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New-York tribune., 1919-08-06
Foss Enters Bay State
Cubernatorial Race
Former Executive Seeks Demo.
cratic Nomination on Plat
form of Public Ownership

BOSTON, Aug. 5.-Eugene n. Foss,
who served as Governor in 1911, 1912
and 1913, announced to-day that he
would be a candidate for the Demo
cratic gubernatorial nomination at the
primaries next month on a platform
of public ownership of public utili-
ties.
"Citizens from all over the state,
irrespective of party, have signifed
their belief that I could be of service
to the people in advocating public
ownership Of street railways and the
reesta blishment of scent fares" his
announcement said.
81 know a plan can be worked out
which will be equitable and fair to
everybody, by which the fare shall
not exceed cents. This can be done
only through public ownership"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-06
Rcard of Estimate Orders
transportation Survey at
Mayors Suggestion to
Relieve Traffic jam
10 Fight Higher Fares
Municipality Controlled Sys-
tenn Is Offered as Cure
for Present Difficulties

Mayor Hylan proposed, in letter
read at yesterdays session of the
poard of Estimate, at which he pre-
.;ded. that the city enter the traction
ssld as owner and operator of sys-
tenn of motor buses, to be run in all
boroughs.
After the letter was read. a resolu-
tion calling upon the Commiss ioner
n Plant and Structures-who is in
Europe-to make survey of the situa-
t;on and report back method of pro-
redure to the Board of Estimate was
adopted.
Objects to Transfer Charge
The Mayors letter follows:
"The question of providing adequate
transit facilities for the people is be-
coming more acute as the time passes
"The traction interests have been
permitted to charge the people for
transfers and are proposing to increase
fares. | intend to- fight to the last
ditch any attempt to increase fares, a
there is no necessity for such increase.
From various sections of the five
boroughs there is continuous COM
plaint of overcrowding during rush
hours and of too few trains at other
neriods of the day and night
at appears to me that the only quick
solution of the problem lies in the
New-York tribune., 1919-08-06

submitted to the next reo;s,otrr.
without delay, as the "women Of Nem
Jersey who desire the vote ara ~ a,em
serious disadvantage compared w;th =
'ne nv women OF suffrage states" '
A. me olscouraging of home ownino
.;niough the effect of rigorous taYas
.ion was condemned by Governor Rn1-
The Governor favored an immod;,+.
inauguration of intensive worh 'ri.",eaiase nn a.
present road building programme fnr r
state highways; declared FOR min.
mum wage law, based on sound eco
nomic principles, as being necessary
ior the welfare of the people. so tn at
the workers of the state rece;vo -
living wage; advocated thorouph in
v,estigation of housing conditions in
the cities, so that the people could be
protected from those profiteerino in
the necessities of life; declared for a
minimum wage law for all teachers:
favored Legislation to fully regulate
tne exploiting and sale of speculative
STOCKS IN the state, and said that his
policy as to the states expenditures
would be no undue pairing of necessary
expenses, but he would allow no ey.
cesses whatever and no holders Of
useless Offices. u
10 right New York Tax Law
In a paragraph headed "protec ction
to commuters" the Governor said that
the interests of those citizens of New
Jersey doing business in the State Of
New York are seriously jeopardized
by the, New York income tax law.
which, ne said, unjustly discriminates 8
against New Jersey citizens by deny
ing the same exemptions afforded the
citizens of New York under the saw, q
law. He favored such legislation as
would bring about different attitude
on the part of New York.
AS to public utilities, the Governor
declared that the rates fixed bv The
utility. companies should be such az
would render fair and reasonable re,
turn upon the investment and which
would at the same time prevent charges
IN excess of such return.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-06

city entering the transit field. This
may be accomplished, believe, without
excessive or prohibitive expenditure
and should, with proper planning and
adequate supervision, become an i'm
mediate source of revenue to the city
"The Commissioner of Plant and
Structures, who now has under his
jurisdiction the bridges, ferries and
bridge car lines, should also have un-
der his jurisdiction such additional
transit facilities as are to be operated
municipality. He should be directed to
Immediately proceed to make COM
prehensive study of the existing tran
sit systems in all boroughs and the
available statistics relating thereto,
with the object of reporting to the
board, as soon as possible, his recon-
mendation for the establishment of
motor bus lines of transportation
throughout the five boroughs; these to
be owned and operated by the city, in
by abolishing the existing overcrowd-
ing and providing proper and sufficient
service at all points.
Wants Routes Fixed
His report to the board should in
dicate the proposed routes of such mo-
tor bus lines, with the estimated cost
OF the necessary equipment, together
with the probable annual cost of opera
tlon and the estimated revenue, as
we'll as request for the authorizations
ton revenue producer" basis) which
would be required to effect the estab-
lshment of the proposed routes.
The Corporation Counsel should
also be directed to assist the Commits
sioner in the matter.
When the Commissioners report is
received by this board authorization
in accordance with Section 169 of the
charter, to the extent Of the sum
available in the debt limit, could be ap
proved for those routes which the board
would sanction''
New-York tribune., 1919-08-06

