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New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Goethals Defends
Railroad Pier Bill
he Favors New York Centra,
Plan for Castleton
Structures

W. Albany, April S.-General Georoa
w. Goethals, builder of the Panama
Oanal, appeared before Governor Whit
man at hearing to-day in opnosition
10 0he Sage Welsh bill, designed TO nre.
vent the New York Central Railroad
from erecting a bridge with piers in
'iie hudson River opposite Castleton.
General Goethals declared that the
proposed piers would not be menace
~ navigation. The erection of bridge
Wlthout piers, he said, would reouire
$4,000 tons more steel than a bTidae
WIN piers, an amount of steel sufficient
10 oulld $4,000 tons deadweight of
ocean steamships, thereby entailinr
"nat ne termed an unnecessary waste
OF material and labor.
Durlng his talk he said that the Port
OF New York was not able to handle ali
OF the embarkation necessitated bv war
conditions, and that the Federal gov
ernment had planned to spend S25 600
poo before the end of the year to make
boston an embarkation port, and thai
IN 1hls connection large reserve store
houses would be built at Schenectadv
me construction of the bridge at Cas-
tleton should be hastened, he said. in
order that there would be no delav in
shipments from the West to New York
and Boston.
Ira A. Place, vice-president of the
New York Central Railroad, and George
W. kettredge, the corporations chief
engineer, also opposed the signing of
the bill.
Former Governor Martin H. Glvnn
was the principal speaker in favor of
the measure. He charged that the rail
road was trying to wrap the flag of
patriotism around a mere commercial
institution" in representing that the
construction of the bridge was a war
measure. He said he was not against
the bridge, because there was a posi-
bility that Albany might be sidetracked,
but that he opposed bridge that was
not properly built.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Longshoremen's Chiefs
OFF for Washington
Will Confer With Conner.
and Bass on Wage Ques-
ton Here

l. V. O'Connor, president and Paul
A. Vaccarelli. vice-president of the In
ternational Longshoremen's Associa-
'lon. left New York fors Washington
last night to take up the discussion of
'anor conditions at this port with Sam
uel Iompers, president of the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor, and Robert
p. Bass, chairman of tAe National
adjustment Commission of the United
states Shipping Board
=, Inc conference, which will be held
ms morning, will be preliminary to a
more detailed discussion Tomorrow
when representatives of the several
classes of marine workers in New York
VIII meet with Messrs. Gompers and
Bass. anu
aside from any question of strik-
ing,D said Mr.. Vaccarelli before leaving
Tor Washington last night, "there is
a situation here that is really danger.
Gus: refer to the heavy losses in
available men for waterfront and river
|oln' Hs. Une e cause, of course, is the
SaaAt, Saa mat has taken many men as
uas cnilstments. But the main cause
IS the higher wages prevailing for the
same "a class OF work at lake ports and
'ne unheard of demand OF Other lines
OF trade for men. There is not
union IN this port that is not losing
h'eH .v,o, 10 other trades and other ports.
a.nin the week | have been told of
n,;a.; men WIN masters and pilots licenses
SSoiIoe,ne 20 go to work as plumbers
nelpers, so that you can see this loss
IS not confined to what some nigbt
Term m the unskilled or semi-skiIlod linas
for this reason, if no other if ;s
In Imperative that there be chanae
mere: 1t is really more serious than
a strike' tr;' for after all when YOU have M
O. @o striSe' hasf' you have the men ready to
so s,o, oacA' nut if you haven't the men
you are up against it.n e"'
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Mrs. Keys Leaves $35O,000

