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New-York tribune., 1918-04-15
Prohibition as Issue
Predicted by Koenig

Samuel S. Koenig, chairman of the
Republican County Committee. said
yesterday at the Republican Club that
in his opinion the state campaign next
fall would be on the issue of statewide
prohibition.
Il do not undertake to speak either
for the state committee or the county
committee" Mr.. Koenig added 81 do
not recall that Governor Whitman has
taken any public stand in the matter.
The vote in the Legislature on .he
ratification of the Federal amendment,
together with the great interest mani
tested in the local option elections on
Tuesday and Wednesday next, make it
certain, in my judgment. that every
candidate on the state ticket will be
asked how he stands on the wet and
dry issue. which, l think, will over
shadow all other issues.
-! here is no way at this time Of
telling Just where We are coming out as
a. party. In some of the city districts
we are pretty sure to get the worst of
1t, but when it comes to statewide
issue we ought to have the best of it.
Hostility to the liquor business seems
to be in the air. Whether the war is at
the bottom of it Or whether the reason
IS economic or whether it is combina-
ton of the two, the facr seems to be
that the people, and particularly the
new women voters, aye determined to
1orce the issue and settle the matter at
an early day.
Chairman Koenig said that probably
the state committee would formulate a
declaration of principles and that the
issues would be set forth in this mani :.
feStO
New-York tribune., 1918-04-15
Gregory Unable to
Find German Plot
In Glass i'm Food
Attorney General Says the
Presence of Impurity Was
Due to Negligence
[Staf Correspondence

WASHINGTON, April 14.-The De-
partment of Justice has been unable to
ascertain any case where German SYM
pathizers have placed ground glass in
food, poisoned water intended for gov
ernment horses or distributed poisoned
court plasters, Attorney General Greg
ory made this statement to-day in a
letter to Representative Frear, of Wis
consin.
The Attorney Generals letter said:
"The department has received numer-
GUS complaints of the presence of
broken glass in food substances, but a
most thorough investigation has failed
to establish a single. case in which
glass had been maliciously placed
therein. The greater number of the
alleged broken glass cases developed
into instances where there were found
present small pieces Of dint, sand or
other impurities that had either acci-
dentally or through negligent manu-
facture appeared IN the products
There have been a few cases where
glass did occur in such commodities,
but in these instances the presence of
the glass was due, as was the presence
of the other impurities just mentioned,
to accident or to some negligence in
the manufacture other than a wilful
intent to cause harm.
"As to poisoned court plaster, num-
Der of complaints have been made to
the department and have been thor
oughly investigated. In all of these
cases but one no harmful trace Of
poison was found. In one case OCCUR
ring in lllinois) the investigation
plaster of tetanus germs, which the
department is assured by chemists
might occur in the negligent prepara.
tion of court plaster, but even in this
case there was no evidence of wilfuI
intent to place such germs in the court
plaster, and the inference was that
they occurred through careless manu-
facture. The concern manufacturing
the court plaster was duly warned and
has agreed to redouble it's efforts to
secure the production of an article free
from injurious contents.
mo cases of poisoned waters with
intent to injure human beings have
come to the departments attention.
either by complaint or by it's own in
vestigations. In a few instances com.
plants have been made or the depart.
ment has heard that there might be
poison in water intended for the use
of horses or other animals belonging
or intended for the Federal government
or the Allies. Thorough Investigation
has shown all these complaints to be
without foundation"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-15
Mystery i'm Death
Of Husband and Wife
They Are Found on Bed
Dressed, With Food Burn
ing in Kitchen

