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New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Influenza Epidemic
Still Spreads in 2z
States; Wanes in S

ASHlNGT0N. Oct. 21.-lmnrove-
"ent III the influenza situation in sir
atates was shown by reports received
Today by the Public Health Serv;ce
Put a tWenty-seven other states reported
The disease still spreading, with MANI nv,
additional cities and rural districts .s'4ny af,
iected. Conditions apparently were M
worse IN Pennsylvania. where if ;e
estlmated, $4,000 cases have deyelone5
With With probably 10000 in Philadelphia'
Sor , ro the trst eighteen days of October
state. 80 'hiS
In In army army camps & slight increase in
ooth influenza and pneumonia was ra.
ported Sunday, but decrease was
shown to-da", with 3.007 influenza cases
ana 'oo pneumonia cases, the lowest
hgures reported since the epidemic bes
came general i'll the camps. For tho
orty- eight hours ending TO-DAY ~
noon new influenza eases totalled 6ss6
pneumonia 2,079 and deaths 919
These figures brought the total Of
mn influenza cases since September l3 to
290,447, pneumonia cases 46.O55 and
deaths from all cases to 1902
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Thousands of Anarchists Here
Still Active, Defendant Asserts
acob Abrams on Stand in Own Behalf in Espionage Trial
SO Arouses Federal Judge That He Conducts
Cross-Examnation of His Own

making speeches on the street such as
ke has made here"
AT one point the court threatened d
Mr.. "elnberger with contempt of court
Tor making statements in the form of
questions which the court had ex-
Guided.
Mr.. Weinberger quoted from Presi-
dent Wilson's "New Freedom" to help
Abrams to explain what he meant by
signing one of the leaflets, "The Rcvo-
lutionlsts."
"And yet" interposed Judge Clayton,
"you rely on that AS good authority
have more reason to denounce German
militarism than has the coward at the
White House."
Talmud and Bible Cited
The Talmud, the Bible, the Constitu~
tion of the United States and Presi-
dent Wilson's proclamation dealing
with the Soviet government in Russia,
we're cited by the defence in an effort
to show that the circulation Of the
leaf1et was not violation of the law.
MIR. Weinberger contended that Con
gress never had declared war on Rus
sia, that the intervention of American
troops in Russia was an act of war
and that therefore the defendants had
right to criticise the governments ac-
tion
Abrams, in propounding his theories
of anarchism, cited John Rockefeller as
non-producer.
The taking of testimony of the other
defendants-Mol1y Steiner, Gabriel
Prober, Samuel Lipman, Hyman Lach-
owsky and Hyman Rozansky--probably
will be begun when the trial is re-
sumed today.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22

Thousands of anarchists still are
active in New York City, according to
Jacob Abrams, a follower Of Emma
Goldman, while testifying yesterday in
behalf OF himself and five others on
trial before Federal Judge Henry D.
Clayton on charges of conspiracy to
violate the espionage act. Statements
OF Abrams. who is member of group
of anarchists that distributed on the
East Side leaflets calling the United
States a "hyprocite" for intervening in
Russia, SO aroused the court that Judge
Clayton conducted a ross.examination
Of his own.
You, who are native of Russia
and have never been naturalized in
this countrys come over mere and would
overthrow this government just be-
cause 1t doesn't comply with YOUR
vlews--is that it?" asked the court.
Yes, we believe in q revolution that
would put the government in the hands
of the workers" replied Abrams.
Are there many anarchists like you
IN New YORK? Just about how many
arc there?"
Thousands of Them
"Oh, don't know the exact number,
but there are thousands of them"
After Abrams, in answering oues-
I'ons put to him by Harry Weinberger,
his counsel. had made statements in an
effort to Justify the anarchist phil
ocsophy, Judge Clayton, in sustaining OBJ
jections made by the government, said:
This witness would be arrested for
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Says Gases Increase
Riverside Deaths
Fumes From Jersey Shore
Blamed for High InAu-
enza Mortality

