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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Convention Report
On ireland Ready
Political Leaders Believe Cru
cial Stage in Country's Des-
tiny Has Been Reached

LONDON, April 6.-The question OF
1reland's future has reached q crucial
stage with the announcement that the
1risa convention has finished it's work
and decided upon a report to be made
to the government.
While it is not permitted to reveal
the conventions proceedings at pres
ent. the nature of the report and the
general work Of the convention are we'll
known to pubic men in England and
Ireland. Premier Lloyd. George de-
c.ared when the convention was or
gained that if it agreed upon any plan
for a government its plan would be
embodied in bill and placed before
Parliament
Whether mere majority report in
favor of some Home Rule plan, if such
a report IS presented by the @conven-
ton. will be considered an agreement
warranting legislation based on it re-
mains to be seen.
Premier George also strongly init
mated that the government might pro-
coed to q settlement of the Irish prob
lem by legislation even if the conven-
ton failed to find some ground for set
tiement "hy consent" Therefore new
Irish developments are expected in the
near future, although the first BUSINESS
before the government must be in deal
ing with urgent war measures, chiefly
that for increasing the army.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Harry Lauder Wins
$1,0|0,000 for Loan
For Gods Sake, Wake Up!"
He Yells-and Big Crowd
Does
Especial Correspondence

CHICAGO, April g. Harry Lauder
obtained 1000 worth of su5scrip-
tions in thirty minutes to-day in a
great noon mass meeting at the Audi
torium Theatre.
"For Gods sake, wake up; don't
measure your dollars by the lives and
limbs Of men! Security! And what
security will you get for your dollars
if the Huns VIM" he said.
Down the roads Of France the bat
talions are marching with helmets on
their heads, marching into the mouth
of hcll-for you. They're your Sc
curity!"
The stocky Scotch comedian, who has
given the life Of his son to liberty,
yelled this dramatic finish to his APP
peal for funds.
AS he stood at attention, the bag
pipes burst forth and the crowd started
cheering.
cover the top we go!" yelled voice
somewhere. 1t was taken up in rush.
Men called out for Liberty bond
statesmen to hurry up and collect.
Women waved their handkerchiefs
signalling sale smen, and the subscrip-
tions poured in.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Thirty Will Make Trip to
Yaphank in Big
Motor BUS
Defence Society Aids
Texas Oil Company Also
Pledges Fuel Supply at
Brooklyn Station

The second of the American Automo-
bile Associations free Sunday lifts to
Yaphank takes place to-day. At $3.50
this morning ITO persons, all of them
with relatives under the colors at Camp
Upton, will leave the greater city for
the Long Island cantonment. They will
spend the afternoon there and start
back for New York at o'clock
Thirty of the tourists will ride in a
bus of the sightseeing type. This was
provided by the $500 fund raised by
the American Defence Society this
week. William Guggenheim, chairman
Of the society;'s amy and navy COM
mittee, started the fund so that those
who have no cars to supply can still
do their bit to help make the greater
city to Yaphank service success. Mr.
Guggenheim, also member of the
committee, donated the first $50.
The others in the Upton parties will
ride in touring cars provided BY gen
erous New York City car owners, VIII o
decided they could put their machines
to no better use than to give them for
the Yaphank service. Special delivery
letters went out from the offices of the
A. A. A. sol Fifth Avenue, yesterday
to the lucky persons for whom rcscrva-
tons have been made for to-day
The letters contained full directions.
A number of tourists will leave from
the quarters Of the Long Island Auto
Club, Bedford Avenue and Halsey
Street, Brooklyn. Others arc scheduled
to go from station in Columbus Cir
Gle. A large number of parties will be
picked up at their homes by the mo-
torists.
The route will include the Long
Island Motor Parkway, the free use Of
which was given the A. A. A. by W. X.
Vanderbilt, jr. Gasoline will be sup
piled free to the motorists through the
generosity of the Texas Oil Company.
The auto tanks will be filled at the
Texas concerns station in Bergen
Avenue, Jamaica. Once at camp, the
tourists will be taken to see their
soldier kin there and will be enter
tanned at the camp hostess houses.
James A. Hcmstreet, New York tour
ing manager of the American Automo-
bile Association, last night sent letters
to New York City's clergymen urging
them to help the movement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
George Ehret Urges
Loan Subscriptions
Brewer Is Eighty, Home in Der
lin, But He's Loyal, Son
Declares

