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New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
MacEwan in Collision
At 90 Miles an Hour
Gardner on Converse Estate
Tells Coroner of Fatal
Crash

GREENWICH, Conn, May 1o-The
automobile in which Charles E. Mac
Evan. New York broker, was killed
early yesterday, was travelling at
sixty miles an hour when the accident
occurred, according to testimony of
William Graham before Coroner Phe-
Ian, here to-day. Graham, head
gardener on the estate of f. c. Con-
verse, near here, was driving the car
with which Mr.. MacEwan's machine
collided.
A. w. W. Marshall, vice president OF
the Greenwich Trust Company, testi-
fed that Mr.. MacEwan had come to
Greenwich to search for a summer
home, that he had visited at the Mar
shall home and afterward taken Mr..
Marshalrs car to go for a drive.
George A. Finn, clerk employed by
the Greenwich Trust Company, ac-
companied him. Finn is unconscious
in the Greenwich Hospital.
Mr. MacEwan lived at 124 West
Seventy second Street, New York, sin
which city he was born forty-nine
years ago. His office was at 1855
Broadway. He is survived by his wife
and one SON.. Funeral services will
be held Monday at IL a. m. in the
Funeral Church, Broadway and Sixty
sixth Street, New York.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
Calls Supreme Court
As His First Witness

The first witness that | would call is
the Supreme Court Of the United States
in the case OF Crowley vs.. Christensen,
1871 Us. IS:
by the general concurrence of
opinion in every civilized and Chris
sian community, there are few
sources Of crime and misery to So
ciety equal 10 the dramshop. The
statistics Of every state show
greater amount OF crime and misery
attributable to the use of ardent
spirits obtained at these retail liquor
saloons than to any other cause"
And another decision by the same
august body in the case OF Mugler VS..
Kansas, 123 L. S. eos, which reads:
ut is not necessary. for the sake
CT justifying the state legislation
now under consiaerarteE 20 array the
appalling statistics et misery, pau
perism and c-I-s witch have their
origin in the Ese or abuse of ardent
spirits"
The Supreme Court of nearly every
state of the Union might be sub
ponaed to give like evidence. but
would next call the Supreme Court OF
tne State % Iowa. In Pearson VS.. In
iernational Distillery, 722 Iowa, 348, the
eourt said:
THE evils arising from the use of
Intoxicating liquors are numerous
and affect the people collectively
and Individually. Idleness, poverty,
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
Miss Julia Talcott Engaged

Announcement has been made of the
engagement OF Miss Julia Lake Talcest,
daughter OF J. Frederick TSlcott, of
l6 East Sixty-sixth Street, to Lieuter-
ant Thomas NJ. Mcmillan, jr., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas M. Mcmillan. Of
Mobile, Ala. Miss Talcott. who is a
dcbutante OF this year and a member
of the Junior League. is a sister of
James Ta!cott, jr., who married Miss
Mary S. Johnson, of Boston, and of
Ensign Hooker Talcott, Y. S. N; Il. Her
mother, who was Miss Frank V. Craw-
ford, died few years ago. She is .
granddaughter Of Mrs. James Talcott
and niece of Mrs. Warner NJ. Van
Norden.
Lieutenant Mcmillan is q graduate Of
yersity Of pennsylyania Medical School,
class 1T. He is now completing prep
arations in this city for services over
seas.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
Many Actors Attend
Marcus Mayer Funeral
Veteran Manager Died in Long
Island Sanitorium

