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New-York tribune., 1918-01-08
Hospitals Filled With 4.
Victims of Slippery
Streets
500 Ambulance Call.
Health Officials Fear Pn..
rnonia Death Rate Win
Jump

Two men fell on the ice.cor.
streets Of Brooklyn yesterday and ~.
killed. Another skipped and tunN.,
at Elm Park, Staten Island, and H.
Of apop,exy. 4 fourth was kill.a !.
jersey City by a fall. while huna,.a
OF persons sustained injuries. a ~
probably fatal.
Hospitals were still filed lac, ~.
with the victims Of meteorolo,;..'
condition unusual. if not new :.
weathe}f- beaten New York-a asu,..
cooled rain, which spread a film ;.
frosting IS slippery as q skating -.
over tne streets and Kept it there u,s
the mercury climbed over the free,,,
point, for the first time in two week
yesterday afternoon.
Weather Bureau officials exula;,.
yesterday that a "super-cooled rain
is a rain reduced TO a Temperature !.
low the freezing point, but which ],
fuses to freeze until jolted by imn,a
with hard surfaces
From midnight until Yesterday =.
ternoon ashes, which the Street Cls..
ing Department had been unable :.
remove since the zero weather bey,,
supplied the only safe footing T..
ftounderlng pedestrians. and the orh
tractive power for motor yehir.
which previously, when once stars.
could not stop until they hit soma
thing.
Rapid transit during the norm,
hours, except in the weather proof SAL
ways, was a myth. The elevated lima
ever Brooklyn Bridge We're suspends
ior seven hours. while surface cars i
Brooklyn were stalled as ice accuns.
lated on the overhead trolley wires.
The thaw OF yesterday afternu,
caused wave of gloom among of6cal,
Of the Health Department, who h..
just announced that owing 10 the dr
quality of the cold the pneumonia deal
rate had been reduced. They said tks,
the number Of fatalities from Saturdsy
to yesterday at noon was seventy.
seven, compared to eighty nine forr'
same period last week. But witht,
appearance Of slush they predictees
At the same time nursing servs
reported that the increase of pnea
monia cases had caused various hos
pitfalls to call for extra help. Miss Lii
liam D. Valid. head of the Henry Stree
/ Settlement, which maintains a nursln,
service, reported that from one iis
trict alone seventeen calls for nuss,
had been received during the day, an
that twelve of these were for pusu
monia cases.
There were nearly five hundred ar
bulance calls for persons injured i
falls on the streets of the city
Fireman James Casey. whose skul
was fractured when the tender of E,
gine 2o2 hit a trolley car, died later
the Brooklyn Hospital
Solomon Gottlieb, sixty-four year
old, Of 10 Sutter Avenue, Brownsvill
fell backward while crossing stree
near his home. His head struck s.
iron post and he was dead when piess
up.
Joseph Fitzsimmons, of 327 Mon
gomery Street, Jersey City, met deaf
in similar fashion.
August Schwerttfeger, seventy.fog
years old, Of II Clymer Street. Brooi
lyn, fell on the icy streets of Elm Par
Staten Island, and died from resul.ar
apoplexy.
Jacob Lipschitz. daughtsman, D
115 Ellery Street, Williamsburg, va
found lying on the sidewalk near hi
home at daybreak yesterday. His skg
was fractured.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-08
Chicago Blizzard
Cuts Food Supply
Milk and Produce Entirely
Stopped; Cattle Receipts
Greatly Reduced

CHICAGO, Jan. 7.-Twenty- four hous
after abatement of the unpreceden:sd
Sunday blizzard Chicago's streets were
still badly impeded. Traffic for the
most part was confined TO the paths
made by streetcars in their uncertain
progress through canyons of SNOW
heaped and drifted on either side
The wind, which blew from forty 10
sixty miles an hour curing twenty.
four hours, abated al , o'clock this
morning. The storm was most se7e's
IN Central and Northern Illinois, p''
1t covered Southern Michigan, Wlscoa'
sin and parts Of Iowa, Northern lna''
ana and Northern Ohio. The Weaths'
Bureau characterized the preciplta,t,ol'
l4.S inches, as the heaviest snowfall Oh
record for a single storm.
BY Offering bonuses TIE city obtslner
1900 laborers for the street Ciean'as
Department.; but. although prlVss.
firms lent men and carts, the shes
piles had not greatly decreased ~ .,
niehtfall. Many an automobile stare
last night, remained fast tonight -
The demands Tor help had Ear oulnuD, =,
bcred the wrecking crews available .
garages and livery stables.
70 milk trains arrived, ard II Ns'
a question, if they DO in the nlsas
whether the wagons Will be ape !.
make deliveries in the morning. New.
paper deliveries were curtalled pFo''
bly, % to so per cent, and one psp'
abandoned an edition tnis Afternoon
New-York tribune., 1918-01-08
Vice-Admiral Sims
Denies Drink Charge,
Calls Story an Insult

