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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-19
NO FISH MONOPOLY
SAY INDICTED MEN
Bay State Company Blames
Competitors for Charges.

BosToN, Aug. ls.-The Bay State
Fishing Company. several OF whose
members were indicted last week by a
Suffolk county Grand Jury on charges
q maintaining q monopoly in fresh FISH,
issued a statement last night denying
the charge.
We are of the firm belief" the state
ment said. that when the public thor
oughly understands and has an oppor.
tunity TO review the facts in the case
II will readily understand that the Bay
State Fishing Company Is not a mo-
nopoly nor has It been responsible for
causing the price Of nsh to soar.
THE only evidence that has been
taken by any investigating committee
has been that given by strong competl-
tors. Not In any instance has the Bay
State Fishing Company been allowed to
explain its position. We ask the public
TO suspend judgment until the matter
has been laid openly before the world.
we feel positively sure every man
indicted will be exonerated and that the
public at large will commend the Bay
State Fishing Company for its activity
In producing large quantities OF food
during these war times" ..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-19

Fourth Infantry: "Just a line letting
You know / have received some cigar.
eues from your fund and will express
my utmost appreciation for them I
am Brooklyn fellow and am glad
70 see That the home people are still
COOKING toward the boys over here"
says Private II. r. Cass Company @,
Fourth Infantry:
wish ! were permitted to describe
10 you the circumstances under which
me tobacco donation was received suf-
nee II to say that u came at time
wnen smoking at night would be very
nao form. However, the nights are
very short over here, only a matter Of
nve hours or so.
You being a New Yorker would no
doubt be glad to know that your gift
OF smokes reached boys from New York,
being native born one, as are also
my two comrades, who shared the
packet with me" " q
New Yorker sends Thanks,
Private John Graham. Fourth In
,shuy; II am letting you Know thar
\ received your donation Of tobacco and
tnank you very much. as am New
Yorker myself. $780, I--
Corporal Henry Ensleman, Company
I. Fourth Infantry: IT thank YOU
from the bottom OF my heart for the
cigarettes. as II is a luxury over here
IN France TO have a package. I am a
brooklyn man and I would like to hear
from you soon
Corporal e. H. Mccrahon, Company
c. 5000 Field Signal Battalion, who
described himself as "a Brooklyn boy"
sends this note:
Being as I give out tobacco. &C
! reel In a position to Judge the JOY
ieaVing no room for gloom, as the boys
only pleasure while in the linz IN the
american SNAKE. Nothing can take its
place"
AS good as bullets" THE bows onlv
pleasure" There are two short phrases.
either one OF which Is sufficient to con-
vince Sun Tobacco Fund contributors
that they are helping a lot. and others
tnat they may help by joining THE Sum
fund forces. Remember. there Is no age
limit, minimum or maximum, for enlist
ments and the recruiting station never
closes.
III you haven't made a taSfe reserva-
ton for next Friday night in the
sunken garden OF the Park Avenue
Hotel see to It to-day. It's to be smoke
fund night and a superlative programme
is being arranged.
ANA cont forget when you feel
ike smoking TO go to a United cigar
store. and, having made your purchase.
deposit your certificates and coupons in
the fund box. Slips so contributed are
translated into tobacco for the fellows
at the front.
As yesterday was Sunday the new
contributions were not listed, The fol-
lowing table shows how the fund "a
pressing toward the $3.50, 600 top:
THE sun ana THE EVENING SUN aoco m
United Cigar Stores eoxes including
spectal ) per cent. of sross sales
Gay ....................... so8ssa
Nnerwlse scknowledged.. ...........,. :ts. t,5V
new contributions. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Sgi.ol
Total $685. 1ss 90
Shipped and paid for. szss. 1891 s
Cten balance ..,.,..,....... 1882 90
Received through the Schultz cigar
stores ''''.'.'..,....,.....,...... s1.o4te
Grand total. .,......................Sss 500 49, %
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-19
SHOOTS DICE PLAYER.
Walks OFF With 81 of stakes, but
Is Forced TO Return H.,