The influenza epidemic has called
renewed attention to the smoke nus-
ance that for some time has been
agitating Riverside Drive residents.
Corporation Counsel William Burr
stated yesterday afternoon that his
office will bring all possible pressure
to bear on the Jersey factories said to
be responsible for its continuance.
According to DR.. William J. O'Sul-
Ivan, Assistant Corporation Counsel,
deaths from Spanish influenza have
recently averaged 20 per cent higher
in the Riverside section between Seven
ty-second and l50th Streets than they
have in the most congested parts of
the East Side. A corps Of experts, which
for several months, under $4,000 ap-
preparation from the Hylan administra-
ton, has been investigating this mat
ter, holds the theory, DR.. O'Sullivan
said. that the poisons waited over to
Riverside Drive from the Jersey fac
tories are, through the deleterious
effect they have had on the general
health of the residents there largely
responsible for this high mortality
The factories said to be the chief
offenders are the Corn Products Re-
fining Company, the Barrett Manu-
ical Company, the Bulls Ferry Chemical
Conrany, the Midland Linseed Prod
ucts Company and the Valvo,ine Oil
Company. Many of these corporations,
DR.. O'Sullivan said. had promised to
take steps to sbate the alleged
nuisance, but he declares they have
failed to dc SO.
At hearing before state health
officers on October 7, representatives
of the concerns stated that priority
regulations had alcne prevented their
taking action in the matter.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Morgenthau Warns
War Is Not Over

Speaking at conference Of several
hundred workers in the United War
ork Campaign IN the Waldorf
Astoria last night, Henry Morgen-
thau, former Ambassador to Turkey.
warned them not to let the American
public slacken its efforts because of
an Impression that the gwar was won.
=, am as positive as can be that
the war is not over" he said "Before
we get through we must crush the
herman war machine and turn Krupps
INTO farm machinery factory. We
must go on and finish the war now
America has not thrown in her entire
resources Just to prove her physical
strength. We are testing a system CT
democracy and we must prove that our
men are not mere military machines.
out OF superior morale because of that
democracy. Out of our vast reservoir
OF wealth we must democratize the
world. The masses of the German peo-
pie expect US to help them by DESTROY
ing their military system"
:, Mrs. Charles Tiffany, chairman OF
me Speakers Bureau for New York
Wy, presided. She introduced MIR.
John d. Rockefeller, jr., chairman of
'he campaign committee for the entire
seven war organizations.
We viii have to raise at least S25o-
oV0,ouo instead of our first amount. =
SAID AR. Rockefeller, "because Of the
new draft which has been made since
we announced our plans carly in the
summer. Ii the war should end sud
denly We should need the money more
than ever to provide rest, cheer ano
recreation during the interval preced
iing disqualification a hen there is no
longer the incentive to fight"
Miss Henrietta Roelofs. of the Y. W
c; A., and Sherwood Eddy, of the Y
VI. T.. A., spoke of the work of their
organizations in France.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22

