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New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
Many of Lenox Set
Entertaining Friends
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl A. de Gers
dOrff Return to Stockbridge
After Visit
sDecinI Cor-cspondencs


LES0X, Mass, Aug. 3.-Mr. and Mrs.
tarl A. &c Gersdorf, who have been m
Newport visiting with Miss Edna r.
barger returned to Stockbrldge to-day.
Mrs. James Denny and Miss Adelaide
nenny. who have been the guests of
,nends IN Waterbury, Conn.,. returned
the Naplewood in Pittsfield.
MISS Georgine Iselin and Miss Marie
=. Piderit left the Lenox Club for New
,iork, and Mrs Robert D'Acosta, of
;sew York. arrived to-day at the club
Tor fortnight.
Mrs Austin Huntington returned to-
eeay to Adam Cottage in Stockbridge
rom Southampton.
MISS Eleanor Hague has returned to
bombay Hill, Stockbridge, from visit
= ssta Mr.. and Mrs. +. c. Taylor, at Gull
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Lusk and Miss
louise Lusk have gone to town from
nsaten Hall, Stockbridge.
,Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Sedgwick
lave issued cards for a reception Tues
Sssy at the Mansion for Mrs. Charles
''asrt Wilson, of London.
Nrs. Frederick W. Whitridge is en-
pnrsinlng Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick T..
'o,1axeman, of New York, at Swami Cot
age, Stockbrdge.
81. aiss Mary Lawton, of New York, and
ss Sooert N. Bush, of Montclair, n. j.,
&c &c guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
saester French at Glendale.
@r' and Mrs. George Baty Blake have
n. mousse guests Lieutenant Colonel
ppsrald Blanchard and Mr.. and Mrs.
"goert H. Stevenson, of Boston.
ldgar Freeman, of New York. is
n~pping with Samuel rockingham at
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
1917 Income Tax
Averaged S368.56.
U. S. Report Shows
Returns Filed by 3 Per Cent
of the Population: Net
Return From Levy To-
tailed $675,249,45O

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Income tax
returns were filed by 3,472,89O persons
about per cent Of the population, for
the calendar year 1917, according TO
''hai reports just completed by the Bur
eau OF internal Revenue They showed
1otai net income of $1S,S52. 2.3s3,oO7.
me increase over 1916 before the law
expanded to meet war expenses.
was o'o"o,o54 returns and S7,353, ,sO5. .5s7
J." net income, the former being so
hiuch greater comparativelv because
."e extension of the law took in small
incomes previously exemDt
Taxes paid totalled S675.249.45o. an
average of $685. an individual
Returns were made on ,c.o
comes ranging from 81 900 to s. 600
and ranged in the hundreds Of tbou-
sands up to $4,000. There were 90 2er
returns on incomes between s25 ooo ord
$4,000; 12,439 returns from s5o onn ''.o ~
100000; 1902 from S1OO 900 to st5n
900; 2,347 from s150,0OO to s3oo ooo.
559 from 100000 20 $500, 900; 3l5 iron,
so00,000 to Sl,O00,000, and I4l aboya
that figure
A notable feature Of the report was
the showing that while there were
1886 incomes above 100000 in 1915.
the number was reduced to LOIS in
1917. The million dollar incomes de-
creased from 2G6 to 141, and the de-
crease IN the amount reported by per
sons ii that class was S157 .42T.T30
The million dollar men, however, paid
more taxes than any other class. con.
tributing s1O9424 ,999 to the government
out Of S306, 6,s35,914 in income reported
Residents Of New York made more
returns and reported more income than
any other state, Pennsylvania and
Illinois ranking second and third.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
Sweet Annabelle'
Brings Mystery to
Richmond Politics
Few Know Who She Is. but
She Promises To Be Prom.
inent in Fight for District
Attorney Fach's Old Shoes

