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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Ladies Garment Workers Add
10 Woes Of Workless Monday
Local Fuel Administrators Kept Busy Deciding Just What
Things Are indispensable to Welfare
Of Fair Sex

To-morrow's voorhees, Monday prom
Uses not only to be a misnomer in New
York, but an unsolved mystery to fuel
administrators and an army of indus
trial workers, who as yet arc uncertain
whether they must remain idle or NAV
classify themselves among those per-
mitted to work.
When DR.. Harry A. Garfield, chief
Fuel Administrator, decided to exempt
members of the International Ladies'
Garment Workers Union because of
their plea that they could not afford to
lose their wages in these uncertain
times of costly living, it was believed
that he was exempting only few
loft buildings in the big cities. The
fuel consumption, at most, was csti-
mated at a few thousand tons.
The argument was raised yesterday,
however, that he could not afford to
discriminate against non-union work
crs. DR.. Garfield saw the force of
this and remedied the early error by
ruling that the exemption should apply
to all ladies' garment workers, whether
members of that body or not.
Task for Local Administrators
Then began an unlocked for task
for local administrators in the CLASH
tication of articles, whether ladies'
garments or merely accessories. 1t was
easy enough when corset maker ap.
peared and asked exemption. Nobody
in Reeve Schley's technical department
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10

making undisturbed, except as ths
President otherwise orders"
The report discussed each sectioa
of the measure and pointed out that il
was distinctly war emergency legisla.
ton, intended to meet the essential
needs growing out of Federal control
and that it should not be regarded al
a bill either for ownership or control
of railroads.
The main purposes Of the measure
the report said, are to provide such q
method Of just compensation as prob
ably will result in an agreement be.
tween the roads and the government
"determinative of all rights" and to
confer authority for financing during
Federal control.
Before filing the report, Chairman
Sims submitted it to Interstate Conn
merce Commissioner Anderson, who. 80
the representative of Director General
McAdoo, gave it his approval.
Chairman Sims plans to bring up the
bill in the House on Monday and hopes
to get prompt consideration. A similar
plan has been determined upon By
Chairman Smith of the Senate Intcr.
state Commerce Committee in respea
to the draft of the bill recently report.
ed to the Senate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
3 Held for Draft Evasion

Max Sklar, his father, John sklar,
and Jacob Slovotkin, secretary Of the
J. Sklar Company, lens manufacturers,
at 1873 F!ovd Street, Brooklyn, were
held in $1,000 bail each yesterday in
the United States District Court in
Brooklyn, charged with attempting to
evade the draft law.
Max Sklar, it is alleged, stated in his
QUESTIONABLE that he was an indis-
pensable employee in the lens factory,
which was engaged in important gov
crnment work. The other prisoners
ara alleged to have corroboratcd his
statement. Assistant United States
Attorney Buckner told the court that
Young Sklar was in the shipping depart
ment of the factory and was far from
indispensable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
American Cunners Beat
French Records for "75's"

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Warm praise
Of the state of efficiency reached by
American gunners in their training
with the famous French 75-centimetre
guns was received to-day from French
artillery officer who has just arrived in
Washington to join an official mission.
He said many of the American bat.
teries had exceeded the best records
made by French gunners who have been
using the "75's" since that weapon was
adopted.
The officer described the work of ono
squad, which several times fired thirty
rounds per minute, as being the SUBJ
ject of admiring comment through the
French armies. Four men compose this
squad, one working the brecch and one
the lanyard, while the other two were
occupied entirely in passing ammuni-
ton and loading.
So perfect were the movements OF
each member, the French officer de-
clared, that it was impossible to distin-
guish the slightest variation in the in
tervals between shots over a stretch Of
several minutes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
College Heads Object
To Longer Recess

