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New-York tribune., 1918-10-24
Governor Failed to Support
Wilson Properly, Demo-
cratic Nominee Says
Canal Not Completed
"We Will Sweep the State by
100000" Is Prediction
of Candidate
Special Dispatch TO me Tribune)


SYRACUSE, Oct. Exchanging Gov
ernor Whitman with having fai ed to
properly support President Wilson in
carrying out war mea ures. "Al'
Smith. Democratic candidate, tonight
answered Mr.. Whitman's chal enge of
last night to roint out anything he had
left undonc toward the winning of the
war.
"First," said Mr.. Smith. "thc Federal
Administration has ur"ed upon every
invdidual the need of the strctest
econon and relrcnc -Iei.., .n o-.er
at we could save the money for the
carrying on Of the war in order to
proper V sustain the President in car
rying out tbs policy the Governor
81 ou'd fave set an example Of economy
and thrift. Instead, he embarked on
a state of wa tie and extravaganza. He
encouraged and had passed legislation
creating positions to be filed by po it
ical workers in every County oil tie
state.
Second, the problem of providing
food was second only to the question
Of economy. In tbs great cr.s.s the
Governor for political rea ons, turned
the Az ticulture Department upside
down. He gn,red the farm s y
mendations for the Farms and Markets
Bureau, and sent to the Sen..te a LIST oil
men entire IN r~ua.nted with agrl
cultural conditions"
The thru >.-..-, ar. Whitman failed
to do, the democratic end .daCs
charged, was to complete the barge
canal. Not only is the canal unfin sh ID,
he said but the state has failed to pro-
vide tugs and barges while errors of
judgment have been made VIII. .ch make
it impossible for New York barge to,
pass under the br dgns alor g the m !.
Another instance where the Gov
ernor failed to support the Pres dent
~ II CHARGED. was when he sent
telegram of protest to Washing on
when Fuel Administrator Carrie d last
win e. issued hi order closing stores,
manufacturing plants and office build
inrs DCcau @ o. nc "oe 'r
Mr.. Smith admitted tonight that it
is iroDao t ,hat speech t ~ oany
Friday night will be his last upstate
address. He expresses himself as
well satisfied with the prospects and
predicts eve will sweep the state by
100000"
New-York tribune., 1918-10-24
Walsh Says Weeks
Baked Ship Plans
Bay State Democrat Opens
Campaign for Senator on
War Issues

WORCESTER. Mass, Oct 23.-In ac-
cepting the Democratic nomination for
United States Senator at the state con-
vention here to-day forr"or Covnr~ or
David I. Walsh vigorously attacked
tle record of his Repub lean on
ooncrt. Senator John W w e's.
Hr declared that Senator w ek,
h"N opposed President Wilson's
policies; that he had rst4ld d
e.. - -u.~orn opposition to prepared
ness 'e~is.ation and III It he att pied
to defeat vital prov sions OF measures
for the conduct of the war and for the
welfare Of the soldie S.
I charge" he SAID, that Senator
Weeks was leader of coterie Of
reactionary Senators which for two
years W tn ds~~ace - ',~.o~:nr
factcs delayed the shipbu'lding pro-
gramme OF the Wnson assn. IS. t on.
Sc that at the outbreak of the war we
were without ships to clrry ou troops
and supplies to France More than anv
other man in this country is Senator
Weeks responsible for our not having
government-owned and built ships be-
fore we entered into this war"
New-York tribune., 1918-10-24
$4,000 Soldier-Sailor
VotesExpected i'm State

Following a conference yesterday at
the headquarters o, the Repub lean
State CON. m.ttee, attended by a the
candidates with The exception of Gov
otnor Whitman and Senator Charles
d. Newton, cand date for ATTORNEY Cen
eral, Secretary of State Francis II.
Hugo said that he was going. ahead
with p ans for CO lecting the votes of
New York soldiers, sailors, marines and
Red Cross workers in the eight mi j.
tary stricts of the United States.
While there are about 100000 men in
uniform entitled to vote, Secretary
Hugo said on y those on this side Of
the sea cou.d be reached. Senator
W. liam NJ Calder. who is giving a
good deal of time to campaign work
these days, said that probably less
than $4,000 would be po led.
1T looks sill y on the part of the
Democrats to be Dragging about 100
600 plurality for Smith in greater
New York" said Lieutenant G Governor
schoeneck THE normal Repuh lean
vote above The Brorx sure to be very
heavy, and if Smith stands ghost of
a show of breaking even with Whitman
he must roll up very large vote down
here"
New-York tribune., 1918-10-24
Railroad Men May
Hold Political Posts
McAdoo Modiihes Ruling to
Permit Part 'c;p.t.on in
Campaigns

