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New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
"Tribune Posiition''
Ads Pasted Over
In Three Theatres

Patrons of three B. F. Keith vaude-
vile theatres-the Palace, Colonial and
the Riverside-were surprised last
evening TO find sheet of white paper
pasted over q portion Of one page of
the programme. 1t took only q few
minutes for human curiosity to assert
itself and tear the little slips away.
whereupon it was found that they Gov
cred the Tribune's advert sement stat
lng it's position in William Randolph
iiearst's fight against the newsdealers
of New York.
Some patriotic persons telephoned
the principal facts of the new feature
to The Tribune. and reporter was dis
patched to the Colonial Theatre. There
he found girl busi|7 engaged in the
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
E. V. Gardner Lands =,
Hicksville in First l.Dav
Flight From Chicago
Gropes Over Ocean
At End of Vovaoe
Put to Bed in Mineola
Hospital in Stupor
From WEAKNESS

Edward Y. Gardner, the see,,,
postal aviator to make the round III,
between New York and Chicago. s.s
here from the Western city vestsrs,r
the first man ever 70 complete IA.
flight in one day
At this end of his journey Gar5,..
narrowly missed having himself a,d
his achievement swallowed up in .bs
waters of the Atlantic. He left Chi.
cago at 6:25 o'clock yesterday morning
He Was over the Belmont Park 6sld
by s O'Clock last night. For t1o bonr,
thereafter he groped about in the mis-.
and darkness of the lowsr air rosds
looking for a place TO land. At ope
time h was out over the ocean. headed
for France. II was not until after 10
O'Clock that he and his mechanic, Ed.
#ard Raddeli. completely exhausted
and their gssoleno almost gone, dareS
landing near Hicksviiie.
Airplane Lands in Field
It was blind chance, taken dasps,.
ately, but fortunately the machias
dropped into field and neither it no,
its occupants was injured. Gardner 8,
once telephoned to the BELMONT field,
and an automobile WAS sent to brins
the mail to the city. That pss
the aviator's first thought. 20 s5eed
the letters that be had brought on
their way
Later an ambulance carried him and
his mechanic 10 the Wineoia Nospital
There they werc put TO bed, il stupor
from wcariress.
Earlier in The day Max Miller came
wineing in from Lock Haven. Penn.
where he spent Monday night. He ar.
rived AZ Belmont Field at 1l:22 a. n.
after seven hours and thirty-two min.
utes actual flying.
Gardner lett Chicago twenty-forr
hours after his partner and reached
the city about nine hours behind him.
Two hours more were spent in irving
to find Belmont Field.
Feared Air Currents
Gardner took the air at Loci. Haven
at 5:51 p. m. and bored away east
ward. rising highe~ and higher. HI
was at great altitude as he passei
over Jersey, fearing the air currents
above New York. So high did he rise
+ that in the ,nurk and haze Of the gath
ering night. he never saw the city at
all, but passed over Belmont Park
where flares had been lighted to guide
/ him over Camp Mills. where hundreds
/ OF camp fires were burning, and finally
! cut over the ocean.
Worried at not having seen any
guiding lights, Gardner dropped his
plane lower and lower, until.he dis
covered that nothing more stable than
sea water lay beneath his plane He
turned and buzzed frarticallv back 10
land. He crossed Long Island. only TO
be met by the breadth OF the Sound on
the other side; doubled back and
swooplng lower and lower, finally
dropped at Hicksville, ten miles from
Hampstead.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
Shonts, Anticipating
7-Cent Fare, Grants
Increases in WAGES

I'm announcing an increase In woo,as
or the $4,000 employees of the Interior.
ough Rapid Transit Company. Presi-
dent Theodore P. Shonts yesterday de-
ciared 1t was "in anticipation of an
Ihorlzation being gwen to charge
hlgher fares on the subway and cle
waited lines" He said the wage increases
aggregated S2,500,00O, or 20 per cent
over the existing payroll, and applied
ployes
THE company had hoped that such
adjustment might be made on the basis
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
What Is Going On To-day

