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New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Guns Defending
New York Were
Hidden i'm Gardens

If German fleet ever had ap-
preached New York it would have
found that war gardens in these parts
were capable of producing sinister
crops. Twelve inch shells, weighing
1000 pounds each, were "planted' in
these gardens already to be shot
against an enemy.
BY special permission from Secre-
tary Daniels, Macmillan Toch, a
camouhage expert, told Chemist Club
members last night of the hidden
fortiflications that guarded this city.
Although this was unknown to the
American people," he said, "therc were
a number of batteries hidden along
the coast in gardens of private resi-
denccs. Ambrose Channel, which leads
from the sea into New York harbor,
was protected by mortars with a range
of twelve miles. These mortars were
placed in private gardens, often two
and one-half miles from the sea They
were camouhagcd with honeysucklc,
morning glory, ivy vines, etc
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Sons Destitute on $4, 900
A Year Each, She Pleads
Mrs. Leoninc Nj. Scott Asks
Court to Grant 5000 for
Care and Education

The plea of Mrs. Leonine M. Scott
to the Surrogatcs' Court that her two
sons, eighteen and fourteen years old,
respectively, arc "dcstitute" of any in
come except $4,000 year each, and
that she should be permitted to spend
1000 year for their care and
education was only partly answered
yesterday.
Mrs. Scott is the widow of Robert
A. Scott, of the Scott-toster I'e Com
pany. Mr.. Scott left Mrs. Scott 'fm in
come of $4,000 a year besides the al
lowance for his sons Robert y. scott,
jr., and Harold Scott
The application of Mrs. Scott Cor the
increased allowance from the estate
of her husband was referred to David
l.. We'll, as referee, who yesterday re-
ported that Mrs. Scott should receive
$4,000 a year for each son and that she
be reimbursed for money she spent for
them out of her own estate.
The schedule submitted ny the
mother showed that last year she paid
81, 900 for each son for their tutoring
at Taft School. She said she regarded
$4,000 for the two sons a conscrva-
tive amount to maintain them IN their
station in life. Mrs. Scott said hcr
husband used to spend as much as
$4,000 year to maintain his family.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
15-Year-Old Speeder
Leads Broadway Chase
Smashes Auto and Hydrant, but
Escapes Without
Scratch

Henry Ford, of tne motorcycle
squad of the New York Police Depart
ment, wiped the pcrspration from his
forehead last night and tolt his lieu
tenant about the ride of kodgcr Lad
ogan, fifteen years Old, who lives at
241 West Thirtieth Street.
History says the ride Of Paul Re-
we're was some wild ride. but l could
have kept up with Mr.. Revere" said
Ford
Rodgcr had long line of parked
autos on Eighth Avenue to select
from. The one he chose was the big
gcst and perhaps the swlftest. His
selection was going so fast few
moments later, that Ford, on his
motorcycle, started after it at Forty
fourth Street and Eighth Avenue.
When the machine started down
broadway, Ford pulled out his re-
volvcr and threatened TO shoot. When
the boy turned into lifty-fourtn
Street, Ford fred into .hc air. There
upon the car went faster than before.
At Twelfth Avenue and Fifty-fourth
Street, Ford fired his last cartridge
and Rodger ran the mnohnc into a
hydrant. The hydrnnt was broken,
the street flooded, and the touring car
wrecked. Rodgcr didn't get as cratch.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Submarine Radio Does
A Jazz for an Airship
Aeronauiic Exposition Crowd
Hears IA Tune From Under
Sen in Men In Sk.