LONDON, Jan. much indignation
has been caused among American army
and navy officials and other Americans
IN London because Of reports circu-
lated in the United States that Amerj-
can soldiers and sailors in Europe we're
drinking to excess. This indignation
has been intensified by charge made
in his sermon at the City Temple Sun
day by the Rev. DR.. Joseph Fort New
ton, of Iowa. of drunkenness among
American soldiers in England. when
| see American boys staggering in the
street, drunk. hate London" was one
of the utterances of DR.. Newton.
admiral William S. Sims, COM
mander of the American naval forces,
and Colonel S. L. II. Slocum, military
attache of the American Embassy in
London. to-day declared that the
charges Of drunkennt IS were false and
that they also were a reflection on the
American forces as we'll as an insult 70
Great Britain. Admiral Sims said there
never was a time in American history
when there was so little drunkenness
among the American fighting forces.
He had been here for eight months, he
said, and had visited the American flo
tilla base and various cities in England
and on the French front, and never had
seen a drunken American soldier or
sailor, and no case of drunkenness in
the navy had been called to his atten-
ton.
"The Americans did not come to
Europe to get drunk" Admiral Sims
continued. "This war is serious
business with them. AS far as the
navy is concerned, the young men who
arc hunting for submarines realize
that they must have all their wits
about them. Besides, there is a fine
feeling of honor among them. They
to aid their country; they are here to
make record"
Colonel Slocum also declared that he
mad never seen a drunken American
fighting man on this side of the water
Walter Hines Page, the American Am
bassador, and the secretaries of the
embassy, the American Consul General
end the officials of the consulate all
made similar assertions-thatt they had
never observed an intoxicated Ameri-
can soldier or sailor in the streets of
London or anywhere else in this
country.
The Rev DR.. Newton in statement
to-day said that he was called recently
to Eagle Hut, the Young Mems Chris
tian Association headquarters, and that
there were three American soldiarc
there who were so intoxicated that
they could not take off their clothes
and go to bed. One of these men, he
added had been baptized by him years
ago.
An investigation to-day showed that
it was the general opinion that any
drunkenness on this side of American
soldiers and sailors is confined to a
few isolated cases and that Dr. New
tons remarks are deprecated by Brit
ish officials.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-08
Methodist Charges
Denied by Fosdick;
Demands Verifcafion