A gentle game of dice which a number
OF young men were playing in East
llSth street yesterday morning for the
general Improvement OF their minds
ended in the shooting OF one OF them
by stranger. who approached and
without being financially interested in
the game picked up dollar and started
to walk away.
James Carroll, 20. Of 500 East llsth
street, ordered the man to return the
bill. according to the police story, and
the stranger complied. Later tine man
returned with, revolver and shot Car.
roll in the leg. Details are missing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-19
RED CROSS WILL GET S414,431.
Only I..14 Out OF City's 7:,3s7
Employees Rail 10 Subscribe,

Out OF 16S city departments tho Sim,
OF s4l44Sl.H was pledged TO the second
war fund OF the American Red eros.
according TO report transmitted TO
y. j. johnson. treasurer of the MAYORS
committee that directed the campaixn
III the city Offices. or this s7l.43sS5
was paid In for June out of T2.ss7
employees in all departments and offices
only LIZA failed to subscribe. The
average subscription was s5SS. Eighty
one or the departments made a 100 per
cent record Tor the drive. The eighty
five remaining departments subscribed
So per cent
The subscriptions by boroughs az de-
termined from the home addresses Of the
employees follow: Manhattan. sl5p
35lS6 The Bronx sJa.css47: RrookIvn
f42.72l 6S; Queens. S7.l746a: Rich.
mond, sl2.Ss763
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-19
DOUBLE GUARD SET
OVER I. w. w. IN JAIL
Detectives Watch Inside and
Outside of Building.

CHICAGO. Aug. lS-Guards about the
Jail where the hundred l. W. W. leaders
convicted OF conspiracy to disrupt the
nations war programme are held were
doubled tonight. Officials denied that
any trouble was anticipat ted. but special
squads OF detectives we're on duty inside
and outside the building.
william u. Haywood, secretary-treas-
urer of the l. W. W. and one OF those
found guilty, while expressing a belief in
the fairness OF Federal Judge Lands, be-
fore whom the case was heard. declared
that in his opinion the fight has Just
begun"
Judge Lands will hear arguments for
new trial some time this week
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-19
PARKHURsT SEES WARS END.
Warns Against Plea That Germa ms
Are Punished Enough.

LAKE PLACID. Aug 1s.-The Rev.
Charles II. Parkhurst addressing a
largely attended union church service
to-day as a prelude TO a Red Cross bene-
At tonight, declared in his sermon that
the end OF the war is in sight.
I'VE are near enough to the finish to
prepare ourselves against the pacifist
plea that Germany has been punished
enough" he said. at Is now time to
determine our attitude toward the Gen.
trail Powers"
Victor Herbert played at the Red
Cross beneit. 1t was his first public
performance in twenty years. He gave
several selections on the cello ana ac-
companied George Hamlin, tenor, on the
plano. Billie Burke recited a poem by
Samuel Lover. Mr.. Herbert's grand
father. More than $1,000 was cleared
at the benefit.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-19
ESCAPED CONVICT RECAPTURED
"Wtnt" Thomas. burglar, CAUGHT
Crossing Connecticut Line,

William C"Wint'D Thomas. the burg
lar who ESCAPED from the Sing Sing
prison farm at Wingdale. has been re-
captured near Hartford, Conn, accord
ing TO word received at Ossining yester-
day. The Duchess county police. 1t is
said. located the fugitive when he made
his way over the State De into Con-
necticut
Fearing a wholesale effort at escape
by the convicts at Wingdale a dozen
OF the more dangerous criminals have
been returned to Sing Sing. 1t Is said
that there is disaffection among the
TRUSTEES at the farm
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-19
FEW LIBERTY CONVERSIONS,
Most Owners Of First and SECOND
bonds Have Retained Them.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Is.--Few- owners
oil hrst and second Liberty bonds have
converted them into bonds Of the third
loan which bears higher interest. Treas
ury officials announced today, Thi, 90,
be done any time before November
but action at this time is urged TO avoid
rush in the last weeks.
There have been few responses also
to Secretary McAdoo's appeal to rail-
road men 20 have their bonds registered
to avoid loss by theft or destruction.
Plans for developing self-registerinx
bonds for the Fourth Liberty Loan 10
open september IS have been aban-
doned
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-19
MANNING HAS 6 SONS IN ARMY
South Carolina's Governor Hears
Five Are safely Overseas.

