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The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-09-14
BAD FIRE IN
 KANSAS CITY
NAE BET WE'D re uhVF PI-RNrD TO bLNTU AND OTHERS
 ARE INJURED

KANSAS CITY. Mo, A the re ut of fire in two large grain elevators here an old man r miss ,ng, who i. believed to have been burned to death, and fifteen others injured, some of them seriously Most of those injured sustained their hurts while tghIng the lire which was only controlled after several hours ot very hard work on the part of the lire department assisted by citizens The cau-c of the fire is aald to have been sponrlneoua combustion result ing from an explosion of grain du-D Ind barley
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-09-14
MINISTRY OF
 CHILE IS OUT
DHIEAN MINISTRY RESIGNS IN TDpN BAD BLOOD EXISTS
 THERE

SAEIlAGO. Chile Sept l3. ,P)-
 h. newspapers of thJ. city ru then .u,. uI thj. evening contain inform
 lion rp the effect that tn" Chilean nnnrN today rendered it's rr=igna js,n to the premier m a body Su,r a,Jun ha. been anticipated for som, .n. oN.ma to Jhr lt.J that lC |. gen .uuh known that the ministry is al ,uD- with th- president und the pre- uIIrT
New-York tribune., 1919-08-23
q. r. T. Workers Talk
OF Calling Ne,u Strike
Reported 25 Per Cent Increase
Not Satisfactory, Many Say;
Union Heads ira Conference

Employees Of the BROOKLYN Rapid
'ranslt Company threatened another
s,rlke yesterday when thew heard nm
official reports to the effect that The
company would grant only q 25 per
cent increase instead of awarding the
nat rate of rs cents an hour. which
was the demand they struck for two
weeks ago.
Several carmen, members of the new
~ recognized Amalgamated Association
of Street and Electric RAILWAY En-.
ployes, went to the Labor Lyceum. at
Wllloughby and Myrtle avenues. and
declared they would tie up the system
again u the report was true. If the
Is. X. l. grants d 25 per cent increase
- VIII raise the hourly wage from 41-
.s9 cents to 5l59 cents.
Ihe ANA leamated leaders. Patrick 7
9hea, wee -presl dent, and Louis Fridjr
'r, attorney. had q short conference
with Frederick 2. Royce, general man
ager yesterday, but nothing definite
deVeloped, 1t was said at the comparv
Offices 'i'@'
BY the agreement made with Receiv-
er Lindey NJ. Garrison. Federal Jndes
lullus NJ Mayer, and the union officials
the men are not to strike unless ali
efforts at arbitration fail. Dissatisfac-
uon was expressed by some carmen at
That they termed discrimination on
the part Of company officials.
The employees said that dement's had
been GNca thtta for Sight offences
such aS wearing union buttons on then.
uniforms and for not having thoir
coats properly buttoned They insist
ed they did not want long drawn our
controversy on the wage question. and
lntmated that unless a quick settle.
ment is made they will take the initia-
tive in testing the strike spirit.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-23
Mrs. Caynor Makes Debut
As Professional Singer

Mrs. William J. Gaynor, widow of
rhe former Mayor, made her first ap-
pearance as a professional singer at
the Lewisohn Stadium last evening.
She chose tried and true battle horse
for her debut, the Suicide" aria from
"La Gioconda." It is said that Mrs
Gaynor will give a recital at Aeolian
Hall next season. Judging from her
performance last evening her ambition
is greater than her ability. Her voice,
a dramatic soprano, has q certain res
onance, but ii is uneven and lacking
in fexibility. Her lapses from the true
pitch at the beginning Of the aria, which
might have been due TO nervousness.
did not cease as the song progressed,
while, generally speaking, the profess
sional quality was conspcuously alb
sent from her performance. Neverthe-
less she won success d'estime, was
recalled, and sang again.
Philip Gordon, a promising young
pianist, was another soloist. Earlier
in the evening he gace sane and Wig
orous performance Of Rubinstein's Con-
certo in D minor. The orchestra
played pieces by Auber, Bizet, Wagner,
Tschaikowsy and others. K. W.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-23
Queens Trolley Line
Asks Increased Fare

