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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
HYLAN Is TRAFFIC
COP FOR HALF HOUR
Quits Limousine at Delaney
and Kenmare Streets to
Show EN- How.
CHEws GUM THE WHILE
Acknowledges Plaudits With
One Hand as He Gives Sig
nails With Other.

The Man with the Red Mustache
leaned from his limousine at Canal
street ana the Bowery yesterday after
noon during the rush hour. and asked
the traffic cop:
How're things golngT'
VERY good SIR" replied the police
man. respectfully, oh. very respectfully.
touching his cap.
"Goodw said the Man with the Red
Mustache. He leaned back in his luxuri-
Gus automobile. The limousine proceeded
north on the Bowery, and presently
stopped in front of the traffic cop at
Delaney and Kenmare streets, stopping
traffic.
How're things going?" asked the
Man with the Red Mustache.
mot 80 good" replied the policeman,
respectfully, oh, very respectfully, I'm
all alone here.'I
rs that so7" asked the Man with the
Red Mustache, I'll get you help at
once"
The chauffeur parked the big limou-
sine, and the Man with the Red Mus
tache said a lew words to the Man with
the Little Mustache, secretary to the
Man with the Red Mustache. Thereupon
the Man with the Little Mustache went
to telephone and told the lieutenant on
duty at the Elizabeth street station to
send more cops aud be darned quick
about 1t. A few minutes later two
patrolmen and three mounted traffic men
came Looping to Kenmare and Delaney
streets
Then the Man with the Red Mustache
took entire charge OF things He be-
came traffic cop. stationed himself in
! the center Of the street and directed
traffic. giving preference to trolley cars
for the sake of old times His arms
waved about like a semaphore, he
shouted directions at the teamsters and
| truck drivers in a stentorian voice, and
| all the time he chewed gum with great
vigor
For a long time nobody recognized the
Man with the Red Mustache, but finally
people began to notice who 1t was who
| was directing traffic in such great style
| and various persons began touching their
hats to him, and he was never so busy
| that he couldn't ind a loose hand tc
| reach UP to the brim of his own hat and
a gracious smile with which to reward
! the humble citizen.
The Man with the Red Mustache was
| stationed there on the Bowery for more
than half an hour. and by the end oil
that time traffic was flowing across the
Williamsburg Bridge as smoothly as
water pours out of pitcher. And Their
the Man with the Red Mustache clam
| bered into his automobile, and amid the
huzzahs OF the populace the luxurious
| limousine rolled on over the bridge to.
ward the home of the Man with the Red
Mustache in Bushwick.
And for many hours thereafter people
| who didn't own luxurious limousinei
trudge painfully across the bridge OF
begged rides from truck drivers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
SWARMS FROM TUBE
AT FLATBUSH EXITS
Homegoers Badly Congested
in Rush Hour TroueI.