The friends Of George Ehrct, the
wealthy brewer, were surprised yes
terday at the appearance of full-page
advertisements in tho evening papers
urging the purchase of Liberty bonds.
Mir. Ehret's name was signed to the
advertisement. Mr.. Ehret is over
eighty years Of age, and for eight or
ten years made his home in Berlin,
where he is we'll known as a "millon-
aire American brewer" Until the
United States declared war Mr.. Ehret
was in Berlin. The full-page adver-
tisemcnts yesterday suggested the
thought that he had returned to New
York, but at the house of his son,
George Ehrct, jr., it was said last night
that he was in Switzerland.
when the food situation got desper
ate in Berlin. about a year ago, Mr..
Ehrct went from Berlin to Switzer-
land" said one of his friends last night.
ct would surprise his old friends
among the German aristocracy to see
his name attached to an advertisement
urging every one to get into The fight
against Germany, but the old man is
an American, and as he is in Switzer-
land the Prussians are not in position
to say anything to him, even If they do
think Of him as resident Of Berlin
and one Of their own"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

with the conduct of the war. The fue!
administration has already conferred
with representatives of more than 1000
industries. Agreements have been ne.
gotiated for voluntary courtailnoent OF
glass, boxboard. brewing and other in
dustries. Within the next few days
it is expected, similar agreement will
be closed with both the building trades
and the automobile industry.
An important announcement regard
ING the governments policy toward in
dustrial priority is expected to be is
sued by the War Industries Board with
in the next few days This policy, it
is anticipated, will not affect non-es-
sential industries solely, but will cut
the output of some so-called essential
war industries.
Wherever curta;lments are found
necessary reduction Of manufacturing
operations Will be accomplished grad
ually. Meantime every effort viii be
made to convert the facilities of these
industries TO way purposes. At the
same time, it is stated the government
will enforce rigidly its policy of cur
tailment, using fuel control and rail
road priority orders as the weapons
with which to make it effective.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
To Sell Food at Cost

Twelve food markets, at which food
may be purchased at cost price. Will
be opened III various sections of the
city tomorrow. They are to be CON
Quoted under the auspices of the So
cialist Consumers League, and women
who have volunteered their services
will act as clerks.
The league has arranged to CO.
operate with the Garden Market Asso-
citation, and it is expected the food
markets will do much to relieve dis
tress among the poor of the city. The
one market already opened, at Jefferson
Market, Sixth Avenue and Eighth
Street, has proved most successful.
The plan of operation is for tene-
ment jewellers in the vicinity of the
markets to organize themselves and
appoint one of their number as n can
tain. All ordering will be done through
this captain, and the system, it is de-
clsrcd, removes all waste, which under
ordinary circumstances is being paid
for in the form of higher prices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
II Persons Sought in
Hunt for Cohen Clews
Several Women Expected to
Help Clear Up Alleged
Conspiracy

All Of the available detectives under
District Attorney Swami and the
Fourth Branch Bureau were securing
the town last night looking for about
dozen persons, including several wom-
en-, who, according to Assistant Dis
trict Attorney James E. Smith, can fur
nish information of value in clearing
up the alleged conspiracy which re-
suited in the murder Of Harry Cohen,
the "squealing" witness against gam
blers, which occurred in the hallway OF
7 West Ninety-second Street last NJ on
day morning at :55 o'clock.
District Attorney Swami was in his
office all day giving personal attention
to the case and "knitting," as he said,
the various loose ends of evidence to-
gcther. Mr.. Swami said he fully ex-
pected the persons who are wanted
would be rounded up by tomorrow. He
said at least ten of them can help the
identity Of the mysterious "three men"
who are believed by Mr.. Swami and
Mr.. Smith to have acted as the pay
masters. The prosecutor says he has
evidence that "Big Morris" Rothenberg,
under Indictment for shooting Cohen,
met these men in the vicinity of
Seventh Avenue and Forty eighth
Street about an hour after the murder
Mr.. Swami again questioned Grace
Leslie in connection with her activi-
ties in running two illegal resorts on
Riverside Drive before she was sent
to the workhouse, two weeks ago. He
has arranged for an examination to-
morrow of Grace Spaulding. the
oigh teen year-o girl who was found
in the Leslie woman's apartment when
it was raided She is in the Florence
Crittcnton Home. 1t was in this con-
nection that District Attorney Swami
questioned Sam Schepps, of Becker
case fame, when Cohen was shot. Cohen
knew the Leslie woman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Church corporatiou u
poses to Erect l50Bua,
ings on 800 Lot.
To Cost $3o,oOo.u'
Lessees Expected to p,...
Large Part of Money E.
Structures

