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New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
All of the men obtained under
the proposed change in the draft
la.D-approximately 100000
Tue expect to have in France
by June 80, 1919.-GENERAL
MARCH, Chief of Staff.
The Great Rent Feud

Rents have gone up. So have shoes
and ships and all other necessary things
of war as we'll as of peace--including
incomes; some incomes, at any rate.
The dollar has gone down.
Out of these two motions grows The
Great Rent Feud, chronicle of which
begins on the last page of The Tribune
to-day.
1t is in its beginnings just now, and,
like all feuds at that stage. it is full of
argument and hard to see in perspective
Perhaps in October it will become sim
plihed-when it's too late. Then the
Tenants League may have fifty thou
sand members, instead of fifteen hun
dred. It's present socialist complexion
decidedly red-may be modified by the
TRANSMISSION of other less ardent blood
from the mass of average New York
tenants. And New York may see an
emotional fight between leagued tenants
and leagued landlords in which every
body will overlook the significance of
6O-cent dollar.
The rent raises are here now. There
will be more in October, especially for
the better grade leased apartment; there
has been already a general advance in
rentals. There is a great deal of doubt,
however, whether the raises are justified
by war expenses, by trade conditions,
even by the 60-cent dollar.
Some factors are fairly simple-the
%ov fo~ III
has increased the landlords tax bill Is
or II per cent. But an increase of 16 or
u per cent in the tax rate is very diff
ferent from an increase of 16 or II per
cent in rents. The landlord cannot jus
tify one by the other. But his income is
touched by many other factors. His
earnings range from the guaranteed
per cent clear, which leasers of apart
ment houses are paying owners who tire
Of managing their houses themselves, to
Is per cent.
1t is not so easy to say just what the
average advance in rents has been. You
go from nothing at all to SO and 60 per
cent
1t is not SO easy to say just what
given per cent of raise means to the
landlord. For, outside of taxes, there
are score Of indefinite, Understandable
advances IN mortgage rates, insurance
rates, labor, materials, repairs, service,
fuel and everything else paid for by the
landlord, and each landlord finds diff
ferent increase against a different nron-
erty.
1t 1s not possible to generalize posi-
lively and say once for all that there is
profteering in rent or that there is not.
The Tribune hopes to throw light on the
complexities Of the problem. Until there
is more light there can be no sane iudg-
ment, either at Washington or at AL
bany, as to whether legislative remedy
Is needed. And unless there is either
understanding or remedy the fall NAV
find New York with an ugly rent war on
its hands.
1t happens that the great rent feud Of
New York is also the great rent feud of
other American cities. It happens, fur
ther, that war time is no time for the
putting Of mob anger, mob reasoning
and mob law above the sane and orderly
handling of social problems. That is
what neglect of the rent problem threat
ems to do.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
Noon Prayers

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In an editorial of this date yon y
fer TO the suggestion of the Rotary e'a'
that the Angelus or its equ,Nalen' '
universally observed at this time. Pern'
nc to say that for several weeks y.
churches Of New Rochelle have been w
for meditation and prayer during the nv
following tho ringing Of church o'''
noon OF every day .rv
The worshirrcr may come or 50 a. o., .'s
time within the hour. and All tne r.
Of the city arc asked TO lift inc"
TO God so,Yc time within toe houn
TlLLMAN F. JoHNsoN'
Kew Rochelle, \. y, Aug. 10. lsio'
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
Guessed En- Wrong
erro, Th- ohio s,,,. ro..,,

CFrofl The OHIO State JoNrnnN
We have tried our best to form a Just
estimate OF George Crcel in this last try
ing ycar. and VIC are now thoroughly CON
WINGED that he misjudges tn. temper Of the
American people by thinking they rather
have pen picture twenty-fcur hours lata
than to have bare fact right away.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19

ut is believed" says the State Depart
mcnt solcmnly, "that many aliens have
been leaving the United Statcs AS Ger
man agents carrying information"
Therefore aliens arc to be forbidden
freedom Of departure. And we have been
at war nearly seventeen months
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
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New-York tribune., 1918-08-19

lynching in this country have negroes as
their victims.
Therefore, the larger reward and the
more stringent measures should be applied
to the more prolific phase OF this hideous
evil of lynching.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19

