was q director Of the American
Beet Sugar Company, Chicago Junction
Railway and Union Stock Yards Com
pany, Norfolk Southern Railroad Com
pany and the Woodward Iron Company.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
Traffic Accidents
Kill 2 and Injure IL;
Another Drowned

Peace time casualties in the vicinity
of New York numbered fourteen yes
terday, of whom two were killed and
twelve hurt in traffic accidents. while
one was drowned.
Mrs Rose Friedlander. 1914 Prospect
Avenue. The Bronx was killed a. Pros
pect Avenue and Holmes Street by an
automobile, owned and driven by Louis
Weintraub. 1885 Prospect Avenue. Ly-
man Van Orden 96 Washington Ave
nue., Newark. a lncman, was killed by
Central Railroad of New Jersey pas
senger train at Port Newark Terminal
Fred Clay, 126th Street and Lexington
Avenne. was drowned off Layton Ave
nue., The Bronx, when boat in which
he and his two brothers were rowing
capsized.
Dazzled by the headlights of another
car. Frederick Farwell, of the Hotel
Osborne, New Rochelle drove his auto
mobile, containing four other persons,
into a hydrant on New Rochelle Road
opposite Hunters Point Inn, wrccking
the car and injuring all in it. John
O.csicld, broker, also of the Hotel
Osborne, suffered a fractured skull and
was taken to the New Rochelle Hos
pisAl. The others were able to 90 home.
Hamburg Avenue car hit a car
riage owned and driven by Sam Mates,
Of 1862 Lewis Street, at Rockawav Ave
nue. and Avenue N, Brooklyn. Mates
and four others received minor in
lurics. Otto Schoeck, of CAS- Fa:rmont
Place, West New York, y. J.. had
climbed to the running board Of an au
tomobilc with which his car had been
in collision a. the "Holc in the Wall''
on the road from South Amboy to Key
port y. J.,, and was dcman6ing the
other drivers license number when tho
latter started his car, THROWING o
Schoeck TO the ground His collarbonc
"as broken, and he was taken to st.
IIarnabas Hospital. Newark
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
6 Burned in Home Nav
Have Been Murdered

RINGHAMTON. N. Y, Aug lS.~Tho
charrcd bodies Of Philip Roth, his wife
and five children have been found in
the ruins Of their homo twelve miles
east Of Will,eyville, Tioga County. The
house. which was in n remote section.
had been burned Saturday night.
County officiaa investiGating TO- day
room in which the bodice lay. A hole
in the skull Of enc Of the victims led
10 the belief that Mi may hive been
murdered and the house fred to con
eoal the crime. The Roths came from
Ari1ona about eight years ago and
bought the farm on which they lived.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
Lewis Again Attacks
Whitman, Pointing to
Subway Breakdown

Attorney General Lewis. candidate
in the Republican primaries against
Governor Whitman, yesterday attacked
the Governor for not relieving The tray
cling public from the vexations and
annoyances incident to the breakdown
Of the aew subway shuttle service a.
the Grand Central Station. The A,
toney General said Mr.. Whitman has
power to appoint q comm ssioner who
shoTld be able to recommend corrcc-
ticn Of thc existing subway abuses.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
Wonderland. R,underlaud

Willie in Wonderland, four years ,oo
Dreaming OF watching the waves at Ror.
dcaux: " "'
Kidding himself .fat no legion o. shin
F5ins his standard could falter or slip:
Iiandin9 out crosses to any one Who
Brought him the corpse of a baby or I've,
Willie in Biunderland. frantic and bin.
Now hears this throb in his beaA You arc
through'
Swears az his armies retreat on the run.
Led by hia yellow though favo-ite son
ShCdders in dread Mt the Thought Of a hoo.
Helping him on down the e!ippery chute.
LESLIE ALAN TAYLOR
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
An Attack on Excess Profits"

