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New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Woman, Facing
Cruelty Charge,
Has Disappeared
Charles Strang Believes
Worry Has Unbalanced
Wife's Mind

Charles Strang, of West Brighton,
Staten Island, who is to appear in Spe-
cial Sessions Court, New Brighton,
this morning, at the same time that
his wife is to be arraigned, both on
the charge of cruelty to their chill
dren, reported to the New Dorp, Staten
Island, police, soon after midnight last
night, that Mrs. Strang had dsap-
peared. Strang declared his wife had
gone out for a little walk at o'clock
in the evening and that she had not
returned up to the hour he telephoned.
10 detectives from the New Dorp
station, who were sent to his house i'm
mediately, Strang declared his wife had
been worrying to such an extent over
the charges brought against her, that
ne feared her mind had given way
beneath the strain. He said she was
entirely innocent of the charges made
and that the fear that she would not
be able to prove her innocence, he be-
lleved led her to go away.
District Attorney Albert C. Each, who
was notified of the woman's disappear
ance, Immediately put detectives from
his office to work with the police in an
effort to trace her. He declared that
1T she did not appear in court this
morning he would ask for a warrant
for her arrest.
Thedisappearanceof Mrs. Strang fol-
lows close upon the return to New
Brighton of Emma Mutuart, her fifteen
year-old niece, who disappeared mystic
riously week ago, just before she was
to appear as witness for the prose-
cution.
A search, covering virtually all of
New lork and New Jersey, located the
g'rl at the home of her grandmother,
in Hudson Falls, N. Y. The girl told
detectives she had left home of her
own accord, and that she did not want
toreturn to Staten Island.
Detective Detroit. of the New Brigh-
ton station, was sent to Hudson Falls,
however, on Monday, with subpoena
for the girl, and on the advice of a
lawyer she consented to return. She
reached her home yesterday afternoon.
The case of the Strangs has excited
more than passing interest not only
because of the events which have fol-
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Hylan Protests
Against Waste
Of City Money
Letter to Straus Regarded
as Shock Absorber for
Higher Tax Rate

Mayor Hylan yesterday wrote Chair
man Oscar s. Straus. of the Public
Service Commission, to inquire why
1000 lineal feet of the overhead SUBJ
way structure" Of the White Plains
Avenue extension was being taken
down, and who was responsible for the
"engineering blunder." The Mayor de-
clared it would cost the city 100000.
"The commission, with its high
priced engineering staff, should do
something to stop these blunders," the
pie of this city millions of dollars.
The tax rate is increasing by leaps
and bounds, and if money is going to
be wasted in hundred thousand dollar
amounts there is little hope that the
tax rate will be reduced for the people
in the future.
"The Board of Estimate and Appor-
tionment and myself are making every
endeavor to increase the revenue and
reduce the cost of administration.
However, if money is to be wasted in
this way, it will be impossible for the
city officials to lessen the burden of
the taxpayers"
The politicians were inclined to read
in the Mayors letter a little prepared
ness for big city budget in 1919.
This letter is in line with others by
the Mayor which appear in political
circles to be an effort to render the
shock of mounting tax late next year
as light as possible to the people.
1t was pointed out at the office of the
Public Service Commission that tha
situation on the White Plains exten
sion had been brought to public notice
before the Mayor wrote his letter to
Chairman Straus. 1t was said that the
Commissioner of Accounts had had a
representative at the Public Service
Commission investigating the matter
for several days. The contract was
awarded in 1913, and was one on which
the construction work was begun very
early, it was explained.
The necessity of taking down "about
900 feet" of the structure arose from
the fact that no available location for
train yard was obtained until the
structure had been built beyond the
point where the yard was finally placed,
at 239th Street. Some of the structure
then had to be moved to make connec-
tions with the yard. The line is now
in operation as far as 238th Street, and
when completed will extend to 241st
Street.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Mrs. Dona Wins; May
Manage Own Affairs
"Countess" Gets Decision In
Court Against Her
Brother