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Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1918-12-11
.JOffe Admits
He Aided Plot
OfBerlin Reds
Bolshevik Minister Says
Barth, Haasc, Ledebour
Planned Reign of Terror
Had Supply of Firearms
Seditious Literature Was
Spread to Put Germany in
Same Plight as Russia

COPENHAGEN, Dec. 10. - Adolph
Joffe, former Ambassador to Germany
OF the Russian Bolshevik government,
who when recently accused of circulat
ing seditious literature in Germany dc
MED it, not only admits it now in q
telegram received here, but glores in
the achievement
He declares the literature was circu-
lated through the good Offices of the
Independent Socialists" and makes tho
further declaration that number of
weapons were handed over to Herr
Barth, secretary of the Independent So
clal Democratic party and member of
the Ebert Cabinet.
Got Vast Sum for Arms
Instead of receiving 10000 marks
($26,250) for the purchase of arms
Joffc says he received Several hun
dred thousand marks" and adds:
81 claim for myself the honor of
having devoted all my powers to the
success Of the German revolution
throughout my activities. which were
carried on in agreement with the In
dependent Socialist Ministers IIaasc
Barth and others
1t is known i'll Berlin that Haasc
Barth, Ledebour and other Indepen-
dents were friendly with Joffc, but
this telegram gives the first disclosure
that they actively headed the Boil
shevik ambassadors plan to introduce
Russian methods into Germany.
Planned Prolctariat Rule
A further illustration of the Inde-
pendents' sympathy with Bolshevik
methods is reported by Adolph Hoh-
mann, one of the Independent leaders
who in a speech on Sunday, after de-
claring his opposition to a Constituent
Assembly, said:
"If the elections do not give the So
cialsts majority the National As
sembly must be dispersed and q dicta-
torship of the prolctariat must be
established"
Hoffman,, although professed
atheist and unlettered, is Minister OF
Education in Prussia, which post has
jurisdiction over the churches.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-11

ing over what is known as a meeting
of the Cabinet, | deem it proper to
make a brief statement so that nv
conduct need not be misunderstood nor
misin terpreted ! am here and am act
ing in obedience to the request pre-
fcrred by the President upon the eve
Of his departure, and also at your re-
quest. But I am here informally and
personally. | am not undertaking to
exercise any official duty or function.
I shall preside in an unofficial and in
formal way over your meetings out Of
Difference to your desires and those Of
the President"
Before going to the White House,
Mr.. Marshall explained that the Presi-
dent, before departing for Europe, had
asked him to preside at the Cabinet
meetings and had repeated the request
by wireless from the George Washing
ton.
No Wireless Sent to Ship
Mr.. Marshall made it plain that he
had no idea of exercising the functions
of the President.
No business requiring the attention
of the President developed at the
Cabinet, it was said, and the wireless
carried no message from it to the
Presidential ship George Washington.
The Cabinet meeting was the last
which Secretary McAdoo will attend,
as he Will be succeeded next Monday
by Carter Glass.
Mr. McAdoo badc farewell to mem
bers of the Cabinet and attaches OF
the executive Offices. although he will
rcuain in Washington until January
]. or until his successor as Director
Genera! Of Railroads is appointed.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-11
Marshall Presides
At Cabinet Session
By Wilson Request
Vice-President Carries OAlt
Wishes Expressed Before
He Sailed and in Wireless
Message Sent From Ship

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.-Vice-P Pres
ident Marshall presided over to-day's
Cabinet meeting following a wireless
request from President Wilson, who
is en- route to Europe, and set, accord
ing to the White House staff, a new
precedent iii the conduct of American
executive affairs. No other Vice Pres
ident, so far as records show, ever pre-
sided at Cabinet session.
In taking his seat Mr.. Marshall set
at rest any theories that he might be
acting as President. He said he was
attending the gathering "informally
and impersonally, not undertaking to
exercise any official duty or function" ="
This summary of his statement was
given out at the White House:
"In assuming the chair and presid-
New-York tribune., 1918-12-11
Johnson Refuses
To Serve With Hearst
Publishers Presence ON Com.
mittee to Greet Troops
Called '"Insult''