The will of Mrs. Elizabeth H. Keys,
who died March 20 at 33l West
Elghty-eigth Street, was fled yester-
day. 1t disposes of an estate of more
than $3.50 900.
Mrs. Keys bequeathed $1,000 to the
New York Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, which she provided
should be used for the benefit of "itin-
Grant, superannuated and supernumer-
airy preachers" and the widows and or
phans of preachers. To the presbyte-
rian Hospital Mrs. Keys left $4,000 to
endow bed for children under ten
years. The Methodist Episcopal I'm
migrant Girls Home also receives
So,oop. Two daughters and foster
daughter receive the bulk of the estate.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Coal Car Shortage
At the Mines Nav
Cause a Famine
Lack of transportation Re.
duces Production 80
Per Cent

WASHINGTON, April s.-Shortage
OF coal cars at the mines has become
again SO acute that fuel administration
ofhclals say that vigorous action will
have to be taken at once by the rail
road administration to maintain equal
ity of supply at all bituminous mines
# another coal famine next winter is
to be averted
With the situation more serious than
at any time since the height of the
freight congestion last winter and the
coal car shortage greater than in
February, Fuel Administrator Garfield.
Chairman Barucn, OF the War Indus
tries Board, and John Shelton Will
lams. in charge of the purchasing di-
vision Of the railroad administration,
have been holding almost daily con-
ferences to determine relief measures.
Confronted with the necessity of
supplying all government needs 100
per cent, and at the same time fur
nlshing the railroads 100 per cent
supply, the fuel admin stration also is
urging that government consumers
must be taken care CT next winter by
assuring sufficient cars at the mines
now, thus assuring capacity production.
Big Falling OF in Production
Bitumnous coal production in the
United States fell off 3O7 per cent
in the week ending March 23, according
to the latest figures compiled by the
Geological Survey, due chiefly to a
shortage of coal cars at the mines of
zo.6 per cent throughout the country
Several factors enter into the situa-
ton that are pointed to as alarming
Without cars many mines may be
great loss of labor, besides causing a
falling off in production of coal that
Will be needed next winter, and with
curtalled production the operators
might not be able to maintain their
present wage scales. This, it is feared
would prove serious source of dis
satisfaction.
Some officials attribute the present
car shortage partly to the fact that
the railroads are now in the market
Tor coal, their contracts with the oper-
ators, made before government control,
having expired April l. In pre-war
Ni'e wal OPERATORS SOLD TO the
railroads coal at low prices in return
tor a guaranteed car supply and rapid
rail movement.
May Permit Roads To Do Buying
Under government control the rail-
road administration may permit the
railroads to do their purchasing under
their own terms, and so far there has
been no order that would prevent them
from using the car guarantee lever.
As director of purchases for the rail
road administration Mr.. Williams called
. number Of coal operators into confer
ence recently and suggested that rail-
roads contracts as they expired should
be renewed on the basis of about 10
cents ton profit above the actual cost
of producing the coal. In some cases
operators complained that the prices
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Hylan Orders Probe
OF Health Bureau
He Instructs Civil Service
Commission to Make Close
Inquiry

Mayor Hylan has instructed the Civil
Service Commission to make ia search
ing investigation Of the Health De-
partment.' Ii statement Yesterday
~ PRESIDENT James L. MacBride Of
tne commission to that effect, he de-
elaFed that the inves stigaton had been
requested by Health Commissioner ].
Lewis Amster. who. with Commissioner
o. .. Accounts Hrshfeld. will sit with
she CiVlI Service Commission and aid
IN the inquiry.
4, N MIS- letter TO the commission the
Aay9r said he wanted a report on
.hIeh 20 oasa complete reorganlza-
si sioh o. the department., which, he be-
..eseq, .., wodld result in great reduc-
''1n ~ IN lhe cost Of operating 1t,
49,. w'sn you to know that IL Is my
seg,n AMI honestly conduct in the
most minute de.ail a thorough investi-
sa.on 81 the Department Of Health %
wrote Mayor ,fylan, with a view to
sSIecting every existing evil, remov-
.ag arom Us gayroll the names Of all
Ye.sons found to be illegally employed
$40 sm reducing. TO their proper status
-. ~ peFsons who are enjoying the emol-
ss'.en's o. GRADES higher than those
,of .of wnicn they TOOK promotion tests.
a laet, l. Is my desire shat Oh the
completion Of This inquiry the be-
sas;neni Of Health may serve as a
s.oce' department Of the city gsvern-
aen, In rs accuracy end strietness in
ys'mpiy'ng with the civil service Law,
~. MS work begin Immediately, and
s.ssena your findings In full report
MS Esi,ss'dens MacBride. declared that the
s''n sss u, .Depaftment for several years
sEsans violator Of the civil service law
isew i bureaus had been created and
..sa salaries had been paid without
'.''er!ty Of law. he said.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Drive Results in Double the
Amount Originally
Set
Newspapers Praised
Cardinal Farley Commends
Workers; Hopes for Wars
End This Year

