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New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Neglected Eulachon to Solve
Winter Fish Problem

WASHINGTON, Feb The use of
INC culachon, Il valuable but neglected
hsh OF tho Pacific Coast, is being ad
vocated by the Bureau of Fisheries,
Department of Commerce, not onlv on
account of its intrinsic value and eX-
cellence. hut as a solution of the prob
lcm Of finding a supply of sea foods
curing the winter season when the
catch is reduced. The Eat More Fish,
campaign and the necessity of conscrv-
'ns other animal foods, coupled with
The unusual severity of the weather on
some of the most important fishing
grounds, make the difficulty more than
normally acute.
Tho eulachon is one of the fishes
appearing in large quantities at a sea-
son when the scarcity OF fresh and
,rozcn fish is becoming most marked.
IN January and February vast schools
OF these little fish run from the sea
70 spawn IN the mouths Of streams
from Oregon northward. and they can
'acn be caught under conditions which
make 1T possible for them to be eco
homlcally distributed. 1t somewhat re-
sembles the smclt in size, appearance
and quality, though there are many
VINO thlnk 1T far superior in flavor
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
ROGERS PEET COMPANY
Messengers Strike
Hits Stock Exchange
Clerks and Linemen Fill Places
Of A. D. T. Boys in Finan-
ciaI District

Delivery of telegraph and cable mas
sages was partly suspended yesterday
in the financial district following I
walk-out by the messenger boys of the
American District Telegraph Company.
The company handles the wire messagc3
of the Western Union.
All the boys employed in the New
York Stock Exchange struck. and the
company had to fill their places with
clerks and telegraph linemcn. Othcr
Offices affected were the main Office. 195
Broadway. where the strike started on
Wednesday, Twenty sixth Street and
Broadway, Fourteenth Street and
Broadway, A2s Broadway and 596
Broadway.
The boys stated that they want 20
cents instead of Is cents an hour when
hired out to carry sample cases and
valises for salesmen, 3 cents for de-
liverng a message instead of ,. and
Sl5 a week for the old employees in
stead of S11.
!. c. Turner. manager OF the messer-
ger department. said the boys had not
presented any demands to the company.
He said that in all 30S bows had quit
work since Wednesday, but that most
of them had come back. and that the
whole difficulty would be settled in a
daV or two
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Cotton Is Ordered
North Immediately
McAdoo Moves to Relieve
Shortage at New Eng
land Mills

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ito relieve
the shortage of cotton at New England
mills Director General McAdoo in
structed c. II. Markham. regional rail-
way director for the South, to ship i'm
mediately between $4,000 and 100000
bales Of cotton to Brunswick, Savannah.
Charleston and other Southern ports
Tor trans-shirment by water to New
York and New England.
The action was taken after confer
ence between Mr.. McAdoo and repre-
sentatives of the National Association
OF Cotton Manufacturers and Nov Eng
land commercial interests, who ex-
planned that many cotton mills recently
nave shut down because they could not
get sufficient raw material.
Mr.. Markham was told to shin The
cotton by any route in order to make
the most speed. The Shipping Board
also has agreed. Mr.. McAdoo an
nounced, to furnish additional vessels
TO carry cotton now accumulated at
Galveston. New Orleans and other Gulf
ports to the Northeast. The Director
Generals instructions were:
"You may accept and forward at cur
rent rates by way Of Brunswick. Saw
annah or Charleston. $4,000 to 100000
bales Of cotton for domestic consump-
ton in New York or vicinity or New
England points. The Shipping Board
will provide ships, which will be oper-
ated in the regular lines. There may
be some delay at ports awaiting ships.
but nothing serious. 1t might be we'll
10 arrange to unload cars at ports on
arrival. I assume there is sufficient
storage TO take care of this amount
should it all accumulate before the
ships arrive
at should be routed by way of either
of these Southern ports in amounts to
make full cargo for New York or New
England ports. You may use any de-
sirable rail route to the Southern
ports, regardless of tariff applications
at the rate in effect by way of any
route from the same point of origin,
advising mo of the unauthorized route
used so that special authority may be
issued"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Missouri Kidnapper
Confesses Again
Latest Revelations Said to I'm
plicate an Attorney in
Springfield

