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New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Workers CoaIing Ship at
Hoboken Pier Caught
in Auxiliary Room
Z Others Badly Hurt
Sound Of Explosion Attracts
Huge Crowd, Which Spreads
Rurnor Of Bomb

AN ATLANTIC PORT. Aug. "a.
Seven men were scalded to death and
seven others seriously injured to- day
when the main steam pipe on all
American transport, lying at her
pier, burst. The fourteen men, parc
of large force which were engaged in
coaling the big ship, were in what is
known as the auxiliary coal room. AS
the pipe burst, the room was flooded
with scaldng steam
There was only one exit from the
room and the fourteen men rushed for
it. Seven Succeeded in staggering
through before the steam overcame
them. The others fell when close to
the threshold and died before aid
could reach them
Calls were sent for ambulances ana
q guard was Immediately thrown abouc
all approaches to the ship. The bodies
or the seven men, it was understo ood
were removed to an undertaking estab-
lIshment under guard.
Followlng an Investigation by officers
OF the ship, the cause of the accident
was made known, together with the
following names of those dead:
Nincenzo Dicmcde, 7S jefferson
Street, Hoboken; Dominck Chiranzo,
50 Clinton Street, Hoboken; Dominick
Sabiano, 1870 Jefferson Street, Hoboken;
Gracemo de Geimoro. "a Clinton Street,
Hoooken; Tavlo de Palma, 1l9 Grand
Street. Hobolen; Vito Buzzerc, 302
HewarN Street, Hoboken, and Carmelo
Ficari, Il Lewis Street, New York.
In a short space of time a crowd or
several thousand rushed toward the
dock where tee ship WIS morred So;-
diers prevented their approachine
closer than q distance Of several hun
drcd feet. and police reserves Mhich
were summoned finally succeeded in
dispensing the mob
The rumor persisted for some time
That an attempt had been made to
bomb the ship. 1t was not until an
official announcement of the nature Of
the accident was posted outside the
gates leading to the pier that the
crowd accepted the statement of the
guards that there had been no ATTEMPT
made on the tranSDOrt
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25

third factor of the situation, still hold
and continue to climb, when every one
realizes that there is no real reason in
general for the present range of pre-
valilng prices Of commodities.
No Decided Economic Tendency
There is no general tendency any
where to economize or the reverse:
you find both phases in their extreme
form in the same county. A lot of
people are making old things last and
another lot are buying new things. In
some sections, where there are no
great wage disbursing manufacturers
or mining industries, people have given
so much to war purposes that they
have but little left to spend And
often these localities are remote from
large centres md from the spirit and
enthusiasm m Of the war.
There crops out in number of
localities tendency among farmers to
use old tools and implements and pur-
chase only necessities, and yet many
among them are industriously buying
automobiles and luxuries.
In many sections the story is that
demand is greater than supply, and in
others that the people are becoming
more cautious and buying only for
their needs, and there is nothing what
ever in the way Of location, employ
ment, production, pursuits, education
or inheritance to diffcrentiate these
oppositaly inclined localities, nor to
explain their differing tendencies. The
effect OF the drought upon buying will
come later, but not in its full force
until next spring. Yet a close analysis
oil the situation reveals slowly gath
erlng drift in the fact that high prices
are more and more limiting demand;
that common sense economies are
growing in practice because Of increas-
ing demands for subscriptions to wars
purposes, and that the burden of the
lack of all building construction and
DEVELOPMENT enterprises bears heavily
on the present situation. And the last,
but greatest factor, universally felt,
the cause of high prices and the scar
city of labor, is the worldwide war,
whose effects encompass US on every
side.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Allies Would Join US.
In Mission to Russia
Especial Disnofch 10 The Tribunel