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S.-Modfca-
ton Of the recent order forbiddrs
railroad employees or o1icerc from hod-
ing OFF, or portic oating in politics
was announced to-day by Director Gem
eral MeAdoo. so as to permit the men
to hold municipal Offices and 70 be del
egates, but not chairman of political
conventions.
This action, urged by the four lead
ing railroad bro.herhoods was taken
it was exclaimed. because of the IS
covery that many communities consist
almost entire Of rANoad men, flom
whom necessarily municipal officers
must be elected.
Under the modified ruling a railway
employe or officer may not be a meinher
or officer OF any political committee or
organization which sol cits funds for
political purposes: act as chairm-n n OF
political convention or use MS posi-
tion in the ra lroau service 10 bang
about his selection as a delegate 70
a political convention; sol cit or receive
funds for political purpose or con-
tribute to pol teal fund co lected ny
an offic. al or employe of any raiiroas
or any public official. :.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-24
Political Echoes

The Bureau Of Municipal Research,
of which R. Fulton Cutting is chair
man and Charles A. Beard director,
yeste day sent letter to candidates
for the New York State Legislature di-
recting their attention to the need of
an executive budget. and asking than
If they are in favor of such plan for
managing the appropriations.
Democratic State Chairman Kellogg
Yesterday issued n statement from
Syracuse saying that q condensed milk
company doing business in ST. Law
renee County ha' failed owing the
farmers of tn" vicinity $500 600, and
blamed the Whitman administration
for the failure.
Isadore Montefi ere Levy, New York
lawyer with an Office at 233 Broadway,
yesterday sent out numerous copies of
a letter s9ying that al citizens who
support the Presidents interpre tat.on
of our international policies should
vote fer A fred f. Smith for Governor.
Congressman Reuben L. Haskell, can
ddate to succeed himself in the 10th
Di trict Brooklyn. where his opponents
ere Geo ge w. Martin. Democrat, and
Abraham |. Shiplacoff, Socia list, yes
terday challenged Mr.. Mart n to SUBJ
NIT to a postal card canvass of the
d strict the question whch shou with
draw in order to unity the loyal Ameri-
can vote against the Socialist candidate.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-24
Creel Denies Refuting
Atrocities by Huns
Correction on Crucihxion Of
{ hio Soldier by Ger
mans Exclaimed

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23-George
Creel, c airman of the committee on
pubic in ormation, o-day m-de public
lelter he has written to Sena.or
Poindexter, of Washington, denying
cn&r.vs A-.de by tne senator N a
speech in the Sen-te last Monday that
the committee mad 4een ma6.ng en-
s4stenl ana continued cifor,s 20 create
the impression tha~ the Germ ms nave
abandoned The Tr~ctlce OF cruelty to
PRISONERS and to, clvlli-ns in occupied
ter itory."
Mr.. Creel said on y two of thousands
OF statcm1 nts lut out by the commit
tee had dealt wltu the suDJecl. one be
lig an auenortzed denial rom General
fersnlng o. an article in a St. LOUIS
hewsp per credltng a sergeant of tne
Amer Can expedluonary forces with
saying Germ n soldiers fed children
Iolsoned rdy and gave them hand
grenades 10 play with.
referring 20 the Senator's charge
tnat the con m tee had denied that
sergeant A. b. Cole, of + st LIVERPOOL
ONO, had been crucihcd by the Ger
N ms Mr.. Creel said committee
merely corrected the impress ion that
Sergeant Cole was a member of tbs
m ncan nXoedi.ionary forces stating
exp 'citly that as the cruc,fx o. took
lace IN July, 1918 it was obvious that
:, r" n Co-e was serving with the
Canadians.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-24
'Ap Smiths Ithaca
Speech Assailed
By Joseph Sears
Democratic Candidate Re.
buked for Imputing Dis
loyalty to Republicans
Tammany Is Target
Registration Reports Received
by Chairman Clynn Con-
tinue to Please Him

