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The sun., 1919-10-12
STEAL RUGS WORTH $4,000,
Drivers Are Accused of Thefts By
Manufacturer.

Alleged thefts Of $4,000 worth Of
Oriental rugs from Walter L. Williams,
a manufacturer and reweaver of rugs at
412 East 126th street. were charged yes
terday when four drivers employed by
him were arrested at his complaint on
charges of grand larceny. Williams said
the thefts occurred during the last fort
night while he was away on a vacation
and that when he returned persons who
had sent rugs to his establishment COM
planned that they had never reappeared.
Detectives Shields and Murphy Of the
126th street station. were assigned to
the case
According to the officers, the four
drivers have confessed to the robberies
and more than $1,000 worth Of the stolen
property has been recovered The driv-
ers are said to have sold two rugs worth
$4,000 each for a total Of $50. The de-
toctives say the recovery of the remain
der of the rugs is assured.
The prisoners described themselves as
Bonnie Golita. 1925 East Eighty-slxth
street; Luciano Lafufa, 432 East 1881
street; Anthony Paul, 301 East 111th
street, and Gus Loeffler. 755 East 13sth
street. Golita was held In $1,000 bail
by Magistrate Levine In the Harlem
court yesterday for examination Tues
day.
The sun., 1919-10-12
NON-CITY HOSPITALS
ARE So. 900. 900 SHORT
Deficit Is Result of Increased
Operations Cost.

A deficit Of more than 100000 will
be faced by New York's non-municipal
hospitals this year II the situation re-
vealed by the annual report of the
United Hospital Fund Ia not improved,
so Henry ]. Fisher. chairman Of the
executive committee Of the fund. said
yesterday. 1t comprises forty-six Of the
non-municipal hospitals of the city. The
report marks the completion of the for
tieth year of the work Of the United
Hospitals. which began In 1879 with
nineteen institutions.
The report explains that the deficit
win be due to the greatly increased costs
OF hospital operations and Of maintain
ing free wards. In the latter the daily
cost of maintaining non-paying patients
has risen from s2.02 in 1914 to s3.13 In
1918, an increase Of 5S per cent. For
1919 the per capita cost Is estimated
al $3.50. Last year free hospital care
was given 147.422 patients. aggregating
l.202.07S free days.
The cost of maintenance for the forty
six United Hospitals In 1918 was s9,073,-
065. In revenue they received SAINT
440 from paying patients and $1,536.e29
from endowments. The remainder had
to be made up from voluntary gifts,
money appropriations from the United
Hospital Fund, and In some cases by
calls on invested funds or other unusual
sources.
The sun., 1919-10-12
AMERICANISM HIS
THEME AT LAUNCHING
Senator Frelinghuysen Points
Duties at Home.

United States Senator Joseph 8. Ere
linghuysen of New Jersey. one OF the
leaders Of the Senate in standing for
Americanism against internationalism.
made the principle address yesterday
at the yards Of the New York Ship
building Corporation In Camden on the
occasion Of the launching Of the steam
ship American Legion. The new ship
was ohristened by Mrs. Frelingnuysen.
I'VE shall send this ship out manned
by an American crew and carrying an
American cargo" said Senator Freling-
huysen, and back of It, as 1t enters
one port after another. will be the
great impulse of American character
and Of American achievement. 1t will
carry to the world message Of good
will But the message must be
something more than that 1t must
carry genuine democracy. the spirit of
free but soberly governed people, the
speech of q nation which does not run
after strange gods but which religious
ly adheres to the principles Of govern
ment handed down by the founders Of
the Republic.
There Is a service for all Americans
at home which Is quite as important
as that which was performed by our
boys in France. Let US preach the doc
trine Of Americanism, preach 1t far and
wide and at all times. Let us scotch
the snake of internationalism which
now threatens to strike Its fangs INTO
the body polite Let us refuse to listen
to the pernicious, un-American doctrine
now SO frequently preached which would
lead US from the paths of peace and
national solidarity. In 1776 q gallant
craft was launched upon the troubled
seas of national existence We had q
dependable pilot and his name was
Washington We had as our compass
and chart the Declaration of tho United
States and the Constitution. And where
other nations met disaster We weatnered
storms and escaped the rocks and the
shoals. beg Of you. let US adhere to
the counsels Of that pilot; let us adhere
to the same compass and the same
chart II we hope to sail on without in
terruption or hindrance, envied yet re-
spected by all Of the nationss Of earth.
I'VE have but q single duty to per-
form. to keep In repair tho splendid
structure Of citizenship built by the
patriots OF old; to protect 1t from the
ioonoclasts and vandals of the twentieth
century who would lay 1t In ruins and
substitute for 1t castle Of air"
The sun., 1919-10-12
STRIKE JAMS HUDSON TUBES.
Thousands Struggle TO Get To and
From Jersey.