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-When the
attack made by the Methodist Board Of
Temperance on the American soldiers
in France was called to-day to the at.
tention of Raymond B. Fosdick, chair
Activities, he gave out copy of let
ter which he had sent to the editor of
"The Clip Sheet" which says:
MY Dear Mr.. Pickett:
II have just seen The Clip Sheet is
sued December Is. 1917, by your or
ganization, in which you comment upon
my attitude toward the alcohol ques-
ton in relation to the army. l feel
that you do me grave injustice. I
never made any statement to Mrs
Elizabeth Tilton or to any one selse
such as you impute to me- | have
lever said that alcohol up to % per
cent was harmless, nor have l ever ad-
vocated that soldiers should be free to
drink anything containing less than %
per cent.
From the week that war was de-
clared the Commission On Training
Camp Activities has been actively en-
gagged in protecting the troops in the
training camps of this country from
demoralizing influences of all sorts.
Since the passage of the special super
vision of the enforcement of Sections
II and 13, relating to alcohol and pros.
titution, and | am confident that the
campaign which we have conducted
against bootleggers and undesirable
characters has had a material effect
upon the problem Of maintaining the
morals of the troops"
MAY | be pardoned in suggesting
to you the advisability OF verifying
the reported opinions Of citizens and
others before giving them such wide
publicity as your Clip Sheet guaran-
tees? Sincerely yours,
"RAYMOND B. FOSDICK,
"Chairman
Full responsibility for the pub
lication of charges Of drunkenness
was assumed here tonight BY Deets
Pickett. secretary of the Board of TEN
perance of the Meth odist Episcopal
Church. He said letters received from
American relief workers and Y. NJ C..
A. workers in France were his author
ity for the published Statements
He declined to make a retraction Of
the charges made against Raymond
Is. Fosdck, chairman of the Army Com
mttee on Training Camp Activities.
/ and declared that the letter Of denial
, from Mr.. Fosdck was printed in a
subsequent clip Sheet" of the board
cas- d matter of fairness"
Mr. Pickett explained in detail how
the publication of the charges came
about, frankly admitting that the pur-
pose Of the "expose" was to procure
the attention Of influential men who
would bring pressure to bear upon the
authorities to bring about prohibition
among the troops abroad.
Pickett said:
Saw Secretary Baker
During the month of October or No
rember | was a member of a large
committee OF temperance workers who
New-York tribune., 1918-01-08
Makes Statement After
Conference With State
and National Chiefs
Straight Ticket
Wanted, He Declares
Opponents Ready to Enter
Next Falls Primaries
Against the Governor

William NJ. Bennett. former State
Senator. who carried the Republican
primaries last fall against Mayor John
P. Mitchell. within the last few days
mas been in Albany and in Washington
and has been in touch with Republican
leaders both of the state and nation.
Senator Bennett, at his office, Is Will
lam Street. yesterday made the fol-
lowing statement to a representative
Of The Tribune:
CAS- result of this conference with
national and state leaders l can now
state that there Will be candidate
against Mr.. Whitman at the primary
next September, and the present state
Of feeling is that unless the candidates
for other state Offices come out against
Mr.. Whitman there Will be a complete
New-York tribune., 1918-01-08

workers, many officers and others,
however, who were familiar with con-
ditions at the front and in billets, and
no one mentioned drinking or imm oral
ty among the men as one Of the great
problems to De solved.
"Werc conditions anything like I am
told these Methodist Church statements
would lead readers to believe, am
sure | should have heard of them. NV
personal opinion is that the statements
are wrong. There Is some drinking, Of
course, and have been told that alto
gethor some sixty-four American Off
GERS have been sent home for over
indul rence"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-08
Long Island City Dark
Fire in Power Plant Also Puts
Out Lights in Nearby Towns

Firc which followed a short-c;rcnit
in the lighting switchboard in the
building OF the New York and Queens
Electric Light and Power COMPANY
Long Island City, last night, dimmed
the street lights of Long Island CIV
Newtown, Flushing and Jamaica for
more than an hour. All house LIGHTS
were out for ten minutes.
Inc short-c'rcuit occurred at D. m
flames took hold upon the interior Of
the building and caused $4,000 dam.
age 10 the structure itself before thev
were eAtinguished
New-York tribune., 1918-01-08
Bishop Indorses Motive
But Not Language of
Charges Against Army

Bishop Luther 3. Wilson. resident
Bishop in New York Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, said yesterday that
he did not necessarily indorse the lam
guagc, but he did indorse the motives
which prompted the Board of Temper
ance, Prohibition and Public Morals of
his church to make fight against the
New-York tribune., 1918-01-08
Water in the
Brooklyn Subway
Halts Tube Traffic
Firemen Use Pumps and ~
to Locate Mysterious
Leak

Water which poured suddenly Nv.
an unknown source into the lntei.'.
ough tube, at Willow Place, Broom; =.
shortly after midnight, tied up ''s~
to and from this point for tor'y''
minutes.
The pumps then made sufficient ~. II
way to clear the third rail, but ~ q,
the water rose again and tied up his
trains until 1910. At : ocioeA r;ns,
morning the pumps were stu w1lI u,coI.
and the Water Department OF m
lyn was trying to locate the lear
New-York tribune., 1918-01-08