The New York and North Shore
Traction Company, which operates
lines out of Flushing to Whitestone,
and to Bayside. Great Neck, Roslyn
and Mineola, has asked it's employees to
defer their threatened strike until Sep
tember l. After that the company will
either continue with an increased fare
and give the motormen and conductors
the II cent increase or quit altogether.
George A. Stanley, president of the
line, said that Deputy Public Service
Commissioner Alfred II. Barrett would
grant the company officials hearing
tonight in Flushing, when a plea will
be made for higher fare
The company has been collecting q
T-cent fare since the Volunteer Seven
cent Fare Association organized to help
the railway after the association had
gone over the company's books, and
decided that the service was needed
badly in the section and that it was
worth 7 cents. Many passengers, how
ever, still paid the old 5-cent fare, to
which the line was legally entitled.
Mr.. Stanley said the line owes $4,000
in back taxes, $4,000 on unpaid bills,
and that the winters coal is not yet
purchased. The employees recently
threatened to strike unless the company
granted an hourly increase of II cents.
About fifty motormen and conductors
are involved.
The employees decided to defer the
strike until the Public Service Commits
sion hearing is held.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-23
Long Island Car Line
To Suspend at Once
Heavy Obligations and Pros
pectire Wage Increase OF
$4,000 Forces Acfion

William 0. Wood, vice-president and
general manager of the Long Island
Electric Railway, announced Yesterday
that the line will cease ops ration and
that proceedings will begin Immediately
IN the Supreme Court for the d:ssolu-
ton OF the company and the appoint
ment OF receiver TO wind up its af-
falrs. Heavy outstanding obligations
and compulsory S43, 600 annual wage
increase compelled the railway to quit.
The company operated cars between
Grant Street, Brooklyn, the old Brook
llyn city line, and Belmont Park, and
between Jamaica and Far Rockaway.
The directors have already adopted a
resolution authorizing the dissolution
OF the corporation. The company was
organized about twenty-five years ago.
1t owned seventeen miles of road and
twenty-seven miles Of track The capi-
tai stock of the company is 5000 600
Its bonded Indebtedness is 5000 600
The company has never paid the
present stockholders one cent OF divi-
dend; nor has it paid any interest on
ITS bonds in ten years" said Mr..
Wood. ut has orders from the bor.
o ough authorities to do the paving,
amounting to thousands of dollars. and
II II were to continue considerab]e
track work would have to be done in
the near future. Under the circun-
stances the stockholders said we would
suop' ana we are going to stop Just as
ished" '' oo "i'-
New-York tribune., 1919-08-23
AUint0r Lands on
RoofdndHops Off
E. E. BaIIough Sets Mark
for Aer0g10zstics at Ne,u-
ark: Feat Us,expected

Edwin f. Ballough, plotting a Curtiss
biplane. landed on and took off again
from the roof of building in Newark
yesterday His feat was witnessed by
hundreds of persons who ran to assist
him under the impression that the ma
chine had met with an accident
The landing was made on the roof
of the Army Quartermasters' Stores
Building The roof is so feet wide
and 97S feet long.
Ballough made his decision to land
upon the building when about 700 feet
above it, He had Chris A. Wagner, a
photographer. with him as passenger
Putting the machine into a steep spiral,
out JUS. as the wheels touched the peak
of the building. 1t then ran along the
level. The photographer jumped out
Of the machine. caught the wing tip
and hung On until the machine came to
dead stop within seveniy-iive feet of
the edge Of the building.
Immediately after the machine came
to a stop it WAS turned around and
wheeled back to the peak of the roof
The two men then jumped in, while the
crowd held the wings. The motor was
started. and as soon as the throttle was
opened wide Ballough signalled to let go.
The machine sped rapidly across the
roof of the building and took the air
just as it reached the edge.
Ballough's feat oclipses the landing
made by the late Jules Vedrines, the
famous French aviator, who landed on
a year ago. In landing Vedrnes
crashed his machine at the edge of the
building and was not able to take off
again.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-23
B. X. L. Employees Ask
Wage Farley Monday
Want Arbitration Of Other rs
Per Cent Increase to Begin
Here Immediately