The Hudson tubes were taxed to the
limit of their capacity yesterday be-
cause of the strike Of ferry boat work.
ers. Saturday Is always 4 day Of heavy
traffic, but the absence Of all other
means of communication between Man
haitian. Jersey City and Hoboken caused
staggering burden upon the tunnels
under the North River.
The congestion began with the morn
ing rush to the city OF those who labor
daily In the big downtown ONCE struo-
tures Thousands OF commuters were
unaware that the ferries had stopped
running during the night and locked as
usual to the Pennsylvania. Erie. Jersey
Central and Lehigh Valley Railroad
ferries. only to fnd that no boats were
being operated. The rush for the tube
entrances began Immediately afterward
and all trains and station platforms
were 5ammed almost to the point OF
suffocation.
Persons who arrived at the Communi-
paw station of the Jersey Central. city
bound, were In the worst case. There
is practically no trolley aid between
the terminal there and the tube stations.
Jitney buses handled portion Of the
crowds. Others walked and not a few.
disguised with the difficulty OF the sit
uation, declared a holiday and returned
Early Saturday afternoon the tubes
again became overburdened with the
west bound trafic. Dweliers in the
northern part Of Hudson county. who
ordinarily take the Lackawanna fer
ries at Barclay and Christopher streets.
as well as patrons of the Erie, who use
the Chambers and Twenty-third street
ferries, fought one another for seats in
the overburdened cars.
Large numbers of trucks, carrying
foodstuffs in many cases. were lined up
at the ferry gates on both sides of the
river for the greater part of the day.
Early yesterday the strikers permitted
one Jersey Central ferry boat to be
operated. saying they did not wish to
hold up the delivery OF milk for chill
drsn. They refused to transport either
passengers or automobiles. however.
arguing that motor cars could be parked
without damage to their owners.
The sun., 1919-10-12
LINE CALLS GAIN
IN FARE ESSENTIAL
Long Island Electric Railway
Applies for New Tariff
Schedule.

Declaring that an increase in fare will
pany from recoivership, w. o. Wood.
vice-president and general manager of
the Long Island Electric Railway Com
pany. which runs cars from Jamaica to
line and to Belmont Park. has applied to
the Public Service Commission for PEI
mission to put into effect a new tariff
schedule on five days notice
Commissioner Lewis Nixon has set
down q hearing on the application for
October 20 at 0:3o A NJ
The company Is owned jointly by In
terborough Rapid Transit Company and
Long Island Railroad interests. Its Of
ficials say 1t has never paid a dividend.
interest on its bonds has been defaulted
for ten years and during the last year
It has not even earned operating ex-
penses The latter have been paid by
the owners for twelve months They
add that the proposed rates are intended
simply to DOVER the operating expenses
and taxes and that unless financial re-
lief can be obtained soon the road will
have to cease operation before the courts
can wind UP It's affairs Steps for the
appointment OF q receiver will be feld
in allegiance until the application to the
Public Service Commission has been
decided.
The company says 1t does. not seek to
evade the terms of its franchise. which
requires 1t to transport passengers from
any point in Jamaica to the Brooklyn
Borough line Tor cents and from any
point In Jamaica to the junction Of the
Hampstead and Jericho turnpikes In
Queens for 6 cents. The revised tariffs.
however. propose the following In
creases:
From tho Brooklyn Borough line to
Belmont Park, 10 cents.
From Fulton and Washington streets,
Jamaica, to Hook Creek. 10 cents.
From Fulton and Washington streets
to Far Rockaway. 10 cents.
From any point between the Brooklyn
line and Van Wyck avenue to Far Rock
away. 20 cents
From Far Rockaway to any point west
of Van WICK avenue. 30 cents.
From Far Rockaway to any point east
of Max Weber avenue. 20 cents.
The fare from jamaica 10 Far Rocka-
way L. now 10 cents.
The sun., 1919-10-12
oARRANzA ESCAPES BOMB.
Train Following the Presidential
Coach Blown Up and Looted.

