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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-12
Douglas Fairbanks Sued
Richard Harding Davis's Elk.
ecutors Ask Accounting

-, The Franklin Trust Company and
Charles Scribner's Sons. publishers, as
executors of the estate Of Richard
Harding Davis, started suit yesterday
against Douglas Fairbanks and tho
Triangle Film Corporation in the Fed
cral District Court for an accounting
of the receipts of the motion picture
"The Americana" which, the complain
ants claim. was taken from Davis's
book "White Mice"
Davis wrote "Whte Mice" for "The
Saturday Evening Post" 1t was cow
righted by the Curtis Publishing Com
pany. Later it was published in book
form by Scribners and again COPY
riightcd. The complaint alleges that
the film company reproduced valu-
able and material portion of the book.
The picture has been running for y
year, and is known to have been a sue
cess. Henry Station. lawyer. Of so
broadway, who filed the COMPLAINT.
said that, if a verdict is returned in
favor Of his clients, he will seek to re-
cover 500 for the first production Of
the picture and $50 for each succeed
ing production.
Miss Anita Loos, who wrote the SEQ
mario, and John Emerson, the nro-
Queer, are also defendants.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-12
Introduced New Era
OF Inflated Values

Such is the financial record of tho
first full year under the "Hindenburr
programme" 1t is also in large part
record of the effects of that pro-
Grammc. That fact is recognized by
German financial writer's. Thew saw
that the vast extension Of the volume
OF manufacturing called for by that
programme. and particularly the liberal
terms at which contracts were placed,
introduced new era Of inflated values.
This in turn gave a renewed impulse
to speculation in many directions.
1t is, in short, the gilded age. and
the gilt is printed upon the notes of
the Reichsbank, ,and still more elar-
lngly upon the notes Of the so-called
Darlehenskassen, or loan banks. The
total note issues of the ReichsbanI
itself at the end of February touched
S2,693, 100000. The circulation has
reached that dizzy height largely
through discount operations in I'm
perial Treasury bills. According to
high financial authority, the Reichs
bank discounted about 81 900, 900 900
more of these bills last year than in
1916 This is reflected in its total dis
counts of s3.1o0, 100000, which is about
81 1886, 100000 more than at this date
in 1918.
Besides the circulation of the Rejchs-
bank the issues of the Darlehenskassen
amounted on March to $1,000, 900 600
This gives total of S4,593 900 900
paper money in circulation. Ii we
compare it with the $472, 700, 900 notes
that the Reichsbank had outstanding
III July, 1914, We get good measure
OF the road that Germany has travelled
ever in the direction of irredeemable
paper money. In other words. for
every dollar of paper money circulate
ing just before the war the circulation
now carries 1913 in paper. (All money
conversions arc made here at the nor
NAL peace rate of 238 cents for the
mark
To see on what thin ice Germany is
skating, let us compare this huge vol
ume OF paper money with the gold
stock Of the Rcichsbank. The whole
volume of paper money must be taken,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-12
Dies With Two He
Tries to Rescue
Quartermaster Gives Life in
Vain Effort 10 Save Workers
in Gas-Filled Hold

rcliX Taskowsky, quartermaster on
board the L. S. S. Frank Fl. Buck. lost
his own life yesterday in desperate
but futile attempt to save the lives or
two other men. trapped in the hold OF
the vessel. All three were overcome
by deadly gas fumes. The men for
whom Taskowsky gave his life were
Henry Tierce, Of Barrow, and Bedford
streets, and William Carson, of 2637
erosion Avonuc, The Bronx. Thew
were pipe filters and had gone into the
hold of the ship, which was lying off
Charles Street, in the North River. to
make repairs
When the men did not reappcar on
deck after half an hour or moro had
passed Taskowsky asked other work
men to lower him into the gas-nlled
compartment. In few minutes he SIP
nailed to be drawn up. Before he
could be lifted to the deck, however.
the fumes overpowcrcd him. and .
lost his hold on the rope, falling back
TO the bottom Of the COMPARTMENT
Other men on the ship volunteered
TO go down into the compartment, but
the ships officers sent in a call for thc
rescue squad instead The three men
were dead when the fremcn reachcd
them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-12
How Those at
Home Can Help
To Win the War

