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Police Principal Spectators.

Persons who had tried to get to that
point TO see the marcn were kept back
by the police. so on broadway and on
Fourth avenue, safely out OF sight of the
parade. there were large crowds. while
the avenue itself was practically de-
serted The nearest anybody except the
police got to the parade at that point
was about hundred yards.
The speed with which the parade
marched and the different units of the
division succeeded one another, kept the
interest of the crowd aroused, and there
were none OF the periods of silence
which resulted from the long gaps In
the parade OF the Twenty-seventh. APP
plause for the marchers yesterday was
hearty and almost continuous From
time to time. as some soldier passed n
group of his family or friends, or some
self-appointed leader called for three
cheers for a particular unit, individual
yells and mans should in unison could
be heard above the general applause.
The passing of the head OF each reg
iment and battalion. too. was always the
signal for special outburst-to most
OF the unofficial reviewing party It was
Tins or Tony's or keys battalion and
deserving OF special recognition accord
ingly. The First Battalion OF the 3Osth
Infantry, the so-called Lost Battalion"
got hearty greeting everywhere. and
the mascots were always applauded
Flags of the Dead Come First.
Again, New York, in another army
phrase, has been fed up with parades,
and OF all the things fickle. uncertain.
and without reliance the New York pub
lie Is each and all They had seen the
Twenty the old Sixty-ninth,
Col. Parsons's reg ment of engineers
Col Haywards's regiment OF Buffaloes
and the Victory Loan parade OF last
week. Some day the archangels, with
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and Of his whole division few minutes
before the parade left Washington
Square:
The further study one makes of the
Seventy-seventh Divisions work. the
stronger and more prominently the di
vision stands out. Take the Argonne
Forest for instance. 1t was virtually
impregnable. So much So that the
French and English wouldn't touch it.
But the Americans and the New York
boys went into It without the least hest
tation. Trees were SO thick that the
airmen couldn't render any assistance
by making observations. The Argonne
was really a wooded mountain with
every foot Of the way a struggle. and
at the start the enemy gave US every
thing he had, using great quantities OF
sulphurous gas and bombs. What i'm
pressed observers was the youth OF the
officers: many OF the Majors looking
like mere boys They are we'll set up
outfit and cxcellently equipped"
Exactly and precisely what passed
the main reviewing stand-a we'll set up
outfit, excellently equipped.
Didn't Wear Shrapnel Helmets.
Perhaps the same strategist who
decreed that there should be no touch
of sable or recognize BILE mourning bout
the parade proper decreed also that
since young men look middle aged and a
little stern in shrapnel helmets Alex
anCer's division must walk with other
headgear than their tin hats. They had
on their overseas caps with their he'll
NETS and light packs slung behind them
1t seems to have been presumed that
thus accoutred they would present a
light hearted, perhaps n rollicking pic
turc and that every woman interested
along the line OF march would recognize
the lad she sent overseas
They all looked alike though The
overseas cap, like every other military
hatiliment, effaCes all traces OF the in
dividual covering the hair and enough
OF the forehead to make identification
difficult II possible at all. and 90. to the
ranks OF those who sat in the stands
there appeared, in the main, only rank
UPON rank upon rank OF young men with
no mirth In their faces. every Counte-
nance bearing indeibly, as Gen. sherman
insists. the marks of all 1t had been
through; jaws lean and salient, eyes
grave and with no questions prepared
every mouth resolute but docile.
One cannot get away altogether from
comparisons between Yesterdays review
and the aspect OF other victorious units
which have been seen IN parades in this
and other cities since the armistice was
signed.
Other regiments have been mostly Of
men who could trace their American
blood through a generation or two and
who when they went to war understood
clearly why and what this country Is
anC the ideals for which II stands. They
hal their traditions. their background
as the phrase is and had been in the
main Graded in the American spirit and
brought up all through their school days
to realization OF the necessity that
every American do his full duty always
New-York tribune., 1919-09-10

