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New-York tribune., 1918-03-21

The largest -pachydermc unit in
the Biggest, Most Bewildering Array
of Notwithstanding Features and
Sensations Ever Assembled in Circus
History-the same being Jack Wilson,
620 pounds net f. o. b. Chicago
planted himself on few chairs in the
lobby of Madison Square Garden at
noon yesterday and entered upon n
long period of frctful waiting.
"That dam Eddie, now," he wheezed,
from time to time. "Always talkin'
about me bein' late-and now where's
he?"
After couple Of hours a note of
anxiety crept into the fat mans )
lament. He sought comfort from one
who shared vigil, man from The
Tribune Lost and Found Department,
who was waiting to see if Harry Sta
ton, the eminent publicist who plays
Mary to Messrs. 3arnum & Bailey's
lamb, knew anything about certain
Stctson mislaid in the furry and one
thing or another attending the circus 5
departure last year.
"You don't suppose that dam Ed
dies gone and walked on subway
grating. like I told him not to, and
slipped through and got killed, do
you?" demanded Mr. Wilson. "You'd
think he'd have sense enough to keep
off'n windy corners, wouldn't you
Seven years the little skeezicks has
been my side partner in the show bust
ness, and"-
Skeleton Dude Appears
And then the middle Madison Avenue
door opened about an inch and half
and in through the crack blew Eddi.
Masher. They bill Eddie as "The Skel
eton Dude" and he works in long
hipped, form-htting a la Spirite dres
suit-but, p-shaw, that's just show stuff
You'd never guess there was only thirty
eight pounds inside his street clothes
And as for the dudish part, we'll, it,
only in the sidcshow that Eddie, peer
less attraction that he is, figures tina
clothes make the man. In the par
outside the Garden you could hav
picked up dozen men in fossier get
, ups sitting on the benches and won
dering when the government woul,
make it really worth while to go t.
work in the shipyards.
But Jack Wilson's experienced eye
saw beneath the shoddy, saw merit, i'm
: provement
"You're lookin' swell, Eddie" he in
sisted, after the clinch and breakawaS
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Senator George r. Thompson took
the floor for the drys. He said he had
no love for the anti-Saloon League.
"This is party question:" he went
on. "The final vote will show that the
action is controlled by the minority
assisted by minority of the majority.
This is the problem of the Republican
party. The Democratic party was
always the whiskey party and it is to-
day. The only question isis this
right or is it wrong? And the Repub
lican party is going to solve the ques-
ton right
Democrats Protest
Half dozen Democrats were on
their feet in an instant protesting that
the Democratic party was not and is
not whiskey party.
Senator Hill joined with Senator
Thompson in declaring it was party
question. He said ratification was the
best piece of legislation the Republican
party could enact.
at has been sneeringly remarked by
my Tammany friends and Others" he
said, "that Governor Whitman is for
prohibition because he has Presidential
| ambitions, and that he thought he
might enhance his chances by advocat-
admit it is an issue big enough fol
Presidential aspirations"
Senator Theodore Douglas Robinson
Of Herkimer, said he was for ratifica.
ton, and that it should be settled once
and for all by this Legislature.
Senator George B. Whitney, Repub
lcan. of Saratoga, closed the debate fol
the drys, with a speech bristling will
| sarcasm.
| III know the cards are stacked agains
US and that the motion will not pre-
vail" he said.
Senator Brown said that what h,
hated was the hypocrisy of some pro
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21
Check Drags Club
Women to Court
Federation Involved in Mix
I'D Over Recording Gift
to College