The funeral services Of Marcus
Mayer. the retired theatrical manager,
who died in a Long Island sanatorium
on Wednesday, were held yesterday at
the Masonic Temple, Twenty third
Street and Sixth Avenue. Many actors
and playwrights were present, most
Of them members of the Lambs Club.
where Mr.. Mayer had spent most of
the time since his retirement ten
years ago. He was almost eighty
years old.
He was seized with the illness
which resulted in his death while at
dinner at the Lambs Club on Decem-
ber 81, 1917. Three years before he
had been stricken with partial paraly-
sis.
After varied career of mining,
pony express riding and newspaper
work, Mr. Mayer entered theatrical
work as manager Tor Julia Dean
Hayne. In the fifty years following
he managed many stars. including
Sarah Bernhardt, Edwin Booth, Lily
Langtry, Adelina Patti, Sir Henry
Irving and Fanny Davenport.
He arranged the first American and
several European and Far Eastern
tours for Nine. Bernhardt
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
Herman Robinson

Herman Robinson, Commissioner ol
Licenses under the late Mayor Gaynor
and one of the best known trade union.
lists in the United States, died at his
home. S0I Cauldwell Avenue, The
Bronx, Thursday night. He was fifty
two years old.
Mr.. Robinson was identified with the
labor movement in New York for thirty
five years, representing the American
Federation of Labor in this city for
thirteen. For ten years he was secre-
tary of the Central Federated Union
He was for many years member of
the executive committee OF the United
Garment Workers of America.
Since the formation of the American
Alliance for Labor and Democracy, Mr.
Robinson had been prominent in its
affairs, arranging the convention ir
Minneapolis to Offset the activities OF
the pro-Germans
The funeral will take place from his
home Sunday morning at 10 o'clock.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
Accepts Challenge of H. J..
Kaltenbaoh to Prove Case
Against Alcohol
75Per Cent of Crime
Charged to Saloons
Editor of The American
Issue Quotes Courts,
Doctors and Dry"
Governors

From the prohibition ranks have
s,me some interesting replies to the
,ha,lenee Of Henry j, kaltenbach,
urin.ed last week. AS president of
rho New York State Liquor Deal
srs' Association. he wrote:
II now offer to pay to the Red
Cross the sum Of $4,000 on the pro-
duction of the official records, such
,s would be considered evidence in
court of law. to prove that the
use Of alcoholic beverages is the
chief factor in causing insanity,
crime, poverty and disease.
The following letter from Samuel
Wilson, editor Of The American
Issue" official organ of the Anti
Saloon League Of New Jersey, al
,empts to meet Mr.. Kaltenbach's
challenge:
T. the Editor Of The Tribune,
Sir: note in your valued paper of
Msy the communication signed Henry
J. Kaltenbach president OF the New
York Safe Liquor Dealers Association.
OF course. there is string attached
10 his munihcent offer. and that is "the
PRODUCTION OF official recorus." should
like greatly to earn his $4,000 for the
Red Gross, and beg to submit below evil
dence from Official records and from
rspu,able witnesses. such as would be
tlassed as experts in any court of law,
sondsmning alcoholic beverages as the
shief factor in causing insanity, crime,
roverty ard disease. The public will be
the jury, ard it will be up to the Red
Cross 70 collect the $4,000 from Mr..
Kal;erbach. But ! would advise very
PROMPT action. as the liquor traffic is
doomed 10 bankruptcy in the very near
fu.,lre
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
|, 900 Girls in Song and Pageant
Vainly Ask Mayor for New School
Miss Adeline Eldrdge in Greek Robes Tells Hylan Of
Impossible Conditions at Julia Richman Hi gh, but
He Refers Them to Whitman

One thousand girls of the Julia Rich
man high school called on Mayor Hylan
yesterday afternoon in City Hall Park
10 ask for q new school building. In
song, speech and pageant they told him
of their need for better housing and
equipment, but instead Of promising
them his personal aid, as they had
hoped, the Mayor referred the girls to
Governor Whitman. He agreed en-
phatically that a new building was
needed, however.
I'VE cannot help you very much" he
told them. until the pay-as-you-go law
is repealed. | advise you all, therefore
TO write letters TO Governor Whitman
and urge him TO approve that bill"
The Mayor was addressed by one of
the girls, Miss Adelinc Eldridge. who
il a white Greek robe. told the Mayor
and the six members of the Board Of
Education who were also present, of
the horrors of going to school in a
preCivil War building.
"We are scattered family of $780,
she said. eve are housed in six build
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11