Joseph H. Sears. chairman of the
Whitman White Book Campaign Com
mittee, yesterday assailcd Alfred E.
Smith, Democratic candidate for Gov
crnor. for questioning the patriotism
OF Republicans who disagree with the
political supporters of President Will
son and Democratic candidates for Of
flee.
"Thc Tammany candidate for Gov
ernor is reported as saying in his
Ithaca speech tnat Republicans are pre-
tending to support the Admin strat. on
in Washington in order to benefit
Themselves, said Mr.. Sears HE cites
the remarks o. Sena,or henry cabot
Lodge do case ~ poAnJ. Such a
ch...ge is a low order o. calumny, un-
worlny OF any decent man III the state,
and yet quite in k~eulng With the ward
POLITICIAN metnous Wn.cn for so long
have been Identified with TammAny and
the men wno, Ike the present Tam
many candidate for Governor, belong
TO laI imany. 1--we upoh Tummany ana
act upon Tammany methods under
Tamm instrucc.Ons.
Nv hile the Tammany candidate was
making the speech referred to in which
he cnalIeng ID the patriotism of Re
publlcans N thl, sta.e ten American
soldiers died in battle-hguring the
average deaths each day ana nour dur
ing the last months. 1t is safe to say
that five of them, anyway, were ke-
publicans, and yet their relatives are
charged with pro- -Germanism by a man
y no 8 not even filled a dollar "a day
job Of patriotic service in this war.
or such stuff are the Su zers and
Smiths made who come out of Tam
many Hall and pose as educated, pre-
Jared, wei equipped sta,csmen to
gu de the destines of ten millions of
people"
Reports of registration received by
State Chairman George a. Glynn yes
terday continued to be salts factory,
warranting the hope that here vii be,
If the weather is fair on elect on day,
q heavily increased Republic II vote.
he increased regstrat on is in the
Republican districts where there is a
satisfactory percen age of women reg
iStered.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-24
Elkus Says SIN til
Will Not Be Ruled
BY Tar17n,ar1y Hall

Abram I. Elkus. chairman of the
Citizens Committee for Alfred E.
Smith, Democratic candidate for G w
characterized as "Yid culous" the ra g.
Mr.. Smith, The statemtn M says in
part:
"On the vital question of who best
can support President Wilson in his
policies and prosecution of the war,
who is better able 10 speak. the Ma
tional Administration or Governor
Whitman? The National Admin ira
tion already has spoken through the
cordial etters of indo semont of th .
Democratic cand date written by
President Wilson's Secretary of State,
Secretary Cf the Treasury, Seer try
Of Commerce, and by his Assistant
Secretary of the Navy and by the
Coun elor to the State Department,
all of whom vote in the State of New
York
"Can any ntelligent man or woman
sN''''f SO that these men, leaders of the
National Administrat on
ten. would indorse the candidacy of
Alfred f. Smith if they had the sli i,ht-
est feeling that in the conduct Of his
Office Re would be controlled by outside
influences rather than by his own con-
science and convictions?
"Governor Within n IN defending the
large increase in state expenditures
during his adm 'nist~ation. calls atten-
ton tc the fact that in the last four
years the state budget increased onlv
$50 600 900. lie the city budget dur
ing tie same period increased S50.0OO,-
coo. The fioures in t emeelves are sub
stantial,'y correct, but the statement is
m IS leading"
In analvzing the state budget, Mr.
Elkus says that wiz in the last four
years the state budget has increase ed
100 per cent. the city budget during
the same period has increased only 25
Cer cent
New-York tribune., 1918-10-24
President Asks Voters to
Send LaMonte and Hen
messy to the Senate
Says They Stand
For His Policies
Republicans Assert Inter-
ference in Contest Will
Aid Their Candidates

President Wilson yesterday appealed
to the voters of New Jersey to elect
the Democratic candidates for the
United States Senate George NJ La
Monte for the long term and Charles
O'Connor Hennessy for the short
Mis- advocacy of the election of the
Democratic cand. dates undoub edly
will intensity the partisan bi;terne S
already acute-in the campaign being
waged by Governor Walter Z Ed ge
ard Senator David Baird. the Repub-
lican candidates for the long and short
terms respectively, against Lamonte
and Hennessy.
Warmly Praises Nominees =. 81.
In his letter to La Monte one Of the
Democratic candidates, the President
says:
the statement which you and Mr. Hen
messy have put be ore the voters of
New Jersey. at d ieel like adding my
own appeal to hem TO ser both you
anH M. Hennessy to he United States
Senate. | part. cular.y crave the sup
port of New jersey who people I
deem it an honor 20 have served and
whose interests | have so lorg had at
heart, and | know how generously and
truly bo h you and Mr. Henpessy stand
for he things believe in and that I
believe the people of New Jersey eb-
lieve in.
"These are times when it is rarticu-
iarly necessary that men who would
lift affairs to new plane OF act on
and human achievement should stand
together and see to il that in al public
counseis they are adequately and truly
represen ed. | have had occasion to
test your quality and M Henres VS..
and therefore I speak with confidence
when | say that the people o. New
Jersey would be served by both of YOU
IN tNe HIGHEST way in the councils of
the nation
IN | not add my qualification that
pledged yourselves to the support Of
the uT~age anoo~dr1e"t Fo;th 'lllly
yours, WOODROW WILSON,"
Governor Edge Replies
Governor Edge made the following
comment on the Presidents irdorse-
ment of La Monte and Hennersv:
~ had hoped that when Pres ident
Wilson advised that politics be ad
Journed' the gavel had fail on poll
tics-in the Presidents home sta.c. at
least. 1t seems. however, that not
merely The Democratic candidates,
Nessrs. LHmonte srd Honnessev. but
likew s" the P esid Mt himself desire
that politics hould be recorvened
"A much as I restet this ACTION,
part cular'y at time Wne. cur poo
pie are engrossed IN ~robcms more Sc
New-York tribune., 1918-10-24
Venizelos May Visit u. S.

