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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

prevent the Commissioner performing
his duties, either neglected or refused
to provide the necessary employees.
The Legislature. therefore, very
properly amended the law so that the
employees in this county Office should
be appointed by county officials. as is
the Commissioner himself"
Under other bills signed Liberty
bonds may be used as bail for de-
PENDANT in criminal case and munici
pal ferries must furnish free trans
portation for soldiers, sailors and ma
rines in uniform.
The Governor approved the bill pro-
vlding the necessary machinery for
women to vote. 1t makes the election
law conform as to qualifications of men
and women voters, permits women to
vote in spring elections. and it pro
vides personal enrolment for women
on May IL in all places of 5000 or
over. In other places enrolment may
he by certificate between May Is and
June 15
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
rev York University Leads
In College Enrolmen.

Despite the fact that during the last
20 years 1904 Of ito students have
- ,as.asan.doaed their studies to enter the
~, n.ntsry or naval Service Of the coun-
-. ~ seq York University IL the larg-
$3.50. -. college in the United States, ac-
ss.o,nE % enrolment figures, reported
q r. +. C'azton. CommissionsY Of
aseAsisn. The figures show the col
a y.J>tratien 10 be Sa3c for 1917,
- lA7s for 1915. The dccreass
"a per cent is said TO be
>-s>ae response Of studspts Va tho
ss,sntrg's ALI,
< ysoiunbia, which IL listed third.
~ en- enrolment Of B,st4 for 1917.
M 2&14 zor. the preceding year. The
~ o1 PenpsyiyspiA, rated see.
80 ptfs1sfk With 1870, shay
Il ri f1ll15 q tbjsA ~ HI xefistra.
| N ~ I'll. sineS 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Held as Cohen Witness

Marie Randall, twenty-five years old,
m actress known in vaudeville as Dodo
Randall, was arrested yesterday at the
Times Square Hotel and held in $4,000
bail by Judge Mulqueen in General SEES
sons as Il material witness in the case
Of Harry Cohen, gambler, who was
slain on April l in the hallway Of his
apartments, 7 West Ninety second
Street.
According to Assistant District At
torncy Smith, the Randall woman was
on intimate terms with "Big Morris"
Rothcnberg. who is under Indictment
accused Of shooting Cohen. Mr.. Smith
said her testimony would be Of great
value in corroborating the evidence
against Rothcnberg. District Attorney
Swami said he had discovered a wit
nnss who will furnish the necessary
evidence in that chain Of corrobora-
tion. he. declincd to discuss the nature
Of the Evidence or the identity Of the
WitnesH.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
New York's Own Get 81, 900
Money Is Realized at Bridge
and Dance at Riverside Drive

1t was learned last night that one of
the methods employed by public spirit
ed New Workers in helping raise funds
for the New York Division, the 9th,
U. S. A, was by means OF bridge par
ties and dances. A large bridge and
dance was given last Monday night for
this purpose at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles W. Berner, in Riverside
Drive.
American, British and French Off
GERS, as we'll as recruiting detail rep
resented by Private Horace C. Berner
and Sergeant Ralph c. Tobin, lent a
military atmosphere to the affair Ser
geant Major Bramhall, OF; the famous
Princess Pats, gave talk on his ex-
periences "over there" after which his
cap was filled several times with con-
tributions toward the recruiting ex-
penses of the detail, whose aim is to
preserve for the New York division the
distinction of being the only volunteer
division from any one state. Captain
Tristram Topper, who heads the detail
in this city, received the contributions
later, which amounted to $1,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Columbia TO Open
Training Camp

Many young men who have not yet
enlisted. or who are to be drafted will
be enabled through the aid of Column
bia University TO train for officers
commissions this summer before being
called into service. At Camp Columbia,
near Morris, Conn, the university will!
open an emergency training school to
give practical instruction to small
group of selected men.
"The purpose of the course" says
Professor j. X. Finch, Of Columbia, "is
to provide place where young man
may qualify himself for military ser
vice before being drafted or enlisting"
Captain r. Holder Wlliams, NJ. c.,
Of the. Princess patricia's Canadian
Light Infantry, assisted by two West
Point cadets, will have charge of the
course. Applications must be sub.
mitted to him in person at 3ll Hatnil-
ton Hall, Columbia University. on Mon
day Or Thursday afternoons from $3.50
to 3:16.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Britaiin's Budget
Is Expected To Be
$15,0OO,0O0,0OO
Bill To Be Presented To-
morrow Highest Ever Con-
sidered by Parliament

