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The sun., 1919-02-05
BATTLE STARTS TO
FORCE CHILDS' TRIAL
Release of Fusion Committee
Head Assailed in Appeal.

The release on n writ OF habeas cor.
pus OF William Hamlin Ch!lds. head o,
the Fusion Committee OF 1917, was bit
terly assaiied In the Appellate Division
OF the Supreme Court by Robert s John
stone, Assistant District Attorney and
head OF the appeals bureau OF the Dis
trict Attorneys Office.
The appeal by the county of New Yor,;
against the decision OF Justice Edward
r. Finch. who granted the writ to Childs
last July on the latter voluntarily sur
rendering and being placed under te,h-
Meal arrest by Warden John ]. Hanly
OF the Tombs prison, marks the first sten
in the battle to have Mr.. Childs tried on
charge of conspiracy
Mr.. Johnstoue declared Yesterday
there was no reasonable doubt tina,
Childs had violated the law In connec-
ton with hle work at the primaries dur
ing the Mitchel-Bennett campaign, and
scoffed AT the contention put forward By
the respondents attorneys at the hear
ing last summer that their client was in
nocent OF wrong doing
Three Indictments upon which ChIlds
originally surrendered himself charged
conspiracy In falling 10 make a report to
the Secretary of State OF the payment
OF money for prediction services 70
William Sulzer and Misha Applebaum
John n, Stanchfeld. counsel FOR ChIlds
declared It was not his clients duty 10
file report Of expenditures. as this was
part Of the committee treasurer's work,
and he said Childs was not the treas
urer. This report, showing a payment
OF Sll.b00 TO the respondent for EXPENSES
OF various meetings, speakers and other
items, had been hled. Mr. Stanchfield as
serted. and maintained that IL any one
wanted TO learn more OF the expenditures
he should have gone TO Childs for the
information instead OF causing indict-
ments to he found against him
The situation" said Mr. S,anchfeld.
rs about what II would be II some one,
In these troublous times wore a fiarIng
red necktie and some one else went to
tho District Attorney and had him in
dicted."
ION what CHARGE asked Justice
Page.
THAT would not make any difference
grand larceny, murder. arson-arv
charge, so long as he was Indicted" re-
piled Mr., Stanchfield.
The court reserved decision
The sun., 1919-02-05
RECEIVERS ORDERED
TO RUN DELMONICO'S
Business Gaining and Court
Praises Noted Restauront.

Federal Judge Mayer yesterday
authorized Maurice =. Davidson and
Grosvenor Nicholas. receivers, to con-
tinue to operate Deimonicos as a going
concern. Business has increased sub
stantally since the receivers were APP
pointed In October. Gross receipts we're
$4,000 in October and $4,000 in De-
cember.
In a memorandum Judge Mayer said
the part that Delmonicos has played In
the life OF New York makes 1t desirable
that 1t be continued. The memorandum
indicated the court has a sentimental
interest In the place. Excerpts follow :
Throughout these many years OF It's
existence. now rapidly reaching a CEN
fury, the effort OF Delmonico's has been
to adhere to some simple and comforta-
BILE traditions The theory is that the
relation of host and guest still exists
Some of the well known figures have
gone. such as the white haired John
quite typicsD. who. II Is said. after
three score and ten years of life OF
urbsnity toward the patrons and OF
thrift for himself, now spends a vigor-
Gus and happy old age on his New Jer-
sey farm.
The guest still continues to have
identity. He is respectfully cheerfully
greeted by name as he enters his favor
lite room or takes his favorite seat.
While across the table he Is discussing
the affairs Of the day. the waiter does
not hover about but approaches only
when he is beckoned
I'm the quiet and dignifed room in
which at the end of the day busy men
are wont to dine with each other, one
may hear oneself think as well as talk
without the din OF the orchestra and
with only the occa sional faint sound OF
the strains OF music from more preten-
tious rooms where those disposed to be
more formal may gather"
The sun., 1919-02-05
NJ ADOO IN MOVIES
IN COUNSELLOR ROLE
Accepts Contract With AssO-
citation Of Stars-Salary
100000, Is Report.