The odor of burning food assailed
the nose of Arthur Bigbie, Of 1913 Pros
pect Avenue, Brooklyn, as he went
downstairs yesterday morning, and he
halted in front of the apartment occu-
pied by Herman Kaster and his wife
Margaret. The smell came from there,
he decided. After futile ringing of
the bell he forced in the door.
The fiat was filled with choking
smoke, which came from the kitchen.
On the stove Bigbie found what had
once been ccrned beef and cabbage, but
which had cooken until it was charred
and smouldering. In the bedroom he
'und the bodies of Kaster and his wife
-ully dressed on the bed. They had
been dead several hours.
Apart from the burning food, which
apparently had been intended for the
Saturday evening meal of the Kasters,
the fiat contained nothing out of the
ordinary. There were no marks on
either body, except for a red blotch on
the back Of the mans neck, to indicate
how the couple died. The bodies were
taken to the morgue. An autopsy will
be held to-day.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-15
Mayor S Health Board War
Called Patronage Fight
Politicians Point Out That 900 Positions With Salaries
Amounting to ST. 03, 280 Attached Are Involved
in Attack on Seven Bureaus

number of little places that he can
obtain for the faithful.
IN addition to these places there are
nifty lnspectorships in the Bureau of
industrial Hygiene for which provision
was made by the Mitchell administra-
ton which have yet to be filled These
arc to pay 1000 each, and to fill them
a large number Of labor men familiar
with factory conditions have sought to
qualify
All or nearly all of these LOO places
are under civil service protection and
the lncumbents may not be removed
except Tor cause. Furthermore, if thew
are thrown out of employment bv the
ADOPTION of the positions they now
mold they automatically go back on the
civil service list in preferred positions.
r rom these lists the men and women
'or the new bureaus which might be
created would be taken, but IN the
process 1t would be possible by meth
ods OF reclassltication not unknown
uhdcS lormer Tammany administra-
tlCns to make room for not a few new
faces. ~"
1t is also possible in such a recon
st"uctlon to help the good Tammanv ~,
Hearst man now holding small nav
ing position by giving him one at a
better rating. In the process vcrv
considerable number of the hunrrv
might be cared for and some of those
not exactly furnishing be given soma.
thing better than they have been on.
joying.
Here are the number of places in the
seven bureaus, the salaries paid tho
amount paid each class and the Grand
total: e'"'u
New-York tribune., 1918-04-15
Vice Raiders Stir Broadway
For More Than -Four Hours

against being placed in a patrol
wagon. Many wanted to hire tax
CAP, but this was not permitted.
When the officials reached the Har
lem residential section the greatest
excitement prevailed. The changing
OF the patrol bell aroused the resi-
dents, and scores opened windows or
ran to the streets. Surface cars were
blocked by the taxicabs, whose fares
wanted to get as close to the scene
OF the raids as possible.
Determined to Clear Up City
In two of the buildings visited Mr..
Smith found pool and billiard par
lors. A number of boys still in their
teens were ordered home and others
or draft age We're forced to show their
registration cards.
In explaining the raids MIR. Smith
said they were continuation of Dis
trlct Attorney Swann's determination
to clear the city Of Objectionable char
actcrs who congrcgatc in these places
IN the carly morning hours, especially
on sundays, after respectable places
have closed.
When asked by the reporters if he
thougnt there would be any tronblc
made by the people detained in The
restaurants, Mr.. Smith said these were
war times and people should not be
out so late. They had plenty of time
before o'clock to eat, he said '''N
Other Raids to Follow
District Attorney Swami said last
night that the drive against resorts of
this sort is going to be maintained "un.
der any and all circumstanccs.V
The raids were carried ont n,dor
the law he said, when told that some
OF the chop sucy men were threatening
SUITS These places are known as
pubic nulsances, and no warrants aro
needed to affect an entry. AS matter
OF fact, we have been gathering tho
evidence against all Of them for from
SIX months to n year"
Mr. Swami declared that every all
night restaurant should be rcuujrcd ~
nave license, 80 that it might como
under direct rcguu,ion of the CIV,
authorities. An agitation in this d;rcc.,
ton, he ntlmatcd, viii be undcrtnkcn
soon. '~'i
The District Attorney added That tho
poolrooms, where young boys are now
permitted to conGrcgatc until all hour
Of the night, nrc 10 be the next Oh
JcctIvcs of the rniding squad.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-15
By John J. Leary
GLANCE at the supplement to
"The City Record" wherein is