LONDON, April 2c.-The budget which
Andrew Bonar Law, Chancellor of the
EXchequcr, will present in the House of
Commons Monday will be the highest
financial bill that Parliament has yet
had to consider. Forecasts by finan-
cial writer's give tile estimated ex-
penditure for the fiscal year, which
began April 1, at $15,000,000, 900. The
estimated revenue on the present scale
of taxation is $3.50, 100000 which
would result in a deficit of Sill ,250000,-
600, to be covered by war loans and in
creased taxation.
The country is prepared to accept
greatly increased taxes, and expects
the government to propose to raise at
least $500, 100000, and perhaps even
double that amount, thereby. Some of
the leading financial experts have been
for a long time advocating more taxes
and less borrowing to pay the costs of
the war.
Some even support levy on capital,
instead of an increased income tax.
The majority opinion, however, holds
that levy on capital presents so many
practical difficulties that it could not
be arranged without working great in
justice to individuals and wreckng
certain classes OF business enterprises.
Tax on Luxuries Expected
The principal innovation expected is
q tax on Injuries, similar to that in
France, where a wide range of articles,
from motor cars to pajamas, pay spe-
cial duties. Expensive clothing, jewelry
and art objects are likely to be includ-
ed in this scheme.
London is the worlds centre for art
auctions. Never have such high prices
been bid as in the last two or three
years, and this fact, coupled with the
popular impression that the buyers are
war profiteers, has stirred up demand
that the government Treasury levy u
toll on auction rooms.
The income tax has long been the
backbone of the British Treasury. 1t
has been found to be the most even and
easily collected Of all imposts Hence
the Chancellor will naturally give an
other turn of the screw there. The
present fiat rate is 5 shllings in the
pound. 1t is expected that this will be
increased to shillings 8 pence, while
the supertax, which is now payable on
incomes Of $4,000, will be extended to
those of $4,000.
On the other hand, attachments in the
income tax for children are expected to
be made more liberal. No increase in
the excess profits tax is now expected.
1t IS at the present time so per cent.
Big Profits on Liquor and Beer
Distilleries and breweries have been
reaping higher dividends in the last
year than at any time in their history,
and the public confidently looks for the
diversion of more of their profits into
the Treasury. The present position il
that retail prices are double or more
alcohol in the beverages has been
hnlyed bv the law
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Ex-Senators Meet Again
sixteen Are Guests at Lunch
con of Theodore E. Burton

Seventeen former members of the
united States Senate dined last night
az a. the Union League Club. ex-senator
theodore, Z. Burton, president of the
Merchants National Bank. acting as
postmaster and host. The dinner,
while purely a social affair, resolved
Itself into discussion concerning the
best way to boost the Liberty Loan.
the guests. ana their host, telling of
what the respective organizations with
*nHh they were connected were doing
IN this regard.
Besides the host, others present we're
ex-senators Chauncey n. Depew, II. A.
pDuIpont, Of Delaware. Morgan G.
niuikeley. of Connecticut; w. A. Clark
Nathan 3. Scott, of Washington;
george 7. Oliver, Of Pennsylvania; w
aurray Crane, of Massachusetts; Henry
t.;,,Lippitt. Of Rhode Island; J. Frank
Aliee' and L. Heisler Ball, Of Della
ware; Charles Dick. of Ohio; Charles
a. fowne, formerly Of Minnesota, but
now living in New York; James A.
VSornan, OF New York; George Suth-
GRAND, Of Utah; Albert J. Beveridge, Of
arnoiana, and Joseph W. Bailey, Of
Texas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Liberty Land Wins Praise
french Officials Attend
Fatherless Children" Nipht