Especial Dispatch to The Tribune
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-There is
mystery in the non-announcement OF
the personnel of the economic commls,
sion which President Wilson decided
some months ago 70 send to Russia and
which he is understood TO have COM
pleted.
1t was rumored to-day that the cause
for the delay in making public the
names and in actually dispatching the
cor"mission to Russia is the desire OF
othe~ nations to participate in any
enterprise looking to the re-estaolisnl'
ment OF international trade win
Russia
Japan, which by reason OF her praS-
unity to Siberia; Great Britain on ac-
count of her extensive commercial re-
lations with Russia IN the past, ana
France, to whom Russia is enormously
indebted for loans extending over
long period Of years, all are said 10
desire to participate in any movement
having as its object the financial, m
dustrial and commercial rehabilitation
with Russia.
Russian diplomats also are said 10
be inclined to the belief that all the
Allies should have part in the develop
ment of Russia economically, ana 70
favor the joining Of the Allies IN the
pl proposed economic venture of America.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Plans Submitted for
Power Plant Aid
Distribution of $2OO,OOO,OOO
Fund Put Before House
COMMITTEES

WASHINGTON. Aug 24-Proposed
distribution Of the 100000, ,oo0 asked
by the War Trade Board for govern
ment construction or Improvement of
power plants in war industrial centres
was submitted to the House Commerce
Committee to-day by Lieutenant w. W.
Stanley. Of the army engineers. Fol-
lowing are the estimates:
Philadelphia district, S15.500000.
New Jersey district. $4,000
Pittsburgh district, including West
crn Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio,
$50 900, ,O00
Baltimore district, including the ter
ritory between Lancaster, Penn, and
Baltimore. s3,o42.O00.
New England States, from the north
ern corner of Massachusetts to Provi-
Gence. S14,S25 .O0C.
Southern states, particularly in North
Carolina, Florida and Alabama, Sl5,
OoO.O0O
The Pacific slope, including some ter
ritory west Of the Rocky Mountains,
$4,000 coo.
Most of this money is proposed for
additional equipment FOR existing steam
power, plants.
ln addition to the districts specified
II Is CSltnlGlSN tu2C 20 ,-oV,otV Wiii Dc
needed for additional power equipment
IN scattered territory in the Middle
Western States and other Eastern
points.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 24.-A s5,o0o,ooo
power plant. designed to relieve the
serious power shortage in the great
Pittsburgh industrial district, will be
erected immediately By the United
States government in conjunction with
the West Penn Power Company, ac-
cording TO arrangements made known
to-day. The plant will be located on
site in the Allegheny Valley, near a
coal mine owned by the power con-
Germ.
The government, according to ar
rangcments, Will finance S2,0G0,000 Of
the cost, the remainder to be furnished
by the company. After the war ar
rangemcnts win be made whereby the
West Penn company will take over the
station.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Germans Admit Thew
Face Trade Beggary'

AMSTERDAM. Aug. 24-Count Vitz-
thum d'Eckstadt, Minister of Foreign
Affairs and Interior in the Cabinet of
SaXony, on opening a fibre textile ex-
hlbltion at Leipsic to-day declared that
the ann of Great Britain and the
United States was to monopolize the
world commerce in wool and cotton.
The minister continued:
If they succeeded manufacturers
would be obliged to close most of their
factories, and from 8 to 10 per cent
Of the German population would be un
able to make living. They would be
forced to emigrate and would be ex-
posed to exploitation by the English
and Americans. For many generations
TO come the fatherland would be re-
duced to poverty.
We must continue to fight until
England is forced to admit US to free
trade intercourse"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Court Denounces Agitators

Trouble-making labor agitators reused
the ire OF Magistrate Short, in the
Bridge Plaza Court, Brooklyn. yes,e--
day. In passing Judgment on three
arragncd before him, charged with in
terfering with workmen at the Tuttlc
& Bailey Manufacturing Company,
Brooklyn, he said:
"The trouble with you men is that
you have lost your heads. Your IN
crease in SALARY is due to our necessity,
not your ability You imagine the
manufactures can't get along without
you, hence your defiant attitude In
your Indifference and your greed for
more money than you are worth you
turn down the greatest Offering that
opportunity has ever made YOU
"When peace is declared and the am
bilious men on the other side return
instead Of getting out each morning
and earning your daily bread, such men
as you will probably DE seen around ST.
Ann's coffee stand, OYER in Centre
Street. Manhattan"
The magistrate suspended sentence
ON two Of the men. William Gorgas.
Of 15J Hope Street, Brooklyn. was sent
to the workhOuse for five DAYS
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Produce MarExets-Currens