message was received from 81
Paso. Tex. by the National Association
for the Protection Of American Rights in
Mexico yesterday stating that the news
paper Ell Universal OF Mexico city, in
its Issue of October 8, told of an at
tempt by rebels to blow up a. train bear
ing President Carranza October Q.
dynamite bomb is said to have been
placed between the rails. but 1t blew up
the train following the one bearing the
Presidential party.
The explosion is reported to have
taken place at Benjan and thirty rebels
are declared to have robbed, the passen-
gers OF the wrecked train. The Car
rama party had passed four hours be-
fore.
The sun., 1919-10-12

ance Of small children. Most OF them
are anasmio.
THE food crops, which have just
been harvested, augmented by imports
since the raising of the blockade. have
improved living conditions with COR
responding increase in the efficiency OF
workingmen. Food prices are stil very
high, but 90 are wages.
THE coal situation 10 no less serious
in Germany than In adjacent Countries
This 10 another restraint on the restart-
ing Of industry. Scarcity Is caused by
labor conditions. shipments to the Allies
under demand and inadequate transpor-
tation facilities due to the generally de-
moralized condition Of railroads.
The sun., 1919-10-12
WILSON A M0sLEM PROPHET.
I'm Egypt Have So
Proclaimed Him.

Mohammedans In Egypt have pro-
claimed President Wilson a prophet. 40
cording to a message received yesterday
by the Interchurch World Movement
from Mark s Roy, who has been a Pres
byterian minister in Alexandria Province
for the last eight years.
Intense admiration for America and
Its President, led by the fourteen points,
reached a stage of such enthusiasm
that 1t eliminated In a solemn procla-
Wilson a prophet" Mr.. Roy said.
The Interchurch World Movement II
making q survey to determine the atti-
tude OF various tribes and races toward
the United States.
The sun., 1919-10-12
FELLoWsHIPs FOR MISSIONS.
Church Announces
$4,000 for Work.

The Board OF Home Missions OF tho
Presbyterian Church announced yester-
day that fellowships to the extent Of
$4,000 will be offered this year 10 grad
yates of theological seminarlee. prefer
ably Presbyterian. who will agree to
serve the board for seven years In mis-
sion work Special attention will be
paid to city and immigrant work. lumber
camp necessities and to the Cuban. Mex
lean, Porto Riozn. Alaskan and Indian
fields Special blanks described as mot
contracts. but as a Christian gentlemans
agreement" are being prepared.
Under the plan a. Inlnimum initial SAL
airy OF $500 will 4 provided for minis
ters, with a mGnse or its equivalent, and
1900 for women workers, The first of
the seven years will be spent in study
and preparation. the fivs years Of active
service will follow and the seventh year
win be reserved for graduate work, leo
turing and other work recommended ~
tAs 1sssAvsss12A ks9s baapA
The sun., 1919-10-12
RAIL WORKERS CUT
DOWN LIVING COSTS
Plan Adopted in New Orleans
Makes Large Saving for
Employees.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct 11.-Hnoouraged
by tho success of the Illinois Central
workers and other organizations In CO.
operative buying, employees of the Texas
and Pacific Railroad are forming an as
ISOLATION along the same lines and its
members hope soon to be able to buy
their groceries at wholesale prices
Through cooperative buying of grocer
les by zoo employees Of the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad living expenses of families
are being reduced 90 to rs per cent, the
buying and distribution system Is work.
ing perfectly and the organization Is
doing q business OF approximately $4,000
per month.
Employees Of the Lane Cotton Mills
Penick & Ford and the post once have
cooperative associations already In oper-
alton. The Ave societies are said to have
q membership of about 1000 members
The plan adopted by the Illinois Central
men is this:
Tuesday OF each week members make
out lists of food they wish to buy. The
bulk of each article wanted Is totaled and
purchases made accordingly. The whole
saler delivers to the common storeroom,
where each persons package is made up
and left at his desk before quitting time,
so that he may take II home with him.
Wednesday and Saturday are delivery
days.
A monthly statement goes to each en-.
n;oyee Just before payday. and there have
been no failures to settle. The money
Is banked and checks sent TO the whole
salers to cover bills contracted. The
purchasing committee is composed Of Ave
chosen by the members.
There are but two who receive pay
from the organization. The secretary,
who keeps the books and makes the
collections. and the person who makes
up the packages receive $40 a month
each. The work Is not heavy enough
to interfere with their regular duties.
Each member pays IS cents a month
to defray expenses. Formerly they paid
10 cents and the salaried mon received
IS each. but as the work increased their
salaries we're doubled
The only change contemplated Is the
addition of home delivery. instead Of
delivery at the offices OF plant, and as
there will be but two deliveries q week
II is not believed the expense win be
excessively increased.
Groceries are bought from wholesale
houses in the city and produce Is bought
in the country. Two hundred pounds of
butter is bought from a Mississippi
creamery and members are now getting
II for IS cents. They get ham at 2S
cents rice at Is cents and other things
In proportion.
While as yet no steps have been taken
toward buying anything but groceries, a
clothing concern has offered the asso-
citation q discount OF 10 per cent on It's
lowest cash prices with forty-tve days
To pay. This offer has not yet been
accepted
Not a little opposition was voiced by
wholesale and retail grooern when the
association frst began its purchases.
Wholesalers ut FIRST refused to sell the
association considering II a group of
consumers instead of a legitimate bust
ness body but consented when informed
that the association would buy goods
from out Of town houses II they could
not buy here.
The sun., 1919-10-12
Mystery in street shooting.

