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The sun., 1918-08-01
SEES HEARST BUSY
HELPING WHITMAN
Lewis Manager Cites Editorial
as Yelled Support of
Governor.

In spite OF the fact that II stated the
Evening Journal is not a Republican
paper and sees no good reason for sup
porting any Republican candidate" an
editorial in that paper yesterday attack
ing vigorously Attorney General Lewis
and the leaders behind him was taken
by Theodore Douglas Robinson. the
Lewis manager. as being intended to
assist the candidacy OF Gov. Whitman.
Mr.. Robinson made public the following
statement:
From the editorial In Mr.. Hearst's
Evening Journal It is evident that the
meeting between Mr.. Brisbane. Mr..
Hearst's mouthpiece. and Gov. Whitman
was a meeting that did real business.
Gov. Whitman's so-called reputation Of
Mr.. Hearst's support has only tied Mr..
Hearst closer to Gov. Whitman.
"Of course we all know why Mr..
Hearst dislikes Attorney General Lewis.
Mr.. Hearst does not wish Mr. Lewis
nominated or elected. No one would II
.e were in Mr.. Hearst's plosition.
THE question is. Why does Mr.. Hearst
wish Gov. Whitman nominated? What
was the deal made between Gov. Whit
representative? Mr.. Hearst violently
proclaims that his paper Is not a Repub-
lican' newspaper. Every Republican
knew that before and can be thankful
for the further assurance OF the fact.
"Mr. Hearst's paper is at present not
Republican paper but Whitman
paper and Gov. whitman Is welcome to
all the comfort he can get from Mr..
Hearst"
The sun., 1918-08-01
CRIPPLES ARE TOLD
HOW TO COME BACK
Problems Considered at Red
Cross Institute Meeting.

A half dozen speakers at the Red
Cross Institute for Crippled and Dis
abled Men. 81 Fourth avenue. last
night took up the problem OF dealing
with MANNED soldiers returning from
the front to the employers and public
of the city. There will have to be made
places in industrial occupations for men
who are thus invaded home and dis
charged.
A summary OF the speeches. constitut-
ing an appeal for careful consideration
OF the problem by business men espe-
cially, would run in this way:
Our fighters may come back from
this war fit as a whistle. They may
come back in different condition. with
an arm or a leg or both legs gone.
Whatever happens they must be given to
understand they must keep a stiff upper
lip. But business and society must DO
its duty by these men, not in the sense
that they are At for charity. but that
they must be given opportunity to make
their way under their terrible handicap.
They must not be told there 10 no place
for them when they seek their chance to
live"
In the audience were a number of
cripples who have been receiving in
struction at the institute, and other
csippIes who have gone through the
shock of being crippled and have won
out In the battle for existence.
A. number of vaudeville performers
were there to entertain the disabled
men. Jack" MCGOWAN. violinist and
singer, did his bit on the stage and then
made q speech
The sun., 1918-08-01
LOVERS IN YOUTH
WED IN OLD AGE
Widow, -, Marries Man She
Fioufed Long Ago.

Arm In arm George A. Schmidt and
his bride walked out OF st. F1delis
Church. College Point, L. l., yesterday
afternoon after they had been married
by the Rev. William Bitterman, the
assistant pastor. Schmidt is "a years
old and his wife Is one year his Junior.
The whole community smiled joyfully
at the couple, whose marriage followed
courtship replete with romantic fea-
lures.
Mrs Schmidt did not change her name
yesterday. She was Mrs. Catherine w.
Schmidt and lived with her son-in-law.
William Kohlmeyer. In Gil Fifteenth
street, College Point. Mr.. Schmidt lives
In 113 Ninth avenue. Whitestone.
The romance began In their youth.
When all their friends thought that they
would be married they suddenly termi-
mated their friendship and Mrs. Schmidt
married another.
'Its all too silly for anything" said
the bride yesterday: but l was young
and did not realize that life wasn't all a
honeymoon. so l gave him up Just be-
cause he could not dance. thought life
was made for dancing and good times
then. so l married a man who could
dance.
He had the same name and was a
good husband. and later Mr.. Schmidt
married another woman, who made him
good wife. Since we were lonely
neither Of us saw any reason for not re.
viving the romance. He is a good man
but quiet"
Mr.. Schmidt and his bride will settle
down to housekeeping in Ozone Park
Queens,in little home he has provided
His first wife died seven years ago and
she has been a widow eleven years.
The sun., 1918-08-01
PLEAD NOT GUILTY
OF RAhVCOAT FRAUDS
Captain, Manufacturer and
Lauuyx-r in Court.

