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New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
Attorney Generals Agent
Here to Learn How
Work Was Done
795 Men Reported
Indicted in Jersey
Investigation of Negligence
Of Draft Boards Is
Intimated

John Lord O'Brian. special assistant
20 Attorney General Gregory, arrived
in New York yesterday to ascertain for
the Department of Justice whether
there had been any abuse of authority
IN the Stacker raid made by Chief
Charles De Woody.
While explaining that the Attorney
General had given no specific instruc-
tions for the raid in New York. Mr..
O'Brian said that genertai instructions
had been issued. He said it was his
duty to find out how these instructions
we're carried out and report personally
to Mr.. Gregory the result of his in
vestigation. He added that, SO far as
he knew, none of the persons detained
had complained to Mr.. Gregory.
Mr.. O'Brian spent the entire day
yesterday going over the situation in
Manhattan and The Bronx. He said
that reports of the work IN Jersey in
dicated that 795 slackers had been in
Quoted into the army. To-day he will
examine the records In Brooklyn,
where 500 men were inducted into the
service.
According to the latest available fig
ures, more than 1900 men were induct-
cd into military service as result of
the raid in the metropolitan district.
About 5000 others who had failed to
comply with provisions of the selective
service act were turned over to draft
boards.
1t was intimated last night by a
high Federal official that an investiga
tion will be started to fix responsibility
for the failure of the draft boards to
properly cooperate with the Depart
nient of Justice. 1t is known that many
of the men who were detained over
right could have been released if the
records of these boards were available
at all hours. 1t also was learned that
a full report on the number of men
put in the deferred classes by the
boards in certain congested districts
of the city will be sent to Washing
ton.
Mr.. O'Brlsn had q long conference
with Chief De Woody, and William
Briggs, head of the American Pro-
tective League. Mr. O'Brian said that
while the league was a private CON
Germ. it's members had been of mate
rial aid to the Department of Justice
in making preliminary Investigations
and was recognized by the Attorney
General.
Last night about sixty of the men
caught in the roundup were arralgned
before United States Comms ssioner
Hitchcock and ordered inducted.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
Dollar Craffers Get
Cash of Men Seeking
State Military Cards

For the convenience Of any one
among the 1000 or 5000 men waiting
in line before the Hall Of Records
Thursday and yesterday 10 obtain
duplicates of state military registra-
tion cards. few dollar grafters were
on hand to obtain speedy service.
These dollar grafters managed to get
their clients into preferred places IT
the line before the desk of a notary
public. The clients were sworn after
their duplicate cards, while the mass
without a dollar to spare, had to wai;
m line for hours.
An insurance solicitor whose home
is in Albany, and who happened to be
in New York on business when the
Stacker raid started, found that he hae
left his state registration card in CHS
other vest pocket" He applied for {
duplicate at the Hall of Records or
Thursday morning. After filling ou
his qucstionnaire he took his place al
the end of a long line, expecting te
reach a notary's desk about 5 O'CLOCK
in the afternoon.
One of the band of dollar graftcrs
would it be worth anything to yot
would not have to wait so lcng?" h.
asked the insurance man.
at surely would" was the answer
The insurance man followed the in
struction given him by the dollar
CRATER, and secured his duplicat,
card in about fifteen minutes
Later attendants in the Hall of Rec
ords forbade applicants for duplicate
cards to fill out their questionnaires
in the lobby on the first floor, to pre-
vent the work of the grafters, they cx
planned. Applicants had TO fill thci,
blanks either in the office in the base
ment. which was jammed, and wher,
the blank were issued, or outside The
building.
A branch office Of the State Militar,
Census Bureau is to be opened at Sol
West Fortyseventh Street. in tn,
rooms Of the Active Republican Club
This office will be open after 7:3,
o'clock each evening to issue stat,
census military cards
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
Editor Replies to Burleson

John Dewey, editor of "The Gaelic
American" has sent reply to the
Postmaster Generals request for him
to appear and show cause why the
paper should not be permanently
barred from the second class mails,
He wants to know specifically just what
is wrong with his paper. denies viola
tion of the acts specified in the postal
regulations. and asserts that the paper
merely has defended the Irish cause
and Irish citizens against attacks that
are wholly false
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
Negro Politician Arrested
Head Of Tammany Branch Held
for Disorderly Conduct

