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New-York tribune., 1918-05-24
Attorneys in Prayer
Case Agree to Bar
Patriotic Issues
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune,

tSpcctUt DtSpOtCH 10 ire IftOuHe)
EDWARDSVILLE, ILL.,, May ga
truce barring reference to patriotic
issues during future examination of
talesmen was entered into to-day by
counsel for state and defence in the
case against the eleven men accused of
numbering Robert Prayer.
1t was hoped that in narrowing the
scope Of permissible questions the pick
ing of jurors would be fastened, but
the ninth day of the trial dragged to
an end with the box still lacking four
venlremen.
Seven hundred and fifteen citizens
so far have been examined, and so in
tense is the community feeling that
only one man in hundred has been
able to swear he can give the defend
ants an impartial hearing.
The suggestion for compromise
while the search for jurors is on came
from J. NJ. Bandy, attorney for the de-
fence. 1t was Mr. Bandy who origi-
nally injected the international issues
into the case as a sentimental appeal
for the accused men.
Judge Makes Sporting Offer
Judge Bernreuter, in urging the at
torneys to limit their examinations,
said the new form of procedure would
not be taken to indicate future rulings
on admissible evidence. AS further
nducement to hurry the case he offered
to buy the jury dinner if they OBJ
tanned jury by this evening.
In earlier discussion with Judge
Bernreuter over the homicide prvi-
leges Of Illinois citizens the defence
compared Prayer with the enemy
aliens jnterned in various prison
camps. "If u man may make seditious
talk and still remain in the peace of
the people, why is the Department of
Justice arresting such men all over the
country?" Attorney Bandy asked.
"The Department of Justice deals
with pro-Germans according to the
law" said the court, "but | haven't
heard of any prisoner being casually
hanged by government agents"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-24
Cellar Ice Dealers Fight

Cellar ice dealers are organizing with
a view of combating the schedule of
ice prices fixed by Ice Comptroller
Odell. according to Felix Antonacchio,
Al Wall Street. who represents the
Washington Heights Retail Cellar Ice
Dealers Association.
Mr.. Antonaccho has written 10 Mr..
Odell asing for an opportunity to
present TIE cellarmen's grievance, and
to Mayor Hylan asking him to use hi
efforts to bring about "a living maTgil
of profit"
In his letters Mr.. Antonacchio point
out that while the cellar dealer has 4
pay 10 cents hundred weight mor1
Nhan last year. he has 10 sell it a
last wears price.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-24
Youth of Twenty
Put to Death i'm
Sing Sing Chair
Comrades Yell Protests as
Slayer Is Carried to
Execution Chamber

OSSlNING. n. Y, May 23.--Pursued
by shouts of protest from the other
men in the death house, John Kushnie-
ruk, twenty years old, who murdered
John Comisky at Elizabethtown, n Y,
was carried to the electric chair to-
night.
The young man, half fainting, had to
be lifted into the chair, while others in
the death house yelled.
you want to murder that boy?"
The first shock was administered at
11:05. and the man was pronounced
dead at 11:13. Warden Meyer oiiciat
ed. Kushnieruk was accompanied by
the Rev. Jacob Katz, Jewish chaplain
Of the prison, and Father William
Cashin.
Kushnieruk was convicted of the muir
der of John Comskey, near Elizabeth
town, n. Y. nearly year ago. Stephen
Lutchek, another alleged conspirator,
also was sentenced to die, and third
man received twenty years imprison-
ment Lutchek now awaits execution
in the Sing Sing death house.
The state alleged that the three
killed Comiskey for robbery, and that
his watch and chain were afterward
found upon Kushnieruk. The latter's
defence was that he was intoxicated
when he shot Comiskey and did not
realize what he was doing.
Because the so-called Donohue bill to
abolish capital punishment for minors
was then pending, Governor Whitman
three weeks ago stayed Kushnieruk's
execution. When this bill died. Miss
Vida Milholland. Misha Appelbaum, cx-
Assemblyman Nathan Perlman and
others urged the Governor to save him.
Kushnieruk's parents and relatives are
all in Russia.
Kushnieruk asked Deputy Charities
Commissioner Samuel Buchler, former
prison chaplain, to walk with him to
the electric chair. Rabbi Jacob Katz,
the. new chaplain, requested the Rev
Father William Z. NCashin to be in the
death march, as Rabbi Katz never be-
fore officiated at an execution.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-24
Hudson River Day Line
Resumes Service to ALBANY