COLUMBIA. s. C, Aug. 1s.--Gov. Rich
ard ]. Manning of South Carolina re-
ceved news to-day that his fourth and
fifth sons have arrived safely overseas
He now has 1--WE sons with the American
Expeditionary Forces In France. and the
sixth, Vivian. was commissioned re-
Gently Lieutenant after attending an
officers training school.
Two of Gov. Manning's sons have the
rank of>Major and another 10 a Captain.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-19
DUAL TRAGEDY IN SUNSET INN.
j. Otis Dutton shot and wife Dies
Later From Some Drug.

J. Otis Dutton. proprietor OF the Sun
set Inn, North Bergen, y. j.. was found
dead in his roadhouse yesterday. Sew
eral bullet wounds indicated the cause
His wife. who was Miss Nellie Kenny
before their marriage on June II. was
discovered in the house in an I'M
conscious state. The woman was under
the influence Of some drug and she died
several hours later at the North Hud-
son Hospital.
The police confessed that they were
not able to solve the mystery OF the
double tragedy. \ revolver was found
near buttons right hand, The police
inclined to the idea that Mrs. Dutton
shot her husband and then took the drug
that caused her death.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-19
TO HONOR LAFAYETTE DAY.
First Marine Battle Anniversary
Also 10 he Celebrated Sent. @.

The 161st anniversary OF the birth of
Lafayette and the anniversary of the
FIRST battle OF the Marine will be OBJ
served In all parts of the United States
September 6. according to plans now
formed by the American Defence So
ciety. A statement issued by Charles
Stewart Dawson calling upon city and
state officials and patriotic organiza-
lions to join in celebration Of the day
says:
THE battle Of the Marine fought and
won by Lafayettes countryman. Joffre,
makes the sixth of September a date
memorable not only in the history of
Our country, but in the annals of civili-
cation. In this year we are preparing
in some modicum to pay the immeas-
urable debt we owe to France and
Frenchmen."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-19

tan assure you that your efforts
w.. IN the dear old Y. &. A. are not In
n M rs case of IF you'll stick with
,a stick with you II only helps
Al, or'hg the day nearer when We will
.n)oy world wide democracy.
, I'm now very near the lines where
I'LL, "ue excitement Is witnessed from
,om time. but the boys get time to
Wa pill OF good old American makin's
Nv and then. With every package
"a, ] open you shall be thought Of"
~, me latest mails brought several cards
io"' Ne" York boys Private L. Kess-
writes: '"'a"''''
S,. our tobacco just received and 1t is
,t,.S ''s duty In the front line. Many
wS anN" "A your gift comes at time
M needed. The smokes are
e I'm home. as my home town
IL New York. and that makes
ban appreciated" ...
Friedman. Company II.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-25
IMPORTANT MEETING OF
STATE HORTlCULTURISTS

The 48th annual meeting of the
Michigan State Horticultural society
is to be held at Detroit, Dec. 10, IL,
IL and 13. The officers have been
busy for months making plans for this
meeting and it is expected to be the
largest and most important meeting
the society ever has held.
The Michigan apple show is one Of
the new features and there will be
the biggest display of Michigan ap-
Piles ever shown in this state. The
display will represent apples from
practically every fruit-growing town
ship in the state. Many other new
features including canning demon
strations. exhibits by the bureau Of
markets, sight seeing trip about
Detroit and inspection of the eastern
market, will make this "win the
war" convention.
The program covers four full days
with one evening session which will
be a rousing patriotic one and should
not be missed by any one. Programs
and particulars will be mailed to
members of the society. The secre-
tary is George M. Low, Bangor, Mich.
Programs and particulars will be
mailed to anyone on application to
him.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-25
MUCH DEPENDS.
ON BOYS WORKING
RESERVE ARMY
BOYS SHOULD ENLIST IN FOOD
ARMY" TO INCREASE CROP
PRODUCTION AND HARVEST.