Matthews said last night that he would
investigate the matter as soon as it
was brought officially to his attention
r7he sales at schools will be sus-
pended to-day in honor of the PERISH
ing parade. The Queensborough Mar
ket, however, which will be opened as
wholesale sales station tomorrow,
will be stocked up. Twenty thousand
cans of jam and fifteen truckloads of
tomatoes were delivered to schools
Yesterday. Thirty-six thousand cans
of corn were transported from Gov
ernor's Island in barge owned by the
Department of Charities. If the
weather continues cool 100000 pounds
Of ham will be delivered to the schools
from the Bush Terminals to-day.
Two-thirds of the original order of
fNvty carloads of food for the Morse
DAw Dock employees has already been
so1,1s the company announced yester-
day. Prices have dropped in the neigh
borh>ood as a result of the releasing of
this TODD to the 5000 employees of the
plant AsS, cost. No overhead charges
were added to the army's prices, as f.
P. Morse, head of the company, pro-
vided the necessary sales space, trans
portation and clerical help.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-10

thinking agriculturalist has seen for
years was surely coming.
Rural workers have not received
the support and encouragement which
the urban workers SO easily obtained
in the form Of better schools, roads,
churches, houses, shorter hours and
higher wages for work under more ia
vorable conditions. This had the re-
suit of steadily drawing from the
country its population to an alarming
degree. Now, instead of going into a
study of our situation and developing
a remedy, our laboring brothers of
the city purpose to remedy our trouble
by arbitrary measures without any
real knowledge of the cost of produc
ing the necessities of life.
"When wheat was 81 bushel one
bushel paid for a days work. Wheat,
by government fiat, is now S2.26 q
bushel and it now requires from two
to three bushels to pay labor for one
days work. Again, when wool was 80
cents a pound, allowing four pounds
for a suit Of clothes, the farmer re-
ceived for the product $1.20. Figruing
the cost of a suit of clothes at $50,
thirteen days labor at S1.5O a day
paid for the suit. To-day wool is 65
cents a pound, four pounds bringing
$3.50, the amount received by the
farmer. The same suit Of clothing is
now $40 and the laborer can obtain a
suit by eight days of labor at IS a
day. These comparisons will hold good
with every farm product"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-10
Nominee Returns Crisp
Answer to Dry Leader
Smith, in Letter to Anderson,
Merely Refers to What Major
of ''LOst Battalion" Said

Oscar J. Smith, Republican candidate
for the Assembly in the 22nd District,
Manhattan, yesterday told William H.
Anderson, superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League, to take himself and
his. But read what Mr.. Smith said:
"My Dear Mr.. Anderson.
"As l construe the questionnaire you
send me concerning the enforcement
of the prohibition amendment, it con-
veys the threat by necessary implica-
tion that if | will not submit to your
dictation you will defeat me at the
polls.
"Owing to the large preponderance
of Democratic votes in my district
have no chance whatever of election.
but if ! had chance would gladly
throw it away and accept defeat rather
than surrender my manhood and be
elected with your assistance and on
your terms
"You undoubtedly know the historic
answer of the major commanding the
Lost Battalion to those Huns on the
other side of the Atlantic who tried TO
bluff him into an unconditional sur
render; so in order to make myself
perfectly clear it is only necessary for
me to remark 'Them's my sentiments
as to you and your questionable"
Mr.. Smith signed himself Most sin
cere1y"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-10
Grange Blames
Labor for Prices

The responsibility for the high cost
of living is placed upon labor in an
official statement issued yesterday by
the New York State Grange, which
represents 125.oOO farmers. Sherman
]. Lowell and w. N. Gilos, master and
secretary, respectively, Of the Grange,
compiled the report.
The report indicts labor without
qualification as fully respo nsible for
high prices, because Of it's demands for
shorter hours and greater waees. The
life Of the working man and Nf the
farmer is contrasted, and the re-
Enumeration and the hours of work are
compared, to substantiate the claim
that labor is receiving the lions share
of the return for honest effort This
tone Of the report is almost bitter at
times, as the obstacles in the way OF
the farmers happiness are outlined.
"The first factor in happy life is
three meals every day" the statement
says. "The next is adequate clothing
and housing to keep the body warm.
The war has only hastencd what every
New-York tribune., 1919-09-10
Cor. Smith Calls H.C. OIL.
Conference for Sept. II

Special Correspondence
ALBANY. Sept. 9.-Thc hi@h cost of
living conference, recommended by
former Governor Martin II. Glynn and
DR.. John II. Finley, has been called by
Governor Smith for Wednesday noon,
September II in the Executive Cham
ber. A. Mitchell Palmer, United States
Attorney General, will address the con-
ference, the purpose of which is CO.
ordination Of effort and cooperation of
Federal and state authorities that time
and energy may not be wasted by a
duplication Of functions. Those in
vited to the conference besides Mr..
Palmer are:
Lieutenant Governor Walker, Attor-
ney General Newton. district attorneys
of all counties, Ex-Governor Martin II
Glynn, John H. Finley, Commissioner
Of Education; Abram l.. Elkus, chair
man reconstruction commission; Dr.
Herman M. Biggs, state commits sioner
of health; Chares +. Tremairl, Arthur
Williams. DR.. Charles S. Wilson. COM
missioner of agriculture; Dr. Eugene
II. Porter commissioner foods and
markets. Henry A. Cutler, assistant
United States Attorney; John 7. Dool-
ing and Alfred J. Talley, assistant
district attorneys New York County;
Fair Price Milk Committee, New York
City; Mrs. Belle r. Moskowitz; George
Gordon Battle. Charles +. North and
Motor Transport Committee
In his letter to the invited confer
rces the Governor said that the high
cost of living is by far the most
serious problem of the reconstruction
period.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-10