serday IN the Supreme Court in that borough
10, Ior permission to change his name to Weeks
me ne name We'tz humilated him, he said.
Jcstlce benedict refused to grant the ner
welS1 IN attempting to conceal his German
ancestry and that he could overcome his
handicap by good citizenship.
The sound OF about twenty sho+s ,.b;c,,
came from John Bcituglia's saloon. at Boz
Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn. aroused the
nnesgnb0rhood ne Sunday night. The police found
cemo or,osa af 4S 'he lGroprietor and
qead q, on the floor. Near them lay Anre;o
ariassato, of 414 East Eehty-first Street
Manhattau, who had five bullet wounds. He
Red Cross chapter workers have been re-
qeested to discontinue the direct distribution
OF n1, Emitted articles to soldiers. The yarn sup
eelgn relief and military relief departments 80
me organization FIRST and the distribution to
cantonments will be in the hands of the l.+.
ter department. " viz t"S-
A Gates Avenue car ran i,to On .,,
switch at Fulton Street, BROOKLYN. YESTERDAY
ana crashed into Fulton Street car iohn
boscher. of 1859 Eldert Lane. BroobIvn'
''V.olniail OF the Fulton Street car, suffered
iyn Hospital. N-N''' "' n'ooh-
J., a1 Aoert Pauly. organizer Of the BROOKLYN
ne ued thontt o1 the SOCIALIST party said yesterday
ne s ~ .noueht 'he Socialists stand o. good show
=. a CARRYING seven or eight of the TWENTY-FIVE
Assembly districts in the borough. =
" Baron" Ferdinand Van Der Moot. C..
put on trial yesterday before Judqe Maver aver
1i;tt m the United States District Court CHARGED
YIN T conspiracy to defraud contributors to
to ne'h.an bnn relief funds They also are alleged
l1ntfa
Allied armies without right snd 70 have e'" rsu VI
,nse r.senleo @ themselves as agents of the Depart
Mrs. Charles Meyers. of 1863 uor,ecrast >
Avenue. Brooklyn, a member Of the w. -
Motor Corps Of America who was ansWn,;n, :,
net hFst ambulance call from st. Marv's Hos
XIX. XIX. bTookiSn. was seriously injured last
1,t' nieLt' "nen the ambulance vas struck h,- -
oergen street trolley car at Berrc,l -
ana kocnestec Avenue. BcookIrn
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
|||I1|||IIl||||I|E|l2Z|)Q)|DI1|| Il||IEZ)Q|I1|| BRIEFT

Edward O'Connell, sixteen years old. of
3Ut West Fifteenth Street. was arrested in
rushing Avenue. Brooklyn. in stoer
motor mot true, truSk which was running away with
waved toy pistol while he clutched the
steering wheel with the other. According
to the police, ne said he vas afraid he might
hurt some ono if he took real pistol.
Chief Magistrate McAdoo has DESIGNATED
: a. III. as the hour at which magistrates
courts are to open. He notified the magis.
rtteS OF tnat decision after the Mayor had
forwarded to MIN an anonymous letter com
paning Of tardiness in starting proceedinos
in such courts.
The New Jersey State Council of Defence
has beeen informed the Senate COMMITTEE
on fubhc Lands favors an appropriation OF
Sl,uO0.UOO to survey farms for soldiers and
for munition workers after the war.
Gertrude Wayne, of l76 East Fifth Street
BROOKLYN, who had worried for weeks lest
she get influenza, was found dead in her
back yard She had cut her throat
An automobile hit by Long Island train
at the Clifton Avenue crossing, Laurel Hill
was flung against "a llagman's shanty de,
polishing it and injuring Frank Gray, the
fagnan. seriously The two occupants of
the automobile were hurt slightly.
The trustees of the metropolitan Museum
OF Art have bought E. II. Bashfiell's large
war picture, Garry On" which was ex-
hihted in window of NJ Knodler & Co.
Fifth Avenue, during the fourth Liberty
Loan campaign.
Morris Schafer. of 1869 West Twenty
third Street Brooklyn. one of q crowd in
the Long Island Railroad waiting room Of
the PENNSYLVANIA Station shot himself and
Is in serious condition in Bellevue Hos.
pital.
In sentencing Benjamin Gallo. deserter
from Camp Upton. to from two to three
years for carrying a pistol. Judge Campbell
OF the Kings County Court said he believed
the man had courted arrest on the civil
charge to avoid military service.
The British tank Britannia. first of tbs
great steel N pnsters to be seen here win
make its last Journey down Fifth Avenue To-.
day on its way bacl. 20 the West front
The State Transfer Tax Appraiser has fixed
the Value OF rte estate OF the late Clinton "
Sweet, founder Of Sweet Ory 4 Co. at
S2.-96 .GG0.S2
Henry Leyes. a German. was held in s5nn
Tor further examination in the West Side
court. where he was charged with rouehjv
handling an American flag at the Columbus
Circle Liberty Theatre.
Robert Louis Weits, fireman. who was
born in Brooklyn, asked Justice Benedict ves.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Ask 100000 for In6rmary
Campaign Starts to Reopen
Women's Institution