a GLANCE at the supplement to
~ "The City Record" wherein is
recorded the number Of posi-
tlons in the seven bureaus Of the
Board of Health which Mayor Hylan
charges arc illegally constituted, shows
what the politically wise believe are
the real reasons for MIR. Hylan's deci-
sion to secretly pave the way for dis
penslng with the bureaus.
There are. according to the last
statement available, 1.05S places, carry
ing S1,1O3,28O a year in salaries and
wages, in the seven bureaus now un-
der fire. These places pay from $500 a
year up to $4,000, with the great ma
The prospect of tne Mayors plan
going through Is now admittedly rather
remote. The declaration Of James T..
Mcbride, chairman Of the Civil Ser
wee Commission, that it is not intend
cd to dispense with these departments
and that all that is sought is evidence
of graft has been taken generally as
an admission that the public demand
of "hands off" Of these bureaus has
had effect.
The graft charges, it should be stat
cd. are not taken seriously even by
friends of the administration, who are
inclined to look upon them as being
what politicians sometimes call "alibi
stuff" This belief is largely based
upon the fact that there was no hint
of anything wrong when the Mayor
first called upon Health Commissioner
Amster to clean these bureaus out on
the ground that they were constituted
in violation Of law.
First Skidding of Hylan Machine
Commissioner Amster's reference of
the matter to the Law Department for
an opinion represents, in the opinion
of many shrcwd ones, the first skid
ding of the Hylan machine, and it is
hintcd that tie attack upon the Cor
poration Counscl's Office made later in
the week followed intimations that it
did not agree with Mayor Hylan in his
Interpretation of the law.
Thcrc is reason for belief that both
Commissioner Amsters refusal to act
without legal advice and the failure
OF the law department promptly to
agree with the Hylan Interpretation of
the law opening these happy hunting
grounds to the place seeker were most
unexpected, but not more so than the
action of the Central Federated Union
IN protesting against the cutting Of
the department. 1t WAS not thought
any opposition would come from that
quarter and that the worst tnat might
be looked for would be demand by
labor men for some Of the places that
might be made vacant through tho OPP
Grafton of the removals.
AS prizes go the bulk of the l,o5S
places in tho seven bureaus under fire
are not big, but for the purposes of the
machine politician they arc Gust what
the doctor ordered" for it is through
such small pickings as these that ma
chimes arc built up ard kept in good
running order. II Is known to all men
tina. the strength Of the district leader
depends not upon tho number OF fat
Jobs he may land. for there arc COM
paratvcly few of these, but in the
New-York tribune., 1918-04-15
Charges Based on Alleged
Insult to National
Guard Uniform
Capt. Dumeld
Complains
Asserts Offence Took Place
at Huguenot Society
Banquet

Another chapter is beginning in the
interesting career Of Colonel Asa Bird
Gardiner
Governor Whitman yesterday or
dered Colonel Gardeners court martial
on charges preferred by Captain How
ard Duffield, pastor of the First Presby-
terian Church and chaplain of the 9th
Coast Artillery Corps, Of the New York
National Guard.
The charges are that Colonel Gar
diner at public dinner made insulting
remarks about the National Guard uni
form which Captain Duffield was wear
ing.
Colonel Gardiner is commandant of
the. Veteran Corps of Artillery, an ex-
elusive military organization Of New
York. Many men socially prominent
are in it's ranks.
Quotes From Duffield's Letter
Lieutenant Arthur James, chairman
of the information division of the New
night:
"On April 8 the Huguenot Society
of America gave dinner at the Hotel
Plaza. Captain Duffeld was there in
his uniform. Governor Whitman has
ordered that National Guard officers
wear their uniforms at all times.
Colonel Gardiner was at the dinner,
representing the Military Society of
1912.
"These extracts from Captain Duff
fields letter to the Governor tell what
happened:
wearing?' Colonel Gardiner asked
Captain Duffield.
"'The Ninth Coast Artillery Corps,
New York National Guard replied
Captain Duffcld.
"'You ought to take it off, said
Colonel Gardiner. You have never
taken the oath of allegiance like US old
regulars.'
"Captain Duhield said he was proud
to wear the uniform of the New York
Guard.
"I wouldn't think of wearing it my
SELF said Colonel Gardiner"
Court Martial Expected This Week
Lieutenant James asserted that the
court martial for Colonel Gardiner
would be organized probably this
week.
Colonel Gardiner, West Point
graduate. is a Civil War veteran and
the author of number of military
books. He lives at the Union Club and
Suffern, N. Y.
He formerly was active in New York
politics. When Tammany ran him for
District Attorney, in 1897, Colonel
Gardiner coined for himself the famous
campaign slogan, "To hell with re-
form"
He was elected District Attorney,
but was subsequently removed from Of
fee by Theodore Roosevelt, then Gov
ernor.
Last year Colonel Gardiner was a
topic among army men for time,
when the War Department asked him
to return a Civil War medal which he
had Worn for fortY-fve wears.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-15
Senate to Order
Dissolution of
German Alliance
Voluntary DISARMAMENT
. Will Not Affect Bill To
Be Reported To-day
By BRIGGS

