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New-York tribune., 1919-01-06
Garrison May
Weld Axe ON
B. T. Salaries
Receiver Says He Is Trying
to Learn Cause for High
Pay 10 a Few Officials
VIII Dclvc Into Records
Presence of Col. Williams
and Mendcn as s'Cuidcs''
on Inspection Protested

Lindley NJ. Garrison, receiver for
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
said last night that the salaries of
President Timothy S. Williams and
other operating officials of the bank
iupt road, may have to be pared down
in the process of obtaining assets to
meet all claims against the system.
Mr.. Garrison made his announcement
after reading the report Of David
Hcrshhcld. Commissioner of Accounts
which declared that the lnterborough
would not have to be asking for in
increased fares now if President Shonts
had not been receiving $4,000 sal
airy, with subordinates getting proper
tionately high incomes.
Investigation Promised
IL do not know yet how much Colonel
Williams and the others arc betting
said Garrison. However, that will be
among the first matters | will inquire
into.
"Of course, these men are entitled to
for or as much as they can obtain
from the corporation. But l, as the re-
celver. might not see my way clear to
give them such salaries"
Mr. Garrison will take his first
plunge into the financial affairs of the
B. r. I. this morning. Among the mat
ters he will endeavor to discover will
be why the corporation, apparently
financially sound few months ago,
was forced into bankruptcy. The B.
X. T.. it is recalled, had s4,122 ,O54
available for dividends last July, a
greater surplus than in 1909, 1910, 1911
and 1912.
Garrison Is Criticised
Mr.. Garrison's first inspection tour
of the system, made Saturday., was
criticised yesterday because of the fact
that it was taken during the afternoon
and not in typical rush hour period.
and also because Colonel Williams and
Chief Engineer Menden, both of whom
are under indictment on charges of
manslaughter in Connection with the
Malbone Street tunel crash, were the
IeceNerS only guides.
District Attorney Lewis Kings
County has called a special session of
the grand jury for to o-morrow in an eff
fort 10 locate the time sheets of motor
men on the division where the accident
occurred. He has subpnnaed every off
clal OF the division who might have
knowledge of the important documents
to be used in the trial after an appli-
cation for change of venue is decided.
Mourning Kin Ask Justice
An organization of the relatives of
the wreck victims met yesterday in
Erasmus Hall High School
resolution was adopted stating that
the society is not antagonistic to the
3. r. T.. but was seeking merely JUS
tlce and protection against further
catastrophe. The meeting was told by
lawyers that claims arising from the
wreck would be preferential and would
not have to wait for ordinary creditors
claims
New-York tribune., 1919-01-06
l1Church Denominations
Combine to Raise Fund
Campaign 10 Be Conducted for
SIO,00O,O0O for After
War Work

Fourteen Protestant denominations
It was announced yesterday, have
jolncd to conduct n national campaign
TO raise $lo,0o0,00o as a common fund
to meet after-war emergencies.
The Right Rev. Theodore Irving
Reese Protestant Episcopal bshol
coadJutor of Southern Ohio. is chair
man OF the general committee named &c
Cohduct the campaign in the name OF
the fourteen denominations concerned
winch are Protestant Episcopal, Mctho.
qlSt Episcopal, Presbyterian, Unitcc
tresbytc rian. Baptist churches north
congregational, Reformed Church ir
America. Reformed Church in the
nltcd States, United Lutheran
.hurchcs of America, the Evangc'ica-
<>SSoclatlon, thc> United Evangelical
church, the Evangelical Synod Of North
Nmerica, Disciples OF Christ and the
christian Church.
inns Is said to be the first instance
OF concerted action by church organiza-
hons to conduct a joint national cam.
ra'gn The main purpose TO which Inc
iund will be devoted is 20 enable The
churches to assist in solution of prob.
icmS attendant upon Decentralization
Inc camraign will in no way affect
plans nov being worked ont bv ,nd;.
vidual denominations to procure funds
1or activities at home and abroad
New-York tribune., 1919-01-06
Urges Use of Erie Canal
Congress Asked 10 Prevent
Freight Being Diverted