Anthony ]. Romagna, attorney for
IN the brotherhood of 1nterborouph RAND
transit Company Employees, dispatchea =,
letter to the Public Service Commits
sioner yesterday asking that arbitra-
ton proceedings commence on Mondav
lor the settlement of the additional o5
per cent wage increase demanded nv,
the employees ''
IN his letter Mr.. Romagna int;matea
that influences were at work creat;nr
the impression among the men that ths,
clause in the InteAborough settjemen+ e,a
winch left the extra 25 per cent 4
lnand to arbitration was inserted onlv
as subterfuge to get the men hack ~ ~
work. Romagna stated: at is evident
TO me from what has transpired in tha
past few days that list of the men,- ra-
oershlp of the brotherhood is in nos
session of others than the brotherhood
members, and that that knowledpo is
beng used to annoy these men wh'
are now willing to leave the final adjust.
ment to you. How much the Amalga.
mated Union is responsible for this at
tempt to SOW dissession among these
snen is matter which the city authori-
,ies ought to ascertain. am led TO be-
lieVe that the purpose is to demornlze
lhese men who are now working on the
road and in the shops"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-23

tive engineers receive on the New York
New Haven 4 Hartford system, and
that the work does not require the
same experience and qualifications AS
for locomotive engineers.
J. +. Wilson, leader of the strike
committee, declared that if the com
pany attempted to use strike breakers
at the head of the trains an attempt
would be made to force sympathetic
strike on the New Haven trains, as the
men belong to the same railroad broth
erhoods. The New Haven trains are
now carrying most Of the $4,000 pas
sengers who use the electric trains
when they are in service.
The upstate Public Service Commits
sion took an interest in the strike yes
terday, and announced there would be
q a public hearing of the case Monday
The technical question involved is
whether the line is a rapid transit sys-
tenn or to be included in the steam
railroad classification. The company
officials say it is rapid transit service
and the wages should be determined ID
accordingly
New-York tribune., 1919-08-23
New York Train Wrecked /;
Three Persons Injured
Noon Express for Boston via
Springfield Crashes into
Freight

NEW HAVEN, Aug. 22.--Three per
sons were injured this afternoon when
an express train which left New York
at noon for Boston via Springfield
crashed into freight train in the
Cedar Hill yards of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad.
Traffic on the main line was blocked
for an hour and half. Passengers
were shaken up. Lawrence Sylvester,
Of Springfield, Mass, was scalded and
sustained broken arw. Benjamin
Thayer, engineer, and A. P. Cleary, fire.
man, both of Springfield, suffered minor
injuries when they jumped from the
express locomotive.
Three loaded freight cars were over
turned and the locomotive and four
cars of the passenger train were de-
rallied. Fire broke out in the wreck
age, but was quickly subdued.
According TO a statement by the rail-
road the wreck was caused by switch
being left open.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-23
New York Radicals
Plan New Socialist
Party if Defeated
sRump' Convention to Form
Communist Organization
Expected at Chicago if the
Right Wingers Control