Mrs. Ida Won Claussen Dona won an
other legal battle in the Sheriff's
court yesterday, where jury decided
that the countess, as she formerly
called herself, is mentally competent
to manage her own affairs. Undis-
mayed by her innumerable battles with
alienists, which resulted in her being
placed in institutions for the insane,
Mrs. Dona brought a proceeding to
have her brother, Matthew B. Claussen,
removed as committee of her property,
charging that no Ku1smanaged har af-
fairs. Her estate consists of a trust
fund created by hex grandfather.
The case determined yesterday was
before Sheriff's jury several months
ago and was halted because member
of the jury received a threatening let
ter. Mrs. Dona denied that she knew
anything about the letter and said that
it was written by some person who
wanted to prejudice her case.
-Four years ago, while Mrs. Dona,
then Miss Won Claussen, was an inmate
of Matteawan, another jury held SINH
larly in her favor. Her husband, who
was formerly an attendant at Matte
avian, has Joined the army.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Grand Jury Asks u. S.
Run Richmond Lines

The Richmond County Grand Jury,
which has been investigating the slow
ness of the service afforded by the
trolley lines of the Richmond Light
and Railway Company, which is aid to
interfere materially with the efficiency
of the government shipyards on the
north side of Staten Island, handed
down presentment yesterday. urging
that the United States intervene in the
management of the road.
According to the presentment, the
service afforded by the road is found
to be wholly inadequate, and the equip
ment old fashioned and insufficient.
1t is urged that the government ap-
point board of nine men to cooperate
with the company in running the road.
The Richmond Light and Power Com
pany blamcs the inadequacy of it's SER
vice on the employees union, which the
concern says, opposes the introduction
of more men into the working force.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
What Is Going On To-day
wHEAT14Ess DAY.

wHEAT1ESS DAY.
Now York Geological Park. the Van Cortlandt
Park Museum the American Museum OF Safety
Textile Exposition, Grand Central Palace:
''tSs'sss Cross. Waldorf Astoria. 10 a. M to ! p m
Meeting Of The National Garment Retailers Asso-
citation, Waldorf Astoria. 10 a. m.
Meeting OF tho National Association Of Stove Manu-
facturers. Hotel Astor. 10 a m
Meeting OF the Proprietary Association OF America.
Open 's meeting cling Of 4 tho Women Voters ANTI Suffrage
Board meeting Of tho womens Press Club Of Now
Transportation. rooms OF the board 2o3 Broad
Address M1s 1875 6y R.ser Camp at tho luncheon Of the
Aaysrtisins Cub OF Nsw York. Il East Twenty
Meeting @ ~ Of the New 10 Yor Browning eocisty. Wal
ss,inx aGif AsfFa of o Emm. Willard Association Hotel
Mssslas u ,ns s' board y Of EaSs.uon hall Of tn.
Address by Captain Simmons The Present Day
Mean to Amercs at At public meeting Of the War
Addresses by A, Mitchell Palmer. Senator Irvine L.
nroos Elihu Root and others a. meeting q the
Mestins ot The New York outomctrc.l Society.
Ada9sss 3si ssAS''' y b. yessss on s.p.n. Part in
the World War Nipnichsen Club spuyten
Dinner Of the Society Of independent Artists Rus
sian Inn. 81 West Thirty seventh Street. 9 p. m
| PUBLIC LECTURES OF THE BOARD OF EDU-
CATION. S:l5 r. NJ
| MANHATTAN
| Tho Catskill Aqueduct' Miss Sarah J. Phillips
Public School l0l. lllth Street and Lexington
/ Avenue
| Period Furniture and Interior Decorations -
Joseph 7. Carney. Central jewish Institute, io5
| Fast Eighty NTH Street.
Jerusalem and the Holy Land" Harry C. ostran-
der. Cooper Institute, Eighth Street and Fourth
Avenue
MARX rxan's ',on Sawye-.'" Professor j. G.
| Carter Troop. Public Library. SOS West ll5th
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Women Find Places
In Shoe Factories

Women have taken another impor-
tant sector in their invasion of indus
trial fields formerly occupied exclu-
sively by men. Practically compelled
by wholesale enlistments of its men
workers, the J. and T. Cousins Shoe
Company, Of 373 De Kalb Avenue,
Brooklyn, and other large shoe manu-
featuring companies have manned
some of their heavier machines with
women for the first time in the history
of the trade.
The Cousins's output, when workers
f1ocked to the colors and the shipyards,
dwindled from two thousand pairs u
day to one thousand. The labor scar
city rendered it almost impossible to
secure men to fill the places, and
women were enlisted.
"Heel building" never before out OF
mems hands, has become a woman's
job. Wrapping the shoe cover over
the last is also being done by feminine
hands for the first time. Certain of
the heavier processes are beyond a
woman's strength to date, but polish
ing and other operations are being
monopolized by women.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Democrats to Hold
Second Anti-H
Meeting Upstate
Former Senator Ferris Saws
Conference Will Be in
June or July
By Charles T. White
Especial Correspondence)