out of the depths OF II snbsca boat
the strnins Of popular tune we're
waited through the air to the rndio
telephone apparatus Mt the Acronau-
ticel Exposition in Madison Square
Garden yesterday afternoon.
The lively tune came as II strikinr
contrast TO n conversation that had
just been completed with the naval
airship. l.. s. B., flying over the city,
navignted by Captain Noble h. Irwin.
director of naval aviation
A large crowd Ind gathered around
the radio space at the Garden, attract
ed by the novelty Of listening TO man
aboard an airship floating in space
three miles away.
In tho arship gunner Lever was tell
ing the crowd in Madison square Gar
den the interesting points the arship
was passing. when IA gruf voice i'm
pinged itself upon the oratorical tones
of the aerial gunner. Say" it said,
when are you fellows going to get
through? This is the Submarine 249,
in the North River, off Twenty third
Street. We are tired of listening to
that voice. We are going to give you
tune for a change"
Then, to the astounded spectators the
loud speaking telephone, which is be-
ing used for the demonstrations repro
duced the newest dance music with all
the fiourishes of Lieutenant Europe s
famous Jazz band.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
j. Hampton Moore
Quits House Race
For Floor Leader
Pennsylvania Man to Re-
consider Decision After
Complimentary Tender to
Mann, Is Suspicion
Nem lork Tribune
Wa ushin0toh B,irean

Ner York Tribuns
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 7.-Repre-
sentative J. Hampton Moore. of Penn
sylvania, to-day announced he would
not be candidate at this time for the
Republican floor leadership. His re-
tirement is not taken seriously, how
ever, by many Republicans.
II Is anticipated that before tho
committee on committees adiourns
Mr. Moore viii propose that the com
mittcc invite Minority Leader James
Il. Mann, of Illinois, to reconsider his
decision also to withdraw rs n candi~
date for ma ajority leader. Mr. Mann. it
ls expected. will decline to be a cnndi-
date, whercupon IA move will be made
supported by the Mann forces. to nom.
mate representative Moore for tho
leadership.
If this happens there is certain TO
be a night IN the next party caucus,
which must review and ratify the nc
tlon OF the committee on committeea
inc G'ilett forces Will support Repre-
sentative Longworth of Ohio.
The committee to-day agreed upon
the personnel Of the seven important
standing committees of the House.
Among the new assignments New York
received four places, Representative
Mott, OF Oswcgo receiving place on
the Ways and Means Committee; Rcp-
resentatives Niece, of Syracuse, Ap-
preparations; Hustled, of Peekskill, Ju-
dietary, and La Guardia, of New York.
Military Affairs. The assignments
agreed upon we're:
Ways and Means-B Bacharach New Jer-
sey; Bowers, West Virginia. Copley Hi
mo- Ioll
ton; Mott, New York; Tilson, Connecticut :
Timberlakc, Colorado; Young. North Da-
kota.
Appropriations Champion, Michigan :;
Pennsylvania; Tinkham, Massachusetts !;
Ogden, Kentucky
Interstate--Denison, Illinois: Ellsworth
Minnesota; Merritt, Connectcut Wason,
Pennsylvania; Webster, Washington Sand
ers. Indiana.
Agriculture (new members Jones, Penn
sylvania; Mclaughlin. Nebraska: Purnelli
Indiana; Riddick Montana; Voight. Wis
consin Republican holdovers Chairman
Haugen, Iowa; Mclaughlin, Michigan :
Anderson. Minnesota; Wilson, Illinois ;
Ward New York; Mckinley. Illinois ;
Wason, New Hampshire, and Hutchinson
New Jersey
Military (new members Fuller. Massa-
chusetts; ; James, Michigan Kearns Ohio :
Miller, Washington, and La Guarda New
York. Republican holdovers Chairman
Kahn. California; Anthony, Kansas; Nc
Kenzie, Illinois; Greene. Vermont NORM
Pennsylvania; Crago, Pennsylvania Hull
Iowa.
Judiciary (new members )-Boies Iowa
Christopherson, South Dakota; Classon,
Wisconsin; Currie, Michigan: Goodykoontz
West Virginia.: Yates. Illinois; Hustled
New York. Republican hodovers-Chair-
man Volstead, Minnesota; Morgan, Okla
homa; Graham, Pennsylvania; Dyer, Mis-
souri,; Walsh Massachusetts; Reavis, Ne
braslsa.
Rivers and Harbors new members y
Foster, Ohio: Hickey, Indiana: JUL, Hi
nois Layton. Delaware; Radcliffe New
Jersey. and Strong, Pennsylvania Repub-
lican holdovcrs-Chairman Kennedy. Iowa :;
Costello. Pennsylvania: Dempsey, New
York: Emerson. Ohio: Osborne, California
and Freeman. Connecticut.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
OId-Time Ginger
In Board Meeting
With Mayor Back
Hylan and Ricgclmann Fuss
Over BrookIy YIN Street
Widening; Health Heads
Accused of '''l'rimminw''