William G. McAdoo. former Secretary
Of the Treasury and Director-General OF
Railroads. is to be general counsel for
the United Artists Distributing Associa-
ton, which Is made up OF Charley Chap
lin. Mary Pickford. Douglas Fairbanks,
William 3. Hart and other stars OF the
motion picture world
II became known here yesterday that
Mr. McAdoo signed the contract with the
association in Los Angeles. where he
went to rest following his resignation
from the Cabinet His decision TO re-
turn to private practice was due, he said.
to his need to rehabilitate his private
fortune. His salary as Secretary OF the
Treasury was $4,000 year. Robert
Gray. a brother OF u, W. Griffth. one Of
the members Of the assoc iation, said last
night that Mr.. McAdoo's new work could
hardly pay less than 100000 annually.
No official announcement concerning the
amount has come from California. how
ever.
After signing the contract Mr.. Nc
Adoo issued statement in which he
said:
''They (the members OF the associa-
tom have determined not TO permit any
trust TO destroy competition or TO blight
or to interfere with the high quality OF
their work. They feel that It Ia OF the
utmost Importance to secure the artistic
development OF the motion picture indus
try. and they believe this will be i'm
possible II any trust should get posses
sion of the field and menace the bust
ness"
Mr.. Gray last night credited Douglas
Fairbanks with being primarily respon-
sble for inducing Mr.. McAdoo to sign
the contract. He said the two had been
on warm personal terms for some time
and that az soon as Mr.. McAdoo arrived
In Los Angeles the Aim star preached the
matter TO him. A conference was held
the next evening In Mary Pickford"s
home. according to Mr.. Gray when Mr..
McAdoo said he was willing to consider
the proposition. A series OF subsequent
conferences resulted in the signing Of the
contract.
The sun., 1919-02-05
FLAMING ARCH WILL
WELCOME VETERANS
"JeDelied Portow to Be Mass
Of Briliioncy.

The soldiers OF three Homecoming d.
visions, the Twenty seventh. Seventy
seventh and Forty-second. will be show
cred with such dartins. whirling, varie-
gated lights from two big arches on the
city's greatest thoroughfares as soldiers
never saw In Manhattan before or even
on the star sheiied fields Of France.
The Mayors welcoming committee
announced yesterday that in addition to
the Arch Of Victory at Madison Square
an arch eighty feet high Is to be con-
structed at Broadway, Seventh avenue
and Forty-ffth street. called the Jew
elled Portal for the Army Of Victory"
The new arch Is intended to bedaz zle
the eyes of beholders. In coiored crys-
tails the shields of the Ave allied ma
tons will be displayed. Clusters of
crystals backed by colored lights will
be hung from tall pillars. At the top
OF each pillar an electrical representa-
ton OF bursting bomb will be exc
cuted, through which steam will be
forced to lend a realistic touch. The
effect Of these bombs across the 1875 feet
spread OF the arch. II 10 contended, will
make New Yorks past experience with
fanciful lighting appear paltry.
The entire brilliance Of the arch will
De accentuated nightly by a battery of
twelve searchlishts. throwing 10000
600 candle power In rays that will
change from rich red to amber. In the
arch there will be all told 10000 crys-
tails similar to those used in the Tower
of Jewels at the Panama-Pacific expo
sition. The designer OF the arch Is
Clarence l.. Law. chief illuminating en-
sineer OF the New York Edison Com
pany.
At Fifth avenue and Forty-second
street another big electrical display has
been divtsed for the Court OF tho Vic
torious Dead" At this point the troops
on review will halt to salute their fallen
comrades.
Frank l.. Bowling is chairman of the
committee in charge Of the illumination.
The sun., 1919-02-05
POSTAL OFFICIAL so
YEARS IN HARNESS
Asst. Supt. Mooney Celebrates
Long Service Here.