District Attorney Albert Each, Of
Richmond, is indirectly responsible for
one of the most amusing political bat
Island has ever watched. Mr. Each,
Who has been the county prosecutor for
twelve years, decided recently TO re-
sumo private practice. And all who
knew him-whicn means most Of Staten
Island-wished him we'll.
Instantly the news of Mr.. Each 5
contemplated retirement became
known, all the young lawyers on
Staten Island who were enrolled as
Democrats became ambitious to sue
ceed him. A conference of Democratic
leaders called by Matthew J. Cah.ll,
the county chairman, decided upon
Joseph II. Maloy, secretary to County
Judge j. Harry Tierney, as their
choice.
This was not satisfactory 20 one OF
the young lawyers of Staten Island,
Thomas f. Curley, who for the last
TWO years has epNsented the First
Assembly District OF that borough at
Albany So he and his friends organized
the Thomas F. Curley Citizens Com
mittee, with the aforesaid Thomas F.
Curley as their choice for the Demo
cratic nomination for district attor-
ney.
Yesterday they began 20 placa I'd
Staten Island with handbills telling ali
who cared to read that Mr. Curlcy
wanted the nomination and was going
to fight for it, that the real boss OF
the Democratic party was Judge Tier
ney, and that Mr.. Curley was out to
slay the boss. The Thomas F. Curlcy
Citizens Committee. over its printed
signature, stood sponsor for the fol-
lowing:
How about that check? More aboa.
1T later
And the following:
Sweet Annabelle and the 5000 ber-
ries"
But just what these cryptic ref
erences TO a check and Sweet Anna
belle and the 5000 berries meant has
not yet been revealed.
In addition, Mr.. Curley prepared an
affidavit. which he made public yester-
day, wherein he said that Judge Tier
ney told him TO withdraw from the
race in the following language:
yes. | control The situation. You
do as | tell you. ! am the boss OF the
democratic party. ana Will drive any
man out OF the Democratic party who
doesn't do what l say. Now, you stand
aside and behave yourself"
This language was used, Mr.. Curley
alleged, in the Office OF Judge Tierney
on July %. In his affidavit Mir. Curley
further alleged that he replied that he
would not do anything OF the sort, but
"ould be candidate.
To add to the obstacles in the way
Of his achieving the robe District At
torney Each has tired Of wearing, MIR.
Fach's assistant, Frank H. lnncs. has
announced that he also will be can
aidate iii the primaries. Which means
q division of the organization vote,
which Mr. Curley hoped would be all
MS. and al enhancement Of the chances
Of Mr.. Maloy, who is saying nothing.
Meanwhile Staten Island is waiting
20 hear about the 5000 berries, the
check and "Sweet Anuabelle"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
White Mob Dispersed
BY Machine Gun and
Bayonets In Chicago

CHICAGO. Aug. "A mob of 600
whites formed in the stockyards dis
strict early to-day and vas dispersed
only after machine gun mounted or
an automobile had appeared and mill
tlamen with fixed bayoncts had pre-
pared to charge them.
Order prevailed for the rest of the
day and Adjutant General Frank S.
Dickson, of Illinois, and Chief of Po-
lice Garrity tonight expressed salts
faction over the situation, the latter
expressing the belief that danger of
further general rioting was ended. The
militia and police continue to patrol
the negro district.
While police were slowly being with
drawn from the negro district and the
bars were let down for whites in that
section to-day, the Sheriff was swear
ing III former soldiers as special depu-
ties and expected to have between one
and two thousand on duty in the riot
zones Tomorrow
1t has been definitely decided that
negroes will not be reemployed at the
stockyards until ill-feeling between
whites and blacks has subsidized.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
Democrats Pick Raft to
Oppose Col. Roosevelt
Special Correspondent {


