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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-05
Inquiry to Begin
Here ON Charges
Against Humbert
rench Senator's Actions
When in This Country
To Be Traced

ss> New York City will be the scene Of
the next act IN the widespread investi-
cation connected with the treason of
Bolo Pacha, now under sentence of
death in France.
State Attorney General Merton E.
Lewis will begin an inquiry here next
week into the conduct of Charles Hum
bert, member IF the French Senate, when
he visited this country in 1914 as agent
of the French government Senator
Humbert has been arrested on the
charge of treason. and the depos itions
taken here will be sent to France for
use in prosecuting him.
Attorney General Lewis's princinal
task will be the tracing of money de
posted by Senator Humbert with J. P.
Morgan 4 Co., and his transactions
with officials and employees of the Beth
lehem Steel Company.
Talk Here To Be Recalled
Representatives of these two con-
Germs will be called to testify to all
they know regarding Senator Hum
bert's activities here. They will be
asked to recall any remarks that he
| made concerning Germany and the pos
slble issue of ,he war
The examination of witnesses will
be in private, out the Attorney Gen
erals Office, in statement issued yes
terday. said disclosures would be made
from time to time by Mr. Lewis and his
assistants conducting the investigation,
which is being made at the request of
the French Embassy in Washington
Senator Humbert's business trans
actions with J. P. Morgan & Co. con-
sisted in making bank deposits to the
amount of about $4,000. This sum
is declared to have come from German
sources through the hands of Bolo
Pacha.
Asserts Service Was Patriotic
Documentary proof of this, and also
a report showing that the French
Senator maintained big accounts with
the Paris branch of the Morgan house,
have been made public
At first, Senator Humbert explained
that he deposited the $17O 900 in the
Morgan hank here to purchase paper
This has been denied by the investi-
gators. The French Senator, while
admitting that he received more than
1000 900 francs from Bolo, states that
he actually performed patriotic ser
vice for France in using this tainted
money in acquiring the Paris Jour
nal" in 1915,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-05
Attacks Trust
She Made for Sons
Chorus Girl Wife
Mrs. Victoria Mckenzie De-
clares Girl Has Not Acted
in "Daughterly Manner"

Mrs. Victoria a. Mckenzie, a widow,
eighty-four years old, living at Bret
ton Hall, began action in the Supreme
Court yesterday to set aside trust
agreement under which she placed in
trust bonds and mortgages valued at
$219,o0O for the benefit Of Mrs. Violet
McKenzie-Conklin, a former chorus girl
who is the widow of son of Mrs. Nc
kenzie. According to Mrs. Mckenzie
the agreement was obtained bv undue
influence and through fraudulent rep
resentations After the death of her frs
husband. Mrs. Conklin married Robert
Conklln, steel man, who died in 1916
The trust agree ment which Mrs. Nc
kenzie seeks to have set aside is the
second one made by her, the first which
provided for an annual income of SO,
600 for the plaintiffs daughter-in-law
and 100000 on the death of Mrs. Nc
kenzie having been abrogated through
the efforts of Mrs. Mckenzie's attor-
ney.
The second agreement, from which
was eliminated certain conditions to
which Mrs. Mckenzie objected. provid-
cd that 1t was to remain IN force SO
long as the younger woman conduct
ed herself in "a daughterly manner
This. it is alleged in the present
proceeding, Mrs. Conklin has not done
"Thereupon. after the execution OF
the instrument" says Mrs Mckenzie
"the defendant. Violet S. Conklin. not
only ceased to conduct herself in q
daughterly manner toward plaintiff. but
her domestic life and manner of living
became Objectionable to plaintiff ano
continued progressively to be sucf
until an intolerable condition arose;
namely, that, upon information and be
lief. said Violet S. Conkln contract
ed an engagement of marriage with
man who is already married t.
another and which engagement is con
ditioned upon his becoming divorced
from his present wife, all of which
caused plaintiff to stop all payment
20 her daugh ter-in-law.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-05
College Clubs Aid in War
Concordance to Help Vic.
TINS of Turkish Methods