Captain Aubrey w. Vaughan Of the
Quartermaster CoSts; Felix Gouled.
manufacturer with offices in the Metro
politan and F1atiroH buildings. and
David L. Podell. a linyyer. AZ Broad
way, pleaded not guilty In the Federal
District Court yesterday TO indictments
charging them with coren iring to de-
fraud the Government.
They are accused of participation In
a scheme to cause army contracts to
be awarded Illegally to manufacturers
of raincoats and other soldiers equip
ment. Gouled Is alleged to have made
the arrangements with the mannfac-
turers. Captain Vaughan Is said. with
other officers unnamed, to have manip-
ulated awards OF contracts. Podell Is
alleged to have drawn upsAEreements
designed to veil the nature of the trans
actions.
Capt. Vaughan is 80. He entered the
army April 26, 1917. He was an. indus
trial engineer in the employ of the Saco-
Lowell Machine Company at Lowell
Mass He has a wife and four children
Joseph A. Burdeau. Assistant United
States Attorney. asked that bail for
Capt. Vaughan and Gouled he fixed at
s25, 900 and for Podell at $4,000. Mar
tin w. Littleton. who appeared for
Gouled. said that bail in these figures
would be outrageous. Mr. Burdeau said
the Government was not sure that
Gouled was arrested uuAer his right
name.
Judge Hand finally dxed bail at $10.-
600 for Capt. Vaughan and Gouled and
at IS, 900 for Podell.
Charles Brewer. attorney for the
United States in the raincoat cases. sa &
yesterday that Harry Rosenfeld. who
was named in the raincoat indictments,
acted from the beginning in the alleged
conspiracy with the knowledge of the
Department of Justice.
The sun., 1918-08-01
E. W. GRAY IN JERSEY
SENATORIAL RACE
Says Spirit of State COnstitu-
ton Is Violated by Edges
Candidacy.

Declaring that Gov. Walter e. Edge
has neither moral nor legal right to be
a candidate for United States Senator
from New Jersey and that George L.
Record should run on the Socialist ticket,
II at all. Representative Edward w.
Gray OF the Eighth Congress district
yesterday announced that he was a can
didate for the Republican nomination for
the Senate.
The situation that has developed has
become intolerable to every right think
ing Republican in the State" declared
Mr. Gray in prepared statement.
Party interest and public good both de-
mand that the choice of candidates
should no longer be confined to an
ambitious political Executive, insensible
to the proprieties on the one hand and
a suave and dangerous exponent of un-
American doctrines on the other hand.
1T has long been apparent that a
third candidate must present himself.
/ have waited until the last possible
moment. willing to abide my chances
for reelection TO the House of Represen-
tatives, in the hope that the third ma n
would appear That hope has not been
realized and I now offer my candidacy
to the Republican voters Of New Jersey
in the belief that 1 am performing a
duty In so doing
The Governor of New Jersey has no
lega> or moral right to be a candidate
for United States Senator He Is in
hibited by the spirit. II not by the letter,
OF the State Constitution. He is also
inhibited by all decent standards OF per-
sonal and public Obligation
Representative Gray quotes the State
Constitution, which says the Governor
may not be reelected TO that office nor
by the Legislature to any office under
the government OF the State or the
United States. That Senators are nov
elected by the people instead of the
Legislature does not in any way dc
away with the spirit of the inhibition. he
argues
The sun., 1918-08-01
OSBORN ENLARGES TICKET.
Opponents VIII he Picked for
COler and Cohen.

William Church Osborn, who intends
to remain in the field as a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Governor
as a protest against the violation of the
spirit OF the direct primary law involved
in the selection of a so-called Official
ticket" by a small group OF politicians
is going to widen the extent of his pro-
test
1t was said yesterday his committee
would file petitions for candidates for
the nominations for Comptroller and for
State Treasurer. Bird s. Coler was
named for the first by the unofficial con-
vention and Jacob @. Cohen of West
chester was picked as the official can
didate for State Treasurer. Holding
that these men are not as thoroughly
representative as they should be. the
Osborn committee will pick man for
Comptroller. probably from upstate. A
woman will be selected to run for the
nomination for State Treasurer.
The sun., 1918-08-01
Car Runs on ~ Tre,tIe.

