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New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Bronx Residents Present
Silver Sword to O'Ryan
Commander of 9th Honored
at Anniversary Dinner of
Board Of Trade

Major General John f. O'Ryan. com
mandcr of the 9th Division, was pre-
sented with a silver sword at dinner
given by tho Bronx Board of Trade
at Ebling's Casino, 156th Street and St
AIMS Avenue, The Bronx, last night
The occasion was the twcnty-ffth
anniversary of the Board Of Trade
The presentation was made by Senator
James W. Wadsworth, jr.. who said:
"This sword is given as an emblem
Of the esteem and gratitude the people
of this borough bear toward you and
your heroic division. The bravery Of
your division ls an inspiration OF Amer
ica's future
In accepting the sword General
Organ paid a great tribute to the SOL
diers Of German American parentago
IN his division. He also disclosed for
the first time a propaganda plan he had
developed while his division was at
tached to the British army.
"I had intended taking six German
prisoners from time to time" he said
"and then selecting number of my
German American boys to talk to them
IN their own language, give them ciga-
rettes, treat them well, and then send
them back to their own lines again.
figured this would be the best kind of
propaganda work
81 told my plan to the British corps
commander, and he entirely agreed
with me. Before we could put it into
effect, though, we were moved to an
other part of the line"
Senator Wadsworth, in a speech be
fore the presentation, made a plea for
the porpetuation of the National
Guard along Federalized lines. He said
it was important that soldiers be at
tracted to regiments identified with
their own localities.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Virginia Mob Threatens
State Prohibition Chief
Commissioner Leaves Town
With Agents Who Killed AL
legged Bootlegger
.Cpeciol Correspondence

Npcctut correspondence
WINCHESTER, Va, March 27-State
Prohibition Commissioner Peters, who
came here last night to investigate the
killing Of Raymond c. Shakleford and
the woundng of l.. d. Hudson, alleged
Danville bootleggers, by prohibition
inspectors. was the object Of hostile
demonstration, staged by mob of one
thousand men in front of Hotel Evans
early to-day.
Mr.. Peters and his men kept to their
rooms, while policemen guarded the
doors. Pistol shots were fired into the
air, bricks and stones were hurled at
the police, and the mob hooted jeered
and dared the prohibition officers to
come into the street.
The Winchester company Of state
guards was called out to preserve or
der.
The inquest, begun to-day, has been
postponed until the excitement sub
sides. Commissioner Peters and his
men left for a secret destination this
afternoon fearing another outbreak to-
night. The detectives were released
on $4,000 bonds each.
The Law Enforcement League issued
statement this afternoon dcnouncing
the attack against Commissioner
Peters.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Starvation Menaces
Germany; Anarchy
Near, Says Gerard
Reversion to Kaiserism Is
Threatened; Nation MAY
Not Last Till Peace Treaty.
Asserts Ex AmbassadAr