WASHINGTON, April 14.-Voluntary
dissolution of the German America n
Alliance will not affect the bill in
Congress to revoke the Federal char
ter of the alliance, Senator King, of
Utah, its author, declared tonight.
The Judiciary sub committee will
recommend revocation to the full
Judiciary Committee tomorrow. It is
anticipated this recommendation will
be promptly reported favorably by the
committee to the Senate.
Revocation Of the Federal charter,
however, will not be Il completely sat-
lsfactory bar to the activities of the
alhance, Senator King pointed out to-
DAY. 1t VIII be still necessary for the
several states to take action similar
to that of New York and revoke the
state charters of the alliance. Info,-
NAL recommendations to state authorj-
ties, 1T IS understood, will be sent
from Washington through the state
councils Of defence urging that this
action be taken at once.
Some state branches Of the alliance
are attempting to continue their activi-
ties. and. at the same time, escape the
odlum of direct association with tho
alliance, by reorganizing under differ
cnt names. One branch of the a]li
ance. Senator King reports, has Sc
cured charter under the general
charterng law Of Pennsylvania, and
has reorganized in Erie County as a
historical society.
Federal officials are impotent TO
remedy this situation, Senator King,
points out. 1t is matter entirely for
public opinion and state action. How
ever, all such reorganization. he
stated, should be given the widest pub
iicity' ana every attempt made to put
the alliance out of business, ACTUALLY
as we'll as constructively.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-15
Plans to Save Babies
Maternity Centre Committee
Will Hold Meeting To-day

The Maternity Centre Committee,
which will start branches throughout
the city to conserve the lives of
mothers and babies, will hold its first
meeting to-day at the home of Mrs.
John s. Rogers, 81 East Seventy-ninth
Street. The members Of the commit
tee are DR.. Edwin 3. Chaplin. DR..
Stephen Williams DR.. J. Clifton
Edgar, DR.. Ralph w. Lobenstine, Mrs.
John S. Rogers, chairman; Mrs. Arthur
Scott Burden, treasurer; Mrs. A. ~.
Palmer, Mrs. Henry Dclafeld, Mrs.
John 6. Brcckinridgc, Mrs. Samuel w.
Lambert, Mrs. Eugene Meyer, jr., Miss
Frances Perkins, Mrs. Charlcs Sabin.
Mrs. Seth VI. MiIlikcn, Mrs. Tiffany
Richardson, Mrs. Henry J. Patterson,
Mrs. Ray Morris. Nrs. Meredith Hare,
Mrs. +. A. Ualsey, Mrs. Reginald
Auchincloss, Mrs. Arthur Swami, Mrs.
Jonathan Bulkley, Miss Bessie Lachcm.
Miss Daniels, Mrs. William G. Brown.
Mrs. jackson ReynoId, Mrs. ChaImer
Charles, Mrs. Herbert Croly, Nrs. p.
h. Griswold and Miss Anna Goodrich.
The speakers viii be- Or. Grace T..
Ne1Hs, Frances Pcrkins and DR.. Ralph
w. Lobenktine.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-15
What Is Going On To-day
WIIEATLESS DAY.
THIRD LIBERTY BOND DRIVE

