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New-York tribune., 1918-12-12

successful accomplishment of their
task"
Mrs. Jays letter, which was ad-
dressed to Grover Whalen, the Mayor's
secretary, read as follows:
II have received your communica-
tion informing me that l had been ap-
pointed by the Mayor a member of the
Committee of Welcome to Home Com
ing Troops. | beg you will convey to
his honor that under ordinary circum-
stances l should have considered this
appointment d compliment. AS | un-
derstand Mr.. William Randolph Hearst
is member of this committee l must
respectfully decline to serve.
very truly yours,
"LUCIE JAY"
(Mrs. William Jay).
Mrs. Jay said that her daughter, Mrs.
1selin, who was also asked to serve on
the committee, had declined and had
sent a letter to Mayor Hylan in which
she set forth her reasons.
Resolutions of protest against the
naming of Hearst on Mayor Hylan's
committee for the reception of home
coming soldiers were adopted at the
last meeting of the New Jersey Associ-
alton Opposed to Woman Suffrage, held
at Newark on Monday.
lie ItSOluIlOUS, DIS unanimously
adopted, said Mrs. Margaret K. Basset,
president of the association, were as
follows:
"Whereas, Mayor Hylan of New York
has seen fit to appoint William Ran
dolph Hearst to act as chairman of the
reception committee to welcome the
men in service on their arrival from
overseas, therefore, be it,
"Resolved, That we, women of the
New Jersey Association Opposed to
Woman Suffrage, Indignantly protest
against that appointment as an atfront
to our soldiers and sailors and to their
families, and an offence to all patri-
otic citizens of America"
The Rev. S. Parkes Cadman, pastor
Of the Central Congregational Church,
Brooklyn, former chapl>1H of the 23d
Regiment, in commenting yesterday
on the revelations before the Senate
Committee in Washington, said:
II am deeply obliged to The Tribune
for it's magnificent work in exposing
the doings of Hearst. Hearst's record,
from the beginning of the war down to
the present, has been repulsive to every
right minded man. l am surprised
that any respectable newspaper should
hesitate to show him up in his true
colors Why do not the other news
papers join in publishing the facts ?
The Senate committee in Washington
is doing a praiseworthy and patriotic
duty in making public the Hearst tele-
grams. | believe that Senator Nelson,
of Minnesota, will continue to insist
upon the unmasking of Hearst"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
ROBERT C. ABENDROTH

Robert C. Abendroth, engineer in the
employ of the city and charter member
of the Society of Municipal Engineers
of New York City, died suddenly yes
terday at his home, 107 Delaware
Street, Flushing, following an apoplec
tic stroke.
Mr.. Abendroth was born in Berlin,
Germany, ffty-two years ago and was
educated in technical schools there.
Soon after completing his education he
was connected with a syndicate of Ger
man capitalists in the construction of
trolley system in Fiume, Austria.
Later he came to America and was en-
gagged in engineering work in The
Bronx. In 1899 he entered the Bronx
Typographical Bureau and in 1902 was
transferred to the Queens Topographic
cal Bureau, where since 1904 he had
been in charge of the drafting force.
He had had much to do with the prep
araton of the almost completed topo-
graphical map.
He was a member of greensboro
Lodge of Elks and of Wanderer Lodge,
F. and A. M.
He leaves wife and four children.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
OBITUARY NOTES

Adolf c. Kluge, of 300 West End
Avenue, president and treasurer of the
German Artistic Weaving Company,
died in Los Angeles, Cal, December 6.
He leaves a wife and two sons.
Mrs. Elizabeth Chapman Mersereau.
daughter of the late Eliphalet and
Elizabeth de Venter Chapman, died
yesterday at her home, Ala West 11Sth
Street. The funeral will be held from
the Stephen Merritt chapel, 3O4 West
126th Street, Friday, at 3 o'clock.
Charlotte Block, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick Block, died Tues
day at her home, 499 St. Marks Ave-
nue., Brooklyn. The funeral will be
held Friday at 2 o'clock.
Mrs. Rebecca Dale died Tuesday at
her home, $40 East Fifty Street.
She leaves two sons and one dauph-
ter. Funeral services will be held at
| o'clock this mornig at Beekman Hill
Methodist Episcopal Church, 321 East
Fiftieth Street.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary r. Schneid-
er, who died Tuesday at her home.
aO7 Wllloughby Avenue, Brooklyn. will
be held Friday morning at $3.50 o'clock
at the residence. She was fortv-nine
years old. Requiem mass will be said
at st. Johns Church, Willoughby Ave-
nue., Brooklyn.
=, Mrs. Genevieve A. vedder, wife Of
the late Senator Commodore P. We'd
der, died in Buffalo December 8. Sen
ator and Mrs. Vedder lived at the
Hotel Majestic here for many years.
Funeral services for Sergeant Glen
dyn Cloran, nephew of the late "Dia-
mond Jim" Brady, who died at Camn
Hancock. Augusta, Ca, last Mondav
VIII be held at the Campbell Funeral
Church, Broadway and Sixty-siyth
Street, Friday afternoon. wa
Ensll Schmidt, for fifteen years head
OF the commissary department of the
Southern Pacific Railway. died vester-
DAY IN Bristol, Penn, where he has
recently been IN charge of the res
taurants OF the Merchant Shinbu;ld;n.
Corporation. Funeral services will he
held at o'clock Friday evening at
the Campbell Funeral Church.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
Clemenceau's Plea
For 5000 Fliers
Spurred US. Aid
French Premier Responsible
for Extensive Air Pro.
gramme Adopted Early i'm
the War, Henley Reveals

