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New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
Angry Mob Attacks
Auto Driver After Crash
Police Reserves Called Out TO
Save Chauffeur Who Ran
Into BROOKLYN PedGer

A brewery motor truck crushed Jacob
Price to death and his pushcart to
splinters yesterday az Morrell and
Moore streets, Brooklyn. A crowd
rushed the truck. Robert Spreadman.
Of 723 East Fifty Street, the
driver, jumped from his seat and
lodged into factory at 155 Morreli
Street.
He slammed the door and shot the
bolt. In an instant the air was full of
missiles and knot of men were hurl-
ing themselves against the door panels.
Twenty policemen from the Stagg
Street station charged the mob with
nightsticks. They beat a passage to
the factory entrance and rescued
Spreadman, who was buried beneath a
mass of assailants.
Bottles, tin cans and brickbats were
rained on the police patrol as it drove
off with Spreadman, and policemen on
the step threatened the crowd with re-
volvers. Spreadman was locked up
after his injuries had been dressed
Price was pedler, living at 63 Nor
rell Street.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
Church Sues City

Suit for S8s,5o0 was begun against
the city and the Crawford Construction
Company, subway contractors, yester-
day by the Hanson Place Methodist
Church, in Brooklyn. The allegation is
that the subway contractors placed a
sand conveyer in front Of the church
edihce, causing so much discomfort
that the congregation was reduced and
collections cut from $4,000 a year to
an insignificant amount, and further
more that excavations caused the
eighty-year- church edliice to sag
and shift dangerously.
The contractor and city filed sepa-
rate answers, each blaming the other
for the conditions complained of. JUS
ticc Cropsey, in the Brooklyn Supreme
Court, reserved decision on a motion
to compel the defendants to file an
swers either admitting or denying the
facts alleged.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
State Welcome
COn1n1itteePlan
n ow Assured
LEGISLATORS to Take Matter
Up With Governor Smith
aud Complete the Details
Staff Corrcsnondcncc

ALBANY, Feb. 1I.--The state com
mittee to welcome returning soldiers
to suppant the Hearst-Hylan commit
tee will in all probability be created
this week. 1t will be enlarged so as
to include members of Congress from
this state.
Congressman who do not sympathize
with the Hearst Hylan committee and
who believe that no disioyaiist should
be on any committee to welcome home
American heroes. have telegraphed
Thaddeus C. Sweet, Speaker of the As
sembly, asking that they be included in
the welcoming committee.
There Will be d conference to-mor-
row between the Governor and the
legislative leaders t. work out the
plans for the proposed committee
Speaker Sweet said tonight that he
and others would call on Governor
Smith, who Will head the committee,
and discuss the question Of the appro-
pration.
81 believe" said Speaker Sweet, chat
it viii take about 900 to finance the
COMMITTEES. | see no reason WHY it
should not be done, for our boys are
from all parts OF the state, and it is
Snly proper and fitting that the state
should welcome its returning heroes" :"
Speaker Sweet would not make pub
tic the names of the Congressman who
wanted 70 be put on the welcoming
committee which is intended to sup.
plant the Hearst Hylan committee. He
issued, however, copy of one Of the
kilograms from the members of the
New York Congressional delegation,
which reads:
81 have been talking with a number
of the members of Congress, and they
have suggested that l ask that the
two United States Senators from
New York and the members Of the
House of Representatives be added
to the proposed committee to vel
come home the New York State troops.
Most Of US Will be in New York at that
time, and it seems appropriate that
we have place on the committee. -
Hearst agents have been doing their
best here to prevent the Legislature
from creating a committee of well
come.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
" Winolesale Butter
Up Thirteen Cents;
Dealers Take Loss
Retail Prices Unchanged,
Anticipating Reaction;
Eggs Are Shade Higher;
Drop To-day Is Predicted