A concert and dance will be given
Saturday evening. April 10. in the ball
room of the Waldorf Astoria, by the
combined musical clubs of Yale
Princeton and Harvard universities
Miss Anna FitZiu and Nine. Frances
Aida are on the programme.
Mrs. Oliver Hartman is chairman
of the committee in charge. Assoc-
ated with her are: Mrs. Ogden Reid,
Mrs. c. Ledyard Blair Mrs. Herbert l..
Satterlee. Mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt jr,
Cochran, Mrs Ernest Iselin, Cleveland
H. Dodge. William II. Taft, Bishop
Greer and Charles w Eliot.
The proceeds from the concert will
be given to the American Committee
for Armenian and Syrian Relief, of
which Cleveland H. Dodge is treas
urer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-05
Department Of Justice and
Police Widen Inquiry Into
Food Complaints
Seeking Alien Bakers
Majority of Reports of Tam
nering With Bread Are Re-
ceived From Brooklyn

The epidemic of glass in food took
freakish turn yesterday. Not only
bread. rolls. crullers and candy, but
showing gum. sailed almonds and
;rsnkfurters were said to have been
,ampered with. and not only glass but
natal wire was said to have been used.
The Department of Justice and the
,alice widened the investigation as
,heir lists Of complaints heightened.
To the complaints that the Depart
ment Of Justice has received. first
hand or from the police. have been
added eighteen cases that the Food
Board, after preliminary inquiry, de-
c,ded should be investigated.
The Food Board announced last
night that complaints TO its office had
suddenly ceased, not a single case hav-
ing been reported since three days ago,
although until then they had come at
the rate OF Two or three a day.
Majority of Cases in Brooklyn
Few of the cases now under investi-
cation are in Manhattan. The ma
ioritv are in Brooklyn. A few were
renewed from suburban towns IN Long
Island.
As result of the order of T. I.
Jones. chairman Of the Brookly Food
Protection Committee, that Brooklyn
bakers discharge all enemy aliens. a
hunt for Germans in Brooklyn bakeries
began yesterday. Bakers say that the
order will throw / 900 men out of work.
but this calculation is probably based
upon the supposition that all Ger
mans. naturalized or not, are to be
discharged.
The Food Board last night made it
clear that American citizens of German
birth are not included in the order.
"The Food Board Endorses the posi-
ton of the Food Protection Commit
tee" its statement adds. "and feels
that any one who employs enemy
aliens assumes the full responsi bility
of seeing that such employees are not
given an opportunity either TO destroy
food. or. in producing CT manufacture
ing food, TO Introduce any deleterious
substance"
New Cases Reported
Among the eases reported yesterday
were the following:
Mrs. Donald Wilson, Hampstead
Avenue. West Hampstead, L. l., re-
ported tnat her Mald, helen NneAhe,
had found broken glass in bread.
George Green, colored. Babylon, L.
l.. reported finding ground glass in a
frankfurter.
Mrs. william H. scudder. Hunting
ton, L. l.. reported finding glass in
bread.
Miss Violet Peck. GO Clark Street,
is reported TO have cut her mouth With
glass in eating sailed almond.
Mrs. s. H. Woodward. 3705 Chiches-
ter Avenue. Richmond Hill, L. l., found
glass in bread
Dr.. H. 5. Rasi, 157 Clinton Street,
Brooklyn. found glass in sugar that a
patient brought to him for micro
scopic examination.
Robert Patterson, a guard at the
Bliss torpedo plant, is reported to have
found glass in piece Of chewing gum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-05
Bryant Paintings Exhibited

The Arlington Galleries are now ex-
hibiting a group Of paintings by Ever
EFT L. Bryant, of Baltimore Seven of
the paintings were recently exhibited
at the Paris Salon. Mr.. Bryant uses
fiat, delicate colors on his decorative
canvases, giving the impression of an
his vivid impressionistic renderings of
still life, one of which. "The Cat and
the Bird" charming color scheme
of greens and magenta red, shows a
grotesque porcelain cat cycling wickedly
a dainty green bird.
But 1t is perhaps in his nudes that
Mr.. Bryant achieves his greatest sue
cess. Three canvases, entitled Nudes
l, 2 and g." show spontaneity of han
ding, delcacy of flesh tones and great
charm of color and arrangement. Two
colored statuettes are included in the
exhibition, which closes April II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-05
Big Fire in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April Build.
ings, housing ten large wholesale and
manufacturing concerns and numperr
If smaller structures, we're destroyed
bv fire here tonight. Several other
buildings over an area Of six or eight
blocks were damaged While it was
aaid the monetary loss would be great,
it could not be estimated tonight.
One fireman was caught under a
falling wall and has not been account,
Cd for. Three othera we're injured and
taken 10 hogpitals. The fire was cen
tired in the heart Of the Wholesale dis-
tr,et. The cause Of the hre III I'M
known.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-05
Policeman's Slayer Pleads
Guilty In Second Degree

