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New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
Palmer Denies Ten
u. S. Courts u phold
2.75 Per Cent Beer
Four Sustain Government,
Six Rule Law Applies
Only 10 Actual Intoxi-
cants, Is His Contention
NeW York Tribune
Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON. Aug. 6.-Assertions
by representatives of the brewers that
ten Federal courts had decided in favor
of 2.75 per cent beer and only
two in favor Of the governments con-
tenton that any beer containing more
than one-haf Of per cent Of alcohol
is barred under the wartime prohbi
ton act, were denied by Attorney Cen
cral Palmer today.
The Attorney General stated that no
court has held that 275 per cent beer
is not prohibited; that four have sus-
tanned the government and six have
held the prohibition applies only
against beer that is in fact intoxica-
ting.
The statement follows:
The governments contention that
the war prohibition act prohibits all
beer containing as much as one-half of
per cent of alcohol has been sus-
tanned by the United States District
Courts at Pittsburgh, Philadelphia,
Hartford. Conn.,, and Chi. No cour,
has held that 2s4 per cent beer
is not prohibited; but it has been held
that the law applies only to beer which
-. III ldCl, iHJOAiNdtlIlS dl New VI
leans, Boston, San Francisco and Provi-
dence, R. |.
In New York City the district Judge
held against the governments conten-
ton and cnjoincd the District Attorney
but the Circuit Court Of Appeals dis.
solved the injunction upon the ground
that there was no jurisdiction to grant
it, expressing incidentally, however, the
opinion that the district Judge had
properly construed the act.
AT Baltimore the district judge
expressed his own opinion as favorable
to the governments contention, but
felt constrained to follow the opinions
expressed by the judges in New York.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
TO Examine Hull SLAYER
Lunacy Commission for Paige
Denied to O'Brien

Judge Mcintyre granted yesterday in
General Sessions the application for a
lunacy commission to examine Edward
f. Paige, nineteen years old. under in
dictment for the murder of his en-
ployer, Gardiner c. Hull. but denied a
similar application made in behalf of
Elwin f. O'Brien. Paige's co-defendant
O'Brien's application was denied be-
cause of the report on his case by Dr.
Frank A. Mcclure and Dr. Perry NJ
Lichtenstein, Tombs physicians, who
said O'Brien appeared to be normal
mentally. Or. Mcclure said Paige was
child mentally and had been entirely
under the domination Of O'Brien.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
$4,000 Warrant Fraud,
Charged to ex-Lieutenan,
Former Army Man Arrested :,
Atlantic City To Be Broupb,
Here TO Face Rccusation.
5icg coyrespo-s....

ATLANTIC CITY. Aug. e.
Lieutenant Eric &. Verrill. twes.,.
Of the Quartermaster's Ds,,r.,.
New York, was before United s....
Commissioner Henry -. i.e,i. -
He Il was tHrned over 10 Deputy Masss,.
York. whore he is To answer tho -. .'s
charge Of having ~ ed warrsr. r,se'''
me United State Treasury fro~, ., or
70 $4,000 He viii also be cont =
with other warrants which =.
charged. he c1saei ana shicb ar L
to nearly 5000 ''''- q
The young oiaeer aas hs ~.s :.
mothor and 'up 81 taf.
their home n Brooklyn as MS gue.,.
Ncrrl it.raet te
desired firs- to consul, aap.. a'
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
Four Under Arrest
I'm Coney Murder:
Barron Tells Story
Says Cohen Was Killed by
Bullets Intended for Him
and Norman: ''Cokey
Jack" Horodner Suspect

Four persons are now in custody in
connection with the murder Of Joseph
Cohen, wealthy furricr. at Coney Island
on Sunday.
Max Barron, partner Of Harry Kor-
man, VINO was wounded when Cohen
was killed. was found yesterday in a
turkish bath establishment in East
New York. Benjamin Scheinholtz, 9th
erwise known as Sugar" walked into
the the office of District Attorney Lewis, of
brooklyn, accompanied by his lawyer
+. X. McCatfrey. "Cokey Jack" Horod-
ner was found in an East Side saloon
Tuesday night and Korman has been
andcr arrest at the Coney Island Hos
pita', where he has been since the
shooting
Five hours questioning Of Sugar"
who was implicated in the restaurant
fight that led up to the crime, netted the
one reply of "see my lawyer" He
admitted he had home at 1888 East
Forty-fourth Street, Brooklyn, in addi-
ton to the furnished room he kept over
Taylor's restaurant at Coney Island
where the death fight occurred.
barron declared he could not
identify Horodner, who the police be-
heve did the actual shooting, while
Horodner insists he knows nothing Of
the affair and wasn't even at Coney
Island when it took place. The Dis
trict Attorney asserts, however, that
he has many facts to shatter his alibi
When Horodner was taken before Kor-
man and asked by the latter yesterday
"Why did you shoot me?" he replied
81 wasn't near YOU and don't know
anything about it,
Boron told the District Attorney
that he and Norman and two men
known as Ben and Dave" went to
Coney Island Sunday morning and got
INTO an alteration with Sugar who
was beaten up. Shortly afterward they
were Joined by Cohen and were going
toward a restaurant when, he said
they met Sugar" again with some
companions. A fight started, he said
and he heard shooting, but doesn't
know who did the firing He believed
that the bullets that killed Cohen we've
meant for himself and Norman. Cohen
he SAID, had nothing to do with the
fight.
The four suspects will be arraigned
before Mag glstrate O'Neill at Coney
Island this mOrninp
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
Coal Dictatorship of All
Europe Refused bv Hoover