Almost unnoticed, the price of but
te.. on the wholesale market has ad-
vanced 10 cents pound during the
last three weeks, it was learned yes
tcrday. Retailers in Washington Mar
keJ and in most sections of the city
have not been saddling their patrons
with the unexpected increases, partly
due to a belief that the price will fall
again.
An example OF this was brought out
yesterday when the wholesale quota
ton was SO cents pound for butter,
with the Washington Market price but
l cent higher. The butter price ad-
vanced u cents a pound wholesale
between the opening and closing of
the market
Three reasons were given for the
advance IN price. including storms in
the West and Middle West, impeding
production and delaying transit; in
creased consumption and Withholding
Of butter stocks from the market.
Some Shippers have refused to release
their products on a market as low as
that OF the last three weeks, with the
result that receipts have dwindled in
the face of stimulated demand
The egg price rallied yesterday, ad-
vanclng one cent to ASH cents. A drop
IS predlcCed Tor to-day, as many trains,
delayed by storms, will arrive and aug
ment the supply. The retail price for
Western eggs yesterday was 55 cents q
dozen.
That housewives are actively resent
ing efforts of packers to maintain and
even increase beef and pork prices
was clearly shown by yesterdays mar
ket. Although there was no fiuctuation
the market was extremely dull. Sales
fell off and possibility of more in
creases in prices probably was averted
One commission merchant attributed
the dropping demand for meat to the
tact that consumers have been edu-
Gated to the foodstuffs situation. He
said housewives are purchasing other
commodities in greater quantities in
order to reduce their meat purchases
Lamb and veal quotations were un-
changed yesterday
Severe weather in the Middle West
is jolting the prospects of an early de-
cline in poultry prices. With sporadic
shipments and an advancing demand
yesterdays retail prices of 40 cents
pound for common and 45 cents for
fancy roasting chickens were not dis
! proportionate to conditions.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-18

and little definite information was
available.
The widespread objection to any
committee on which Hearst serves is
indicated by the following letter to
Mayor Hylan. a copy of which was re-
ceived by The Tribune:
In accordance with a resolution
passed unanimously by the Ushers'
League of the First PresbyteriaN
Church in Jamaica, L. l., I have the
honor to request you to reconsi der
your action in appointing William
Randolph Hearst, of New York, of
notorious proGerman proclivties. as
chairman Of the committee on mill
tary affairs for welcoming the home
coming soldiers. 1t seems to us a ter
rible blunder, which is yet in your
power to retrieve" It was signed by
F. O. Everitt, secretary
Among the designations from the
Victory Committee were Municipal
Court Justice William D. Niper, Albert
Behrend, 279 Decatur Street; Harry w.
Taylor. 1887 Brooklyn Avenue; Nor
timer NJ. Bycrs, attorney; A. NJ Ed
e. M. Camp, a Manhattan attorney. liv-
ing in Brooklyn. and William Ferguson,
chairman of local draft board No. 27.
Mr.. ferguson wrote to Mr.. Riegelmann:
"ln view of the fact that The test of
members in good standing in the Vic
tory Celebration Committee appointed
by you is loyalty to Hearst rather than
loyalty to the greater cause to be
commemorated, and in view of the fact
that am unable to qualify under any
such test, permit me to resign as q
member Of the aforesaid committee.
ITO the everlasting shame of our
great borough and city let it be re-
corded that even in the doing of hon.
age to those brave men who represents
ed us on the field of battle, patriotism
and patriotic motives were compelled
by the present municipal administra
ton to yield to partisan politics and
demagogy.
"You, of course, will be unable to
escape the sponsibility for this state
OF affairs so far as it obtains in
Brooklyn"
Auxiliary of Old 18th
The interference of Hearst in the af-
fairs of the Brooklyn Committee has
been discussed by the Ladies Auxiliary
of the Old 14th Regiment. At the last
meeting of this society the members
protested that the shadow of politics
would dim the welcome they plan tc
give their sons, and officers OF the
| auxiliary are preparing to keep THEN
welcome distinct from the Victory
Committee. They will meet tomorrow
night and the protest is expected tc
take the shape Of formal resolution
The 14th Regiment is now the l0Gtf
Infantry and the I'd Pioneer Regiment
The men are in Dion. France.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
SeUen More Members
Resign From Brooklyn
Victory Committee

The Brooklyn Victory Celebration
Committee announced yesterday that
1t would call meeting soon to dis
cuss plans for borough celebration
for the homecoming troops of the
9th and 77th Divisions. Some imme-
diate action is believed necessary tn
rouse the public from the apathy of
the past few weeks, following the sur
render of the committee to the Hearst
Hylan political element.
representative John J. Delaney.
chairman Of the Victory COMMITTEES y
was IN Manhattan yesterday with Bor,
ough President Riegelmann, taking
part IN the welcome to the Fifteenth
Regiment, and the appointment of the
new executive committee was not
announced The proposed celehrat;on
would be the first one Of its kind he'll
by the committee since its most influ-
entail members left because of Hearst.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
Firemen in Danger at Blaze
Explosion and Sulphur Fumes
Nearly Cause Fatalities

