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New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
Anti-L Law
Gets First Victim
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune)


SYRACUSE, June 2-Henry McDon-
aid, twenty-nine, of Providence, is the
first victim here of the ant-loafing law.
He was arrested a Baldwnsville, sub
urb of this city, and arraigned before
Justice B. C.. Meays, who, after lecturing
him on his lack of patriotism by idling
his time when industries and farmers
all over the country were crying for
help. sentenced him to six months
hard labor in the county Jail, the limit
under the law.
Mcdonald has been here for three
weeks, and during this time has not
done any work. He spent most of his
days at fishing, and is believed to have
slept in the woods at night. He com
mitted no crime. had money, and could
not be arrested until the new law be-
came effective. Mcdonald, when ar
raigned, declared that he never had
worked, didn't care to work. and
wouldn't work, and that was all there
was to it. He turned a deaf ear to ali
the justice had to tell him.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
Builders to Discuss War
Meeting Here June II Will
Consider u. S. Co-operatior

TO find means of lending coordinated
assistance to the government in help
ing, to fit the complex building material
and construction interests OF the coun-
try into the war-winning programme,
IS the object of a general convention
Citations and organizations of building
and allied interests at the Engineering
Societies Building, 80 West Thirty
ninth Street, beginning June ID
The meeting has been called because
of the realization that serious stu
alton is likely to develop unless cl6Ser
working arrangements can he effected
between the building crafts and the
Federal authorities. The conference
follows the request of the War Indus
tries Board to the United States Cham
Der Of Commerce.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
4Killed, Many Hurt,
By Automobiles in
And Near the City
Girl, Riding With Fiance.
Dies in Crash at
Coney Island

Four persons were killed and manv
others seriously injured in motor ae-
cidents in and around New York C;tv
yesterday.
Abraham Kasan, three-year-old son
OF Louis Kasan. 619 Kosciusko Street.
in Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, stepped
in front of a car driven by Henry
Wichel, 1884 East Thirteenth Street,
Shecpshead Bay.
The boy had stepped from his ia
theirs machine when he was struck. The
parents of the child hurried him to The
Coney Island hospital, where he died.
Miss Elizabeth Golfond, twenty-five
years old, 1913 Charlotte Street, the
Bronx, was killed when an eastbouud
Norton Point car struck the machine
in which she was riding at Railroad
Avenue and West Twentieth Street,
Coney Island. The young woman was
with her fanee, Isadore Liebman.
manufacturer Alexander Hansen, mo-
torman on the train, was held.
In an effort to save his dog from
being crushed beneath an automobile,
five-year-old Hugh Walsh, of 121 West
Ninteenth Street, Bayonne, was run
over and killed by an automobile
driven by Frederick Prans, of II Pear
sail Avenue, Jersey City. Prans will
be arraigned to-day on charge Of
homicide.
The boy was playing at Twentieth
Street and Hudson Boulevard when
his dog ran in front of an automobile.
The child ran after the dog to save it
when the driver of the car swerved to
one side and avoided both boy and dog
Prans, in his car, following, was unable
to stop and the machine struck the
boy, two wheels passing over his body.
He was removed to the Bayonne Hos
pital, but died on arrival.
seriously injured are in South Side
Hospital, at Babylon, l.. l., as the re-
suit of an automobile accident yester-
day, when a taxi ran down the four
men riding bicycles OH Pierpont Ave
nue, just outside of Babylon. The taxi
was driven by James English, jr., Of
Babylon. The man killed was E. P.
Sangen, nineteen years old, of Ches.
wold. Del. The three injured men are
Harry Kaufman, H. f. Rauch and F.
Gebfong. Their addresses are no.
known.
The four men, who are mem bers Of
the Acorn Athletic Club, which Is
situated four miles from Babylon.
were returning in the direction of the
club when struck. English is being
held on charge of homicide. He will
be arraigned to-day.
Susan Tuohy, 80 years old, 80 Joral.
emon Street, and Harry Lyttle, S77
Clinton Street, Brooklyn, were serious
~ injured in an automobile crash at
Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street.
The taxicab in which they were pas.
sengers was struck by machine driy-
en- by Robert Cone, f25 Montague
Street. Both are in a critical condi-
tion at the Brooklyn Hospital. Cone
was arrested on charge of felonious
assault.
While playing near his home, Will
lam Schneider. nine years old, TIA
Broadway Avenue, Brooklyn, was
knocked down by car driven by D.
Alfred Wise, Ut Sterling Place. He
is at the Kings County Hospital with
a broken leg.
A machine driven by Benjamin Adam
drovitzch, 46 Hudson Avenue, knocked
down Benny Ulitz, three years old, sl3
Powell Street. near the boys home
The child is at the Kings County Hos.
nifa1
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
Airplane to Start
With Mail for Boston
Lieutenant Vanel, Of French
Mission, Will Be Pilot on
Initial Trip TODAY