The curious spectacle of car dan
Cling over the end of the Bronx Park
elevated terminus at 1slst street and
the Boston road was offered yesterday
as entertainment to passersby. Motor
man Edward j. Reilly was making up a
train when the buffer at the end OF the
structure gave way and the end car
,oppled over. The motorman was at the
other end Of the train and did not know
what had happened until the car had
gone twenty feet beyond the end Of the
trestle. A wrecking crew soon had it
back on the tracks.
The sun., 1918-08-01
RAIN CLOUDS STILL BENNETT.
Abandons Meeting 10 Fix Slate for
KOenig Attack.

William NJ. Bennett, the auto-candi-
date for the Republican nomination for
Governor. excused himself yesterday for
giving up his advertised meeting in
Printing House Square at noon on the
ground that It Cooked like rain" 1t
did rain about six hours later.
However. Mr.. Bennett did not waste
any of the precious minutes. According
to his own statement he spent the time
in fixing up his slate for members Of the
county committee from the Sixth As
sembly district, with which slate. he
AYERS. he will annihilate Samuel 8. Koe-
mig politically
ST believe now is the time to put an
end to the idea that Mr.. Whitman has
made SO popular in politics that the job
holders should control the organization"
repeated Mr.. Bennett.
The sun., 1918-08-01
sour Bridge of ShSps."

The Committee on Public Informatiup
il soon to issue through the General
Film Company new picture in two
reels called "Our Bridge OF Ships" which
will show what the country Is doing in
the shipbulding industry and in trans
porting and supplying the expeditionary
forces. This is the first comprehensive
picture that has been made on this sub
ject.
The sun., 1918-08-01
LA DU RESIGNS HIS POST.
Special Deputy state Engineer
VIII Quit To-day.

ArRASY. July 31.-The resignation OF
D. b. La Du. special deputy State Engi-
neer in charge Of the barge canal con-
struction. was announced tonight. The
resignation is to take effect tomorrow
Mr.. La Du was recommended by the
unofficial Democratic State conference
at Saratoga Springs as the party's can
didate for State Engineer.
The sun., 1918-08-01
LUNN SEEKS G. 0. P. PLACE.
Democrat Seeks Nomination. on Re-
publican Ticket
Special Despatch to The sus

SCHENECTADY, July 31.--George r.
Lunn, Democratic Congressman. to-day
announced himself the Republican can
didate for Congress in this district His
act much against the wishes Of the Re-
publican bosses of Schenectady, has
caused alarm. for he has obtained many
signatures and II is feared his name may
20 before the primaries. The Republi-
can machine of this Congressional dis
trict has already Endorsed jeremiah
Keck Of Johnstown and 1t was not be-
lieved there would be any opposition.
DR.. Lunns petitions were started In
Gloversvifle. where II Ii said they met
with considerable favor from the glove
men.
The sun., 1918-08-01
Maine II Heard From.

Meanwhile the sale Of tickets is pro-
ceeding satisfactorily. Mrs. Florence
Roesch. with Miss Kathleen Roesch.
Miss Dorothy Knuckel and Florence
Kern. carried the campaign to the Forty
fourth Street Theatre, the Strand Roof
and the New York Cafe last night. Mrs.
Roesch made interesting addresses at
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-05
ASBURY Nj. E. CHURCH.
Rev. E. F. Morris. Pastor.

Considering the weather conditions
and all other things our church is MAX
ing splendid progress. A splendid
Union Service was held on Xmas
morning at II o'clock with a fine at
tendance. On Xmas night, beginning
at 8 O'Clock. one of the finest and most
interesting Xmas entertainments was
held in the church, and the program,
which would be very hard to excel by
any Sunday School of it's size, was
rendered to a packed house under the
leadership of the most efficient Super
intendent, Mr.. Frank L. Terry. The
school received a very fine treat and
many useful present, through the kind
ness of some of the members and
friends of the church, namely, Mrs.
Lottie Chase and others. They all
went home quite happy, with a deter
mination to do more and better work
this year.
A splendid Watch Night service was
held in the little church and a week
-
of prayer has followed it. The church
has been blessed with quite a few con-
verts and is being spiritually revived.
Tomorrow Sunday is being looked
forward to with great interest as a
day of rejoicing. The Pastor will
preach at both services. Sunday
School aft the usual hour, 10 a.. M, at
which time it is hoped that all the
officers and teachers and scholars will
be present to begin the New Years
work. At 8 D. m., the Communion
service will be held and new members
received, both as preparatory mem
bers and full members read in. You
are cordially invited to attend all OF
these services.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-05