OYSTER BAY, Aug. 3.-Afper sev-
eral meetings the Democrats Of Mas
sau County to-day designated a nomi-
nee 70 run against Lieutenant Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt for Assemblyman
Elias Raf, lawyer, of SeaclF, was
selected.
Thomas H. O'Keefe. Democratic
leader OF Nassau and head of the Oys-
ter Bay delegation, urged the conven-
ton to indorse Roosevelt Delegates
from North Hampstead opposed this
Mr.. BaF continued 10 run and the Oys-
ter Bay delegates indorsed him. The
assembly district is normally about
1900 Republican.
Captain Archie Roosevelt left here
to-day for Chicago, where he will enter
business. He has associated himself
with the Sinclair Oil Refining Cor
poration. He has been something Of
an invalid since his return from
France. He was wounded in the left
arm, which for time was paralyzed
Continued treatment, however, has i'm
proved the arm and now he has prac-
tically complete use of it. His wife ana
two children will remain here for d
few weeks
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
American Woman
Starved to Death
By Mexican Bandits
Washington octor and
Wife, Just r. G | e a e d
After Years Innprison-
ment, Tell of Cruelties

WASHINGTON. Aug. s.-A story of
cruelty to Americans in Mexico. invol-
wing the death from Starvation Of an
aged American woman, reached Wash
lngton to-day through unosic;a, chan
nels. The cruelties. includ;no on at
tack by bandits, Imprisonment indiy-
Iia.ies ana later confiscation OF nron-
pr. and Mrs. Charles T. Stnrn;, Stlu. upon
W Washington, and the latter's ~, ~ o.
MRS. W: II. Keenright, also of Wasb;nI l.
Ton. Mrs. keenright died of starrs
Ton while held a prisoner by the hsH
DTS, some of whom, it is alleged. wema
Carranzistas. we're
According to information received
mere the Sturgis planation was ra;ded
last year by bandits headed by Cen
eral Rafael Cally Mayor, a friend Of
the rebel leader Zapata General Mavo1
TOOK the three Americans prisoner il
is sad, and. holding DR.. Sturgis. owner
OF the plantation, and Mrs. keenright
as hostages, sent Mrs. Sturgis to Mex.
lco Clty with messages to a Zapatistp
agent. Mrs. Sturgis said that he,
mother died from starvation while be.
ing held prisoner.
ny until iast tebruary, according
60 the story reaching Washington,
were Or, Sturgis and his wife relea sea
Ihey returned to their plantation. al.
though Or. Sturgis was partially par
aiyzed owing 10 the privations they hac
undergone. and later the American
Consul at Salina Cruz furnished then
with funds to return TO the United
States.
The Association for the Protection OF
American Rights, after investigating
the story, most Of the details of which
were furnished by Mrs. Sturgis, an.
nounced tonight that the matter woulc
De called to the attention of the State
department. and it was said that DR.
Sturgls and his wife would be invited
to appear before the House commit
tee investigating Mexican relations.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
Presbyterian New Era
Conference i Closed
Delegates Leave To-day 10 Start
Fiye-Iear Evangelism
Campaign

NlVAA BROOK, y. Y, Aug VT
communion service tonight The Pres
byterian New Era conference closed y
weeks session, and Tomorrow the dele
gates will leave TO take TO the churches
the programme for Il FIVE year campaign
of national evangelism and social ser
vice. Among those consecratcd at the
service tonight for the long campaign
were the Rev Dr.. Isaac Ward and the
Rev. Dr. ". W. life. OF Boston; the
Rev. Or. William +. Taylor. OF Roches-
ter; the Rev. DR.. Joseph A. Vance. o.
Detroit; the Rev. D. ". B. Greenwav
of Philadelphia: the Rev DR.. A. ".
Buchanan, Of Pittsburgh, ard the Re-
Walter Ross. of Buffalo.
Five hundred young people viii as
sembie here Tuesday FOR weeks con
ference. They Will receive intensive
training in community aud mission
work The Rev. William Ralph Hail.
of Philadelphia, Will be the leader Of
the conference
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
Charges l. W. ".
hcites Negroes
DR.. McEiroy Declares He
Observed Work OF
4gitatOrs in the South