The stage is all set for the bigge st
battle in tho history Of the American
Socialist movement when the Emer-
gency National convention of the So
cialist Party of America convenes in
Chicago August 30. New York City
has already elected its delegates, the
names Of the victors having been an
nounced yesterday from the Office of
Local New York Socialist Party, z
East Fifteenth Street. They are: AL
derman Algernon Lee, Judge Jacob
Panken, julius Gerber, Mrs. Bertha
Mailly, William Karlin, Alderman
Abraham Beckerman. former Assem-
blyman Louis Waldman., Theresa NAL
kiel, Assemblyman A. Solomon, S. John
Block, w. Hedman. The delegates
from the Bronx are Samuel Orr, JOS
eph B. Salutsky, Walter NJ. Cooke,
state secretary of the Socialist party,
and Max Geisler. The Jewish Social
ist Federation branch in this city will
be represented by DR.. B. Hoffman
The delegates from Kings ana Queens
have not been announced, due to Che
fact that both the Right and Left Wing
factions of the party in these coun-
ties are badly demoralzed by internal
conflict between the out and out Len
mites and those who would modify
Leninism to suit American conditions.
New York to Lead Fight
The New York delegation will lead
the attack on the Left Wing at the
Chicago convention, where the Amer
lean Socialist party will take definite
stand not only upon questions of do
lnestic policy but also upon problems
of international Importance.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-23

dressed an open letter. begging fo,
"How can you keep the baby from
me-" she wrote. GLOW can Won feed
him, dress him, or put him to sleer
without realizing the anguish Of his
mother, whose heart is breaking and
who is pining for just one glimpse OF
her child?."
Mrs. Wentz has despaircd of the sue
cess of police efforts to find the stolen n
baby, and advised the kiinapper that
she will not be prosecuted or even
questioned if the child is restored. Mrs
Wentz is sure the kidnapper is wom-
an. and says:
"Why doesn't she bring him to my
home late at night, aud put him in his
carriage? Then she could go away un-
New-York tribune., 1919-08-23
Central Federated Union
To Aid sSls'ish Republic
Also Decides 10 i,all on (sarva,a
and Mayor TO Inquire
Into High Prices

The Central Federated Union de-
cided last night to make Labor Day
this year an occasion to advance the
cause of the Irish Republic" 1t de-
clded also to call upon Governor Smith
and Mayor Hylan for all immediate
inquiry into the reason for advancing
costs of necessities. Announcement was
made that candidate who was labors
representative would be selected for
the office Of President of the Board
Of Adermep.
With this idea in view members
were pledged to attend the nominat-
ing convention of the American Labor
party at 2 p. IN. to-day at Yorkville
Casino. Frank Gilmore, of the Actors
Equity Association, would speak at the
convention, Mr.. Cohn, delegate of the
Upholsterers' Union, announced. Mr..
Cohn, whose union is demanding S12 a
day and fortyfourh hour week, de-
clared the time was ripe for organized
labor to enter politics.
In this city the Irish meeting will
be held at Manhattan Casino, 155th
Street and Eighth Avenue. under the
auspices of the Central Federated
Union. Central labor bodies in other
cities throughout the country will be
asked to arrange similar demonstra
tons. Among those announced as
speakers here are Justices Gavegan
and Cohalan, of the Supreme Court,
and the Rev. DR.. Stephen S. Wise. rabbi
of the Free Synagogue. Eamonn de
Valera, head of the Irish Republic"
also is expected to speak
The resolution calling for cost of
living inquiries was introduced by the
Labor Sanitation Conference and was
adopted unanimously. Copies are to
be sent to Governor Smith and Mayor
Hylan, each of whom is urged to use
all the machinery at his command to
obtain "truthfu, and authoritative in
formation of the actual cost of PRO
ductlon and delivery of commodities
necessary to life
1t is urged that the widest pub-
LEFTY be given to the facts brought
forth and that the percentages Of profit
MADE by mlddlemen and retailers be
ascertaned and published Continued
increases in prices, it is said, are un.
dermining the health OF workmen.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-23
High Cost of Living
Increases Doctor Bills
Bronx Physicians Decide to
Charge 81 Instead of 81
for Consultation