Jacob Silverstein, charged with muir
der in the first degree for killing
Patrolman Samuel Rosenfeld, pleaded
guilty to murder in the second degree
yesterday in the Supreme Court,
Brooklyn. His alleged accomplice.
Harry Friedman, pleaded guilty of
manslaughter III the second degree.
Friedman is said to have acted as
lookout while Silverstein ana Jacob
Cohen held up members of the 21st
Assembly District Republican Club, in
Brooklyn. Rosenfeld interfered and
Cohen shot him. Cohen is in the death
house at Sing Sing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-05
Oregonian Seeks Seat
On I. R. s Band Wagon
Especial Correspondencel

PORTLAND. Ore. April 4.-That the
West is getting in early to ride on the
Roosevelt band wagon with the recent
announcement by The New York Trih-
une FOR Roosevelt for 1920" was evil
denced to-day with the hlinv OF the
candidacy CT A. T. Barnes. of Portland
who styles Theodore Roosevelt as the
model American.
"a bigger, better. buster Oregon:
Americanism as advocated by Teddy
Roosevelt is the slogan Of Barnes
who to-day filed his candidacy for the
Republican nomination for a seat in
the State Legislature.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-05
New York Baptists
Expect to Pass Quota

Laymen from every Baptist Church
IN The Bronx met at dinner last night
at the Y. M. C. A. to make final plans
for the campaign for 100000, which
closes Sunday
DR.. Fred P. Haggard, campaign d.
rector, expressed his confidence that
complete reports from the thirty-fou
states where the campaign closed last
Sunday would show that the goal had
been attained. Special collections to
be taken in all New York Baptist
churches Sunday are expected to swell
the quota of $4,000 for the metro
politan district.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-05

to send convalescents from the various
army environments here, to be sup
planted. when the need arises, by the
wounded from overseas.
The grounds comprise sixtv-three
acres. and when the buildings are re-
modelled and other needed structures
completed ten thousand patients can
be accommodated. lnasmuch as the
driving matinees, regularly held on Sat
urday afternoons during the meet, viii
serve to amuse convalescent soldiers,
permission has been extended 10 con
tinue these. Stables, however, may not
be on the grounds
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-05
Body of Tom Lee Is Started
On Way to China for Burial

The body of Tom Lee, long recog-
nized as the Mayor of Chinatown, who
died few months ago, yesterday was
taken from the vault in the Cypress
Hills Cemetery, where it had rested
since his death, and is now on the way
to Hong Kong for final burial
Prominent Chinese merchants in the
city and the family Of Lee, accom-
panied the hearse to the Grand Central
Station
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-05
South Dakotans Daub Yellow
Paint on PettiRrew's Offices

SIOUX FALLS, s. D., April IA
crowd Of citizens to-day daubed the
Offices Of Richard Franklin Pettigrew.
former United States Senator. with
yellow paint.
pcttigrew la under Indictment In Fed
oral court here, charged with violation
OF the espionage act.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-05
Racetrack To Be Hospital

MINEOLA, L.. l., April 4.-For the
first time in seventy-seven years the
annual fall fair and race meet of the
Queens-Nassau Counties Agricultural
Society here Will not be held. Instead
the grounds will be converted to gov
eminent hospital uses. 1t is intended
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-05
Non-P artisan Lacquer
Pro-Gernan, Is Charge
He Admitted Enemy Syrnpathies
in Speech, Minnesota
Witnesses Saw