Almost $5,ooO,ooo was collected in
the recent New York Catholic War
Fund drive. Two and one-half mill
ION dollars had been set as the quota
tor the area affected by the drive, the
archdiocese of New York.
John G. Agar, the treasurer. report-
ing to the general committee at con-
terence at Cathedral College Yesterday
afternoon, announced that $4,S39,OOO
has been realized to date, with returns
incomplete
Cardinal Farley presided at the
meeting as honorary chairman, with
Adrian lselin as chairman.
Nj. Agar reported that s1,696.OOO
has already been collected on pledges
with the following money outstanding:
$2,o66,OOo from parishes, S1,O51 900
from downtown business men and S24.-
866 from the policemens pledge. He
said that 118 Of the 297 parishes have
not Cepc rted.
Expenses Were Light
The expenses of conducting the drive
So4,27o, were less than per cent of
the money collected. Advertisements
claimed $4,000 of the expenditure.
Edward A. Arnold, secretary of the
general committee, reported that by
July l all the money will be in. Until
then, ne SAID. offices will be maintained
on modest scale at 80 Fifth Avenue.
The ladies' committee, working
among women exclusively, added $3.50,
oo9 TO the fund, according to the re-
port OF its chairman, Mrs. George
Cabot Ward.
Former Justice Morgan J. O'Brien
speaking for the committee which OBJ
tanned subscriptions from 1000 down
town business men, was heartily ap-
plauded when he announced that in
stead of the $1,00O,OOO assigned as his
committees quota over $1,6O0,O0O had
been obtained. He congratulated Will
IAN Fox, the theatrical manager; Mich
olas Brady and the other workers on
their tireless efforts. Mr.. Fox was
present at the meeting.
Praises the Newspapers
The New York papers carried o4e
columns OF news on the drive, while
upstate periodicals devoted 479 columns
to 1t. Alfred Johnson, Of the publicity
committee. IN making this report
praised the papers for their assistance
Cardinal Farley, in brief address
commended the workers for their labor
and gave them the thanks If his arch
diocese.
when the goal was announced as
two and one-half million dollars" he
DECLARED, Il wished that t was five
millions. l feel that it will be tha,
much when all the returns are in.
II am proud of New York l feeI
that this movement has been an in
spiration for one of national scope. At
a meeting Of the archbishops and car
dlnals at Washington this week | will
call for nationwide drive for the
same purpose.
This money is not for carrying on
the war: 1t is to protect the morals
and faith of the young men in the ser
vice. | trust that these calls upon our
means will not be repeated very often
God grant that the war be ended this
year and with it the end of all wars"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Massachusetts Old Age
Pension Bill DELAYED

BOSTON, April 8.--A bill providing
for the establishment Of IL system of
non-contrbutory old-age pensions was
referred TO the next Legislature by the
State Senate to-day. Advocates Of the
measure figured the cost at Sl,Gl4,000,
which, it was estimated, would care for
% 900 persons now in almshouses.
Senators who spoke in opposition
said that such legislation would "put Il
premium on lazincss" and that one of
the difficulties presented was the APP
parent belief Of the bills proponents
that "noney could be picked off null
berry trees"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Rebels Sail fer Costa Rica
Jorge fVilio Leaves Panama
With 900 Men

SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua,
April S.-A telegram from La Cruz. on
the Costa Rican frontier reports news
has been received there of the de-
parture from Panama of steamship
carrying troops to assist in the revolu-
tionary outbreak which recently was
begun in Costa Rica.
According to this account, there are
on the vessel 900 fully equipped Costa
Rlcan revolutionists under command
OF Jorge Vilio, the rebel leader, and
they are expected to make an early
attempt at a landing.
SAN JOSE. Costa Rica, April T.
The Costa Rican Congress has pro-
claimed martial law in connection with
the revolutionary outbreak on the
southern border and the government
is taking necessary steps to capture
or or dlSband the rebels. 1t was thought
that Jorge Vilio. the rebel leader. Who
IS priest. and his followers had been
dlsarmed by the Panama government
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Solovei Accuses Policeman

Joseph A. Solovei. recently made
head of the Bureau of Street Openings
in the Corporation Counsel's office by
Mayor Hylan, picked Patrolman John
J. Coleman out of a line of eleven
policemen Of that name yesterday at
Brooklyn Headquarters, Identifying
him as man who had asked the at
torney to use his influence to obtain
an assignment for him as first grade
detective, promising Solovci he would
be Rewarded for his efforts"
Charges probably Will be preferred
against Coleman. He was not suspend
ed from duty He is bicycle patrol
man attached to the Parkville pre-
cinct, Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Germans Sought to
Corner Pearl Market
'Afough Swiss Agents, Bought
szo. 100000 Worth Of
Jerns From French

~srsb sssbh1s -. april g. Nearly $40 900 900
Mra,a..S Ms.a sf pearls wera sold in n.n,y Csrmsny
la s1sa 3sad; agents IN Switzerland Of Paris
esspstcgb g'..sf.; . &ccofdlng. to Geneva
II w'.aas a. sought and but FOR .fe action ON
world ffench judicial authorities
ps11.a aays succeeded in cornerina tbs
ss.er a. hnd London markets ia pearls
s4ss 4sae siandestine trading. the diana,cb
asss. aas been going On unhinSered
sgs ne s.y sariy in 1915 All in.errnediartea
Dsii..@s 80 .. 70 have been krswn to swiss
In. IN mhica they were able 70 rnrcSass snr sase
''sss In Paris. 's ~ DafchaSe
sighssssfl shsfls dispatcb on April 8 said tha.
tadsr DR. .ariaa rarlzian nj diamond dealers were
Me ~ Efeseention on charges Of trad.
8 49, hs.a The ensmy. They we're ~. 'san1 sa,d
/ Asas II so,d precious stones 10 Ger
/ 80 'nrSngh Swiss agents. " ~
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09

railroads had offeved for coal was actu-
ally below the cost of mining, but that
the offer Of a full supply of cars for
the mines entire outpu1 made the offer
alluring.
The railroads purchase in the neigh
borhood Of 125.o0o,o00 tons of coal an
nually, it is stated, and the difference
between the governments price and
the former reduced rate would cost the
government approximately $4,000 900
mora than was the case under private
control
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Menocal Stamping Out
Pro-Germanisnn in Cuba

AN ATLANTIC PORT. Anril g.
President Menocal of Cuba is throw
ing all his influence and that of his
government on the side of the Allies,
according to Colonel Michael J. Dadv.
who reached this port on an Ameri
steamship to-day.
Colonel Dady said that any person
on the island speaking unfavorably of
the cause espoused by the United
States was Immediately arrested An
average of five Germans day have
been thus interned through the strict
supervision of the authorities. Thev
have all been incarcerated~ in Cabanas
Fortress, at the entrance to Havana
Harbor,
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
f ederal Food Boards
Official Price List