Business men in this and other
states which would be benefited by
larger use OF the Eric Canal are re-
ceivng requests from the New lofs
Board of Trade and Transportation -
urge their Senators and Represents
tives in Congress TO favor an amen"
ment TO the Federal railroad con1i0'
act to take from the Railroad Admins
tration the power to divert freis"f
from the water lines. y,
The board has sent out a memoirs
calling attention to the fact that New
York State. since 1908, has spent nesr.s
sl5,o00,000 on the canal, which VIZ
opened in May. 1918. to maintain 1sn
competition. Ii recites that after sss
ing over all the boats availsnie ~.
Railroad Administrator returned I'M I'M
TO Buffalo empty and then put ens~
out of business. 1t also recalls the 81
planation of the Director General =
Railroads last October that tins wss
done because if the freight were ga esYl
ried by canal railroad revenues w0"''
be reduced.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-06
SlUeelhe6rt's s Voice Restores
Soldiers Sight and Speech
''Antonio.' Cries Fancee, Here From California
to Find SheIl.Shocked Veteran. as She Meets
Him by Chance, and He Sees and Speaks Again

An old woman who leaned on the
arm of a younger one emerged yester-
day morning from tenement at 80
VI oft Street. They scanned eagerly the
faces of all who passed them as they
hesitated for a moment on the steps.
The light of confidence as we'll as that
of anxiety was in their eyes. tor they
had spent the greater part OF the night
IN prayer and their sanguine Italian
spirits told them that to- day, on the eve
of Epiphany. that which they sought
should be revealed.
From house almost opposite, at Il
Mott Street. another figure emerged.
1t wore the gray green uniform Of
Italy's Alpini. and the slouch hat
PULLED low over the eyes could not dis
aulse the attentive nclinations of the
head this way ard that as the sounds
Of the Sabbath morning in little Italy,
the sonorous Changing of the bell in
the Church of the TRANSPORTATION
few doors away. came to his ears. Inc
man was blind.
With deliberate step he turned and
proceeded northward, away from the
sound Of the church bells, his prac-
,iced stick unobstmsively indicating
clear course. The couple on the op,,
posite side Of the street crossed ana
hastcned churchward. The bind sol
der and tho two women came lace TO
face.
Cries Il Sec. See.
"Anton,o.' shricked the younger
woman as they were about to pass.
"Marrherita, cried the soldier,
raising his head and looking INTO the
dark eyes that confronted hlm and
then. in voice that trcmblcd; 81 sec,
sect"
Hc was Antonio Spinclli, who last
Plateau more than two years ago. when
Italv's victorious armies were sweep
ing onward toward Trieste. Nor, since
that moment, when the inarticulate
roar Of battle had been silenced by an
Austrian grenade had Antonio Spinclh
spoken.
Sight and speech returned to him
under the keen wintry sky of another
land when his sweetheart, Margherita
De Luria on his mothers arm. found
him in the shadow Of the Church of the
TRANSPORTATION on the eve of Ephip-
hany.
All the shell shock alicnists of the
world could not convince Little Italy
that it was not miracle of divine
origin Mott Street had seen it. From
the sidewalks. from stoops, from door
ways and from windows the inhabi
tants Of that southcrnmost Italian
colony had seen sight given to the
blind and speech TO the dumb. They
New-York tribune., 1919-01-06
jersey Caucus Dcadlockcd
Republican Senators Again Fail
to Pick Presidential Nominee

TRENTON. y. j. Dec s. After a
fruitcss all-day session yesterday the
Republican state Senator's will resume
next Satrl day the caucus at which tho,
arc TO select q nominee for president
Of 70 Scnate TO be elected when the
L.cgislatur meets January Ii.
Seven times the state Senators have
tried TO select candidate and each
time the forces OF Senator Wells Of
Burlington and Senator Mackay or
Rergen have been dcadlockcd Cover
nor Edge and other party leaders wrote
urging the necessity Of harmany and
su3ecsting that both candidates with
draw in 'hc interest Of compromise
Senator Wells and Mackay accord
lngly withdrew their names ycste rday
and Senator Runyon Of Union was put
MP by tho Wells forces and Senator
Case Of Somerset by the Macksy ad
eerents The vote, however. remained
unchanged and the caucus closed with
u rcYcrsfon "a Webs and Mackay as fhc
candidates
New-York tribune., 1919-01-06
Farmer Soldiers at N. Y. e.