Behind the resolution the Croer BILL Ito and
impose taxes profits ren introduced House
Representatives June 21 1t provides for
above cent of the effect for the
September 80 1916 Unlike Congress- regulation of
ngton D. c., national application Justly
would end the problem New Yorfor
Back of the Crosser bill is the founding June
League 1t teeth" of the local agitation
of the Socialist activity which has red Aldermen ire
ciy board by Mardn, the So
cialt the Woman's Trade Union
League of America Another active factor the Assembly,
Orr of the Socialists Albany;
committee.
The president of the league Rose Schnedermann
of the Womans Trade Union League A H. HoNand
daily, "The Call committee Mrs
Mardfn is executive
The league dramaizes the tenants
actually only small proportion PAYERS
but it considerable body agitan New
Workers.
The programme laid by League is this
The by of the reg
ulation,
The convening Of special of the Legislature
by Governor Whitman consider pass
rent measure
STRIKE!
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
"Oh the Wild Charge They Made"

&c. II: b submits the following
paragraph from letter from his
brother, now in n hospital in France:
| heard a very interesting little tale OF
.ne .!1' neFmans' bravery last night. curing this
.re5h- ar:ve of theirs One OF che patients
'o.d mo that when they came over thee
wer" Two barragc-. one that preceded then,
10 hil oil amy OF tie Allie, Shat nigh, hs
nv nv ''e "iy, and another that followed them
t,.n, ,.n' Would hlli or any Germans that might
'ceI Ike rctrcatinE
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
The Tenants Strike
Which may begin on
moving day in October
The Tenants League
The teeth of the
"sOolk-out" agitation
The Great
Rent Feud
BY Kenneth Mcgowan

BY Kenneth Mcgowan
NLEss President Wilson Congress Governor Whitman a
~ something drastic the landlords of New had ~
make this entry their ~
October Frst-About this time look ont
Moving Day for tenants strike.
That the threat of the Greater New York Ieepe
become fact mighty fact for this city modern M
dweer unless part remedial proposals on ~
goes through
For New Yorker agitation resoni.
introduced by Alderman, Alexander and na
by the board July l6 1917:
Whereas New York
have increased the the of their properties
amount,
Whereas In OF crisis special mpor.
the of the without
the of actua necessity,
Whereas, single city o.
locality
Resolved By the 0 New
% That the OF IN.
United speedily legislation
hbt n and
Of be the
of the United Speaker Of
the House
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
Is This Prohteering?

typical among VIII
o the league:
Charlotte formerly nows
in 70
be
West Nnetyhfh October
PHI DAILY Street three s2l So -
2C20 Washington another aoVsh
go East l34th 81 SIS ="
in wratet o s29
The officers Of the Tenants that gen
throughout the city and in all grades of They bee'
the figures they and that large p
tion of New Workers with such raises They '
further that conditions the ncon
the that the otns
landlord his rents to S
degree
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
What Tenants Strike Will Be

Here is the picture conured the
In the fall thousands Workers pay
creased will be homeless will
modations with landlords branded "unfa
scarcity of the building will
of the "strikers' into the
The league will do its best storage
families at
with members who,
landlords will have been ordered To the rest
hire hal'
And all the time the strikers will be pickeng unfair telling
prospective tenants of the strike
the offending landlords
Maybe that will violence. Maybe at
will the most picturesque strike New
won't be heathfu srkefor city
1--WE hold big
tenber 25 to national action Mardn "0t
the landlords don't reduce their thousands
tenants will walk out that day
Calling Out the Strikers
The first of the
gnae apartment houses where the unfair All members
Of the league residing such will be eN
belongings will be big job but the will accomplish
minimum of The will until
such time the strike 1t will stu&
ton for accommodations for its striking members.
This will provide for only Another large
will be taken voluntarily by members Landlords have
been given clean bill health The the
growth OF this the landlords p
matters plans housing army Of strikers
temporary halls large buildings
In the three and half months the held It's
first the Peoples Fifteenth present
headquarters has small of volunteer busy can
membership at 81 10 lhroug
these through hall Mrs
claim established
the landlords all pro-
ao luQo
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
Shoes and Ships
And Sealing Wax
OUR own WAR ANTHOLOGY