concerned. 1t is reported that the pre-
liminary recommendation made to the
Board CT Estimate by Commiss oner
EnriGht calls for an advance in the
maximum salary paid to patrolmen to
Sl.S00, while the same report states
that Commissioner brennan has de-
ciined to make any recommendation to
the board.
Commissioner brennan, however, will
not oppose the movement ror an in
crease for the men of the Fire De-
partment. He refused yesterday to
comment on the action taken at the
u. Z. A. meeting but he said positively
shat the iircmen would be given an op-
portun:ty to present their case to the
Board OF Estimate.
The Fire Comm ssioner said also that
Mayor Hylan was willing to listen TO
The mems caSe--if they would present
il as tiremeA. The inference is that
the Mayor would oppose any approach
20 the subject made by officials of the
U. T. a. as representatives of organ
;zed labor. The L. f. A. is affiliated
with the American Federation OF La
Dor. Commissioner brennan said he
thought the men were making a mis-
take when they urged citizens to write
letters to the Mayor supporting their
claims, and declared it would be up to
the firemen to present their case to the
Board of Estimate and support it with
facts and figures.
Patrolman Moran, head of the Pa
trolmen's Benevolent Association, was
called to headquarters after the meet
ing for conference with the Police
Commissioner. Later in the afternoon
Commissioner brennan sent for Albert
f. Guinness, head of the firemen's or
CaniZation
New-York tribune., 1919-09-10
Fire and Police Men
Join TO Seek Raises
Police and Firemen \
Thn,k The Tribune

LNREMEN and patrolmen Of NCsNy
"A York, at their meetings yester-
day, adopted resolutions thanking
The New York Tribune for support in
their campaign for higher wages.
The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted by the Uniformed
Fremens Associations:
"Resolved, that the Uniformed
Tiremen's Association, representing
the firemcn of New York City, here
by expresses its deep appreciation of
the services of The New York Trib-
une in Investigating the financial
condition of the fircmcn and publish
ing the results of such investigation.
The assistance thus given by The
Tribune has enabled the firemen to
show they are entitled to a salary
Of at least $4,000 year"
The Patrolmen's Benevolent As
sociation adopted this resolution:
"Whereas, The New York Tribune
has shown deep interest in the well
fare of patrolmen by publishing
facts relating to the conditions under
which patrolmen work, and
Whereas, the publicity given by
The Tribune has, to large extent.
awakened the people to the neces-
sity of financial relief, therefore,
be it
Resolved that the Patrolmen's
Benevolent Association extends the
sincere thanks of the patrolmen of
the city to The New York Tribune
for its aid in placing the petition for
$4,000 salary before the public"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-10
Newton to Renew
His Fight Against
Rand School Today
Confers With Lusk; Agree.
to Resume Public Hear.
ings sHereWe WeekAfterNex,.
5 Radical Papers Suspend

State Attorney General Char,..
Newton will appear to-day before G..
preme Court Justice Finch to ars-.
for the reopening Of the procasd;s
for the annulment OF the cbs-.s-
the Rand School, which were den di. Q,
by Supreme Court Justice McAvov
Yesterday the Attorney General v,.
is counsel for the Lusk comn;..io mo
which investigated the Rand See, SEE,
and other institutions. and the b.' cba;.
man Of the committee, Senator ca
ton r. Lusk, conferred on future 10y 10y
tiles of the Bolshevik hunters. ''-
It was decided to reconvene tho 49,.
mittee, which has been in recess for
month, to hold public hearings IN 80:
city the week after next Before ~
fall is we'll under way the comm;..as
viii meet in Buffalo and other uns.s.s
cities F''"'s
Senator Lusk also conferred v;..
Assistant District Attorney O'Rourssa
who has had charge of presenting ~
criminal matters unearthed by ~
committee to the grand jury. '''s
Senator Lusk mas been In the c.,
since Sunday going over the reports -.
agents OF the committee, who have besa
busy during the recess. He said ths.
some of the work done in the las.
month was Of special significance. and
would be developed at the hearjng,
here.
Senator Lusk expressed himself 9,
pleased with the results Of the comm,
tees labors to date. He said that ~
ports Of the committee investigated,
showed that there has been pro.
nounced decline in radical activiti.s
including the suspension of five rsd;c.i
publications in this city. Among tbs,a
were John Reeds communist .ha
organ Of the Left Wingers; The Rev.
lutionary Age" "The Class Strupgsn
a Finnish publication, The Union =,
Russian Workers" and a Russian publ;.
cation.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-10
Five Men in
A Stolen Auto
Rob 4 Saloons
They Roam About Manhat-
tan and Bronx and Hold
Up Various Places With
out Interference by Police