WHEATLESS DAY
LIGtiTLESS NIGHT
WAR SAVINGS STAMP DRIVE.
PATRIOTIC WEEK AT COMFY ISLAND.
Free admission 70 the American Museum o: NJ ~,
ural History Metropolitan Museum OF AT ,s, ,,a'
York Geological Park Van Cortland Parh a.. a.
scum. American Museum of Safety and tAs ~
Quarium.
Meeting and luncheon Of the Wrapping Paper Msa-' =
facturers' Association, Waldorf Astoria " 3 =
Convention Of tho American F1sherits Asse'Al''
Waldorf Astoria, 20 a n
Lecture by Inspector James O'Connel on ,i.,r
Aid From The Fire Prevention snsnesrs ,ssa
point Room 526. Municipal Buillins' -
y IA.
Meeting Of the Board Of Education. hall o. 7
board. Park Avenue and Fry ninth s'e'"
p. IN.
official war films for the benefit ot FTencS v
charities. Waldorf Astoria 5 p. N IL
Public lecture on Glasses and Class Vs. -.
torium. Peoples House. East fiiiesA'h -
si5 p. IN. -
Addresses by Scott Nearing Judge jacob 10 NJ
and Others az ratification @, the S.Siss g, ns..
q the l+th ConEreSsion4 Al District. Ns-s'@
ll9 last Eleventh street, SIS p IL.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
Puts Blame on "Ad" Man

Mr.. Darling then excused himself for
a moment and after telephone con-
versation he changed his original
statement, saying this time that the
order came from II. 2. Hanaford, the
publishers Of the programme, at 400
Broadway.
An effort was made to get in tsuch
with Mr.. Hanaford at intervals during
the evening, but he could not be found.
Mr. Kingsley said the iirst intina-
ton of any "trouble" over The Trib-
une statement came to him during the
afternoon, when he learned that Victor
Folachek, of "Thc New York Ameri-
cam" had been in touch with the
Keith offices by telephone. He com
planned of The Tribune statement ap-
pearing in the programmes of the
Keith houses, and added that, as a
representative of William Randolph
Hearst and the Publishers Association.
he wished to call the attention of the
Keith Offices to the fact that they
could i'll afford to take part. or even
appear to take part, in this newspaper
controversy"
Mr. Kingsley says that Mr.. Polachek
was told that the Keith interests were
not concerned in the advertising mat
ter in the programmes of its theatres,
as the rights to the publication of
tn m had been sold to Mr. Hanaford.
Wesley Hamer, one OF Hearst's ad-
vertising men, and, by his own state
ment. representing the Publishers As
sociation, next appeared with a pro
test against the advertisement The
Keith Offices then got III touch with
Hanaford and explained the situation,
suggesting, at the same time. accord
ing to Mr.. Kingsley, that ne do some
thing
During the evening Hanaford, MIR.
Kingsley said. sent slips of white paper
TO the Palace. the Colonial and the
Riverside theatres, along with instruc-
tons to blanket the Tribune "ad."
The other Keith theatres-the Al.
hambra, Prospect, Royal, Bush wick and
Orpheum-Mr Kingsley said, were
using the programmes last night with
out the Hearst stlckers.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
The 7ribune's Position

