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New-York tribune., 1918-04-13

Hard cider, heretofore close second
to the product of the moonshiner's
still as an inspiration to journeymen
jokesmiths and an uncertain neutral
in the great world war betweenn Demon
Rum and Adams Ale, has at last been
forced to abandon its ambiguous po
sition and declare it's sympathies and
inclinations.
The showdown took place yesterday,
with the result that this morning hard
cider is fighting on the side of the
rum forces, at least in the State Of
New York. AS an intoxicant it is
proved to have a potency or range
greater by far than Warbler, although
it may be many day and many
year before it becomes so popular.
longs, alongside of matted and dis
titled liquors, by a decision of the
Appellate Division of the Supreme
Court, in Brooklyn. Judgment was
pronounced after many court sessions,
the taking of mass of evidence, the
consultation of scores of dictionaries
and the searching examination of
stacks of legal volumes, new, old and
ancient, defining, with painful exact
ness, JUST WndI Is HleduC ny lHIONl-
eating liquors"
The exact status of hard cider had
to be determined because on August
%, 1917, Patrolman John P. Judge, of
Brooklyn, stepped into the delicatessen
store of Bertha Schwartz, 1857 Myrtle
Avenue, Brooklyn, and ordered a glass
of cider. There was a distinct "kick"
in the sour stuff that Judge swallowed
or SO he thought, and being guardian
of law and order he bought a bottle
from the same keg. took it to the city
chemists office and had it analyzed::
1t was found to contain 63 per cent of
alcohol, more than any Hooveri7ed
beer of these war days.
District Attorney Harry E. Lewis
brought suit against Mrs. Schwartz for
selling an intoxicating beverage without
payment of liquor tax.
The attorneys for the defendants
took headlong dive 1000 years into
antiquity and came up with volumes
of proof that since the days of the an
cient Phmnicians Greek laws defined
intoxicants, subject to liquor tax, as
"beer, light wine, distilled or rectified
New-York tribune., 1918-04-13
.ase," said the District Attorney.
Edwards Aids Inquiry

William II. Edwards, Internal Reve-
nue. Collector, started an investigation
yesterday of Samuel Segar, Of Segar,
Ltd, "a Broadway, who was caught in
the raid on the E. & L. restaurant, in
West Forty-fourth Street. Segar is a
fled to that effect in the John Doe in
quiry last February When questioned
Monday by Assistant District Attorney
James E. Smith, Segar said he was a
timber merchant" Of London and New
York. and declared that it was q shame
to treat him like crook when he was
paying thousands of dollars in income
taxes. Mr.. Smith was told by Collec-
tor Edwards that Segar has never paid
a cent of income tax.
MIR. Smith examined Segar again yes
terday. Segar said he came from
England in 1892 and, after making a
fortune, returned for a few years and
again visited New York in 1916. He
said he lost 100000 in Wall Street
and $4,000 at the racetracks that year
and, in 1917. he lost S350.000 in Wall
Street and another $4,000 gambling.
In the John Doe inquiry he admitted
that he had lost $4,000. He said he
still had some money. He said he was
Russian and lived in Odessa for
many years. He resented Mr.. Smiths
questions rejecting on his loyalty to
England.
81 have two sons in the trenches
now. Isn't that enough ?" he asked
when the prosecutor asked him why
he didn't go back to England instead
Of spending his fortune in New York
stock markets and gambling resorts.
Mr. Smith turned Segar over to Col
lector Edwards. That official said last
night that he would begin rigid in
vestigation of Segar next Monday.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-13
to Jews to
Help Win the War
Socialist League Calls Confer
ence To Be Held Sunday
Night