plicanBs are not required to appear in
an examination room for a written ex-
animation, but are rated upon their ed
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-05

raise more produce from a given area
of land than any other people in the
world, and their general intelligence
is far above hat of the coolie. Cuba
and France already have drawn upon
China to relieve their labor shortage,
and it is reported by the Congressman
who recently visited the war zone, that
there are in France at the present
time. or en- route to that country,
about LOG, 900 Chinese farmers. They
receive a daily wage of twenty cents
and their board.
Official figures show that already
the United States has within its bor-
ders about II, Chinese farmers, 760
of whom own their own farms. About
2 900 of the number are in the State
of California, and have so favorably
impressed the agricultural interests of
that State that they are anxious to
have the number increased,
1t is not anticipated that the move
ment will excite the antagonism of
the labor interests, as the Chinese, if
brought to this country, will be sent
only to those places where there is no
labor of any kind to be had. They will
be kept here probably not longer than
six months after the close of the war,
and then returned to their own
try, giving way to our soldiers who
will have come back to their homes
ready to resume the tillage of our
farms.
Sentiment in favor of the suggestion
is expected to increase during the vim
ter, among Democrats as well as Re-
publicans, and it is hoped that by
spring well formulated plans can be
put in operation to give practical eff
feet to the proposal.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-05
GOVERNMENT TO TAKE OVER
bethlehem STEEL TRACT
Has Two Hundred Guards Now on
Duty at Tuckahoe Storage Houses.

Only information of a vague nature
is obtainable regarding the taking
over of the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany's tract at Mays Landing by the
Government. That the transfer will
be made, however, is certain and the
Government has already 200 men on
duty at the Tuckahoe end guarding
the storage houses.
No use of the rest of the tract, ex-
tending to Mays Landing, is at pres
ent contemplated. What use, If any,
the Government will find for it is a
matter of conjecture. The immediate
object in taking over the property is
to provide ample storage facilities for
supplies, especially for explosives. In
asmuch as the Government has al
ready provided three million dollars
for a proving ground elsewhere, it is
thought unlikely that another will be
established in this vicinity.
There are rumors that the Govern
ment may use a portion of the. ground
for training troops, but these are to be
regarded as rumors only. The actual
transfer of the tract has not yet taken
place, and those who are in a position
to learn the intentions of the War De
partment seem to think that any fur
Their development of the big area of
land is improbable. The land will
likely be taken over only for the per-
iod of the war, the Bethlehem Steel
Company not having abandoned its or
iginal intention of establishing here
it's main proving grounds, which pro-
ject was held up by the outbreak of
war and the demand for the fullest
exercise of all it's energies in other d.
rections.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-05
FARM LABOR PROBLEM
A DIFFICULT ONE.
Admission of Chinese Farmers !.
Under Consideration.
Especial Correspondence of The
Pleasantville Press.)

Pleasantville Press.)
Washington, Jan. AT the in
stance of Republicans in the Senate
the Committee on Agriculture of that
body has been directed, by unanimous
resolution, ito make careful investiga-
ton into the ACCESSIBILITY of recon-
mending legislation that will permit
the importation of Chinese farmers
into the United States" for the dura-
ton of the war. The resolution was
no sooner adopted than enthusiastic
endorsement of the idea began to be
heard from all parts of the country,
especially from the Pacific Coast.
The Board of Trade of the city of
Pasadena, California, has passed a
resolution favoring the proposition;
the 50th Annual Convention of the
California State Fruit Growers Asso-
citation has taken similar action; and
the press of the State is giving wide
and favorably publicity to the move
ment. Letters and kilograms from in
%dividuals also attest to the impending
disaster to our food supply if the labor
shortage is not met before the next
harvest season.
In the East the matter is being TAX
en- up and the press of New York City
is giving it prominent notice. Word
has come from Connecticut that that
State has been positively combed
clean" of laborers of every description,
and thousands of valuable farms in
that section of the country are lying
idle as a consequence.
1t is not the intention of the pro-
ponents of the resolution so to amend
our immigration laws as to permit the
Importation of what are known as
coolies, but to admit only farmers.
The efficiency of the. Chinese farmer
is of the highest. 1t is said they can
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-05
CONCISE NEWSLETS
@ H CITY
Interesting Local Occurrences
Briefly Told