MARSHFlELD, Mo, Feb. 1.-Claude
Piersol, convicted Of the kidnapping OF
Lloyd Keet and sentenced to thirty
five years in prison, made a new con
fcssion last night, according to Sheriff
Mackey, of Webster County, to-day.
Piersol, said the Sheriff, declare
that Springfield attorney advised with
the kidnapping gang, even drawing up
the agreement specifying the amount
each was to receive when the ransom
money was paid by J. Holland Keet
the baby's father.
The confession is said to name
twelve persons.
Persol reiterated he was not the
leader of the kidnappers, declaring that
a mysterious person known as "Riley'
directed the gang. Instead of being
taken to a deserted shack ten miles;
from Springfield, as told in his first
confession, Pierso said the baby was
brought to the home Of Taylor Adams.
a member OF the gang also under sen
tcnce.
Six days later. pqcrsol said. the baby
was taken to the Crenshaw home, when
it was reported the authorities contcm
plated a search Of every house in
Springfield. He declared the child died
there for lack of attention.
Riley" and three others put the
body in cistcrn, where it was found.
according to Piersol
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Force Larger Than Regular
Navy When War Was
Declared
Address at Annapolis
Secretary Tells 800 Graduates
That Important Assign
ments Await Them

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Feb. /. The
United States Naval Reserve force, now
embracing $4,000 men and 1900 Off
GERS, "is larger than the regular navy
when war was declared and three times
A. large as in the Spanish American
War Secretary Daniels declared to-
dsy in addressing the special cradua-
ton class Of 500 reserve officers at the
Naval Academy.
"Ths s n wonderful record for a
service authorized eighteen months
ago the Secretary continued, "and its
creation has made possible many
phases OF the diversified work the navy
has been called upon to do"
Mr. Daniels told the young officers,
who have successfully completed the
prescribed fourteen weeks course, that
when thcy left Annapolis to-day they
would find important assignments
awaiting them and their achievements
would depend upon themselves.
The ideal Of the navy in war, the
Secretary said. was contained in Ben
lamin Frankln's order 10 the navys
first captain. John Paul Jones, to show
at all times a "tender regard for non
combatants.'
"If yol wish to find the difference
in Americas method of warfare and
Germany's it is embodied in Franklin's
Instructions to JONES' Mr.. Daniels
said. for the American regards war
as d tragedy
Much of the Secrctary's address was
taken up with a recital of the brilliant
achievements OF the American de-
stroyCr t1otilla IN the war and the
bravery of American gun crews aboard
mcrchantrcn
Read the story Of the Cassin," he
said (which. though struck by tor
pedo and seriously crippled, refused to
return to port as long as there ap-
pcarcd TO be a chance OF engaging the
Submarine. The whole country was
thrilled by the account of the exploit
os thc Tanning and the Nicholson in
destroying a German submarine and
capturing It's entire crew. The British
admiral. in commencing officers and
men, said: The whole affair reflects
credit on the discipline and training
of the United States hotlla.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Lighthouse Workers Are
Commended for Bravery

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Courageous
acts performed under conditions OK
tremely hazardous because Of the
winter weather won official commenda-
ton to-day for several employees of the
United States Lighthouse Service
Especial mention was given to
thomas J. Miles, commander of tho
tender Maple, and the other officers and
crew were commended, for fighting a
passage through ice to two gas buoys
in Chesapeake Bay and picking them up.
c. ". Atkins, commanding tho Iris,
and the other officers and crew, sta
toned at Philadelphia; Victor Klanr.
commanding the Larkspur, and other
officers and crew, on duty in Ambrose
Channcl; Charles +. Corlett and Will
lam Renier, Manistiquc Light station,
Michigan; George a. Holston, Lewis
lighthouse depot. Delaware, and F. c.
HILL Baker Range Light station, Della
ware, were others commended
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Members Of Congress Must
Pay Occupational Tax

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Membcrs of
Congress, although exempted by law
from the so-cailed occupational tax
which operates on incomes of more
than $4,000 in addition to the regular
income tax. will have to pay it never
theless, under ruling made to-day
by Internal Revenue Commissioner
Roper. The law exempted officers and
employees Of the government. The In
ternal Revenue Comm issjoner ruled
that Congressman are neither.
SO much criticism has been made Of
the exemption of Congressman that Il
bill TO remove it already has passed the
House and now is pending in the
Senate
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Statistics of Sickness
Disease and Accidents Among
Mine and Iron Workers