Butter.-Receipts were 9,O04 pack
ages. Creamery, higher than extras,
per ID, 47M47Ac; extras (92 score),
46i2c; flrsts (S8 to 81 score), 44G 46c ;
seconds (S3 to 81 score), III e "a 43 &c;
thirds, 40M11c; creamery. unsalted
higher than extras, 4S1a M40c; extras,
Al Y 04Sc; firsts, 45Ha N47c; seconds,
43A 045c; state, dairy tubs, finest,
45(a 46c; good to prime, 431 z a 45c; COM
Al 12@42c; firsts. 4oM41c; lower
grades, 3s@ SOC; imitation creamery,
tirsts, 3oN3 39 &c; ladies'. current make.
firsts, 81 z q SO &c; seconds, 36M36 &c;
lower grades, 34 1aM35 &c; pack
ing stock, current make, No. l. 36c;
No. 9, 36lac; lower grades, 33@35c.
Cheese Receipts were 356 boxes.
state, whole milk. fresh, flats, specials,
colored. lb, 264@26% c; white. 261@c;
average run. colorcd, 26M SIC;
white, 26@ 26Aac; lower grades, 210i
25 12c; twins. specials. 26c; average
run. 25 12c; lower grades, 21 Il "a 25c;
single daisies, 26l2M27c; double
daisies, 2612 M27c; Wisconsin. whole
milk, fresh, single daisies. 26 y (a27c;
double daisies, 26l@ 027c; Young
Americas, 25M27 Ac; state, SKINS,
fresh, specials 21M21 &c; prime to
cholce, l9M&0 &c; fair to good, l4M
l9c; lower grades, ia 13c.
Eggs Receipts were 2O,74S cases.
Fresh gathered extras, per dozen, 5o00
SIC; regular packed extra firsts, 47G7
49c; regular packed firsts, 43QQ46c;
seconds. 37M4Zc; poor tc fair, 200
36c; fresh gathered dirtcs, No. /, 350u
SIC; No. 9 and poorer, 2OM34c; fresh
gathered checks, good to choice, dry
310 33c; under grades. 2OM3Oc: state,
Pennsylvania and nearby Western hen
merry, whites, fine to fancy, G6M6sc;
ordinary to prime 50M65c gathered
whites, ordinary to fine, 45M65c; Pac-
tic coast whites, firsts to finest. 64d
65c; Western and Southern. gathered
whites, 45M60c; state, Pennsylvania
and nearby henncry, browns, 52Ca SOC;
gathered brown and mixed colors, $50
52c; refrigerator. special marks, 43
a 44c; firsts, 42W4215c.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25

in lax discipline for employees or in
many small discommodng things in
cldental to streetcar travel"
Familiar Streetcar Complaints
In regard to familiar complaints
about streetcar service heard in Chi
cago in the past the following may be
cited: car filled with people is run
twc-thlrds OF its route at night, when
suddenly the conductor notifies all the
passengers that they must get out and
take the car ahead, or take car a
! block away. This is done sometimes
without explanation or without q very
good reason. In most cases this is pure
lack of good management, and would be
prevented If those back Of these COM
panies were better managers and in
sisted upon more discipline on the part
OF the employees. This would be brought
about II the owners of the traction
stock represented by their directors
would keep continuously in mind that
the franchise Of their company must
expire some day, and the people who
nave been dlscommodcd for the period
OF ten or twenty years would voice
their dlsapprOval Of poor service when
renewal was asked.
in many instances, of course. poor
traction management is a result OF
some union rule; that is. the employees
demand certain systems of work, which,
while they may be satisfactory to the
unions, are often discommoding to the
public; but strike is more discon-
certlng, and the traction officers must
often bow to the beck and call of Ia Dor,
even when it places a hardship on the
pubic, and the traction managers, sell
dom the union, get the blame for CON
dltlons that follow these arbitrary de-
mands and working systems But there
are many other things, however, that
directors and officers Of traction com
panies could correct one being the
personal actions of employees 1t is not
an unfounded charge that conductors
and motormen Of streetcars of most big
cities are highly incons idcratc Of the
public; harsh language and rough ac-
TONS toward patrons are so common, in
fact, that the public in many instances
have become reconciled with the treat
ment-reconcilcd in a way. but only
until it has an opportunity of voicing
ITS feelings ct the polls when new fran
chlses are requested by these COM
panes.
Private companies do not act this
way. Take bank. for instance. The
average banking institution has a fran
chisc, or is q corporation with a char
ter FOR 800 years, yet bankers continu-
ously cater to the public. In fact, in
these days banks are probably the
greatest caterers to the public Every
effort is made to give service and fair
treatment. In the average bank the
standing rule is that everybody, black
or white, rich or poor, must be shown
the same courtesy.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Mckinney Wins Medal