ings. Our main building Is sevsnty-one
years old. We have poor lights, bed air,
worn-out equipment, no lockers, no
gymnasium. no lunch room, no library.
no auditoriums. We eat in the hall or
basement, standing up. We must carry
all our books and papers all day We
have the enthusiasm. the purpose. the
spirit. But we need more opportunity.
We need building. VIII you give as
ore. Sir. Mayor
The speaker was accompanied BIZ a
pageant of girls in costume. represent
ing the various student activities Of the
school. A school bank, school news
paper, cooperative store. and the
Julia Richman record for the Liberty
Loans were all pat forth rs evidence
that the girls are deserving of a new
and modern building.
The Mayor declared tkst he had no
idea such condition IS Miss Eldridge
described existed in any school in New
York City. and said that II the pay-as-
you-go law was repealed he was sure
the Board of Education ard the Board
Of Estimate and Apportionment woule
90 their share in helping the girls ge
q new building.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
Capt. Michalis to Wed
Miss Campbell To-day
Two Ensigns Also Take Brides
Leo Nunes to Marry
Miss Vernon

Among the many weddings set for
to-day are those OF Miss Helen Cor
don Campbell and Captain Clarence G.
Michalis. Miss Janet Sheppard and En-
sign Charles Lane Poor, ir., L. s. ~;
Miss Rosemonde Wyman and Ensign
Royal Winter Wetherald. Flying Corps,
I. S. n. R., and Miss Vivian Vernon
and Leo Nunes
The marriage of Miss Campbell to
Captain Michalis, lO4th Field Artillerv,
now stationed at Camp. Wadsworth.
will take place in the Church of the
Heavenly Rest, and will be followed
by reception at the home of the
brides uncle. DR.. Clarence Fahue.
stock, 457 Madison Avenue Miss
Campbell is q daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence G. Campbell and a
granddaughter of the late Harris G.
Fahnestock.
Miss Sheppard will become the
bride of Ensign Poor in the chantry
of St. Thomss's Church and the cere-
mony will be followed by reception
at the home of her parents. MIR. and
Mrs. John S. Sheppard, jr., se9 Park
Avenue.
Miss Wy,nan and Ensign Wether-
aid also will be married in the chant
ry of st. Thomas's Church. After
the ceremony there viii be small
reception at the home of the bride :
mother, Mrs. Edward Frothinghar
Wyman. 152 West Fifty-eighth Street
The marriage of Miss Vernon and
Mr.. Nunes, of Leghorn. faly. will
take place in Grace Church at <
o'clock The bride is a daughter of
the late S. E. Vernon. of this city.
and Mrs. Royal H. Willis, of S2a
Park Avenue.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
Ice Dealers Are Warned
To Maintain 5O-Cent Price

A warning to ice dealers that those
who charge consumers more than so
cents a hundredweight for ice, the
price that prevailed last year, are
liable to prosecution and revocation of
license, is given by Benjamin B. Odell.
ice controller for New York. in an ad-
vertisement appearing this morning.
This warning is the result of numer-
Gus complaints of violations. The 90
cent price limit applies to household
consumers only. 1t is to be main
tanned, according to Mr.. Odell,
throughout this season.
He asks those who have had to pay
more than this to complain to him at
120 Broadway, giving dealers license
number, name and address.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11

want. pauperism, crime and public ex-
pense than any other cause
I'VE presume that no one would have
the hardihood to contend that the re-
.t.il sale of intoxicating liquors doe
not tend, in a large degree. to demor
aizc the community, to foster vice, to
produce crime, beggary, want and mis-
cry
Would Mr.. Kaltenbach presume to
claim that these decisions handed
down by the Supreme Court We're
enunciated without acceptable evil
dence!
If he takes exception to my assertion
that he did not make his $4,000 offer
in good faith. let him put it up as
suggested by Mr. William Parsons in
The Tribune of May 5, and he will
get the evidence that was acceptable
to the Supreme Court. He will then
promptly retire from his present busi-
ness. as no right thinking person
would be Identified with an industry
causing so nuch injury to mankind" "
+, +, ISRAEL
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
About That $4,000
For the Red Cross