The Trinity Church co,,.,.
wants to establish on some soe !.
owns. along Varick Street, with : :
Houston ard King Streets AS i.
tire, a great Office district. Tn !
poration values its lots in tho .s|
IS worth at least $4,000 lot ~, Il
is at the rate Of IS a square foo, |
total estimated value of the ,,,,1
therefore about $1,000, 900.
If these lots were joined to fo,.
row. they would extend owe, IN.
one third miles as the total i,.,'
is 1900 feet. Estimating that /
average front of each Office bu,J
would be so feet, there wopli
erected under this plan $50 st,ual
costing at least 100000 each or .
Coo,00o for the whole project aesms
to the views Of real estate exnsr'
On most Of the lots there A.. /
two and trree-story brick dweI,''
On Hudson Street. however. ONE II
west Of Narick Street. there ars 4
ern hreproot buildings occunisi
commercial concerns. All thosp :.
mercial structures are in the bom1
les of the section, which he n.
Church Corporation proposes ia
change into a vast and important /
Building area of the city.
The reasons for this probossl
many. The Seventh Avenue suI,
soon to be opened. extends through,
heart OF the Old wholesale district
west OF Broadway. traverses the /
Hall section, the William Street +,
ance district, and Wall Street apds
runs to Brooklyn. 1t has PLACED
Varich Street section advantages
on the great subway zone of the !
From The Bronx, Queens, Brooklsr
all other principal sections of Man
tan the Varick Street area will 500,
quickly reached by many rapid tu
routes for a 5-cent fare.
Being under q single OWNERSHIP
Trinity Corporation, such plan al
posed can be effectively carried
The corporation offers to construct
needed buildings and then lease
structures to tenants. Owing TO
present state OF the mortgage me-
individuals and concerns desrOu;
having buildings erected for their
use or as an investment must de,
wholly on in large part On their
| financial resources The hio m,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Austen Colgate ::
announces Platform,
New Jersey Senatorial Candi-
date Firm for Prosecu-
ton of the War

Colonel Austen Colgate, candidate
for the Republican United States Sen
atorial nomination. yesterday issued
the platform upon which he will run
1t is. in part, as follows:
"The paramount issue is the success
full prosecution Of the war against Ger
many. In this conflict we must not be
content with an inconclusive peace.
There must be neither hating nor
turning hack
There is no room for rartisan crit
cism or obstruction. There is place
for fair and constructive criticism.
There must be no unnecessary waste
either of precious lives or the money
which supports those lives. Our sol
Giers must be properly clothed fed.
equipped and trained. Thew must be
given to the last detail, both at home
and abroad. the most scrupuious pro
vision for health and morale.
"The government should take the
people at home morefuly into its con-
fdence by giving them all possible in
formation concerning the movement of
our men on land and sea-
"All forms of opposition to the eff
ficient prosecution Of this war must be
sternly represSed and the offenders
severely punished.
every precaution must be taken to
safeguard the health and efficiency Of
our war workers.
eve must adopt system of univer-
sal military training, to be ready to do
our part, either as member of a
league OF nations or as an independent
nation standing alone for our national
ideals. Proper physical training should
be incorporated into the school sys-
tenn
81 favor the granting of homestead
rights to all honorably discharged SOL
diers and sailors
"The question of government owner
ship of railroads and other utilities
should be considered earnestly and
with complete freedom from preju-
dice.
Congress having proposed refer
endum on national prohibition, our
state having passed as local option law.
| believe these questions are where
they properly belong in democracy
such as ours--in the hands of the peo-
rle.
Il stand for the amendment of the
Federal Constitution to provide for the
extension of the voting right to the
women of this nation.
81 believe in the adoption of a sci
entjically prepared tariff law which
will adequately but not unreasonably
protect American industry from a trade
invasion after the war.
II stand firmly for q revision of our
laws relating to immigration and nat
uralization"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Ban ON Patriotic Charity

Assistant District Attorney Bohan
has warned the police of Eastern cities
to be on the lookout for persons COL
lectlng money for the Soldiers and
Sailors Woolen Fund, of which Mrs.
Frank Kcbitsch, Of 2s45 cambridge
Street, Brooklyn, was president, and
Miss Isabel S. Friedlieb, of the Hotel
Woodward, was organizer.
Mr.. Bonn says the organization COL
lected $1,000 to buy wool and hand
machines to knit wooden wear for the
soldiers. nvestigation showed they
had spent only $149.5o. Mr. Bohan
found Miss Frienlicb had written a
song entitled, II Hear America Call
lng,. and had sold many thousand cop
les IN railway station Of the big cities
for Is cents a copy. They paid 10 cents
to the publishers
Mr.. Bohan said the books were ktnt
by Miss Florence H. Jerome, of / West
Thlrty-fou Street. He has informed
Mrs. Koblisch the society must turn
over its money on hand tor the beneft
of the Red Cross.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
$4,000 From Boston Sends
Drive Over Top; Belgian
Paper Brings $500
IS Ambulances Given
Mrs. Swift Donates $1,000 for
Operating Room; Mrs.
Shepard Contributes