The iron shutters Of a government
warehouse at Forty-eighth Street and
the East River were blown off by an
explosion yesterday as fremen were
swarming up ladders TO gam entranc
to the burning building. Eight firemsn
were flung to the ground. Waiter
Adams, OF Engine 2i. was sent TO Belle
vue Hospital and three others had 70
return 20 their quarters.
Dr. Harry ATcner. w.o had ATTENDED
thirty half-strangicd firomen oeio'ss
dark. said shat the fumes thrown OF
by the burning sulphur and lutc II
the warehouse formed . comblnstion
which was about as potent gas d
some battlefront compounds
Several hours after they had ben
sent back to their quarters irens1
George Kennedy and Patrick Gafnel'
of Engine 3, were fou0l senseless d
their beds. An ambulance was ca.ls'
and they were taken 10 Bellevue nos
pital, where ii was said that tnes
throats and lungs were burned as j
by sulphuric acid fumes. Their cor
dition was not regarded IS serious.
After the fire was thought to o.
under control it broke ont aiTesn
Fireman after fireman WAS carried ou' M
Of the building by comrades, sutiefihs
from sulphur fumes. Chief Keno
finally gave orders TO abandon the II j,
terror OF the warehouse, and Wns'
entrance was effected again eacn coa, coz,
pany worked in relays o. three, ess'
of which remained inside only Sess, .:,
minutes The damage was estinSS'
at $25, 900. lie
The fire wa burning stubbornly q 4
night and Chief Kenlon sand t1s' ~. y.
men had fight on their hands '1'
would last several days.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
Mun Under Bed FIees
With Trousers, Escapes

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y, Feb.
17.-Long before daylight
this morning man crawled from
beneath bed in which Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Weidenbusch were
sleeping in their home at "a Lin
coin Street. Mrs. Weidenbusch
remarked upon the occurrence
and her husband rose and pur
sued the intruder. At the front
door Mr.. Weidenbusch paused,
however. The burglar had his
trousers.
Mr.. Weidenbusch still was
hunting for his other trousers
when Patrolman Mullins dropped
in with the missing pair. He had
picked them up around the cor
ner. AS a $40 bill still remained
in the pocket Mr.. Weidenbusch
and the patrolman agreed that
the burglar had taken them in
sclf-defence.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
3 Hurt as Truck Overturns

A motor truck leaving the Staten
Island Shipbuilding Company plant
with fifty workmen aboard hit a trolley
car last night just after passing
through the Aadros Avenue entrance,
Port Richmond. Three of the work
men were pinned beneath the truck
and the car, and others were flung
to the ground. Most of the windows
in the streetcar were smashed. Richard
Tenny, Of d36 Seventeenth Street, and
Paul Silassri, Of 165 Fourth Street,
Brooklyn, injured internally, arc near
death at Staten Island Hospital. An
thony Uallromb Of 519 Seventeenth
Street, Brooklyn, whose legs were
crushed, also was taken to that inst-
tuition.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
Brooklyn Regiment Will Be
Welcomed by Dinner

Relatives Of the men of the old 23d
Infantry, N. G. N. Y, now the 106th
decided at a meeting in the armory in
Brooklyn last night to abandon the
original plan of welcoming the return
ing troops, which called for a trip OF
all the members Of the 23d Regiment
Association down the bay.
Instead of a greeting en- masse. q
small welcoming committee will meet
the incoming transports at the mouth
Of the harbor. The idea of welcom-
ing parade has also been abandoned
and 81 reception, dance and diNher al
the armory will be held in it's place, as
soon as the men are mustered out OF
the service.
Memorial services for those who
have fallen in battle will also be hello
IN the armory at some later date, al
which time bronze tablet to the deac
will be dedicated
New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
School Heads
Admit Radical
Trend in Pupils
DIR. 1ildsley Declares ESSAY.
Show Marked Influence. :
Bolshevik Propagands
Board to Check Spread
Rand Scholar Writes Treat.
Use on ''NEarxian Philoso.
phy''; Teacher on Trial