In an analysis yesterday Of race riot
developments, DR.. Robert Nj. McElroy,
educational director OF the National
Security League said the existing ten
sion between whites and negroes
throughout the country is due princi
of negroes by agitators, not only OF
radical organizations like the |. W. W,
but of their own race; extreme resent
ment of negro soldiers as result OF
apathetic attitude of whites every
where to the astonishing lack OF edu-
cational facilities for the negro.
DR.. McElroy's analysis was based on
reports from agents of the league in
various sections of the country, prin-
cipally on those of Dean l.. B. Moore,
OF Howard University, Washington. D.
c., in charge of the Security Leagues
educational campaign in the South.
Dean Moore predicted trouble in the
District OF Columbia last May, and in
stanced a meeting in a suburb of Wash
ington at which negro woman, rep
reserting the National Association for
The Advancement of Colored People,
advised negro men ''to go with shot
guns in hand and demand what you
want"
Throughout the South, Dean Moore
said, he found evidences Of extremely
dangerous sensitiveness among ne
groes, due to the activities of |. W. W..
agitators. He also noted a tendency
among the negro soldiers 10 question
the justice of country which in many
sections denied them the right to vote
but compelled them 'to take up arms in
its defence He said the negroes had
received alphabetically the offer OF the
American Federation of Labor to admit
them to membership. because they be-
lieved the federation was compelled to
do this to counteract organization
work on the part Of the |. ". W. and
other radical organizations.
Commenting on these reports, DR..
M%lroy said:
"The problem of the races is not
likely to grow less and the supply OF
evil propagandists always will be equal
to the opportunities furnished by the
existence of an ignorant population or
II 100000, with an officially adult illit-
eracv of so per cent and with an &C
rual lliteracy vastly higher The
problem, inditferently defined as the
problem Of the South is not and mas
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
Thirty Church and Mission
Organizations in U. S. To
BE Represented at Special
Convention Next Month
Bis hop Prods Party
Rev. Mr.. Thirkield Saws
Republicans, to Win,
Must Recognize Blacks

Representatives of thirty church and
mission organizations interested in
work among negroes will hold con-
vention here next month to formulate
plans to prevent race riots and reduce
racial friction and antagonism in the
united States. This was announced
yesterday by the after war committee
Of the Federal Council of Churches
and the Home Missions Council, fol-
lowing consultations with Bishop Will
bur F. Thirkield of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, who represents two
white and five negro church confer
ences centring in New Orleans.
Bishop Thirkield said the sessions
will begin early next month, with
about fifty delegates, white and negro,
from North and South, in attendance.
Discussing the causes of the recent
disorders in Washington and Chicago,
Bishop Thirkield said;
"The serious city problem is no
longer IN New Orleans, Memphis or
Birmingham, bus In Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh, New York and Chicago
Blames Housing Conditions
"Chicago wakes up to find itself with
a negro population of 100000, one
third of which has been lairly dumped
upon the city in the last two or three
years.
AN underlying cause of the out
break in Chicago is the housing con-
dition, with six persons living in quar-
ters where there ought to be two.
The head of a corporation directed
that provision be made for the hous-
ing Of 10000 black persons. The car
rying out of the order meant the crowd
ing OF whites. with an inevitable spirit
of resentment
1T is no wonder that, released from
repressive conditions in the South and
suddenly placed in an atmosphere Of
freedom, many may have translated
liberty into license.
Then there was in Chicago the
saloon, centre OF corrupt political
leadership.
"Although dozen bombs haze been
S-NPtOuSu oiiiOHS negro uOIleS. NOl one
Of the white criminals and race paiters
has been brought to justice.
"Bolshevk agitators have reached
certain classes of negroes with their
message church is the servant
of capital, and your preachers will nov
fight for your rights. Your educators
are dependent on rich men, and the
Republican party has betrayed you
Alternative for Republican Party
Lastly economic conditions have in
creased the tension.
1T is my personal conviction that
unless the publican party again
takes up its burden as party defend
Ing the rights OF humanity and stand
ing by the black man for whose liberia
ton it fought and for whose emancipa-
ton its own Lincoln died. it will not
soon again come into power.
The organization OF the Modern
Ku Klux Klan, openly advertised, is a
menace to the peace and economic pros
perity of the South If persisted in it
will only force a continuation of the
negro exodus, depicting the fields and
shops of that section, and adding to the
already difficult race conditions Of
Northern cities"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
MancusO Resents
"Unfair Criticism
In Edwards Case
Will Continue to Preside
in Women's Court. He
Says, Defending Con,ic-
ton OH Police Testimony

