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New-York tribune., 1918-01-23
Bill to Let Women
Vote This Spring
Will Be Rushed
Wagner-Adler Measure to
This Effect Will Be a Law
in Two Weeks
IStuf CoyYespondencc

ALBANY, Jan. %. The Wagncr-Ad-
Ter bin, introduced at the request of
the New York State Woman Suffrage
rarity to provide the machinery to en-
abie women to vote, will be law within
1"o ks, 1t was announced to-day.
Amendments to the bill were decided
at a conference to-day of Republican
legl slatlvc leaders, consisting Of Sena-
tor Elon r. Brown eThaddeus. c. Sweet
Speaker of the Assembly,. and Simon l..
Adler. majority leader of the Assembly
and Senator J. Henry Walters. chair
man OF the Senate judiciary Commit
tee.
The details of these amendments
VIII be worked out during the next few
days. They will-makc provision for
women registering so that they NAV
vote in the four Congressional districts
IN New York where special elections
VIII be held tho first week in March.
At least two days, and possibly three
VIII be set aside to permit the women
to register. Provision also will he
made for the registration of women so
they may vote at the local option cleo
tons to he held in various parts Of he
state in April.
The Governor announced to-njcht
that he would issue the call for the
special elections in New York City to.
morrow. The elections will be held
forty days from the date Of the cali or
March 4.
Governor Whitman has been WAITING
Tor the Attorney Generals opinion as
New-York tribune., 1918-01-23
Irish Freedom Friends
Hold Meeting Tonight

The Friends of Irish Freedom will
hold mass meeting at the New Star
Casino tonight Ito urge the passage
by Congress of the Rankin resolution
recognizing Ircland's right TO political
independence"
Mrs. Sheehy Skeffington. whose hus-
band Was shot in the Dublin riots Of
1916; John J. Dillon. former State Com
missioner of Markets; Dudley Field
Me lore and the Rev. John II. Dcolcv
will be among the speakers. Other
orators are mentioned in the letter OF
invitation received yesterday BY The
Tribune. This follows:
Dear Slrs: Enclosed find notice of
meeting of Friends of Irish Freedom
given BY branch belonging to Cornns
1hrlst CHURCH, 12lst Street and
broadway The meeting will be held
" ednesday evening, January %. at the
New Star Casino.
Send on your Britisl-pad reporters
and yon VIII hear to your hearts con-
'snt "hat our speakers have to say
ABOUT our alleged ally, England. John
u: Moore, the fearless one: Or. Gov
VINO Is to be commissioned officer in
the United States airy of the Modicaj !
corps who is not afraid to tell true
american citizens about Ireland.
Mr.. Lochner, whom YOU caN .
pacltst, will be there. Trot tbem ali
out; we speak our minds as we wish
COMMITTEE T. I. F."
Although the invitation was not ad-
dressed to them, stenographers anA
deputies from United States MarshnI
McCarthy's office as well as members
OF the clty's police force will also
attend "'0
New-York tribune., 1918-01-23