%ew York University authorities an.
nounecd yesterday that nearly 900
former members Of the Students Army
Training Corps and men discharged
from The military service Of the United
states had matrlculatcd in the various
schools Of the institution for courgos
beginning at once. An enrolment Of
2aS5 day students and 2,G2g. in the
evening cln4sea gjyee tho university q
student BODY of 4.a9l.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-06
Island Farmers i'm Union

Agricultural workers have formed a
branch of the Workers Union on the
remrte Foulncss Island. on tho ESSEX
Coast.~-Scranton Republican.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-07
HIGHER COST OF EDUCATION.

Announcements from many Leading unlver-
sites and colleges show that all over the coun-
try tuition fees are to be higher. This is not
surprising since colleges are no exception to
the rule; they must bear the higher costs that
are prevalent and must necessarily find reve-
nue.. 1t is right, too, that they should enlarge
rather than narrow their range Of scholarships;
more than ever the deserving student should
be helped and if this is done by making the
more af1uent student pay full cost for the edu-
cational opportunities he gets, there should be
no complaint of injustice.
But the matter reaches particular interest IN
its bearing ON the general movement to increase
the nations facilities for higher education. 1t
is foreseen that there will be a much greater
demand for extension courses than ever before;
men and women who are at work are seeking
college training in spare time. It would be
interesting to know what the financial status
of the extension departments of our universe
ties has been in times past; whether this work
has been self-supporting or even profitable For
it is this. department of activity to which the
universities may look for solid enlargement and
for the enlargement Of which they may do well
to prepare. Moreover, increased costs for regu-
lar college tuition probably will increase the
number of young men and women who will seek
to begin their life work and to continue an edu-
cation in the time available to them and IN
extension courses
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-07
CARRANZA'S AMBLING.

There is no question that Carranza gets
ahead in his path toward real control IN Mex
ico Just whittier he is ambling in his policies
is an indeterminate problem There probably
is some reason satisfactory to him and his adj
vsors if he has any, in his recalcitrant attitude
toward the plans and proposals OF the powers
from whom he has most to gain and most to
fear, but it is hidden reason. Speculation
already gives rise to rumors of secret under
standings by Mexico and Germany, by Mexico
and Japan by Mexico and certain Latin Amerl-
can republics, but there seems little sensible
ground for crediting them.
Mexico is bound to make more or less trou-
bic for us; there is no reason, why if CaTTanza
is willing and fairminded this trouble should
not be settled without any break in friendly re-
lations. France, Great Britain and this nation
have genuine cause to complain of the Mexican
governments attitude toward legitimate busl-
ness interests it is bound to protect. These com
plants are on their way to formulation into de-
nlands. 1t is just possible that Carranza IN
tends to refuse these demands and is actually
willing to risk an open break in advance with
the peace conference But this supposltlon
makes of his diplomacy and state policy as wild
a thing as has ever been dignitied by such terms
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-07

used in reconstruction work. That
every returned soldier will be a
walking boster for the drive goes
without saying, and that it will be
successful is beyond question. The
American people are quick to recog
nize worthy object, and If there is
not worth and merit in this request
then there has been none in any
drive made during or since the war.
It has been announced that the
"Sallies" will never again be seen
on the street corners with their tam
bourines begging for handouts.
They feel they have earned some
thing more than this, and we believe
they have. These men and women
have proved their worth to the world
and it is UP to America to be more
generous with them than they have
been. They deserve to be successful
in the coming drive and they will be.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-07
THE SALVATION ARMY.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The mag
nificent work of the Salvation Army
in the great war has in measure
been recognized by the government
through it's decoration for bravery of
a number of men and women who
stood by under heavy shell fire and
did what was considered to be their
full duty. No relief organization on
the battle field did greater work than
did the Salvation Army, and every
returning soldier has naught but
praise for this band of men and
women. Back of the lines, but fire.
quently under shell fire, this band OF
patriots furnished doughnuts and
coffee to the weary men as they
went back to rest posts. Never a
word of complaint was heard from
the brave band Wherever duty call
ed, they went, and many of their
number were left to sleep on the
bloody fields of France.
The government has recognized
this faithful service in measure by
decorating some whose acts Of
bravery stand out We all know how
deserved these decorations are The
"Sallies" soon are to put on a drive
for thirteen million dollars to be
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-07
THE SALVATION ARMY.