An aeroplane will for the first time
be used to carry mail from New York
to Boston this morning, according to
an announcement made yesterday by
Alan R. Hawley, president of the Aero
Club of America.
Lieutenant Vanel. of the French
Aviation Mission, will pilot a Breguet
biplane, starting at o'clock this
morning from Field No l at Mineola.
He will carry 1000 pieces of mail in
seven parcels, weighing more than 200
pounds. Postmaster William F. Mur-
ray Of Boston was notified Saturday
by Mr.. Hawley to expect mail from
New York to-day by aeroplane.
H. L. Hartung, who is in charge of
the station at Belmont Park, met Au-
gustus Pope, of the Aero Club of
America, yesterday in Hampstead,
where Mr.. Pope had brought mail from
Washington. This will be included in
the mail to Boston.
If Lieutenant Vanel arrives in Bos-
ton on schedule time he may continue
his flight to Montreal, Canada, with
mail from Boston. Plans for the re-
turn trip will be made in Boston.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
Ministers to Study War
They Will Consider Service
Opportunities, in Schools

Announcement of series of summer
Institutes for clergymen, to discuss op-
portunities for war service, was made
yesterday by the National Committee
on the Churches and the Moral Aims of
the War. The conferences will be held
at universities and colleges in dozen
states. The first will be at Nashville,
Tenn, on June IL and 13, under the
auspices Of Vanderbilt University.
The members of the committee are
Hamilton Holt, chairman; ex-President
Taft, Alton B. Parker. the Rev. Arthur
j. Brown, the Rev. Sidney L. Gulick,
the Rev. Frederick Lynch, the Rev.
Charles S. Macfarland, the Rev. Will
lam +. Merrill. Glenn Frank, George A.
cott Williams. DR.. Henry A. Atkinson
is executive secretary.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
Porto Rico Gives i. S. Lesson
In Food Conservation Work
Commission Controls With Broader Powers Than at
Washington-Native Hoover" Supported, Special
Days Enforced and Retailers Controlled

which Mr.. Lee was chairman, clothed
with powers far greater than those
delegated by Congress to Food Admin
istrator Hoover.
One of the vexing problems before
the food administration here in the
states has been to exercise a measure
able control over retail prices. While
Mr.. Hoover has accomplished remark
able results in many particulars
through voluntary agreements with the
trades and through the wholesale
licensing system, the retail dealer has
often been thorn. On the other hand,
in Porto Rico, retail prices of all com
mon food commodities have been fixed
by the food commi sson under a fex-
IDLE system, which has been revised
from time to time as market conditions
demanded.
In reporting on his experiences with
food control in Porto Rico at con-
ference of division chiefs of the food
administration to-day. Mr.. Lee char
acterized the food conservation cam
Americanze the island 81 believe it
is fair to say," said Mr.. Lee, chat the
people of Porto Rico, now citizens of
the United States for about one year,
have progressed fifty years in the proc
ess of Americanization by virtue of
the food conservation propaganda.
even the women Of the island have
caught the spark of democracy and all
that it means in the way of better things
for them. On February % last we
held food conservation parade in San
Juan and for the first time in the his
tory of the island, women in an organ
lied body participated in public OBJ
servance. Nearly two hundred marched
that day in testimony of their willing
ness to cooperate with the government
OF the United States in saving food"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
Louis Diamant Tells Kehilla
Recreation Centres Are
Dangerous
Five-Day Week Urged
Resolution Adopted at Meet
ing Would Close Factories
Forty-eight Hours