Germany is on the verge of star
vation. 1 doubt whether the present
German government can last till peace
Is signed. There are twenty millions
of people in Germany who are being
supported by the state, each receiving
III marks a day. In Berlin alone there
are 100000 men being supported by
the government because they can find
no work. The peril of anarchy or a
reversion to Kaiserism is ever present
there"
james w. Gerard, former Ambassa-
dor to Germany, made this statement
last night. He told the American Drug
manufacturers Association at the CON
clusion of the convention in the Val
dorf-Astoria Hotel that he still had
sources of information that kent him
IN touch with conditions in Germany.
ne warned the assembled chemists
10 prepare for the war of competition
tney would be subjected to bv German
CHEMISTS as soon as restrictions we're
removed. He declared the chemical
industry Of Germany had become a
gigantic trust.
AT the conclusion Of Mr.. Gerard
speech the convention adopted reso-
iution recommending the foundation
OF national drug research institute
and also that all profits in excess of
. per cent received by the Chemical
Foundation, which is to take over the
German patents from the Enemy Alien
Property Custodian, shall be devote d
to intensified chemical research.
Speaking on the league of nations
Mr.. Gerard said:
I'VE need peace with a league of
nations. We have got to have some
thing come out Of this war besides q
mere negotiated peace.
I'm the covenant as constituted we
are called upon only to abandon the
right to make war and in return we
receive the protection Of the world.
LAS far as the Monroe Doctrine is
concerned, this doctrine will be an
piled to the entire world to insure
democracy everywhere. The league
viii put an end to all entangling al
liances
"The possibility Of the United States
being called upon to be a mandatory
tor weaker nations, as proposed in
the constitution, we have already
taken such part in Cuba.
The league means an end to all
wars In the future"
Returning to conditions in Germany
Mr. Gerard said:
More than 100000 Russian prison
ers in Germany lost their teeth because
Of insufficient food. The peril in Rus
sla threatens to cngulf other nations.
The Bolshekiki are intent upon kill
ing families and religion
when 3,400 Russian officer prison
ers were crossing the frontier from
Germany to Russia after being re-
leased, they were shot by the Bolshe-
vik army, while hundreds of thousands
Russian privates returning from Ger
man prison camps were impressed
into the Red Army"
DR.. M. w. Stofer was elected presi-
dent of the American Drug Manufact-
urers' Association for the coming year.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Designers Assert Arch
Would Admit Platoon
Jam at Victory Memorial Is
Blamed on the Police by
Carrere & Hastings

CarrAre e. Hastings, architects who
designed the Victory Arch at Madi-
son Square, took issue yesterday with
those who ascribed part Of the con
fusion accompanying the parade of the
9th Division to the fact that the open
ing Of the arch had been made too
small to permit the passage Of sol
diers in platoon formation. The fault
If fault there was, the architects say
lay in the fact that the crowd broke
away from the police and swarmcd in
under the archway.
Tho opening. said representative OF
Carrerc & Hastings, was thirty-five
feet ample to permit troops in
platoon formation TO pass. The de-
sRn OF the arch, with all It's dimcn-
sions, the architects said, was APP
proved by Lieutenant Colonel Ohm
stead. OF Major General O'Ryan's staff.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Many Grab Bills
On City Treasury
Are Reported Oui
80 of 33 Assembly Commit
tees Die at Noon To-day
and There Is Rush of
Activity; The Day Loses
staff Correspondence

Staff Correspondence
ALBANY, March 27.-Thirty-two of
the thirty-three Assembly committees
die at noon tomorrow, when the Com
mittec on Rules takes hold of all unre-
ported legislation.
This evening twenty-seven New York
City bills were reported out bv the
Cities Committee. And earlier in the
day one bill was recommitted after its
introducer, Assemblyman Frederick A.
Wells OF Brooklyn, disowned it. The
Wells bill, which was introduced at
the request of Jacob A. Livingston, Re
publican leader of Brooklyn, sought to
give 100000 to $4,000 worth of legal
advertising contracts annually to
The Day." Jewish daily, in Manhat-
tan. owned by Aaron J. Levy, Municipal
Court judge, and formerly Tammany
leader in the Assembly.
A bill reported out by the Assembly
Judiciary Committee is the Martin bill
comforting on the Public Service Com
mission power to increase street car
fares. Another was the firemen's
three-platoon bill
Among the New York city bills re
ported were number of grab bills
providing for salary increases and like
raids on tho city treasury. Those re-
ported out day include:
Raising the salary Of the Bron>
County Tax Appraisers from 81 900 tc
$4,000; increasing the salaries of the
secretary and chief clerk of the
Bronx County Sheriff from 1900 tc
s2,5oo each; increasing the assistant
deputy county clerk OF The Bronx from
$500 to $500; fixing the minimum
salary Of building inspectors through
out the city at 5 800, with biennia
increase Of 5000 until $4,000 Is reached
making the minimum salary of prisof
guards in Ludlow Street Jail $500;
giving each Of the Manhattan Surro
gates $500 addition annually.
On the Senate side the following bills
were reported OUT Walker bill, max
ing retired city court justices officia
referees; Boylan bill, providing for q
pension system for all city employees
Burlingame bill, permitting a police
man to be pensioned regardless OF
whether he has reached the age oil
fifty five, after he has served twenty
years.
Two bills sponsored by Tammany
creating additional judges, were also
reported out: The Downing bill, ere.
ating an additional Judge in the Seconc
Municipal Court District, and the Smith
measure, giving two additional judges
to the Seventh Manhattan Municipal
District
All the Hylan police bills were re-
ported out.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Woman Appointed First
Town Dietician in T.. S.
Mrs. Ebert A. Harvey to Edu-
cate Mothers of Brookline on
How to Feed Children
Special Correspondence