Robert Underwood Johnson, in q let
ter to Mayor Hylan last night, declined
to serve on the committee of welcome
TO Homecoming troops. He said
an ordinary circumstances I should
esteem this appointment great honor
and should Loyalty respond to any de-
mand of service it required, as / have
done in many similar instances under
former mayors of the city. / am, how
ever, obliged, in self-respect, to decline
the appointment.
"My reason for doing this is that
the honor of such an appointment is
vtiated by the inclusion in your COM
mittee of William Randolph Hearst
whose sinister attitude from August,
1914, toward his country and toward
the principles for which her allies were
lighting Is a matter or public record
so conspicuous, indeed, as to make his
appointment on such committee an
insult not only to our gallant soldiers,
for whom, under whatever auspices
America will have an overhowing well
come, but to every selfrespectng citi-
zen of the country.
This welcome, moreover, should not
be tainted by an endeavor to rehabili.
tate the public reputation of any man
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New-York tribune., 1918-12-11
CO1LED IN THE FL FLAG---HEAR-S-S-S-
to Get Peace,
Must Hold Assembly

4 MSTERDAM, Dec. 10.-The
"A "Deutschc Tageszeitung," of
Berlin, copy of which has been
received here, says it learns from
a reliable source that the Entente
powers will refuse to conclude
preliminary peace treaty with
Germany before the meeting of
German national assembly.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-11
Crowds to Assemble
Wilson Sees Mimic 'Sub" Hunt

ON BOARD UNITED STATES SHIP
GEORGE WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (6
D. mO (By wireless to The Associate,
Press ).-President Wilson stood on
the bridge Of the George Washington
this afternoon and saw United States
destroyer stage a thrilling demonstra-
ton of the work of repulsing a sub
marine attack.
A touch of realism was given by the
drill of the men on board the liner
and the conveying ships The great
liner was gliding through the tropicaI
waters like chip on duckpond when
bugles and alarm bells called the men
to battle stations. President Wilson
was taken to the bridge by Captain
McCauley SO that lie might get bet.
ter view of the demonstration
A destroyer which had been laeeno
far astern suddenly lcaped forward
her tunnels vomiting smoke and whit.
spray dashing from her bow as she
tore through the water at 80 knots.
Depth Bombs Dropped
As the destroyer came abcam of the
liner depth bombs were dropped and
great geysers were thrown HIGH INTO
the air as the warship zigzagged its
New-York tribune., 1918-12-11
Scheiden1ann Says
He Will Resign if
Chaos Is Continued

BERLIN, Dec 8 (By The Associated
Press 81 will not put up with these
conditions another week. ! will get
out" declared Philip Schcidcmann, a
member of the government, in speech
to-day defending the government and
himself against the attacks Of the
Spartacus group. Schcidemann de-
clared that the government had 90 per
cent Of the German population behind
it, but, "nevertheless, it is sitting on
powder keg."
He added that Gcorg Ledebour, a
Radical leader, had obstructed the for
nation of Cabinet for thirty-six
hours. After the revolution DR.. Karl
Liebknecht the Radical leader, wanted
10 join the Cabinet, but only for three
days. The speaker described Lieb~
knecht as person" who lacked "ev-
erV sense of reSDOnSibility
New-York tribune., 1918-12-11
'Hoisted Flag Then
Assailed President
Called Wilson Dictator,
Pictured a Monarchy
Ahead and Suggested
''Yellow Peril'' Cartoon
New York Tribune
N

Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Dec 10.-William
Randolph Hearst's directions for tbc
editorial policy of his papers; an or
der to Arthur Brisbar. who testified
/ write what please and Mr.. Hearst
prints what he pleases"; directions tor
displaying the flag and printing the
"Star-Spangled Banner" on the pages
of his papers; orders to print and
then not TO permit sympathetic mes,
sage from Germany; a protest from
Caleb NJ. Van Hamm, managing editor
of The New York American" against
the Hale kilograms, which, so far as
the records show, went unanswered
these and other activities of the Hearst
organization in the ten days from
February II to March q, 1917, while
the country was on the verge of war,
were revealed here to-day.
Major E. Lowry Humes, counsel for
the Overman Senate Committee in
NesIieatihg German propaganda, put
into the record series of thirty-two
kilograms sent and received by Hearst
at Palm Beach during that period
Photostat copies Of the originals were
illed with the committee. This is the
evidence which was held out yesterday
by an objection of Senator King, OF
Utah. as to their relevancy.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-11
Brest Plans Big Welcome
Friday, With French War
ships Escorting Party In
Mimic Sub Hunt Staged
President, OH the Liners
Bridge, Sees Destroyer Ma
n@llvre and Drop Bombs


(By The Associated Press The
steamship George Washington, carry
ing President Wilson and the Amer-
can delegates to the peace congress at
Paris, was reported by the naval wire
less as passing the Azores at o'clock
this afternoon. All on board were
we'll after the stormy weather through
which the Presidential liner passed.
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter Of
the President, arrived in Brcst to-day
to meet the Presidential party. She
will accompany the party to Paris.
Preparations for receiving President
Wilson here now have been completed
The city is fairly humming with cx-
/ pectancy.
The progress of each step taken by
the American visitors now is followed
with eager interest. The first plan
of sending an American dreadnought
fleet scaward has been changed
French Ships to Participate
According to the new plan, the fleet
viii go out carly Friday morning to en-
counter the American party short
distance off the coast and accompany
it to port.
French warships also will take For
cign Minister Pichon, Minister OF
Marine Leygucs and Andre Tardicu,
head OF the general commission for
tranco-Amcrican war questions, for
! the first greetings by an exchange OF
salutes.
! French officers arrived here to-day
from Paris to make final arrangements
with the local authorities for the
! Presidents landing
The George Washington draws too
much water to enter the inner harbor,
SO the Presidents ship and the entire
fleet of warships will anchor in the
outer harbor about mile off shore.
Americans to Greet Them
An American party, consisting of
/ General Pershing, General Bliss, Ad-
! miral William S. Benson, Admiral
Henry B. Wilson and Colonel E. NJ.
House, viii then board the liner and
I bring the President and Mrs. Wilson
( ashore aboard naval tug.
The landing will be made at QUAY
No. 3, where the French ministers will
extend formal welcome to the Amerj~
can President as he sets foot on French
soil.
The George Washington is expected
to arrive about noon Friday. The
landing Of President Wilson is planned
for 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and he
is expected to arrive in Paris at 10
O'Clock Saturday morning.
This schedule would leave less than
an hour for ceremonies here, which
necessarily will be restricted, although
'he Breton peasantry is gathering
from miles around to give Mr. Wilson
an enthusiastic greeting
Crowds to Assemble
The President will drive direct from
the quay to the depot, passing along
the Cours Dajot, a splendid terrace
overlooking the harbor. The populace
and soldiers and sailors will be massed
along the course, and if time permits
there will be brief address of well
come by the Mayor and a response by
the President.
The Presidential train will proceed
slowly, stopping for several hours dur
ing the night so as to arrive at the
Dauphine station in Paris exactly at
10 O'Clock Saturday morning.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-11

ecans 'srt t lis
i anquryat Washing
o outline by Hearst and wa
Jap
ndI Prepaat atons Against
New-York tribune., 1918-12-11
Professor Hart Testifics

Larlier III to-day's session the COM
mittoe had heard Professor Albert
Fushneil Hart, of Harvard, whose
name was on the important list" found
III the luehr papers. Professor Hart
save proofs of his anti German atti-
tude from carly in the war, though ad-
mltting that book he had written in
1914 showed enough sympathy for the
German cause SO that it might have
led 10 his name being on the list.
The committee adjourned to give
Captain Lester, of the Military Inteili
gence Bureau, time for the preparation
OF more evidence, some of which viii
concern Hearst, and which is expected
to be ready for presentation Oh Fridav.
Most interesting of all the Palm
Beach telegrams is one which does not
bear Hearst's signature, but is signed
Doctor" This telegram declares that
the Zimmerman note. attempting 10
get Mexico and Japan to start war
upon the United States, was fake
perpetrated by "a very unscrupulous
Attorney Generals very unscrupulous
department" because Wilson could not
repeat the false claim" of having pri-
vate information, which he used in the
Panama Canal tolls case. Postmaster
General Burleson also is described as
House appointment and House mas
been corporation lobbyist all his
life"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-11
Calls Burleson Crooked"