The Board of Education is accused
of so neglccting the social and recrea-
tion centres of the city as to render
them too dangerous and unsanitary
for the use of the children. The
charges were made by Louis Diamant,
former head of the recreation centre
at Public School 63, First Avenue and
Fourth Street, while addressing the
convention of the Kehilla, or Jewish
Community, at 1875 East Eighty-fitth
Street yesterday.
Diamant said that on the East Side
particularly the Fairgrounds were in
adequate, adding that the Jews would
have to provide amusement for the
olution was adopted at his suggestion
providing for the appointment Of a
committee to consider ways and means
for the establishment of community
centres in the various districts.
The convention closed with the
adoption Of numerous resolutions. One
advocated that all Jewish employers
Of Jewish labor introduce a tive-day
working week. The suggestion, If car
ried out, would close thousands of
factories and shops here for two days
a week.
Encourage Thrift Stamp Sales
A resolution was unanimously adopt
ed that the members of the Kehllla
encourage the sale of thrift stamps,
after which former Congressman Gold
fogle made an urgent plea that the
Jews now prepare to Americanlze the
immigration that may flow to this
country after the war.
"Tn MANY instances" said Mr., Cold
fogle, "the immigrant has utterly
failed to absorb our American ideals.
This condition must no longer exist.
1t must be our first duty to make OF
every immigrant that reaches our
shores a first class American"
Plans were also outlined for an ex-
tensive campaign to enroll 100000 mem
bers in the organization, in conJunc-
tion with a drive for 100000 to fin
ance the increased activities OF the
Kehilla. 1t is proposed at the same
hibit and to encourage all Jewish
or ganizations to meet and discuss
their problems during one month to be
known as Communal Month.
Preparations were also made for the
issuance by the Kehilla of monthly
review of Jewish activities.
s1,1o0 Is Collected
More than $1,1O0 was collected at
the meeting, and delegates pledged
themselves to enroll $4,000 members in
the new drive.
A board of rabbis was authorized to
look into the long standing abuses in
connection with the slaughtering of
poultry. Measures planned by the
board are expected to remedy the al
legged unsavory. pecuniary and sanitary
conditions that have surrounded the
killing of chickens in the East Side for
decade.
Legislation also was urged to secure
for those who observe the Sabbath on
Saturday the legal right to conduct
their business on Sunday.
The following executive committee
was elected: DR.. H. J. Epstein, Hon.
Fl. NJ. Goldfogle, Isadore Hershfield,
Rabbi S. L. Hurwitz, Israel Lack, Leo
Lerner, Adolph Lewisohn, DR.. J. l..
Magnes, Rev. H. Masliansky, Jacob
Massel, Dr.. H. Pereira Mendes. Dr.. ?.
A. Siegelstein and Felix M. Warburg.
DR. j. L. Magnes presided.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
IS Railways in
State Show Drop
In Net Income
Figures Indicate Need of
Increasing Revenues, Says
J. K. Choate

Figures compiled by the upstate
Public Service Commission show that
the net corporate income of sixty-fve
steam and electric railroads, which
was S2,265,382 in 1916, was only $49,-
sos in 1917 and indicate. according to
a statement yesterday by Joseph K.
Choate, representative OF the electric
lines, the immediate necessity of in
creasing their revenue. His figures
are taken from the abstract of Quar-
terly Reports Of Operating Steam and
Electric Railroad Corporations" His
statement, showing conditions in 1917,
follows:
"Only ten of the sixty-fve roads
were able to make any appropriation
for dividends.
"Thirty-nine roads failed to earn
sufficient revenue to pay all of their
fixed charges, to say nothing of divi-
dends.
eleven roads failed to earn any part
of their fixed charges.
"Twelve of the roads failed to earn
sufficient revenue to pay operating ex-
penses and taxes.
eight of the companies failed to
earn sufficient revenue to pay their
operating expenses, to say nothing of
taxes.
"That this charming condition is
growing worse is shown by the record
for the last quarter of 1917. In that
period:
"Forty-eight roads did not earn
enough to pay any part of their fixed
charges.
"Twenty-fve did not earn enough to
pay operating expenses and taxes, and
"Twenty did not earn enough to pay
all of their operating expenses.
Moreover, the commissions figures
show that the net corporate surplus of
all but eighteen of the sixty-fve COM
panies suffered a decrease which
amounted in the aggregate to s2,41o,-
S72. Some $41,947 was taken from cor
porate surplus for the Rgyment of divi-
dends, and the remainder, $2,369,125,
represents what the owners of the cleo
trio railways of the Second Public Ser
vice District are out of pocket in order
that the public might have car service
"In 1916 but eleven companies out of
the sixty-fivc paid dividends, the total
amount being $2,953,751, or at the rate
of Sc per cent on approximately $52,-
100000 of capital stock. In 1917 ten
companies paid out S1,135,732, which
on the same capitalizItions means a
rate of 4.1 per cent. The United States
Internal Revenue Department, in an
official circular, has stated that public
utility stocks should earn at least
per cent before their value can be
reckoned at par"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
Car Hits Auto; Two Killed
Another Couple Injured in
Rhode'Island Crash