The w. c. T. U. will hold its sewing
unit at the home of Mrs. Jacob Friend
Itch, Thursday, Jan. 10th, at 2.30 p. m
Services on Sunday at the Presby.
expects to be able to preach both morn.
ing and evening.
Kuehnle's Hotel in Atlantic City has
been purchased by the Chelsea Nation.
al Bank, who will ultimately erect an
imposing home on the site.
Mayor Crawford %oun the ap-
pointment of Arthur H. Stiles as a
member of the Board of Education of
Pleasantyille for a f%ive-year term be-
ginning February first next.
The next meeting of the Women's
Foreign Missionary Society of Salem
M. E. Church will be held at the home
of the president, Mrs. John F. Ryon,
on Monday afternoon, Jan. 7th.
The public schools of Pleasantville
will not be opened until further notice.
This action was necessarily taken by
the Board of Education because of
their inability to secure a supply of
coal.
An entertainment for the members
of the Sunday School of st. Marks
Church will be held in the basement
of the church on Friday, January 4th,
at 8 p. M. Their friends are invited to
attend.
1t is reported that John T. French,
Democratic member of the County
Board of Equalization of Taxes, is to
be succeeded by former Freebooter
Dominick Corsiglia, of Buena Vista
Township.
P~leasantville aud vicinity have been
in the throes of zero weather for the
past ten days, causing much inconve-
nience and suffering. There have been
many cases of frozen pipes in town,
and an electrical appliance is being
Used to thaw them out.
Owing to the scarcity OF coal the
session of. the First Presbyterian
Church has decided to hold the mid
week prayer meeting at the homes of
individual members, beginning last
Wednesday evening, January End, at
the home of Mrs. J. H. North on South
Main street.
The friends of Chief of Police Clar-
ence Krewson and Arnold Mathis, a
&bayman, were greatly relieved when
they returned home Tuesday after
noon. They had gone on a duck hunt
ing expedition and were expected to
return last Saturday afternoon, and
the cold weather that overlook them
made their friends apprehensive. How
ever, they returned as stated, safe and
sound, and brought 25 black ducks
with them.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-05
EDGE ROAD LAW
UPHELD BY COURTS

The constitutionality of the Edge
Direct State Road Tax of one mill on
the dollar on all real and personal
property upon which a municipal tax
is levied has been upheld in a Supreme
Court decision written by Justice Ber-
gen. The ruling is of State wide i'm
%portance, inasmuch as this law is the
method by which the fifteen million
needed in the next five years to carry
out the new state highway building
project is to be accomplished.
The court ruled as follows on the
different points upon which Charles
H. Gillen, of Newark; Charles F.. H.
Johnson, of Passaic, and James Bow
en-. of Jersey City, attacked the law:
Its title is sufficiently clear in eX-
pressing the purposes to be conveyed
in its provisions. The law is not un-
constitutional because it's classification
does not include property which is
subject to taxes levied and collected
by the State for it's own use, under a
statutory classification based upon its
peculiar characteristics. Those class
es of railroad property known as the
first and fourth are not subject to the
provisions of the act, but such exclus-
ions are not in violation of the State
constitution. Second class railroad
property is included in the road tax,
because it is property upon which mu-
nicipal taxes are assessed, levied and
collected"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-05
PLEASANTVILLE co. CALLED
TO SOMERS POINT.

a house belonging to Councilman
William L. Marley, neal Third street
on Connecticut avenue, Somers Point,
together with practically all it's house
hold furnishings, was destroyed by fire
last Saturday evening, and the esti-
mated loss is $4,000, a portion of which
is covered by insurance.
insufficient water pressure handi-
capped the local department and ap-
paratus was called from Ocean City
and P~leasantville, but despite this fact
the house vas completely Quilted.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-05
PUSHING TROOPS TO FRANCE.

Washington, Jan. American
troops are to be rushed to Europe in
large and as constant a stream as
is possible; the allied nations will so
arrange their shipping as to provide
the necessary transport; the merchant
ship-building program must be rushed;
there is to be closer cooperation of
all the co-belligerents to present a sim
gle and united front to German au-
tocracy; the part of the United States
has been clearly defined and arrange
ments made to carry it out.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-05

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