to whether the elections shall be con-
fncd by the old lines of the Congress.
slonal districts or the lines of the 1917
reapportionment. 1t was learned to.
night that Attorney General Lcwis's
opinion viii be that the election shall
pc held IN the new districts. This, il
Is sad by Democrats-and Republicans
admlt It undoubtedly will result in the
election OF a Republican to succeed c
Murray hubert in the 2lst Congress.
sional District. Manhattan. Mr.. Hui.
bert, Democrat. resigned to become
DOCK Commi oncr in the Uylan al
mlnlstration. Several strong Rcpubl;
can precincts We're added to The 2lst
he other districts arc regarded a.
safely Democratic. They are: Seventh
and sth Brooklyn; 23d, The Bronx.
:, MISS Elsie Hill. of New York, and
MRS. William Hutton Blauvet. of SYRIA
Inse' Lns repressenting the New York State
branch Of the National Woman,
Party, called to-day on various 'inoi' lac;s' .
lative leaders to urge them TO work For
the passage of one of the various reso.
Iutions now before the Leeislature n,o-
moralIzing the United States Senate =,
vote for the woman suffrage amendment
to the Federal Constitution. II NAV ha
safely said that one of these resolu-
''ons VIII be passed by the Legislature
IN the Assembly Kenneth F. Suther.
land, representing the Concv IsIand
district, introduced a bill emnower;nn i,',, "
the Board Of Estimate to recla;n, ~ =
large portion of the Coney island OCEAN ,f'f "a
front to build a boardwalk rivaIl;nm n,,
Atlantic City's. The bill provided N q, ),
no concessions shall be granted The
walk shall commence at the extreme a
easterly end of the present park nn,s
owned at Coney Island by the city and and
fHosnd T;ahta TO- to within $50 feet of west
Senator Leonard W. H. Gibbs of n,e
talo, introduced bill renn;r;u ~ ~ ~
board of Examiners and tho Anno,r.. .i.t
Division to credit law studenttpr tpeiaI, ash =
enter the army or the navy ono ,.on mro r,'
cierkship If they remain in the scrv;c, r", .
a year or more. 'e'''c''
New-York tribune., 1918-01-23
$4,000 of Hoge's
Estate axable Here
Soap Man Left 1000 to Each
Church apd Synagogue
in GAINESVILLE

. John Hoge. soap manufacturer of
GAINESVILLE. Ohio. who died January &
l91I, lett here taxable property valued
at S|57o,ooo. The transfer tax appraisal
OF his estate, filed yesterday. IKE; no
value on the property he lett to the
metropolitan Museum Of Art and 70
the Actors Fund Of America. To those
institutions re left real estate valued
at $l.lo0,o00 and 100000 respcctjvc]v
they a.e exempt from the payment Of a
transfer tax. Altogether the sestator
had an estate OF about $4,000 goo.
The property left to the Museum Of
Art consists Of 4Sl, 4S3 and 4S5 Fiftb
Avenue and 3 East Forty-frst street
10 the Actors Fund of America Nv
Hoge left the property at 5lS Fifth
Avenue
;. Mr. Hogc wrote in lis will: BE
ievng that the Influence Of the
modern churches is for the rood +
bequeath to the officers of each or.
eanized church in GAINESVILLE in activs
operation at the time of nv death
$1,000, without regard to creed raca
or doctrine, the Protestant. Catholc
Hebrew or whatever belief has nron'
crly organized congregation"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-23
Joseph Lilly Named
AS Goethals Aid
New York Man to Have Charge
Of Shipping Army Supplies
From Here

WASHINGTON, Jan. Joseph
Lilly, Of Norton, Lilly n Co., New
York shipping firm. has been offered
and, it was said here to-day, has ac-
cepted place as aid to Major Gen
eral Goethals, in charge of the army
quartermaster corps. to take charge of
shipping army supplies at New York.
Another business man added to Gen
eral Goethals's staff to-day was Daniel
A. Wentz, Philadelphia coal operator
Mr.. Vent has been in Washington
since the early days Of the war as an
assistant to George A. Peabody, chair
man Of the coal committee of the
Council of National Defence He now
has been placed in charge of the fuel
and forage division of the quartermas-
ter's department. Preston Davie, a
New York lawyer. has been named as
Mr.. Wcntz's assistant.
1t is understood here that Mr.. Lilly
will have his headquarters at Washing
ton. His duties will be practically
those Of chief of embarkation.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-23
Observer, High Over City, Sees
Sunbeam Defeat Storm Kinq
Wonderful Panorama Revealed Watcher in Woodwork
Tower, Who Likens Defeat of Blizzard to
Nations Period of Trial