For the first time in its history the
Nov, York City. Federation Of Womens
Clubs Yesterday was a party to court
action, and "scrap of paper" IN the
enise of check for 5000 was the
agency provoking the proceedings.
Last October a'friend of the organi-
zation gave to DR.. Cornelia brant,
dean Of the New York Medical College
and Hospital for Women, a check for
that amount for a medical students
scholarship The gift was in the name
OF the federation.
During the hearing yesterday 1t was
brought out that DR.. Brant, as the
plaintiff, had been asked to turn the
check over to the federation tenn
porarily so that it could be recorded
properly in the accounts. DR.. Brant
had turned the check over to the col
lege, but sent one drawn on her own
account, she said. Later she received
check for $3.50 from the federation
with the promise Of the additional $40
upon receipt Of a voucher showing the
money had been properly applied.
This caused DR.. Brant to bring suit
despite efforts by DR.. Walter Gray
Crump and William II. Dicffenbach, Of
the college staff, to effect settlement
When the latter told the court DR.
Brant had promised to settle, the.
were corrobcrated by Mrs. John Fran
cis Yawger, president of the federation
DR.. Brant, however, denied their tcsti
mony.
Judge Bogenschutz. Of the I'd Distric
Court, Marcy and Gates Avenues
Brooklyn, before whom the suit wa
heard, reserved decision.
The board of directors Of the fedora
ton, which boasts membership 0
about 10000 women, are opposed b
some members Of the organization
Last Tuesday group Of about doze
Brooklyn members demanded that tn
L.. l-1 y
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21
$1,000,000 Added
oCity's Revenue
By Boylan Bills
Measures Would Relieve
Tax Burden on
Realty
By BRIGGS
[Staf Correspondence


ALBANY, March 90 Measures
which it is estimated would add ap-
proximately S1,O0O,O00 to the revenues
of the City of New York from personal
property tax, and relieve to some ex-
tent the tax burden on New York City
realty, were introduced to-day by Sem
ator John j. Boylan and Assemblyman
F. A Wells. The bills were brought to
the Capitol by Jacob A. Canter, presi-
dent Of the Municipal Tax Commission,
and are said to have the Endorsement Of
the Hylan administration.
The plan contemplated takes the
place of tax measures which were in
troduced early in the session as part
of the Hylan programme, but which
were afterward repudiated by Mayor
Hylan. One Of these proposed to limit
the tax rate on real estate in New York
City to 171a mills. This, it was de-
clared, would greatly limit the reve-
nues Of the city.
One of the bills introduced to-day
would make surplus profits and reserve
funds Of corporations subject to taxa
ton. This bill also provides for what
virtually amounts to double taxation
on shares Of stock owned by one cor
poratlon in another, even though tn,
latter corporation was taxed on its cap
ital stock.
The Tax Department will have powe
under another of the Boylan bills t.
assess the tangible personal propert
OF any resident of the state in ever
tax district where such property owne,
or held by him is located, as though h
hved IN the district. This, it is esti
ma.ed, Will add greatly to the revenue
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21
Liquor Tax for lYI :,
Totals $110,OOO,OV W

WASHINGTON, March 2oT.l'ss s,,; :;
tax on alcoholic beverages si1 u ~ ssosr.z
of dealeraon October a, IVY, s I,,,al
to S110,0O0,0Oo, the Bureau o.. 2. III
Revenue announced ton Iensh IL ST,
amount exceeded the est'Fls's'
100000. ,,o,s ..iil
The collections include, nn .s.s. + 4
$500,O0G in penalties ana ~ ;s,ss''
100000 in taxes assessed ~ .. u,rs'
revenue officers on goods ths. e., ~.
reported by liquor dealers 'yI II ss gs
ment. More than 5000 casss ,.yasls
evasion were reported by ln.s1s,ss . III
officers. and it is from ,asss ssssssess,9
penalties and additional as;ors sSs
come. Many of these eyass ~ igas
technical, and were due !"
of the law or carelessness. heF
In the majority of case cases 'ttsu IN
where the evidence showeds a. ii l,s 4
a a"les clear at attempt to evads ttssrsI the i
offenders were dealt win . 500 900 D. 3
penalty in such cases aaa Is ii llisbiSf
addition to the tax anu
criminal prosecution.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21
Suspected a Bit O Camoufiage