a committee which is to start to-day
to raise 100000 for the New York In
iirmary for Women and Children, at 321
East Tlfteenth Street, within the next
ten days. leaned last night at a din
iner at the Hotel McAlpin that pre-
llmlnAry gifts amounting to 30.l65
1iready bad been received. About 500
vas III nickels and dimes from people
OF the neighborhood.
Speakers at the dinner, included DR..
Royal 5. Copeland, Health Commits
sloner; DR.. S. Josephine Baker, Or.
FeliN Adler Mrs. NJ. l.. Johnstone and
Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, a niece of
the founders of the institution.
After sixty-tivc years OF service for
womrn the iniirmary was closed last
March for lack Of moneye
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
N. Y. Woman Injured
BY German Grenade
Miss Thornton, of New Re.
public" Victim During Trip
Through Reclaimed Land

PARIS, Oct. 2l. - Nine de Valiette
head of the American section of tn
Press Department of the Foreign o..
fee, was killed instantly Saturday
when hand grenade which she picked
up in reoocupied territory near the
front exploded. She had been conduct
ing a party of American women OH q
visit to the reoccupied territory. Miss
Elizabeth Shirley Thornton. OF The
New Republic,' of New York. Wa
wounded and French officer with the
party was injured seriously, an am.
being blown eff. Miss Thornton Wa
struck in the face and parts of the
body"
Among the american women wa
Miss Cecil Dorian, of Newark. who
was not injured
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Defended by Craig

President Dowling of Manhattan, re-
celved S3,46O,499 in his budget, an in
crease of $5S7 ,031.95 over last year,
and the largest OF any of the borough
Presidents
The only member of the Board Of
Estimate and Apportonment, in whose
hands lie the making OF the budget.
whose departmental apportionment for
1919 is below that OF his predecessor.
Is Controller Craig, which is a little
more than $4,000 less than the Prem
dergast budget.
In a statement issued by Controller
Craig defending the boards attitude
toward the Department of Education.
which was criticized for the amount
set for 1919 in the tentative budget, he
said there has been nothing but har-
monious cooperation between the
board and the Department of Educa-
ton.
"The increase in the appropriation
for the Board of Education," said Mr..
Craig, may raise next years tax rate
above this years. This is very SER
iious matter. for the slightest increase
in taxes has invariably been seized up-
on by the landlords to raise rents
throughout the city to an Oppressive
degree"
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Cornell Faculty
Opens Fight to
Bar Hearst Papers
Dean Creighton and Pro-
fessors Ask Ithaca Alder
men to Prohibit Sale
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fSnecial pisnntch to Tic Tribur.cl