SaHS OOfIeSOn OfOOkcd
The telegram also contains this par
agraph:
Gregory and Burleson are so crooked
that, as Alfred Henry Lewis used IA
say, one of them could lie in bed on
top of the Woolworth Building and the
other on the ground floor and look
down and up forty seven flights OF
winding stairs into each others eves.
and understand each other perfectly
With this telegram are four others
which possibly may have a bearing on
the identity of the author. The time
of their filing is of Importance. The
doctor" telegram was filed at 2:40 D.
M on March 2, 1917. At 2:52, twelve
minutes later, the Palm Beach operator
wired the Jacksonville Office:
Have approximately 1000 words in
kilograms for New York American
Can you name US New York ext. (cir-
cuit), please >"
At 1854 p. m. message signed Will
combe, the name of Hearst's private
secretary, said:
IS. S. Carvalho, New York Ameri-
cam New York City, will take care OF
letter. Wiring long message from
chief"
A message received at Palm Beach
at o:ls p. m. and signed "New York
American" asked: Have you any more
editorial matter in sight from MIR.
Hearst TO Mr. Caryalho ,"
And at 5;40p nj. Palm Beach -
New-York tribune., 1918-12-11
Menace in Spartacus Group

Scheidemann said he regretted the
occurrences of Friday, but declared
they were a natural consequence OF
the appeals made by the Spartacus
group to the masses to arm themselves
ard overthrow the government.
Specialization along the lines de-
manded by the incompetents, Scheide-
mann added "would ruin industry and
trade. If we remain longer in this
revolutionary crisis we are lost beyond
hope of rescue and we will not have
a piece of bread. If the people do not
come to their senses they will be
brought to their senses by the Ameri-
cans"
A group of spartacus party adher-
ents, headed by DR.. Karl Liebknecht,
made demonstration last night be-
fore the Chancellor's palace, now the
headquarters of the government.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-11

II you have money, buy more
LIBERTY BONDS-from us
YOU need money. we Will buy
LIBERTY BONDS-from YOU
John Muir S Co. 81 Bway.-Aa,t
New-York tribune., 1918-12-11
Crowd Demands Barth

The crowd clamored for the appear
ance of Herr Barth Secretary of the
Independent ialDemocratic party
and Secretary for Social Policy in the
Ebert Ministry. He is a former mem
Der OF the Spartacus group of whom
the remaining Spartacdes are suspi-
cous.
In answer to the clamor Secretary
Barth appeared at window and adj
dressed the crowd. He said that if
he could meet DR.. Liebknccht in a pub
lie hall for straight talk Lcbknecht
would afterward not have single
workman behind him. He declared
New-York tribune., 1918-12-11
W wEATHE E r

Rain or Snow and Warmer To-day;
Southwest Winds, Shifting to
West Thursday
New-York tribune., 1918-12-11

Continued on page nine
The Columbus commercial., 1918-07-04
CALL IS MADE FOR
GA REGISTRANTS
SMALL NUMBER MEN IN CLASS
ONE WILL NECESSITATE A
SPECIAL EXAMINATION.

The local exemption board has re-
Gently received two calls for regis
trants, one stipulating that % white
men entrain for Camp Shelby during
the five-day period beginning July l5
and the other that az negroes star
for Camp Funston during the five-day
period beginning July l6.
The call for the white men stipu.
lates that they all be taken from
class one, but only IL men in thi:
class are now available. There are
probably fifty or more men in clasr
one, but they have not yet been ex
amined and therefore are not ready
to be inducted into service.
The only way in which these me
can be made available for service by
July l is for Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder to issue an order pro
viding for their immediate examine
ton, and this will probably be done