Eddie Masher bluShed.
Suspected a Bit o Camoufage
CAV, quit" he said. "But you're in
great shape, Jack. If you amt put on
ten or fifteen pounds over the winter
you're paddin'"
much '' pleased. ease ssix hundred and twen,
ty this morning. Now, run off and get
us room-on the ground floor, and
not more than block from the Garden,
mind"
And Baby Jack settled down again
into his chairs.
"Seven years ago | met him out at
Riverview Park, in Chicago" he said,
his eyes following the retreating silver.
"Just breaking in the business, he was,
but the boy had talent from the start.
1t amt only that he manages to eat
like a horse and still keep under forty
pounds, but he goes big with the crowd.
"We've been together every season
since. Last summer we was out at
Coney Island. You see, Mr.. Gumperts,
who runs the Dreamland Circus side
show on Surf Avenoo. keeps pretty
thick with the big show; He was short
fat man and skeleton last year
and me and Eddie was drafted. There
wasn't nothin' to it. This year we're
on the job with B. & B. early. There's
nothin' to the Coney Island stuff. Peo
pie is in so much Of hurry that they
don't appreciate good, scientific at
traction"
Preparing for the Circus
When Jack Wilson waddlcd ava,
toward the room that Eddie finall,
found for him, Juggling along a littl'
satchel that couldn't possibly have helt
complete change of clothing bull
to his scale, two gangs of workers wer
, busy in the Garden. One was fasten
ing the long drops and the short drop
and other aerial apparatus to the over
head girders, the other preparing tn
floor for the athletic carnival, whicl
was to be the last Garden feature be
fore the advent of the big show.
The show started down from winte
quarters at Bridgeport, Conn.,, las
night and began unloading at Noun
t Vernon early this morning. BY tn
middle of the forenoon the Garde
: flooring will have been torn up an
tanbark laid in its stead, and then re
hearsing will start and continue da
l and night until the grand openin
, Monday.
After that the circus season will b
S in full swing, with everything that wa
: popular in former years and lot Q
new stunts besides. Only in one wa
= will the war intrude. Peanuts are t
. be ten cents bag!
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21
What Is Going On To-day