Private Joseph Paxton Mckinney, son
of Police Captain Charles II. Mckinney,
OF the West Fortvsevcnth Street sta
slon, has been decorated with the Dis
tlngulshed Service Order medal for sal
lantry under fire Private Mckinney, a
member OF Company A, 165th Infantry
(the old 69th), was recommended for
his bravery by Major Donovan for rush
ing hack through a barrage, which had
cut Off the command, and taking an
order from the body of runner who
mad been shot down and delivering the
message. which brought reinforcement,
to their relief
=, SIX generations Of the Mckinney fam
ny have served the United States from
,he kcvo ut'on down to The present
VA. war. captain Mckinney resides at 1880
Fifty y-seventh Street, BROOKLYN.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Lima Reports Mutiny
Of Peruvian Troops

LIMA, Peru. Aug. 24.-Two hundred
Peruvian troops in the garrison at
Ancon. thirty miles from here. have
mutnied: Major Armand Patino, the
leader OF the mutineers, has issued a
revolutionary manifesto which con-
demns the present government in
sweeping terms, calls for immediate
declaration Of war on Germany. un-
conditional delivery Of interned Ger
man ships to the United States and the
sending Of division of Peruvian
troops 10 France. The trouble, how
ever, is not seriously regarded.
a decision in favor Of a German bank
mere has been rendered by the Superior
Court in suit brought by the German
instltutlon against an American bank.
ne latter had refused to pay draft
Endorsed to the German bank.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
kaiser's Principle Organ
In Mexico Will Susnend

MEXICO CITY, Aug. PA decree
issued to-day by the Carranza govern
ment substitutes for the tax of 10
centavos, gold, per lslogram. on print
paper imports, a 80 per cent tax in
KIND. which means tha. the govern
ment will secure thirty out Of every
hundred rolls imported. The former
tax was about 34 per cent of
the market price of paper in Mexico.
"El Democrata," the leading pro
German periodical in the republic. to-
day published a full-pagc announce
ment stating that it was about to
cease publlcation because of the diff
hculty OF securing paper and ink
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Patterson, N. Y, Would
Change to Persh;ng. N. Y.

PATTERSON. N. Y. Aug. 24.-This
community doesn't like its name be-
cause it is too much like that of Pat
crson, n. j., which, according to to-
days "Patterson Weekly News" "long
has enjoyed the distinction Of being
the toughest town this side Of Sheol.' =
Residents Of this place who have
started a moVemen. 10 change the name
are hcsitating betr;cen "Persfing" and
"Fredcrickstown,' the latter being the
name which the town bore until the IN
corporation Of Putnam County in 1872
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Fresh Poultry-Dressed