BOSTON, Feb. "a conference, at
tended by representatives of more than
a score of New England colleges, to-
gether with James J. Storrow, Fuel
administrator for this district, to dis
cuss plan suggested by Mr.. Storrow
for advancing the date of the Easter
holidays as fuel conservation meas
ure, adjourned to-day without definite
agreement.
There was strong opposition to the
proposal. 1t was pointed out that the
saving in coal would be negligible COM
pared with the greater harm caused by
the suspension of activities and the
sending home of hundreds of students.
committee, consisting of President
a. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard,
PRESIDENT Arthur T. Hadley Of Yale
and DR.. S. j. Lyons, of Boston Col
!ege, was appointed to look further
INTO the question and to report to the
iuel administration.
Pending receipt of the committees
report Mr.. Storrow said he would sus-
pend judgment He thought, however,
mat by advancing the holiday period q
considerable amount Of coal could be
saved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Lansing Reading
Hale Interview;
May Publish 1t
Congress Resolution May
Ask Secretary to Make
Public Full Text
[Staf Correspondence

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Secretary
Of State Lansing to-day had not COM
pleted the reading of the famous in
terview DR.. William Bayard Hale had
with the Kaiser, and he was not pre-
pared to make any statement with
reference to the revelations contained
in the remarkable document.
The Secretary of State said that he
could not discuss the interview at this
time, and indicated that until it's con-
tents had been thoroughly perused
there would be no official expression
from the State Department. The Sec
rotary readily acknowledged that the
from James w. Boutwell,, of the De
Winnie Press, New York. He would
not, however, say if the document was
eventually to be returned to Mr.. Both
we'll
The receipt of the Hale interview
at the department was unknown to
any of the attaches until the an
nouncement was made in The Tribune
to-day. Immediately the curiosity of
the officials became aroused, but thus
far only Secretary Lansing himself
has had the privilege OF reading any
portion of it,
Because of the peculiar significance
of the interview at the present time, it
is likely that request will be made
to Secretary Lansing to permit the
complete publication of the document
The portions of the interview dis
closed by The Tribune recently thor
oughly aroused the interest Of mem
bers of the Senate and House, and a
resolution is likely to be introduced
calling upon the Secretary of State to
make public the interview if its COM
plete contents are not inimical to the
public interest.
Numerous Senators and Congress
men are known to entertain the view
that the publication OF the interview
is the right of the American people
now engaged in war with the German
Empire. The estimate of America
and well-known personages Of the
United States contained in the inter
view are believed by many to warrant
complete disclosure of what the Ger,
man Emperor said about world politics
in 1909.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Health Insurance Bill Urged
BY State Labor Federation

ALBANY, Feb. o.-Health insurance
for all wage workers has been in
dorsed by the New York Federation of
Labor in a special conference of 200
delegates, which was held here this
week.
The committee on health, of which
Commissioner James NJ. Lynch, of the
State Industrial Commission, is chair
man, has framed compulsory health
insurance bill providing for employer
and employees to contribute equally to
the cost. The bill has been approved
by the delegates and the Legislative
committee has been instructed to work
for its early passage al q war measure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Bolo Pacha's Wife
Defends His Acts:
Trial Near End
Witnesses for Defence Say
They Never Heard Him
Speak Disloyally

PARIS, Feb. 9.-Thc trial of Bolo
Pacha on charge of treason is pro-
crossing with great rapidity and those
in touch with the case look for an
earlier termination than had been ex-
pected. Many of Bolo's witnesses are
not in France and it is expected that
the lawyers will begin their argument
early next week.
The witnesses who have appeared for
the defence so far have first apologized
to the court, saying they were not wit
nesses for either the prosecution or
the defence, but merely wanted to tell
what they knew. The general trend of
the testimony for the defence has been
that none of the witnesses ever heard
Eolo utter unpatriotic sentiments.
Nine. Bolo. the second wife of the &C.
eused, defended her husband stoutly.
Something Of Bolo's influence came
to light yesterday when the Project of
Bases Pyrenees, former friend Of
Bo4o, testified to having asked the ac-
cused to interest himself in behalf CT
General Quiquandon and obtain The
latter's nomination as post comman-
dant of the 18th District of France.
81 did," Bolo Pacha interposed, 'and
three months later General Quiquan-
don secured the position"
The testimony of Charles F. Bertclli,
the head of the Paris bureau of the
International News Service, threw
little light on Bolo's activities in the
United States. Mr.. Bertelli denied that
William r. Hearst, to whom he intro
duced Bolo, was q friend of Germany.
Concerning Bolo, Bertelli said:
"Bolo spoke as periodically as any
Frenchman, as much so as NJ. Clemen-
ceau, for instance"
At to-day's session the public pros.
ecutor submitted further evidence CD
tanned in the United States, saying tl.at
j. established the connection of Huge
Schmidt with the Deutschc Bank teio
grams.
Former Premier Barthou then test.
fed.
Hugo Schmidt, now confined in al
internment camp in Georgia, formerly
was agent in New York of the Deutsche
Bank At the time of the investigation
of the Bolo case by Attorney Genera
Lewis of New York state, Schmidt was
shown to have acted as paymaster, oh.
tanning large sums from Berlin ano
turning them over to Count Won Bern.
storff. then German, Ambassador al
Washington. Several kilograms, ex.
changed between Schmidt and The
Deutsche Bank by wireless, were pro
duced during the investigation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Music