5SiHai11As 6NE MEAh S1iEAr1nss SHihH
raj History. Metropolitan Museum Of Art Amerl-
-, can Museum Of Safety and the AQUARIUM.
Meeting and lunch Of the National Industrial Con-
ference Board Il Hotel s.aA Astor 10 ..,,,o l. m ,. ,
the Cur at the lunch Of the Rotary Club Of
Meeting Ssm f9as of The sp ps M'1R cn d 9 Nsw Yprk Hotel
Meeting , Of tho National Society of New England
Meeting @ans of "to' the Vest s'Fs End wonen Republican
.a,..l cub Ho,sl tel Asos asms: p craos. N ,,,..
Court, sS csp,an Adams s''GH 3 ~
ana Sergeant Ruth Farnqm before the Portia
Addresses by Mss f. Marsucrte Iindicy on The
Food Administraton. rs Purpose snd 1satlenins "
Daughters Of Empire State. Waldorf Astoria. 8
q sy he rrGs sa & hHa Ms Of Pp ra2 hs E
This Country lecture hall. Academy Of Music.
Ads,s sIessyn 5y w,Fi,am Fl m prenaerS.s, on What 7,
Operated Jetorc the women.s Municipal League,
Address s' By oven Johnson on on The Ideal @, Ma
toaasa before re American Academy e Of Arts
join, le meeting < OF tho 1nterbooush Teachers League
for National Service and the Interborough As
sociation OF Women Teachers. auditorium, Wana-
uo,Ins %,ke1s ., 4s ths p,nsnpon en- Branch Young Mems
''sSss chn.,i% Ass~iaion Hotel McApn. p '1n M
Testimonial dinner and reception for Sergeant Har.
old Everett, Wright. Stauch's. Couey Island .3l
Dinner Of tho Women LAWYERS Association OF
I Brooklyn. Hotel Imperial Red Hook Lane ant
Fulton Street, Brooklyn 7 p. IN:
Rand school. East Tistcenti, Street. n m
Eassrd X IA Petra George T j. oHeefe 'S fSl arc
others at reception Of tho League Of Foregl
Born CITIZENS for new slti1ens. headquarters
cssrs efS"1 sS Dr. 'eip George Sidney Webster on sea
men Afost and Ashore Columbia University
Anniversary cxercises of the New York Inyi,u,
for Education Of the Blind. institute. Nintl
Avenue and Thirty fourth street $50 p m.
construction and Major Murray "J'ho T'ccini
cal Side II Curative Workshops" at the mcetin
of the New York Academy Of Medicine. i
Vest Forty third Street. $50 D. ~.
PUBLIC LECTURES or THE BOARD OF EDIJ
CATION. sl5 =. NJ
. MANHATTAN
"111s Marvnls Of Photography In the World War
School. Irving Place. between Sixteenth aid ssy
William Matepescs Thsekeray." Professor J. G
Carter Troop, Public School 40. 922 ST. Nichol 4
"CalHorr.is and tho Pacific Coast.'. Robert G
sss,ntf seven" Street f''''' '''''i o. -" East ff''
scotland, tho Land of Scott ara Burns" Jane
y r. M~cMro,I. Public School %. IesIo
"Erpanson VI Both National Body ard Soul
Wills Fletcher Johusol. l., n. -. Labor Ten
ple,. fonreehh stree, md Fecopd Ageaue.
"SIixic the Ice'iug Ilaoe ~ iieienco and Ar,
affs Na'1 Grezofy surray. fsbiic School
Hudson ai.i Grove ptteeis.
"nos.aDd." Louis x ffiedland, Young Women
Hebrew Aszociatiop ~ West ilQth Street.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21
Soldier S Spree C0'u

spARrANBuRc, $. G, Ne Msrs1s f. +! |.
sentence of six years a. MS Ms q Aal,
the forfeiture of two-tn'rhHs two-tna hS Govt
was the penalty imposea Pay'sa
tial upon Wagner Jan,e a,e,r s7sh :
the i05th Field Artilie,@,,e ay,,e.
sion, for an extensive e.sS' 6Ilsd Z
~mssynssns" rsy,ssn, j was ~sisssy y s
off into the mountalnonns, Y, ' 'sSe ~
behaved before sons .s,o =, posss
stos'lS stole a shotgun and tw0 ' ,sai +
ing it so badly that y
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21
Gets Five Years Sentence
For Threat to Henry Ford

DETROIT. March 2o,--Johl susar
ri, twenty-five years Old. pleaded
guilty to~day in Federal Cou@t to send
jag threatening letter to Henry Ford.
lie wsg~snDtenced 10 fiYc ycarz impris-
onfnent nj fort Leavenworth.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21
News in Brief