Regarding the effects of liquor,
E. E. Israel, of Newburgh, N. Y,
offers in evidence decisions by the
United States Supreme Court to
disprove the thesis of the president
of the New York Liquor Dealers
Association. He writes:
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: There are three things which
will prevent the partisans of the liquor
trade from asserting to any of the
facts that condemn it in the eyes OF
all thoughtful and intelligent persons
They are Ignorance, avarice and ap-
petite.
president of the New York State
Liquor Dealers Association, is igno
rant. If he pleads not guilty to that in
dictment, his bluff in the recent issue
of The Tribune is inspired by his
| avarice or his appetite. More probably
it is both
have no idea that his offer of $4,000
to be paid to the Red Cross is made
in good faith, for the ability of the
liquor dealers to wiggle out of a cor
ner Is not surpassed by the German
/ art1ul dodCers. VINO nope by the same
tactics that have prostrated Russia te
accomplish the undoing of the whole
| world.
1t would be we'll for the American
peopl. 10 give careful heed to the fac
! that the head and front of the beel
business in this country are chief!
| men whose names, like those of Kalten
bach, Eiret and Busch, proclaim theil
origin.
The continued prosecution of thei
business will not add to efficiency eithe
in the trenches before the Kaiser
minions or in the munitions plant
and shipyards of this country, which
are quite as important.
Mr.. Kaltenbach asks by whom it il
conceded that the use of alcohol ha
been the chief factor in causing in
sanity, crime. poverty and disease
The Supreme Court of the Unite,
States has conceded this in every cas-
that has been carried up to the las
tribunal in the land. give below
few typical decisions which never woul,
have been delivered if the proof" de
manded by Mr.. Kaltenbach had no
long since been provided in ampl
measure.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
First Air Mail Stamp
To Be Auctioned Here
Will Be Autographed By Presi-
dent Wilson and Sold For
Red Cross Benefit
f,Specicl Disnatch to The Tr,bu,

7SP--7.* IfS P0Vc'E 70 I TIE F3ON'e7
WASHINGTON, May 10.-The first
o4cent aerial mail service stamp
struck off will be bought by Postmaster
General Burleson and attached to a
letter addressed to Postmaster Patton,
at New York. relating to the aerial
mail service, the Postoffice Department
announced today. President Wilson
Will cancel and autograph this stamp.
On receipt of the letter Postmaster r
Patton Will turn the stamp and en-
velope over to Noah ". Taussig, III
Wall Street. to be sold at auction for
the benefit of the Red Cross
The auction sale of this souvenir
VIII be held on June II. under the d-
rection of ]. c. Morgenthau, who will
conduct the advertising and sale free
of cost, so that the entire proceeds will
90 to the Red Cross
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
Art
Painting and Statuary Exhibit
at Hotel Chatham to Aid
War Fund