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-An appeal
by Premier Clemenceau of France for
an American aircraft contribution of
1000 planes month and a total of
5000 aviators and $4,000 specialized
mechanics formed the basis for the ex-
tensive aircraft programme to which
the United States committed itself in
the world war. This was disclosed to-
day by Major General William L. Ken
ley, director of military aeronautics,
in his annual report.
The appeal Of the French Premier,
the report says, was received May
"a, 1917, two. weeks after adoption of
the aircraft programme for the army
involving an expenditure of about
S55,000,000 Two months later Con-
gress, at the request of the War De-
partment, enacted another aircraft ap-
preparation bill carrying total of
S640,ooO,000.
This country had never trained an
aviator sufficiently to meet the de-
mands of overseas aerial warfare" ,"
General Henley points out in illustrat-
ing the difficulties the nation faced in
seeking to comply with the urgent ap-
peal for aid made by France. ut had
not the slightest knowledge of the in
struction necessary for radio, photog-
raphy or enlisted personnel. Conse-
quently, the first men largely trained
themselves before teaching others, and
experience led on from one course to
what was to come next"
"Despite this handicap, 1880 men had
been graduated as reserve military
aviators, the first rating for pilots, by
June 80, 1918, the report says, and 10
hombers, IS bombing pilots, 464 OBJ
servers, 389 observer pilots, and 131
pursuit pilots had been graduated on
that date from the advanced training
schools.
I'm the year ending last June 80
there were 1852 fatalities in training,
or an average of one death to 1854
hours and POI 900 miles flown. Stalled
engines, usually due to an error of
the pilot, caused 86 deaths; collisions.
80, and sideslips 10.
ut was early in May 1918, more
than year after Americas entry into
the war, that the first German plane
fell victim to an aviator in the Ameri-
can service. About the same time
46S fully trained American aviators,
organized into thirteen complete Amer
lean squadrons or brigades with Brit
lsh and French squadrons, were ac-
tually on the front, taking increasing
toll of the enemy"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
Investigation. Isn't
Botherirlg Me in the
Least,'' Says Hearst

BALTIMORE, Dec. 11.-William
Randolph Hearst, when asked to com
ment upon the revelations of his ac-
tivities now being made in the investi-
cation conducted by the Senate Com
mittee probing brewery and pro-Ger-
man propaganda, said:
Il really. have nothing to say yet
am simply sitting tight and letting
the fellows in Washington do the talk
ing. And in the end / may let it pass.
There is great deal that I could say,
and when they get through down there
it may be the part of wisdom for me
to reply. But the investigation isn't
bothering me in the least. You see,
after all it isn't very important-at
least, it isn't SO far as I am concerned
in 1t"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
Rain Freezes as 1t Falls;
Workers Fall as 1t Freezes

Rain froze as it fell yesterday morn
ing, and persons hurrying to work fell
as 1T froze.
During the early part of the day
sidewalks and streets were incased in
q coating of ice, which caused hun.
dreds Of spills and served to retard the
arrival of trains bringing commuters
to work.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit lent
reality to New York's first day OF
winter by be coming completely disor
ganized early in the morning Seized
ules were dumped overheard, ane
trains ran SO infrequently that pas.
sengers waited a half hour or more
before they could jam their way into
the packed cars.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
Two Accused by Bank
Merchant and Bookkeeper
Charged With Conspiracy
.SpectaJ Corresponde,,