The Hudson River Day Line will re :
sumo it's service between New York
and Albany to-day. The specia,
Poughkeepsie service will not start
until June 10.
Four boats will be in service through
out the summer They are the Washing
ton Irving, Hendrick Hudson, Robert
Fulton and Albany. Flying from a
flag pole at each Day Line pier il a
service flag with forty eight stars. Sew
eral other employees are in the droft
and expect to go inc the service he.
fore the end of the summer.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-24
Coast Artillery Chief
Retired Because of Aoe

:. WASHINGTON, May %. Major
General Erasmus Nj. Weaver. chief Of
Coast Artillery, was transferred to
the retired list of the army to-day on
account of age. Recently he has been
serving As member of the war coun-
Gil of the War Department.
lie was graduated from the United
States Military Academy in 1875. In
1898. he mustered in all the Massa.
chusotts volunteers in the Spanish
American war and served as lieutenant
colonel Of the Fifth Massachusetts,
Volunteer Infantry until March, 1890.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-24
Wants German Barred

that an officer of the American Defence
Society would appear before the Board
OF Education this morning to urge that
The teaching of German be dropped in
high schools in this city.
1t is understood that the Board Of
Superintendents win vote to-day on the
question. Those in favor Of discontinue
ing instruction In German point out
that German textbooks reek with prop
aganda and that knowledge of the Ger
man tongue will be of no practical use
TO any member of civilized nation for
at least generation.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-24

admitted that his reports were incor-
rect and Mr. Mayer, through govern
confess that large proportion of his
concern is owned by enemies.
Earlier in the year." said Mr..
Palmer yesterday. "fair warning was
given to all holders or custodians of
enemy property such as this to come
forward and make q full and complete
report. The continued failure of all
those included in this class to do so
may result in their holdings being for
feited to the United States"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-24

express yourself as forcibly as your
brothers Go on political affairs"
Frederick z. Lewis, president Of the
Teachers Welfare League, of Brooklyn.
advocated the increase of the state ap-
preparation for educational purposes
from 40 mills 10 mills to meet the
increased salaries necessary for teach
New-York tribune., 1918-05-24
Sheriff Knott and Aides
To Assist the Red Cross

=, The staff of the Sheriff's office in
New ofrk County yesterday pledged
stseii 70 contribute to the Red Cross
salary. 1"'
New-York tribune., 1918-05-24
Women Teachers
Will Use Ballot to
Get Equal Pay
They Start An Early Cam
paign to Impress Next
Legislature
Men Aiding Them
zoo Attend First of Series of
Mass Meetings To Be Held
This Summer

Equal pay for equal service" was
the campaign cry sounded yesterday
afternoon at a meeting Of teachers in
the Pulitzer Building, as the first step
toward an increase of pay for teach
ing IN the elementary schools.
Most of the $4,000 teachers in the
public school system arc women. The
few men who work side by side with
them, doing the same work, receive
about 5000 year more by virtue of
their sex, and the jokers in the So
called equal pay" laws of the state
After the equal pay" bill was passed
five amendments were tackled on it to
relieve it of it's equal pay for equal
service principle. Year after wear
protests from the women teachers have
gone unheeded at Albany, but now
that women have the ballot they are
gong to have something to say.
IN order to make their power felt
when the next Legislature meets in
January, the teachers are beginning
early TO make known their wishes.
The meeting yesterday was the. first
OF series planned in the interest of
equal pay. About 200 teachers were
present.
Pleads for Fair Play
Charles Rozelle, jr., president of the
teachers interest organizations made
a plea for fair play.
The elementary school teachers" he
said. "are the ones most deserving of
an ar increase of pay through the estab-
ilshment Of fair play. Many of the
women are to-day doing the same work
as as I'M, men and are receiving much less
salary. Let it be thoroughly under
stood that we are making this FIGHT
Tor fair play. Every teacher, man or
woman, should be treated alike"
Miss Lillian Hatch, secretary of the
organization. said:
Conditions in the schools are very
bad. A dearth of teachers looms on
the horizon. There are half as MANY
students enrolled in the training school
1or teachers now as there were a year
ago. Teachers are taking the place OF
men who go into military service. More
pay IS Turing them away from the
educational system. Because Of maxi
mum salary that exists now, MANY
women teachers are leaving the schools
we owe a patriotic duty to our chill
dren to keep efficient teachers in the
schools"
Miss Clara Calkins, principal of
fuoilc School in Brooklyn, made this
statement:
New-York tribune., 1918-05-24
Should Be Only Teachers