~ "A reeeption rec: was rendered to Lieutenant
Jonn nni,: fhillp Sousa at the Mcdowell Club bv
fhiilp Spooner. Notables in the mns;cal
world were present ~ 'e"i
~ Aaoorers IN the subway excavation on
1Wi':n 1UiIn oeVenth Street, near Roebling Street
hm,.ilamsDorg' hnnln We're slightly injured when a
morse attached to street cleaning wagon
iell forty feet from the street ;The hnrsa
was extricated on scatfold, none the worse
for the fall. ~ vic "oise
:, Joseph Kanofsky, two years old of 1es
Bedford Avenue. WILLIAMSBURG ;s dv;no 10
tne @ Greenpont Hospital. His skull is tract
tt1a: ulea ana ne has internal injuries. While
tIouuling I after rubber ball in front of his
nome he was run over by a milk wagon ''''
wrist Watches. like those carried in the
poeHees' s a,, are liable to damage. Hence there
Inc: me pay Is $3.50 a month. The naval re-.
cru'ting station. 81 East Twentv.fh;rd
street. Will give any needed information.
send the names Of your soldier and sa;lor
a.to Sii; iiow IN france to the National Cigar
ZOE ~ week the committee sends To 5.
sTI Suloier or sailor lA0 cigarettes each week.
ne, Inc lee covers not only the cost of the
service applies to camps and stations hor
D"'Eht w. Morrow. Englewood is chair
Nan Nan OF the new State Board of Charities Of
MeW ;teS, Jersey, which takes charge of ali char
,inaole, ,n penal and correctional institutions in
The state. including the state prison.
~ an iron cross. bearing the initial "W.'.
Mu.h VIZ d'amond, ON one side and the initials
g.. d. and 1912" on the reverse to~.thnr
w WIN SILVER spectacle case. was picked nm
a. .le funch and Judy Theatre. Eyeglasses
me United Waist League of America and
the traffic managers of express comnn MO.
nave nave united TO- halt the many thefts from,
placed on certain points VIII "
representative Julius Kahn of CaGf,r,;.
W. wiii , speak Sunday morning on '.Amerien" n,
G tfc.h hounl S. Morris Theatre. Fifth Avenue ant
aa;,,oN amG Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein will ais,
,,. lhe Board of Education at Asbury payl
v"tsrs s'"S"Trea s M IN the action taken by tn,
sfiasn,ms tit;snnas Of German In the schools. rh %
r't'zens adopted n resolution, and h wa. In
doraed by the board. ~ was ~
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21

BUENOS AYRES. MARCH on A
French vessel, named St. M,rt;n ~
ashore off Copncabana, Arrent;nn' shs
has crew Of nineteen men. and VIVA
pound from Havre to Buenos Ayres' '
me only French vessel named st.
Slartin mentioned in available shipping
.eeords tecos Is schooner of eighty-ninc
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21

hibitionists' public stand when their
tables drip with wines and liquors.
The Vote
The vote on suspension of the rules
follows:
For Suspension
REPUBLICANS
Argetsinger Murphy
a. r. Brown Robinson
Buringame Slater
Carson Stivcrn
Fowler G. +, Thon,nsor
Gibbs G. l.. Thompson
Graves 'Towner
Hewitt Walters
Hill Walton
Knight WELLINGTON
Marshal Whitnev
Mullan Yelverton
Against Suspension
REPUBLICANS
E. r. Brown Nevton
Cromwell Nicolj
cmefson Ottinger
Gichrist Sage
Lawson Wicks
DEMOCRATS
Doylam Farrenkopf
CtT cnIroll Foley
na'''i ~'.In Ramspcrgcr
DDownnS Sheridan
D,,ownihS ,,.'1S Wagner
Du'"'san Walker
4here were no absentees
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21
"That Dam Eddie, Silver, Makes
Pal, the Circus Giant, Peevish
Fat Man and Skeleton Partner Beat Show to Town by
Day-Menagerie ct al Arrive This Morning.
Putting Garden in Readiness

s"I bet you've tooken off pound and
then some!"'
Eddie Masher blushed.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21

has .ne eon"Nr,a nS"rd of Education at Asbury Park
voters of Neptunc Township in dronp;nv the the
.it;rnng Mia;enng Of German In the schools. The
s'tlzens adopted n resolution, and Il waa in.
doraed by the board. Wv" ~ was '"'
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21

.; ;Mepresentativc Ise Julius Kahn. of California
t1c Mount Morris Theatre. Fifth Avenms aSi
Ivy aro'n street representative Isaac Sieuc,
ar,!. ana Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein win Also
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21

~. Inc United Waist League of America and
the traffic managers of express comna n;os ";s.
,,, nave united to halt the many thefts from
PACKAGES in transit. Embarvoes ,r;,i ~"
placed on certain points VIII DC
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21

w;th an iron s;s cross. bearing the initial "W."
d." and "l9l2" on the reverse se torn.hs
w M'tn q SILVER spectacle case. was picked IN
IN the Punch and Judy Theatre. Eyewlassas
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21