Memories Of day when there were
no airplane mail routes. pneumatic tubes.
special deliveries. civil service examina-
tons or A. s Burlesons crowded in upon
George r. Mooney yesterday when his
associates In the Hudson Terminal post
office gathered together to help him cele-
brate the fiftieth anniversary Of his en-
try into the postal service in New York
city.
on February 4. 1869, when George
Mooney walked into the main (and only
post Office In the city. at Liberty and
Nassau streets. to take his place at the
New England letter case there were no
high powered mail trucks bearing down
from all directions upon the hapless
pedestrian. Did mail so accumulate In
the post ONCE that II was deemed ad-
visable to send II to the railroad sta
ton or docks 1t was transported thither
in a wheelbarrow propelled by tight
trousered clerk with mutton chop whis-
kers
Then, as now. there was warm adj
niration for the efficiency Of the postal
service, shared in by all save the public
No fewer than 500 persons were On
gagged in the service and the city boa st ed
Of six branch stations as we'll as the
main Office
Mr.. Mooney, now an assistant SUPER
!ntendent OF mails. recalled these old
days yesterday when Postmaster Patton
and other officials called to congratulate
him, Thomas r. Owens, superintendent
OF mails. presented to Mr.. Mooney. In
behalf of the Hudson Terminal Office
force. nifty pieces OF gold and framed
resolutions Of congratulations Assist.
ing Mr.. Mooney In receiving was his old
friend Frank Ball, who was a veteran
OF four years experience when Mooney
went to work in 60
Mr. Mooney. who lives at 434 Monroe
street. Brooklyn. Is So. He was de-
scended from an old New York family
and two of his great-grandparents rest
IT. Trinity Churchysrd,
The sun., 1919-02-05
Fireman Killed by Fume.

William Schalle, 90. a fireman at
tached to Engine Company l6, died yes
terday from pneumonia AZ Bellevue Hos
pital. where he was taken after the Are
Monday morning in the plant OF the
standard Comb and Manufacturing Com
pay, S77 Fourth avenue. Schalle was
twice carried out of the building over
come by fumes from burning celluloLd
ms death Is the second caused by the
fire. He was appointed to the denar
ment In 1914. and lived in Maspeth
l.. l.
The sun., 1919-02-05
Want. $4,000, Charge. Piracy,

Piracy OF motion picture scenario ia
alleged by Milton r. Lowenthal in an
answer and counter action 10 sui,
recently filed against him in tho Supreme
Court by the Famous Players-Laskv
Corporation. He claims SIC. 900 damages
as a result OF the motion picture pro-
duction Of Green Orchard" by ths
l-asky Corporation under the name of
His Partisan Wife" He alleges he
purchased tho picture rights 10 the novel
from the author. Andrew Soutar
The sun., 1919-02-05
GIRL MARINE IN DIVORCE SUIT,
Private Ida Kirkham Testiaes for
Mother Against Father.

Private Ida G. Kirkhan. 81. OF the
Marine Corps attached to the Inspec-
tor-Generars office at Washington, tes-
tified against her father Yesterday in
her mothers suit for divorce In the
Supreme Court In The Bronx. The de-
PENDANT, George A. Kirkham. lis a clerk
In the Board OF Education. Mrs. Kirk
ham has been living at 500 East 1870
street. The Bronx.
The girl wore her Marine uniform.
She stated that when she was 10 she
had been led to desert her mother and
told Of a woman, said to be Viola Fraser
She remained with them until March,
1913. when she returned to her mothers
home.
No defence was offered at the trial
except al general denial. Justice Tierney
reserved decision.
The sun., 1919-02-05
Beck to Address women's Club.