Commentator Of the Salvation Army S war
work is high and general. Cardinal Gibbons
and Bishop Greer the latter of the Episcopal
diocese of New York, are among the prominent
churchmen who praise it; and General Pershng
is one Of the high officers of our expedltlonary
forces who speaks in warm terms OF It's service
both in war and peace
Is the success of the Salvation Army s1gnlh-
cant as showing what a nom denominations or
ganization can achieve when it ignores all those
minor differences which are barriers between
the sects and goes ahead solely intent On re-
facilitating men and women for lives OF use
fulness and saving their deathless souls? The
Salvation Army has chosen for It's field OF labor
the most trying portion of the vineyard Those
whom it seeks to help so ardently and patiently
are the most difficult to reach and rescue Of all
the dwellers in civilized lands. In fact, so hope
less did it seem that the discouraged churches
regarded the undertaking with something akin
to wonder if anything of Importance could be
achieved But the Army made splendldly good
No one denies that any longer; and if the or
ganization shall succeed in raising the thirteen
million home service fund it needs, we may be
sure that every dollar of it will be made to go
far for human betterment, and further probably
than any other uplift organization could make
it go.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-07
Free Prescription Does Its Work
Overnight. You Can Prepare
IL at Your Home.

New York: 1t is my own discovery
and it takes just one night to get
such marvellous results, says Mae
Edna Wilder, when her friends ask
her about her wonderful complexion
and the improved appearance of her
hands and arms You can do the
same thing if you follow my advice,
she says: | feel it my duty to tell
every girl and woman what this
wonderful prescription did for me. |
never tire of telling others just what
brought about such remarkable re-
suits. Here is the identical prescrip-
tion that removed every defect from
my face, neck, hands and arms. Until
you try it you can form no idea of
the marvellous change it will make
in just one application. The pre-
scription, which you can prepare at
your own home, is as follows: Go to
any grocery and get ten cents worth
of ordinary oatmeal, and from any
drug store a bottle of derwillo. Pre-
pare the oatmeal as directed in every
package of derwillo and apply night
and morning. The first application
will astonish you 1t makes the skin
appear transparent, smooth and vel
vety. l especially recommend it for
freckles, tan, sun spots, coarse pores,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-07

Chicago Tribune. In the constitu-
ton OF any representative body the
basis of representation is fundamen-
tai. One of the most important con
siderations, therefore, as to the
covenant for league of nations is
this.
Article provides that the action
of the league shall be effected
through the instrumentality of an
assembly and of council, with a
permanent secretariat.
Article 3 provides that at meet
ings of the assembly each member
of the league shall have one vote
and may not have more than three
representatives
In this general body OF the league
then, the nations are to be repre-
scented as equal entities, without re-
gard to population, internal organi-
cation, wealth, or degree of civiliza-
ton. Hedjaz, the newly formed
Arabian kingdom on the Red sea, is
to have the same representation as
the United States. So each will
Haiti and Liberia, Ecuador and
Siam. The United States with its
forty-eight commonwealth, Alaska,
Hawaii, Porto Rico, and the Philip
pines will have one vote The, Brit
ish empire, including India, Canada,
Australia, South Africa, and New
Zealand, will have six votes.
In the council the United States
will have equal representation with
Great Britain, France, Italy Japan,
Belgium. Brazil, Greece, and Spain,
and such other nations as may sub
sequentIy be added.
We think no other nation with
such power, wealth, population, and
responsibilities as ours has ever in
dulged in such an act of self-abnega-
ton. Perhaps it is safe and wise for
us to make this sacrifice, but GER
tainly we ought not to do it upon
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-07
A NEW VIEW OF VILLA.