Trench Mud
i1e Rare heard of Teros g71mbo
Ard the mud IN the Philippines,
Where, though ace had legs like
Jumbo,
The mud would couer our jeans.
But neuer did aUe get chance
TO feel real ,,atd till tUe hit Fronce.
Our shoes are deep IN 1t,
We often sleep i's it,
We almost aveep az tt
It's euery'ohere.
We haze to fight IN il,
A nd reast oar spite IN it,
We look q sight IN it,
But We don't care
Tie mad that lies ~ No Mans
Is as fhicL: on, the other side.
And WLere the Germans nuk:e their
stand
Is whers lceW mule them slide.
For ou, ho0-noued shoes quiU force
irdy,
And 1ce'N hnoch; item cold-tor thc
L. S. A.
Though zee must cat IL, it,
Wash orr feet IN 1t.
TRY to look neat IN it,
This mad ard slime.
Though we get sore IN 1t,
Crum6le and roo5 a. it,
Wen win the aVor in IT
In o2,r good time.
SERGEANT ZWERLING,
305th Infantry. A. +. F.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
Wars Horrid Front"

deafentd by bomb outrages long ago
Wars Horrid Front"
An old-tirle Broadwayita used to say
that Broadway and Forty second Street
was the most blase corner in tht world.
1t was and is thrill proof. An actor,
under the spell Of his press agent,
walked past the corner one winter day
some years ago ;ncased in a barrel
after hi: show had burgeoncd and
bloomed for one night only. Nobody
paid any attention to him and he did
rot achieve the first pages
The other day the Broadway corner
finally got it's thrill Out Of a subway
kiosk came a soldier with one sleeve
Tapping loosely. With his only re-
naming arm he was plotting another
soldier who had one trouser leg pinned
UP neatly around the stump that told
the story
Trains came to sudden halt Every
body ga2ed at the pair, and a few, feel
ing they were on hallowcd ground. re-
moved their hats. while others became
self appointed policemen and made a
path for them to a surface car The
conductor of the surface car. blue
jowled and ferocious looking, made it
his personal business to assist the two
seats for them With scant courtesy. It
was left to the cver-present street
ganin to express the spirit Of the
crowd.
"Gee'' he chortled. "ain't them guys
some sweet patooties!"
"A!though his acquaintance with our
national game is probably not very ex-
tensive,' says Don Pedro" ""the Grown
Prince stands in q fair way to be
chrlstened Home Run Heinc'"
Musings Of Omar karjam
"ake, for the sun has donncd his
morning dress.
Brass knuckles now upon each finger
press
And take at least TWO blackjacks ard
club
We gotta board a Brooklyn Bridge
express.
A sign on the door Of the First Pres
byterian Church. Twelfth Street and
Fifth Avenue, reads:
DANGER FROM ABOVE. LOOK OUT,
But those who peer upward fearfullv.
expecting Divine Intervention. see oniv
workmen repairing the steeple
And. speaking OF signs. although TO
our knowledge We never laid cves on
F. j. Dnhill, OF New Haven, Conn. wc'l
take his tip and leave him a clear road
Directly across from the railron i
station in that city the followin q
smites the eye:
DANGER,
f. J. Dahill at Work.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19

Germans are wail;ng loudly over
raids on the Rhine cities, but the AL
lies can't hear 'em. Their ears were
deafentd by bomb outrages long ago.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-17
FLAYS GERMAN RULERS
Macmillan Harden |ntimates
Policy Is Disastrous.
Garry on Tradition of Power of the
Sword While PROCESSING
Democratic Aims.