The Banner-News has received
from Horatio S. Earle, federal state
director Of the Boys Working Re-
serve, the following communication,
with the request that it be published
To the High School Boys of the
United States and the Parents:
NV Dear Friends: The u. s.
Boys Working Reserve is an organi-
cation that&is endeavoring to mobo-
lie the high school youth of this ma
tion for productive work in this time
of national crisis, chiefly upon the
farms. Already the farms of the
country have been denuded of 90 per
cent of their hitherto available farm
hands. They are about to be fur
ther. denuded. 1t is positively GER
tain that the farmers cannot harvest
their crops without the help of the
members of the u. S. Boys Working
Reserve.
We are therefore appealing to the
schools, to the boys, and to their par
ents to answer the governments cal
and to permit the boys to go to the
farms in order that the harvests of
the country may be garnered and
saved and to feed our civilian popula-
tion and our fighting men in France
This release is thoroughly feasible
if the schools will awake as many of
them have to the necessity and will
accommodate their organization to it.
The u. s. Boys Working Reserve
desires to assist. in every possible
way in maintaining the education and
training of American youth. 1t is
using its every endeavor to protect
American youth from any serious in
vasion of its education and training
If the schools are alive to their op-
portunity in this crisis it will be per-
fectly possible, in the opinion of our
highest authorities among the school
men themselves, to do the work that
is ordinarily done through a nine
months period within the limits of a
seven-months' period. All that the
Reserve is asking of the boys, and of
their parents. and of the schools, is
that they shall so adjust themselves
to the crisis that they will be able to
accomplish within seven months what
now they accomplish easily in nine
months.
Whatever call the Reserve makes
upon the school boys of the United
States has to do with the vacation
periods 1t asks the schools in some
instances to prolong a vacation per-
iod, and in some instances it asks the
schools to grant a vacation period, in
order that work that is vitally neces-
sary to the winning of the war may
be done. But it relies upon the pat
riotism Of the boys to return to school
with firm determination to devote
themselves conscientiously to their
school work, to waste no time in
school hours and to make every mo.
ment of their school session count ir
accomplishing the course laid dowr
for them by their teachers.
Faithfully yours,
w. +. Hall,
National Director
August 20, 1918.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-25
PAST MATRONS' NIGHT
AT DORIC CHAPTER

There was large turn out Tuesday
night Of the members Of Doric chap
ter, 0. f. s., to observe past mat
rons' night.
The initiatory work was done in a
very creditable manner by the Off
GERS who had not been in active work
for several years and they were high
ly complimented for the way they did
it.
At the close of the work of the
chapter past matrons' jewels were
presented to Mrs. K. B. Lapham and
Mrs. Edward BeldiEg.
The presentation on behalf of the
chapter was made by Mrs. Earle X
Wilson in well chosen words very
complimentary to the service and 10y
atty of the past officers: Each re-
cipient cf the beautiful jewels ex-
pressed their thanks for the gifts.
A fine 6 o'clock supper was served
to more than 100 of the members.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-25
PRES. WILSON
WRITES LETTER TO
AMERICAN PEOPLE
TELLS SEC. LANE OF GREAT
NEED TO COUNTRY OF EDU-
GATED MEN AND WOMEN.