representatives Of the French gov
snmsnt PLACED their stamp Of approval
~ Liberty Land, which last night fin
.shed its first week at the Goth Regi-
ment Armory, at Twenty-third Street
and Lexington Avenue.
members Of the "Fatherless Children
=. france" society were hostesses.
.aaeir guests included NJ. Cazenave, Of
,a s french High Commission; NJ. Gas
"a Libert, French Consul General;
commander Radel, Of tbs French naval
;.s, and Captain Cavalier, command
sne French marines In New York.
r~.tin Sogei, AssiDtant United States
ss 80 presided. The French guests
H. briefly. and Lima Cavaljcri and
mr M, niaseand. : Auratore, took part in the
MoHicSl pro1ra mfne.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
State Board Hears
Yves Side Acid
Fumes Complaints
Score Of Residents Testify
Condition Is lntolerable
and Should Be Abated

The State Board of Health held a
public hearing yesterday in the Alder
manic Chamber at the City Hall on
the complaints Of the West End Asso-
citation and other civic boales and resi-
dents of the upper West Side, protest
ing against the acid fumes and noxious
odors from the chemical plants located
in New Jersey opposite Riverside
Drive. The city also is joint com
plainant. DR.. Herman M. Biggs, State
Commissioner of Health, presided.
The defendant companies were the
Corn Products Company, the Barrett
Company, the General Chemical Com
peny and the Vaivaline Oil Company.
If the State Board of Health sustains
the complaint against the four corpora
tions they may be prevented from
doing business within the State of New
York. An amendment to the general
lature on May /, 1917 provides for the
revocation of any license to do bust
ness in New York OF any corporation
that maintains nuisance in another
state affecting the people Of New York.
Several hundred complaints from
property owners were offered in evil
dence by William II. Page, counsel for
the West End Associa ton. A score of
citizens were examined as witnesses.
scented 100000 residents living between
Fifty-ninth Street and Manhattan
Street on the west side of Manhattan.
An effort was made by the corpora
ton lawyers to have the petition dis
missed on the ground that it grouped
a number of concerns generally with
out specifying directly that any one
was at fault. The motion was over
ruled. Corporation Counsel William
p. Burr and DR.. William j. O'Sullivan
represented the city
Mrs. Charles A. Bryan. of 282 West
End Avenue, the first witness called,
testified that acid fumes filled her
home at frequent intervals, irritating
her throat and nostrils and bringing
on tears and coughing spells. She said
that because Of the fumes she could
not occupy her home during the sum
mer months. She denied that the irri-
tant fumes came from the coal used
by the railroad along the waterfront.
Willard II. Mitchell, Of 1921 West
timony. He said he had noticed the
offensive odors since the summer Of
1915. and that they were extremely
annoying and irritating. The last time
he noticed them was on Tuesday last.
Mrs. william Grant Brown, George
A. Suter, Mrs. Henry A. Wise Wood.
William II. Button and Franklin p.
Duryea were among the other witnesses
who testified They all agreed that the
condition caused by the fumes was in
tolerabIe. Some Of them declared the
smells had increased since the out
break Of the war
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
12O New Type Wooden
Ships May Be Built
Vessel Launched at Orange,
Tex, VIII Be Model for New
Construction Programme

WASHINGTON, April 2o.-Construc-
ton Of at least 100 wooden ships Of
the new type recently launched at
Orange, Tex, 10 under consideration by
the chipping Board. The new vessel is
Of 400 tons burden. and does not
come within the boards prohibition
against small vessels. Wherever pos
sibte contracts for small vessels not
yet laid down will be replaced by con-
tvacts for the larger vcssel.
The new contracts VIII be distributed
through the yards ON the Pacific, At
lantie and Gulf coasts to enable AS
many ~ possible TO continue operation
after their prezcnt contracts expire.
ssyera, Pacific Const builders now
arg ct Orsnge inspecting tho war mar.
yell ~ the vessel III known. They will
By Joined later by bulldogs from Maine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Charles Frederick Adams
Well Known Lawyer and Poll
tician Dies After Short Illness