to do any reading while a witness,
could neither read nor write.
Il have heard him read and seen him
write" said Mr. Cameron.
c. c. De Witt, superintendent of the
Ford English School at the automobile
plant, was called to refute the charge
of anarchy. Mr.. De Witt testified the
whole purpose of the school was to
make good Americans of the foreign
born, and every exercise by which they
learned to write and speak American
was designed also to instill sentiments
of patriotism and give knowledge of
the fundamentals of the American form
of government
New-York tribune., 1919-08-06

was closed yesterday after several wit
nesses had testified for the city. Com
missioner Nixon gave both sides ten
days in which to submit briefs and
announced Ire would reserve decision
until he had examined them.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Jo-
seph H. Devery testified that a cursory
examination Of the franchises of the
New York Railways Company-the
green car lines showed that in addi-
tion to the fourteen free transfer
points conceded by the corporation
there were thirty-six others, at which
cents is now being charged for trans
fers. He added that the records also
would show that each of the ninety
nine transfer points at which 2 cents is
being charged were in reality desig
mated as free transfer points in the
franchises.
When counsel for the city again
brought up the question of refund
slips Henry L. Stimson, counsel for
Receiver Job f. Hedges, said there was
no need of issuing such slips, for if
the charge is illegal. as maintained by
the city, persons paying the 2 cents
could collect $50 indemnity for each
cents paid out.
Professor E. w. Bems, who has been
retained as an expert appraiser by the
CITY, was recalled and insisted MS val
uation of $45, 100000 for the company's
property was high if anything.
Earnings will be on the increase"
Mr.. Nixon said. "If l didn't so be-
lieve l would not have reduced the
price of transfers from cents, as
the receiver wanted to make, to 2
cents. l don't want the plants of the
company to deteriorate. I am going
to do everything l can to build them
up"
Commissioner Nixon, at the close of
Professor Bemis's testimony ruled out
all the city expert had testified to re-
garding the value Of it's property,
holding that it was nadmssibe on
the ground that it was purely a guess
"Mr Bemis himself" said Commits
sioner Nixon, "admitted it would take
at least six months to make a valua-
tjOn y
New-York tribune., 1919-08-06
Runyon Enters Race
For CovernOrship
On Loyalty Issue
New Jersey Executive Says
People Must Support All
American Laws; Pied dges
an Early Suffrage Vote

TRENTON, N. j.. Aug. Ex-Governor
William N. Runyon to-day in announc-
ing the platform on which he will seek
the Republican nomination for Gov
ernor declared that "the most impor-
tant proposition before the American
people is that of loyalty to our gov
eminent and it's institutions.
''Of far more concern than my own
candidacy or that of any other" he
said, as the need that every man,
woman and child in New Jersey, as
we'll as elsewhere. who enjoys the ben
institutions, the fruits of American
sacrifice and devotion, shall support
them whole-heartedly and without re-
serve; that the forces which stand out
against such loyalty shall be driven
from US, and that in every part Of this
great land, and in all its outlying pos
sessions, there shall be firm and un-
swerving spirit of patriotism.
The great, the paramount requisite
is that the people, who are the ma
tion and who elect their repre- senta :
,tives to Office, shall be loyal beyond
suspicion and unquestoned supporters
of American doctrines and principles
The judgment of such people will be
20 place in office those who will best
represent their beliefs and their in
terests"
Prohibition Not Issue
In his platform the Governor de-
clared that prohibition was not a state
issue, and no one could make it state
issue. If elected Governor, he said,
he would be required to take an oath
to support the Constitution of the
United States, and no ambition or lure
of Office, he asserted, could cause him
to take that oath with a mental res
ervation not to support and enforce
the eighteenth amendment
Governor Runyon declared that the
national SUFFRAGE amend ment should he
New-York tribune., 1919-08-06
Verdict i'm Ford
Case Is Expected
By Tuesday Night
Court Cuts Testimony Short
to End Prolonged Trial; 4
Witness Testifies Auto
Man Can Read and Write