Do yos. who arc staying at honss
,cant to help 1cln the 1vor? The
Tribune ayUl publish from time to
time requests for acar work from
uo'unteers, as aoetl as appeals for
helpers from patriotic organisa-
tons. Following are appeals for
acorkers:
The Federal Food Board Of New York
City needs assistants for two hours a
day, three mornings week. to do cler
ical work and assist in mailing notices
to hundreds Of small grocers. Apply
between and II a. M, to Mrs. Will
lam Spinney, 22O West Fifty-seventh
Street, or between and A p. M, to
Volunteer Clearing House. i East
Thirty ninth Street
The National Juvenile Motion Pict-
ure League needs chaperons to accom-
pany groups of children to approved
picture performances two or three after
moons week and Saturday mornings
Apply TO Philip 2. Jacobs, 105 East
Twenty Street.
Guild to visit families Of children in
regard to keeping the children in school
o. taking up trades. Visitors also
needed TO interview employers OF chill
dren in trades, afternoons. Apply, Miss
Ben amin, 1876 West Twenty
Street between II and 1890 mornings,
or telephone Chelsea 1887.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-12
German Lie Campaign Proves
4 Boomerang Among Negroes

That the German propaganda amono
negro communities Is already reactins
like boomerang Oh the gentle cause
Of Kultur was the general verdict Of
negro leaders in this city yesterday.
In the Harlem section, where New
York's negro settlement is located.
tisfaction was expressed at the Off
clal denial, issued by the War Depart
nent, of the Teuton inspired rumors
that negro troops are being abused,
that they are to be used only as shock
troops and that the Columbia Hospital
in this city to-day harbors two hun
dred OF them horribly mutilated by the
Germans, who have been sent back
from France.
1.-THE circulation of such reports"
said the Rev. George H. Simms, pastor
Of the Colored Union Baptist Church,
Seems to be the regular method OF
procedure with these German agents,
and OF course the launching of such
rumors has created certain amount
of talk among the negroes here. 1t
could not very we'll be otherwise. But
the refutation of these lies has usually
come promptly and first hand to those
who have relatives in the army. The
result has been to strengthen the fibre
of their loyalty. o-day no more de-
voutly loyal class exists in the country
than that made up of the negro citizens
and fighting men,"
James W. Johnson. the negro poet,
who, as field secretary of the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, has been
travelling all over the country since
the outbreak of the war, coming into
close contact with the negro popula-
ton everywhere.
"ln every class of the coored race"
said Mr.. Johnson, "the realization is
strong Of how tremendous is tho
negros stake in this war. From the
outset his patriotism has manifested
itself. When enlistments were called
Tor, the four negro regiments were
the first ones in this country to be
filled up to war strength. Nothing can
shake the black mans love for this
country or his determination to serve it.
At the same time, it must be re-
membcred that the race problem is
by no means settled here in America
and that this very fact gives these
German agitators and propagandists a
certain basis to work on.
"Thc lynchings and horrible burn
ngs OF negroes which have been oc-
curing within the last few months
are not things lightly dismissed By the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-12

ing volume representing borrowings
from the Reichsbank and other banks
upon Treasury bills. That there must
be avery large amount of such debt
can be shown from very exact official
statements for 1917. 1t vas shown
above that the loans of last year yielded
Sb,O9o. 100000. We also have official in
formation regarding the monthly cost
OF the war. Last summer Count Roe
dern, the Secretary Of the Treasury.
told the Reichstag that the cost from
February TO May had been 750,000,000
a month, and quite recently he had ad-
united that the outgo has further risen
to SS9a 100000 a month
In view Of these two official state
ments it would not appear too high an
estimate if assume a monthly eX-
penditure Of 100000 900 for the entire
year. Thus the years war expenses
would have amounted to $780, 100000.
which is about $1,000, 900 more than
the amount raised by loans. But a con
sideraby lower estimate may be as
sumed for 1915 and 1916. l will assume
that s2.000,000.000 for 1915 and 81
5C0,000O00 for 1916. There would thus
be a total floating debt of IS 900 900 600
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-12
b. William G. Dreher
'.Nintk Article,