Magistrate Francis X Hancusco
gave ont a statement Yesterday N de
fence Of the conviction before aim or
Helen Edwards, technically elsresd
with dIsorderly conduct Ho denied =
report that the Board Of Magist o.
had decided he was not 20 s.t ..1ro-
in tie Womcns Court
Helen Edwards conviction VA re-
verscd by Judge Mcintyre. % Cen, al
Sessions. who criticised severely tie
methods by which It was obtained. S.
eral other similar cases. have resi,-ci
IN reverss-ls Of judgment when sr-
pealed to General Sessions L vas he
licious criticisms hurled a. him N re
Helen Edwards case. Magistrate M
cuso said, which impeled him 20 give
his side OF the case
The young women was ARE es+od he
said. IN s. house whose proprietor pre-
vio4sly had beer convicted of main
tanning IN illegal resort
Not Convinced by Her story
Several Drotracted hearings. Msg.s-
trste Mancuso continued. ia. led 70
convince niI that The Edwards 'vor;-
ans story of ner selection of the board
ing house III which she was arrested
was entirely crfii 0le.
Much mas been said" ne went or.
about convlcting women charged VII y
these offences on the uncorronora,ed
testimony Of the police officers. There
is nothing Il the law at the present
time when provides Otherwise and
until the laws are changed Judge mus
interpret and enforce these laws -
they exist on our statute books ir
the great maiority of cases of n .
nature the officers are the only person.
present, ard TO say that a conviction
cannot he had OF the unsupported tes,'-
mony OF the police officer would be
folly and ridiculous. Thousands e
women have been convicted on testi-
mony similar 10 and even weaker than
that offered N the Edwards case. AZ.
hundreds Of convictions upheld By the
higher court
Same Principle in Traffic Court
II il were true that q conviction n
TINS case could not be had on the IN
supported testimony OF The poiice Off
GERS. then the same principle would APP
ply % Yiolators Of the traffic laws
where hundreds OF persons arc convict
ed daily n The Traffic Court on The
testimony OF one holice officer who
pursues the vlolator or his motorcycle
one OF the new spapers said that at
2 meeting of I ae magistrates i was de-
clded that wous. not III ia -he Wom-
90 Court any longer. In reply To that
beg to state that no such meeting was
neid, ana that shall continue 10 l,re
sice in the Women's Court, and v .gs,
nothing viii deter ne from discizrg-
ng my sworn duties in CONSCIENTIOUS.
mpartia, and fearless manIrr. ~
h.-ve lone III the past
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
Destroyer Wants
Youngsters to Fill
Vacancies in Grew
Commander McCandless of
Caldwell, Called Best Skip
per by Men. Favors Youth:
Army Gets 1872 in Week

Commander Byron McCandless. OF
the United States destroyer Caldwell,
believes in youth. Youngsters of
seventeen and eighteen who desire to
cIlist in the navy will be accepted
ny him in preference to older men
no are signing up for the fist time
of course" said the commander,
Tho is -escribed as 'the best skipper
in the navy" by members of his crew,
older men experienced in trades use-
nj in destroyer work will be accent
able But they must be clean, fit
5hlpmates for my crew. should
Ike to get on board the Caldwell
god, youngsters of ability and some
-lucation who will develop"
The Caldwell. which is now in the
layy yerd, Will leave August IS 10
iain the destroyer fotilla at New
eort. The ships company numbers
70, but sixty men are now awaiting
discharges.
Thirty desirable recruits will be
ion, 34 East Twenty third Street,
his week and -ated as hospital appren-
Ices, second class, with initial sal
aries of $3.50 month. They will
BE assigned to duty on the U. S. S.
Aercy, where they will be brought
'Atc close contact with the eleven
laedical officers on board and given
every opportunity to learn their pro-
,ession. Some OF the men will be
rated later as chief pharmacists. pro-
y.ded they are successful in their eX-
smnations. This will be the first
me that the navy has trained men
n medicine and surgery in float
ag school.
In the week ending Saturday. 4,34o
men were enlisted in the new Ameri-
can army, bringing the total number
81 enlistments since the recruiting
eampaign started to 31,@04. New
iork continues to lead all recruiting
.istricts with a total Of 4.544 new
anlistments, 391 being made last week
Sixty men out of 158 applicants were
accepted for the army yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
40 Army Motor Trucks
Burned in Garage Fire