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich, Aug. g.
"A verdict IN Henry vFrd's s1000,000
lloei suit against "The Chicago Daily
tribune" is expected by next Tuesday
night, August ~, just three months
from the day the hearing began.
me evidence was all in the record to-
DAY. Tomorrow the jury will be ex-
cused while the LAWYERS, of whom there
are fourteen, discuss the matter of the
courts instructions to the jury with
oudge tucker. Great Importance is at
1ached to what definitions of "anarchv''
and .anarchist" Judge Tucker instructs
the jury it may consider. for the su;t
was instituted by Mr.. Ford because The
0hlcago newspaper characterized him
as an anarchist in an editorial nuh-
llshed June %, 1y16.
120 Witnesses Heard
Inc hearing is said to have been one
OF the longest on record. Approx
mately l2U witnesses were heard, in
cluding Mr.. Ford himself and the pub
llspers and several editorial writer's of
The Tribune" and 4OS exhibits were
put IN. Arguments Will begin Thurs
day and continue Friday, Monday and
Tuesday,
Vigorous methods were required to
complete the presentation of testimony
to-day Editorials were filed for use in
argument without first being read, and
cross-examination virtually was aban-
doned. Four witnesses placed on the
stand by counsel for the plaintiff were
not permitted to testify, Judge Tucker
ruling that the subjects on which they
were called already have been ade.
quately covered
Ford Literacy Sustained
William J. Cameron, co-author OF
"otrd's Own Page" in "The Dearborn
Independent" was sworn to refute the
intimation that Mr.. Ford, who refused
New-York tribune., 1919-08-06
Jews Refuse Burial
To Hungarian Red

VIENNA, Aug. (By The Asso
ciated Press The board of manage
ment of the Jewish cemetery at Wiener
Neustadt. Lower Austria, has refused
to allow the burial in that cemetery of
the body of Thor Szamuely, the Hun
garlan Communist leader, who was shot
and killed as ne was trying to cross the
Austrian frontier. The reason given by
the chief official of the board was as
follows
"The Mosaic Law contains no provi-
New-York tribune., 1919-08-06
Checks Waiting for 1000
Marine Corps Reservists

This is good news for Marine Corps
reservists. Lieutenant Harry w. Miller,
in charge of the New York Recruiting
District, has received more than 1000
checks for men attached to Reserve Dis
trict No. 2, and if they will call at his
headquarters, "a East Twenty third
Street. between a. m. and p. m
their checks will be delivered to them.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-06
Pershing Awards ID. S. G..
To Two More New YorL Lxe

WASHINGTON. Aug. 5.-The War
Department announced to-day that
General Pershing had awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Cross to the follow
ing officers and men of the American
Expeditionary forces:
Lieutenants: Clinton L. Whiting, 21
Fulton Street, New York; Morgan K.
Harris, Newark, N. J.
Private Louis Zuckerman. Columbia
Street, New York.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-06

sion against the burial of murderers in
consecrated ground, but Moses knew
that murder was foreign to the nature
of the Jews and therefore passed no
ordinance. | assume that that Jew
with his own hands murdered forty
men at least. Therefore | forbid the
burial"
The body was taken to the frontier
town of Sauerbrunn, near which Siam
uely died, for burial.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-06
Transfer Hearing
Is Ended by Nixon
Commissioner Rejects All
Testimony OF City's e.
pert on Value of Green
Car Lines

The Public Service Commits sion's re-
hearing on the 2-cent transfer order
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-10-21
NEGRO REVEALS PLOT
TO MERGE The RACES
THE MOVEMENT is FOSTERED
BY WHITE RADICALS IN
NEW YORK CITY.

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-Federal agents
saw information CLEANED from a ne
gro, giving the name of Whitman,
arrested in a raid on alleged radicals,
an attempt not only to arouse ne
groes of the nation against the whites
but a potential nationwide propa-
ganda for the merging of the black
and white races, fostered, to a large
extent, by white radicals with head
quarters in New York.
Whitman, who was arrested with
eleven white men, told the police he
was an industrial communist" and
that his ideas were obtained from
Karl Marx and Liebnecht. He said he
was a graduate of Tuskegee institute,
the University of Nashville and the
University of New York, and that he
was convinced the future of the ne
gro race twas to be merged with the
whites"
According to the police Whitman
is known to the government agents
as an agitator and organizer for the
|. w. W., and is one of the men be-
ing sent out by headquarters of the
|. w. W. in New York for the pur-
pose of organizing and exciting the
negro population.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-10-21
Wealth Thrust Upon Many
Manufacturers During Amaz-
ing Squirt of Prosperity.