Five men in stolen automobile
drove about The Bronx and Manhattan
early yesterday morning looking for
prosperous appearing saloons to hold
up. In the course of their journeyings
they plundered at least four.
How many more they robbed only
the police know, and the police are re-
fusing to lay anything whatever con-
cernng the five travelling robbers.
They do admit, however, that they
haven't caught them.
The car was stolen from some one in
The Bronx, whose name the police also
withhold. early Monday evening. At
midnight the thieves stopped in front
of the saloon at Intervale Avenue and
Kelly Street, The Bronx Two re-
NAMED in the machine as look outs
Two entered the saloon by the front
door and one sought the family en-
trance. They drew revolvers and or
dered the customers and bartenders to
hold up their hands.
One of the men who had entered
by the front door vaulted the bar and
rihed the cash register, getting more
than $100. The other man who came
in the front way, held up the patrons
while he who used the family entrance
went through their pockets. Then
the unwelcome visitors vanished.
What happened between this point
and Second Avenue and Fifty-eighth
Street, only the police know, and they
won't tell. Paul Rauchelbach, keeper
of saloon on the corner of Fifty
eighth Street and Second Avenue was
willing to tell his sorrows yesterday
The touring holdup men held him
up, in the manner described above;
took 500 from the cash register and
$50 from John Chalmers, mis- sole Gus
toner; AMI locked him and Chalmers
in the porter's close. before leaving
After the robbers disappeared they
kicked out the door and summoned the
police.
Visit Another One
While detectives were listening to
their story and warning them not to
talk to newspaper men the methodical
robbers were robbing the saloon of Mrs.
Katy O'keefe, at $50 First Avenue,
whore they got $40 from the cash reg
lister.
Then they proceeded to Eighth Ave
nue. and held up another saloon there
While the hold-up men were on tour
civilian and man in the uniform of
a sailor got out of yellow and white
taxi in front of Joe's restaurant. Six
tieth Street and Third Avenue, held up
the patrons and the manager and got
away, too.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-10
1925 Cases of Prunes Are
Obtained by East Side
Firms and Resold to Re-
tailers at Big Advance
NJ, Sale in Schools To-day
u. S. Administrator Finds
Case of Overcharging on
l7,OO0 Pounds of Sugar

Wholesale grocery dealers on the
East Side are Neaping large profits by
purchasing surplus army food at public
schools. DR.. Jonathan c. Day, Commits
sioner &c Public Ml,rkets, learned yes
terday, after invcA tgating charges
made in an anonymous letter. The
evidence will be place>1 before Assist
ant United States Atl orney Ben A..
Matthews to-day.
Dr.. Day gave the names names Of Of four our
were the quantities Of army supplies
they purchased at public schools, as
follows:
NJ. Dikeman, 492 Grand Strict, 100
cases of prunes.
NJ. Palestine. Attorney Street, 1876
cases of prunes.
Goldberg & Cohen, 205 East Fourth
Street, 100 cases of prunes.
Hirshwick & Laventhal, 242 Broolne
Street, 100 cases of prunes.
DR.. Day announced also that he had
who bought supplies from the whole
salers. He succeeded in finding three
dealers, he said, who had bought
prunes from Goldberg & Cohen.
The prunes were sold to the whole
salers for 18 cents q pound, the same
price at which they are quoted to con-
sumers purchasing foodstuffs at the
schools. DR.. Day says Goldberg &
Cohen sold one case of prunes to
retailer at 35 East Seventh Street at
20 cents a pound, one case to a re-
taller at 1877 East Seventh Street at 81
cents, and three cases to a dealer at
225 East Tenth Street Mt q cents.
Said They Were Helping City
The commissioner said he was met
but. after declaring that he would OBJ
told Of the purchases. They all main
tanned they were helping the city by
taking some Of the food of its hands.
Most Of the prunes were obtained at
Public School 105, Ludlow and Delan-
cey streets, where the clerk in charge
admitted he Lad sold to wholesalers.
He said he did not know this was
against the regulations.
DR.. Day ordered the wholesalers to
return. the pruncs to The schools on
nenalty Of being forced to answer to
the United States Attorney An ex.
animation Of the books of the concerns
involved, DR.. Day said showed that
they stood to make about s., 900 on the
lot purchased.
When Philip C.. Stab, chairman of
the sub committee on wholesale gro
ceries Of the Fair Price Committee,
was told Of the margins at which the
wholesalers attempted to operate, he
oharacIcrized them as excessive and
unfair a margin Of 1914 cents on
rruncs is sufficient he said
Assistant United States Attorney
New-York tribune., 1919-09-10
Score Injured When
Gas Pocket Explodes