Regal in a cream colored gown
sashed in black and illuminated BY a
special set of amber footlights, Alm,,
Gluck gave her only song recital IF
the season yesterday afternoon ar Car.
negic Hall.
1t was in some ways a recital of
virtuosity. The artist sang in Eng
lish, French, Italian, Russian and
Ukrainian, not to mention the Yiddish
of her splendid old Hebrew cham,
"Eili, Eli" To the extent of the re-
viewers linguistic repertoire, it can lie
asserted that her enunciation was ad-
mirably clear and gracious, and as for
the other languages, there were friends
to give assurance that they came trip.
ping]y off the tongue. Her middle and
lower registers wN'e wonderfully warm
and resonant, capable of the most deli
cate and expressive shading. r. her
higher tones are less colorful and less
perfectly controlled, she was generally
able to choose songs which ayoide 4
them, or introduced them only where
she had time to prepare her attack.
1t was in the sensuous warmth and
characterizing vigor of her singing in
most of the songs that she was most
the artist. With true poetic eloquence
she conveyed the usefulness of Masse-
nets "Crepuscule," the sprightly narra-
tive Of Charpentier's ole Trois Sor-
cieres," the picturesque tints of Four
drains "Carnaval" and the ceremonial
dignity of Ellie, Ellie" The ragtime of
the negro spiritual, 81 Want To Be
Ready" she caught with nice and accu-
rate restraint. The opening group OF
old arias and the Russian songs follow
ing were sung with similar insight.
Where her music does not tax the weak
spots in her voice she sings with rare
interpretive skill.
Eleanor Schieb played an excellent
accompaniment. At the close of the
programme delighted audience
surged forward to demand endless en-
cores.
Mischa Elman, in manner a sharp
contrast to the phlegmatic Heifetz, gave
q careful reading of the Beethoven VIC
lin concerto at last nights concert Of
the Philharmonic Orchestra in Carnegie
Hall. 1t would scarcely be called a
warm blooded performance, for it gave
the artist little opportunity for the
display Of his famous organ tone. But
it was throughout workmanlike and dis
Greet. Except for his prejudice against
phrasing, his playing of the romanza
was most ingratiating.
The don Giovanni" overture, with
Busoni's ending, opened the programme
and the too familiar Rachmaninotf SYM
phony in Z minor closed it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Nieuw Amsterdam EN-.
ploye Tried to Smueele
Letter Into Country
Acted for Sister
Admits He Received From
Her the Missive He Hid
From officials

NEWARK, Feb. 9.-Ihe identity of
the man taken from the Holland-Ame
lea liner Nieuw Amsterdam last Fri
day on suspicion of being spy was
disclosed to-day before United States
Marshal John A. Matthews. The man,
who was charged with violating Sec
tons Of the espionage act and the
United States penal code. was the Sec
ond steward of the vessel. He de-
scribed himself as Rient Soldering,
forty-tive years old. He said he was
born in Holland and had not been in
Germany in the last eighteen years.
man of the United States Marine
Corps, whose name the authorities
asked be not disclosed. of smuggling
into this country letter. written in
code and intended. it is believed, for
the information and guidance of enemy
aliens. The letter was found con-
cealed in the clothing of Soldering, only
after most painstaking search and
after he had stoutly denied it's exist
ence.
Sister Gave Letter to Him
According to the story Soldering told
Commissioner Marshal, his sister, who
lives in Rotterdam, had handed the let
ter to him the day before the Nieuw
Amsterdam sailed and asked him to de-
liver it in this country. His sister said
she was acting for Mrs. Rafmund, a
divorced woman, living at present in
.Rotte rdam.
Soldering said that his sister had told
him the letter was to go to q man
named Middleton Cobb, in Boston.
When he received the letter there was
no writing on the envelope. Soldering
told Commissioner Matthews his sister
wanted him to try and remember the
name, but he insisted OH writing it
down on the envelope. That accounted
he said, for the handwriting of the let
ter and envelope being different.
Says He Became Frightened
Under rigid questioning by Commits.
sioner Matthews, Soldering denied any
intention of attempting to smuggle the
try. He declared his inclination hac
been to tell about it all the time. but
when he had been summoned to the
smoking room of the ship by Federal
officers he became frightened and at
tempted to hide the letter.
After hearing Federal officers who
said that secret service experts had
not yet completed the DECIDING of the
four-page letter found on Soldering
Commissioner Matthews held him in
S25 900 bail for examination on some
date in the future. In the absence OF
bondsmen Soldering was locked up in
the Newark city Jail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Action ON Suffrage
Delayed in Senate
Supporters to Wait Until
Passage of Resolution Is
Assured