NEWARK, N. j., Dec. 11.-William J.
Haggerty, of III South Ninth Street,
president and treasurer of the William
j. Haggerty Trading Company, of 100
Broad Street, and William j. Snyder,
of 33l Warren Street. bookkeeper in
the employ Of the Liberty Trust Com
pany, at 447 Central Avenue, were held
in $4,000 bail each to-day when ar
raigned before Judge D'Aloia in the I'd
precinct court, charged with conspiracy
to defraud the bank. Both men pleaded
not guilty and their hearing was set
for Saturday morning.
The men were originally arrested on
the technical charge of embezzlement.
The amount named was $500, but the
total sum said to be involved was
placed at $51 ,675.73 by Gottlob Kautz-
mann, president of the trust company
The bank is said to be entirely sol
vent. the entire shortage having been
made good by the directors with cash
deposits.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
De Woody to Resign
Expected to Leave Department
of Justice by End of Year

The Tribune learned from a reliable
source last night that Chief Charles F.
De Woody, of the Bureau of Investiga-
tion of the Department of Justice is
about to resign, and will leave the
Federal service before the 1st of
January. Mr.. De Woody is in Cleve-
land and could not be reached, but A.
Bruce Bielaski, national head of the
Bureau Of Investigation, said he would
not be surprised if the report was true
as he knew Mr.. De Woody had received
many good business offers.
Mr.. De Woody was placed in charge
of the local Office last January. He
brought the heads Of the investigating
bodies together end with them worked
out plan by which the overlapping of
work in running down dangerous
enemy aliens WAS eliminated
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
Crosscup Denies He Euer
WaS German Sv7r,Dattize,

Peter S. Grosscup, former udge Of
the United States Court of Appeals,
has written to Senator Knute Nelson,
of the. Senate Judiciary Committee,
now Investigating German propaganda
in this country, protesting against the
inclusio iof his name i list of alleged
pro Germas furnished the committee
Mr.. Grosscup said that in 1914 he
had written an article blaming Russia
for the war, and after the sinking of
the Lusitania had "advocated the sep
aration of passengers crossing the
ocean from ammunition bearing ships"
Beyond these two utterances, he said,
he had written or spoken nothing that
could have led up to the placing of his
name on such list
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
Jewish War Relief
Campaign Reaches
$2,2O5,3OO Mark
S2O4, 300 Added ON Fourth
Day; School Chest to Aid;
/. o. B. A. Gives $4,000;
Theatres Plan Benefits

The close of the fourth day in the
s5,ooo,ooo campaign for the relief Of
Jewish war sufferers brought the fund
up to $2.205,3 300. Contributions turned
INTO headquarters at the Hotel Bilt-
more yesterday amounted to s204, 800.
fellx NJ. Warburg, chairman, in an
houncing the gifts to the assembled
workers, said that although encourag-
ing progress had been made, many
prosperous Jewish houses have failed
TO donate. To offset this, he gladdened
ms assistants with the news that he
nad received permission from the
BOARD Of Education to receive a gift
cf $4,000 from the war chest of the
p blic schools.
Among the larger contributions re-
ported was $4,000 from the Inde-
pendent Order of Birth Abraham.
swift & Co., it was said. had increased
ITS contribution from $500 to $4,000.
donation that elected comment was
received from the First Avenue Ped
lers' Association, all pushcart men,
amounting to $27
Women Eat Bark of Trees
AS If to inspire them to greater eff.
iorts, the collectors were addressed al
iast nights tea by Ethan T. Cotton, ar
international Y. NJ. C. A. secretary
VINO has just returned from Russ a
Mr.. Cotton related in detail the suf
ferings endured by the Jews in CERTAIN
parts OF tnat country. Great numbers
of them, he said, live IN freight cars
IN which they often are packed to SUI.
location. Many of the women are
almost without clothing, and the chill.
dren generally are barefooted. In Auri
and May last, he added, no fewer than
10000 of them were living in wood.
with nothing to eat but the bark Of
trees. 1t is often impossible to hell
them. There is no mail service anC
no train service.
One of our office men told me-" sale
Mr.. Coltan, "that he hated to leav,
nome IN the morning, because as soor
as ne appeared on the streets he wa:
oesleged by women, who fell on theil
knees and begged him for help"
Theatres Plan Benefits
The drive is expected to 90 forward
with leaps and bounds with the en-.
trance in the campaign on Saturda,
OF many leading thea res These viii,
give benefits on Saturday and Sunda,
nights, with stars OF the speaking anc
motlon picture stage participating.
The theatres thus far assured are
the Palace, Century and Lexington
The Palace will give midnight shows
next Saturday and Sunday nights, with
barry Lauder, Nora Bayes, Georg NJ
Cohan, William Collier and others
Inc boxes will be sold at headquarter:
this afternoon.
The Police Department has prom
lsed to sell 5000 tickets for these per
formances. Additional theatrical &C
ttivities are being planed by William
Morris and his associates.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
Army Clique Alleged
Guard Officer Says Regulars
Seek to Undermine Them