Explosion of gas pocket below the
surface at Forty-second Street and
Third Avenue yesterday morning, blew
off the cover of every manhole between
Forty second and Forty-sixth streets
and Second and Lexington avenues,
shattered hundreds of windows in the
vicinity and caused slight injuries to
about twenty persons.
The pocket was formed by gas leak
ing from main. Nick Cachonia and
Francisco Mustrotohto had been work
ing in a nearby sewer excavation and
were driven out by the fumes ten min
utes before the explosion.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-10

MRS. MARION BURNS declines to
1'A be the sparring partner of her hus-
band, Thomas, a pugilisH, but she was
an easy victor in a one-round bout
with him yesterday, refereed by Mag
lstrate McCloskey in Flatbush Court.
She complained that Burns, to whom
she had been married but two weeks.
awakened her at 2 o'clock in the morn
ing, and insisted she get up and box
with him. She refused, whereupon,
she testified, he pulled her out of bed
and knocked her down. The couple
have been living at 179 Flatbush Avenue,
Brooklyn. Magistrate McCloskey put
Burns under $3.50 bond to keep away
from his bride for six months.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-10
Senate Bill Authorizes
L. S. Action i'm Armenia

WASHINGTON. Sept. s-Help for
Armenians, threatened with massacre
by Turks and kurds as soon as British
forces are withdrawn, was proposed to-
day by Senator Williams, Democrat of
Mississippi. in a resolution referred to
thu Foreign Relations Committee. 1t
would authorize the President to use
whatever American military forces may
be necessary to maintain order there
until the peace treaty settles Armenian
atIairs
New-York tribune., 1919-09-10
Two Firemen Injured

Fire in The four story building at
sid West Twenty fifth Street yester-
day destroyed 10000 gallons of de-
natured alcohol. The building is occu-
pied by Dings E. Schuster, varnish and
shelfac manufacturers.
There were several explosions, one
Of them knocking Tiremen Dudley
Thompson, Engine Company 10, and
Michael DAILY Engine Company 8. down
4 flight of stairs. Both suffered cuts
and bruises.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-10
knights Templar Parade

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 9-More
than fifteen thousand knights Templar
attending the thirty-fourth trennial
conclave here paraded to-day. The start
of the pageant was marred by a strike
of union musicians because on-union
bands were in the parade.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-10
Newsprint Probers Named

WASHINGTON, Sept. Ex-senator La
Toilette to-day announced the appoint
ment of the Senate subcommittee to
conduct the investigation Of the news
print paper industry authorized by SEN
ator Reeds resolution. The members Of
the subcommittee are Senators McNary,
Oregon; Gronna, North Dakota; Reed
Missouri, and Walsh, of Massachusetts
Senator La Toilette will be the commit
tees chairman
New-York tribune., 1919-09-10
Briefs

John Kreiser, twenty-five years old. and
Louis De Rue. thirty, both Of Hempstead
Long Island, were killed when an automobile
IN which they were riding was struck by a
tram on the Hempstead- Babylon Turnpike,
between Freeport and Merrick
Mrs. Mary Tate, of Sc Willoughby Ave-
nue., Brooklyn. has brought suit to recover
New-York tribune., 1919-09-10

A man who says he is Harry Gordon.
twenty-three years old. was arrested yester-
day after n chase through the East Side on
complaint Of Mrs. Lena Degner, Of 227 Sec
ond Street, who says he posed as proba-
ton officer and extorted s25 from her on
promising to help release son of hers await
ing trial for alleged bag-snatching in the
Tombs.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-10

5000 damages from the Stehlin Air Ser
vice Company for the death of her husband,
William j. Tate. who was killed in May,
1918, while acting as a special policeman mt
Belmont Park.