WARWICK, R. l., June 2.-Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Loiselle, jr., of Woonsocket,
were killed and Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Loiselle, ST.. were seriously injured
to-day when their automobile was
struck and demolished by high speed
Button Woods car at Longmeadow. An
infant daughter Of the dead couple
The danger signal was said to be
working. properly and Medical Ex-
aniner Long held the motorman blame.
less.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
Predicts u. S. Victory Soon
Priest Delivers Optimistic Cor.
pus Christi Message

That victory will come to America
and that the dark days of the war will
soon be over was the message brought
to the thousands who thronged St.
Patrick's Cathedral, Fifth Avenue and
Fiftieth Street, last night at the Cor
pus Christi celebration. The speaker
was the Rev. DR.. Thomas Deegan, of
the Cathedral College.
The feast of Corpus Christi is holy
day Of obligation to Catholics through
out the world. Representatives of
the city were present at last nights
ceremonies. After the sermon by Dr.
Deegan the men formd an impressive
procession and marched through the
church, '"e
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
81 900, 900 Blaze in
Arsenal a Mystery
Enemy Alien Is Held Pending
Investigation of St. Louis Fire

ST. LOUIS, June 2.-Army officers
had been unable up to late hour to-
night definitely to determine the cause
of the fire which early to-day le-
stroyed two clothing warehouses at the
United States arsenal here The loss.
it was said, will exceed S1,0oO,OOO
The opinion was expressed, however,
Federal authorities were holding Anton
Ronjack, enemy alien, pending an in
vestigation. Ronjack was arrested
soon after the fire started when he at
tempted to climb out of the stockade
surrounding the buildings.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
Aviators Fall 500 Feet
Two Rescued From Water Tn
hurt Near Sag Harbor

SAG HARBOR, L. l., June 2.-"Avi
ator Coffin"-thet is the only identifl
cation that the authorities here re-
ccived-narrowly escaped death to-day
when the hydro-aeroplane in which he
had flown from the naval station al
Montauk Point to Shelter Island
Sound, dropped from height of 800
feet into the water.
The aviator was accompanied by an
observer. Apparently the engine went
dead and the machine volplaned swift
ly down to the water, wrecking one OF
its pontoons on alighting. Speedboats
from the Z. w. Bliss Torpedo Works
rescued the men, who were not injured
by their fall
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
Lunacy Commission to
Examine Grace Lusk

WAUKESHA, Wis, June 2.-The ap-
pointment of lunacy commission to
determine the present mental condi-
tion of Grace Lusk, who last week was
found guilty of second degree murder
for Staying Mrs. Mary Newman Rob
erts, is expected early this week.
Judge Martin Lueck to-day ordered
his court stenographer to report i'm
meditely to him regarding the condi-
tion of Miss Lusk, who collapsed after
her conviction and has since continued
to show signs of mental trouble.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
$403, 1922 in w. S. S. Sold

New York postal employees sold war
savings and thrift stamps to the value
Of $403,8 last week. it was announced
last night. William r. Sweeney, Of the
Grand Central Station, led the clerks
division with s22.163, and August f.
Muller, also Of the Grand Central, was
hrst among the carrierS, with s10.295.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
3 Executions at Ossining
Men Convicted of Murder to
Die To-day

OSSlN1NG. June 2. - Warden Mover
will conduct three executions here to-
morrow. The electrocutions will take
place in the morning. The men to be
executed are Albert Briggs, Stephen
Lustik and Lyman Astransky.
Briggs shot James LaDue and three
others dead in st. Lawrence County:
Hyman Astransky killed his affinity in
Manhattan, and Steve Lustik killed
Bladis Comiskey In Essex County.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
Senator James Improves
Following an Operation

WASHINGTON, June 2. = Senator
James, of Kentucky, who has been
undergoing treatment for several weeks
at a Baltimore hospital, had his tonsils
and adenoids removed yesterday. A re-
pert from the hospital tonight said
the Senator's general condition was
much improved
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-08

SEED CORN IS
POOR IN KNOX
Tests Show AS Low AS Five
Percent Fertility
FARMERS ARE WORRIED
Alarming Prospect Shows
Need OF County Agent To
Help Solve Problem
FARMERS ARE WORRIED

Knox countys seed corn question is
assuming ii serious aspect, according
10 members Of the farm bureau, who
are anXiously awaiting the decision
of the county commissioners on tho
question of hiring a county agent as
they want to get the agent at work
as soon as possible to aid in securing
good seed this year.
Tests made at the state expert
meat station of seed corn in this
county show that the fertility of the
seed is as low as ), and percent.
This puts really alarming aspect TO
the situation and farmers throughout
the county are greatly worried over
the prospects
In discussing the situation Mon
day, l.. G. Simpson, president of the
farm bureau, said that in case the
commissioners grant the levy sought
for hiring a county agent, he will in
all probability be put to work at once.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-08
"a REGLSTRANTS ARE
CLASSIFIED BY BOARD