Cornelius A. Hughes, fifty seven
years old, OF 545 Lenox Avenue, presi-
dent of the United Colored Democratic
League of the 18th Assembly District,
a branch of the parent organization,
Tammany Hall, was held in $500 bail
on a charge of disorderly conduct by
Magistrate Simpson in Washington
Heights court Yesterday The complaint
was made by neighbors of the Troquois
Club, 2295 Seventh Avenue. where his
organization makes it's headquarters.
The neighbors said the place was
conducted in boisterous manner. that
the club rooms were used for playing
poker and that their sleep had been
disturbed
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
At the Root of the Trouble

In the weltcr Great Rent Feud there is m
clear thing Harlem Bronx and .
East Side call the
Rents have regulary getting no uo
than they used Many only per cent NOR,
The landlords have
raised 20, 25, 80, per
And those plainly profteens invariably Teas
The "lease" product Apartment houses NAV be b
FOR specuaon but they always Yet some
tenants because ne has grown desperate the problem Of making
anything his capital
Usually the investor "sung" by speculative builder
Sometimes it because he realty pays mo
than location and of house because
he doesn't know building values and shoddy cor
which costly repairs In either case
he finds couple property enough
rents to meet his expenses and make decent profit
Why the Landlord Let's Go
The rise in the costs
Ct coal and materials the first years The thou
sands of and prior there
was no slump in building to act lever
The of these things The
make profit out of their
houses enough three years
energetic willing put as secur
In the bulk of the which
willing let his only
out of that there usually mortgage o be paid.
Obviously the property could
make Of only by devotng his whole problem
seeing that his house full raising the repairs
building deprecated rapidly The
tenant suffered because he the of city
ed because dirty unsanary apartments bred disease Nobody
claim that the "leaser" had merry
Taking Advantage of the War
war the stoppsgs Of
building shortage housing promptly aped his
harvest He boosted was no
danger of tenants moving for thew had nowhere to move As m
the futurewel by the time
the housing business the leasters" stewardship will
what what gives
back to the and investor?
Leasing be unwise the who
kept but in normal times when runs
bent and should be bent other things besides the building apart
houses?
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
State Republicans
Meet Organize on
Monday, Sept. l6
George A. Glynn To Be Re.
elected Party Chairman
if He So Desires

The Republican State Committee will
tember lG, at the Republican Club at
o'clock. The official notification to
the candidates of their nomination on
the Republican state ticket will take
place at the club on the evening fol-
lowing. 1t is understood George A.
Glynn, chairman of the state commit
tee, can have a reelection. if he desires
it. and that the present officers will
be continued. When Mr.. Glynn was
asked about his candidacy yesterday he
said:
"My tenure OF office depends entirely
on the will Of the state committee.
am 4 candidate, and | have not heard
Of any other candidatc.'
Harry NJ. Ingram, assistant to Chair
man ". ". Cocks Of the Whitman
Campaign Committee, said no special
campaign committee would be appoint
ed but that the work would be under
the general direction Of the state com
mittce
Travis Is Choice Of Drys
State Controller Travis yesterday an
nounccd fairly complete returns in his
contest for the nomination for Con-
troller in the Prohibition primaries.
Thirty three counties give the Con-
troller q majority Of SLIT. He has
heard from all the big counties except
Broome, Caltaraugus, Chemung, Stcu-
ben and Onondaga. Governor Whit
man was beaten in Erie County for the
Prohibition nomination for Governor
by a vote of 354 for Bishop TO 253 for
Whitman.
The returns from tho Broomc- @
scgo- -Chcnango-D Delaware Congress dis
trict show that Senator William II
Hill had a real battle to beat julius r
Rogers, the farmer candidate who OPP
posed him. He carried Broomc, Che
mango and Otscgo with an aggregate
plurality Of 1868. but lost Delaware by
S34, leaving him winning margin Of
,034. After three years Of battling he
beat Harvey D. Hinman for control of
the Broomc County organization by a
vote of 6,l67 to 4,737, and his margin
of ] ,a3O will be still further increase ed
when the committee is reorganizcd and
several new districts arc added The
Hill men will add the new names.
Hays and Herrick Confer
Immediately upon his return from
Chicago yesterday, win II. Hays, chair
man Of the Republican National Com
mittee, went into conference with
Myron 7. Herrick, former Ambassador
to France and Ex-Governor of Ohio
regarding the political situation in
that state. Mr.. Herrick assured the
national chairman that every indication
pointed to sweeping Republican vic
tory in Ohio at the coming elections.
II am confident" Mr.. Iierrick said
"that the Republicans will materially
increase their delegation in Congress
at the next election. Two years age
everything in the shape of political
misfortune hit us. Things are becom-
ing normal again, however, and bright
cr times are in store for us
One of the first things Chairman
Hays did on his return was to write a
letter of congratulation to John Nc
Crate, the Brooklyn Republican who
won three cornered fight for the Con-
gressional nomination in the Sd Dis
trict. Mr.. Hays said it looked to hin,
TO presage the net gain of one Repre-
sentative.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
Ships Officers Sentenced
Captain and Others Go to Prison
for Selling Boat Equipment