Paintings and statuary by Dorothy
Rice are on view at the Hotel Chat
ham and will continue until Nav 16.
lhe works of art are for sale for the
benefit OF the British War Relief Asso-
citation Ether Fund
On entering the darkened gallery
from, the blaze of sunshine the effect
IS rather startling, as hidden lights
lllumlne only the heads of the life
size figures, leaving the rest to shadow.
A sinister looking Jew. a deathly pale
"Carmencita, hollow of jaw, with en-
ormous black eyes; a melancholy
priest. an ugly old woman and a pair
Of monstrosities entitled "The Claire
twins" peer at one grotesQuelv out of
the gloom.
The large design of such canyasses
as "Passers By" and "The Wine Shop'
suggests the influence of Zuloga. hut
in "Manneouins" Miss Rice shows much
individuality. painting the weird and
brilliantly colored attire of three
"maladlve" maidens against a curtain
of dead black. The sculptures are
freely modelled and show imagination.
Pen and ink caricatures also are ex-
hibited.
Leonia. N. j., will open its second
annual art exhibition on May 13 in the
Leonia High School Among the ex-
hibits are works by Harvey Dunn,
Charles Chapman, Mahonri Young,
Peter Newell. Dean Cornwell and How
ard Mccormick. The exhibition is free
to the public.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
G. Kinney Smith

c. Kinney Smith, seventy-nine. for
years confidential telegraph operator
for the late J. Pierpont Morgan. dice
yesterday in Peoria. III. Two operations
for an old complaint had been per-
formed in two weeks. Mr.. Smith lived
in Church Street, Richmond Hill. He
was retired on liberal pension twelve
years ago. He is survived hy his widow.
Edith, and several brothers and sisters
He was member of the Richmond Hill
Association and the Kew Gardens
County Club.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11

It fires the brain of the prostitute.
Of the pandercr. 1t feeds and in
hames the passions of the weak
minded and degenerate. have
tried an army of fifty thousand hu-
man derelicts. most of whom were
booze soaked"
call Magistrate Charles n Harris,
OF the New York City Domestic Rela J.
tions Court. who has testified that go
per cent OF the ten thousand cases
! that come before that court annually
are due to the strong drink habit
Dr. Frederick Peterson. president of
! the New York State Commission in
Lunacy. states that fully six thousand
Of the patients in the New York public
and private insane hospitals owe their
insanity to alcohol. used either by
themselves or their parents.
would next call the New Jersey
commission on the Care OF Mental Dc
tectives. appointed by Governor Field
er IN 1914, which reports:
Alcoholism is the most prominent
single causatlve agency with refer
ence to crime, pauperism, mental
disease and degeneracy."
AS further expert testimony I would
introduce the National Congress OF
Alienists and Neurologists, held in
Chicago June IA. 1914, which adopted
strong resolutions affirming the evils
of alcoholic beverages
Expert testimony of the class men,
toned above could be multiplied in
definitely in this country and abroad,
Results in
Dry Districts
The experience of municipalities and
states that have outlawed the liquor
traffic is invariably a great reduction
IN crime and degeneracy, which. ac-
cordlng to the law of cause and effect,
as a cause of these evils. | summon
the following as a few witnesses quail
flied to give evidence; all of whose
statements can be furnished if neces-
sary:
Governor Hatfield. of Virginia-"Ar-
rests decreased, insane commitments
less"
Governor Alexander. of Idaho-"Boise
chief of police and four policemen dis
missed because no longer needed;
! police courts deserted; city and county
Jails empty"
Governor Clark, Iowa-"Arrests de-
creased 40 to 40 per cent; commitments
to state hospitals greatly reduced; de-
mands on poor fund much reduced"
Governor Hays, Arkansas-"N Ninety
per cent less arrests for drunkenness"
Mayor Gill, Seattle-"Fifteen hundred
more in schools; prisoners reduced
nearly 100 per cent
Chief of Police Mayo of Atlanta
| "Drunkenness and other crimes re-
duced 80 to rs per cent
Commissioner of Public Safety Petit,
Tacoma, Wssh.--"Old soaks going to
work; arrests for drunkenness re-
duced IS per cent"
Chief of Police Dale. Little Rock,
Ark.-"Crimes reduced so to rs per
cent"
Like evidence from official sources
can be multiplied hundredfold
Mr. kaltenbach in his statement says:
II know that it is untrue" He is merely
hlufing; he does not know anything
Of the sort; and defy him to bring
real expert testimony from alienists,
/ jurists. physicians. or any other class
Of workers for humanity to dispute
the witnesses above quoted, and thou
sands more that might be cited. Let
him put up that $4,000 for the Red
Cross or "shut up
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
Prohibidonist Call" Witnesses
To Win $4,000 for Red Cross