THIRD LIBERTY BOND DRIVE.
raj history Van Cortiandt Park Museum AM
lean Museum Of Safety and the Aqua ar,mn, 1''"ei
circus, Madison Square Garden
Meeting OF the knights OF Columbus Wado,,-
Astoria, all day ""uofi-
Mse,ns Of tho National Association of Chair
boaFd meeting OF tho Minerva Club. Waldo,t.
Social meeting of the Drama Comedy Club uot.,
Astor y. ' N"o' hotel
Meeting of the Daugh,crs Of Indiana ,r,.,
PUBLIC LECTURES OF THE BOARD OF pn,,
..,v,,,. r. .MNXnAT'iAN u"
Voe'r n ,, Mlss Jennie NJ Davis Washmsmtony my I'VE we
ny high School Irving Place. Sixteenth nrv anJ
"I,chnd the War Zone in France. Ar,,,- :,
s'..r, Warnsr Public School J. hudson and "uT Grov. n
Francis not Wheeler ph D. i'nhir s,nno Wm,cer -
Forty seventh Street. west of Eighth Av'n,, -
The Island of Guam snd It's Teonlc mlS'i"c;
tlaa nm,y ~ ~ha,sry Suydam. Public school d6 ,5Gtn
The Man of Japan. Clayton s Cooncr r,,,.
Nrnooi %" rs East FIFTY seventh Street "'''c
WNn"ps'er. mo Founder OF American Nnttn,,,,,. ..
uhomas ,,hlomas McTlcrran. Phi D.. Public Srhnn, i'y, y,
ns 's'' City fssA or w",hs,on I"h Ms9'o' sfccts
l21th Street. ' '''''"S avenue and
Mans r!aro in Nature" John II. rromo y.
a s,,.,c rn,,e HAL. rs East lo0th street '"'
,h rn..ihs. an Engtnccrlng Problem Pullman A
n~orsi n"nrsi n1lgrim Hall. Fifty Street ma
America and Her NciShhors. Professor wn,..,
- Hnlhiic. rh. d.. Public school ,Rn ''',a,m nnn
"ess 4osth Street. Gust Of broadway. -'
New-York tribune., 1918-04-15
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attorney admitted they came to this
city on account of the lid being down
in their home town.
Draft Cards Demanded
AS the raiding party would enter
the restaurants the patrons woulda be
ordered to line up so they could be
questioned by Mr.. Smith, who stood
at the entrance with stenographer.
One Of the first questions put to the
men was demand for their draft
registration cards. In many instances
these were not Forthcoming, and in
all such cases their names and ad-
dresses we're taken, and will be for
warded to the Federal authorities. If
a man was accompanied by woman
he was asked if she was his wife; If
so she had to produce her wedding
ring.
Among others caught were sailors
and soldiers. Some of the latter re-
quested Mr.. Smith for a note to their
commander to explain their detention.
A few enemy aliens also were caught,
and after taking their names and ad-
dresses the Assistant District Attorney
said ne would report them to the proper
authorities.
Crowds Follow Raiders
Despite the hour Of the raids Broad
way soon was awakened, and in a short
time so great crowd gathered that the
police reserves from the West Forty
seventh, Sixty-eighth and One Hun
dredth Street stations were sent to
keep order. Men and boys, women and
girls, swarmed into the streets and IAN
after the officials as they went from
place to place. Some went 80 far as to
hire taxicabs, TO keep up with the pace
set by Detectives Finan and McGowan,
who led the raiding party. The ring
ing Of the bells on the advancing pa
troll wagons and the honkng Of horns
mingled with occasional screams and
cries and much shouting, made the
"Whitc Way look like night Of Il
Presidential election.
At the sight OF the advancing
policemen number Of women faint
Cd, While others tried to slip past Mr.
Smith without giving satisfactory
answer as to why they were out 70
ate. They pleaded not to be arrest
d, while othcrg who were ordered
taken 10 the station house protested
New-York tribune., 1918-04-15
Warehouse Survey Planned