Steps were taken by officials Of y.
Board of Education yesterdav s ~
check the spread of Bolshevik Nv
Socialist propaganda among high scbool
pupils.
DR.. John L. Tildsley, associate spD.r
.intendent in charge Of high scbo0,.
declared he already had discovered tbs,
many pupils were daily writing ;nt.
their English compositions rems,[.
sympathetic to the Bolshevik ceusa j.
Russia and antagonistic TO Americs,
institutions. One boy, seventeen wear.
old, had written ali extensive tres,iss
on the "Marxian philosophvr ubi.s
clearly showed the influence Of so.;al
ist propaganda coming from thc Psns
School, Z Eas1 Fifteenth Street '4ba ha
said NJ
These boys have developsa lnoui
edge along these lines '~v wSicb nn0Wi, !
astounding" said DR.. Tildsl@y @~'V@ ar,.s Is
read radical books. speeches of La Foi.
iette and pamphlets until they NAV bs
said to be well versed in these snb-
Jects- l am convinced that the hes.
way to overcome their present tor
dencles is to introduce into the schools
study of economies which will nroyo
TO them the untruth Of what they nov.
read. Just what viii be done to ebs,s
the spread of radicalism will not bn
decided until we have made further in.
vestigation." -"
Gilbert Raynor' principal Of the Com.
merclal High School, yesterday con.
frmed the statements made bv Dr. Cai.
van Campbell, a teacher Of English IN
the school. DR.. Campbell, in an I'd.
dress in Manhattan Sunday. asserted
that radical literature was finding i,
way into the school.
Not long ago. Mr. Raynor said. soma
pupils reported TO him that in tbeir
history class they were being taught
principles which they considered m.
American. As result OF that com.
plant, teacher was suspended and !,
now awaiting trial before the Boar
of Education.
Two boys came to me some time aot
and said they were being taught IN
properly" said Mr.. Ravnor. ~ toll
them to get together twelve bows d
their class and then tell me their story
This they did. Their story was ths
their teacher had said that Bolshevisn
was not bad, that the government wa,
responsible for lot of lies about tbt
Bolshevlki, that, as their teacher, h
would like to tell them the truth but
he was not permitted 10.
"This led to the teachers suspension
pending his trial. understand he ha.
since gone to the Rand School as
teacher, which may explain some Of
his views.
"a number of other teachers have
reported they have found radical ten
dencies among their pupils. 1t is
traced to the literature which falls into
their hands. Ours is rot community
school. Our 5000 pupils come from all
parts Of the city, many of them from
so-called radical districts. But gen
orally our pupils are loyal It is not
right to say the school is nest Of
radicalism."
New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
ERa| PITY

Josephine Nocella, twenty-fouF yes.' zee. ~.
of 32l Floyd Street. Broolyn WY S,,i,s
fenced to three years IN priSo" ~
received stolen goods.
Isadore Witdorchick Of so Dum0n' i've fi,s
nue., Brooklyn. received YESTERDAY ~
year sentence fc~ assault On Two cAor-s 80,
last November One companion IS ~
sentence and another is yet TO pc -
Mres. Mary Donahue aged th.rg,
Westbury. L. l.. was killed by an aet,-'s ~ ~
at Mineola yesterday IS sne let1 y y. ts:
to reboard a streetcar from when sns sv.Tss
just alghted. The automobile WAS
by Warren c. Seaman
The Bowery All Night Mission sns y
American Female Guardian Soc,eH .Se ~
city each will receive Sl.0OO olloe' r-1.,seIs
of Mrs Mary +. Hayes Of New -
which has been filed at Nhi'e 'a'''9'
Patrick Morahan jumped from ,@A..s,es
floor window cf his home at aoo-A -, iris
Street. Brooklyn. after suffering lsow ~. Fss
enza for three weeks. He died al tao,t s,t,,a.
lily Hospital from a fracture ol '''0
Kccping a hose stream PLAYING cons p.rs
on an American flag on Consumes Gre
Hotel. 327 underhnl Avenue. Brooklyn "a
men saved II Yesterday from nFe fss
swept through the building. Fatroin's+s t,cs
berry of the Snyder Avenue potles sgye,
who discovered the fire. aroused ,He .sans
occupants of She building by throw,hs frcs
nj their windows. Then he kept them IN
jumping until tircmen got ladders N.Y.
damage was estimated at $1,000
New-York tribune., 1919-02-18

I uST which is the oldest joke in the
world has long been a matter of
argument The other evening at the
triars Club several members started
the old discussion over again, agreeing
mat drink should be purchased for
the person telling the oldest alleged
mlrth inciter.
In the midst of the story telling con-
test an actor long noted for his will
lngncss TO borrow money and his fail
ure 70 repay. approached the table and
addressing Elliott Foreman, the assist
ant manager Of the Forty-fourth Street
Theatre, exclaimed in the most ap-
proved hurry up" style:
elliott let me take $40, please. I'll
give it back in the morning"
You wini' came the concerted shout
from the table
A UDIBLE remarks are the exception
~ rather than the rule, fortunately
at the opera. One woman, however.
gave her nearby companions smile
the other evening during the perform
ancc Of "Lodoletta" by thinking aloud
10 this effect while Caruso was sing
ing;
"My, but I'd think he wound be
afraid of catching cold in that $4,000
voice"
Which was Il tribute to the scenic
realism Of the opera, with snow banked
hiRn on the stage and snowfakes COW
ering the tenor as he sang an ifnoas-
stoned aria bareheaded and clad in
evening dress, supposedly on wintry
night.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
I H1oelrel5irl Main ST.
L Sss Aas 4 e. I