Dwight W. Morrow. Englewood, is chair.
Mar. Nan OF the new State Board of Charities Of
;tet'I eM Jersey, which takes charge of all char
itaole, penal and correctional institnt;ons IN
the state. including the state prison. '''
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21

John Philip Sousa at the MacDowell C,uh ~.
!p rhl,lp Spooner. Notables in the musical
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21
French Vessel Reported Ashore

There were no absentees
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-14
FORTUNE WAITS FOR BURNS
Heir Of Civil War Volunteer Who
Never Returned Can Claim
WindfaIl.

New York.--BOy Page Mr. Burns !
Paging the Mr.. BurnseS OF the coun-
try is precisely the task confronting
|. Nj. Sacklin of No. ; Beekman street.
who Is In charge Of large sum Of
mo.cy seeking an owner--frst name
and present whereabouts unknown.
Here Is how it happened:
When Lincoln called for volunteers
in go David Burns. then living at No.
135 East Twenty-First street. this city,
stopped his work and marched OF to
battle He was In such haste TO re-
spond that he notified no relative and
made no disposition of tidy bank nc
count.
David Burns never came back. His
unclaimed earnings lay in the bank.
swelling by the increment of interest
until now they represent a large for
tune even In these days. The windfnn
is awaiting the claim of the right Mr..
Burns.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-14
SINKS SUBMARINE
UNDER HEAVY FIRE
SeapIane Persists in Attack While
SheIIed by Six German
Ships.
THREE OTHERS DESTROYED
British Airmen Calmly Drop Bombs
as Enemy Shells Burst-Depth
Bombs Prove Effective When
Aviators Sight u-Boats.

London. Under heavy attack from
three German submarines and three
German destroyers. a British seaplane
recently persisted in her efforts
against another enemy U-boat and sue
ceeded in sinking it before being dam
aged by the fire Of the other enemy
warships.
The seaplane was on patrol duty at
30 o'clock in the morning when a
submarine was sighted on the surface
with man standing forward by the
gun. Increasing her speed. the pea-
plane dropped to ar altitude of GOO
feet and released bomb.
AS she swooped around to repeat the
attack shell from the U-boat burst
In the air so feet from the propeller.
1t was seen that the bomb had made
a direct hit, big rent being visible
In the deck OF the submarine. Just
then out Of the mist ahead three more
enemy submarines. followed close by
three destroyers, appeared.
Attacked by Six Vessels.
All six vessels maintained hot fire
against the seaplane. However. n sec
ond bomb dropped on the disabled u
boat. 1t exploded Is feet ahead Of
the bow Of the submarine. The whole
craft shook and then sank quickly in
pool OF oil, bubbles and wreckage.
The seaplane. having no more bombs,
and as the destroyers were coming
near, returned to It's Ease.
Seaplanes also have accounted for
three other submariness In one case
two large seaplanes attacked suhlna-
rine on the surface. with two Germans
standing on the coming tower One
plane dropped bomb to the starhoard
Of the u-boat while the other pfuced
one squareIy In front of the coming
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-14
Full of Resource.
A congressman said the other day

A congressman said the other day
at dinner:
Our American resourcefulness and
knack of getting things done is going
to shine out in the war Look how
our commanding officers deal with the
French hotels tfat overcharge our SOL
diers They nost sentries at the door
to explain to cur men that the place Is
out of bounds That soon brings the
hotel to reason"
We've resourceful nation. An
American girl in Paris once halted her
millionaire father before a jewelers.
shop In the Rue de la Paix and pointed
to a tiara surmounted by a coronet.
"'Pa, buy me that she said.
"Buy you thatY her father chuck
led. why, grille, you've got to be a
duchess to wear that
1.-The girl tossed her head
"'You buy it," she said. I'll find the
duke"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-14

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