a "llylan revival" was staged ut tho
meeting of the Board of Estimate yea
tcrday. The Mayor occupied the in.
tcrlocutor's chair for the first time
IN three weeks, which period he passed
Vacationing at Palm Beach.
The absence of "slnms" for the last
three weeks was brought to mind when
a committee report was offered dis
approving an application for widening
Lafayette Avenue, from Fulton Street
to Flatbush Avenue. Borough Pres
ldent Riegelmann insisted that SO per
cent of the property owners were in
favor of the project, but Aldermanic
President Moran declared widening {he
street would benefit only the street
car line.
'Yes," retortcd Mayor Hylan when
the two "end men" ceased their ami
mated discussion, "and they store
their cars there now" The matter was
laid over.
Entered then W. J. Page and DR..
William j. O'Sullivan to speak in be-
half of the request of the West End
Association for $4,000 with which to
carry on its fight against the River
side Drive gas nuisance. DR.. O'Sul-
livan declared the State Health Com
missioner favored abolition of the
nuisance.
"But how about my health commits
sioner?" asked the Mayor.
OR. Copeland is with u.s." replied
Dr. OSullivan, "but some of his as
sstants are working for people across
the river" This referred to the Jersey
side, from whence the obnoxious
fumes issue
The Mayor asked for the names Of
these men and was informed that "Mr.
Atkinson, chief chemist in the Health
Department, is one" Mayor Hylan
suggested that the matter be taken up
with COmmiss sioner Copeland.
Asked if he would give the names
OF any others who were working both
angles Of the game, Dr. O'Sullivan
said there were none he would care
to mention
'If you do know any," the Mayor
went on, give their names to Dr..
Copeland, too, and we will give the
reformers another chance to put up a
'holler'"
Despite the opposition of the Mayor
and of Controller Craig, the board
voted to increase the salary of Au-
gust W. Glatzmeycr, Bronx Borough
secretary, from $500 to $4,000 a year.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Boy Robbed Yesterday

north is the American Express Build
ing and then the Empire Building,
which is on the corner of Rector Street
and almost directly opposite the head
of Wall Street.
Below Police Dead Line"
The scene of the robbery is far be-
low the Fulton Street "dcad-line," the
crossing of which, by yeggmen or
holdup men always causes cold chills
to run up the spines of the police.
Many additional detectives were de-
tailed yesterday to the Old Slip Sta
tion and the financial district will be
honeycombed with slcuths, it is under
stood, for some time to come, follow
ing the most recent revelation of the
case with which fortunes can be
snatched from boy messengers.
Of the proceeds of yesterdays rob-
berry the $4,000 in Liberty bonds at
least are. negotiable. The certified
check, the chemical company bond and
the New York Central stocks, the lat
ter being worth $500, may be saved
through prompt action, even though
they be not recovered.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Wilson Commutes Death
Sentence of 2 Soldiers
Reduces Penalty Imposed on
Lieutenant Who Attacked
Officer With Whip Here

WASHINGTON, March 7.-Commuta-
tion to fifteen years imprisonment by
President Wilson of death sentences
imposed by court martial on Benjamin
Gorski and Gilari Bok was announced
day by the War Department. The
men, who were recruits. were tried at
Camp Dix for refusal to obey orders
and for dcsertion.
President Wilson disapprovcd the
sentence of dismissal upon First Lieu
tenant Albert u. Smith, charged with
having attacked another officer with a
riding whip in the Pennsylvania Sta
ton at Now York last June. The Presi-
dent ordered the sentence reduced to n
rcprimand, restriction to camp for six
months and $500 fine.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Candidate Denies League
Was Issue of Campaign
Pennsylvania Republican Says
He Did Not Refer to the
Paris Covenant
Speciof CorresDondence