RED WING, Mimi, April 4.-six of
elght witnesses for the state in the
trial Of L. W. Martin, National Nom
Partisan League organizer, on trial
here, charged with obstructing enlist
ment, testified to-day that Martin, be-
fore farmers meeting last fall, de-
clared: 81 am pro-German and intend
to make a pro German speech"
Each declared Martin had said the
war was a rich mans war, and that
I'VE should be careful not to buy Lib
erty Loan bonds. but should let the
rich buy them"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-05

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-05
The Weather Report

WARRINGTON. Aprl 4-The snowstor,n which
ne seTzilec 'ar he las; thru days In the middle
1'eHs Mountain region has finally ended. and the
Hsesai4ss IS rs.nx tonight IL that region ard in
as u5ser aissour valley Ia Eastern districts
- Tsa.Asr cleared north 81 virginia but
Fse hsTs seea loca- fAsna and fnunde, showers In
ssatn Atenfie s's;es Ard along The GulY coast
ssalsT7lEre - Rang sezt ~ he " sslssiptd
A 4 has b@cosas much colder II. the middle and
~ A'-snfia states as.d Tenle>zee
s,~''fe' wes'aer with loeal sains is probable
: '0s Fsso,ass. Ficr1da and the east Cuff states
ApFfo" h.sssaefe in tns Warrington forecast
80 'hs Tsafaer @il b. fair during the next
WY sxa hours
s.p.xs '.ssnaDefssors VIII r'zs siowly In the Ohio
w 1HeT axe reZcn. the middle Atlantic
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Hsss, s1A.ssrr Pennsylvania. New Iersey and New
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-05

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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-08-21
U.1oats Have Murdered Thousands.

There is a danger lest familiarity,
even with such a monstrous crime as
unrestricted U-boat warfare should
breed indifference to its enormity,
saws an exchange. Therefore, it Is
well to bear in mind that except when
the attack is made on fighting ships or
transports carrying fighting men, the
torpedoing of ships and sending men
to their death far out at sea, is simply
murder, unredeemed by any extenuat-
ing circumstances whatsoever. Just
how great bill of indictment is be-
ing drawn up by the German admiralty
against itself is seen in the statement
given by the government leader in
the house of commons. that up to Feb
r,lary, 1918. the German U-boats had
killed 14,120 noncombatant British
men. women and children. This, be 1T
noted. is exclusive of the murders dons
upon peoples of other nationalities.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-08-21

in front of me the challenge, Halt
given in English rang out, and one of
the finest things 1 have ever heard on
the western front took place.
From the middle of our line some
Tommy answered the challenge with,
"Aw, go to HI" 1t must have been
the man who had sneezed or who had
improperly cut the barbed wire; he
wanted to show Fritz that he could
die game. Then came the volley. Ma
chine guns were turned loose and sew
eral bombs were thrown in our rear.
The Boche in front of me was looking
down his sight. This fellow might
have, under ordinary circumstances,
been handsome, but when l viewed him
from the front of his rifle he had the
COLLINS of childhood Imagination rele-
gated to the shade.
Then came a flash in front of me, the
flare of his rifle-and my head seemed
TO burst. A bullet had hit me on the
left side of my face about half an
inch from my eye, smashing the cheek
bones. l put my hand to my face and
fell forward, biting the ground and
kicking my feet. l thought l was dy-
ing, but, do you know, my last life did
not unfold before me the way it does
in novels.
The blood was streaming down my
tunic, and the pain was awful. When
l came TO / said to myself, Emp, old
boy, you belong in Jersey City, and
you'd better get back there as quickly
as possible"
The bullets were cracking overhead.
l crawled few feet back to the Ger
man barbed wire, and in STOPPING po-
sition, guiding myself by the wire,
went down the line looking for the
lane we had cut through. Before
reaching this lane I came to limp
form which seemed like bag of oats
hanging over the wire. In the dim
light | could see that its hands were
blackened and knew it was the body
of one of my mates. I put my hand
on his head, the top of which had been
blown Off by bomb. Ny fingers sank
into the hole. pulled my hand back
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-08-21
Fish Flour in Norway.