The captain and officers of the steam
ship Yadkin. who went JOY riding
through the Mediterranean, selling the
ships equipment, received prison sem
tences yesterday in the United States
District Court Brooklyn.
Captain Leland Hawkins is to serve
year and eight months and pay fine
OF $4,000; John T, Wolf, chief engi-
neer. and Edward Reddy. chief officer,
are to serve fourteen months each ;
George Mcclinch, second officer. and
Edward Wetzei. second assistant en-
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
Clynn Claims Prohibition
Nomination for Whitman

George A. Glynn, chairman of the
Republican State Committee. said last
night that from the returns already re
ceived he was confident Governor Whit
man had carried the Prohibition pri-
maries, defeating Olin S Bishop, of
Utica. From another source it was
learned that Mr.. Bishop had been in
communication with friends in New
York and that over the telephone yes
'erday be had practically conceded the
Governors nomination for Governor on
thc Prob ibition ticket
81 have heard from only eleven coun-
ties" said Chairman Glynn last night,
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
olice Will I AXE
Numbers of Autos
In Use Tomorrow
Mayor Suggests That Ma
chimes Employed in Emer-
gencies Be Placarded

simultaneously with an announce.
mcnt by Mark L. Rcqua, head of the
fuel oil division of the fuel admins
tration, that there would be only a few
moro "gasolenclcss" Sundays, Mayor
Hylan yesterday issued a proclamation
ordering the police to take the license
numbers Of persons using automobiles
tomorrow. The Mayors action was
prompted By the receipt of letter
from President Wilson, sent in. ac-
acknowledgement of his telegram report
ing on the first "gasolcneless" Sunday.
In holding out hope to tho motoring
public for the speedy lifting of the
Sunday ban on machines, Mr.. Reoua
said <nc matter rested entirely in their
hands. Absolute observance Of the
fuel administrations request, he said.
would mean so great a saving that in
a comparatively short time there would
be no need TO continue the Sunday pro-
hbition.
Fuel Cards Unlikely
II hope that there will be even fewer
automobiles abroad than last week." the
director said. "Thcre has been talk of
. fuel cards and gasolcne rationing. but
as long as the public co0perates as
heartily as it has done hitherto this
won't be necessary. As 81 matter of
fact. only a few more 'gasoleneless'
Sundays will be requested, the exact
WIN Il ri II,
fuel consumption.
The system Of clocking automobiles
at various points throughout the states
east Of the Mississippi. employed last
Saturday and Sunday, to learn the ex
tent to which the conservation request
was followed. will again be followed
this week end.
For Signs on Cars
The Mayor suggested that those who
were entitled to use their cars for
emergencies should display signs on
them which would show their exemp-
ton. He requested the Police Depart
mcnt to take the license numbers of all
cars not marked with the "exemption
signs" as we'll as the license numbers
of cars so marked in order to investi-
gate and determine what drivers, if
any. were using the signs improperly.
The Mayor said he thought it proper
TO make the Presidents letter public.
feeling that the people of the CITY
would be pleased to know how graft
fled President Wilson was that they re
Trained from using automobiles on
Sunday In his reply the President
sald
Thank you for your telegram. 1t is
very gratifying, indeed, to learn of the
response of the people Of New York
City to the request about the use of
gasolene on Sunday. and it was very
thoughtful of you to give to me the
explicit statement contained in your
message"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
Newsboys Ask for
Defence Funds
ME newsboys and news
dealers request contri-

* l.
buttons to a legal
defence fund. They have
engaged counsel to take their
case to court. Checks should
be made payable to Lemuel
Ely Quigg, 81 Liberty Street,
New York, temporary custo-
dian Of the fund.
Mr.. Quigg acknowledges re-
eetpt of the foNoaci1g contrib1-
tions to the Nesosboys' Union to
be used by them in the payment
Of their expenses. Mr.. Quigg
rlU make no charge for his SER
a'tces and the money 1yill be de
voted solely to the payment OF
such necessary expense os IS
otherwise incurred:
X. ". Kelley. 5000
Thomas j. Foster. 800
Mrs. Jane ". BedeU. 49,. 100
G. f. Van Hammer. 100
Previously acknowledged. 9sS.25
Totol ....... s99s.o5
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
The Great Rent Feud
The Couging of the "Leaster"
Spurs On the ReuoIf of the Tenant
BY Kenneth Macgowan
Sixteenth 4 rticte