Forty army motor trucks were de-
stroyed by fire last night when an
army garage in Forty-eighth Street,
between Second and Third avenues,
Brooklyn, was wrecked. The loss is
placed al $25o,oOO. The fire followed
an explosion in the rear of the garage,
where sixty large motor trucks of the
army motor transport service were
stored.
James Harris, a soldier. tried to
fight the flames, but quit when the sec
ond explosion occurred. He ran into
the street, summoned a score OF sail
ors and soldiers and tried to save the
machines from destruction. In the
meantime two alarms had been turned
in. The flames spread rapidly.
Lieutenant James ". Evans, in charge
of the army motor service, arrived be
fore the fremen left. He said he be-
lieved the first explosion had been
caused by spark in one of the gaso-
lene tanks.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
% Per Gent of Wounded
To Be Trained for Jobs
Federal Board Announces the
Naturalization of lio.93l
for Vocational Stud,
EsT !0rf yv.bxns
;, q y .no.yr f,1r.>,- .

- f1Ntt."HLof' fsHFtft
WASHINGToN. Aug. 3.-of the :otai
Of 2l3,1t7 American soldiers Won nded
in France the Federal Board for voca-
nonai Education has made contracts
with 1881 for training. Tie board re-
ported to-day. Disabled soldiers sur
veyed by vocational advisers total
99.Ss7. ~ these 5.s7s a1cady have
beeu placed in training
CcclDations suitable Tor every sype
OF disability have been found. A.
rangemeu,s have been completed for tas
training Of every American scsd;,
whose wounds make hlm require who
or partial rehabilitation
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04

There will be battle royal in the
republican primaries in the 9Th, where
Abraham Ellenbogen, Abraham u Zinke
Charles Griffiths and Mark Ellison ali
want the nomination for municipa.
court justice
In the 9th Judge Solomon Open
helmer has been renoninated by the
Republicans. In the sth Municipal
Court District Carroll Hayes has been
designated by the Republicans.
In several districts neither the Repub
hcans nor Democrats have as yet de-
cided on designees.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04

q; me, but the military men did not ~.
secretary Of War and judge sdvocsttee 10
genera! denied that there was any snsS an =
day. ~ snls
"You say, 'We want more of III.
human elements; we have law enough !,
Such is your view The result. how.
ever, TO be seen by every man who il
not blind, is that we have too much
OF the human element. the element
with the power to do as it pleases. We
need law to curb that power and re-
qulre the power Of military command
to be exercised in accordance with
principles Of right and Justice,
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
Y. Y. Letter Carriers to Ask
Wilson for Another Raise

The New York Letter Carriers As
ISOLATION adopted resolution yester-
day at Park g. Tilford Hall, l26th Street
and Lenox Avenue, expressing its in
tention Of making its request for an
additional 25 per cent salary increase
for letter carriers directly to President
Wilson.
recent 25 Per cent increase is the only
one received since 1907, and is made
quate. 1t says also that Postmaster
General Burleson seems to be opposed
to the emergency legislation necessary
to obtain another increase this year.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
Belgium Pays S2O.OOO.OOO
For All e. $. Supplies There

BRUSSELS, Aug. 8 (By The Asso-
ciated Press The Minister Of Food
has bought all the American supplies
in Belgium. They were valued at
100,000,O00 francs $4,000. 0.00Ol. The
supplies will be retailed under gov
ernment control