WASHINGTON, Feb. o.-No effort
will be made to call up the woman suf-
frage constitutional amendment in the
Senate until sufficient votes for it's
adoption have been assured. When this
VIII be, Senator Jones, of New Mexico,
chairman Of the Woman Suffrage Com
mlttee, to-day refused to predict. He
SAID that at present sentiment in favor
OF the resolution was being permitted
70 crystalline, and it's ultimate success
was assured.
Senator Jones discussed the resolu-
ton with President Wilson this week.
and it was understood the conclusion
was reached not to bring the measure
before D., the Senate for debate at present.
The President approves it, as he did
"nen the House passed it.
=. supporters of the resolution admit
Senate. 40 SAo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
"shoot Mew Cries Deserter
Finn Who Left Upton De.
clares He Will Not FIGHT

Hugo Nelson. a desertcr from the
3o4th Field Artillery at Camp Upton.
was arrested last night, near his home,
22O Broadhurst Avenue, by detectives
OF the Fourth Branch Bureau who had
been Informed of his desertion by Lieu
tenant Norris. of the intelligence de-
partment
Nelson admitted that he had left
camp without permission, and added
that ne was firm in his intention not
to bear arms. ~
You can shoot me if you want to-
he told the detectives, "but I won Z
fight for the United States"
Nelson says that he was born in
Finland and is not an American citizen,
He was locked up in the West 123d
Street station TO await orders from
Camp Upton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Newfoundland to Create
Ministry for Ship Control

IT. JOHNS, N. F., Feb. $50 criti-
eai has the shipping situation become
u newfoundland that the government
iYs decided to create ministry Of
snlpplng, to exercise control until the
end OF the war.
y Inc constantly dwindling tonnage
oue to the requisitioning of vessels for
war work and TO losses from subma-
ines lines and storms has seriously affected
sne trade Of the colony.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Cornell Women Urged
To Aid Alsace-Lor

Cornell women graduates were urged
to dedicate themselves to the cause of
Alsace-Lorraine in a speech made by
Professor 0. G. Guer)ac. of Cornell and
the French territorial army. at the an
nual lunch Of the Cornell Women's Club.
held yesterday at the Hotel Great
Northern.
Professor Guerlac was teacher of
war broke out,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-02
|NTERNED ENEMY
ALIEN ACCUSED0F
KILLING MRS. KING
Otto Schumann Charged With
Murder of Wealthy Chicago
Widow Under State
.,...- EdII dill s--

Concord, N. C., May 1.--Otto Schu-
mann, an internea enemy alien, is
charged in a warrant issued here to-
day with the murder of Mrs. Maud A.
King, wealthy Chicago widow, for
whose killing at Blackwelder Spring,
near here last August, Gavon B.
Means was tried by jury and acquit-
led.
The warrant was issued nan affi-
davit by M. N. Caldwell, city prose
cutting attorney, who alleges that
Schumann shot the woman while try
ing to kill Means to prevent him from
furnishing the American government
information as to the methods Ger
many had employed to get copper and
rubber from the United States before
this country entered the war.
Means had been an agent for the
German government in such transac-
tions and when he severed his con-
nections with Germany he told its
agents that he proposed to lay what
he had before his own
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-02
Foreign Born Officers to
Man New Merchant Fleet