The American women's hospital cam
paign for 100000 went cover the top"
to the extent of $4,000 yesterday.
There were tears and shouts Of JOY as
the three hundred women doctors re-
allied that their ten days Of hard work
had been successful.
The people of Boston came to the
rescue at the last moment with a
check for $4,000, collected through
DR.. Eliza Taylor Ransom. This sum
Is to be used at once to establish a
hospital in France. DR.. Ransom will
sail for France soon to take charge of
the hospital, which is to be run entirely
by American women under the direc
ton OF the American Red Cross.
FINAL reports on the hospitals CAM
paign will be turned in next Thurs
day, when the committees from ali over
the country will send in their totals.
The fund will probably reach 100000.
From the sale of a copy of,"Le Beige
Libre," a Belgian newspaper published
secretly since the beginning Of the war,
$500 was received. The paper sold yes
terday. is one of an edition of only ten
copies, containing an account Of the
execution Of Edith Cavell After this
announcement, ali the women doctors
arose and Joined in prayer for Miss
Cavell and DR.. Elsie lnglis, of the Scot
tlsh Woman's Hospitals, who died after
leading a Serbian regiment to safety.
Fifteen ambulances and fifty wheeled
chairs have been contributed during
the campaign for the work of tho
women doctors Of France and Serbia
Women lawyers pledged an ambulance
and women writer's another.
One of the speakers at yesterdays
luncheon at the Hotel Biltmore was the
little adopted daughter of Mrs. Finley
Shepard, who stood W on chair and
told the doctors that she had asked her
mother to help them in their work. No
announcement was made IS to the
amount of Mrs. Shepards gift.
Mrs. Samuel Swift and her children
gave 81 900 for an operating room in a
French hospital, in honor of her hus-
band.
J. V. N. Dorr gave an ambulance, in
honor of Lee Higginson Dorr, ir', a
young aviator who recently lost his
life DR.. Helen Morton gave $500.
Twelve members of the Moments
Overseas Hospitals were caught bv the
German advance in Picardy and are
now engaged in relief work for the
refugees, according to cable received
yesterday from Dr.. Alice Gregory, in
Paris. From the cable it was learned
that DR.. Anna Won Sholly and her staff
of doctors, carpenters, chemists and
chautfeurs had gone to the new location
which had been picked out for them by
the French government in the Aisne.
The exact location of the proposed hos
pital is not revealed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Bows Enroll for Farm Labor

WASHINGTON, April G. Five
states reported to the Department Of
Labor to-day the enrolment of G2,000
boys between sixteen and twenty one
years Of age for farm labor. The states
We're: Indiana, $1,000; Illinois, $4,000;
Michigan, 5000; Texas, 5000; Maine.
1900
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Senate Approves OF Riggs

WASHINGTON, April 6.-Confrma-
ton Of the nomination Of Thomas
Riggs, jr., to be Governor of Alaska
was to-day unanimously recommended
by the Senate Territories Committee.
There had been indications of a stout
ODnOsjtiOn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
The Weather Report

WASHINGTON. April Ga cyconic deprvss on
has advanced to Minnesota. End pressure ia s.il
low in tho Ear Southwest ard high on tho Atan..,
Coast. General rains have falen In the Allssls
sipp. lower Ohio and Missouri valleys and snows in
North Dakota
the a lj c9nssrAnl h warmer IN the Ohio Valley
rcSlon There will be rain morrow IN tho un,c-
ONO Valley. the lower lake reg. On and the Atlnni
Coast states south Of Now England Rain probab.,
England The temperature viii bo s.,nnyha at hirn.
In Atlantic Coast districts. Elsewhere tho chniis.
will DO unimportat "
Forecasts for Special Localities. Eastern ~.
cruising c Sq AND I wa a5
rain this afternoon to-n!ght: c!cl-ng to, moro.
Northern Now Ensland-fnir to-day; rain
Southern Nov Eneand-Fair and warmer TO .,,g.
czccp probably rain IN Connecticut: rain to mo-
Western rnnsyyania end Western New York
! northern portion "
Local Official Rccord.--Tho following official rec
ord from the Weather bureau shows tcmpera,,rn
during tho last twenty four hours. in comnarlso
with the corresponding dny of last year
a. m i' y lsl a , ~ 1918. lal
e a. N !" : :.:. q 4 s 81 s H. %
'sneS o ssms"Fa'"re yesla,day SO deserces
average same date for thirty tlirc-l A"org a.
Humidity
.. m....45 D. 30 8 u. m
Barometer RonodlnOs
a. M .3oal y. m. SOIL p m...s0
Local Ohlc|al forccnst-increasing cloudncss NJ
warmer to-day. followed by rain In tho nflo
boon or by night: TO morrow clearing. increasing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