Having had previous day of b. r,
7. strike. the Brookiynites going home
from Manhattan in the rush hours be-
tween and Z o'clock last night knew
what to expect when they swarmed
from the 1nterborough subway exits of
the Atlantic avenue station.
All the possibilities of homeward ira
vel were theirs by experience, SO they
did one Of three things-walked, hoped
on an automobile or waited for a trolley
or the elevated.
Elevated trains were not numerous
From o'clock on through the busy
hours the trolIeys ran with regularity.
They hardly stopped and people jumped
aboard while they were In slow motion.
The congestion of traffic which was
evident Wednesday night due to auto
mobiles stopping in the middle of the
street to pick up passengers was afis-
Waited last night by the police, who kept
traffic moving by switching II of in an
other direction as soon as the stream in
any one direction became blocked.
A person with his mind set on taking
an automobile ride home started In the
direction he wished to go and got a mo-
| tor some blocks away. On every side
| street and every avenue in the neigh
borhood around Brooklyn Times Square
| and the Long Island station delivery
wagons, trucks, moving vans, touring
cars and In fact all types Of uninspiring
motor cars waited for passengers.
Competition seemed moro evident yes
terday than the day before. Fares have
dropped bit, especially on the larger
vehicles carrying more than a dozen
persons. Some OF them had the prices
marked on the sides of their cars-l5
cents and 20 cents to Bay Ridge. The
Coney Island trip was still high.
1t was In the Long Island station that
the crowd was worse. The air was
sitting. Men, women and children were
packed tight In punches waiting before
the train gates. One could hardly move
in the STATEN proper. Down in the sub
way, where there are entrances TO the
Long Island station. bullying knots OF
people stood out from the gates on the
subway platform anxious to get home.
Thousands of persons were on Allan
tic avenue and Flatbush avenue in the
triangle the two form with Fourth ave-
nue. as a base when at o'clock hum
dreds of strikers gathered, mingled with
the crowd and heckled motormen and
conductors OF cars when they stopped
Most OF the strikers were in civilian
dress, but some were In their railway
uniforms without badges on their hats
They did no harm. Now and then one
would grasp the rope by which the troll
| ley poles are adjusted on the overhead
wire and pull the pole from the wire
causing the car TO stop. Then when the
conductor got on TO put II back in place
| they would gather around him and tell
him what they thought OF him.
Gatherings OF inquisitive persons aug
mented the strikers when car stopped
and there were cries Of "Scab Throw
him OF the carr directed at the con.
ductor and motorman. Two or more
| policemen, rode on each car. The strik.
ers' anticA drew much attention. but die
little harIh to travel.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
BERLIN GUARDS SECURITIES.
Ban on Export of Foreign Hold
fngs Effective September 80.

Special Gable Despatch 10 The Sun from the
London Times Serrfee.
Copyright. 1919, all rights reserved.
BERLIN, Aug. THE ordinance Of
the imperial Minister of Finance, with
reference to the prohibition of the ex-
port of foreign securities and disposing
of or hypothecating them. will take
effect September 80, says the German
Gazette.
From the upper Rhine district come
reports that iron and manganese ore
have been discovered in the Innsbruck
district by a Coblenz firm.
The TGgblatt says that English cigar
cites have been thrown on the market in
such quantities that the wholesale prices
have fallen. A few weeks ago they sold
for so pfennings (12 cents) each, but
the present price is As pfennings. at
which price the small retail dealer rea-
Lies to 9 pfennings profit per cigar
cite.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
FIRST DRY LAW ARRESTS.
Trenton Cafe Owner and Aid Held
in $1,000 Each.

TRENTON, N. j.. Aug. THE first ar
rests by the Federal authorities for all
legged violation of the wartime prohibi-
ton act were made here to-day when
John L. Thompson, proprietor of the
Lafayette cafe, and an aid, Frederick
w. Curtis, were taken into custody by
special agents Lewis and Sprague of the
Department of Justice.
The men were arraigned before Fed
eral Judge Davis, pleaded not guilty and
were released on $1,000 bail each for
further examination. If convicted, they
are each liable to a fine of $4,000 or
two years in prison or both. i
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
WOMAN TRIES. TO GRAB BABY.
Mrs. Matters Accused OF Assault N
Mother Retains Child.

OTTAWA, Aug, Enlarged with as
sault after an unsuccessful attempt yes
terday to obtain possession OF four-year-
old Katherine Ryan. who as Baby
Irene was the central figure in sen
sational trial in the Federal courts of
Chicago three years ago, Mrs. Dolly
Ledgerwood Matters of Chicago was in
custody here to-day. Two Ottawa men.
Il. j. Oates and Michael ]. Jennings.
were arrested with Mrs. Matters and
charged with trespass.
The baby's mother was present when
the alleged attempt to kidnap the little
girl took place at her grandmother
home. Fearing another attempt. the
mother took the child away 10 hide her.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
TURK NATIoNALIsTs GAINING.
Assemblies Organized to Combat
Division of Country.