GRTENSBURG, Penn, March RE
publican leaders deny that the league
Of nations was an issue in the cam
paign in which the former Senator
John NJ. Jamison, Republican, was de-
feated by John II. Wilson, of Butler,
Democrat, for Congress in the Twenty
second Congressional District. Mr.
Jamison said tonight:
"The issues were cxcusiveyq local.
The league of nations plan and other
Federal government questions were Y-
nored. Labor propaganda misrepre-
sented my attitude toward labor, the
activity of the liquor interests and the
light Republican vote polled were the
main factors in bringing about my de-
feat. Neither in any public utterance
or in any of my campaign literature
did | make any reference to the Presi-
dents league of nations"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Smith Nctoes Soldier Bill

ALBANY, March 7.--On the ground
that it Disseminated against drafted
men, Governor Smith to-day vetoed
the .Quackenbush bill to extend the
privileges Of the New york State Sol
dicrs' and Sailors Home to New York
State soldier and sailors who during
the world war "enlistcd."
Governor Smith signed the Machold
bill appropriating $5,5OO.OOO for
maintenance and repair Of highways.
Senator Dunnigan, of The Bronx.
to-day introduced bill prohibiting
any drug store employc from working
more than eight hours day.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08

he stuck to me. He used to tell me he
wanted to be my pal and ask me to
help nm get job as messenger.
Nearly every time | came out on an
errand he'd be on the corner or I'd
run INTO him somewhere on nv way
and he'd come along.
He told me he lived over in Jer-
sey but that he formerly lived in
The Bronx, and that he had gang
up there
Strohm described him as being about
seventeen years old, five feet six
inches tall and wearing q blue suit.
Messenger Got Si2 Week
Milton Strohm was paid S12 week
,or us serviccs in the brokerage oncc,
his brother said. Until recently his
Public School SO, Stngg Street and
,ushwick Avenue, Brooklyn. in 1917.
ne entered high school. but his old
nervous nllmcnt showed signs of re-
appearing and he discontinued his
studics. He hns been in tho employ
of Leo M. Prince for about eight
months. Before taking the job there
he worked for two other brokers. rho
boys fnthcr. H. Strohm, is in tho up-
holstory business in Brooklyn. There
nrc three other boys and three girla in
the family.
Monroe Strohm who is fifteen yenrs
old, said it was customary to place
great sums in negotiable securities in
The hands of boys for delivery and that
they did not always oven take the pre-
caution Of strapping their vnliscs to
their bodicae
e! know boy about my size" he
said, "who had n million dollars in
iiberty Bonds to deliver the other
day. None OF US think anything of
that"
Pointed Out Boy to Brother
Monroe added that on Wednesday
he had met his brother on the
street and that Milton pointed out
to him youth standing on the cor
ner, telling him it was the boy who
had been following him wherever he
went Monroe said he saw the boys
unable to identify him. All he could
contribute to the young desperado's
description was that he is rather stout.
Yesterday Horowitz, Princes head
runner took day off. Joseph Hughes,
of 225 West Twentieth Street, sub
stituted for him. Hughes declared he
was unaware of the warning Strohm
had given Horowtz regarding the
other boy, else he would not have en-
trusted him with so valuable a lot of
securities.
Detectives rgeants August Mayer,
Wilbur Brown and Louis Hynes, of
Second Deputy Commissioner Leahy's
Office, were the first men from police
headquarters to reach the scene of
the robbery. Mayer and Brown are
the detectives who recovered the $780,
600 in Liberty bonds stolen sometime
ago from Jones, Mcclure & Reed
Strohm's reason for descending from
the sixth floor by the stairway instead
Of taking the elevator almost at the
entrance to Walker & Sons Office puz-
zled them until the messenger related
at the hospital the rusc by which his
companion had lured him into walk
ing down.
The building at 81 Broadway is oc-
cupied on the ground floor by the
Chase National Bank. To the south is
Exchange Alley Immediately to the
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
ColIapses From '6l Wound
Veteran of Civil War, Aged 93,
Falls in the Street