IA Win the War Conference" has
been called by the committee of the
Jewish Socialist League for Sunday
night, April IA, in Beethoven Hall, 21O
East Fifth Street. This was an
nounced by the leagues chairman,
Henry L. Slobodin, last night. The
conference will include Jewish Social
list and labor organizations.
The official call, in part, says:
There are reasons to believe that this
is going to be long war. No Jew or
Jewess should hold back his or her
support of America and liberty. No
Jewish organization should stand aloor
showing Indifference. The Win the
War Conference is not partisan. 1t
holds no theory or dogma. 1t is ius,
Win the War Conference. And we
cannot, we will not believe that there
are Jews in America who will refuse
to support America and liberty in this
war Every moment is precious"
The committee emphasizes the fact
that human liberty and particularly
Jewish liberation are in danger and
self-preservation should impel the Jew
the world over to rally to the support
OF America, France and England.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-13
DEATHS

BECK-Suddenly. on Wednesday. April TO-
1918. Caroline Beck. Services from the
residence. SO Fenimore ST.. Brooklyn, on
Saturday. p. =
BENsoNl-on Thursday, April II. 1918.
SD year. Funeral from her late resi-
y dence. 90 Jefferson av.. Brooklyn, at 8
p. M, Saturday.
BLAINE-On April II, 1918 Nettie T.. be-
loved daughter of Helen Blaine. Funeral
private.
BLuME-Minnie. .!JIi on April 9. Services
66th St. Crank E. Campbell's). Satur
day. 10 u. m.
Observation-Disclosures aged 81 wears.
Services THE FUNERAL CHURCH. Broad
day, p. m.
BOSTWICK-At his home Douglnston. Long
Island: on Friday. April 12. Arthur Covefi
Bostwick. in his 39th year. Funeral SER
wees wees at 1870 Sunday afternoon. April ID.
Train leaves Pennsylvania Station at 3 :22
BRADSHAW Suddenly. at home. on
"Wednesday: April 10. William Dixon Brad
shaw, in his 57th year. Funeral from his
iate ate, home 657 West l24th St. Saturday.
Michnels Cemetery. Newark papers please 81,
copy
CAUCHOIS-On April IL. In New York
City after short illness. Frederick Au-
HusIuS Caucno1s IN his 6Sth year. Ser
vices will be held Mt st. James Chanel
Cathedral of ST. John the Divine, Amster.
dam av. and 112th st.. Saturday. April Is.
l0 A. m. 1nterment private: Please omit
flowers. '
CHAPMAN-On April II. 1918. Charles
Augustus Chapman. husband of ANN
Elinendorf Loomis. Relatives and friends
invited to attend the funeral services mt
his late residence. 169 South Broadw,~
Nyack, N. y. on Sunday. 14th instant
at 1880 p. IN. Interment at Somerville'
New-York tribune., 1918-04-13
Coal Shortage Looms
Again, Peters Warns
Production Last Month in Btu.
minous Fields Lowest in
Year and Half

The coal shortage still is a nationsl
menace, in the opinion Of Harry +
Peters, chairman of the New YoA
State Fuel Conservation COMMITTEE
who states the production of bitun.
nous coal fell to a lower mark last
month than any time for the last yem
and half. Mr.. Peters said factoria
still had great difficulty in obtaining
all the coal they needed.
"The coal situation is getting to thu
point where it was last winter" said
Mr.. Peters. 81 know of several 70,
tories that are working with barely
enough coal to last them from day to
day. Now is the time we should be-
storing coal, and we are not getting
enough coal to store for next winter
The householder should buy as muss
coal as he can to fill his needs. It
possible factories may have to use sn
thracite to keep going. and in that caa
we shall be worse off than last wintss
There were 95,56O tons of anthraciIs
coal reported in cars at tidewater yes
terday and 89,2S0 cars Of bituminoE
coal"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-13
Senate Again Favors
Higher Wheat Price
Guarantee Amendment Will Be
Vigorously Opposed in
the House