Especial Correspondence
UTICA, May 7.-Former Senator T.
Harvey Ferris, of Utica, one of the or
ganizers of the so-called anti-Hearst
conference in Syracuse on April "a
said to-day that a call would be
issued for another meeting of the
conference probably in June or early
in July.
II am not the spokesman for the con-
ference" said former Senator Ferris
at the Citizens Trust Company, of
which he is director, "nor do wish
to be put in the position of being the
leader of it, which I am not. That
conference was formed to organize the
upstate Democratic sentiment, not for
any one man in particular as candi-
date for Governor, but rather to get
the upstate leaders, as far as prac-
ticable, to agree upon general policy
I think / am justified in saying that at
a meeting of the conference to be
called either in June or early in July
the upstate men will have agreed upon
candidate to be submitted to the
consideration of the unofficial state
convention in August, which is likely
to be held in Saratoga.
Thinks Whitman Would Lose
"Upstate Democrats believe that
Governor Whitman. if he is the Re-
publican candidate, can be beaten, and
we are confident that Xye shall ho a hi q
to submit to the state convention the
name of candidate who can VIM"
Since the adjournment of the Syra-
cuse meeting there have been develop
ments which make it practically GER
tain that the next conference will not
be as harmonious as the last one
Tammany Hall had number of "trus-
ties" at the Syracuse meeting-up-
state men who like to work with Tam
many because of its more efficient or
ganization methods. Several of these
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Shoes and Ships
And Sealing Wax

Germany in her advance announce
ments of her new drive sounds like
the belligerent gentleman who stands
in saloon and urges bystanders to
lay violent hands on him, lest he clean
up the whole place.
Love may go into Mysteries over
locksmiths, but the alien barred zones
are something else again, as Fritz Reh-
field, of SO South Street, Newark. n. j.,
has learned during the last few months.
In New York City lives Miss Dora
Schmid, his betrothed. Between the
two enemy aliens lie the New York
and Jersey barred zones, and the
wedding is scheduled for to-day. For
several months Fritz has been carrying
on his wooing by telephone and let
ter, and in between times has been
petitioning the Federal authorities,
who didn't seem to care whether the
war blighted his whole life or not.
Yesterday, almost at the final mo-
ment, United States Marshal c. B. Cor
mely lent a sympathetic ear to Fritz s
frantic pleading. He will he allowed
to come to New York to-day and bring
his bride back home with him, so
Cupid will get long deferred chuckle
out of the enemy alien laws, after all.
After experience in many Thrift,
Liberty Loan, Red Cross, Salvation
Army, Knights of Columbus, Y. N. c.
a. and other campaigns we challenge
any one to walk the block in front of
t.lh Qpx1 or,I .t,
the charge OF war profiteering.
Man Ray, sculptor of modernistic
tendencies. is represented at the ex-
hibltion of Independent Artists by a
masterpiece consisting of several
pieces of wood of irregular length held
together by hand vice; this is placed
on end, so as to give the impression
OF skyscrapers. and is entitled "New
York 1917"
The other day the director of the
independent in a spirit of humor
picked up box of carpenters tools
which he found lying around, placed
them IN certain rhythmic positions and
presented the lot to the secretary, say
ing. Here's another sculpture Of Man
hays to be put on exhibition"
The secretary eyed it for a moment;
then exploded with wrath. "Hey," he
shouted, doesn't he know he can't
exhibit another piece; he's got two
here already" and with great "furi-
BUSINESS" he rushed to the telephone
and made the echoes ring in the studio
of the bewildered Man Ray. Mean
while way back in the galleries a dis
consulate carpenter was searching in
haze of profanity for box of tools.
After pleading guilty to larceny in
Newark, N. j., yesterday, Arthur Buck
ingham was ordered to get out of the
state as quickly as his false legs,
which caused all the trouble, would
take him.
The cripple was the owner of a
travelling newsstand that he wheeled
about the streets of the city. From,
this and from his artificial legs he
eked out existence. 1t has been his
practice to roll into a store and order
| something from the proprietor. Then
when this worthy's back was turned
Buckingham would uncouple his artifi
cial legs. usually covered by a blanket
and using them tongs-fashion, pluck
articles from the counter.
Usually by the time the proprietor
turned around the legs were back in
their normal position and the loot was
also hidden beneath the blanket.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Long List of Crimes
Charged to Boy of IS