under which 500 cars Of coal were
being rushed through New York daily
to Boston and points north. while this
city found its fuel as best it could.
Schley Protests System
"1t's one of the most vicious priority
orders | have found yet" said Reeve
Schey. county fuel administrator.
He Immediately went into conference
with Harry T. Peters, chairman Of the
Fuel Conservation Committee of New
York City, and the wires to Washington
soon were hot with vigorous demands
for the resembling Of the order favoring
New England.
Meanwhile, somebody discovered the
three barges in the lower North River.
Just where the orders came from that
resulted in their release from the ice
and the rihing of their coal holds. no
body will admit. All that is admitted
is that if they continue on to Boston
they will be empty on their arrival
there.
Mayor Hylan spent much Of his Of
fetal working day endeavoring TO find
solution OF the problem. During the
afternoon he announced that Penn
syivania business man had offered 70
sell him 100000 tons Of coal, which he
said he had on hand, in the event that
the Mayor could find means Of trans
porting it to New York.
Local fuel administrators were re-
luctant to believe that anybody in
Pennsylvania possessed 100000 tons Of
coal-abovc ground, at any rate-but
agreed to assist in every way in the
quest for cars and railroad facilities to
get the coal INTO New York.
That the Mayor hopes to be given
authority to commander fuel and sell
it at reasonable rates 20 the city's poor
was made evident by letter he for
warded to Corporation Counsel William
f. Burr, in which he asked that Of
fetal to name an assistant to confer
with the committee Of commissioners
and State Senator Wagner, "particu-
larly with respect to any needed legis-
lation to be introduced at Albany to
meet the fuel situation"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-08

under which 500 cars of coal were
being rushed through New York daily
to Boston and points north. while this
city found its fuel as best it could.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-08
Saw Secretary Baker

During the month of October or No.
rember | was member of a large
committee of temperance workers who
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-05-10
p s& IS IS Is IS IS I.
NOT HURT YET

"These Drives come pretty often,
and the people can't stand this pace
very long," is the substance of re-
mark overheard by the writer recent
ly. Why Bless your Soul, this war, so
far as the folks back home are con-
cerned, hasn't commenced to hurt
yet. True, mothers and fathers
whose boys have already given their
lives in the conflict. are bowed down
with grief. and thousands of other
mothers and fathers, we know not
how many, must make the supreme
sacrifice before the struggle is over.
But so far as dollars and cents are
concerned, and so far as the personal
comfort of the folks at home are
concerned, the United States does
not know yet that it is in war. Not
until you and | are deprived of some
Of the comforts and necessities of
life, will it hurt. No one of us has
yet gone hungry, on account of the
war; No one of us has gone without
clothing enough to make us comfort
able, on account of the war. The time
may come, and probably will, before
the end of the struggle, when the
sacrifice we must make will hurt;
but that time is not yet here, and
will not come until we are deprived
of all the Injuries. many of the COM
forts and some of the necessities
that are now ours.
No! The sentiment expressed by
the speaker Is not true. He
mistaken in his conclusion. The
people of this United States will give
and continue to give more and more
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FOR STATE SENATOR

Iwish to announce to the voters of
Allegan and Van Buren, Counties
that l am a candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for State Sena-
tor for the eighth district.
This being an agricultural district,
the man who tolls, the worker, the
farmer, should have representation.
My family were the oldest farmers
in Van Buren, County, coming here
ninety years ago. The farm they
located on then is still in the family.
live on a farm, so know farm con-
ditions and should be qualified to
Judge the legislative needs of an
agricultural district.
/ thank you for your support.
Raymond c. Morris
Keller, Mich.
paid Political Advertising) 14t2.
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To the electors of Van Buren, County:
| am a candidate for denomination
as Representative, subject to the Re-
publican primaries on August 9th,
1913.
The considerations that influence
me in seeking this honor third time
are:
1st. Frequent urging by repre-
sentative citizens about the county.
End. That by reason of experience
in the House two terms l can be of
greater use to my constituency dur
walls and is applied on your Board of
Supervisors; when you put a good
man on the Board, you retain him,
and he becomes more valuable each
year
3rd. Having served the last ses-
sion as Speaker Pro Tenn, / have
reason to believe, if returned. that |
will be elected Speaker of the 1919
House. This would be an exceptional
honor to our county, as well as my
self.
4th. My earnest desire to see the
Federal Prohibition Amendment rati-
fed by the next Legislature.
5th. We are at War. The 1917
Legislature played an important part
in the Preparedness Program. 1t is
not wise to change that program nor
interfere with the harmony of the
membership so prevalent in the last
session.
9Th. MY record of two sessions:
Member of Committees on Jurisdict-
ion, Railroads, Elections, Village Cor
porations, Liquor Traffic, and State
Public School-Chairman of Commit
tees on Liquor Traffic and Village Cor
porations.
Introduced and put through many
laws now in force and of interest to
my people; among them were:
Manual (Red Book Law-will
save the State quarter of a million
dollars in the next ten years.
The Nonresident Fish License law.
The South Haven Armory Law.
The Township Ferret Option law.
Law abolishing the Food and Dairy
Department. and creating the Food
and Drug Department, and placing
with that department the enforce
ment of all the new Prohibition Laws
Law extending closed season on
certain Fur-bearing animals.
Repealed two local fishing laws,
one effecting Decatur and Hamilton,
the other effecting Almena and eight
other townships.
Joint author Of the following new
Laws:
All the new Prohibition Laws.
Continued on Page S
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...GHforiaL..
FOLLOWED MEMORIES
n p Is Is Is IS IS p