WASHINGTON. April 12.-In the con-
troversy over an increase of the gov
ernment minimum guarantee price for
wheat to $3.50 per bushel, the Senate
late to-day again recorded itself in
favor of the increase.
1t adopted the conference report on
the $26,000,000 agricultural appropria-
tion bill, and by viva voce vote in
sisted on retention of the amendment
increasing the wheat guarantee. The
question now awaits the vote of the
House.
Representative Lever, of South Caro-
lima, chairman of the House Agricult-
ural Committee, conferred with Presi-
dent Wilson late to-day, and said af-
terward the Senate amendment would
be vigorously opposed in the House.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-13

to decide the precise amount the estate
is worth.
The Kentucky tax and the $5,000,O00
bequeathed to Judge Robert W. Bing-
ham will cut a considerable slice from
the Flagler estate, and the heirs are
expected to fight the tax payment
After the size of the estate is deter
mined Kentucky will set about proving
Mrs. Bingham's legal residence was in
Kentucky when she died. point which,
it has been stated, though not officially,
the heirs were willing to concede.
The only property in Kentucky be-
longing to Mrs. Bingham at her death
consists of some jewelry, few sccuri-
ties and paper in the custody of the
Fidelity and Columbia Trust Company,
IN Louisville, stating that other securi-
ties existed elsewhere.
An echo of the appointment of the
Fidelity and Columbia Trust Company
and the Louisville Trust Company as
Joint administrators of the estate Of
Mrs. Bingham by Judge Greene, of JEFF
ferson County, KY, September 4, 1917,
and which order subsequently was set
aside by the Court of Appeals, was
heard when the Louisville Trust Com
pany filed suit against it's successful
rival for fee for the work done bv it
while acting as joint administrator of
the estate.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-13
1,500 Miners Reported F.,
ing Starvation in On.
West Virginia Field
Fuel Board Alarm.,
Appeal Made to Railroad 4,
ministration to Keep
Product Moving

WASHINGTON, April 12.-coa, 1t.
in many sections are beginnin. 4.' !.
close down because of car shortapss : ~ =
both reduced production and unemn,.s
ment have reached such seriou, ~
that fuel administration officials - y
alarmed. The situation has been n,...,
before the railroad admin.str.,,.s
with an urgent request for d,...
steps to keep the mines supplied MIN
cars.
In the Fairmount~ Clarksburg bitun,
nous fields, in West Virginia, the l,h,,
problem is giving officials the n,s
concern, Some 1900 miners ara -
ported in danger Of starvation q. q.
result of mines shutting down. We
An average Of approximately ssm
men have been idle daily in the ri. FL
mountaineering fields, according ~ !.
figures in the possession of the NJ.
tional Coal Association. In Iowa. mi.
nois, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and nm, ~,
tically every other bituminous M eml
producing State, slmllar condition |,
declared to exist. Miners are beeon'
ing dissatisfied, and a serious lom \
mine labor is threatened by In
miners going to other work.
While complete figures on car sho..
age and miners idle for the first Il,
weeks in April are not available. n.
ports show in one of the Pennsylyasi,
bituminous fields normally getting 9,
cars a day only 42S were received one
day last week, resulting in a loss Il
26,7O0 tons Of coal on that day.
In the Paramount district figures 70,
three days in April are declared to i.
a fair barometer of conditions ii All
mines on April 6. Of 1852 mines report
ing 81 were shot down for lack ot
cars, with 5,199 miners out of work Of
153 mines reporting April 9 SO mines
were closed for the same reason, with
$3.50 men idle and loss Of 47,SlO tou
Of coal.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-13

teenth Street and First Avenue, under
the general direction of T. Harry Knox
No charge is made and students will
be indicted into the Signal Corps when
called to the colors. The instruction
course has the approval of local draft
officials.
Recruiting yesterday continued ex-
cellent. Lieutenant Gardiner. in charge
of Marine Corps Headquarters, "a East
Twenty third Street, received seventy
two applications. This is the best days
work in many weeks, he announced.
Navy Headquarters reported seventy
six men for the regular service and
fifty-four enrolled in the Naval Re-
serve Force.
Sergeant Hill, assigned to recruiting
work at the regular army station,
Forty-second Street and Sixth Avenue,
announced the enlistment of fifty. This
station had enlisted 499 men for the
regular army between April and April
10
New-York tribune., 1918-04-13
Deputy Commissioner Wan
amaker Announces Or
ganization Completed
Ready for Any Duty
Lawyers, Doctors, Clerks and
Artisans in Service; Order
T.
Of Merit Established