Until every woman in the school
system has the same pay as the man
who is doing the same work right next
to her, not one cent should be paid
should be no males and females amono
teachers. Teachers are teachers, and
ability
I'VE are educating children and every
body else, including their parents and
relatives: Now it is up to US to educate
the people of New York to the fact the
principle of equal pay is not effective
Tor 10, the women who are teaching in
Mrs. Sophia Loebinger, president of
NE me Federated Neighborhood Associa-
tlons, pledged her active support TO the
tight for "equar pay for equal service !"
You have been entirely too timid
ana too modest she told those present
Now that you have ballot YOU should
New-York tribune., 1918-05-24
Team Totals

The days totals of the teams were
announced as follows:
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-19
SAFE FARMING IN OKLAHOMA

Corn should he planted only on
lands which have yielded not less
than twenty-five bushels of corn to
the acre at least one year in tho last
FIVE.
Every acre OF rich, welldrained bot
tom land which does not overflow
frequently or for long periods OF time
should be put TO alfalfa as soon as
possible.
The smooth, tillable upands and
prairies should never be planted 10
corn. They should instead be planted
TO kafr. miomaize. or some other
variety OF sorghum for a sure crop Of
grain for feed and sale, and for filling
silos and providing rough feed; to pea.
mats and cowpeas for feed and forage
and soil improvement; and to cotton
wheat, oats, and broomcorn for cash
crops, wherever soil and climate are
suitable
The washy soils, hillsdes, rough
places, alkali lands, and overflow bot
toms should be set to hardy bermuds
grass, wherever this grass thrives.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-19
SWAT THE FLY BEFORE
WARM WEATHER COMES
State Healthier Calls Upon People
to Enlist in This Good Work,
Drive Early Against This
Common Enemy

Flies as well as spies are danger
Gus TO the well-beiug of mankiGSs aud
to the health of nation
Flies are not abundant at this time
of year but as the warm days be
come more frequent tney make their
appearance says the state health com
missioner Any time is good time
TO kill flies but this is especially true
of the early spring 1t must be re-
membered that flies breed with tre-
mendous rapidity fly killed now
may mean thousands or tens Of thous-
ands fewer a little later.
The importance of killing flies has
often be,2>Stated, but it can not be
over estimtaed Flies are carriers Of
dirt and disease They breed and eat
in manure and garbage piles and then
fly into the house, where they bring
dirt and contamination. They are an
especial danger to children, particu-
larly to babies
Every member Of household can
do a part towards killing flies, hut
for really eGfcctual campaign united
action is necessary Unsanitary plae-
cs In which the flies can breed must
be abolished It man will not vol
UNFAIRLY get rid of such places on his
property, he should be forced to do so.
No man has a right to maintain a
nuisance which is mcuace to the
health and comfort Of the commun-
.ity.
Poison, traps and the "swatter" arc
the three methods of getting rid of
adult flies When properly madk and
placed poison is probably the most
effective Of these, although it should
he supplemented by the other two.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-19
PUMPS RIVER DRY
IN TWO HOURS

Engineer Frank l. Brown pumped
the Cottonwood river entirely dry last
evening. Even the back water in
Snake creek was sucked. Orders to
flush city mains started the big pumps
working Within two hours the bot
tom Of the river was in sight
81 have been saying all along that
there were but two million gallons
available in the river, and tina test
bears out my contention, said Brown.
With tho average summer demand
Tor water on now there would be dis
tinct drouth. Unless something Is
donc to give the city Il wator supply
there will be more than an S6-day
drouth this summer"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-19
FOOD NOTES

Cream has been cut almost entirely
from the British diet
Germany with all her regulation.
has not prevented illegal food sales
Eggs sell illegally for fifteen cents
q piece and butter for 81 per pound.
Eat the pinto bean. These arc
abundant and We must use them ana
save the scarce foods for the fellows
who are doing the fighting
Each school district should have q
garden; a flag pole should stand in
the garden and the red, white and
hlue wave over the garden He'll
whip the Kaiser with the hoe
An English preacher secured more
sugar than allowed by the regulations
He was fined 800
The boys OF the navy are now OBJ
serving tho meatless and wheatlesi
days.
Eat more colored beans Save the
white ones for the soldiers.
Keep your eve on the ball all the
time and the ball in this case Is the
saving from home consumption 100.
900 900 bushels OF wheat for export
Nothing else counts, Peculiar condi.
tionr, pet aversions, individual taste
too much trouble, ut will cost me
more my wife won't stand for IT"
all these are excuses not reasons
and they will not produce = sIngls
~lsAel OF wheat.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-19