Retail 0rocers' associations here hnrs
agreed not to charge more than tie pyiees
oel0W on q cash-and-carry basis. The prices
suogested bv the Federal Food Board
and persons compelled to pay higher prices
asked to report to the Federal Food
Board, 220 West Fifty-seuenh Street: teie.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Sen. James Again a Candidate

WASHINGTON, April g. Senator
Ollie NJ. James, Of Kentucky. today
announced his candidacy for reelection,
subject 10 action OF the Democratic
primaries in Kentucky next August.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09

AS we swing round to
Spfing motoring, there's
that question Of livery. Ever
considered it on a mileage
basisa Like shoes some
suits go just so far when
bango, your purse gets a
terrible jar.
Here, if, by chance, your
chaufeur's livery fails to
give its miles-and-miles Of
wear" money back!
oxfols Medium nrrvs Weight We ,s, whpcord: also
For your personal comfort
-lambskin coats, soft suede
finish; lambskin jackets with
silk sleeves; Scotch knit
jackets; knitted coats and
breeches; *"Scotch Mist"
overcoats.
All the accessories.
Army officers uniforms.
The Rogers Peet Camp Toilet Case.
Compact. Durable.
Registered Trademark
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-06-07
W.. TAFT NO 7EAs-=H4-

Perhaps We VIII 1e excused Il ve
do not share The rapture Of sone d
our republican friends over the So
called reconciliation between Mr.
TAFT and Mr. Roosevelt L Is pleas
ing to know what ehey will aot be
compelled 20 avoid each other aera-
after. bur that ioes aot mean : great
deal
The break "a his historical rela.
u0uship vas oue-sided Mr. Ro0se-
velt betrayed and destroyed lis
friend He lid Il FOR 4 selfish pur-
pose. He oeHttled Mr. Tart mentally
and morally IA applied shameful
epithaes % dim To make his vez
geance complete lie created politi-
al randatra aud by means u It
wrecked the republican parry It
vas all deliberate 81 calculated ali
determined
We are me more Inclined 20 doubt
the genuInanass 0t me reunion De
cause ne chronicles 4 regard 90 Il
seems % sm4nace from the Roosevelt
press agent. Tie puoUc > told shag
Mr. TAFT male sae 1csc. second and
5nAl advance The meeting being IN
lining r0om M 8oosevelC lid
n05htng 3uc ga AMI yociferate and
gesture The conclusion muse oe-
therefore. char Mr. TAFT repenr4nr
vas cempassjouareIy forgiven. 20 his
OWE everlasting pride and comfort
Does anybody believe r. and IN par
ocular 10 the republicans who went
through the POLITICAL si2Ughter.house
vlra Mr. Tar believe tt2-W0rId
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-06-07
MEXICO SHOULD EMsE7

Seventy-thCee .ear, ago III June
I, (1845) Mexico declared wag On me
United States Ta= little war shat
ensued was brief ou- varv much 70
the point and Mexico cause oa- sec
ond best. with bur lizzie 4Forr N he
part Of the United Stares-;n fact
vast stretches of 9ur territory iii not
know that war vas On until rha last
fight had been fought AZ The Nexi-
cans driven across the Rio t;raria
Mexico vent abouc ler business
and let Uncle sam severaly alone for
many, many mO0ns. until the great
war broke forth ia Europe All car
man proDagandisCs got 5rsC the ear
of Villa. then Carranza aud began 70
stir Up strife between .ae nations
that had lived ia com eararIYs peace
for more than 1hr-e score years.
President Wilson sel- callad upon
to quel some Of she .nsipien5 ,jots
otherwise known a revolutions
while Huavta vas usuroiny the Office
Of president Of our turbulent nelghbor
and went far enough 70 az least give
a gentle hinr 20 Mexico thar Uncle
Sam would brook but Ittle more
trouble from that source He later.
presumably 70 hunt our The notorious
bandit villa. invaded d portion OF the
Mexican country. bur found no force
upon which TO expend his wrath.
It is nor strange that Mexico gath
cred from this expedition the idea
that Uncle Samuel was j poor hunter
and none too anxious 70 fight. and it
is upon this hypothesis that the pres
ent ruler Of that country, aided and
abetted by German spies aud diplo-
mats, IS seeking every possible ex-
cuse to renew war that has Tor
many decades been dead.
And it is thus we fnd her. unable
to start trouble on our border that
would bring on clash worth while.
now trying her hand in Cuba where
she knows the United States viii
take notice of her every act Back OF
II all is the kaIser-back of the I'M
rest in every land-aad should heI
succeed in making Mexico and the
United Sta strike back 'twoutd
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-06-07