With 1900 men enrolled, training
corps and an aviation section organ
lied and an order of merit-the
"Order Of Liberty ty'-establishe to re-
ward good work, Rodman Wanamake~,
Special Deputy Police Commissioner,
announced yesterday practically the
completion Of his task of building the
New York Police Reserve out of tho
moribund Home Defence League.
The new organization comprises pri-
vate citizens only, including lawyers,
doctors, judges, engineers, Office men,
clerks and artisans who cannot other
wise serve the country, and who have
enlisted under command of Inspector
John F. Dwyer for duty in any emer-
gency.
The police training corps is COM
ponent, though practically separate,
part of the new reserve, and was estab-
lished for the training for police work
of young men not subject to the draft.
Examination Is Rigid.
Applicants are subject to rigid ex-
animation by the police surgeon and
those who pass as physically fit are
obliged to attend evening classes until
proficient in the duties of policemen.
When the training course is completed
the candidates are to be mustered into
the Police Reserve.
ganization of the reserve soon after
his appointment as a special deputy by
Police Commissioner Richard Enright,
One of his first steps was to gather in
the 1000 members Of the old Home De-
fence League. AS the ranks grew he
marked out a regimen of military disci-
pline and then established the Order
of Liberty to reward those members
who display zeal and proficiency.
There are three degrees of this order
1t is to be awarded to those who quail
ify after six months training in the
reserve, under regulations which re-
quire high marks for attendance at
drill, proficiency in study, discipline
and small arms practice and service.
Mr.. Wanamaker has become so in
terested in the new organization that
he has underwritten it to the extent of
assuring the reservists proper uni
forms and equipment without waiting
for the necessary authority before the
municipality can appropriate the funds
to defray the expense.
Drilling in Armories
Eight hundred already have been
supplied with service pistols, and, di-
vided into thirteen commands, the en-
tire reserve has begun military drill in
armories.
The reserve aviation section suffered
blow from the recent War Depart
ment order which forbade any one not
connected with the national military
service to fly aeroplanes. But this has
discouraged neither Mr.. Wanamakcr
nor the 211 men enrolled in the flying
section.
He has ordered a large aeroplane
from the Curtiss worl:s, in Buffalo,
which, with a number of extra motors.
will be used to teach the men aero
mechanics.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-13
Would Safeguard Peace
That Must Be Won by
Allied Nations''
Big Army Advocated
Former President Urges Get
ting 100000 Men on
Western Front

ALBANY. April 12,-Tho New York
Legislature, after listening to stir
ring war speech by former President
Taft, to-day unanimously and enthusi-
astically adopted q resolution, declar-
ing that the state '1avors the entrance
Of the United States, after the war, into
league of nations to safeguard the
peace that must be by the joint
military forces of the Allied nations"
The resolution. in full follows:
Whereas, The most important task be-
fore the United States is to win the war;
and
Whereas, The war will not be won until
the peaceful development of all free peo-
pies is guaranteed by the strength of their
own will Therefore, be it
Resolved. By the Legislature of the State
of New York, both houses concurring. that
the State of New York pledges all its re-
sources to the vigorous prosecution of the
until PruSSan autocracy has been de-
feated and, be it further
Resolved, That the State of New York
favors the entrance of the United States,
after the war, into league of nations to
safeguard the peace that must be won by
the joint military forces of the Allied ma
tons and. be it further
Resolved, That certified copies of these
resolutions be sent by the Secretary of
State to the President and to the presiding
each of the Senators and Representatives
from New York.
Whitman Attends
Mr. Taft spoke before joint session
of the Legislature, which was attended
bv Governor Whitman and by crowd
that filled the Assembly chamber
The former President advocated that
the United States as soon as possible
put into the Western battle front an
army of from 100000 to 100000 men.
This probably would take two years or
more, he said.
"When we get our army of 100000
men abroad" he declared, "the victory
is won. Well occupy the centre of that
terrible battlefront. And We'll bear
the brunt Of the struggle, as we should,
after our allies have been fighting our
battles for the last three years.
81 have travelled about this country
great deal recently" Mr.. Taft con-
tinued, "and this one fact is uppermost
in my mind as result of my observa-
tions: The one big thing for which the
hearts of our people are yearning, the
one factor for which they are willing to
sacrifice all. is that when this war ends
in victory for our cause and the cause
of the Allies a repetition of this das-
tardly effort on the part of William
Hohenzollern and the Potsdam gang
will be impossible in the lifetime Of
this generation or of many generations
to come"
Mr.. Taft then asked the Legislature
for some concrete expression of ap-
proval of plan for league of nations
which would see to it that another
world war was an impossibility. The
adoption of the foregoing resolution,
offered by Chairman Sage of the Senate
Finance Committee, was the result.
Mr.. Taft spoke at two other meetings
to-day and tonight.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-13
Plans to Seize Licenses of
Vicious Resorts and of
Men With Records
To Invoke Excise Laws
Revenue Collector Investi-
gates Status of Climber
Merchant''