London, July ia current number
of Die Zukunft contains a sharp in.
dictment of the rulers of Germany by
Macmillan Harden
The holders of high Offices, he is
quoted as saying by the Rotterdam
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph.
when it seems useful to themselves.
profess to favor new world order OF
democracy and national peace, but
they really are only carrying on the
tradition of the power of the sword
mo high parsonage in the German
empire" he says, wishes to see set
up league of nations, adhesion to
which has been declared by the states
OF North and South America and rep.
resentatives of England, France, Italy,
Canada, Australia and India. The con-
tinuance of endeavors to conceal this
fact has become unnecessary since
Brest-Litovsk and Bucharest.
I'VE know what the enemy wants
and we know that we have a govern.
ment which, calling itself PAM German
or whatever else it likes, only expects
peace through the might of the army
and feels certain of obtaining it in a
short time. We may be certain that
no words of theirs will ever gain belief
anywhere"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-17
WHEAT PRICES ARE NAMED
Conditions Governing U. S. Purchase
Of Cereal Announced.

Washington, July 16-Food Admin.
lstrator Herbert c. Hoover's plan of
wheat and flour control and condi.
lions governing the purchase of wheat
by the government grain corporation
have been made public.
The corporation will purchase, at
stated prices, wheat graded according
to the department of agriculture grade
revision The prices which will be
paid at the primary markets for the
basic Wheats, No. 1 northern spring,
No. hard winter, No. l red winter,
No. l durum, and No. l hard white,
follow:
New York, $2.3eH; Philadelphia,
$3.50; Baltimore, $2.3S%; Newport
News, $23S%; Duluth, $2.221; Min.
neapolis, $2.21h; Chicago, 1926; St.
Louis, 1924; Kansas City, $2.1S; Oma.
ha, $2.18; New Orleans, 1928; Gal.
weston, 1928; Tacoma, 1920; Seattle,
1920; Portland, 1920; Astoria; $3.50;
San Francisco, $3.50; Los Angeles,
1920. Intermountain f. O. b., outgoing
car basis, 81.
The food administration grain cor
poration will buy warehouse receipts
In approved elevators at principal pri-
mary markets,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-17
AMERICA AND ENGLAND
BY GIDEON HOE
Of tho Viollantes.

Chester NJ. Wright, member Of the
New York Typographical union, and
managing editor of the American Al
lance for Labor and Democracy, at
present In Europe as one of the rep
resentatives of labor who went abroad
recently to reassure our allies of our
temper and sentiment In the war has
been writing some very interesting re-
ports of his present experiences.
The following paragraphs are illumi-
mating. They show the rapid growth
Of better understanding and warmer
fellowship between the English and
American free peoples:
1.-THE English look to America as
to brothers; they look upon Amerl-
cans with affection. And their ad-
miration for our president knows no
bounds. When they hear the splendid
story Of our trade union movement and
it's firm position they know that Amer
lea will make good. Having made
mistakes themselves, they know we
have made them, too, and will make
more. They understand US better
than we have imagined.
Here are two indications OF the
British regard for America. The
American mission visited Warwick to
be guests for day at the historic
castle, built in the thirteenth century.
America is as mythical to the humble
folk Of Warwick town as Warwick is
to most Americans. But the mayor
ordered the American flag flown dur
ing our visit. It was the first time an
American flag had ever flown to the
breeze In Warwick. Last night I Wis.,
tied theater-the Adelphia. A musi-
cal comedy was on the boards. Two
thirds Of the chorus costumes con-
tanned the American colors. There
were Uncle Sans and American cow
boys and Goddesses of Liberty. The
theaters have been doing this since
we came into the war. They overlook
no way here of showing affection for
America. America must overlook no
way of making good!
1--WE were on the sea on April 6, the
anniversary of our entry into the war.
The event was celebrated, and those
who spoke most feelingly for America
were Canadian and British soldiers.
"The same love for democracy and
freedom that fires America and thrills
her people inspires and thrills the peo-
pie Of England. AS many as must
will die for the cause. The Hun can
be saved. The free people Of the
world are bound in a new and indis-
soluble unity.'