An aged man collapsed last night in
Eighth Avenue near Twenty sixth
Street An ambulance was called from
Bellevue Hospital and DR.. Barnett gave
his patient n superficial examination
for injuries before helping him into
the vehicle.
"It's my leg, doc said the injured
man. OTIS that drafted wound got
in the war;
Noting the expression on tho doc
tors face he hnstencd to add "The
Civil War never thought I'd live
to have to explain what war | fought
in. but Pm ninety-thrcc years old
He is Thomas Murphy, of 28s Eighth
Avenue. He was taken to the hospital.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
On the Road to Prosperity

WASHINGTON. March Post
master General Burleson to-day de-
clared that increasing postal reve
nues, zone of the most accurate
barometers of present business
conditions,' forecast period of
pronounced industrial prosperity.
II concur in the opinion of the
executive head of one of the great
corporations of the world. who
prophesies large business pros
perity ahead" Mr.. Burleson said
Admittedly, the revenue of the
postal service is one of the most
accurate barometers Of present
business conditions. because the
postal revenue comes from every
community in tho United States.
During November there was a
pronounced decline in postal rovc-
nucs due to the nation wide prey
nlcncc OF influenza and the sign
ing Of the nrmisticc. Rcvenuca In
December showed II returning move
mcnt toward normal conditions.
while during January and February
the revenues greatly exceeded for
those months the average annual
increase during the last thirty
years.
Judged, therefore, by the re-
liable business barometer of the
postal service, it is obvious that
notwithstanding the fear of bust.
ness depression expressed in some
quarters this country is on the
threshold Of period of pronounced
industrial prosperity"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
JOHN HELLAWEI,J.

John Hellawell, an artist who in the
days of wood engraving had been con-
nectcd with 'Harper's Weekly"
Frank Leslie's Weekly" and Schib-
ncr's Monthly" and of later years had
annual exhibits at the Salmagundi
Club, died Thursday at his home, 789
Monroe Street, Brooklyn. He was
born in Yorkshire, England eighty
years ago. His widow and four sons
survive him. lnterment will take
place tomorrow in CYPRESS Hills
Cemetcry
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
OBITUARY NOTES

PAUL SCHOLz, a police attendant
at the New Jersey Avenue Court,
Brooklyn, died yesterday at the age
of seventy-two years of an afIliction
developed from a buckshot wound
received during the Civil War. Grief
at the recent death of his son, Traffic
Policeman Arthur Scholz, is believed
to have hastcned his death. Inter
ment will be in the u. S. Cemetery, in
Cypress Hills, Monday
ANDREW C. TROY, a lawyer and
active in political affairs of the Fourth
Assembly District, died suddenly yes
terday at his home, 1870 Hewes Street,
Brooklyn. Mr.. Troy, who was thirty
six years old, was elected a member
Of the Assembly in 1908 and in 1915
was appointed Assistant Corporation
Counsel and placed in charge of the
Street Opening Bureau Of his borough
MRS. CECILIA RILEY, wife Of
George A. Riley, of the Red d Steam
ship Line, is dead of heart trouble
at her home, 1859 Seventy-hfth Street
Besides her husband, two daughters
both married. survive her Funeral
services will be held at 10 o'clock this
morning, with interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery.
JOSEPH FRlEDE, of the firm of
Goldstein G. Newberg, woollcn manu-
facturers, dropped dead while walking
through East Eighteenth Street
Wednesday. His home was at 1856 Riv-
crside Drive
MRS. NANETTE w. REID is dead in
Virginia, Ill.,, at the age OF 1O1 years
She is survived by sister. ninety seven
years old, and seven generations of de-
scendants.
PATRICK JOSEPH KEEGAN, for
forty years in the employ of the
Union Ferry Company, died Wednesday
at his residence, 1872 Harmon Street,
Brooklyn. He is survived by a daughter.
Funeral services will be held this
morning.
MISS EMMA JOSEPHINE BART
LETT, member of an old Eastern Dis
trict family, died Thursday at 1873
Berkeley Place, Brooklyn. Services will
be held this afternoon at 9.
HARRY J. BARRINGER. Tor three
years secretary Of tho Veterans Asso-
citation. and himself a veteran of tho
Odd Regiment, N. G.. n. l.. died
Wednesday of heart trouble at his
home, 934 Sterling Place, Brooklyn He
was sixty-one years old and is sur
vived by his wife.
HAROLD FREDERICK ALERT, a
marine insurance solicitor for the firm
Of Simm, Sandbcrg, Raynes e. Lee,
died Wednesday at his home, 54 Wood
ruff Avenue, Brooklyn, of bronchial
pneumonia. lnterment will be in Elens-
berg, Wash.
JOHN f. WALSH, recently dis
charged after six months in the Med
ical Corps. Mt Camp Gordon, Georgia,
died Thursday of pneumonia at his
home, 1876 Rycrson Street, Brooklyn.
The funeral will take place this after
noon, with interment at Holy Cross
MISS HELEN KLEY, nctiveHin Red
Cross war work and civic orgnnza-
tons in the Mapleton Park section
of Long Island, died Thursday Mt her
home, 2f35 Sixty-sixth Street, Brook
lyn, after brief illness, at the age
of twenty seven years. Her parents.
three brothers and four sisters also
survive.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08