PARIS. Aug. 7.-Despatches reaching
the peace conference from Asiatic Tur-
key indicate that the Nationalist move
ment iG becoming much stronger. Ma
tional assemblies have been organized
at Sivas. Amasis and several other
places. Apparently determined efforts
are being prepared to resist any division
of Turkey among the Powers,
In Armenia the situation is becoming
alarming. Foodstuffs are entirely cut
off and Turkish troops are closing In on
the .Armenians because OF the with
drawal OF the British troops. The an
nouncement that the Italians are unable
to send troops to replace the British
makes the future of the Armenian ma
ton seem especially dark.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
CUBA MAY SET SUGAR PRICE.
House Wants O 1-2 Cent Rate o.
Export.
BY the Associated Pres,.

HAVANA, Aug. IA resolution which
would authorize the President mot to
permit the expectation of sugar CORE
spending to the 1920 crop at a price
less than 6Ik cents per pound. free on
board" was presented in the House of
Representatives to-day.
No action was taken at to-day's ses-
sion
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
Republic Is Closed.

At the Republic Theatre the notice
was served at s 40 by William B. Mack
himself playing In "a Voice in the
Dark" Half of the company of sixteen
told the representatives of A. II. Woods
that they were willing to stick. though
DESTROYS of being loyal to their organi-
zation. The management advised them
to follow their own conscience in de-
Gliding whether to follow the eight who
had left. The 500 persons in the house
were then notified from the stage by
the house manager, and at the little
wicket about $500 was refunded to
them and to late Corners.
A performance was given at the Booth,
although six Of the cast OF THE Better
ole" walked out. among them Charles
MacNaughton and Colin Campbell, who
play prominent parts. Their places were
taken by understudies. the management
explaining that they had been preparing
for the strike and were not meaning to
close.
George Broadhurst said that he had
put the eighteen members OF "A Crimson
Alibr at the Broadhurst under indi-
vidual contracts early this year. and
that he was considering suing them In
court The only one who remained, he
said, was william II. Thompson. an old
time actor, who disapproved of the walk
out and volunteered to work for nothing
as a protest. At the Playhouse word OF
the strike was conveyed to the audi
ence by the producer, William A. Brady.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
R-33 starts for India Soon,

LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE British dirigible
R-33, sister ship of the R-34, which re-
Gently completed round trip across the
Atlantic, will probably start on her flight
to India next week, according to an
nouncement made to-day. .v
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
B. R. 7. PROBE OPENS
WITHOUT GARRISON
Receiver Will Appear This At
ternoon Before Service
Commission.
DISORDER IS ADMITTED
One Witness Says Police Seem
to Be Working With
the Strikers.

The Public Service Commissions
special hearing on the B. r. T. strike
situation began yesterday afternoon in
chambers at 40 Lafayette street. Re
ceiver Garrison was not present and M
B. Hoffman, who with George T. Yeo-
mans represented the corporation, asked
that the proceedings be postponed until
Monday. Mr.. Garrison. he said, had re-
ceived the commissions notice only yes
terday morning and by reason of the de-
mands on his time and the necessity Of
keeping in close touch with the situation
in Brooklyn had been unable to attend.
John H. Delaney, Transit Construction
Commissioner, objected to any postpone
ment. His personal observations in
Brooklyn yesterday had convinced him.
he said, that the. company's reports of
the number Of cars in operation during
the day were false and that there was
little, II any. disorder. He limited that
the company was deliberately refusing
to make the proper efforts to keep its
schedules. =
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where IL sethernf

Thereupon an interesting incident oc-
eurred when Mr.. Sothern, on his own
sronsibility--though he Is a men,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08
HoIbrook BIinn in auandry.