Following recent conferences of the
special committee Oh freight conges-
ton and an advisory board of ware
house men in this city, a thorough sur
vey of warehouse conditions Of The
Port of New York is about to begin
under the direction Of these two bodies.
The survey was decided upon at the
suggestion of William G. McAdoo
Director Of Railways. 1t will proceed
throughout the summer and fall, and is
expected to establish what legislation
if any, is necessary for the regulation
of rates and facilities of warehouses.
Travis H. Whitney, Public Service
Commissioner, has introduced bill
into the Legislature to establish regu
lation of warehouses. It's Terms will
be made the subject Of special in
vestigation.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-15

fsS,soVr'
MIR. Rockefeller's relinquIshnel
last July of the right he had reseas ~
to control the expenditure OF szMs
600 did not, Mr.. Vincent points ou. M
his statement. add to the total in,'. .s !.
of the foundation, although 1t da .
crease by more than 100000 the ~ Y
at the complete disposal of the '@'
last year. III |.
For 1915 the entire income VII, ~ I
available. but of the more tnan III ,,,3
100000 balance carried over fron -. .ml
all except s1.271. .SS3S, the repol. i Wv 4
has already been appropriate |
pledged. ...,,I
Budget estimates for 1918, loss-
with a forecast OF the foundatlo's,, ~
come and expenditures up 70 Ill
have already been sent out
members and duly approved
Things 1t Cannot Do
Discussing these in his statsns,s. .,s
Mr.. Vincent emphasizes the pom' I
while the Rockefeller Foundst'On 4
no way hampered by red nw sr
there are some things which. ""
nature, it cannot do. .,,,s
at must refrain from supgE%, pEur,
propaganda which seeks to 'si,S
public opinion about social ans r.
cal proposals" he says, "howsss'
interested and important tae%
be. Thus recent appeals to ss iilnn@
whole or part a speakers pu.ss a;s,
behalf of the war. the teaI". ~
patriotism in the schools anu q, - M
vertising campaign for nat,ohs. s..;.l
bition have been or principle dsn,sss ss.
"Demonstrations such as u
which are being made at n. ao'm Mi
abroad in the field OF puO',s '.,dsn5
we'll organized cooperative sn,ra,s uns
ings, like the camp ana e0mr ssr Z
plan for the welfare OF AmeI'ssry
diers. a comprehensive program. ii
inquiry of the sort when ss us,g,|
tional Committee for Mental ~
is carrying out, represent Tss sjs
istic foundation policies. iao .o sss1
ways kept in mind is no. ..;ors
governmental or social tuncs''su, :,
to SHOW that certain thihss sU:
done successfully, and then as ~ "a d.
may be to turn these over !" ~
munity." ,w Flp
During 1917 DR.. Charles. w. p~sIs' lrs
signed from the board OF the s s"lIgss
ler Foundation, leaving the the,.lIsr M
trus tees: John D. Rockeis.a Nd
chairman. George E. Vincent
dent: t. r. Embree, rspf12
Wallace Buttrick, Simon Cd
Harry f. Fosdick, Frederlckr AHas
A. Barton Hepburn, Charles = as.9
Henry Pratt Judson. starr wisbS
John d. Rockefeller, 81, sr' N.tis
Rose, Julius Rosenwaia, .n.s
Ryerson and Frederick St1eS
New-York tribune., 1918-04-15
News in Brief

Alexander 0. I.amson, the 'Saus.e a,s.e Y Y
experimenting on Il petsoop At ~ -
y small fire in his work'o"''"
Street. There Was no damase' "A
Lights were out at Sherry. ~ ~ sspi
and diners were provided wlsS ... az
broken pipe in the boiler w.
damage and scaldcd two men, n
NEWARK. n. j.. Ap.il. \ rssa
old Thomas Mamamo roin.st a, ~
his mother in play and u WI JHospihl
her seriously. At the Guy
said that she would recover.