THE of campaign against sediols and doya
publications. undertaken the urgent Of the
men The Tribune exposed the dsloyalsm of the Hearst
series of articles entitled oied in the Flag
Hears-s-s-t.
w 14ILE The Tribune engaged this work the
dealers of Greater New York declared the Hearst
for and patriotic All the members
OF the New York Publishers Association The lrbune
resolved this the part Of the ncwsdeaers
illegal boycott and agreed support Hearst by refusing to
sell their dealer who stopped buying the Hearst
This that nesvsdealer who for
etusedto handle learss American Journal who reduced
his daily orders for them could buy other morning
The Publishers Association afraid that
the newdeaers could overthrow the influence of Hearst they
would be enough demand general reduction the
price of papers.
VIEW Of its fight against the Hearst newspapers which had
led their being denounced by the National Security League
and barred from communities for patriotic The
Tribune could not stand with Hearst commercially The Trb
therefore, acting alone, announced that would sell
to all newsdeaers alike without discrimination whether they
handled Hearst newspapers or not.
IEREUPON the Publishers Association representing (be
sides the Hearst nespapes) The World The Times, The Sum-
The Herald the tsZeung The Evening Sun The Evening
World Evening Telegram Mail The Globe and The
Post decreed that the circulation Of The Tribune should be
restrained 1t notified the American News Company de-
he rlbune to anl'f1earst neWsdeae The American
News Company monopoly and absolutely controls the dis
bution Of morning newspapers in New York. Acting
orders from the Publishers Association, refused deliver
The Tribune newsdeae who either cancelled reduced
their orders for the Hearst newspapers
~ THIS point The Tribune expected to choose between
sacrificing Hearst policy losing control OF its circua
The Tribune chose instead to fight he first step
the newsdeaes economic problem by reducing
the price of from 40 to 20 hundred When
this the American News Company refused
deliver The Tribune all any nesdeaer the old
Of 5 40 hundred Having attempted by its
power whom The Tribune should be Sold
this organization proposed what should be
sold.
organize delivery system, thing difficult and costly
under conditions existing.
MEANWHILE Hearst has invoked the aid of the city admin
istraion through Mayor tyan, whom the Hearst
pretend to have elected Office Licenses of anti Hearst deal
s revoked There have been proceedings
and ncipent in the all of which the
New York newspapers have steadily ignored in their
columns
/ HE TRIBUNE has retained Lindley NJ Garrison, former
Secretary War; special counsel seek the legal redress
which it may be entitled
NOTEOwig the scarcity Of print paper the
ser1oion being impossible Tribune to en-
ceed its paid Otherwise g this
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
Shoes and Ships
And Sealing Wax
PICARDY
BY BRIGGS

PICARDY
Gray dawn in Picardy. Mist like q
wall,
Made grayer by the smoke bombs
heavy pail.
Shrouds with its veil a moving
sea Of men.
Silent, they fill the wood; then, with
a shout,
Rush for the open; but, in utter
rout,
Pause at the thing they sec. With
deafening noise
Now plunge ahead those gallant,
glorious boys,
Mad with the JOY of conflict long
denied,
Brave "Soldiers of the Sea- q ma
tons pride,
Laughing at death, and hurting
deadly fire,
Unheeding shot and she'll and tan
gled wire.
On, on they come, till locked in grim
embrace,
At last the gray and green fight face
to face.
Forward, ye dogs, ye swine!' A
Prussian knife
Urges the Worn gray forms. What
is a life,
y million lives against the war-lord's
will?
Night-and the battle Ger. A tree
less hill
Piled high with staring dead-gray.
staring dead,
A hecatomb of ghostly dead-grav
dead.
Far from that silent hill, beyond the
fray,
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
Far from that silent hill, beyond the
fray,
Comes the report: eve gained two
miles to-day"
Vida SALVAGE OWENS