The tierman people are now carn;,,
more money. such as it is, then before
the war. This inference must he
drawn from the Prussian income tax
returns. These showed that the volume
nj taxable incomes for 1915 fell off
indeed, by per cent But the 1915
total registered a gain of IL per cent
over 1915, and the 1917 figures added
further gain OF II per cent to those
CT 1915. No such gains had ever been
reported before the war.
These figures appear quite remark
abie-on the surface. But they are bv
10 means surprising. An enormous
volume of deprecated paper money all
ways creates for a time the appearance
OF great prosperity. 1t is Il process
familiar enough to the student of
finance. Moreover, Germany had the
additional stimulus, as shown in nv
last article, OF an enormous manufact
uring activity based upon war orders.
upon which very liberal profits were
earned.
High earnings for both capitalist and
iaborer, accompanied by great activity
of the printing presses of the Reichs-
bank, have brought heyday of spe-
clous prosperity for the German banks.
Never have their Golfers been so bulr-
ing with cash. From banks of all
classes the reports agree in represent
ing the plethora of money as being
without precedent. This is amply re-
Elected in bank deposits.
Let us consider first the SAVINGS
banks, which play very important
part in German banking business
These are reported to have added STA
ooo,ooo to their deposits last year, after
having made in the course of the wear
subscriptions of S2,62O,0O0,OOO on war
bonds for account of their depositors.
The tide of these deposits reached high
water mark in January, 1918. with
about s30o,ooo,o0O, or fully twice az
much as for January, 1917. According
TO press reports the banks were hardly
able to handle the deposits. owing to
the lack Of clerks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-12
Six Other Cars Obtain.a
For Free Auto Trip
to Yaphank
More MachinesNeeded
Visitors to Men in First En...
snent To Be Accommo.
dated First

The American Defence Societv
terday established an enviable place q,
itself, in the estimation of at ,.,..
forty persons with relatives at CAM
Upton, when it contributed a seo,,s
automobile bus to the American AM.
mobile Associations free service. po,.n
persons occupied the bus provided h,
The Defence Society last Sunday, and
so successful was the trip that il w..
decided to give two this week.
Through the Mayors COMMITTEES =,
National Defence. which has been usin,
the mails in an extensive CAMPAIGN -.
cars for the service, six more mach;n,.
were obtained
"These accommodations. with IN.
cars pledged 10 the association itse,fs
declared James A. Hemstreet, MANAGE,
of the touring bureau. YESTERDAY
might be considered an est;mahl.
quota were it not FOR the increasing On
piications for places"
~ iieHeNtcet announced that enly
those wishing to see men who went :.
camp with the first increment will h.
accommodated while the car sbor+,,.
prevails.
The exception to this he said. as
in the case of persons with relatives
in the base hospital. The association
would like to make provision in tba
automobiles for as many as possible
of those DESTROYS of visiting men in
the hospital"
For Sunday car-owners will receive
notification, with slips emitting them
to gasolene. from the association. The
passengers will meet either at the Long
Island Automobile Club, in Brooklyn,
or at Columbus Circle. when it is IN
convenient for the car-owners to call
at their homes.
1t is planned to start one Of The
buses at Columbus Circle and an
other in Brooklyn Admission TO the
motor parkway and to any of the
opened portions of the camp will be &C.
corded on presentation of the letter
from the American Automobile Asso.
citation to the car-owner.
''The arrangements are so expcdi-
tious," Mr.. Hemstrcet said, land the
purpose SO patriotic that cannot un-
derstand the hesitation OF some car
owners. If they knew the delight of
those taken and the bitter disappoint-
ment of those left behind. am sure
there would be more generous re-
cnonco''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-12
Gold Stock Sufficient to Pay
Only II Cents on the
Dollar
----------------
False Appearance
OF Prosperity
National Debt More Than
Country Could Clear OF
in a Century

-NOTE.-UntiI the OUTBREAKS of
!rar botaoecn the United States
one CermonN Mr.. Dreher had
tcen for gears The associated
Press correspondent al Berlin,
specializing IN financial, economic
"nd political subjects. He has,
therefore. q rory anidc lnowledqc
Of the sources c"d nctatrc of Ger
many's s"dustriai powey, and also
On unusnn1 understanding of Ger
inany's emotions. IN this Gnd sue
ccedang articles nc scill digest all
caa'la6'c ea'idencc as to the coudi-
f'ons no'n c1isting in tic land of
the enemy and drom such conclu-
sio"s Us seem 10 hin to be wnr-
rented.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-12