The Women's Republican Club, MIRA
James Griswell WentI president. will
hold its annual Lincoln's Birthday
luncheon at the Republican Club, 81
West Fortieth street. with James NJ
Beck and Senator William NJ. Calder as
speakers. The Rev. Or. George f. Nell
son of the Cathedral OF ct. John the Di-
vine will deliver the invocation. A re-
ception will be held at noon, the lunch
con following at ! O'Clock.
The sun., 1919-02-05
Prefers Ia m many Rule.

How refreshing a responsible Tam
many Hall administration would seem
as compared with the present invisible
city government"
Fred Gretsch and Victor A. Lersner.
a director Of the Manufacturer Trust
Company. OF which Mr. Jonas IL pr.sl-
dent. resigned yesterday from the
brooklyn celebration committee because
borough President Riegelmann accepted
the resignation of Mr.. Jonas. Five
members have quit thus far. and others
will do 50. Representative John !. De
laney. the new chairman. denied that
there was any politics in his appoint
ment. and said his only object would
be ITO give the boys the finest recep-
tion possible The committee on per-
manent memorial will meet to-day.
The sun., 1919-02-05
Gen. Pershing In Nantes

NANTES, France. Feb ten. l'.'s
ing arrived here last evening Ni'rr =
short stay in the city he left TO- ToH.'
where he will inspect American .a'' nN'
ments and depots
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-13
CLAIM BOLSHEVSn
GROWS N NEW YORK

New York, March 1l.--Boishevisn
has secured firm foothold right IN
New York and in many other citi 80
az the United States, according to an
article published here today.
The Bolshevism brought by propa-
randa TO America. including Canada.
, Ia nos OF the parlor variety. IL
lence, revolutfoA overthrow of
~ --+fs hljshssa aoy0Dyft4sr IN ap5 ib3f
property and intiastrt -AssssA x,s sa>~s.
to the sereleisriat through the. simp
process of wrestling 1t from present
owners.
In many states 1t Ia reported there
are coteries OF active workers for
the red flag. while others are con-
tributing money and services to the
movement.
Working hand In glove with theJ
w. w. and The anarchists, the Boil
sheyiks have established groups or
soviets In several parts of this city.
and In New Jersey. Pennsylvania.
Delaware. Massachusetts,. Connections.
! Rhode Island. Michigan, Indiana.
] Ohio and Illinois. The last sour states
are said TO be hotoeds Of Bplshevis
/ activities, especially Detroit. fsaich
( has the largest group in America and
! ~ regarded as the stronghold in this
country for the movement whose
strings are pulled from Russia
Evidence that the three anti gov
ernmont organizations work together
was furnished when the two unaffect-
ed ganizattons hurried to raise
! funds to defend members OF the third.
! each organization henefitting in its
turn. 1t Is known that this plan was
carried out In this city. Seattle and
! Akron, Ohio.
The movement Ia said to have been
J started here before the overthrow of
| kerensky in Russia Russian con-
| suls lent themselves readily enough
! to the scheme. it was said. because
| commissioner misrepresented to
! them that the men and money needed
were to support Kerensky. A large
! number Of men we're sent from here
! to Russia, their passage being paid
and expense" money being given
them.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-13
MEAT PACKERS BUREAU
OF PUBLIC RELATIONS

New York. March Thames B.
McCrea. president of the American
Meat Packers association. announced
today that this organization will Gre
ate Immediately bureau If public
relations. The association includes
several hundred packing companies
ranging from tho largest packers to
the smallest.
In making the announcement Mr..
McCrea said: The packers. large
and small, are perfectly willing to
take their chances with public opinion.
provided It Is based upon a full un-
Outstanding OF tho entire meat in
dustry, from the packer to the retail
dealer on the corner. The people are
interested In the packing business a.
never before and we feel that they are
entitled to all the facts. The bureau
was created to help In making this in
formation available"
r. r.. Burrows of Swift Accompany
Charles Fl. Ogden Of the Pittsburgh
Provision and Packing company and
Robert G.. Gould, secretary of the as
ISOLATION, will supervise the new
bureau, which will have head-quartert
In New York with q branch ir
Chicago. Tho work OF the new or.
ganiza ton will be directed by Pendle.
ton Dudley OF New York. an expert
on industrial problems and for some
years an advisor to businessmen In
their public relations. Associated with
him will be w. w Woods, news
paper man and magazine editor. and
formerly director of the department
of information at Columbia Univer-
sity.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-13
MARRIAGE IN AFRICA
TAKES NEARLY YEAR
Papers Had To be Approved by the
Consuls I'm United States Before
Young People Could bo United.