Charles Frederick Adams, sixty-six
years old, Of 366 Halsey Street Brook
Ign, died yesterday after an illness of
two weeks, He was we'll known as a
lawyer, lecturer and politician.
Mr.. Adams was born in Santiago,
Cuba. He was sent to this country to
be educated, and after graduating at
the Polytechnic Preparatory School,
in Brooklyn, went to Harvard Law
School, where he was graduated in 1871.
Mr.. Adams leaves wife, one son,
Theodore Brooks Adams; three daugh-
ters, Miss Louise Elizabeth Adams, Mrs.
Josephine Truslow and Mrs. Leonie
Fuller, and six brothers and sister
The funeral will be held from his late
home on Tuesday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Government Assumes Con-
troll to Clean up Vice
Conditions
Vacation Granted
Department Head
Former Army Man in
Charge of Federal-Con-
srolled Force

puILADELPHIAss April 20. The
Philadelphia police force. so far as the
crusade against vice conditions here is
eoncerned, to-day was virtually taken
over by the Federal government. This
announcement was made tonight by
Mayor Thomas B. Smith, after it was
made known that Superintendent of Po-
lice James: Robinson had been given q
thirty days vacation and that Captain
Of Police William B. Mills had been APP
pointed acting Superintendent.
@The police bureau will be turned
over to the government" the Mayor
said ut has been virtually comman-
deered by the government, and Captain
Mills will work in the closest coopera-
ton with Lieutenant Colonel Charles
B Hatch, of the United States Marine
Corps"
Causes Political Stir
This development in the Federal
nvernment's crusade to clean up Phil
adephia in order to protect soldiers
aud sailors created a stir in political
circles. Politics will have no influence
in the Police Department. Mayor Smith
said, and every request of the govern
ment will be carried out. Colonel
Hatch came here week ago by order
Of Secretary of the Navy Daniels and
after q conference with the Mayor said
Philadelphia must clean up in q week
or the government would take drastic
action.
Action on the part of the Mayor fol-
lowed He caused numerous police Of
ieials and policemen to be transferred
to other districts anc notified more
than 200 property owners that they
must eliminate vice from the houses
they own. During the week the cap
tain of the detective bureau handed
id his resignation.
Conditions Have Improved
Colonel Hatch, IN a statement to-day.
said: "The Mayor has assured me that
Captain Mills will be absolutely un-
tettered by politics or any outside in
1uence in conducting the police force
Of this city. Our Investigations during
the last week show that on the surface
vice conditions in Philadelphia have
greatly improved.
In view of present conditions. as
representative of the Secretary of the
Navy in Philadelphia, l reserve the
right at any time it is deemed neces-
sary to recommend such action as
think the situation demands. / leave
ior Washington tomorrow for a con-
ference with Secretary Daniels, when I
will lay the whole situation before
him.
The crusade against vice began here
Two weeks ago, and when Secretary
Daniels made public report, submit
ted to him, that vice conditions in Phil
adeiphia were bad, and charging that
policemen were in collision with the
Keepers of resorts, bootleggers and
o!hers VINO are menace to young SOL
dlers and sailors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
War Prices Recognized

Wartime prices apply to broken legs
as we'll as everything else. in the opin-
ion Of Justice Cropsey, Of the Brook
lyn Supreme Court. AS result of the
judicial view, Salvatore Leccdito is
likely to get $4,000 to compensate him
for the leg he shattered on May IL,
while working for the Robins Dry
Dock Company. A jury in Justice
Cropsey's court yesterday awarded S.
600 to Leccidto, but the court set the
verdict aside.
81 don't like to interfere with the
verdicts of iuries," said the Justice
"but in this case the adequacy Of your
award is so evident that give YOU
ten days to increase it to $4,000
Otherwise, shall set the verdict aside
and order new trial. The increased
COST maintaining life must be con-
sidered by juries in such cases these
DAYS"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Would Transfer Steamers
Hubert Wants Sound Vessels
to Use East River Piers