W. E. B., in the Boston Transcript:
1t will shock a great many Americans
to learn that no one more steadfastly
has desired the friendship of the
United States and has tried harder
to keep on good terms with this
! country than Francisco Villa. While
this correspondent holds no brief for
| Villa or anyone else, 1t is only the
truth to say that throughout his long
and often bloody career Villa has
proved better friend to the Ameri-
cans with whom he has come in con-
tact than have many other Mexicans
whom Americans have been taught
TO regard more highly. The truth
regarding Villa will be hard to get
before this country, and much Of II
undoubtedly will not be believed.
Yet, according to men whose word
regarding Mexican affairs always
has been good, Villa was neither
the instigator of the attack on Co
lunbus nor the massacre of Santa
ISABEL. Three of Villas best friends,
Americans, including Watson, the
mining man, and Newman, were
killed when Gildardo Lopez and his
band committed the outrage of Santa
ISABEL, and Villa swore at the time
he would kill Lopez with his own
pistol for the deed When Columbus
was attacked Villa was hundred
miles away, with three bullet wounds
in his body. This attack was led by
Julio Cardenas, who had been &C
cused of cowardice in the battle of
San Andres in 1913 and had fallen
out with Villa, after which he had
roamed about the country with his
own pack Of bandits.
Villa was never able to carry out
his threat against Lopez, but for
tunately the task was taken out OF
his hands on May IA, 1916, by E. s.
Holmdvahl, an American, who at the
time was acting as scout for Cen
eraI John ]. Pershing. Gildardo Lo-
PEI and Julio Cardenas, the leaders
of the two attacks, as it happened,
were coming out Of the courtyard
of the ranch house at San Miguel,
chihuahua, when they encountered
Holmdvahl, who was afoot Holmd-
Vail, who was veteran soldier and
crack shot, was attacked by them
and replied with his pistol, killing
both. But that they were mounted
and their aim unsteady, they prob
ably would have got the American.
AS it was, they spoiled a s25 hat for
him, but he was uninjured Later
Holmdyahl enlisted in the United
States army corps Of engineers, went
TO France and won a captains com
mission and, his friends say, was
certified for distinguished service in
the field. Friends of Villa always
have declared that he was put in a
false light with Americans through
the plotting of Merican civilians in
Juarez and El Paso, when, at the
height Of his power, he set about inn
proving physical conditions in the
Mexican town. Villa had all the sus-
picious nature which goes with ignor-
ance such as his, and it was not diff
ficult for these astute individuals to
play upon him and excite his prejl,-
dice against anyone they desired in
cidentally Kidding the terrain of some
of their own personal enemies. 1t
will be an exceedingly difficult task
to rehabilitate Francisco Villa in the
standing Of the American people, and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-07
REPRESENTA- TON IN THE
LEAGUE OF MA TIONS

impulse. Certainly we ought care.
fully to consider the possibilities of
the situation to which we are about
to commit ourselves and our future.
1t will be said in extenuation Of
this basis of representation that the
league is largely advisory and volun-
tary, an institution Of deliberation
and free cooperation rather than an
instrument OF force.
But this argument, it seems to us,
is rather specious. Either the league
will be effective in action or it is
not much worth bothering about We
shall consider later exactly to what
action it binds its signatories, but
meanwhile 1t must be conceded that
its purpose is to influence, If not to
compel action, and the question OF
the basis of representation is as
relevant to influence as to the re-
suits procured by influence. In either
case it would seem that the United
States will not have the weight it
might justly claim.
The adoption OF a proper basis
after the present simple principle
has been accepted will be very dii-
ficult, Perhaps it is now too late,
but we think the proposed basis is
unjust, and not in accordance with
the interests of the league. Repre-
sentation, it seems to us. should be
founded on several readily ascertain
able elements, the most obvious be-
ing the suffrage. Nations which, like
the United States, have millions Of
citizens who have the francise and
habitually use it should have more to
say in both assembly and council
than nations less advanced in self
government. The present basis Of
representation is mechanical and re-
dictionary if progress lies in the direc-
ton of mitigation of national ego5
and an increased influence of popu-
lar control over international affairs.