Sixteenth Article
NN landlord has raised rent from So saws w.
1Vl over the phone Cant do something stop
"Does he the property?'
"No, he's 'easter."
II don't think it's right o Nv
National Army, pay month instead of
"Tocs the landlord the property?'
"No, he's a leaser.'
What right has the landlord dspossess because u @
the Tenants League
instead o S21?" a
"Does he the
mo, he's leaster'"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07

"and the returns from these give the
Governor lead Of 400 over Mr.. Bishop.
The smaller counties are to be heard
from, and the chances are That the
Governor has carried these, although
in order TO win it was necessary for
the enrolled ProhibitioHists to disre-
gard their own candidate and write in
the name of the Governor"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
What Is Going On To-day

ONE MFAI, WHEATLESS
WAR SAVINGS STAMP DRIVE
pEpARTl RE OF DRAFT QUOTAS.
PATRIOTIC PLAY WEEK
urai History Ne,ronoli,sn Nnse,.rn n Al. ~
iorK Geological PARK Van terlsnot =.
hu.eiu American Museum of safety ara -
Aquarium
Patriotic celebration under auspices Q. Greek y,
cieties and associations. II honor o. sls.,els
draft treaty between Greece and the eHN
states. Carnegie Hall. 50 =.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
Shoes and Ships and Sealing Var

While over in the general store the
same old chaps stand By
10 talk of war and politics and lie
and lie and lie.
It's good to know of just one place that
always is the same;
This dear unchanging village where
they know your Christian name.
The decisive battle is taking place,
says Hindenburg
Shucks. Hindy. This is only the cur.
tain raiser. Wait until next spring
And not to rub it IN. old dear, but
We don't see how a battle in which
You have the choice OF running or run
ning faster is going to be decisive IN
your favor.
one Stacker suspect. over thirty-one,
had his life pestered out Of him dur
ing the first day of the raid. all be,
cause he had no birth certificate and
looked like youth in his teens. On
the second day, however, he provided
against the emergency, and 10 every
belllgerent sailor who stopped him he
produced his evidence of age. swee.
little white book marked Our Baby,
giving the exact date, thirty three years
ago, of baby's first tooth. baby's first
shoes and the first time baby ever
smiled. The sailors who were asked
TO .examine this touching little docu-
ment usually snorted with disgust, but
the grown-up baby got by.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07

gineer, got six months each and Josepn
Hammeling. first assistant engineer
eight months John Erickson, ~n0
turned states evidence, was sentenced
TO three months.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
Mother Goose-Step

Hickory dickery dock.
Down goes the Kalser's stock
And in few
Months he'll go. too
Hickory-dickery dock.
Poets are exempt from the work or
fight rule. General Crowder announces
which indicates that a lot of us colyum'
lists may need munition factory JOBS
shortly.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
OF HATE
Is BAN NED BY
4-MINUTE men
Government Speakers Scorn
German Methods Of Arous-
ing American Patriotism.

There must be no hymns of hate"
says the four-minute men in their In
structions to some 10000 government
speakers throughout the country.
The representatives are Specially
cautioned to adhere strictly to the
truth.
Let them talk to the veteran who
has given and received wounds. and
they will find that the greater hatred
is among civilians. Passivity makes
for an emotion of hatred; a busy
man thinks mostly Of his Job.
Furthermore. the characteristic of
good fighters is that they are good
sports They know the other men
are ordered. and the best soldiers
are often those men who thoroughly
respect their foe." states. the speakers
bulletin.
, Hatred has been stirred up in
civilian population in order to en-
courage enlistment. but. thanks to
the draft, this debasing feature of
war is not necessary In order to
secure and maintain our army. Fear,
perhaps. is rather an important ele-
ment to be bred in the civilian popu-
lation. So a truthful appeal to the
fear of men. the recognition of the
terrible things that would happen IL
the German government were per-
mitted to retain its prestige, may be
necessary in order that all the people
unite in the support of needed sacri-
fees"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04