Serious sickness dsables more than
two per cent of the white wage earncrs
in representative Pennsylvania indus
trial communities, according to study
recently made by Lee x. Frankcl and
Louis I. Dublin, of the metropolitan Life
Insurance Company. In all. more than
100000 men, women and children in the
coal mining and iron and steel areas OF
middle and western Pennsylvania were
included in the inquiry
Anthracite coal miners showed rate
for disabling sickness of 23.5 cases per
/ 900 enumerated; bituminous coal
miners showed practically the same rate
of serious sickness, while iron and steel
mill employees in and around Allegheny
County had much lover rate. 1873 per
[ 900 observed
Accidents and injuries were the most
/ important causes Of disability. account
ing for more than II per cent Of
the cases in the entire group. A number
of diseases were prevalent in epidemic
form. Influenza was responsible for
nearly per cent of the total cases
of disabling sickness and pneumonia
for per cent. In addition, tuber-
culoss accounted for more than 3
per cent and rheumatism for nearly
s per cent.
One case of sickness in every four
was serious enough to conhnc the sick
person to bed at home. Hospitals cared
for about 10 per cent of the total
cases of sickness, although among iron
and steel employees nearly IS per
cent we're in hospitals. physician
was found to be in attendance upon dis
abling sickness in more than three
fourths of the cases. Bituminous coal
miners and iron and steel mill en-
ployes showed mdcal attendance upon
sickness in over so per cent of the
cases.
Thirty-two per cent of the adult male
wage earners and about 40 per cent
of the miners and the iron and steel
workers, sick and unable 20 work. were
found to be in receipt of sick benefit
insurance.
On the basis Of the results Of this
inquiry. the Metropolitan Life 1nsur-
ancc Company has concluded that, all
things considered, serious sickness was
no more prevalent among the wage
carners Of middle and western Penn
sylvanian cities than among wage earn
ers surveyed in other representative
c;t;os of the United States.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Bakers Contracts
We're Cancelled
Only 1oDays Ago
Senate Committee Inquiries
Into Resignation-Board
Kept in the Dark
By c. w. Gilbert

WASHlNGTON, Feb. 1.-The Senate
Military Affairs Committee to-day
brought out the date at which Secre-
tary Baker acted on his brothers con-
tract for making airplane parts. Cen
eral Squier's telegram of cancellation
was sent on January 81, only ten DAYS
ago. The evidence regarding the con-
tract was in Senator Frclinghuysen's
hands two weeks ago. The first con-
tract was made about three months
ago. on October 25.
Colonel Montgomery, Of the Aircraft
Production Board. was on the stand to-
day and testified that the contracts
with II. d. Bakers company had been
cancelled. The members Of the same
board who testified yesterday did not
know anything about the cancellation.
None OF them knew anything about the
state of facts disclosed in Secretary
BAKERS statement of yesterday which
implied that the contracts were not
finally cancelled, but that the Secre-
tary's brother gave up his interest in
them. When the New York newspapers
arrived this statement was read into
inc record.
Senator Hitchcock asked, if the con-
tracts had already been cancelled, why
II. ID. Baker should have withdrawn
from the Engel Company after January
II. and if he had withdrawn before
that date, why it was necessary to can
cel the contracts on that date But
colonel Montgomery could not tell HIM
with the date o. Secretary Bakers
action now public IL is possible to cX-
anime the transaction. Before the war
broke out between this country and
Germany, H. b. Baker informed his
brother that he intended to 90 into air
plane manufacture. The Secretary OF
War apparently raised no question Of
proprlety. subsequently," according
TO the Secrctary's own statement, the
Secretary learned that his brothers.
company had q contract with the War
Department. AT what date he learned
this does not appear. The first con-
tract was made on October 25 General
SQulcr told him it was a small con-
tract. and that the company was max
ing good progress.
On January 21 General Squer, act
ing under orders from the Secretary,
cancelled the onrlcts by telegraph.
This was two lays after Senator
Chamberlain had made his now famous
speech in New YORK At that time the
II. b. Baker contract had been investi-
gated and the facts concerning it were
IN the possession of Senator Frcling-
hUVscn
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Fowl and Houses
Sent to Women in
Vosges by Quakers
One Rooster, Three Hens
and Sewing Bag for
Each Family