inasmuch rs the Reichsbank is respon-
siblc for the operations of the Darle-
hcnslassen, which are carried en- as
mere annexes to it. Against the total
CT notes above mentioned Of $4,593,
100000 the Reichsbank held at the end
OF February only $573.O0O0O0 in gold.
In other words. if the Reichsbank were
called upon to redeem these notes in
gold it would pay slightly less than
L. y. cents on the dollar.
And the ominous thing for Germany
Is that this process has by no means
run It's course as yet. 1t has gone
from bad to worse, with the worst still
to comes The note circulation of the
ReichsbanS alone increased since a
year ago by $762,00O,00O, while those
OF the Darlehenskassen have been cx-
panded by more than S5O0,0o0,00O
since the end Of last October. On the
other hand, The gold stock Of the
Relchsbank is moving III the opposite
direction; it is now nearly $50, 100000
less than year ago.
The government and the Reichsbank
officials have evidently become alarmed
at this development. Steps of a more
or less frantic nature were adopted
last year for increasing the gold stock
of the Reicnsbank. About a year ago
the Federal Council prohibited dealings
III goloware at prices higher thar the
coinage value Of the metal; and this
applied also to silver. Last summer a
great campaign was inaugurated to in
ducc the people to bring their gold
articles to the ReichsbanlI and en-
change them for paper money. That
campaign proved very Disappointing;
not more than half Of the expected
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-12
German People Are Enjoying Caded Ago. but
The Money Is Paper and Almost Worthless

were unusually we'll supplied with cash.
with the regular commercial banks de-
posts have been steadily mounting
hlgher ever since the tide of war profits
began to flow in steadily with manu-
featuring and other commercial com
paHies. 1t is claimed that the deposits
o. these banks are now fully S5,000,-
100000 greater than before the war. o.
IRON figures that have been compiled
IN part by the "Franhfurter Zcitung"
II would appear that the aggregate de-
posts of all classes of German banks
must now be at least 14,575 900 900.
Inns means q gain Of about $4,000 ,0OO.-
600 over the period Just before the war
Inc banks had an unusually profitable
business year in 1917. Various balance
sheets ISSUED within the last month or
two show an increase Of earnings in
nearly all cases. Tho biggest banks of
Berlin are also continuing their policy
OF absorbing provincial banking con-
Germs; such consultations made note
worthy progress last year.
The year also brought great financial
activity in other directions. The post
office banking system, which was called
INTO existence as a convenient means
lor making payment by mail, had a
turnover last year Of 28,25O,0O0, goo.
which was a gain Of not less than 53
per cent over 1916. The clearing
houses of The empire had a turnover
of s9,112,ooo, 900. or almost 49 per cent
more than the previous year. The ac
tlvity of speculation on the stock ex
changes, referred to in my last article,
is reflected in the returns of the So
called kassenvercn, which is the
clearing house of the Berlin Boerse.
1t did clearing business of $780,
100000, or nearly twice as much as
for the wear 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-12
Suppressed Even
The Engagement Ring

Still later the Reichsbank wholly
suspended the sale Of gold for indus
rial purposes; IL suppressed even
the engagement ring. thus breaking
through at one blow one of the most
sacred traditions Of German social life
Dentists supplies Of gold were also
sharply restricted. Lattcrly, too, the
campaign for collecting gold has been
reopened. and newspapers are now
their gold to the Rcichsbank. a re-
cent appeal of this kind, printed in
box" runs thus: "Hand upon your
heart! Are you still wearing OF keep
ing gold ornaments? DO you not know
that duty commands you to carry it to
gold purchase Office, in order that it
may serve the country?'
1t would not be possible to establish
any trustworthy standard by which to
measure the depreciation Of German
paper money. The ratings OF its value
vary greatly in the small neutral
countries adjacent to Germany; and
at by comparing them. A case recent
ly occurred at Berlin. however. which
shows what low valuation some of
the criminal classes place upon it.
About February 20 the Berlin news
papers gave details Of what they called
"criminal intrigucs to take gold out
OF the Fatherland." The Wac Usury
Office, it was explained, had just ar
rested some forty persons in Berlin
who were buying up 20-mark gold
pieces at 60 marks and sending them
to a frontier town, where they were
sold at from 70 to so marks While il
would NOT do to accept these prices
as the actual measure Of the deprecia-
ton, still they can be regarded as OK
pressing a popular feeling that the
mark has sunk in value to a very low
level, and that it will be years be-
fore it RECEIVERS its normal value, if
ever
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-12