Bronx physicians have raised their
minimum fees from SO to 100 per cent.
DR.. William. A. Wovschin, secretary of
The Bronx Medical Alliance, announced
yesterday that at special meeting of
the organization it was decided that
81 instead of 81 shall hereafter be the
minimum charge for office consulta
tions. So instead of So for day calls
and S. instead of So for night calls.
DR.. Wovschip explained the increased
cost of living, especially rents, necessi
tated this action. Physicians in other
boroughs have not vet followed the cx
ample of their Bronx brethren. 81
don't see how we can fix fees" said a
member of the New York County Medi
cal Spsiety. "They are now on a
sliding scale-from nothing up"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-23
SATURDAY, Mem 1lork Tribrne AUGUST %.

will remain until the parade. They will
be the first division to march through
the city with complete equipment, for
they are bringing back their own horses
and guns.
Welcome Details Made
Former officers of the list Division
met yesterday at the Hotel Biltmore
and appointed committee to arrange a
welcome for the "hghtinest outfit it.
the army"
lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roose-
velt, formerly of the 26th Infantry,
LIST Division, was appointed chairman
of the committee. Headquarters we're
opened yesterday at the Biltmore and
will remain there until the parade is
over.
Reports from Washington say that
President Wilson will probably be
forced to give up his intended visit to
the Pacific Fleet at San Francisco in
order to greet the returning soldiers.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-23
Landlord Is Beaten :,
BY Tenants He Ev;c,.,
1rate Rent Payer Took I.s,. :
Own Hands, Owner Declare. u
Soldier Charges Profite.r;,,.

Mamie Sidman. owner Of
tenements in the Brownsville s' s' 4"
of Brooklyn, limped into tho slssr'e:
sey Avenue Court yesterdav ss Jsr-
playing sundry bruises asked eno ais-
rants for the arrests of ev;o.o, var
ants, who, he said, caused thsr. Ter
According to his ..-cv ~ sae'n.
evicted several tenants who t.cehily
clared rent strike. Several .ns nsa DE-
him and his tweive-year-ol auasned
says, on Pitkin Avenue. S;dnon' SON he
his son were both beaten o,"an and AID
refuge in a factory, which w.- sousa'
barded with cobblestones un.;, =, DON
lice arrived. TIE po'
To the physical shock of -.
ing and bombardment was addsd oeat'
tai jolt, when Sidman. instead q. men'
ting his warrants, was charcea ~, y. get
sault by Ida Brown, twentv.tbr.alh ".lh =.
held in $500 bail for exam;na.;as, ,s'.es, and
August u. Miss Brown producsa "
photograph OF pair Of shapely sbonlS
ders to which she admitted ownerssi,
on which could be seen wei. ca,sas ,p
apparently by the crook of cane -ssa &C.
says Sidman welded the cane. ''s
Lieutenant Charles L. S.anho, >,
., a, Appealed for relief agains. =.
alleged profteering of his ians,.ass .as
before the Mayors Committee or "9.0.d p.'.d
yesterday. He said that when h. asa's n
invalide' home from France hs s ss wss
greeted with the notice that his vas vas
had been raised SIS. Later he ZEN ,sa'
because Of his illness. he was fo.s' ss'o,
20 rent another room in the housss sttsa :s1
which the landlord charged $40 'V, ,
month
Deputy United States Commiss;,r..
Gambler Cobb, who heard the case ss'snss s..s
that he would summon the landIosdi Ssli
for violation of the soldiers and 49, .s;i
.ors' relief act. s''''
New-York tribune., 1919-08-23
Wilson to Review
First's Parade, With
Pershing Leading
Sept. p Set as Tentative
Date for Reception Here
TO Men Who Led Way i'm
France for the A. E. F.