10 different attitudes selected for
dltfercnt types of work Our men
had been particularly trained in shoot
ing while in formation. AS soon as
an enemy aircraft was sighted the
tour machines would close in until
they were within thirty feet of each
other and then make concerted dive
at the enemy. They would withhold
their fire until within few yards and
then all guns of the flight would be
concentrated in one burst of fire up
on the hostile machine. No machine
could survive that attack and the Ger
mans soon gave it up
Lieutenant Colonel V. +. Clark ad-
dressed the society on the develop
mcnt Of military aeroplanes during
the war and Commander j. c. Huns
akcr delivered an address on naval air
ships. Commander lIunsakcr declared
the United States navy was behind in
this branch Of aviation.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Obituary
ROSELL l.. RICHARDSON

Rosell L. Richardson, former assist
ant paymaster of the Port of New
York, died Thursday at his home, 405
West 126th Street. He was sixty,nine
years old. Mr.. Richardson was gradu
ated from the Columbia Law School in
1876. From 1878 to 1890 he was en-
ployed at the Custom House. He re-
signed as assistant paymaster of the
port to manufacture a baby tender
which he and his father invented and
perfected. He was an organizer of the
Harlem Relief Society, the Lcnox Ave
nue. Unitarian Church and the Chau-
tauqua County Society of New York
The Amos Richardson Family" book
which he compiled, was published in
1906
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Shonts's Retirement Denied
Story of Intcrborough Change
Not True, Say Bankers

Members of the firm of j. p. Nor
gan & Co. yesterday denied any knowl-
edge of reports that Theodore p.
Shonts, ident of the Interborough,
IS to retire because of the refusal of
Mayor Hylan to confer with him on
the matter of increasing subway fares
in greater New York.
The report published by an evening
newspaper said that "Al" Johnson, who
recently resigned as city Chamberlain,
would be selected to succeed Mr.
Shoutg
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
ENSIGN LANES s. EADIE

News of the death of Ensign James
Suydam Eadic, at a base hospital in
st. Nazaire, reached his mother, Mrs
Margaret Eade, of Flushing, l.. /. yes
terday. Ensign Eadie had been in
charge of the naval air supplies at
that port.
In 1913 he had been Assemblyman
of the 4tth District of Queens County.
He was a graduate of PRINCETON and
of the New York Law School and be-
longed TO the Princeton and Terrace
Clubs and to the Queens County Bar
ASSOcint on.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08

itarian' Leagues and it's members HUI
manitarians.
Mr.. Appelbaum declared that there
would be five basic principles of the
lcague-abolition of all war and the
causes that lead to war, absolute abo-
lition of child labor, equal wage for
men and women, minimum wage for
school teachers, men and women, Of
at least $150 month and the aboli-
tion Of the death penalty and humane
treatment for all prisoners.