District Attorney Swami said last
night he had decided to arrest certain
proprietors of cafes and restaurants
where liquor is sold to determine
whether they cannot be deprived of their
licenses either when the proprietors
permit their places to become the rem
devious of vicious patrons after 1
o'clock in the morning.
Mr.. Swami announced his intention
after a conference with Thomas Glea-
son and William r. Dorman, Of counsel
to the State Excise Commission, and
John T. Mcneil, deputy commissioner.
To Enforce Excise Laws
"These gentlemen" said Mr.. Swami,
edo not believe that the present excise
laws can reach the crooked liquor
dealer. Their Interpretation of them
makes the laws spineless. believe the
excise laws have teeth in them.
maintain that no criminal should hold
a liquor license, and I believe that if
the evidence shows that the holder of
= license consorts with criminals and
permits his place to be the hangout of
crooks. as many of the places which we
the courts will construe the law so as
to deprive that dealer of his license"
Mr.. Swami said Messrs. Gleason,
Dorman and Mcneil assured him Of
their desire to work with him in 60
ing after Objectionable places, but
they didn't see how they could MAKE
the laws apply.
"Their attitude is going to throw a
heavy burden on the District Attor-
neys Office, because we shall be
obliged to proceed Independently" said
Mr.. Swami. "By that l mean that we
shall cause the arrest of a number OF
these fellows and try them in the
Court of Special Sessions. l had
hoped that the Liquor Dealers Asso-
ciation would take some action. 1t
would be for their interest to do so,
but apparently they don't care fig
about such conditions"
Mr.. Swami cited the case of cafe
proprietor in Forty-eighth Street, near
Seventh Avenue, who has been arrest
ed twelve times and convicted three
times of various msdemeanors under
various aliases. When his place was
entered Sunday morning six women
with vicious records were taken from
the place, along with more than a
dozen men of the underworld.
"This man furnished bail for Joe
Galupo, the alibi witness for Morris
Rothenberg, who is under indictment
for the murder of Harry Cohen, the
gambler. He has also furnished bail
for one or two other witnesses in that
New-York tribune., 1918-04-13
DEATHS