The Subway Suns" exhortation to
every man of draft age to register
would be more potent had Mr.. Shonts
only thought of pointing out that there
are no subways at the battlefront.
Hereafter when John Powelson. a sea-
man in the United States Navy. goes
acquiring he is going to pick out
For.y,second Street and Broadway as
the p ace best fitted for the whisper
ing of sweet nothings. Spooning in the
park? Never again, Powelson and the
Women's Police Reserves saw in uni
son.
Recently the sailor was injured and
taken to Wyckoff Heights HOSPITAL.
brooklyn, for treatment There he fell
IN love with Miss Anna Busch, a nurse.
A ward being no proper place to press
his suit Powelson and Miss Busch ar
ranged for meeting upon his release,
2nc Monday night strolled through
Highland Park. East New York. Stars
watched from above and Mrs. Minnie
Smith, of the police reserve, watche d
from below. One minute the couple
were strol!ing along; the next Powell
son was under arrest and headed for
the Miller Avenue police station.
He was still dazed when Magistrate
Reynolds suspended sentence upon him
in the New Jersey Avenue police court
yesterday.
Not Knocking Anybody
lFrom The Ponpton Lakes Bulletin -
Labor Day was very quiet in this borough
Miss jamie Wills spent Labor Day at Pail.
SADIE Park
All that was needed was couple OF
joss sticks and tom-tom to have made
the atmosphere of the Hall of Records
perfectly Oriental yesterday. Surro-
gate Fowler was asked for letters ap.
pointing George Coon Chung guardian
of Coon Gin Moon, who lives with mis-
mother, Coon Chm See, at Hung How
Sun Ming district, Quong Tong Prov
ince. China.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11

NOTEOog to the scarcity of print and the rules
being obseued It impossible The Tribune
pad circulation Otherwise woud undertake gve
circulation New York from presses The
limits the distribution of pamphlets
FORE this fight requested gve this
circulation. friends
nd askthe to RENAL to Others
THE TRIBUNE
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11

coatroom pasting neat white stickers
on programmes.
ger. said that it was pelng done at the
order of Walter F. Kingsley, press
agent for the B. F. Keith houses. An
other attachG of the house volunteered
the information that the order to
"cover" the "ad' had been received
bCut 7.30
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
Seruice Board
HQIts IO-Cent
Fare on B. r. T.

Continued from page l
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
Not Knocking Anybody

From The pompton Lakes Bulletin ~
Labor Day was very quiet in this borough
Miss jamie Wills spent Labor Day at Pail.
sade Park.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11

no opinion on the legal phases of the
proposal yesterday.
Oxford eagle., 1918-09-19
A MOTHERS APPEAL FOR
GERMANY'S PUNISHMENT

(From Manufacturers Record, Sept.
5th, 191S.)
las Leaning Ave, Wildwood, n. ].
Mr.. Richard H. Edmonds,
Dear Sir
/ have just read your magnificent
letter to Senator Lodge, and | want,
as an American mother, with three
precious sons in the service, to thank
you for the power of your words.
l, too, when / read the peace terms
of Senator Lodge. felt all the fire in
my soul aflame that an American
should suggest plan by which
Germany should be allowed to go
scot free with no indemnity, no great
lesson to the German people IN the
loss of their personal property which
is the only means Of affecting a Ger
man-and call it quits simply By the
restoration Of violated countries.
pray to God that you will continue
to repeat your message, with all the
persistence and all the power and all
the force of which YOU are capable to
carry out your idea, that to the last
Oxford eagle., 1918-09-19

dollar Germany pay the debt 10 o.,
gum and Poland and to all tho ,.''s, 0e',
for her ghastly crimes, and tb.. "oad
takes centuries to do this she mn :.
on then into the unknown futurs ''I g
her head in the dust and her h., slsA
the grind of toll, so that for an ,s :. u
she will remember that to In 4ns
children and to defame wome, = as'
crime for which the world will .l :
full measure of suffering On he, ass' :
as her just punishment. '
Do you think the mothers of A..
ca WHO give their sons so freelv s'.r
ever rest content with Geruanr .A
punished ?Just once suggest :, ~
mothers that week-kneed poli,;.;
are about to make a peace which ~
leave Germany unpunishedl Nv c... ].
man, you contens >~ithoo. 1odl
then, of the powers OF
will Grouse in the heartS of w6.!
We give our sons to bring Germ,,r
not only to her knees, but to keen h,
there, until she has paid for her crims,
in so far as her deeds could neye, I
atoned for by payments of money
Yes, we send our sons 10 make n.
world safe, but it will never be 81,
until every German feels that he h,,
to pay the cost of all of his Aoror
Get your letter down to a few wo,s,
and send it by millions of copies !,
every man, every woman in the lend
and see what you can do
l thank God for your courage,
/ l want to see the leaders of uubE,
opinion in Germany Fay to the end
and that means with their lives-,h,
penalty of their guilt.
Yours sine ,-ely,
IDA M. H. STARR
Oxford eagle., 1918-09-19
Personal and Local