John Coyle, a driver. living in 532
West Forty-ninth street. was walking In
Eleventh avenue early yesterday when
he felt sudden pain In his side. He
staggered homeward and collapsed as
soon as he entered the house. His
mother. Mrs. Mary Coyle. called Patrol
man Edward Doyle. who discovered that
Coyle had been shot In the abdomen.
coyie aid not know. he said. that . shot
had bean nrsa.
The sun., 1919-10-12
body Found in North River.

The body of an unidentified man ap-
parently about <b years old. was found
by the harbor police yesterday in the
North River at Franklin street II was
taken to the morgue to await identifica-
ton. The man was apparently about five
feet. seven and half inches tall and
weighed $50 pounds. He had brown
hair and was clean shaven- The body
was dressed IN . blue coat ana black
wAtstooat and trouserA
The sun., 1919-10-12
Lithuania wire Service Halted.

The Western Union Telegraph Com.
pany and the Commercial Cable Com
pany announced yesterday that tel
egraphio communication with LithuAnia
. interrupted
The sun., 1919-10-12
Lloyd George Not Free.

England 10 only waiting for a lead
nom the Government. The Govern
mont cannot give IT, for II has no
leaders. Lloyd George. who at one
uns mizht hazs dana - = to-day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-02
REORGANIZATION PLANS
FOR FOREIGN BORN TOPIC
Thrift and Conservation
Urged at National Education
Association Meeting.

MILWAUKEE,. July 2-Americani-
cation of the foreign born and Of the
children of the foreign born was the
topic of yesterdays session of the
National Education Association. Rep
resentatives of organized labor, in
dustry and commerce, agriculture, the
home and the war education board
urged the teaching of lessons of 10y
atty, thrift and conservation
John H. Puelicher, Milwaukee, gov
eminent director of savings of the
seventh federal reserve district, spoke
on the need of bringing every individ-
ual American to thorough recogni-
ton of his duty as an American citi-
zen. The loyalty, the duty and the
of every one lies with the
country in which he lives. We must
not have foreign colonies, foreign ele-
ments or foreign interests in the
United States" he said.
A message from Henry Sterling, leg
islative representative of the Amer-
can Federation of Labor, Washington,
d. c.. pledged the support of the
American Federation of Labor in all
efforts of the National Education AS
ISOLATION to bring about more wide
spread opportunities for education for
all the children of America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-02
AUSTR|ANS WONDER
AS TO PREPARATION
Discussing What Financial
Settlement Peace Confer
ence Will Impose.
BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.
Special Cable TO The Star and the
Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1919.