One rooster, three hens, portable
house and sewing bag-these are the
comforts of life that American Quakers
are taking to the war stunned families
IL the Vosges region of France whose
hvcs they are trying to patch together
again.
Miss Mary Kelsey, of Philadelphia
here now on her way to France with a
Friends reconstruction unit, described
yesterday at 3O9 West Eighty y-ninth
street just how much these few things
40 for the civilian population that is
living in squalid cellars, pens and gar
rcts in the cities of France. Miss Kel-
Hcy's unit is composed Of three hundred
men and three women, and is to sail
soon.
Live in Sheds Quallcrs Build
"A chicken and perhaps a package OF
seeds-those mean home to those
French women, those old men and chill
dren. Their houses are gone and their
trees are cut down, but when they get
settled in the little wooden shed we
build for them, and when the seeds are
n the ground and the four chickens
are seen strutting around, then their
i'ilCiSoo DcS ms 70 AWAKEN ana LneY cE-
perience once more the desire for home
r,aking and housekeeping.
"You have no idea how listless these
people are. Huddled together in little
holes all over the cities, diseased, hun
CRY, .sorrowing, they often prefer death
TO the life they are forced to lead
Ahey are stripped of every material
thing. A refugee can't even mend her
rags. because thread is 81 spool
! hats why a Workbag is such a god
send"
Miss Kelsey explained that a rela-
lively small number of women is sent
by the Quakers, because muscle and
Drawn arc more needed than anything
else in devastated France.
French Women Help
"Our men go into the Vosges forests
and cut down the trees for the houses
and furniture, and they get the little
land plots ready for the returning
homemakers. The women go around
and garner in the families French
women are doing a lot of this work
themselves"
If one supposes that the life of a
Quaker is rigid over here in the United
States of America, let him be assured
that the life of reconstruction Quaker
makes American Quakerism seem
wicked and luxurious. For the recon-
structloners may eat only such fare as
the peasants have, they may have no
heat in their living quarters, they are
paid no salary. The Friends War Re
lief Service is officially connected with
the French and American governments
and with the Red Cross.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
National Defence Council
Warns Against Sn;es

WASHINGTON, Feb. /. - Warning
placards to beware of spies appeared
to-day in the Council of National De-
fence Offices, with a significant Motif
cation that watchmen "havc all the
powers of sentry on post"
Don't talk about what you have done
or arc going to do" read the warning.
ENEMY spies at home and abroad viii
draw you into arguments and attempt
TO entrap you into revealing informa
ton. Secrecy means safety"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Arrest of Tailor Puts End
To Anti-War "Boob" Letters

KANSAS CITY, Feb. In the ar
rest at Topeka. Kan, of Charles A.
"csson, tailor, Federal authorities
have puc an end C ohactivitics of
the boob,' according to an announce
ment to-day by Federal Attorney
Since the carly days of the war, Mr.
Robcrtsan said, Federal agents have
heen seeking a man who was flooding
the state with postcards containing
denunciations Of the war. and crit;,
clsms of those conducting it. The
postcards were signed "thc boob
Wesson admits writing the post
cards, according to the authorities.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Friction With Lumber
Men, Says Major Sligh,
Caused Removal

WASHINGTON, Feb. l.-Fricton in
the Aircraft Board, which resulted in
the removal of Major Charles K. Sigh,
in charge Of wood production, was in
vestigated to-day by the Senate Mill
tary Committee.
Colonel Il. l.. Montgomery. chief Of
the equipment division Of the Signal
Service. told the committee Major
Sligh had been removed because heads
of the service believed the production
OF spruce was being delayed.
Major Sigh testified that he was
removed because he had been "too
active to suit members Of the lumber
committee of the Council of National
Defence He maintained that spruce
production had increased while he was
in charge and had decreased after
tho work was placed in the hands Of
others, and that there would have been
no shortage of spruce had his recon-
mendat'ons. made last summer been
accepted. The major also said he had
been opposed by George S. Long, man
ager for the Wcyerhauser Lumber
Company, member of the lumber COM
mittee of the Council of National De-
fence and of. an advisory board of
three dealing with spruce production
in the Northwest
Former Governor West of Oregon
attributed delays in getting out lum-
Der supplies TO ignorance He said
Long was not a suitable man for such
work, in view of his connection with
the Wcyerhauser interests. who arc
selling lumber to the government. and
urged that practical, uninterested men
should be utilized.
Howard L. Coffin, chairman Of the
Aircraft Board, will be recalled to-
morrow for further testimony in ex
ecutIvc session regarding the aircraft
programme.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Harvard Gets New Fund
AS Memorial to Aviato,

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb. III,
memory of William II. Meeker, men,
ber Of the class of 1917. who entered
war service in the spring Of last wear
and was killed at Pau, France, Septem
Der II. 1917, in an airplane accident
the civilian Henry Meeker IT Scholar
ship" has just been established at Har-
ward University. Meeker was a cor
poral in the Lafayette Flying Squadron.
Meeker's father. Henry f. Meeker of
New York, gave the fund for the
scholarship. 1t will be awarded for
excellence in English literature.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Tiffany & Co.
JEWELRY, SILVERWARE. CLOCKS
WATCHES. CHINA. STATIONERY
Ida Won Claussen
Bringing More Suits
She Names Cohan & Harris and
Brother in New Actions
Seeks Larger Allowance