Chickens.-Fresh, dry packed, II to
box, Western, milk fed, 10 to Is lbs to
dozen, ID, 44c; 8 TO "a lbs, 44c; 25 to
30 lbs, 42c; g to SO lbs, 3S q 39c; corn
fed, 10 to 15 lbs TO dozen, lb, 4OM42c;
Is to "a lbs, 400 42c; 25 20 so lbs, 39al
Alc; 81 70 sc lbs, 36M38c: Southern,
corn fed. 1C TO "a lbs, 40M41c; chick
ems, fresh, iced, barrels, Western, milk
ted, to 2l2 lbs per pair, lb, 800 AOc;
. to lbs, 39@40c; to 6 lbs, 37M38c;
corn fed, to 2l2 lbs to pair, lb, 36M
&c; &c; 8 to 4 lbs, 500 SIC; to 6 lbs, 35M
&c; Virginia, milk fed, to 4 lbs to
pair, lb, 800 40c; Philadelphia and
Long Island, 8 to 4 lbs to pair, lb, 4OM
doc; Philadelphia and Long island, 2
TO 2'2 lbs to pair, Id, soc; Pennsylvania,
3 to lbs to pair, 4Co 43c; Long Island,
scalded, 3 to 4 lbs to pair, 10. 39M41c:
Michigan, scalded, 8 to A lbs to pair. lb.
$50 &c; Western. scalded, 2 to i lbs
to pair, lb, 800 SIC; Southern, kegs.
dry packed, corn fed, 2 to 4 lbs to pair,
lb, 35(a sec; Southern and Southwest
ern, barrels, scaldod, 35c; fowls. fresh,
boxes, dry packed, milk fed, fancy
PACKS, Western, 60 lbs and over to
dozen, ID, 3312c; as TO 56 lbs. 10, 35M
80 re; - to ~ lbs. lb, 341s o.35c; 36
to AZ lhs, lb, 33 12M Sac; 80 to 35 lbs.
d., 32M3212c; under 80 lbs, lb. 310
81 12c; corn fed, Western, GO lbs and
oyer o to dozen, ID, 35c; 4S to Sc lbs, lb,
54C 5oc; 40 to Al lbs, lb, 33 II 0n34c; 36
to AZ lbs, lb, 3212 33c; 80 to 35 lbs.
ID, 81 z a 32c; under 80 lbs, lb. soc;
fowls, fresh, dry packed, barrels, Vest
ern, dry picked, 5 lbs and over, ib. 34c:
= lbs, 34c; lbs, 33 12c; 31a lbs, 31M
32c; lbs and under, 3O@31; South
western, barrels or kegs, to a lbs
each, 800 33c; Southern, corn fed. 3
lbs and under, each, 29M30c fowls.
fresh, iced, barrels. Western, dry
picked, lbs and over, 3o1ac; Az lbs,
80 .sc; lbs. 33 l2c; 3'a lbs. 31M31hc;
lbs, 29o30c; scaldcd, prime, mixed
weights, 32n 33c; old cocks, fresh. dry
packed boxes or barrels, dry picked,
No. l, goa 26c; old cocks. fresh. iced
packed barrels. dry picked. No. l.,
20 x q 26c: Western, scalded, 241a02 25c
Spring Ducklings.-Long Island and
Pennsylvania, lb, BIC; squads, prime,
white, 6 to 10 lbs and over to dozen
per dozen, $5.5OM$S; dark, per dozen
S2@ So; culls, per dozen, $1@sL50.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Captain of Wrecked
Ship Kills Himself
81 Survivors of Skaakamu-
Maru, Which Struck Coral
Reef, Landed in Cuba

A CUBAN PORT, Aug pa United
Fruit Company steamer arriving here
has brought in sixty-one survivors OF
the crew Of the Japanese steamer
Skaakamu Maru, picked up off the
coast of Nicaragua, on August 90 The
men were rescued from three small
boats, which were towed by a gasolene
launch manned by the lost ships cap
tam. The crew took to the boats when
their steamer struck coral reef.
AS soon as his crew were aboard the
inner the Japanese captain returned to
his doomed vessel, where, it is be-
lleved, he committed suicide. as lie
failed to respond to repeated calls
from the officers of the liner to save
himself.
Maritime records do not contain the
name Skaakamu-Maru, but the vessel
mentioned may be tho Japanese
schooner SakakiMaru of 3,4O1 gross
tons
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Police to Shift Strain Of
Congestion on Streets
by New Ruling
Is Effective Sept. le
Commercial Loads Are C;van
Special Routes to Avoid
Passenger Cars