Premier venizelos of Greece has
cab I'd the Hellenic Liberal A socia-
tlon of this city that he may soon visit
America. it was announced yesterday.
The cablegram was In response to a ra-
cent invitation of the association sent
10 h m in London.
1T has always been my ardent desire
20 VISIT the Great democracy of the
united States, but insuperab d.ficLl
ties have always prevented it. trust
very 3 b. n a rosit oN % ful Il
my desire" read the Premier's mes
gage, addressed to John Paaagoulopon-
los, acting president of the associa-
tion.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-24
Tanner and Pell Speak

Frederic c. Tanner and Herbert C.
Pei, jr., the Republican and Democrat
ic candidates. re p ctvey, for Con
gress in the IL h District, spike last
night at non pat san meeting at Te.-
race Garden VI der the auspices of the
Woman Suffrage party of tne 18th
Assembly District.
Mr.. Tanner SAID that if elac'ed his
frsC effort Won b to upplant Hubert
5. Dent as Chairman of the Hons Mil
itary Affairs Committee wi Repre-
sentative Kahn. Then he said his am
bi ion would be 20 get audc Kitchin
out of tn cha rran h'p of The Ways
and Means Co!nmttee In response to
question by man in the audience,
Mr. Pel said that if ected he would
vote for any SDeaker who had the sun
port of the Pr ,siden regard ess of
whether he might be a man who would
rcappoint Mr.. Kitchin.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-24
Smiths Political
Record Exposed BY
Anti-Saloon League

VIII lam II. Anderson. state superin.
tendent of the Anti Sa oon LEAGUE.
sent broadcast yesterday throughout
the state document entitled "Guber-
natoral Candidate ZAP Smiths Record
on Moral Issues as Tammanv Leris-
lator" The document quotes the
verdict of the Citizens Union year after
year on Smiths record and cal atten
ton to the fact that in his twelve
years of service in the Legislature the
Citizens Union approved of him on!v
once and that was in 1914, when the
Democrats were in the minority in the
Legls atule, and when Smith was not
Ettcnt!al anyway
IN l9oI the Union sald of him: "Vic-
ious; y opposed antlracctracs gambling
to his lasting dIshCn r." In 19,o +
sald he made one of The worst records
Q; the session" In 1911 it said that
he owed not the ightest evidence
OF Independence, but continued his op-
rCsltion to aggressive reforms" in
l9l2 it said: "Majority Leader Smith
on most issues Of Importance stood
against the public interest" In 1918
II said: Speaker Smith execu ed thn
orders of the machine. He opposed
primary and e ection reforms. y In
1914 the Union said: "Smth and Ger
tam associates were active and nble
chiefly in support Of objectiorab' q
measures and seldom used their in
Hnence. on the side of public interest
or on behalf of desirable measures"
Tool of the Brewers
Smiths record shows" continues the
1(4' n l.I-
the servi tool of the brewe $. whose
national organization stands convjcted
ny the evidence brought out before the
JUDE airy Committee of the United
states Senate of having financed the
herman american AL lance This en-
emy len concern, whose charter was
revoked by Congress, was admitted bv
It's own officers, as shown by the same
evidence, to have been engaged in
spreading German Kultur to undermine
American national morale
The Genesee Annual Conference Of
the Method st Episcopal Church rem
resentlng Buffalo and Rochester. and
a but two the western counties in
the state, to which Smiths summarized
record was first read, asked that if he
furnished to the pastors of the state
for distribution
ne Republican party's candidate
against Mr. Smith," continues the doc1-
ment, sis Governor Char es S. whit
man, who also has the nomination of
the Prohib tion party, with a record
OF foul years Of efficient administra-
ton without a scandal, who has openly
dec ared his belief that the Legis ature
should ratify the Prohibition amend
ment, and who has had the courage To
take the moral side of moral issues.r
Good Fellow Talk
In regard to Smith the document
says further:
We assume that the three members
OF the Presidents Cabinet. who some
weeks ago heartily congratulated this
man ard wished h m success. had been
so impressed hy the after. he is
good fel ow.' that they did not rca ize
that on moral issues he has the b ack.
est reco.d of any man who ever as,ired
to the Covernorship of New York. drm-
onstratlng that he is a dyed-i the
wool Tammany man and stai DIS for the
vicious things Tammany has always
stood for. The issue in New York this
tall is another chapter of the old fl sht
OF decency against Tammany," SAYS Su-
perlntendent Anderson
New-York tribune., 1918-10-24
Ben-Avi to Speak Here