coiored people The election of negro
oflcers from theatres and trains when
they were travelling on government
business showing total disregard of
the respect due TO the uniform of an
officer of the United States army hy
whomcver it may be worn-thesc
Things. and instances could be multi
piled almost indefinitely, are what fur
nlsh the propaganda with his enter
ing wedge.
Fortunately, though, such happen-
lngs are becoming less and less fre-
quent The leaven of this war is work
ing, especially among the troops; old
pfeJudlces are giving way before the
common call Of the new responsibility.
and the negro is benefiting in conse-
quence.
A striking example Of this occurred
NOT SO long ago at Spartanburg. A
negro. quite .innocently: had got into
a dispute with some local civilians.
Rumors went forth, and feeling was IS;
beginning to run high When the ten
sion was at its worst the New York
wn'te troops came to the negroes and
sala: Don't worry: we know you're
flght IN this thing, and we're with Won
to ilnlsh-we're all in the same cause
and army now That is the best sort
or protection against efforts TO stir up
discoEtent among a race whose LOYALTY
Is. after all, proved to be above any
At the Department of Justice YES
tterday it was said that a strict watch
is, being kept for the German agents
VINO WI are at work among the negroes in
this city.
ION Tuesday," said Charles De
Woody, in charge of the department of
investigation, 1--WE arrested an Austrian
VINO had been at work among these
people. we are aware that such
propaganda is being attempted. and we
are taking every precaution to circum-
vent it and stamp it out"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-12
German Agents Are
Active in The South

WASHINGTON, April II. - German
agents are active in the South, accord.
ing to reports reaching the capital, in
attempts to intimidate negro soldiers
and laborers in that section. Negro
labor employed in the construction Of
the government nitrate plant in Ala
bama have been the victims to some
extent of this activity, and officials OF
the Shipping Board report similar diff
Guilty encountered in the lumber camps
OF Mississippi, Georgia and other
Southern states. It is understood the
Department of Justice will send spc.
cial corps of investigators into the
South tc locate the origin of this latest
attempt Of the German propagands:
to obstruct progress on the war pro-
grarlne
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-12
German Burglar
I'm Last 5 Years
Stole 100000
Robbed Homes He Painted
Says fle Barely Man
aged to Live

CADARHURST. l.. l., April H. Her
man Heyer. the most mcthodical sue
cessful and poverty stricken burglar
that this extensive colony of summer
homes ever suffered from is in the
county Jail at Mineola to the vast re-
lief of Police Captain Lynch, Justice
of the Peace Raisig and the community
at large. including Hcycr himself, al
though he probably won't DC at large
for some time to come.
For five years, according to state
nents which the midd!e-aged German
American burglar made TO the justice
OF the peace, he has been felonously
entering summer homes in this ycin-
ity at s o'clock on proptious Friday,
Saturday and Sunday evenings. The
value Of his loot is believed to exceed
$4,000. and $11 600 worth was re-
covered to-day with the assistance Of
the New York police. yet Heyer de-
clares that, even by eXerting himself
to his utmost at his trade OF painter.
he was barely able to make both ends
meet.
In the five years. he declared, he had
not obtained more than $4,000 for the
stuff he stole. Yet to-day, when the
New York police searched his home
at 924 East lSlst Street, The Bronx,
they found, they report, $3.50 in gold,
which had been secrcted in hollow
bedpost, and $4,000 worth Of icwelrv.
Jewelry valued at $4,000, which Hever
is alleged to have stolen, was recovered
from pawnshops.
In the plumber that was recovered.
Mrs. John c. Greenleaf, of this place.
identified a ring valued at $1,000.
Mrs Herbert f. Strong, Of Lawrence.
valuable diamond and ruby ring, and
Mrs. Charles II. Simonds, OF Wood
mere. diamond pin in the shane of an
alligator. Others whose houses Heycr
has admitted entering are Irving Wolf.
Mrs. c. X. Marshall, Mrs. S. D. Hatch
and Mrs. w. II. f. Greene.
Heyer was arrested by CAPTAIN
Lynch on Sunday night-one of his
regular working nights"-as he
strolled across the lawn Of, William
G: Ladd. at Woodmerc. Not until his
wife, Augusta, had been found and
threatened with arrest as his accom-
plce in disposing Of the loot did he
confess.
He said that by working in The
neigh borhood as a painter he was able
70 pick nights for burglarious work
when houses would be vacant Why
he confined himself to three nights Of
the week he could not explain. He
is 1orty-seven years old and his wife
IS forty