Mrs. James W. Beard and daughter,
Rebecca, left Saturday for their home
at Paris, Texas, after pleasant visit
with friends and relatives.
Mr.. Robert Gardner, of Greenville,
Miss, is visiting Mr.. and Ms. Tom
Yates.
Miss Mary Saunders and little Ruby
Saunders have returned to their home
in Huntsville, Ala, after a short visit
to Miss Mary's brother Mr.. J. NJ.
Saunders.
Mrs. Crawsfield and sen, of Water
Valley, are the guests Of Mrs. Nc
Even.
Mrs. Bob Adams has gone to Blue
Mountain where she will visit her
daughter, Mrs. VIII Majors.
Miss Fannie Handley has returned
after an extended visit to relatives in
Water Valley.
Mrs. J. V. Blackmurc. of Water
Valley. is visiting Oxford friends and
relatives.
Miss Pearl Leavell has gone to Blue
Mountain where she will teach in the
College.
Oxford eagle., 1918-09-19
RED CROSS NOTES.

Several communities in the county
were visited in the interest of Red
Cross work Sunday. DR.. Longest,
Mr.. L. P. Leavell and Mrs. Longest
accompanied Mr.. George Knight to
Taylor, Splinter and Burgess. Mr..
Leavell presenting the moral phases
of the war, and its activities, while DR..
Longest spoke on Civilian Relief as a
branch of Red Cross organization.
These gentlemen report a delightful
day spent among the hospitable people
of the above mentioned places.
Miss Wright visited the Tula branch
at eleven o'clock and fouEd that COM
munity as usual, full of splendid
patriotic spirit and still claiming, that
"Tula always does her part" Tula
has one Of the largest branches in the
Chapter and the members have done a
splendid years work. They expect TO
organize a colcrcd auxiliary right
away. The Tula Service Flag has Ia
stars.
At 3 o'clock Miss Wright met the
people Of Lafayette Springs and after
explaining the work and organization
of Red Cross, it was the expressed
desire Of those present that an organi-
zation be perfected then, which result
ed in the election of Miss Parham,
Chairman, Mrs. A. ]. Steve-s, Secre-
tary and Mr.. E. K. Foust, Treasurer
Only 20 joined at that time, but this
will probably become one of the lar
gest Branches in the County, owing to
The fact that it is such thickly set
tied community.
From Lafayette Springs, Miss
Wright went to Denmark and while
the time spent there was necessarily
very short, yet the people were eager
to have an opportunity in this great
work for humanity and they were or
ganized into a branch with Mrs. Hall
Chairman, Miss Brown, Secretary, and
Mrs. Woods, Treasurer.
Ii is the desire of the Executive
Committee Of the Lafayette County
Chapter that every community in the
county have an organization just as
soon As possible
While your community is waiting
would il not be fine thing to get
your people in line Talk it up and be
ready to respond readily when the op-
portunity is presented.
Oxford eagle., 1918-09-19
Roayland Drug Co. Oxford, Miss,