Especial Dispatch to The Tribune,
ITHACA, Oct. 21.-1thaca, headed by
Dean J. E. Creighton, OF the graduate
school, and other members of the fac
ulty of Cornell University fired the
opening gun to-day in a fight to bar
Hearst newspapers.
The first shot was a petition 20 the
Board Of Aldermen asking that body
to take immediate steps TO prohibit the
sale of Hearst publications in Ithaca
on the grounds that they are un-Amcr-
lean and a menace to the country
The petition is being circulated by
Z. Ferris, secretary to Professor A. T.
Wells, of the War Vocational School,
at the suggestion of Dean Creighton
and other members of the faculty, who
for months have felt indignation
against the Hearst publications.
Although the plea that Hearst papers
be banned was not put into circ ulation
until noon to-day, word spread rapidly
over the campus and various college
professors hurried to find Nj. Ferris,
so they could affy their signatures well
up in the list of first signers. Dean
Creighton's name appears first on the
petition, and thirty minutes later five
if the eight deans Of the university had
signed it.
More than score other members of
the faculty also signed.
Fight to Finish
The slogan Flight until Hearst
papers are Internationally barred from
Ithaca" suggested by one of the first
signers, will be used throughout the
campaign. Mr.. Ferris. one of the boost
ers of the Unconditional surrender
club in Ithaca, announced.
Professor c. Sturgis, one of the
strongest anti-Hearst members of the
faculty, who recently bought up one
newsdealer's entire supply of THE New
York American" and burned them. sug-
gested the petitioners buy up all the
Hearst papers from all the news
stands every day and burn them pub
licly until such time as the publica-
tions may be barred by the Board Of
Aldermen. 7. w Kelsey, of Sharpe
& Kelsey, newsdealers at the en-
trance to the campus. offered to do
rate their supply of Hearst papers
daily for public bonfire.
Mr.. Ferris asserted late to-day that
AHc tIdJO-ltJ VI tHe COISSc pfOte oSorS
would have signed the petition bv
Tuesday night and that he then would
circulate it among the business men
and private residents.
He predicted that he would obtain
several hundred signatures, and he
said that mass meeting may be ar
ranged.
The First Signers
Among the first signers were Deans
Creighton, G. A. Martin OF the Col
lege of Architecture; L. E. Haskell: of
the College of Civil Engineering; AL
bert ". Smith, of the College of Me-
chanical Engineering; L. H. Woodruff,
Of the College of Law Professors; ".
F. Wilcox. head Of the Department of
Political Science: Charles Z. Bennett.
head of the Latin Departments: A. T.
Wells. J. T. Mason. head of the French
Department; George L. Hamilton. Of
the Romance Language Department: {.
Sturgis, Of the Romance Language
Department; A H. Wright, of the Zool
ogy Department; William c. Ballard
]r., of the Electrical Engineering De
partment, and Charles L. Durham. of
the Latin Department.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Chess Battle Or To-day

With eight experts, representing five
different countries, the United States,
Canada. Cuba, France and Serbia. the
hfst of the fourteen rounds OF the in
ternatlonai masters tournament, ar
ranged by the Manhattan Chess Club.
VIII get under way at the Sherman
ternoon-
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Canze Masks Used to Fight
Spanish Influenza in Canada

CALGARY, Alberta, oct. 21.-The
Provincial Board of Health in ruling
announced to-day decreed that all rail
road passengers in Alberta must wear
gauze masks rs q means of combating
influenza Persons without masks will
ne refused admittance to trainss
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Wife Sues Graft Witness

George a. Spp, former hotel owner.
who was onc Of the chief witnesses in
the police graft investigation a few
Years ago WAS sued for divorce yester-
day in the Supreme Court. At the
same time Mrs. Sipp filed Il suit for
100000 damages against Mrs. Cath
crime Lynch, 862 West End Avenue, for
the alleged alienation of Sipps affec-
tions.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Raincoat Trial Resumed

After a two weeks adjournment be-
trial of the C. Kenyon Company. rain.
coat manufacturers, and six Of its
employees. indicted for conspirjnp to
defraud the aovernment by deliverinr
cefective and rejected coats to the
quartermaster's department. was re
sumed yesterday before Judge Chat
Ne!o m The BrookIyn Federal Court.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Influenza Orphans Will
Receive Bay State Aid

BOSTON, Oct. 21.--The emergency
Public Health Committee put into opera
ton to-day plan to aid several thou
sand children in this state who have
been made orphans by the influenza
Epidemic, as well as households which
have lost members who contributed to
.hc support Of the family.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Air Mail to Extend From
n. 7. to Denver After Wa

WASHINGTON. Oct. n. Post
master General Burleson today wrote
Senator shafroth. OF Colorado. ths'
the aerial mail service Will he ey
tended to Denver Immediately afte'
the war. The line will connect with
the proposed New York San Francisco
aerial mail route. which also Is being
held III abeyancc until peace comes.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Hylan City Budget
$10,000,0 600 M ore
Than Last Years
Big Increase to Board of
Education Carries Total
Up to $238,