Mothers Day means more this
year than ever before. The signi-
fiance of the day should make a
strong appeal this year to every
man woman and child in the land.
About the dearest word in the Eng
lish language is Mother" and the
sweetest and most precious memories
that will linger in the human mind
as long as there is life, are of
Mother" Mothers life is a contin-
ual sacrifice. From the very day
when she becomes cognizant of the
fact that her dreams are to be real
ized until the very end Of the jour-
ney, Mothers life is loving sacri-
fee and loyal devotion to duty. To-
day, when our country is engaged in
one of the greatest wars the world
has ever known. the Mothers of our
country are giving freely of their
time, energy and ability in every
kind of war service, but greater than
all this, the Mothers are bravely
and heroicly giving up their sons in
the cause of Liberty and justice.
The Mothers of today have no create
er devotion to duty, than the Mothers
who have gone before; They are max
ing no greater sacrifice than the
Mothers in days gone by. 1t was
ever thus. Where the sacrifice is
greatest, and the duty hardest,
there's where Mother is the strong
est.
So next Sunday, then, let our
thoughts turn to Mother. Let US
wear a carnation for her throughout
the day-a red one if she is living,
and white one if her labors on
earth are ended Let our minds
wander back to childhood days, and
review some of the precious memoir
les of that dear, patient. devoted
soul. Let us cherish her memory,
and in the name of all that she has
meant to us in the days that have
gone, let us resolve to allow no
opportunity to pass to do some kind
deed, or drop a cheerful word for
some ones Mother. Let those who
wear a red carnation next Sunday,
resolve that Mothers remaining days
shall be radiant with the sunshine of
love and happiness.
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as necessity may require. They can
and will stand it, to the bitter end,
no matter what sacrifice it may
require. The folks back home will
be just as loyal and just as brave and
patriotic as the brave boys who are
doing their stern and heroic duty at
the front. To obey orders is one of
the first and most important duties
to be impressed upon soldier.
Soldiers in the civilian ranks are fast
learning that this item of discipline
is no less important in the civilian
ranks than it is in the military ranks.
Soldiers worthy of the title are obey
ing orders.
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a Liberty Bond of fifty dollars, the
second premium Of twenty-five dollars
in thrift stamps by r.. c. Morris and
two other premiums in thrift stamps
to the members of the club who
make the best records. and exhibit
their sows and pigs at the county
fair next fall.
Hoover says "hogs are better than
shells to win the war;" Write for
particulars now to
Raymond C. Morris
Hartford Michigan.
(advertising)
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Is Is q M IS Is "a Is

Edwy C. Reid of the Allegan
Gazette, celebrated his fiftieth an
niversary of service as a printer last
Friday. AS Mr.. Reid expressed it,
eve donned the leather apron we
wore that first day in 1866, and which
we have affectionately preserved, ex-
amined the proof sheets of the first
type set and the first bit of job print
ing we ever did. and were happy in
the congratulations of many friends"
The True Northerner joins the friends
in congratulations to Brother Reid
on this remarkable record, and hopes
that he may continue to WELD the pen
for another half century.