The strike put the star. Holbrook
Blinn, in an anomalous position. He is
a prominent member of the Equity, but
has also a large interest in the show.
which puts him in the managerial class.
He was therefore compelled to call at
the Equity headquarters last night to
learn his status in order to govern his
future action.
At the Cohan & Harris Theatre the
strike notice was served by Harry Lam
bert about 7 80 and six members of 1.-The
Royal Vagabond" company quit. The
stopping of the performance was made
known from the stage by Sam Forrest
general stage director for Cohan & Har-
ris, who called upon the loyal members
OF the company lined up on the stage be-
hind him to declare whether they had
any grievance against the management
They answered with an emphatic mo ~
Encouraged by this support. the man.
agement called FOR a rehearsal at IL
o'clock this morning and announced that
they would have a performance tonight
with. most OF the important players In
their usual roles. The loss was put al
s2.35o.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-08

Der Of the executive council of the A. E.
A.-volunteered to act as arbiter and to
rush over to see the producers in a final
effort to make peace. He extracted a
promise from Mr.. Gilmore that 1.-THE
executive council would delay action on
the strike until 7 p. NJ. by which time
he was to get word to them as to
whether he had failed.
Then Mr.. Sothern FASTENED away, APP
parently bent on his quest. But late
last night Mr.. Harris. speaking for the
managers said he hadn't seen Mr.. Soth-
ern and that there had been no meeting
OF managers during the afternoon before
which he could have laid any PROPOSE
ton. Such a meeting. Mr.. Harris said,
would be held at o'clock this afternoon
to decide upon measures to meet the
strike.
Up to a late hour Mr. Sothern had not
reported back to the A. E. A headquar-
tiers, and the great mystery OF the strike
was. What became of our leading
Shakespearean exponent?
Meanwhile the actors hadn't been
wasting time, At the close of the Hotel
Aston meeting, which ended about 5 AS
p. NJ, all those who were willing to
strike were called upon to step forward.
The volunteers were then separated into
groups according to their companies, and
the aggregations which were intended to
walk out were selected. The choice was
made by a member of the executive
council. whose name the Equity officials
withheld.
The companies selected were told TO
report at a restaurant In 100 West
Forty fifth street for instructions at
o'clock as to whether they were to strike
This decision was reached by the execu-
tive council. and about o'clock the
strike was generally under way.
At the Princess Theatre the strike In
terrupted Adolph Kla lber's first venture
as a producing manager. He was 10
make his debut with "Nightie Night a
farce, but at o'clock Francis Byrne,
the leading comedian, informed him that
q strike had been called and seven men,
bers Of the cast walked out. two minor
players remaining. This happened be-
fore the audience was seated and a
notice at the box Office window warned
them away, with the stipulation that
tickets would be good when the theatre
reopens." The house was said to have
lost $1,000 by closing. Mr.. Klauber
said he would mark time, without en-
deavoring to assemble a new cast for
the present.
At the Selwyn where THE Challenge"
opened this week an unique expedient
was resorted to. Arch Selwyn OF Selwyn
Co. announced that Ave performers
had walked out, but Eugene Walter. the
author, would himself take one of the
prominent roles tonight so that a per-
Torrance could be given. Edgar Selwyn,
also a member OF the. firm. who hasn't
acted in several years, will act as an
understudy tonight.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01
POLES WERE FIGHTING RUSSIA

Out of the mental and moral trou- ble into which the grouping of the powers at the beginning of the war had thrown the counsels of Poland there emerged at last the decision that the Polish Legion, peace or ganization in Galicia, directed by Pill sudski (afterward given the rank of general and now apparently the chief of the government in Warsaw, should take the field against the Russians.
 In reality it did not matter against which partner in the "Crime of the Partition" Polish resentment should be directed. There was little to choose between the methods of Russian bar barism, which was 10th crude and rot ten, and the cultivated brutality, tinged with contempt, of Germany's superficial, grinding civilization. Both were hateful, and the direction of the Polish effort was naturally governed by Austria's tolerant attitude, which had connived for years at the semi secret organization of the Polish Le- zion.
 Only very nice discrimination in evil would have hesitated as to the direction. Besides, the material pos sibility pointed only one way. That Poland should have turned at first against the ally of western powers to whose moral support she had been looking for so many years is not a greater monstrosity than that alliance with Russia which had been entered into by England and France with rather less excuse and with a view to eventualities which could perhaps have been avoided by firmer policy and by greater resolution, in the face of what plainly appeared un- avoidable.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01
WANTED SOMETHING QUIET

The painstaking artist, anxious to please, remarked to prospective GUS toner:
 q can paint you a portrait of your wife which will be speaking like ness"
 "H'm--couldn't you do in what they call still life?"
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01
FIRST AID

"Alcohol ruins the health"
 "Yes," answered Uncle Bill Bottle top, "but man who gets careless with alcohol now is liable to need a lawyer worse than he does doctor"
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01
CHEERFUL CHIRPS
 (By @DEL.")