The Hylan budget yesterday jumped
nearly s4,00O,O0O overnight, making it
nearly s10,O00,000 greater than that of
the last Mitchell budget, or $23S, 23.
1920 in all. Most Of the increase was
due to final change Of heart on the
part of Mayor Hylan and his associates
toward thc Department of Education,
giving it s3,025,000 additional over the
appropriation made in the tentative
budget This makes the Department
of Education's budget s45,121 1851.
Other increases we're due to the
Mayors desire to have private chauf-
feur, for which S1,680 was provided,
and an additional $500 for his private
secretary, whose salary beginning the
first Of the year will be S6,50D. No eX-
panation was given for either Of these
increases by the Mayor, who will be
the first chief executive of the city to
boast of a private chauffeur. All others
who used an automobile We're content
with a chauffeur furnished o. the Po-
lice Department.
There will be formal hearings on
the budget Wednesday and Thursday,
after Wf1lch the budget prObaDly VIII
be adopted IN practically its present
form.
Tammany Men Increased
All art museums. Libraries ard SINH
lar institutions controlled privately,
such as the Metropolitan Museum of
AIT, the Bronx Geological Garden, the
Aquarium, where the employees are
continued regardless of change of ad-
ninistration, received less from Mayor
Fylar than his predecessors, despite
The pleas of the trustees of these in
situations that they be allowed at least
what they received last year.
All departments $ where Tammany in
trenched its TO. overs for four years
received big increases over last year.
Most of the increases in these depart
ments were due to the practice adopt
ed Of raising the salaries Of all city
employees receiving $500 annually or
less by fiat 500 increase. This was
deemed necessary because of the in
creased cost Of living. Firanen. po-
lcemen, school teachers and other
municipal employees benefited.
The appropriations of some of the
larger departments showing the in
crease over last years allowance fol-
lows:
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
100000 War Victims Freed

WASHINGTON. Oct 2l.-Cable-
grams received to-day by Herbert
Hoover, chairman of the Belgian Relief
Commission, indicate that the popula-
ton of the reoccupied territory in
Northern France is more than 1900 900
and that Of reoccupied Belgium 500 900.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Coiled in the Flag

INCE the United States en-
tered the war the Hearst
papers have printed:
74-nttdcks on our al
lies.
17--instanccs Of de-
fence or praise Of
Germany.
63--pieces of anti-war
propaganda.
1--deletion of Pres
identiny proclana-
tion.
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New-York tribune., 1918-10-22

171VsV FIICVS COVeF hlnua and flbS
OF medium steers. The figures fol
SIDES of good cows are approximately
~ to IL cents less per pound
Legs or lamb are quoted at 30-32 cents
per pound, with chops at 36-39 cents
and stew at 21-24 cents.
II butchers charge more thsn the
prices quoted, She Federal Food Board
telephone Circle 400, should be no
titled imme ediately. All cash purchaser.
should demand a receipt designating
KIND OF meat purchased. the ouantit.
and price per pound paid.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22

Henry Leyes, 2 German. was held in s5no
Tor further examination in the West Side
handling an American flag at the Columbus
Circle Liberty Theatre.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22

The State Transfer Tax Appraiser has fixed
the Value oi rte estate OF the late Clinton "
Sweet founder Of Sweet. Orr 4 CO. nt
S2.196. .GG0S9
The Colorado statesman., 1918-10-26

Gross:
81 feel that 1t is my duty to tell
you how thankful feel for your kind
hess to my wife. When / got a let
ter from her, In her own handwriting.
telling me how your good people had
picked her up and carried her off to
o most comfortable home in the noun
tains, where she is feeling better every
day. WE'LL just cried tears of joy,
and am not n bit ashamed of them
We Italians have good friend In
America. l salute you with gratitude
and esteem. AdieuIr
The Colorado statesman., 1918-10-26
Co-operation,

On southern plantation were two
small negro boys, Berry and Wesley,
who did the milking. Wesley was In
dustrious, but Berry was lazy and al
ways tried to make Wesley do the
work. One evening the lady of the
house went out to the kitchen and
said: "Berry, have you brought the
milk inf" "Yas'm, fotched 1t in, didn't
you, Wesley?"