illus II. COHEN, counsel for the
" New YORK. New Jersey Port and
1'arbor Development Commission. ex-
p'ained has raft Of the proposed in
ter.tate Cor. treaty the other day TO a
conference which, he declared, was
larger Than the one settling the
worlds future at Paris
Luncheon was 10 nave been served
IL 1920 hut in the furry Of questions
and answers the time slipped by un-
noticed ~ 1880 o'clock Mr.. Cohen
vas handed a note, and he arose Win
ar air of relief.
Il nave word from downstairs" he
,ald, "ttat in spite Of the hot air in
fae building the lunch is getting cold" ."
There ~as q general laugh and q
TeFy prompt adjournment.
40 AMOUNT Of hard headed argu~
uent a. 10 wny Brest was selected
t5 the main port OF debarkation in
France can make that rain soaked town
abide in the affections Of anxious.
hemesick returning dou9hboyg. Some
dea # the estimation in which Bregt
H. ncie by these uusentimental human
iei.Ys Is contained in story relnted bY
Colonel William Hayward. Of the old
31sh Regiment.
zone of the 'non~come' Of another
regiment" said Colonel Hayward, "eaid
&c spent an entire winter In Erest Last
January, ard when asked how big s.
town Brest was replied, Well, ii il
four miles in circumference and four
feet deeD.'"
The sun., 1919-10-19

the heating system may be either steam
or hot water.
The owners of the development will
undertake to build this house on any
suitable lot out of the many which are
now vacant The lots vary greatly in
size owing to the winding streets, &c.
They run, however. from S0x100 feet
to 15Ox2O0. The land is rolling. but
there are several quite level sections.
AS was pointed out previously. this
type of a house is suited for a $4,000
or $1,000 lot, which would bring the
total purchase price up to about $50, 900.
The owners regard their terms as mod
erately liberal. They ask for 25 per
cent. cash, bot IL the buyers credit is
good and he doesn't elect to build too
expensive a house on a given lot they,
will accept 20 per cent cash. The mort
gage which they will take back for the
balance, may be paid off by the usual
building and loan plan of i per cent a
month. which provides one half the
amount for payment of interest and the
other half for the amortization of the
mortgage.
On the basis OF the $4,000 house
shown above and it's erection on a $50
lot the rs per cent cash payment
amounts to $4,000. That leaves a bal
ance of $4,000. Estimating the monthly
carrying charges IN itcu1::cd form they
will appear as follows:
Amortization of mortgage at per
cent. ................-. .Sl5o.os
Taxes ................. 22.75
Insurance 200
Total .....................s175.75
In addition TO this the buyer must
reckon on heating and lighting, which
is not 50 easy to compute but II is safe
to estimate that not more than twelve
tons of coal year will be required for
heat.
Transit Facilities Are Fine.
Communication by the fast urban cleo
trifed transit, the station being but n
few blocks from the western edge of
The sun., 1919-10-19
POINTS OUT MERITS
OF JERSEY TOWNS
Realty Man Says They're
Ideal for Committing.

The building of more suburban homes
Is the only possible solution OF New
\ ork's housing problem, according to
Samuel Kraft, president OF the Bound
airy Realty Company. He believes that
the New Jersey towns near New YORK
answer all the requirements for commute
ers' home colonies. In going through
the nearby sections of Jersey, he says
such towns as Hasbrouck Heights, Has
brouck Park, woodbridge, Rutherford
and Hackensack show gradual growth
and a tendency toward cohesion that
will eventually result in the formation
OF one big city.
According to Mr.. Kraft. Hackensack
Heights, which is in the heart OF the
aristocratic town of Hackensack, Is par
rcularly attractive to home builders
and investors. It Is about SIX miles
west of the Hudson. 1t has railroad
stations, trolley service, post offices, a
telegraph station, express service, fre
and police protection, churches ana
schools The water supply is OF GOOD
guilty, and the drainage, owing TO us
natural elevation, is perfect. The build
ing loan associations are liberal IN thelr
loans for houses in that section and the
prices of lots. while they are cheap as
yet, are steadily increasing. Hacken-
sack Heights is on a high ridge over
lo oking Manhattan, and has SUCH an
elevation that the entire surrounding
country Is visible for miles.