Africa Is q very hard place TO gst
married In. as was found out by Rev.
Thomas e. Reeve. OF Calhoun. Ga.
and Miss Etha Mills. a pretty school
teacher, formerly at Apologize. Va
The two young people are mission
aries Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. South. in the Belgian Congo.
Reeve left the pastorate OF the Yves.
ley House, San Francisco. CAL. ana
Miss Mills left i've years teaching
Virginians the three RS to go direct
to central Africa.
After a courtship that was watched
with much interest at the OFFICES OF
the church in Nashville e. snag was
struck by the young people that
their wedding. The laws of the
Congo state required that both their
birth certificates and marriage GER
tificate had to be approved by the
Belgian consuls In the United States
as well as the Colonial minister OF
the Congo at Bona.
However, way was found out OF
their difficulty by moving to and es-
tabiishing thirty-day residence IN
the French Congo.
Rev. Mr.. Reeve was born at At
ttthlhs MAJ VA SohAUt : 'oc1'
father was well-known Georgia
physician. who died in 1900. In 1896
the family removed to Calhound. Ga,
where the family residence still -
After receiving his education at En-.
DRY College, Georgia, and Vanderbilt
University. Nashville, Tenn. he en-.
tered his first pastorate In 1911 AT
Woodland. Cal. He remained there
year. and served q twoyear pasto-
rate at Alameda, Cal. until 1914
when he became pastor OF Wesley
House. San Francisco, Cal.
He was first vice-president of the
Pacific Conference Epworth League
At the Wesley House In San Fran
ciso. he was Familiarity known az
Pop The bride specialized In
Latin and French at Peabody College
Nashville. and also at the summer
school OF the University of Virginia
after being graduated in 1905 from
Blackstone Female Institute, Vir-
ginia.
Their work in wenbo- Mama
| Africa, was made possible by gift OF
| $1,000 from Mrs. Glide OF San Fran.
cisco.
| Their work as teachers and evan
gelists will be greatly enlarged. 1t i
expected, as the result OF the grea
campaign for SIS, 100000 now undc'
/ way as part OF the celebration of tbs
| Methodist Centennial of missions.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-13

beer and wine 10 wipe out the suffer
ing that comes from cancer. OF
course there 10 NOT And vet when the
chance comes to destroy that which
causcg, believe. even more sorrow
than either tuberculosis or cancer,
there srlses mighty protest.
Il did not believe IN absolute pro-
hibitton because thought It could not
be enforced un u last winter, when
took a trip through the middle west
for Mr.. HaoAer. and passing from
wet tn dry tsta tfsk saw conclusive EVIL
Ssssc sxl foSsA,yN,s,<AStsA,ertt<S,fSraS2 *,
enforced hut that 4 makes Tor the
greatest haTpinass Of THE peopIe.
Even those who have fought prohibit
ston The hardest. found. have @'-
tireiy changed their views and would
not go back to She old conditions. 49,
Mater Everett Colby, recently re-
turned from France. whera he had
xt,-rtng experiences at the front frat
as representative Of the Hoover food
cor. mission aud later with the Amer'-
can tank corps. IN an address at the
sH-st Presbyterian church In Jersey
City. y. J.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-13
GET YOUR OLD CLOTHES
READY FOR REFUGEES