Mrs. Sessums, who haS been visiting
her nephew DR.. P. w. Rowland left
one day this week for Memphis where
she will spend the winter.
Miss Laura Fades las gone to
Batesville where sae will spend the
winter with Mr.. ard Mrs. Wilmer
Kennedy.
Miss Margaret Mcclellan has return
ed to her home in Winona, Miss, after
a shot visit TO her aunt Mrs. Alma
Meek.
Miss Annie Lee Meek left one day
last week for Memphis, Tenn, where
she will visit relatives before going
to /. |. & c. where she will attend
school. She has been visiting her
aunt, Miss Elma Meek.
Drs. Torrey. Faser, Mr. Wat Ward
law and Rev. Gayle Beanland are
spending several days this week at the
Club House hunting and fishing.
The many friends of NJ. York Trigg
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Trigg, of
Valiant, Okla. and nephew of Misses
Eugenia and Helen Trigg will be glad
TO learn that he has recently received
the promotion to Captiancy and ex-
poets 10 go to the PHILIPPINE Islands
soon. At present he is stationed a,
Camp Gordon. Ga
Oxford eagle., 1918-09-19

Mr.. Wallace Shaw one of Coils,
Hills most influential men died a, M
home Monday night, after sey.a
months of failing health.
He had spent his whole life Of .
years at or near College Hill and h
longed to one of the most prominz
families of that place.
He will be missed by the bushes
men, at the Church where he took |,
leading part in the Red Cross vut
and other good classes.
One sister, a wife, two daughies
and a son and hosts of relatives sx
friends are left TO mourn his untirAy
death. His remains We're internl Il
College Hill burying grounds Ra.
w. D. Hedlestcn conducted the fslmd
services Tuesday afternoon 8, 1
o'clock.
Oxford eagle., 1918-09-19
SIMPLY WONDERFUL IS
WIN HEPATCA, SAYS MRS. J. P. PURCELL
REGARDING GREAT NATURE PRESCRIPTION
Had Been Nine of StOm
ach Trouble Had Spent Thousands of Dollars for
Medicine. Vim Hepatica Did the Work Quickly.

1t is a wonderful story that Mrs.
J. P. Purcell, milliner of 760 Adam ST.,
Memphis, Tenn, tells about the relief
she obtained by taking Vim Hepatica.
at is wonderful" says She, 81
had been in such a condition for nine
years that was not able to retain any
thing on my stomach. Gas would
form and was so unbearable that
had to wash out my stomach every
night. Ihad not for years been able
to eat vegetables.
"But after taking less than one
bottle of Vim Hepatica / now eat q
hearty meal. .ettuc-, tn,n.fs, greens
polk, etc, soinetning | had not been
Oxford eagle., 1918-09-19

The drive for volunteers among the
colored women Of Lafayette County
to become trained nurses was started
most auspiciously last Sunday.
Miss Lucy Lee, Z well educated and
thoroughly competent colored woman
came to present the matter TO the peO-
pie of her race.
Two well attended meetings were
held, one in the morning at the Color
ed Baptist Church, and in the after
noon at the Colored Mothodist Church.
Her addresses were well thought out
and well presented, and full of whole
some advice. As q result of her talk
four or five women volunteered to go
when the call comes.
Several members of the Lafayette
Chapter were present and were much
impressed by the sincerity and charity
of the speakers address and say that
much good was done by the address.
Oxford eagle., 1918-09-19

able to do in years. Anl | eat them
without any had effects n all; sleep
well at nights. Ny nerves. which
have been in a serious condition, oa,.s-
ing headaches, are greatly relieved.
My headaches are now entirely gone,
and feel splendid. My stomach acts
properly. i certainly recommend Vir
Hepatica to my friends, for it is truly
wonderful. | spent thousands Of dol
lars fo~ doctors medicines, without re-
suits, but Vim Hepatica has certainly
done the work"
This great nature prescription can
be had at
Oxford eagle., 1918-09-19
OXFORD CHAPTER

Mr.. L. B. Murphy, one OF our La
fayette County patriotic men donated
watermelon to the Red Cross Society
the day the last batch of boys left for
Camp. 1t was auctioned off at the
depot and netted $500 for our chap
ter.
Who viii be the next to make simi-
lar donation +?