PARIS. France, June 21.-1n the
states of the former Austro Hungarian
empire there is much discussion as to
what financial settlement the peace con-
ference intends to impose. Several of
delegate, to the council of four con-
Germ the subject The first question
which arises is whether the CZecho-
slovaks, Poles. Rumanians and Jugo-
savs of the former empire will be
expected to pay an indemnity. the
same as the Austrians proper and
the Hungarians. The citizens of the
liberated countries say no. assert
ing that they were only kept within
the defunct empire by conStralnt;
but against this it is pointed out
that if the citizens of these states
should be exempted they would oc-
cupy an unjustly favorable position
with regard to all other allied peo-
pies, who are burdened with enor-
nous debts of every sort. The AUS
TRANS. therefore. seem to believe that
all former Austro- Hungarians will be
asked to pay war indemnity.
The Neue Erie Presse estimates the
probable indemnity at 3o.ooe. ooo, 900
crowns $4,000, 600, 000). Of which the
share of the Austrians presumably
would be 1000, 100000 crowns tSi,oo0,-
OuO.00D). Il ne newspaper idiS VIA
Austria is incapable of paying this
sum- The second question is that of
the former Austro-Hungarian ma
tional debt, which itself has two as
poets. AS to the pre-war debt. some
of the Austrian newspapers propose
that a pro rata attribution should be
made throughout the former popula-
ton; others that it should be attrib-
uted according to nationality. To this
Prague, Cracow and Laibach reply
that the pro rata system would be
unjust, because various districts do
not possess the same resources and
nationality. The system is impracti-
cal because it is too difficult to agree
On an allotment of proportionate
shares. The war debt proper, which
exceeds 10000: 100000 crowns ($14,-
900, 00O,0 00), arouses precisely the
same antagonism. On the other hand,
it is pointed out. if the complete
bankruptcy of the former empire
should be declared the injury would
fall equally on every one holding the
former Austro' Hungarian bonds,
whether as individuals they happen to
be Hungarans, Austrians, CZecho-
slovaks, Poles. Rumanians or Jugo-
slavs. Some elements in central Eu-
rope express skepticism regarding the
allies ability to regulate this curious
ly complicated problem with anything
like equity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-02
RANGERS AND VILLAGERS
FIGHTING FOREST FIRES
Flames Sweeping Through the
Trees Over Forty-Mile Area
in Michigan.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich, July
2.-Reports from the territory eX-
tending forty miles westward from
here, over which forest fires were
sweeping yesterday and last night,
indicated early today that shifting
winds were aiding the fire fighters
and that Trout Lake. Race, Seney
and other menaced villages may be
saved from destruction.
Forest rangers and villagers were
still battling the flames. which spread
rapidly over large areas of Chippewa,
Luce, Schoolcraft and Macinac coun-
ties. owing to the prolonged drought.
Although the fire reached the out
skirts of Trout Lake and Seney. a
message from Newberry says the
sudden veering of the wind diverted
the flames to cut-over land and re-
moved these places from Immediate
danger. Race was likewise saved
from destruction after the populace
had fled the town.
Communication with GilchriSt, John
sonburg, Ozark, Strongs and Brimley
was still interrupted early today. and
no word has been received from
these sparsely settled districts since
the first reports Of the fires yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-02
METHODISTS OFFICIALLY
OBSERVE CENTENARY DAY
John r. Mott, Head of Y. M. C. A..
Scheduled Speaker at the CO.
lumbus Exposition.

COLUMBUS. Ohio. July 2-Centen-
airy day was officially celebrated at
the Methodist centenary exposition
here today. John r. Mott head of the
Y. NJ. c. A, was to deliver the prin-
cipal address. Bishop +. r. Hendrix
also was scheduled to speak 1t was
announced today that on the evening
of the Fourth of July a victory pro-
cessional of Methodists Will be re
viewed by the joint centenary COM
mission The procession will be
headed by Brother Van said to be
the oldest living Inherent preacher.
Bishop Francis j. Mcconnell of Den
yer will be the principal speaker in
the Coliseum Thursday, when .Amrri
canization day and CITY day viii be
observed.
At a mass meeting in the coliseum
yesterday resolutions Were adopted
by the thousands assembled there
petitioning Congress to enact an ad"-
quate law enforcement code 20 make
effective the eighteenth amendment OF
the Constitution. The petition also
asks that the definition of intoXicat-
ing liquor shall include all liquors
with more than one half Of / per
cent of alcohol.
Mr.. Bryan spoke twice to crowds
that overfiowed the grandstand before
the oval and the. Coliseum. other
speakers included Representative.
Henry T. RaineY of Illinois. bishop
James Cannon. jr. chairman Of Tho
commission on temperance of The
Methodist Church South: Or. +. 4
Baker, national superintendent of the
Anti aloon League; Bishop William
+. Mcdowell. chairman of the board
of temperance and public morals of
the Methodist Church: Miss Anna A.
Gordon, national president of the
w. c. 7. L., and DR.. Clarence True
Wilson.
Mr.. Bryan baked on riding camel
in the prohibition day parade yesterday
and he viewed the parade from the
grandstand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-02
MEXICANS JOIN IN SINGING
NATIONAL ANTHEM OF US.

Mexicans joined with Americans in
singing the American national an
them at a celebration of the signing
of the peace treaty held Sunday at
Monterey, Mexico, according to an
partment The governor and officials
of the state of Nuevo Leon invited
the American consuls to the state
house for the celebration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-02
New Zealand City Favors Liquor.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, June
29.-The final figures in the balloting on
liquor licensing show a majority of
1882 votes in favor of continuance
of the licenses. The vote follows:
Civilians, for continuance, 232, POS; for
prohibition, 246,104; soldiers, for con-
tinuance. 1881; for prohibition. 1923.