expire in 1925, and McComber o.
North Dakota, whose term VIII *.
pire ia 1928.
For time Weeks OF MAssachu.
sets vas among the leaders of the
INSTRUMENTATION forces. but he
seems to have dropped out re IS
candidate for reelection n ne
fall
Il thu7 appears from me record
that the trained -eIaetons between
the president aud congress are ia
reality confined to d small group Of
senator's r - the Did guard Of the
state that II forever a. toggerhead5
With The president
Is he Tact that these obstruction
st senator's are not obliged 20 face
their constituents n November and
justify shelr aneagonism % che presi-
dent merely a coincidence Il 40
It IS most remarkable cojnciwence
World
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-06-07
OVERCOMING T4e SUBMARINE

That the corner Of the shipping
menace was turned in April. instead
Of May. that for nearly two months
construction has exceeded destruc-
tion, that already j considerable net
addition has been made to allied mer-
chant fleets-such are the cheering
conclusions drawn from the state
ment OF VI. Leygues French minister
Of marine
Great Britain and the United
States alone built in April 10000 tons
more shipping than the Germans des-
troyed according to NJ Leagues Re
pair work is SO perfected as in itself
to constitute 4 notable victory over
the sea snakes. Destruction Of u
boats in May will surpass the April
record.
On the other hand only half as
many tons were sunk in the first
quarter of 1918 as IN the bad second
quarter Of 1917; AMI April and May
have continued the good work
World.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-06-07
TIE BANNERS OPPORTUNITY

Ocala Florida June s 1918
To the OcaIa Banner
As one of your oldest patrons and
an wishers wanr ID eongra tGI2te
you on your Geographic service
which IS one Of the very 9est i'm
pro7ements 5hat you could possibly
put OF" in these times Of stress and
anxiety OF devouring var news
I have for many years entertained
the hope that I would live to see
the Ocala Banner blossom put WITH
the full press dispatches similar 70
the Jacksonville Times Union and The
Tampa Tribune
have entertained This dream De
cause the Banner occupies such al
exceptional geographical position for
covering such extensive territory OF
the state
The trains meeting here over both
roads after midnight As they do
about a. M would enable the
Banner. carrying the full Geographic
service, TO reach both Jacksonville
and Tampa before daylight, thus COW
ering this extensive territory before
either Of the other papers had started
on Eheir routes.
It goes almost without saying that
this would give the Banner an extra
ordinary advantage and would make
it the most sougbt-after newspaper
in Florida.
Il ought easily to build up a sub
scripti0n list Of thirty or forty thous.
and
And stop to consider what an ad-
Tertisement it would be for Ocala.
As a commercial asset it would be
better than Silver Springs, the Ma
rion county board of trade. Tbs Ma
rion County Fair association ana
many other publicity organizations
combined.
II the Banner were made into
Joint stock concern I should think
that both as 4 business and patriotic
proposition the people Of Ocala would
purchase its bonds with the same de-
gree OF patriotic ferv0r that was
shown in the Red Cross drive and the
purchase Of liberty bonds.
More than any other one thing it
would be stepping stone in making
Ocala great inland city.
This is no pipe dream.
II properly presented believe you
would have little trouble in selling
enough stock to make the venture a
success.
Go to it,
OLD TIMER.