BOSTON, March 27.-Mrs. Ebert A..
Harvey, practical housewife and
mother. has been appointed Town
Dietitian by Brookline, wealthiest town
In the United States. She is the first
and only town dietitian in the coun-
try. Discussing her plan to-day, Mrs.
Harvey said:
"There exists the wrong kind Of
feeding in wealthy families as we'll as
in the less fourishng homes. We aim
to get at the health conditions of the
children. Getting at the children
means educating the mothers to the
Importance of starting their children
out in life in good physical condition.
A persons health is not alone his own
concern; it concerns the health and
efficiency of the nation.
"While our main emphasis is to be
on child welfare work, we hope also to
continue our educational programme
with the mothers"
Mrs. Harvey holds degrees from Vas
sar and Teachers College, Columbia.
and has had two years experience
teaching at Simmons College.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
10000 Hear Worlds
Greatest Organ and
Orchestra i'm Store
Unique Programme in PhiIa-
delphia Marks Consum-
nation of Long Dreamed
Plan of Music Lovers

PHILADELPHIA, March 27.-More
than 10000 persons assembled in the
Wanamaker store tonight heard the
greatest organ in existence and the
Philadelphia orchestra in programme
that was unique in musical affairs.
This concert marked the consumma-
ton Of dream long held by music
lovers here and elsewhere to hear the
organ under ideal conditions. In
spite of tcmpestuous weather every
gallery rising around the grand court
in the Wanamaker building was crowd
ed with music lovers. When Conduc-
tor Stokowski stepped on the stand on
the gallery directly in front Of the big
organ, the spectacle was one of i'm
pressiveness.
The affair moved with all the
smoothness of huge piece of perfect
machinery. The concert was made pos
sible through the public spirited gen
erosity of John Wanamaker
Special guests were Conductor Sto-
kowski, Of the Philadelphia Orchestra;
Mrs. Stokowski and Giovanni Marti-
nelli. tenor of the Metropolitan Opera
Company, of New York. The organist
was Charles M. Courboin, formerly
organist of the Antwerp cathedral.
Organ and orchestra numbers alter
mated throughout the evening, with
the Wilder sixth symphony by both as
the impressive finale. The programme
summarized, included as organ mum
bers, the Bach "Passacaglia" in c
Minor, Ravanelle's "Christus Resur-
rexit," the Andante Movement from
Cesar Franck's "Piece Symphonique. /"
and Allegro, by de Boeck, and Franck's s
bers were the Lenore No. 3 Overture
of Beethoven, de Bussy's "Afternoon
Of Faun" and the Prelude and Love
Death from "Trstan and Isolde" by
Wagner.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
oawdust and Mcnagcric
Open Garden Tomorrow
ferspiring Press Agents An.
nounfc Colossus Of Amusc-
ments Ready