MORRIS ASuddenly. on Thursday, April L.
Frederick, beloved husband Of EagEs
Morris and father of Lloyd r. Morris ~
neral at convenience of family.
MORRISON-On April 10, 1918, EissbA
widow of the late James Morrison at
residence, 201 West 102d st. Funeral o
Saturday at 9:45 a. m. Requiem mas 81
the Church OF the Ascension, West luia
ST., at 10 a. m. Interment Calvary CsEs
terry.
INVERSION April 10, 1918. Lafayette =
loved husband of Fannie A. Myers ~
neral private. at his late residence. =
Lenox Road. Flatbush. Saturday, Apn q. 4 \
at p. M. Interment Greenwood. Anaa
omit flowers.
Bertha Heineman, beloved si!se1
Louis Nelson, mother of Lucille ano ~
cline. Funeral from her late residence
West Seth ST.. Sunday, April II, =
a. m.
NELSON-Sara c.. widow of Daniel a,S " ~ y.
son. passed away on April 10, isle. - :.
neral service at l21 West 18th sy
Saturday. April 13, at p m. ln's'H''
Woodlawn.
PATTEN-On Thursday. April H. 'e ~
Perry Patten, beloved wife OF T. ;,.rs -
Patten. Funeral services at the fesnAs
of her sister. Mrs. George II. Iayio, q
II
Saturday at . p. m. lnterment pfe'~
RAMM-April 10, Alice. aged IS. fusea
services Saturday evening. s;SV oc'~.
SEABURY-N. Haley. suddenly, in .,.ss mS
ington. D. c. Funeral services sss;s.us Ss;a
April 13. 8 p. m, at his iats i~ J,.c
126 Fort Greene Place. Brooklyn ~"
ment Sunday, Mystic. Conn. -,
SILBERBERG-Bcll wife of the a;e s..
Silberberg and dearly beloved noaS
Mrs. Maude Goldberg. Funeral iIg%
late residence, 2SS0 Broadway, Su'''''
10 Il. m. -,
SMIDT-On April 10. Mrs. Grace 1ee,y 1ee v
daughter of the late William HEM!
Louisa Northam Lee Funeral SER en n',bs
her late residence, $50 Park av, wv"
Monday morning. April 10. ,..sx
THOMPSON-On April II. Ezra fSns rnsss
Thompson, in his Goth year. % ~
private. at his late residence. 'xnH
Locust ST.. Flushing. Long lsiana.
omit flowers .rs
TROWBRIDGE-On April II: Chass%s. Chss:ss..
Tiffany, widow of Miner lro~ppaotlp prootlp
her residence. S34 President ST. NV
Funeral private. ~
WADEWITZ-April II. 1918: koIn ;., Sc
band of the late Helene wsaeTW.t ,sn Ws.t ~ :
vices at his late residence. 4-V
St. April II. at 10 a. m .,-...hs
WHITE-On April 10. at Upper A,sx AS.a,sx
N. j.. Jean r. White. younssr,s' Whts
of the late Rufus and Helen D. snou k
Newark. N. j. Funeral service vss;asy sve sise
home. All Valley Road. on rI'ss Ss
noon. at 3: 80 o'clock. Burial IS
Hollow Cemetery. Tarrytown'
the convenience of the family lsSN
WITHIN Katharine S. Suddenly, Ss,oysa ~ y
8. Katharine Sheldon Within. os' trus
of Arthur F. Within. Funer"s os
home Friday. April II. AZ
Please do not send flowers. "a. ~
WORTH-On April .. 1915 Hs;s screesvt
Worth. Interment private ~
Cemetery.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-13
Abolition of Bars
In Hotels Predicted
Hotel Association Urges Sale
of Only Light Wines
and Beer

CHICAGO, April 12. - Abolition Of
the bars in all hotels in the United
States and Canada was forecast in an
announcement to-day by the executive
council of the American Hotel Associ-
alton.
Declaring that the interests of the
kotel business are paramount to those
OF the saloon, the council advocated
that the sale Of liquor be confined to
light wines and beer.
This would mean the closing Of all
barrooms run in connection with hotels
and ban on the sale of whiskey, gin
and other strong drinks, according. to
j. X. Blatchford, of Chicago, member
of the council.
"The hotel men stand solidly behind
any movement that has for it's object
nationwide moderation in the use of
ALCOHOLIC beverages" the announcement
reads. "The council is of the opinion
that the sale of beer and light wines
in hotels can be modified so that the
use of beer and light wines may be
permitted to be served under such
regulations as will best meet the mod
crate wishes and demands of patrons"