Ittamar BenAvi. whose anti Ger
mansm in turkish rale tine ne.r.v
cost him his head will speak Sunday
evening at Temple Anshei Chesed,
Hath street and Seventh avenue. He
intends to return to Pa estine soon
and resume the publication of "Ha- or"
("The Lightly. the first daily paper
IN Jerusalem pub lshed in Hebrew.
Ten times lttamar Ben-Avi was ar
rested by the Turks and twice he was
imprisoned He ed successful fight
TO teach Hebrew instead of German in
the schools of Palestine.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-24
@>zSszHh - e>z2&
AdEN3zE - Id; d;E!N3zEsork
Thursday, October "a, 1918

This department is engaged .eoarsing the sheen az
advertising, and of the backs u, sdvert;.,s
from the goas-nnd hanging bell goats II nv,,s,
letters describing experencespeasent unpasantwiih
sdv~r-rs. whe ev they tuers who'll. b,,.
retail stores public service corporations 1t print
those ette"S which show typcal,y how an
sdverse7 deeds of h,s advert
Only signed letters giving the address, be read
The will be withheld preferred Address.
The Advisor. Tho Tribune New Yo~.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-24
Tenants Attack Whitman

Reso 'utions attacking Governor
Whitman and urging rent payers to
vote TOR a successor "who vii reason
alb regard the promise of the con-
stitut'on the state to secure the
blessings OF freedom TO the people"
were adopted last night at a meeting
of the Tenants Union at 1l62 Broad
way
The resolution charges that Mr..
Whitman "has refused to listen to ap
peas for legislative relief, earnest Y
urged by the Tenants League request
ing the appointment Of a rent admins
traitor ard the enactment of aw i'm
iting the greed O. the landlords to a
10 per cent increase over the rents of
1916"
New-York tribune., 1918-10-24
Burton w. Gibson Loses
His Fight fer Freedom,

AuPURN, N. Y, Oct 23.-Burton W
Glib On, New York lawy re nvic4. who
arf ued for writ of hab as c rpus in
the County Court recently. dem nd ng
his release on the ground that ;
sentence Of ten years inp~i nenf
ana a hne of 800 was i'll gll was
Greenfield.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-24
Leaves S Public Bequests

Five public bcquosts arc contained
in the WI of Miss Harriet Van Woert.
filed yesterday in the Surrorates'
Court. The test.trix, whose home
was the Hoe Buckingham. died Oc-
tober II Vt Vineyard Haven. Mass
She left S5 600 to the Church of the
Hoy Communion and $1,000 each to
the New York Skin and Cancer Hos
pita', Ass ociation for the Blind. Light
house No. l Shelterng Arms and the
Lite field. Mass. Historical Society
Josephine Sellner mud. receives
$50 month for life. Two nephews
receive $40 coo each and another 500
600 William Van Woert brother, and
MISS Char. .otte A. Van Woert, sister.
are the residuarv leratees
New-York tribune., 1918-10-24
Navy Needs 100000 Men

WASHINGTON. Oct 2s.-Two hun.
dred Thousand recruits for the navy
will be needed in the coming year
mainly to man merchant ships in gov
ernment service, Secretary Daniels
has Informed the House Naval Com
mittee in favoring passage of a bill
for the purchase of 52O acres of land
for en- argement of the Hampton
Roads Training Station.
This Increase wou d bring the naval
personne to more than 700 900 men.
compared with $4,000 at the beginning
OF the war.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-24

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New-York tribune., 1918-10-24

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Of npea? Or em this man
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New-York tribune., 1918-10-24

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