r. ne K.nRling Brothers and Barnum &,
vaiiey Combined Show, known TO the
.nsosio IN general as "the circus" and to
w, ,ae pefspsring press agents OF the en-
SfpfiSs aa the colossus Of all amuse-
wse.ts' viii open liz engagement at
,,@aaison Square Garden tomorrow af-
There will be dress rehearsal to.
s.sht' but apart from that the perform
~; animals and attendants will have
apsniny 70 do until tomorrow alwaya
ssA.seplin& the intelligence department,
rnien ,s.a yesterday made known to "a pal.
p'istirg world that: '''
PIP, the What IN 1t. had reported for
tsshearsai ard is what-is-iting in better
1"fm shan ever before.
saily, the unprecedented ebimnanzce
..aa oeen converted 70 suffrage and had
gre On a hunger strike.
nAce, the organ playing eIcphant
~ ~ busted the organ In ft of tenn,
Isasnt sad eaten most Of the kevs.
~. which It can be seen that the In.
tsSssEsnee department. was also resting
- preparation for the bi9 drive that
Ss8'ns Saturday afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Housing Conditions
At Alarming Stage,
State Body Is Told
Reconstruction Commission
10 Make a Complete Sur
vey of Situation Here and
Suggest Relief Measures

Settlement and community workers
told committee Of the State Recon
struction Commission in the Hall Of
Records yesterday that the lack Of
housing facilities in New York City
has reached an alarming stage.
Shortage of rooms, the undesirable
character Of the few vacant placea
and continued pressure of rent profit
GERS, they said, were making hundreds
of poor families desperate.
Mrs. Henry Moskowltz, secretary of
the commission, said it was the intcn-
make complete survey of conditions
in representative blocks of the city
and suggest relief measures. The
meeting was called by her to develop
information preparatory to the survey.
Mrs. Mary Mardfin, of the Tenants
League, said that in crowded sections
of New York City rents have been
raised as much as 38 per cent in a
year. Vacancies, she said, never have
been so few, and tenants are helpless,
even should they want 10 move. IN
some cases, she asserted, strikes have
been effective, but she believed legis-
lation is the best way of relieving the
situation.
Bailey B. Burritt, of the Association
for Improving the Condition of the
Poor, said that in many section of the
city landlords raise rents as soon as
tenants move, thereby seeking to es-
cape the charge of profteering by the
new tenants.
Roswell Tompkins, speaking for the
building trades, said the governments
sudden shut-do on its housing pro-
gramme had much TO do with the
trouble.
Clarence Stein, secretary TO the
housing committee, said the situation
was undoubtedly serious. He proposed
the circulation of a questionnaire to
develop the best means OF solving tha
problem. His suggestion was adopted.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Bar Committee
Begins Inquiry Into
Courts Martial Rules

WASHINGTON, March 27.-The COM
mittee recently appointed by President
George T. Page, of the American Bar
Association, at the request of Secre-
tary Baker to make an advisory study
of court rt-martial practice and proceed
urc to-day held its first meeting Lieu
tenant B. A. Read, of the judge advo-
cate generals office, presented to the
committee review of existing courts
martial laws and regulations. Other
officvers of the judge advocate gen.
erals Office will appear tomorrow be-
fore the committee.
The appointment Of the committee
followed changes made by Lieutenant
Colonel Samuel r. Ansell that courts
martial were needlessly severe and the
system antiquated.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Regents Committee for
School Inquiry Here

u UFFALO, March 27.--At meet
~ ing here to-day the State Board
or Regents named committee to
investigate the controversy between
the Board of Education and the
Mayor of New York City. William
ii. Nottingham. Of Syracuse; Adel-
bert NJ loot, Of Buffalo, and James
byrne, Of New York, were appointed
as members of the committee. Mayor
Hylan and the school authorities are
involved in contention over control
or the school system of the metrop-
oils, 1t was reported to the BOARD
of Regents.
Members of the board tool. part in
the dedication of the Buffalo State
Normal School tonight.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Officers Denounce
Army Court Martial
Code as '"Prussian"
Uphold General Ansell and
Declare System Is Relic
of Feudal Ages; Will Or
ganize to Get Reforms