southwest Of Manhattan there was a
great island of ice. Boats buckinp
through this left behind them clearly
dehned lanes OF open water. Small
tugs with big barges were motionless
IN the grip OF the ice. Now and then
a small tug with coal barge could
be seen fighting its way from the Jersey
side with a small portion of the noun.
tam OF coal that faces the chilled cen
ire OF the world.
Evidence Of Coal Scarcity
The paucity of the coal barges visu-
a!ized the. scarcity of coal The ice
and the swirling snow forccfuly pre-
sented the cause. At hundred piers
were thousands Of snow-covered cars
on floats. Here and there, the snow
gusts making their camouAage cxcep-
tionally effective, could be traced the
outlines of big TRANSATLANTIC liners,
daubed as grotesqucly as Sioux on the
warpath. Some we're at piers, some
lay at anchor in the roads.
Suddenly through a rift in the west
ern clouds broad bar Of sunlight de-
sccnded on the bay. Across it's CLEAN
ing path on the icy waters steamed a
Coney Island steamboat loaded with
soldiers wildly waving hats to the busy
ferryboats. The snow ceased to fall
the air cleared, the sunlit path wid
ened, revealing a grim. gray armorec
cruiser moving powerfully and unde.
tered through the ice. After the
cruiser came British liner, the blood
red dag of England waving at the ia IF
rail.
Ice and snow and cold cvcrywhere--
but shaft of sunlight shooting through
the gloom.
The nation in storm and stress. its
chief city and chief city Of the world
grlpped IN struggle with the enemy
within and the enemy without--but
after ali in the sunlight husky soldiers
Joyous lighting men, potent battle
ship and transport winning through all
1t was symbo-that scene-a sym.
hol of America wrapped in disappoint-
ment and depression. ashamed and hu-
minated but soon to emerge into the
sunlight of organized effort and hard
won victory.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-23
Bad Faith Alleged
BY Both Sides in
Packers Inquiry
Employees of Big Plants
Ready to Agree to Arbi-
tration Plan

WASHINGTON, Jan. %. Charges OF
bad faith were made by both sides TO-
Gay at the hearings before the Presi-
dents Mediation Commission of com.
plants by union packing house work
ers that their employers have failed to
live up to the arbitration agreement
signed last month when a strike was
impending.
Frank P. Walsh. counsel for the
employers, presented a proposal that
both sides submit all the questions in.
volved in the original arbitration
agreement for decision by an arbitra
tor named by the Council of National
Defence. He enumerated among these
the demands for basic eight hour
day. increase Of 81 day in wages
time and a half for overtime, double
pay for Sunday work, same pay for
women as men, preference in employ
ment for union men, and no discr;n;
nation between union and non-union
men IN the distribution of work.
I'VE are willing to abide bv the
original agreement" said JAMES !
Condor, counsel for The packers. "but
not to accept the closed shop. which
You now are demanding"
lhere the matter rested. after n dav
OF conferences between the commits.
SION, counsel for the two sides and
the packers themselves, inciud;nn 7
ogden Armour, Edward +. Swift and
Nelson Norris ''iu
The request of the workers for gov
ernment operation of the plants dur;r.
NE war was lost sight of in discussion
~ inc arpltratlon dispute. Mr.. Walsh
declared, however, that the pronosn1
had not been dropped. lnformation ,,l ID
duced at the hearings now in propres.
WI be presented to the President.
Opposition by the packers TO se;zrr,
OF tneir plants will be based on the con.
tentlon that such action is unnecessar1
'n view OF their cooperation with the
government. Mr.. Condor il(timatcd thai
the request for government operation
was not being taken seriously by The
owners wy
John Fitzpatrick. president of the
Ih1cago Federation of Labor. headino
the delegation of workers now here. win
nave another conference with the com
mission tomorrow. There was no in.
tlmation tonight Of when the confer.
ences would be concluded, and the com
misslon's recommendation submitted to
the President
In the mean time the employees hav.
announced that they will continue at
work, although they said they consider
the original agreement void because Il
is alleged to have been broken by the
packers: The strike vote taken by tbs
men still is in effect and empowers II @
union leaders to call out the workers /
an agreement is not reached.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-23
Hylan Holding Up
Salary Increases
Voted by Fusion
10000 Employees for Whom
Raises Were Provided Are
Still Waiting