Mostly nonsense, except in those rare intervals when a real idea comes along and is grabbed off.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01

it into the glass. It was found to have double yolk.
 "They's two yallers in this aig; you all owes me some more sugar." he said.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01

xA&&~x xX&4Oxx
 All Farmers of Coconino County! and binding M siae me- all of good quality car carload O for good money every bag and on pound Of twne be at least s5OO On bags the saving will be much greater better prices for your grain potatoes because they will reach the market in proper shape
 ,hs go % @ , sfEn 5 s e ns s,ssy % August sns sasaq s os 90 O'Clock ei G a ma is up to you!
 The Coconno Farm Bureau s looking plan by which flour m saving themselves freight expense both It is to raise the money for this; but want you to the meeting on August and find nd out all about support at least
 this county the expert services of Dr. Bartlett assistant s August sSnsi viii tel S how its1f
 @ es!:'s 5 sfs sad sDs o1 to you want him to- and advise and show you He will operative marketing and how to get supplies at less cost through organized cooperative buying Come to tue meeting August 9
 AZ Knniso horticultural specialist the Uni Hs of f s will s at the ts S to for them before digging how grade and for them after digging how establish high reputation for COconinO seed potatoes and the advanced prices that seed potatoes always bring He is ready right out to your farm and help select seed Come to the meeting on August 9 and get in touch ,Uith Mr. KinnisOn
 Mir Cook state leader of farm agents member the fac ulty of the University of Arizona will be and tell farmers how incorporate and the of such incorporation. Come to the meeting
 August 9 and hear Mr. Cook
 Other matters will at this meeting matters relating better conditions better facilities other things of vital interest to Farmers of CocOnnO county, can't afford from this meeting You will get the biggest days for few hours of your time got in your lie composed of farmers Through its assistance will and profit By its help will become better farmers raising | and better making plant and | every bushe you market
 Farmers of COc0ninO county Flagstaff August and mix with the other farmers of the county Come from experience hear what others experience
 Farmers of Coconino county, cnma fn E|acetaH Aumef Q
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01

Little girl asked Billy Bosum the other day for change for dollar. She said her mother would give him the dollar next day.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01

choosing whom you shall marry ? Choose whom you may, you will find you have got somebody else.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01

"Rimmy Jim" says he knows man who joined the church and backslid so often that finally they wouldn't take him in, and so he had to join in his wife's name.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01

Frank Harrison, who makes a living by settin' round while superior court is in session and makin' funny marks in note books that nobody can read >but his own self, and who unblushing- ly admits that he came from South Carolina, tells this story, typical of country life "back home": An ambitious merchant, to attract trade, announced that for three full months he would give drink of whis- key free with every purchase, how ever small.
 One day chap from the hills ann bled slowly in.
 "Do you-all buy aigs?" he drawled. "Yes, indeed" The fellow pulled one out of his pocket.
 "Giv me aig's wuth O sugar." he said.
 The merchant weighed out and wrapped the sugar.
 "You-all gives a drink to them as buys somethin', don't you?"
 "Yes, sir" said the merchant as he poured out a good swig of apple-jack brandy and handed it over.
 The customer looked at it. T likes sugar in my drink" he drawled. Pardon me-" said the merchant, and he scooped out some sugar for him.
 The man continued to gaze at and finger the glass.
 q likes aig in my drink" he finally announced.
 The merchant gasped, but, being a sport, handed the man the egg he had just brought in. The latter broke
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01

Maidens! Why should you worry in