MIS-. Ida Won Claussen Dona wac IN
court again yesterday. Having recent
~ sued Brooklyn Supreme Court JUS
tice for $4,000 damages for alleged con
splracy and brought a suit against
conan Harris, charging the theat-
!'c"l managers with the theft of an
'aea from book she wrote for the
pay "A Tailor Made Man. Mrs. Dona
1ound time yesterday to turn her at-
tI tIntlon once more on her brother. Mat
ene" s., oiaussen, who is her committee.
''lv appeared as her own attorney.
y: M,s' Dona moved before Justice
men IN the Supreme Court for an
oToer .. dlrectlng her brother, who holds
llc purse strings for her to pav her
an extra allowance from a trust fund
established by her grandfather and
winch yields her about $375 month
/, Mrs. Dona alleges she bought a dress.
puC Tor two years her brother had rc :
USED TO allow her enough to paw for It.
touIscl Tor Matthew Claussen referred
~ 70 hcr adopted daughter, who is in
He HHermany, and who, according to Mrs,
Dona' IS starving because her brother
IS Stlngy with her funds. She spranr
~ ~ her fect and dramatically exclaimed:
am proud Of the child, and think
:. renects honor and credit upon any
one VINO IS willing to assume the rc
sponsibilities of adoption"
The lady is perfectly corroct >, c.id
JUSTICE Finch. at does reflect honor
ahd credit upon her, and an adopted
cn'id Is Just as much ones child as is
The court reserved decision
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Democratic Committee
Names Women S Board
General Representation by States
Planned-Appointments
Not Completed
lSfnf Col.respondcNccl

WASilINGTON, Feb 1.-The Demo
cratic National Committee announced
tonight the selection of members Of
the Woman's National Advisory Com
mittce which is being named by the
national committeeman after consulta
ton with the respective state organiza-
ton leaders.
The first woman named was Mrs.
Gertrude a. Ice, Of Denver. She was
one of the Democratic electors chosen
jill 1917, and also has the distinction
Of being tho only woman who has
served as chairman of u state central
committee, a position she filled for d
year after the csignation of the chair
man.
Others thus far named are Mrs. Percy
Y. Pcnnybackor, Of Austin, Tex, for
morly president Of The General FEEDER.
alton Of Women's Clubs; Mrs J A.
torbctt, Of Jacksonville. Fla, onctime
president Of the Woman's Club, Of
,lacksonvlIc; Mrs. john X. Ottlcy, Of
Atlanta. Ga. well known throughout
the South, especially for her work in
the "Couforcnco for Education;' Mrs.
lranhln G.. s. Richards. OF Salt Lake,
one OF the best known women of Utah !,
Mrs J. Frazier bonnie, Of louisville; :;
Mrs. Henry J.. Sherlock, of Helena,
Mont. Mrs. A. II. Hartman, Of La
coma, n. IT,; Mrs. William r. Pattan-
gall, Of Augusta, Me, and Mrs.
Theresa Graham. OF Ceur d'Alenc
Idaho. Mrs. Graham was Il delegate
10 the Democratic National Convention
IN 1916 >nd was one of the two women
on the committee that notified Prcsi-
dent Wilson OF his denomination.
Mrs George Bass. Of Chicago, man
ager Of the Womcn's Bureau of the
Democratic National Committee, will
be chairman of the Woman's Advisory
Committee, a meeting of which prob
ably be called soon after the list Of
appOlnl MNnlS IL lnm nlntnd
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Pennsylvania Trains Blocked
AS Overhead Trolley Collapses

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. ALI train
service between the East and West on
the Pennsylvania Railroad system was
suspended to-day when an overhead
trolley, used to haul coal, collapsed
and fell on the rails at Concmauph.
Penn. All the tracks we're blocked.
One man was killed. This is the sec
ond accident to occur at this point
'n's week, Mondays snow having com
pletely paralyzcd service for many
hours.
Acetylenc torches were called into
use to cut through the heavy steel
wreckage on the rails. The trolley
which caused the tie-up is used bv the
Cambria Steel Company to haul coal
from freight cars to its plant at Cone
mauEh.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Shaving Stick Bomb" at
Civil Service Headquarters

WASHINGTON. Ncb. 1.-Ihere was
q q mild "bomb scare" at the Civil Ser
vice Commission to-day. when q char<
woman found small nickel shavin.
suck box in the Goa: hole. filled with a
ni1ture OF dynamite and giant pow
uer' r., and with fuse at the bottom.
me police said that, had it ex.
bb,oueo' some windows might have been
broken, and expressed the onjnion
mat some employe who expected nro.
sppsible. " "'