and soft corus, if you will inst touch
the corn or calus with Il few drops of
Gots.It' What blessed relief it gives
TO corn pains You won't limp amy
mora; YOU can enjoy the dance every
minute Then to see how that corn or
q banana peel and without the least pain,
Is Just wonderful Gcts.It' is the biggest
seller among corn remoyers IN the world
today, simply because 1t is SO wonder
fully simple and always works BE sure
you get 'GetS-lt
"Gets.lt' is sold ut am druggists
YOU need pay no more than % cents
q bottle, or sent on receipt OF price by
| T. Lawrence 4 Co., Chicago, Ill.,
Sold In Guthrie and recommended as the
word's best corn remedy by Lille Drug
/ to. A T. Gray and the owl Drug Storp
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-19
WOMAN NAMED ON
WAR COMMISSION

Miss Elizabeth Kelley has been
named as one Of the two women who
will lecture in Oklahoma from March
10 to Is vita the war commission
Miss Kelley is connected with the
home economies bureau and is the or
iginator of most of the wartime
recipes approved by the Food Admin
istration She is one Of the valuable
aids to the national food admjnisra
tion The booth shown at the food
show at Chicago by the Food Admin
istratiou was in her charge and she
has lectured on home economics on
extension work out of Louisiana aud
Wisconsin Universities for several
years
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-19
WOMAN SPEAKER COMING

Miss Cora Binsel OF Wisconsin Uni.
versity, has been named as the sec
ond woman speaker on the war COM
mission that will visit Oklahoma from
the 9th to the 10th OF next month,
The personnel OF the first team is
Roscoe Mitchell, back from the
trenches, sherman Davis, professor
Of Chemistry Of University Of tn
diana, and Miss Elizabeth Kelley OF
Washington; the second team; Ever.
stt Colby, who has been in European
trenches, ] S. Handley OF Chicago,
and Miss Cora r Bnzel Of Wisconsin
University.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-19
PLAN FOR THE FUTURE

Moscow, March 1.-THE all Russian
congress Of soyiets adjourned this al :
ternoon, after having approved the re-
moval of the capital to Moscow and
voting to elect a new central commit
tee to consist Of 200 members.
NJ Syerdloff Of the central execu-
tive committee, in the closing speech
at teh congress, said it was unfort,. n
a.e that such peace had to be rati-
fled, but lie hoped the Russion pro-
letariat would soon come into its own
and regain its lost position. He poins-
ed out to the departing members Of
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-19
FOOD NOTES

Sweet and Irish spuds may be sold
hy grocers for -four at the rate of four
pounds of spuds to every one of flour
The New Zealand wheat crop price
has been fixed at $1H per bushe
Every one OF our allies and all the
neutral nations, In Europe are on food
ratIons And yet there are people in
this country who still insist that there
is no use to save food
Drastic measures rre being taken
by the Food Administration to root
out the making OF Choctaw beer Az
ready much sugar has been conG7-
Gated
During the Civil war sugar jumped
from S23c to 3bc per pound retail
Such a jump today would take $iSo.
GOO 600 out of the American consum.
er's pocket
Germany has cattle supply sulEj
cient to do her for several years Sha
has captured about four million meat
animals Stories Of Germany being
starved out are Made in Germany
TO cause the American people 10 slack
in their war preparations
1t doesn't matter whether this HUIa
pig went to Europe. or this little pie
stayed at home he did his part to
win the war
Every sipner Of tho food nIOdpo will
soon receive a new 1918 Home Card
Live up to that pledge he patriots
Let every kitchen table he battle
field FOR democracy
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-19
WEIGH YOUR FOOD

The housewife is at tho head Of
Oklahomas greatest institution She
is in charge of the business OF re.
ceiving and checking in the home.
She spends one dollar and receives
on hundred cents worth. Her slogan
10 Honest Weights and Measures
Tne modern household finds that its
efficiency and economic management
Is greatly improved by the careful
use Of we'll selected measuring de
vices Precise measurement in the
home has slowly evolved from the
guess work OF early times Terms
ike inch OF salt" 'speck OF butter
"sweeten to taste" gradually have
been replaced by amounts which ara
specified and measured.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-19
STYLE SHOW BEGINS
WEDNESDAY EVENING