With millions OF men. women and
children refugees in allied countries
in sorest need Of clothing OF any
kind the American Red Cross has set
the week Of March 34-3l for a ma
tion-wide collection Of used clothing,
shoes and blankets for these helpless
people. Every report and survey from
abroad shows Enthusiastically that the
clothing problem faced by those re-
~ ~ ~ -. y nm X - - r ~ - -
one OF The most serious they have 10
face ana II Is equally clear that Il Is
to America the suffering must turn,
The collection of cast-of clothing.
which will be conducted by the thous
ands Of Red Cross chapters scattered
through the states. has been timed to
the season when millions Of Ameri-
cans are changing from winter cloth
ing to light. most Of that laid aside
being garments they will never use
again. Through every possible agency
the plight of the refugees in northern
France. Belgium, Italy, Czech
Siovakia, Roumania, Greece, Poland,
Macedonia and Albania will be
brought home to the American people
and 4 minimum OF ten thousand tons
OF used clothing. 1t II expected, will
be donated.
Tho reason the refugees must look
to the outside world for succor is that
even though they had raw materials
they would still be helpless. because
Of the vandalism committed upon
their textile Industries by the Teu-
tons. The hrst step toward helping
them has besn taken By the war coun-
ell Of the American. Red Cross, ar
ranging for an emergency shipment
OF 13.5o0,0oo yards OF textiles, valued
at over $4.6oo.oo0. But still more
must be done.
Tho need h great to q degree that
few at home can possibly realize"
cabled Colonel Harvey d. Gibson.
American Red Cross representative
in Europe. Every garment furnish
ed will cover q body which otherwise
would lack proper clothing and each
garment furnished will actually pre-
vent auffering."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-13
SO-CALlED OLIVE OILS
ARE FALSELY LABELED
DEPARTMENT Of Agriculture Warns
Housewives to Read Tabcls
Carefully.

Washington. q. c.. March Ia
Several seizures have been made and
a mum Der Of prosecutions Instituted
as result of a campaign inaugural
Cd by the officials charged with the
enforcement Of the federal food and
drugs act. against the interstate ship
ment OF adulterated and rnisbranded
olive oil.
Consumers are advised by the
bureau of chemistry, United states
department at agriculture, to read
| carefully the labels OF nil containers
offered TO them as containing olive oil
TO determine whether the manufac-
! turer actually claims that the product
r. olive oil or merely suggests 1t by
misleading devices Some of these
deceptively labeled products arc sold
by itinerant peddlers.
J Cootonseed oil. corn oil, peanut OIL.
soy bean oil, and other vegetable oils
! are wholesome, palatable oils but
! they should be bought under their
! own names at prices much lower than
1.-THE prices at which olive oil Is usually
sold
Owing to the scarcity and high
! price Of olive oil number of dealers
we've putting on the market cotton
seed corn, and other vegetable oils
+ labeled as olive oil AS the result
| Of large number OF seizures Of these
products and prosecutions pending
against the responsible parties, he
practice has been generally discon-
tinued. Some dealers, however, are
endeavorinv to continue to reap the
/ large profits involved and hone TO
escape, the penalties of the food and
drugs act by so wording the tables
Of their product as TO convey the i'm :
nression TO the consumer that the
/ product is olive oil without stating
directly ON the label that II is olive
oil.
These products are conrrror'v label
ed as Salad or or Table OIL" or
some other indefinite kind OF oil ON
the labels are displayed conspicuous
pictures of olive trees. or maps OF
italy or other devices. intended 70 sug-
rest olive oil. In some instances. the
words ''Cottcneeed orr ar Corn Or
are printed In very small type In an
|inconspicucus place on tho label A
cursory reading OF the label. such M
In usually given by retail purchasers
would lead the avera ge person to be-
lseve that tho product was olive oil
Only the most careful scrutiny and
| exact reading will reveal that the
/ product In not labeled olive OIL. and In
fact IN not olive oil.
The practice of deceptive labelling
even though no directly false state.
n1ents are made IL. in the opinion OF
the officials, a violation of the food
and drugs act Seizures are heinu
made and prosecutions instituted to
check also this form OF deception and
misbra nding.