An unusual case of Juvenile de-
linquency came to the attention of the
Brooklyn authorities yesterday, when
Stephen R. Green, fifteen-year-old
boy, was arraigned before Judge
Wilkins in the Brooklyn Children's
Court, charged with a long list of
crimes. Included among them were
several burglaries and two cases of
arson.
The boy, who has been arrested
no less than five times, appeared in
court in knickerbockers. He answered
the questions put to him promptly, and
when the police officers declared he
had confessed to five of the burglaries
charged against him did not deny
the truth of their statements.
Judge wilkins, after finding the boy
guilty Of robbing and setting fire to
the apartment Of Adolph Horwitz, at
158 Smith Street, Brooklyn, recon
Delinquerts, in which he has been
held since his last arrest.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
President Goes to the Circus
And Eats Plenty of Peanut,

WASHINGTON. May president
Wilson went to the circus tonight with
Mrs. Wilson and some fifteen thousand
other residents of the capital and vi
cinity.
He arrived in time 70 look over the
menagerie. stayed for the concert and
filled the floor of his box with peanut
hulls. At the entrance collector held
the President up to get a 15-cent war
tax on his complimentary ticket.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08

TRUSTEES" naturally are anti-Hearst,
but when put to the test they would do
to, or for, Mr.. Hearst whatever Charles
F. Murphy might order. Then there
are others, both in the steering COM
mittee of seven and in the committee
of forty-two Counting the seven
women), who are whole le-heartedly anti
Hearst, and who cannot be delivered"
to Hearst by Charles F. Murphy or
any one else.
The hostility of these Hearst
members of the committee of forty-two
that Hearst, if nominated, would be
beaten.
Pro-Germanism at Issue
The issue of pro-Germanism enters
more and more into the matter The
departure of the sons or nephews of
some Of the members of the committee
has l::>k1e them bitterly opposed to the
idea of subjecting the Democratic
party in the state to a defensive battle
on the score of loyalty. These men in
the committee of forty-two believe
they would be so subjected if Mr..
Hearst should be the standard bearer.
Since the Syracuse conference the
more prominent Democrats attending
it have become aware of the fact that
if they do not go ahead with the work
Of solidifying sentiment in favor of
an upstate man for Governor, the anti
Hearst Democrats, under the leader
ship of former Justice Samuel Sea-
bury, of the Court of Appeals, will hold
conference of their own, either at
Albany, Utica, Syracuse or Rochester.
They will organize movement that
neither Tammany nor Hearst, singly or
together, can control.
1t is this underlying fact that is i'm
pelling the original steering commit
Trey; former Senator Ferris, William
II. Manning, of Saratoga; William H.
Kelley, Of Syracuse; Mayor John
Fitzgibbon, of Oswego; Charles D.
Norris, of Watertown, and District At
torney David F. Lee, of Norwch-to 20
ahead with the fence building against
Hearst.
Seabury Men Are Busy
The Seabury men are not idle. They
are in correspondence with Democrats
further they go with their sentiment
sounding the more infexible is their
purpose to smash Tammany and Hearst
if Tammany becomes supinely submis-
sive to Hearst, Hylan and Corners.
1t is expected here in Utica, as we'll
as in Manhattan, that the Seabury peo-
pie will have the anti-Hearst sentiment
so crystallized by the middle of June
that the work of the new committee of
forty-two will be simplifed. 1t is ex-
pectcd by the anti-Hearst men in the
committee of forty-two that before the
middle of June Mr.. Hearst will take
himself out of. the Governorship race.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Now Up to Garabed
To Make Motor Go
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune)


WASHINGTON, May 7.-somewhere
somehow and soon, half dozen of
the best scientific minds in America
will watch Garabed T. X. Giragossian
put his unlimited energy motor
through its PAGES and will decide
whether the Boston Armenian is to
have his name put along with Newton
and Columbus, or with DR.. Cook.
Only the avowed discoverer of new
principle and the Department of the
Interior know the identity of the COM
mittee. Only the committee and the
held
Giragossian and two members of the
committed conferred with Secretary
Lane a few days ago. The Secre-
tary wired the inventor yesterday to
hurry up. 1t is up to Garabed now.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
BY BRIGGS

lowed their arrest but because of the
seriousness Of the charges against
them.
Mrs. Strangs is stepmother to the
two children, boy of ten, and a girl
of fourteen. The girl was said to have
been badly burned by having her hands
held on hot stove, and the boy, it is
charged, was branded with a red hot
poker.
Strang is employed in shipbuilding
plant and has good reputation with
his neighbors
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Britain Gets SIS, 200, 900 Lo.s