The following registrants were
classified Monday by the local board !:
Single men without dependents
William Ransom, Frank II. Sidlinger,
Harry " Hawk, Carl H. Masteller,
Glenn Baker. Raymond Nieble. Lester
H. Shocks, Harley T.. Leonard, Buln
T. Clutter. Carl Harris, Garrett f,
Green, Everett b. Hickerson
Married men with dependcnts-Al-
bert A. Holman, Earl II. Conkling,
Clyde E. Coleman, Edward Burson,
Walter NJ. Baker, Howard W. Fidlel,
Walter w. McDermCtt, Carl II. Sci
lers, Samuel A. Mills, Ray o. Chris
man, Almon Z. Zimmerman, Boyd V,
South, Charles c. Jennings, Harold
Corwin, Harry V. Alsdorf. Henry n.
Rice, Carl Latham, Clarence l.. Reed,
Isaac A, Cuenot, John w. Alberts, and
Clarence f.. Long.
Man with dependent parents
nand Jacquet.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-08

work according TO william L. Robin.
son, who reported on the joint good
roads convention in Columbus last
week at the luncheon Of the Chamber
Of Commerce Wednesday.
Mr. Robinson said that the tendency
at the convention was 10 emphasize
the Importance Of good roads as Il
means 10 winning the war. indirectly
Of course. by making motor traffic
more practicable ana thus enabling
the rapid transportation OF supplies
without encountering the congestion
that prevails on all railroads
That the railroads will be kept busy
with long hauls' is the present indi
cation, according to Mr.. Robinson. and
the shorter hauls could well be hand
led by motor trucks over the main
roads If they were improved This
being the case the government is en-.
couraging the Improvement Of the i'm.
portant roads at this time even though
it requires labor, time and transpor.
tation facilities for materials at the
time when these essentials are the
most in demand
Knox county has available $50. 900.
furnished by the federal government
for additional improvements on the
Columbus road for two miles south
of the present paving and to have the
Wooster road as far north as Amity.
Mr.. Robinson announced. In addition
to this. encouragement will be lent
to the practice Of grayeling and drag.
ging country roads which prevails in
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-08
COUNTY ROADS ARE
MADE WORSE BY
ADDITIONAL DRIFTS
Many Roads In Eastern Part
OF County Are Almost
impossible


The impassable condition of the
roads Of the county was intensified by
two feet more of drifted snow during
Monday. This was caused by the
strong wind which had the strength
even to sweep the hardened snow
across the fields and roads, according
to local physician, who made Il trip
through the eastern part of the coun
ty Monday,
The previous drifts have had no
chance to thaw CT decrease in size
and with the two.foot increase il
their size. it was practically impos-
sible Monday to get through them.
Travel through the county is impos
sible by auto because the wheels
whether with chains around them or
not, sink into the hard snow letting
the axle rest on the snow in the cen
ter Once stuck" with car there
is little chance to even dig oneself
out.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-08
Alexander M. Greer
Dies at His H,me in Greer After -Four
Weeks llness OF Paralysis
Would Have Been SO Years
Old Thursday

Alexander W. Greer. aged SS years.
o'clock Wednesday morning from the
effects of a stroke of paralysis he sus.
tanned about four weeks ago. Nj.
Greer would have celebrated his SStb
birthday anniversary Thursday had
he lived. He leaves his wife. aged ~
years, and the following children
Elmer &. Greer of Mi. Vernon. Mrs J.
f. Beatty. Edwin II. Greer and Eldon
p Greer, all of Knox county, and Mrs.
w. A. Barnes of Granville
The funeral at the church in Greer
at 9:30 o'clock Friday morning. Bur
ial in the Chapel cemetery.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-08
FARMS RECENTLY SOLD

The following farms have recently
been sold by the w. c. Rockwell
Farm Land Co.:
Capt Parsons farm, 'Meadowbrook'
of 90 acres TO Era Turney.
w. j. Workman farm OF 24l2 acres
to b. +. Taylor.
John Kilduff tract to j. A. Wing.
Willard Rowe farm of 1)l acres TO
c. A. Trout
John Kilduff farm OF S712 acres to
G. A. Grimm.
The best way to sell your farm is
to place it with a firm that makes a
specially of selling farms. In placing
your farm with the w. c. Rockwell
Farm Land Company, you are giving
them no interest whatever in your
farm other than the right to sell it
for you. and YOU are free to submit
your listing contract to yonr attorney
ii you so desire. X0 %S'