Former officers of the Judge Advo-
cate Generals Department met yester-
day afternoon at 10 West Fortyfourth
Street to take preliminary steps in
forming an organization to support
advocated reforms in military justice
and court martial procedure. The fol-
lowing temporary officers, who also
become the executive committee Of the
temporary organization, were elected ::
Chairman, Major George c. Beach,
New York; vice-chairman, Frederick A.
Brown, Chicago; secretary, Major Ros
coe Stewart, New York; members of
executive committee, Major Robert
Redfield. Chicago; Major Roy D,
Keehn, Chicago; Major Charles G. Re-
velle, St. Louis; Major John Cowlcy,
Butte, Mont; Captain Ligon John
son, New York
Calls System Feudal Relic
A statement issued by the commit
tee after the meeting is in part as fol-
lows:
present system Of military justice
is system of practiced injustice.
1--WE are lawyers VINO we're commits
stoned as officers IN Judge Advocate
General Crowder's department. We
were amazed and shocked by the court
martial system. We found that it Sc
cures no adequate protection of men
charged with military crimes: it per-
mits the conviction and punishment of
innocent men, as we'll as the imposition
of unduly harsh sentences upon men
who have been guilty of trivial Of
fenses.
Our court martial system has been
inherited from English law as it eX-
listed prior to the American Revolution;
it had its inception in mediaval days,
when soldiers were not free citizens of
the flag under which they served but
were either paid mercenaries or armed
retainers of petty lords"
I'VE regret" said Major Beach, in
discussing the meeting, that person
alltles have been injected into this is
sue OF the reform of military Justice
We feel that Secretary Baker and Gen
eral Crowder have placed themselves
IN an unfortunate and unnecessary DO
sltion before the country by opposing
the reforms advocated by General An
sell. The demand for change of the
military code did not involve personal
reflection upon them.
Ansell Punishment "Prussian"
Every ono realized that the present
system has been inherited and was not
created by them, and that it took this
war to disclose its injustice. Had they
accepted in this spirit the reforms
urged, or were they to accept them now
there could be no criticism attached to
them for the system
Since personalities have been in
1ected into the question by the demo-
tion of General Ansell by the personal
attack made on him by General Crow
der upon the authority of Secretary
Baker. and by the refusal of the Secre-
tary to make public General Ansells
reply to that attack, our opinion of the
controversy perhaps should be stated {;
1t IS that General Ansell, who was in a
position best to know courts martial
conditions, performed u great public
service in advocating the lbe eralization
Of the system, and that his demotion
and the subsequent acts Of the military
authorities toward him are unjustifi-
able and are inspired by a Prussian
disregard of fairness and of public
OOIDlOn -
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Stains To Be Analysed
They Are Found i'm the Home of
Mrs. Julia wilkins

LONG BEACH, l.. L., March 2s.-
Stains and what may be blood clots
in the home here of Mrs. Julia Will
kins, whose husband, DR.. Walter X.
wilkins, has been indicted for her mur-
der. are to be analyzed to determine
nationwide reputation, it was learned
to-day.
This, and the fact that Dr. Wilkins,
In the Nassau County Jail, has begun
to grow the side whiskers which he
shaved off during his trip to Balti-
more before his arrest. we're the only
new developments in the case to-day.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Children Get Colgate Estate
University Not to Benefit;
Widow Left No Will

The report that Colgate University
would receive 100000 to S80o,OOO by
the will of Mrs. Susan Farnam Col
gate, who died recently, was declared
yesterday by her son, James Colby
Colgate, to be unfounded. Mrs. Col
gate left no viii and her estate, valued
at about $30000o0. VIII go to the son
and to Miss Mary Colgate, daughter.
Letters Of administration were
administrators, James c. and Mary f..
Colgate, furnished $1,O0OOOO bond.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Judge Refuses Boys Plea
Fought Father TO Protect
Mother; Pleaded "Cuiliv"