people of Washington must open up
their homes to these workers. And
not only that. but they must offer to
these workers the living conditions
that will keep them in reasonable
comfort and good health.
The Y. NJ. c. A, the Y. w. C. A.
and the Central Room Registration
Bureau have done their level best to
meet the situation. But these agen-
cies cannot offer rooms to the incom-
ing government clerks unless the
rooms are offered to them"
VIII List Rooms.
Every person in the city who has an
unused room Is urged to at once notify
the Central Room Registration Bu-
reau, 1921 New York avenue.
1t is requested that information also
be furnished as to the number of
rooms available. the number Of people
they can accommodate, also whether
breakfast and supper will be provided
If desired and the rate which will be
charged.
The Welfare Office of the War De-
partment further states, 1T is hoped
that those who list rooms will not take
advantage of the great shortage
which exists at the present time by
charging eXorbitant rates to these
clerks who, in many cases. have come
many miles away from their homes,
to strange city in order to patriot
ically serve their government"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04

considerations, as herein outlined.
than the mere desire to avoid an
additional hour in the days work.
The Washington Federal En-
ployes' Union acting in conjunction
with the National Federation OF
Federal Employees, afiliated to the
American Federation Of Labor. will
use every proper and legitimate
means to defeat the Borland amend
ment"
The members of the advisory
committee are: John S. Beach,
president, Interior Department:
James II. Kesecker. secretary, In
terror Department; Harry l. Wat
son, Department of Agriculture:
Jessie Dell. War Department.; Jere-
miah Connolly, Postofice Depart
ment; Owen p. Kellar, Treasury
Department.; Florence p. Smith. 8 De-
partment of Agriculture; Van A.
Zahn. Interior Department: Z. r.
Reynolds. Postofice Department: Jo-
seph G. Curley. Department Of
Agriculture; John W. Ginder,
Treasury Department; John O. A.
Braden, Interior Department; B. W.
Payne, Treasury Department.; ]. z.
Dickey. Navy Department.: FranN NJ.
Barnes, Treasury Department; W.
Carson Ryan. Interior Department,
and Harry J. MCGOWAN, Government
Printing Once.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
OLD-FASHIONED WIFE BEST.
Nat Goodwin Furnishes Speci6ca
tions for the Ideal Woman.

The business of being a woman
would be very simple, Nat Good
win believes. if we took a tip from
Mrs. Antediluvian Ancestor. That
lady made the family cave a mag
net. Within it's walls her master
never knew boredom. Few neigh
bors could coax him forth, even for
a game of skullbones. His mate
served him with beauty, wit, wis
dom, comfort and what not. Every
replica of his image was trained to
add to the household interest. In
short, Mr.. Ancestor had a home. :"
That is all man wants today"
Mr.. Goodwin says. That is what he
means when he clamors for the
old fashioned woman"
1t bores me to tears to talk of
matrimony." Mr.. Goodwin added.
My attitude is that of a confirmed
optimist. My own record proves
that hope conQuers experience.
am, very old fashioned in nv
ideas. IL I have any. 1 think d
woman ought to do everything she
can to make herself beautiful and
intelligent, useful and interesting
and then make herself subservient
to her home. That is what my
mother did. I get both my ideal
and my optimism from her."
The Washington herald., 1918-02-04
take SALTS TO
flush kidneys
Eat Less Meat If You Feel Backachy
or Bladder Troubles You-Salt,
Is Fine for Kidneys.

Meat forms uric acid which ex-
cites and overworks the kidneys in
their efforts to filter it from the
system. Regular eaters of meat
must flush the kidneys occasionally.
You must relieve them like you re-
lieve your bowels; removing all the
acids, waste and poison, else you
feel a dull misery in the kidney
region, sharp pains in the back or
sick headache, dizziness. your stom-
ach sours, tongue is coated and
when the weather is bad you have
rheumatic twinges. The urine is
cloudy. full of sediment; the chan
nels often get irritated. obliging
you to get up two or three times
during the night.
To neutraliZe these Irritating
acids and flush of the body's urin-
Gus waste get about four ounces of
Jsd Salts from any pharmacy; take
tablespoonful in a glass of water
before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys will then act fine
and bladder disorders disappear.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice. COM
bined with lithia, and has been
used for generations to clean and
stimulate sluggish kidneys and stop
bladder irritation. Jad Salts is in
expensive; harmless and makes a
delightful >effervescent lithia-water
drink which millions OF men and
women take now and then, 3hus
avoiding serious kidney and Rad
der diseases-Adv.