t.Veo Washington. 1896; West Virginia L.
Wy; Wisconsin. S.736, and Wyoming. 335.
100000 Men Included
With the addition of those who have
reached the age of 81 since the pas
sage of the selective service act, Class
VIII include not less than 100000
men. Even should the proportion of
those who are not engaged in produc-
tive work be small, the aggregate will
run into the hundreds of thousands
At present the top tier of men in
Class l in any local district may be
composed entirely of men who are
steadily employed in valuable indus
tries, while just below them in the
In such a case it is planned to warn
the latter that they must seek employ
ment OR their status on the list will
be altered to insure their being drafted
ahead of the workers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
He Summons Three Times
the Number at First
Estimated
Allotments by
States Announced
New York Must Provide
1911 and New
Jersey 2,137

WASHINGTON, April G.-Approxi-
matey 10000 men will be sent to
training camps during the fiveday pc
riod beginning April 26 under orders
sent to state governors today by Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder for mo-
bilization of the April call of the sec
ord draft. This is three times the num-
Der it was originally planned to call,
and is nearly twice the monthly quota
as based on the calling Of 500 900 men
over period of nine months.
Calling out OF the increased number
was made necessary by the decision Of
President Wilson to respond without
delay TO the need of France and Great
Britain for rcinforcements in the great
battle in Picardy. Vacancies in National
Army divisions, resulting from the
withdrawal Of men to complete National
Guard and regular army units and for
the formation OF special tactical units
asked by General Pershing, will be made
good by the April draft. Those divisions
furthest advanced in training are to
receive first attention, in order that
the maximum number OF complete
units may be sent abroad soon.
To Ignore Quotas"
Failure of Congress- to pass the
amendment to the selcctivc service act,
which would permit the fXation of
state quotas on the number of men in
Class /, necessitated temporary ad-
herence to the old system. Local
boards have been officially advised
however. that they are to ignore
quotas" for the time being and to SIM
ply continue calling up men until they
have obtained the number they have
been instructed TO forward
When a basis for establishing state
quotas has been found due credit
against future increments will be given
for those already called. Among tn.
men to be called will be approximately
116,700 whites and 33.700 negroes
Pennsylvania leads with 1905 called
Ohio is second with 1O,3O2, and New
York third, with 10171.
Assessment by States
The assessment by states follows:
Alabama. 3,S0l Arizona, 40: Arkansas
",735; California, 1865; Colorado, 1,029
Connecticut. 10; Delaware, III; District
of Columbia. 492: Florida. $3.50; Georgia
G.15G; Idaho, Goa Illinois, SS01; Indiana
5,962: Iowa, 3. 412; Kansas, 1871 kentucky
1896 louisiana, 549: Maine. 9l9: Mary
6.590; Minnesota, 356l: Mississippi, 2,003
Missouri. 4.07S; Montana, 1,302 Nebraska
$50; Nevada, 10; New Hampshire. 576
T Vew 'sGsey 2 l, New o Mexico oz 49, Ney
Dakota. 1887; Ohio. 10.202; Oklahoma. >.
29l; Oregon, 923 Pennsylvania, 1896
Rhode Island sd; soath Carolina 1869
ISlT: Utah flS kNernCut A21 Viroir n
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-15
NEGRO BOYS GIVEN
SIS AND COSTS EACH

The five negro boys who were ar
rested by the police yesterday for
creating disturbance in the vicinity
of the San Carlos hotel, Were given q
hearing in the police court this morn
ing and were fined IS and costs. They
were, Teifare Wade, aged 16 years,
Alvin Spellman, 13 years. James Cal
tiers, II years. Knowles Freeman. -
years, and Thomas Hicks. aged Ii
years. Wade was ordered held in the
Jail for 10 days