President Wilson some time ago
wrote the following letter TO Secre-
tary of the Interior Franklin X.
Lane, in which he complimented the
American people on their efforts to
maintain the educational system OF
the nation and told of the great need
of educated men and women after the
war is over:
The White House
Washington, July 81, 1918,
My Dear Mr.. Secretary:
i am pleased to know that despite
the unusual burdens imposed upon our
people by the war, they have main
tanned their schools and other agencies
of education so nearly at their nor
NAL efficiency. That this should be
continued throughout the war and
that insofar as the draft law will per-
NIT, there should be no falling off in
attendance in elementary schools,
high schools or colleges is a matter
of the very greatest Importance. af-
fecting both our strength in war and
our national welfare and efficiency
when the war is over. SO long as
the war continues there will be con-
slant need of very large numbers of
men and women of the highest and
most thorough training for war ser
vice in many lines. After the war
there will be urgent need not only for
trained leadership in all lines Of in
dustrial, commercial, social and civil
life, but for very high average of
intelligence and preparation on the
part of all the people. would,
therefore, urge that the people con-
tinue to give generous support to
their schools of all grades and that
the schools adjust themselves as
wisely as possible to the new condi-
ticns to the end that no boy or girl
shall have less opportunity for educa-
ton because of the war and that the
nation may be strengthened as it can
only be through the right education
of all its people. l approve most
heartily your plans for making
through the Bureau of Education a
comprehensive campaign for the sup
port of the schools and for the main
tenance of attendance upon them and
trust that you may have the coopera-
tion in this work of the American
Council of Education.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
Woodrow Wilson.
Hon. Franklin X. Lane,
Secretary of the Interior.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-25
DRAMATIC CLUB
|, IS ORGANIZED TO
PLAY EACH MONTH
HIGH CLASS PLAYS WILL BE PUT
ON BY BEST LOCAL TALENT
DIRECTED BY MR.. MONROE.

Belding Dramatic club will present
high class dramatic and comedy plays
during the winter months. A num-
Der of local dramatic fans have or
ganized a very creditable dramatic
society with the intention of of pre-
senting some of the best plays of the
present day.
The first Of these plays will be pre-.
sented at the Belding opera house,
Friday night, Sept. 27. An excep-
ticnally high class comedy-drama in
four acts entitled "Hal o. the Hills.
This is one of the most pleasing and
ingenious plays of recent years, and
has beeh played in all the larger cit
les and by some of the best companies
"a play containing a charming story
portraying in an interesting way, life
among the mocnshiners and feudsmen
of Kentucky. The play is bright,
clever and effective both in dialogue
and action, bubbling over with high
class comedy, then a touch of pathos
and exceptional dramatic scenes. A
pretty little tale of heart interest runs
through the entire four acts and the
characters cf old Hank and Ma Wes-
ton will keep you in a continuous roar
Of laughter.
The play is directed by Billy Mon
roe, an actor of about ten years ex-
perience on the professional stage,
both in stock companies and road
shows, and he has also worked in pic
lures at Jacksonville, Fla, with the
Kalem company. Mr.. Monroe has
appeared in some of the best New
York successes and has played in his
time on the stage, over 15O different
parts. He had his own stock company
in Pittsburg last season playing an
engagement lasting % weeks, was al
so juvenile leading man with the
Lewis Oliver Stock Co., at Bluefield,
w. Va, and Lynchburg, Va, one OF
the largest stock companies in this
country.
The Belding Dramatic club consid-
ers themselves very fortunate in hav-
ing Mr.. Monroe as their director as
he is very capable of presenting some
of the very best plays of recent years,
as he has manucripts of over 200 of
the latest plays. 1t is the. intention
of the club to present one play each
month, the proceeds to be given to
some local institution.
This is something new for Belding
and should be well supported and we
will have a dramatic club that will
come up to any Of the dramatic So
cieties in the larger cities thus giving
the people of Belding chance to see
some very good plays and also be
helping some local beneficiary. The
proceeds of the Friday night show go
to the Belding hospital.
tn admission price is well within
the reach of all and "Hal o. The
Hills" should be well attended Friday
night.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-25

Early in the war England realized
that women must be called on for
many unusual forms of war service.
Women doctors especially were need
ed to attend to the, civil population as
well as for military hospitals. Every
effort was made to have women enter
medical schools previously tightly
closed to women students. Several
American institutions quickly follow
ed England's example and made place
for women. Notably among these was
the Harvard University Medical de-
partment, which broke away from it's
ancient narrow policy. The latest
is the Detroit Institute of Technology,
which has opened its doors to women.
This course is to be maintained for
the duration Of the war" Thus
squeezed by necessity, many institu-
tions must abandon principle for ex-
pediency.