Dock Compissioner Murray Hubert,
in letter to Mayor Hylan yesterday
recommended the transfer of all Sound
steamers from piers On the North River
to the East River piers in order to pro-
vide accommodations needed bv the
deep draft vessels used in the govern
ment war service.
The Commissioner pointed out that
the transfer Of the steamers to the
vicinity of East Twenty third Street
would also remove "the opportunity for
designing passengers travelling on the
Sound steamers to and from points in
New England to view and even photo
graph conditions at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

the framing of these plans, details of
which are not known.
The general belief here is that the
aircraft production problem is to be
placed in the hands of an experienced
civilian, and there are indications also
that decision as to the individual
for the post has been virtually
reached, although there is nothing to
show that he has been asked to serve
as yet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

Confident in its unrivaled skill in tire making Goodrc
last year increased it's long established Test at Akro
to six fleets and sending them to six different sections of tn
country hurled defiance at all the roads of America
Batering and poughing Goodrich Tires from state
state the Test Car Fleets month after month"; fought thes
tires against sand gravel and rock roads, through mud sus
and snow Out Of the road-strfe covering hundreds {
thousands of miles of roughng it. Goodrich Tires emerge
victorious and added browning virtue their many virtue
the TESTED Of
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-09

the country's shipping shortage to the
extent Of one ship for 3S days, not in
Guiding the necessary time for loading
and unloading the cargo of Brazilian
ore.
Finally, the proposition that present
expansion of business must take into
account the future is almost self-evi-
dent, although often overlooked. Open
ing up pyrite mines must be based
upon an assured supply of ore in the
ground and an assured demand for the
product for period long enough and
at prices high enough to justify the
evelopment. 1t is not enough for the
geologist to point out the ore; the
acid manufacturer needs to contract
both to buy the pyrite and to sell the
acid. New development must rest
upon a basis Of something more than
risk, lest expansion Of productive cap
acity involve after the-war losses that
will swallow up war profits.
To make America industrially indie
pendent is an aim perhaps even more
desirable now than three years ago
and possibly even more of a problem
than was realized.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-09
THE P|TTMAN SILVER LAW
ITS TERMS EXPLAINED
HOW IT WILL RELEk3E SILVER
IN TREASURY AND THEN
REPLACE 1T.

AS explained by the Denver Mining
Record, the temporary changes brought
about In the United States currency
system by the passage of the Pittman
currency bill, are so simple as to be
readily understood even by the man
who is not up in mathematics or post
ed on intricate monetary matters.
Under this measure it is proposed to
cancel $3.50, 900, 900 of the silver certif-
Gates as they come into the United
States treasury from time to time as
tax and other forms of receipts, and
this cancellation will release from the
trust fund an equivalent number OF
silver dollars. AS the government will
not reissue the certificates the silver
dollars become available and may be
exported to India or used for any pur-
pose that may appear expedient
Federal reserve bank notes will be
issued in lieu of the silver certificates
thus obviating any danger Of an I'M
due contraction of the currency.
This will be done by the government
borrowing of the federal reserve
banks. 1t will hand over to the
banks its own obligations in the shape
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-09

of treasury certificates Of Indebtedness
and one year gold notes. and receive In
return the banks obligations.
BY canceling the silver certificates
the government has the same amount
of funds 1t had prior to the cancel
lation and In addition the 25o,0OO.OoO
silver dollars, each containing S7h
grains.
The government through this bit Of
financing substitutes for $250,0OO,00O or
on-interest bearing obligations, evil
denced by silver dollars, like amount
of treasury certificates and one-year
gold notes issued to the reserve banks
and bearing interest 1t becomes pos
sessed of the silver paid for when 1t
was originally purchased and coined.
Ultimately the government will re-
store this circulation to its former
state by purchasing silver and coin
ing 1t into dollars, against which 1t
will reissue the silver certificates. The
obligations owed by the government to
the federal reserve banks may finally
be paid in the new silver certificates,
should this course seem advisable.
When the government makes such
payment the federal reserve bank
notes will, Of course, be retired as they
come to the reserve banks or the re-
demption division at Washington.
According to the eastern view, "the
silver dollar is promissory note Of
the government consisting of a piece
Of stamped silver instead of engraved
paper and Is in every essential respect
similar to the greenback"
Through the passage Of the Pittman
bill silver has obtained a recognition
that is important not only as regards
it's increased valuation but in various
other ways.