With General Pershing at its head
the 1st Division will parade up Fifth
Avenue in September and will be re-
viewed by President Wilson.
The last division Of American troop.
remaining in France began to leave for
of the parade is September 81.
Following the parade in this city, the
1st Division will parade again in Wash
ington.
Only small portion of the men
who will march at the triumphal home
coming of the division have been with
the organization since it landed in
France. the forerunner of the great
est army ever gathered under the
Stars and Stripes. Two hundred and
twenty days in the front line trenche,
and over their tops left great gaps in
the original personnel of the organi-
with drafted men.
Real "First" Division
The warriors of the 1st were liter
ally the first on the field and the last
to leave it. They were pioneers, in fact,
IN everything that the A. +. F. accom-
plished abroad
Ihey were the first in France, the
first to hold sector, the first to fire
a shot at the Germans, the first to at
tack, the first to conduct raid, the
first to repel a raid, the first to cap
ture prisoners, the first to inflict cas-
ualties, the first to be cited in general
orders and the first in the number of
army, corps, division and general staff
officers graduated from it's ranks
The total casualties of the division
amounted to 1,612 men--two-third of
its total strength. 1t captured 1863 Of
guns and 62 trench mortars.
AS they arrive, the units will proceed
to Camps Mills and Merritt, where they
New-York tribune., 1919-08-23
Westchester Company
Plans to Break Strike
Electric Line Viii Endearor to
Resume Operations Soon:
Scrricc Board ig Interested

The New York, Westchester & Bos-
ton Railway will attempt to break the
strike and resume operations within a
lew days, officials of the electric line
said yesterday. Since the system was
tied up the company has succeeded in
obtaining men 70 run the power houses
and repair shops. The trains run
through White Plains and Mount Yer
non to the Harlem River and The
Bronx. The strike affects about fifty
motormen and conductors.
The company officials declare that the
motormen 4re unreasonable in demand
ing the SAINT wages the electric locomo-
New-York tribune., 1919-08-23
Governor Saves Life
of New York Slayer

Special Correspondence
ALBANY Aug. Ex-Governor Smith
tp-oay ~ commuted to life imprisonment
tne death sentence of Thomas Abruzzo
OF OF New York, for the murder of Nat,
Ihew u Joseph Casselli in June, 1917
np,n Judge Mulqueen, before whom
Apruzzo ta was tried, and District At
m',+st;o ronteS n"ann IN recommended the COM
mr'aelon. tar AZ H. Judge Mulqueen, in iet-
the evidence from a lerai s+andma ar mnlle
was sufficient to justify the 'nupI;nt uarJ;nt
OF murder in the first deeree .'uice ;t
almost impossible to detern;ra t' ~ WI, was
was the aggressor in the fight that re "mo
suited in Caselii's death. 'A"' 'e
New-York tribune., 1919-08-23
Briefs

One hundred Australian soldiers, chosen
for an agricultural course at the University
of California, will arrive here August 29,
en- route to Berkeley. They will have
twelve months of field and laboratory work.
Wadsworth McKitrick seaman. and John
Francis Ryan. boatswains mate, of the
navy, have been commended by Secretary
Daniels for life saving. McKittrick, whose
home is at 500 West 1Seth Street. saved a
British sailor in the harbor of Gibraltar
Ryan rescued a man who fell overheard
from the gunboat Castne last February. Ry-
ans home is at IL West Forty second Street.
Contributions amounting to $500, $50 dur
ing the week ended August 20. were an
nounced by the American Committee of Syr-
ian and Armenian Relief.
Bequests of 500 to $500 each are left to
nine priests under the will of Mrs. Ellen
Sullivan who lived at 336 Nineteenth Street
Brooklyn. The residue goes to her daugh-
ter, Honora.
Charles Joseph Williams. an Arizona SOL
dier stationed at Camp Upton, was arrested
charged with having robbed the poor boxes
in st. Agathas Catholic Church, Seventh
Avenue and Forfy-ninth Street, Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-23
Chicago Goes ''Shineless"
When Boothlacks Raise p.;,,

CHICAGO, Aug. 22.-The oric. :,
shoe shines dropped TO ten cents hen
to-day. Several days ago shining os,.
lors announced raise TO ffteen ce,.,
"on account Of unsettled conditions, /,
but it was said business fell Of .,
such an extent that it was decided to ~
back to the old prlce. ~