paupefism. crime, insanity, disease
and the destruction of human life
follow indulgence in the habit Of
using intoxicating drinks. The pris-
ons, almshouses and institutions for
the care OF orphanage, insanity and
aniiction are largely filled by the
VICE 1t is the prolific source of
CRIME, pauperism and insanity, and
thereby entails taxation to defray
the expenses Of the conviction and
punishment of criminals and the
support of almshouses, asylums. and
hospitals. 1t deteriorates mentally
and physically the human stock. rem
oering Its victims. as we'll as their
progeny, less capable of bearing arms
IN defence of their country. and OF
dlscharging other duties Of the citi-
zen Soldiers are untitled for duty
by 1t. and thereby battles have been
lost, and the liberty of nations, if
not lost, has been imperlled.'
IS Per Cent Of Cases
Come From Saloons
from my home county Of Hudson, New
Jersey, the first being Judge Robert
7. Carey. for five years also presiding
judge Of the Court of Common Pleas,
and who made the following public
statement in a church in Philadelphia,
March so. 1918:
IN my experience on the bench I
have judged thousands of cases.
which have included every imagin-
able type of crime. Seventy-five per
cent of them came into court because
OF the saloon"
I next call Pierre P Garyen, Prose
cutor of the Pleas in the same county
for five years. and now appointed for
his second term:
ain my experience as Prosecutor
of the Pleas, l have found that over
90 per cent of the cases that have
come before me for prosecution were
caused by the saloon"
l now call Warden Sullivan of the
Hudson County Jail to confirm the pub
in the Salvation Army Hall. Thanks
giving Day, 1914, before over 1900 peo-
pie:
81 have handled nearly $4,000 COM
mitted for nearly all the crimes on
the calendar. Drink is the direct
cause, and brings more misery, to
my mind. than anything else; and /
say this because man in my posi-
ton, that has to deal with this every
day in the year, has the practical
knowledge and experience to see it,
now cali Judge Harry V. Osborn,
of the Court of Common Pleas, Newark.
n. j.. who is on record as saying that
in FIVE years on the bench in that pop
ulous centre fully rs per cent of all
cases coming before him were there
because OF the saloon.
also call his associate on the bench,
Judge William P. Martin, who recent
~ made q public declaration from the
bench:
Nobody can be on this bench as
! have been for years and not be abso
lutely opposed to the consumption Of
liquor. Not a day passes but a man
goes over that dock as a result of
drink
Drink Fills Almshous>
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-09
FRONT STREET
IS TO BE PAVED
Favorable Action Likely 20
Come at Last; May Tax
Street Cars

Council will probably take action
this evening on the proposal to pave
South Front street with state aid.
Although this action was unfavor-
ably considered some time ago, 1t
is believed that public sentiment in
favor of the improvement has be-
come so strong that the work will
not be long delayed.
In addition to the usual heavy
traffic on the street. which is part or
the main artery of traffic between
Harrisburg Lancaster and the East,
army trucks and supply trains have
augmented the wear and tear TO u
great extent. ..
Members of the council, while
reticent on their views, are said to
have been holding back on the prop
osition because of the great cost of
repairs which must be made while
the street is in use. 1t is likely, how
ever, that to-night's session Will see
at least a tentative measure of the
work passed
Action will also be taken on the
measure providing for the specific
taxation of each street car operated
over the streets of the borough. Un-
der this act, each street car would
be taxed a fiat rate of $50 per year.
Doubt as to whether funeral cars
could be taxed prevented a vote be-
fore this time, but the matter Will
be disposed of this evening, de-
cision on the matter having been
received from the borough solicitor