ST. PAUL, Dec. 11.-Charges that
regular army officers are SO bitterly
opposed to the National Guard system
in the United States that they are at
tempting to make it's existence impos-
sible, were made to-day at the confer
ence here of adjutant generals of the
Central States.
The charge was made by Major W.
A. Curtis, former chief of staff to Ad-
jutant General w. F. Rhinow, of Min
nesota. He recently resigned from the
staff of the adjutant general at Wash
ington.
every officer in the regular army is
against the National Guard" said
Major Curtis in addressing the meet
ing. "You officers must fight hard or
in six months the National Guard will
be a thing of the past"
Major Curtis declared that "the feel
ing in Washington" indicated move
to abolish the National Guard, or at
least to reduce it.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
Brussels Bars Enemy Goods
German Products Not Counte'
nanced by Aldermen

BRUSSELS, Dec. 11.--All contracts for
commercial enterprises, the College of
Aldermen for the City and County Of
Brussels have decided, hereafter will
contain clause prohibiting the use
of materials of German origin. The
nenalty will be forfeiture of 25 per
cent Of the amount involved.
The Aldermanic Committee on Public
Works will discountenance the reopen
ing of business in any form with an
enemy nation or with nations which
have been working in the enemy IN
terestA-
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
Experimental Stores Used
To Try Advertising Ideas

William Maxwell. vicepresident of
Thomas A. Edison, Inc, told Adver
tising CLUB members yesterday of She
experimental" stores which that cor
poration is maintaining for the pur
pose of trying out new ideas in adver-
tising, selling, etc.
He said that each new idea is given
such a thorough try-out that two-thirds
of them are eventually discarded.
The Edison concern has three stores
in New York. Newark and San Fran
cisco. Mr.. Maxwell declared that every
manufacturer would find such expert
ments profitable.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
Dinner TO Cleaves
Vice-Admiral Honored bv Off.
GERS of His Command

Officers of the cruiser and transport
service met last night at dinner given
IN honor of their commander, Vice
Admiral Gleaves, in the Hotel des
Artistes, and adopted resolutions bring
ing into being what, when completed,
will be the first patriotic organization
to be formed in this country by vet
Grams of the war
committee was appointed to draw
up constitution for the organization
which will be composed entirely of men
who risked their lives to clear the seas
of the submarines and get the troops
to France.
Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones pre-
sided at the dinner. A telegram from
Josephus Daniels, regretting his in
ability to attend, was read during the
evening.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
Harbor Dispute Settled
Signed Agreement Referred to
New York Interests

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-Tentative
agreement for settlement of the New
York Harbor wage disputes was
reached at a conference to-day of the
New York Harbor Commission, the Ma
tlonal Adjustment Commission, repre-
sentatives of shipowners, stevedores
and longshoremen and the Shipping
Board.
The agreement proposes the crea-
ton of a new adjustment board with
tul! powers to make changes in wage
scales and working conditions The
agreement was signed by all the parties
at interest, but has been referred to
the unions and shipowners at New York
for final ratification.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
To Ask Early Prohibition
Anti-Saloon League Says Fight
ers Need Protectinn

William Fl. Anderson, state superin-
.ehoent or the Anti-Saloon League, said
last nlght that his organization will
have introduced at the next session Of
the Legislature an emergency prohibi-
tlon act to go into effect from the date
or Its passage and to become opera
tive as long as possible before the july
date fixed by Congress for the opera
ton of the rehabilitation period Fed
eral prohibition statute.
I'm view of the disturbances there
have been in New York City and the
frenzled appeals of the Tammany
Mayor to the police to use drastic meas
ures on the soldiers and sailors, some
action Of this kind is necessary" said
Mr.. Anderson.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
Wants Annual Lien Sales
Rochester Tax Title Broker Ad.
yises Other Reforms Here

Suggestions for legislation to elimi
late the evils of tax lien sales were
made yesterday to the Mayors Com
mittee on Taxation by Charles H.
Wiltsie, lien broker, of Rochester Mr..
Wiltsie suggested a four-year period
for redemption of liens, instead of one
year; intelligent and adequate adver-
tisement of sales and fixed penalties
for tax delinquency. He recommended
an annual sale of liens, in November
and December, to enable the county to
meet it's budget.
Mr.. Wiltsie buys about 10000 parcels
of land each year. The committee says
1T never has heard complaint of un-
just charges against him. The broker
said he sought net profit of from to
s II per cent.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
3,OOOTrees Being Cut Down