During the last five years thous-
ands of Americans have become mil
lionaires. Conservative estimates,
based on incomes and excess profit
tax returns place the number at be-
tween $4,000 and 10000, although
one distinguished New York invest
ment banker believes that the num-
Der is nearer 10000.
Naturally, but a comparatively
small number of so-caled war mil
lionaires-men who made fortunes in
and supplies had
their names in the papers. The pros
perity of most of those who have
amassed wealth suddenly as a result
of the most amazing squirt of pros
perity the country has ever expert
enced is known only to their most
intimate friends. Although familiar
with fortune they are undiscovered
bv fame. Consequently. they are re-
ferred to as obscure millionaires.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-10-21
Forty Thousand War MilliOnaireS
In America Undiscovered by Fame

Many men had their wealth literal
ly thrust upon them. Men who had
hoped to accumulate 100000 dur
ing their lifetime have gone past this
mark without recognizing it or re-
Numbering that they had it until
they found themselves in the million
aires class. They were flooded with
orders which could not be taken care
of by the large concerns in the es-
tablished trade channels.
The rise in Bethlehem steel from
30 to more than 700 share in less
than two years, and of General Mo-
tors from So to 500 in about the
same time has become ancient his
tory and forgotten in Wall street.
But every community knows of one
or more local concerns whose stock
has never been heard of in Wall
street, which has made many times
more money on each dollar of capital
it had five years ago than of the two
well known stocks.
Although the income and war prof
it taxes were high. these drains had
little effect on the increased profits
of these smaller concerns. as it was
almost always added to the selling
price and passed along to the ulti-
mate consumer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-10-21
BANK ROBBERIESFON
INCREASE EVERYWHERE
GAIN IN CRIME DUE TO UNSET
TIED CONDITIONS. ILLINOIS
LEADS IN THE LIST.

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-FA marked in
crease in robberies of banks belong
ing to the protective department of
the American Bankers Association
was reported to the convention of
the association last week by L. w.
Cannon, manager of the depart
ment. GAS a matter of fact, all class
es of crime have materially increased
during the last year, owing to the un-
settled conditions, and l do not look
for any letup in crime for some time
to come" Mr.. Gammon's report says.
It shows that in burglaries and at
tempted burgIaries of banks, both
member and the non-member, for the
year ending August 1, 1919, Illinois
was far in the lead of any other state.
Twenty attempts or "successfuP' bur-
glaries of member banks were report
ed from that state, and twenty-siX
against nonmember institutions. Next
in the total Of attacks on banks be-
longing to the protective depart
ment are the states of Kansas and
Missouri with six each, one robbery
of non-member bank in Kansas and
two in Missouri being reported. In
diana has a larger grand total with
five attacks on member and eleven
on non-member banks. Robberies of
non-member banks, it is said, fire.
Quently were not reported.
Of the attacks reported on mem
Der banks fifty were successful bur-
glaries and twenty-seven unsuccess-
full, and on non-members forty-siX
were successful from the standpoint
of the robbers and twenty-three un-
successful. The members sustained
a loss by burglary of $98,892.29 and
by holdups of $427,802.72, the cor
responding figures for non-members
being $114,496.39 and $271,733.54.
Sneak thefts for the same period cost
banks $28,175.75. There
were fifty-four holdups of members
and ffty-one of non-members report
ed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-10-21
SERVES SUNNI ONS
1000 FEET HIGH
AVIATOR WHOSE ANTICS KEEP
PEOPLE FROM CHURCH is AR
RESTED IN THE CLOUDS.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. 1.-The
vexed problem of aerial legislation
has been brought forcibly to the at
tention of Frank Stanton, an enter
prising birdman, who is now Gagged
in the meshes of the law at New
Brunswick, awaiting the disposition
of the grand jury.
Stanton's troubles arose from the
energetic action of the Rev. Freder-
lex Schweitzer of the Cranbury
Presbyterian church, and the laws of
azure tint that New Jersey still keeps
active in the musty archives of her
legislative history.
Disturbed Service.
For several weeks it has been the
custom of Stanton to fly his new
tangled sky buggy into field along
side the peaceful church over which
the Rev. Mr.. Schweitzer presides.
The flock of the pastor, attracted
like moths of flame, elected to watch
the acrobatics of Stanton rather than
listen to the sermon, and the congre-
ton of the church grew Simmer and
simmer while the business of Stan
ton assumed fourishing proportions.
After a vigilant search through
New Jerseys archives the Rev. Mr..
Schweiztr obtained warrant for the
arrest of Stanton for disturbing the
church services.
Disguised as Passenger.
Unsuspecting, Stanton emerged
from the skies and was about to land
when he spied Constable G. F. Cox
with a paper in hand awaiting him.
Seeming trouble, Stanton gave his
ship the "gun" and rose high above
the head of the law. Schweitzer and
Cox then withdrew, but they impress
ed John E. Thompson into service as
a special deputy. Disguised as a pas
Thompson went up with Stan
ton. and in midair reached over and
served the summons on the unsus-
pecting aviator.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-10-21
FINAL FIGHT WILL
Be MADE FOR RUM
DISTILERS MAY SHIP LIQUOR
ALL OVER UNITED STATES.
PREPARING FOR TEST CASE.