Mayor lIylan and his associates il,
thc city government are holding up
through the action of the Municipo
Civil Service Commission, increases in
salaries Of all civil service employees
provided Cor in the budget of 1918. Tho
increases applied to clerks, stenog-
raphers and other small salaricd en-
ploycs and We're only from $50 to Sl2t
year Some 10000 men and women
are affected by the delay
1t is understood that the new city
authorities are fearful that the Mitchel
administration may have put some
thing over" in allowing these small in
creases, and that heads Of departments
are to investigate individual cases to
determine whether the efficiency Of ths
cmployc warranted the increase. Under
q rule formulated by tho Bureau OF
Estimate such employees were allowed
an increase of at least $50 each year
without having to take a civil service
examination for promotlon. The en-
ployc, however, only received the raise
while he remained in tho same grade
Of employment If he sought promo
tion to another grade he was compelled
To take ali examination.
The increases were held up on the
grounds that they were contrary tc
Civil Service rules and had been fixed
without examinations for promotion
The necessity for making up new pa,-
rolls under this ruling delayed the pay
ment OF salaries for cveral days this
month. The employees affected finall,
signed tho new payrolls under protest
AS matter &C apparent inconsst.
cncy on the part Of the city authori
ties. while these increases aye held ur
because they ere "contrarV to Civil
Service rules" the Civll Service Com.
mission Is eXcrtIng every effort to re.
tain eX-Coroncr Patrick d. Riordan in
thc position OF Chief Medical Exam.
incr, although twelve physicians took
the civil service examination for tn,
place and three OF them were placed
on the eligible list. The Municipa'
Civil Service Commission requested the
State Civl Service Commission to take
the place from the classified service
and make it exempt. The request was
refused.
The Municipal Commission now con.
tends that it has the right under the
charter and tho civil service laws te
abolish the eligible list for Chief Medi
cal Examiner. President Mcbride of the
Civil Service Commission. however. has
decided to mold d public hearing on tn,
matter to-dav.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-23
What Is Going On To-day

Free admission 10 the American Museum of Natu-
,cun, cum, American Muscun Of Saiety and ne
,I,i. MqI1r !; HGas & snow: Grand Genital Palace
silver Society Ca Show. Hotel McAlpn. all dav
Meeting OF Newsprn Manufacturers, Wado,f
Meeting Of the nolt Nut aud Hlyet 1ns,i,a,s
Waldorf Astoria. .
Meeting M S9a , luncheon of The Eclectic Club of New
trbuioIs. Hotel McAlpin 10 a. m " luncheon ,rs e'a
Coyei.i, VI the National Association Of ,7o,hicrs
Iuaehcen q me Na,oqal tiarmcnt fsalcrs xAsso-
vsd.nn gisl'au ii,iri i'l a'! McA'nin. ,p;. p m
Meeting es the Ncw York Browning Society. Wal.
'io" rcsldonce Mrs Icor' v:ilard' ''sG.,S. rsT.
Lcrtars % b, Miss Is nli,h r. Abbot en- Artistic rro,.
lens III Greek Sculpture. Museum Of Art. 3.45
Mec.us q The Atlantic Division American Eol
:, Gross waliorf- Astoria, = Z, m.
hoard. Park Ayenae md Fit, ninth Street. !
Diner Q, the Forcisn Commerce Club Of New York.
Dinner Of me KocAy Mountain Club O; New York
New YORK, IIotcl AsteT. s p NJ ''''''' u
Conditions" a, the meeting Of the bronx lioari
o. CA '1aaG a.,, .a Tooms ct the beard Lincoln Avenue
u.
Problems Dealt With by Modern pramatis,s
T9 The Church an' r:Sblcm. t..Ths sorvsnt in the
Music Brooklyn. p. m
Addresses hy dudley Field Malone Judge Jacob
s ri" Kew John John Il, !, oos nS De '1 usn RSons
Louis =. Lochner at public mass meeting Under
the auspices Of the John r. Holland Branch OF
by Congress OF the Rankin resolution recognizing
lrciands right to political INDEPENDENCE Star
=. casino Park Avenue aud lo7th Street. y m.
Neighborhood Association aud the Peoples Milsic
League ot the Peoples Institute Public school
=. Third Avenue and Forty second Street S:l5
Address by Alderman Braunsieln and Mrs lxther
friedman at meeting q tenants of The Brcny 10
organize against landlords. Mckinley square
nasino. Boston Eoad and lCttii Street In.
PUBLIC LECTURES OF TyIE R0ACD OK u-nr.
CATION. SIS T.. "
MANHATTAN
Madame Butterfy." hy Havrah W. 7. ;Jubha-a
,. ara Claude t;otihclf Public School s5. Wes;
"Califorria Under -Four Flags" bv Aze, Hui,
flsh iliNl,c School lol. lllth Street. west Of
The Red Robe" nigcnc Brieux. by Mis-. Jenny
Mannheiner 'enra! Jewish Institute ~ East
The nrazars and Their Country" by CLAYTON
voo!.r. Cooper Institute. Eighth Street and
beginning Of Opera and Piano iu the sevc,,ccn,h
I,rm,ury ,riy ny rroi,sscs Daniel Gregory Mason a.
i, nuhter College. Lexington Avenue and SixiS-
The DYNAMIC Force of Britain" by ,rofes.or
q; Carter Troop. Pubic Library sos west l,1;h
Ships Ancen, aud Modern" Part ..Anc,cn.
ships. by George H. strcaier Sesmen.s Churcb
Institute. q South Street ~
Development Of the Novel" ty Louis I, W,lk,n
son: Ph. y, Young McL's Christian Asso,iation
West l25th Street.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-23
Whitrnan's Foes
Bar kracke and
Hubbell From Jobs
Appointments to Public Ser
vice Board Held Up by
Senators
LStaf Correspoudence1