Washington, May 1.-The shipping
board plans to employ foreign-born
ship officers, if necessary, to man
the new merchant feet now building
Henry Howard, head of the boards
recruiting service, today told a con-
ference of ship owners and leaders of
seamen's unions that it might be
necessary to take foreign officers, be-
cause many licensed American Of
hcers have left the sea and will not
return.
The shipping boards training
schools have enrolled 762 men study
ing to be officers. Not less than 1000
additional sailors will be needed each
month to operate the new merchant
feet.
Approximately 1000 recruiting Of
fcers soon will begin the enrolment
of young Americans who desire to
go to sea
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-02
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, May 1.-The "buy an
other bond" movement developed by
Liberty loan headquarters as boom
feature of the final days of the cam
paign grew today into a national
match the president" contest. Pres
ident Wilson agreed to take another
$50 bond on the installment plan, and
appealed for 100000 others to do
likewise.
Tonight when the president went to
a theater and formally offered his
"buy another" subscription to four
minute speaker, nearly every theater
in the land was the scene of match
the president" celebration, with four
minute men seeking to harvest a null
titude of new pledges of resubscrip-
tons for $50 or any multiple of that
sum. In 10000 meeting places during
the remainder of the week "buy an
other bond" will be a campaign cry
to drive the third loan toward the goal
of 100000 subscriptions and big
over-subscription of the $3,0OO,0OO,OOO
minimum.
Indications tonight were that every
pledge would be needed to send the
loan to $4,000,000,000 or $5,000,000, 900,
Tor today's reports showed an add
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-02

Did you ever see musical stein (
No? Well, you've lost your chance,
for the only ones in captivity were
salvaged by the Red Cross, and no
more will they eek out the unearthly
grim tale OF German rhythm, die
Wacht Am Rhein," while thirsty in
dividuals imbibe of lager from their
stony depths. .
The stems, by means of small
mechanism attached to the bottom,
played dreamy, German tune while
the imbiber of the contents drank
freely Red Cross workers expect a
high bid will be made at the Red
Cross auction sale by some intensely
anti-Gcrman persons who wants to
break the souvenirs.
Several salvage workers brought in
collection OF vari-colored stems
which were Immediately placed in the
salvage department show window. A
la:ge number Of the stems will be
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-02
Winter Wheat Conditions
Favorable in Nebraska

Washington, May Winter wheat
made good progress in growth during
the last week in all parts of the coun-
try, although the crop was heading
short in parts of California and rain
WAS needed in Washington and Ore
gon, the national weather and crop
bulletin today announced. Conditions
continued favorable in Nebraska,
Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and the
Ohio valley.
Under the good conditions that have
prevailed the Department of Agricul-
ture's production forecast, to be is
sued May 8 and based on conditions
existing today, it is expected to show
a larger quantity than 560,000,000
bushels, forecast from April condi-
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-02
Prussian Franchise Reform
Measure Denounced as Sham

Stockholm, May 1.-The Prussian
franchise reform measure conceals a
cunningly devised provision which
will render the whole reform illu-
sorry, even if it should be adopted,
according to Heinrich Stroebei, So
cialist member of the Prussian diet.
In an article in the Independent
Socialist organ, the Leipsig Volk Zei-
tung, Herr Stroebel says the bill is
an attempt ito smugglc the plural
franchise in through the reader and
thus render the equal franchise ut
terly worthless"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-02
German Musical Stems Will
Be In Liberty Bombardment

displayed in the windows of the
Thomas Fitzpatrick store.
Mrs. Hattie Cox, who donated the
musical stems, said: Il am giving
these to help destroy anything that
is German. | can conceive no music
in anything that is German" Six
stems were donated by Mrs. Stafford,
SOIL Lincoln boulevard. II am going
to bid a high sum to break those
mugs, myself, as l never want to
see them again" she said.
Mrs. H. J. Mockler, 23O7 South
Thirty-third street, gave four ves-
sells to the salvage department
Wednesday.
Many people have already made
bids to throw the first rock at the
stein collection, and no small rocks
are going to be used. The Red Cross
salvage department expects to reap
big sum of money from the stein
fest" to be held soon in the Audi
torium