The style show will begin with the
mveiling Of windows on Wednesday
evening at seyen-thirty instead Of
Thursday as announced in last nights
pBper
Many treats in the way of fashions
are in store and the decorations will
be very beautiful.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-19

New York. March 10 Ernest Oscn.
Gort, wearing a picture of the kaiser
tattoocd on his right arm, was re-
iceted at the Marine corps recruiting
station IN fremont row today by the
examining surgeon
Oscndorf was formerly fond Of the
kaiscr but since the war has had a
cnangc of heart
DO YOU know how | can got the
d pictur" off my arm?' no asked
You'll have to be re- born, Just
Ike the kaiser or have new skin
grated on the arm, replied the doe
tor.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-19

Captain W w Rucls spoke at the
} NJ Z chapel this morning on his
experiences as medical officer at tle
)aae hospital, Fort Sam Houston lie
cid of the experiments and research
cnstantly being carried on in the
!! eat laboratories as a result of which
eyentatiyes are being found against
various forms Of disease. In conclu-
Sen, he was positive in asserting that
he health of the boys in the army
vastly more carefully attended TO
than that of civilians at home.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-19
IT'S FASHIONABLE
TO MAKE GARDEN
DON'T LET THE FARMER
"WIN THE WAR"
ALONE
FREE BULLETINS PLENTIFUL
Backyard Or Vacant Lot Garden,
50K75 Feet, Will Raise Abund.
anee Of Food 4 Properly
Tended.

You viii want to plant war garden
this year Everybodys doing it
The more vegetables We raise the
more wheat and other foods we can
release to our allies All the good
people in town have been wringng
their hands and mploring the farmer
for heavens sake hurry along the
planting Of foodstuffs lest We starye,'
The farmer is doing his best A war
garden will give the town people some
other use for their hands than max.
ing frantic gestures to the farmers
and Il will help the food situation
nightly Every man who has bit
of backyard or vacant lot is, poten
Tally farmer these days,
1t isn't possible in this spa c 10
give the beginner a complete course
in garden lore but the Extension Dt
vision Of A. & Nj. College at still
water, Okla, is preparing a. garden
bulletin for free circulation. Any now
recruit that feels the need Of advice
can write for the bulletin and try a
little of the celebrated book farm
in"
The garden. should be plowed or
spaded to 10 inches deep just as
early as possible OF course it should
have been plowed last fall for most
soils Well lotted manure should be
applied before the garden is plowed
but the nearer it is to planting time
the more ancient must be the ma
nure, Better no manure than late ap
plications Of fresh manure
Oklahoma can grow a wide variety
OF vegetables Differences in soil or
climate make some parts Of the state
better than others for this purpose
but gardens can be grown nearly any
where in the state Cypress lath irri-
cation systems have worked remark,
ably we'll in the northwest part Of
the state The Extension Division OF
the college can also supply nCorma-
tion about this plan.
Here is a list OF crops that occupy
the ground all season Asparagus,
rhubarb pole snap beans, pole Lima
beans, late carrots, late beets, par.
snips, cucumbers, tomatoes, egg plant,
peppers, onions from seed, okra, pc.
tatoes.
Here is list of successive crops,
Radish spinach, lettuce peas, dwarf
beans, parsley, turnips.
And here is list OF early crops
that may be followed by others:
Onion sets, early beets, early turnips,
early carrots, early corn and early
cabbage.
These late crops may he used to
follow earlier ones Late beets, spin
ach, late peas, celery, late cabbage,
caulfower, Swiss chard and fat tur-
nips
Gardens should be cultivated after
each rain in order to prevent a crust
from forming and the moisture from
escaping. Straw mulch will keep The
soil from drying out
A fair sizo for town or city garden
would he about 5Ox Is feet Where
possible the garden should be rect
angular in shape
Study the following list:
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-19
FIFTY ARMY HORSES
KILLED ny POISONING

Coyington, Ky March .l9-Fedcral
agents today began probe of the
poisoning OF fifty 4orses which died
acre while en- route from Camp Grant,
III, to Newport News Va II is ro-
ported today that many others of the
government shipment of go horses
}re expected to die,
a veterinary surgeon Of this city
officially stated that the horses died
)f poisoning from belladoma aud
rotor oil, which, it is claimed, was
placed in tho water they drank when
hey reached COvington