ALBANY, Jan. 22.-The anti-Whit-
man forces, which control the Senate
Finance Committee, of which Henry NJ.
Sage, Of Albany, is chairman, to-day
succeeded in preventing the committee
from reporting out the names Of Fred
erick J. II. Kracke and Charles B. Hub
bell, appointed to the Public Service
Commission of the 1st District by the
Governor before the Legislature met.
Legal opinion here is divided con-
corning the standing of Messrs. kracke
and Hubbell. Under the law, appoint
ments made while the Legislature is
in recess must be confirmed within
twenty days after the Legislature
meets. The Legislature met on Janu-
ary 2, and the twenty days are up to-
day.
At the Executive Chamber to-day fear
was expressed that the acts of the
Public Service Commission from now
on might be nullifed by the sitting on
the commission Of Messrs. Kracke and
Hubhell. Others did not share this
view. 1t was also said that taxpayer
could institute an action to prevent
the paying of the $4,000 a year
salaries to Messrs. Kracke and Hubbell
The fight is largely against Mr..
Kracke, who comes from Brooklyn.
Senator Robert R. Lawson, of Brook
lyn. one of the leaders of the Bennett
forces in the last campaign and one
Of the hackers Of the Cropsey boom for
Governor, is leading the opposition to
Kracke.
"Kracke,' said Senator Lawson to-
night, "worked with and for Mitchell
at the last general election and fought
the choice Of the Republican party,
William NJ. Bennett; and this, after it
was shown that the Mitchell men tried
to rob Bennett Of the Republican nom
frauds ever perpetrated in any election
And that's only one reason why we are
against Kracke'
The Whitman men say that the
Finance Committee will eventually re-
port out the names Of Kracke and Hub
bell. One predicted this would be done
this week, or Monday at the latest.
The Senate unanimously confirmed
Governor Whitmans appointments of
Marcus B. Campbell and Charles J.
McDermott as judges of Kings County
to fiji vacancies caused by the resig-
nations of former County Judges
Lewis J. Fawcett and John F. Hylan
With one exception, Governor Whit
iHeNi' lcSSoS appointments VI Ielu-
bers of the state Farm and Markets
Council were sent 20 the Senate for
confirmation. The exception was in
the case OF John Y. Gerow. of Wash
ingtonvile. representing the 9th Ju-
dicial District.
The other appointments. which date
from April /. 1917. and the terms of
Office of the nominees follow:
Commissioner -at-largc, John Mitch
ell, Mount Vernon. ten years; COM
missioncrs: LIST Judicial District. Her
bert L. Pratt. New York seven years;
I'd District, James II. Killough. Brook
lyn, four years; Sd, Charles A. Welt
ing. Coblcskill, one year: 4th, Lyman
NJ. Wright, Hartford. eight years: 5th.
Frank W. Howe, Syracuse. six years;
9Th. FLOYD NJ Shoemaker, Elmira. two
years; 7th, Frank NJ. Jones, Webster,
three years; sth, Ira T. Gleason. Buff
falo, nine years.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-23
By Theodore Nj. Knappen