Three thousand dead trees in Man
haitian are being cut down and re-
moved as dangerous by corps of
foresters from the Department of
Parks
The majority of these trees are in
parks, but about 1000 are located along
various uptown streets. Broadway, be-
tween Seventeen and Tooth streets, is
to lose 150 of its ''oldest inhabitants, y
which have succumbed to the "ravages
Of civilization" such as asphalt pave
ments and the subway.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
HARVEY H. GREEN

Harvey Hinchman Green, for eigh-
teen years paymaster of the Thomas A..
Edison industries, died yesterday at
his home, IL Park Avenue, West
Orange, n. j. He was sixty-four years
old, and had lived in the Oranges for
forty years. He was a member of New
ark Lodge, No. 7, F. and A. NJ. He leaves
two daughters and one son.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
Obituary
MRS. MARY J. BROPHY

Mrs. Mary J. Brophy, wife of Lieu
tenant John R. Brophy, U. S. N. r.
died yesterday at her home, 1921
Twenty third Avenue, Bensonhurst
Brooklyn, after brief illness. Mrs
Brophy was born in Brooklyn and was
tiftytwo years old. She had lived fif-
teen years in Bensonhurst. She leaves
only her husband. The funeral will be
held from the residence Saturday
morning. Requiem high mass WI II be
said at 10 o'clock at the Church Of st.
Mary Mother of Jesus, Twenty third
Avenue and Eighty-tifth Street.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
Motifs Bill IndOrsed
By Defence Society

The American Defence Society tele
graphed to United States Representa-
tive Luther w. Mott, of New York, yes
terday the organizations approval of
a bill which Mr.. Mott has introduced
in the House, providing for the depor
tation Of all enemy aliens now in
termed in this country as soon as peace
is decla ared
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
Pressmen Here Get SO Raise

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE Ma
tional War Labor Board in a supple
mental award to-day in the controversy
between members of the Typographical
and Pressmen's unions and employers
in New York City granted the men an
increase of Sc week instead of $3.50
as in the original award. The larger
increase had been agreed upon between
the men and the employers.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
PATRICK J. BYRNE

Patrick J. Byrne, for fifty years a
resident of West Orange, N. j.. died
Tuesday night at his home, 1870 High
Street, in that city. He helped dig the
cellar for st. Johns Church edifice in
Orange, and also that of Our Lady of
Lourdes, West Orange The latter
church few years ago held services in
his home. He leaves a wife and five
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
Armed for WinterI

residence. 1t was Nj. Ador who was
largely responsible for the exchange Of
wounded or i'll prisoners by the bel
ligerents.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
8 Altntatt & On.
Solid Mahogany Articles

(gifts that will endure)
offer a worthwhile suggestion for the
thoughtful Christmas shopper.
Quaint, decorative, and always useful, these
charming mahogany pieces are certain to be
welcomed, wherever they may chance to go.
Amongtherm are writing desks; sewing tables
that recall Old Colony days; tea wagons and
tables; stands for books and magazines;
telephone tables and seats; dinner gongs:
clocks for hall and r1antel; bowls for fruit
and NUTS; smoking tables, humdors, and
other essentials of the smokers outfit.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
World Red Cross Head
New Swiss President
Custave Ador, Member of Fed.
eral Council, Gets l42
of 1873 Votes

BERNE, Dec. 11.-Gustave Ador.
member of the Swiss Federal Council
and president of the International Com
mittee of the Red Cross was elected
president to-day of the Swiss Confed-
Grafton for the year 1919 NJ. Ador
received 142 votes out of a possible
1873. f'7'D'9 :
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12

NJ. Ador was elected a member of
the Swiss Federal Council last wear in
succession to DR.. Arthur Hoffman,. In
1910 M. Ador. after the death of NJ.
Moynier, became president of the In
ternational Committee of the Red
Cross and in 1912 he visited the Unit
ed States to attend the International
Red Cross Conference at Washington.
Since the outbreak of the European war
NJ. Ador has had an opportunity to
prove his skill and talents as an or
ganizer. He founded the now world
famous Agency of the Prisoners Of
War, the main purpose of which was to
act as intermediary between prisoners
and their families or friends. He
started the undertaking in his private
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
Hylan Delttged
With Protests
Against Hearst

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