The fight to lift the ban on war
time prohibition has entered the final
stage. Attorney General Palmer ad-
heres to his original position that
President Wilson is without power
to lift prohibition until the peace
treaty is signed.
A number of liquor dealers, par
ticularly in New York city and Chi
cago, recently had their statesmen
out soliciting orders for delivery this
month. Should the presidents con-
dition make it impossible for him to
issue a proclamation, or should he
decide not to do so on the advice of
the attorney general, the distillers
NAV make a test case by ordering
their people to ship liquor broadcast
throughout the country, thereby
bringing on general prosecutions.
This is the view held by some officials
in Washington.
Feinting for an Opening.
The distillers point out that the
government is responsible for the
fact that there are now 60,000,000
gallons of liquor on hand, because
the internal revenue department has
compelled them to keep whisky four
years in bond before they were al
lowed to sell it. They also assert that
they were promised year in which
to get out of business and that they
are now threatened with a great fl
nancial loss because this promise had
not been kept.
Officials in Washington do not be-
lieve that President Wilson will re-
move the ban, even though the war
department recently announced that
the rehabilitation of the army was
at an end.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-10-21
TURKEY HIGH
Fewer of Birds on Market This
Year for Big Feasts During the
Holidays.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The ma
tional" bird, the turkey, will be high
priced and scarce during the coming
holidays.
The shortage, according to indica-
tions, will rival the present sugar
shortage.
Early reports from the turkey pro
ducing sections indicate a much re-
duced supply. From 221 out of $50
turkey shipping points ninety-four
report shipments about the same and
only twenty-five predict an increased
output. :,
This years f1ocks in Texas are said
to be better than the average, and
shipments aggregating 400 carloads
are expected.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-10-21
WOMEN'S FACES
HIDDEN BY PAINT
FEMALE PREACHER PAYS RE-
SPECTS TO LIPSTICK AND
POWDER PUFF.

LOS ANGELES, Calif.-"Are the
women of Los Angeles pretty? I've
never had an opportunity to see them,
being unable to peer through the lay
er of paint and powder which cam
oufages their faces"
So says Mrs. Aimee Sample Nc
Pherson, known as 'the woman Billy
Sunday" who is dealing out dyna-
mite brand of evangelism twice
daily. Then she singes her sisters
with a few more hot shots after this
fashion:
"There must be something the mat
ter with their skins to necessitate
such a mask. Here in Los Angeles
even if a poor, tired girl has mo-
ment in which to rest she doesn't do
it. She powders her face.
''She couldn't pass a mirror on the
street without examining her face
and figure, she couldn't walk block
without her lipstick"
Numbering her guns she treats
the social strata as viewed across a
bank book as follows:
"The rich are largely to blame for
the vanity of the poor. The rich have
no foundation. They are shallow.
They have no object in life. The war
is over and they are back at their
business of killing time"
Mere man does not escape the
burning comments of the feminine
eXhorter.
''Men are money mad. They have
been so busy chasing gold that they
have forgotten all about old-fashion-
ed religion. They put aside mothers
religion. They put aside mothers re-
ligion about the time they stopped
eating mothers doughnuts."