Heavy traffic is barred from four N,
portant Manhattan thoroughfares in o.
order issued yesterday by Police Com.
missioner Enright. which requires al
north and south bound travel to keen
to separate streets. The regulation be.
comes effective September ls.
The thoroughfares excluded to the
use of trucks are stretches of Ero.a
way. Fifth, Madison and Lexin,to,
Avenues.
The order. according to the Commits.
sioner, is designed to relieve growing
congestion in the more populous dis.
tricts. The following streets are 70
be used exclusively for passenger and
private vehicles:
Canal Street, Lafayette Street to
Bowery.
Lafayette Street. Duane Street to
Astor Place.
Fourth Street, Lafayette Street to
West Broadway.
Lexington Avenue, Twenty-third
Street to 125th Street.
Vanderbilt. Avenue. Forty-second
Street to Forty-ffth Street.
Fourth Avenue lPark Avenue). Astor
Place to 125th Street
Madison Avenue. Twenty-third Street
to 125th Street
Fifth Avenue, Wavcrly Place to l25th
Street.
Seventh Avenue, Greenwich Avenue
to l25th Street.
Broadway, Chambers Street to l25th
Street.
The only exceptions to this rule of
keeping trucks and business vehicles
off Broadway and the other avenues
and streets are described in the fol
lowing paragraphs of the circular:
For the purpose of receiving or
delivering merchandise or transacting
any other business. drivers of vehicles
may use any Of the above thorough
fares irrespective o. class designation;
provided, however. that such vehicle
must enter and leave same at the near
est intersecting street.
"These rules and regulations do not
apply to the following vehicles when
engaged in the performance of their
duties: Fire Department, Police De
partment, ambulances, Public Service
corporations, fire patrol, United States
mail, military"
Trucks and business vehicles.
whether drawn by horses or driven by
motor or otherwise, must use the fol-
lowing thoroughfarcs:
First Avenue. Houston Street to 125th
Street.
Second Avenue. Houston Street to
125th Street.
Third Avenue, Fifth Street to 125th
Street
Sixth Avenue, Third Street to Fifty
ninth Street.
Eighth Avenue, Abingdon Square to
Fifty-ninth Street.
Ninth Avenue Columbus Avenue),
T ourteenth Street to 10th Street.
Tenth Avenue Amsterdam Avenue).
Fourteenth Street to 125th Street.
Park Row, Duane Street to Division
Street.
Bowery, Division Street to Canal
Street
Bowery, Grand Street to Fifth Street
Centre Street, Pearl Street to
Broome Street.
West Broadway, Vesey Street to
Third Street :
Hudson Street, Chambers Street to
Fourteenth Street.
These regulations will take effect at
1901 a. m. September 10.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
McCun1ber and Penrose
Assail Inactivity of the
Navy on Senate Floor

WASHINGTON, Aug. "a. = Delay in
the capture or destruction of the
trawler Triumph. armed and set loose
by a German submarine to prey upon
American fishing craft. was criticised
III the Senate to-day by Senator Nc
Cumbcr, of North Dakota. He declared
since the trawler could not make over
ten knots an hour there WAS no excuse
for the navy's failure to deal with her
promptly.
Senator Pcnrosc. of Pennsylvania,
followed with an attack on the Navy
Department, saying the submarine
chaser programme had been delayed,
and that it was due largely to pro
crastination of the Secretary of the
Navy"
Senator Chamberlain. of Oregon,
chairman of the Military Committee,
replied with defence OF The navy and
praise of it's work in safely conveying
troops to France. Senator Penrose
said his information was that the
troops were car&&d over largely
British war vessels
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
3 Marines Killed
In Dominican FIGHT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-Three
American marines were killed and one
wounded in a hard fight with bandits
in the Seibo Province of Santo Do
mingo on August 13. A report reach
ing marine corps headquarters here to-
Day says many of the bandits were
killed or captured.
The dead marines, who were buried
at San Pedro Macoris, are: Corporal
Bascomc Breeden. Archville. Tenn:
l'rlvate Russell w. Jones, 1925 Seventh
Avenue, Altoona, Penn. and Private
Joseph s. Handel. New Orleans.
Private Thomas j. Rushworth, 7O3
1,e, memry Stieet' Brooklyn, n. Y, was
wounded. but escaped After hand-to-
hand fight with the outlaws, armed
with machetes.