A blizzard assailing the centre of
the world.
| watched the Storm King attack and
envelop New York yesterday watched
from the observation platform of the
Woolworth Building tower, 78O feet
above the pavement.
Yes. the centre of the world-and
imperillcd by blizzard as much as a
lonely elevator town in the Milk River
country of Montana.
Here from the highest building in
the world You look down upon it's capi-
tai. What has for years been obvious
~ the coming centre OF the world has
become its centre already" Thus. an
English writer
At that height we were above the
snow clouds. Down below the snow
Tell steadily and continuously in large
f7eecy flakes. Up there it came and
went IN gusts before a fierce north
westerly gale. In the gaps between
the squalls one looked down on a
Wh1ted city snow covered city, a
zee hoe- bound rivers and bay. At that
altitude the city was as silent as an
Arctic plain.
But it was not motionlcss.
IN all the waters roundabout were
the tangible evidences of mans struc-
gle with the weather. of which this
storm was merely the elimination of
attack succeeding attack attacks so
successful that because of them the AL
lies shall lack for food and a hundred
great ships lie there below in the
stormbound harbor.
1t was impressive, stupcndous, but
gloomy.
The smoke of thousand stacks hung
heavy in the snow-fllcd atmosphere
AT times the view of the streets below
was entirely cut off.
Then the wind blasts would dispersc
the smoke and tho curious sight was
presented of vessels. great and small
struggling with the ice-packs. To the
New-York tribune., 1918-01-23
Bliss to Retire From
National Committee
No Political Significance in Move,
Says Treasurer-Busy
on War Work

Cornelius n. Bliss, treasurer Of the
Republican National Committee, yes
tcrdny announced that he would retire
from, the National Committee at its
meeting in st. Louis on February ~.
"Therc is no political significance in
my withdrawal at this time." said Mr..
Bliss. II am resigning because I am
q member of the War Council and busy
collecting money for the Red Cross.
That work has taken me abroad and is
occupying great deal ii my time. | can
not attempt to run two money collect
inb jobs like the Red Cross and the
National Committee at the same time5
In view Of the approaching meeting of
the committee in st. Louis and the re-
tircment Of Chairman Wilcox to under
take war work. / thought it would be
a fitting time for me to retire"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-23
Wife Sues Stock Broker fo,.
Separation; Says He Beat He,

Suing in the Supreme Court YES
J. Meyer alleged that Frederick q,
Meyer, a member Of the Consolidate
Exchange. treated her with such nn;-
form cruelty from 1903 to 1918 that i
was the subject of comment whe, bar
friends did not find her with = ~: ~
colored eye, bruised face OF. Soma
other mark of her husbands treaf-
men-. -"
Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer lived at .sS r;y
erslde Drive: Mrs. Meyer alleges hor
husband 1,;'s' pc beat her until she finally LETT
nun on december l6, 1917. Mr.. Never
denies ne ever struck his wife
New-York tribune., 1918-01-23
DR.. Haiselden to Let
Another Baby Die
Especial Correspondence

CHICAGO, Jan. 22.-~Dr. Harry J.
Haiselden. advocate of painless death
FOR deformed infants, has passed SEN
tence of death upon another baby, one
of Natures sad mistakes"
The girl is seven weeks old, and the
child of Mr. and Mrs II. Stankc. The
baby is their first offspring. and weighs
but two and one half pounds. 1t has a
hopelessly imperfect spine, and its legs
and arms have been paralyzed since
birth.
Dr. Haiselden says that if nature is
permitted to rectify the blunder. the
baby will die within a week, and the
parents have agreed that nothing shall
be done to lengthen its life.