WASHINGTON, May 7.-An ~ w.
tional credit of s75,oOo,ooo was exse.. 4.
ed to Great Britain by the Treasury g
day. bringing the total Of ,a1 Amsxnue nnne -
loans to that nation to $S'ty~S'osssk
and the total of credits to all CO.
ligerants to S5,S63,S5o. .ooOs
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
Senator Whitley Sworn In

WASHINGTON, May 7.-Xencphon
P. Wiley, of Missouri, Democrat, to-
Senator Stone. His credentials were
presented by Senator Reed
New-York tribune., 1918-05-08
McAdoo Has Tonsilitis

WASHINGTON, May 7.-Secretary
McAdoo developed a case of tonsilitis
to-day and was compelled to do his
work at home.
The Coconino sun., 1918-05-10
DEAD MANS FLAT NEWS
 By DOCK sOPER.

(Attorney at Law, Justice of the Peace, shoemaker, groceries, Notary Public, hides bought ard sold, hats, caps and boots and shoes, also laundry work when my wife is able, Friendly un- dertaking a specialty.)
The Coconino sun., 1918-05-10
AN UNEXPECTED PLEASURE

When George w. P. Hunt set out to send few republican editors of the state to the penitentiary, he based his charge against the editor of the Citizen on a quotation from Colonel Breen's paper, The Coconino Sun.
 If Hunts reputation is so high and he is so easily defamed, why didn't he pick some of the other articles about him which have appeared in the Citizen.
 Why did he not base his libel charge on the San Diego affair
 Why did he not base it on editor ials and other articles telling of his association with w0bblies?
 Evidently these are subjects which Hunt would avoid and about which he does not like to be questioned, parti- cularly in court of record.
 We think, however, that the charges preferred by Hunt opens the way to prove to the people of the state his association with wobblies. The op- portunity offered to put Hunt on the stand is an exceptional one. It will give the newspapermen a chance to put some questions to him which he has thus far refused to answer.- Tucson Citizen.
The Coconino sun., 1918-05-10
SNOWFLAKE WIDOW SHOWS
 HIGH DEGREE OF PATRIOTISM

In the drive for Third Liberty Bonds Snowflake was assessed $10,- 900. In the home stretch on the last days drive it was discovered that Snowflake had gone over the top by $1,500. This is considered extraordin- ary when we take into account that this community is strictly farming and truck growing section and with Snowflake claiming only 800 popula- tion. One case of sacrifice and patrio- tism deserves special notice, that of Mrs. Sarah Richardson, a widvv, whose two sons, Mark and Lynn, her only children, are in the service, Lynn in France and Mark in Camp Kearny, yet Mrs. Richardson bought Liberty Bond. It is also noted that only one of her sons, Lynn, is her dependent, Mark being married. From the meager allotment for the widow she makes further sacrifices and buys a Third Liberty Bond. In this drive there are 196 subscribers and none of them have taken bonds as an invest ment, but all making sacrifices.
The Coconino sun., 1918-05-10
SENATOR H. E. CAMPBELL
 RETURNS FROM WASHINGTON

Senator Hugh Campbell arrived here last week from Washington, D. C., where he has been in attendance at the wool adjusting meeting. The government takes all the wool. The producers will be quite we'll compen- sated.
 While in Washington the senator made inquiry at the navy department as to the whereabouts of his son Danny, and learned that he would land in New York that day and the senator secured for him a short leave.
 When Danny came off the boat an orderly presented him with an order "to report to his dad in Washington" and he lost no time in carrying out the order.
 Danny is gun captain on a large merchant vessel and had just return ed from trip to Italy.
 While in Italy he visited many of the larger cities. He says the condi- tions there are pitable. No young men to be seen where he was. The work of unloading the vessel was done by old and crippled men. It took twenty-seven days to unload the boat. If little flour leaked out on the floors, the men would scrape it up and put it in their pockets.
The Coconino sun., 1918-05-10
OIL BOOM STRIKES NAVAJO

An oil boom has struck Navajo county. For long time the boom was confined to the Holbrook vicinity, but now covers the whole section from about Holbrook to Snowflake and south as far as Dry lake. Hundreds of acres are plastered with claims and machinery has been ordered by some of the prospecting companies. Before the end of the year number of drills will be .puncturing the earth round about in search of the great lake of wealth which geologists claim is located somewhere in this section.