A plea Of guilty was refused by Judge
May in the Brooklyn County Court yes
terday when John O'Keefe, of 80 Bed
ford Avenue, was arraigned on this
charge of assaulting his father.
The court questioned the boy and
learned that frequently the son had
been compelled to fight his father in
order to protect his mother. His father
hit him with a hammer and fractured
his skull on February 2. He said he
could not tell how the fight started
that day. Judge May ordered that a
plea Of not guilty be entered, and the
youth will be tried by jury.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Girl Killed in Auto Crash
Suffers Broken Back and Dies
i'm HOsnitaI

MONTCLAIR, N. j., March 27.--Miss
Josephine Hart. Of Anderson Street
Hackensack, N. j., died in Mountainside
Hospital here tonight as result of
injuries sustained in an automobile ac-
cidcnt this evening. Miss Hart was in
machine owned and driven by r. D.
Reis. Of 913 Park Place, Brooklyn
ander Avenue, the Reis car colIided
with another machine.
Miss Hart suffered n broken back
when thrown from the automobile.
She died without rcgaining conscious
ness.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Early Test of SSDry'' Law
Planned by DistilIers
Counsel Levy Mayer Instructed
by Chicago Meeting 10 Pre-:
pare for Fight

CHICAGO, March 27.-A decision to
make an early contest Of the constitu-
tionality of the war time prohibition
restriction effective July l, was reached
to-day at the close of o-day ses-
sion of the Distillers' Committee and
about seventy-fvc officials of as many
distillng concerns. Instructions to
that effect were given to Levy Mayer,
chief counsel for the committee.
1t was not disclosed where the ac-
tion would be filed
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Mexican Bandits Held
Three Accused of Murder OF
Oscar Wallace. American

WASHINGTON, March 27. - Three
men are under arrest at Progeso, Mex
leo, charged with the murder of Oscar
Wallace. American, who WAS killed by
bandits at the Hacienda Encinas.
The State Department received word
to-day of the arrests, and Acting Sec
retary Phillips said presentations
had been made to the Mexican govern
ment to insure proper punishment.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28
Assembly Asks Hearing
For Ireland at ParIe>

ALBANY, N. Y, March 27.-The A.
sembly, without debate, adopted o-day
the Donneliy resolution declaring that
at IN the sense and sentiment OF the
Assembly of the State Of New York
that "A request be made TO the com
missioners plcnipcntiary OF the Untcd
States TO the international peace CON
ference to present the right of Ire
land TO freedom, independence and
self determination"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-28


EAST NEW YORK.
Twenty-sixth ward-Auxiliary, Republican
Clubhouse. 2Ss Barley Il.
Police Rcserve-Repubican Club, Lincoln
Blessed sacrament-Mrs 7. Foote will re-
ocive clothing at 1884 Fulton St
sHEEPsHEAD BAY.
c=2vesend Dutch Reformed-at home OF
Mrs Harry Bennett 22t Neck Road.
Sheep,bead Bay--2421 Voorhies ave, cor.
Shore road
BATH BEACH.
Dyker Heghts-Mrs Elheron Smith will
receive clothing at home. 1870 S5th st
Iefferts Park-Church, 72nd st. and 18TH
ave.
sTUYyEsANT.
Lewis Avenue Congregational-Lewis ave.
and Madison st
Jacob Strahl--1o13 Gates ave.
NEW UTRECHT.
New Utrecht--s5l5 Bay Parkway.
BEDFORD SECTION.
carnation--Gates ave, between Cla.-
son and Franklin aves.
New York Ave. NJ. E.-i2t New York
ave.
Central congregational-Hanco st.
near Franklin ave
Tompkins Avenue Congrega tional-Tomn-
kfns ave. and McDonough at
ked Cross Workroom-Corner Rogers ave
and Union st
BUSHWICK SECTION.
Walter Scott-f7a5 Broadway
BushwIcle Red CrosH--At home Of Mrs
Annie Pendry. 1895 Bushwick ave
COMFY ISLAND.
Coney lsland--Our Lady OF Solace School.
10th ct.
GREENPOINT
:. Greenpoint-~Y. NJ C. A.. Lorimer ct. and
Meserole ave. ~'''
jackson st,