The royal Norwegian provisions de-
partment has officially announced that
recent experiments at Bergen to pro-
duce bread containing 20 per cent Of
fish having proved successful, a trial
in the same direction will now be made
in Christiania.
1t is the intention of the provisions
department to cooperate with the
state for the purchase of the neces-
sary machinery for the preparation Of
the fish, which will be mixed with
bread grain in order to make the ra-
lions larger. The bread prepared in
this manner is said to be good and
palatable.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-08-21

strands of the cut barbed wire on the
ground, waiting for a challenge and
the inevitable volley of rifle fire. Moth
ing happened. 1 suppose the fellow
who cut the barbed wire improperly
was the one who had sneezed about
half an hour previously. What we
wished him would never make his new
year happy one.
The officer, in my opinion, at the
noise of the wire should have given the
four-tap signal, which meant, con your
own, get back to your trenches as
quickly as possible" but again he must
have relied on the spiel that Old Pep
per had given us in the dugout, "Per-
sonally l believe that that part of the
German trench is unoccupied." Any
way, We got careless, but not so care
less that we sang patriotic songs or
made any unnecessary noise.
During the intervals of falling star
shells we carried on with our wire cut
ting until at last we succeeded in get
ting through the German barbed wire.
At this point we were only ten feet
from the German trenches. If we were
discovered, we were like rats in trap.
Our way was cut off unless we ran
along the wire to the narrow lane we
had cut through. With our hearts in
our mouths we waited for the three
tap signal to rush the German trench.
Three taps had gotten about halfway
down the line when suddenly about ten
to twenty German star shells were
fired all along the trench and landed
in the barbed wire in rear of US, turn
ing night into day and silhouetting us
against the wall of light made by the
flares. In the glaring light we were
confronted by the following unpleasant
scene.
All along the German trench, at
about three-foot intervals, stood a big
Prussian guardsman with his rifle at
the aim, and then we found out why
we had not been challenged when the
man sneezed and the barbed wire had
been improperly cut. About three feet
in front of the trench they had con-
structed a single fence of barbed wire
and we knew our chances were one
thousand to one of returning alive.
We could not rush their trench on ac-
count of this second defense. Then
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-08-21
POLlCEWOMEN FOR NEW YORK
Gotham Has Six Of the Falrest-Fou
More to Be Appointed to Take
Care of Girls.

New York, Aug. 16.-Outftted with
'sbillies," revolvers and handouts, New
York's first uniformed policewomen,
six in number, went on duty yesterday.
Commissioner Enright, announcing the
appointments, said four other women
would be named for regular police
duty. They will pay special attention
to the welfare of girls.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-08-21
He Had Proof.

Bobby is three years old. He has
new pair of white shoes, and on first
DOMINIC them last Sunday insisted on
being taken to his aunt's house to ex-
hibit the spotless footgear.
Auntie lives several squares from
Bobby's home, and before half the dis
lance was covered Bobby gave evil
dence Of waning enthusiasm. Finally
he asked to be taken home. 'T'm aw-
full tired" he declared. "Oh, no." IA
Their answered, you're not tired al
ready"
eyes, is" Bobby answered, begin
ming to SWIVEL. 81 is too tired. You
feel my feet daddy, and see if isn't"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-08-21
A Measurer of Motives.

AT last you agree with that coli
league with whom you have had so
much bitter debate"
"Yes," replied Senator Sorghum.
"He's right for once. It's entirely to his
personal interest to be so.'
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-08-21
Silver Maximum Is s1.o15.

Washington, Aug. 16.-The treasury
announced that it had virtually fixed
the maximum price of silver at $101h
silver would be granted by the federal
reserve board only for essential civil
or military purposes and on condition
that the maximum price was not ex-
ceeded by the purchaser.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-08-21
Wanted Advice.

81 have called, SIR" said the young
man, 'to ask you serious question.
'Welll"
knowing her as wen as you do.
would you advise me to marry your
daughterr
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-08-21
The Drawback.

She-His wife made man of him.
He-Yes. but anybody that looks at
him can tell it is homemade lob.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-08-21
Guns From Cruiser Emden.

The British exhibit includes guns
from the cruiser Emden, which Brit
ish ship destroyed; guns taken from
the Turks; guns captured in Gallipoli.
and all manner of wreckage from
score of battlefields. OF great interest
are the British medals awarded for con-
spicuous bravery or great service to
the empire.
Canada, of course, sets great store
by her trophies from famous Vimy
Ridge. Passchendaele, Ypres and wher-
ever the rugged fighters met the Hun.