v PARIS, Aug (By The Associated
Press press ! Herbert nbert Hoover, although
Nitti. OF Italy. and Foreign Secretarv
Balfour, of England. to reconsider his
refusal of the, proficiency of the new
coal @ importation committee, decided
upon by the Supreme Council of the
peace conference yeste rday, which woull rIs
make him the virtual coal dictator Of
Europe for the next twelve months. has
declined to accept the position.
mr.. hoover takes the stand that the
whole coal problem is a domestic oue..
tion and can much better be solved
under the leadership of one Of the
larger larger coal 1 producing countries of
with Colonel Goodyear, who has 49,, h.on
acting for Mr.. Hoover on tho coal '' d;'
vision Of the supreme economic connc;I
to sit temporarily on the European,
coal cmmssin until American aet;v!t;s"
Central Eurpe can be transferr.d ,i'.s 60
the commission. ''u 10
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
Education Boards
Vote Is Unanimous
For School Lunches
Food TO Be Sold TO Children
at Cost; Health Board
Will Recommend Loca-
aions; Prall Made Motion

The long fight Of social workers and
others interested in child welfare for
the establishment Of a cty-operatCd d
system Of school lunches was won yes
terday, when the BoarN of Education
voted unanimously to supply lunches
to school children at cost.
The resolution was offered by Pres-
dent Aiming S. Pral. 1t authorized
the committee on school lunches to
work with the Board of Supcrntcrd-
cnts in preparing a system for such
schools as, in the opinion Of the Board
of Health, are in need Of lunchrooms
The resolution also provided for the
continuation of the work of cdcuating
parents to the proper feeding of chill
dren. The board pledged itself to fur
nish the equipment for organizations
desiring to conduct a luncheon system
Lunches have been served in twenty
six schools in Manhattan and The
Bronx during the last six years by The
school lunch committee of the New
York Association for Improving The
Condition Of the Poor. Last year the
committee served $4,000 lunches, at an
average cost Of from eight to ten cents
to the pupils. The project was almost
self-supporting, according to John c.
Gebhart. secretary OF the committee.
Mrs Emma L. Murray, head Of the
Board of Education's school lunch COM
mittee, said that the CAMPAIGN will
probably be made city-wide.
Gustave Straubenmuler. associate
city uperintendent, who has carried
on extensive experiments in child feed
ing in Public School 3, 490 Hudson
Street, favored the installation of the
lunch system. Religious and racial
rejudices were recognized in the
menus prepared for the different
schools. Portions were sold at two
cents each
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
Dollar i'm Paris Reaches
! Francs, 70 Confines
French Banker Saws Country Is
in Americans Hands; Fear
Bankruptcy by New Years

PARIS, Aug. 6 (By The Associated
Prcss).- The upward trend of the dol
lar is cau,Hng great financial uneasi-
ness in France. The dollar on the
Paris Bourse this evening closed at
francs 81 centimes. having reached
francs IS ccntimes during the course
OF the daily transactions.
An afternoon newspaper day de-
voted its front page to THE Walt of
the Dollar" Bon Soir." in its LEADING
article, said the francs, which was worth
90 cents before the war, now was equal
to II cents.
A leading French banker said to the
correspondent this afternoon:
We are entirely in the hands of the
Americans. Please do not abuse your
power. If this drive against the franc
continues France will be bankrupt be-
fore New Years. The Germans fought
us with machine guns. You do it with
dollars"
In sympathy with the dollar the pound
sterling also is mounting, having sold
this afternoon at33 francs 35 centimes.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
Managers Merge
TO Give Battle
To Actors Equity
Nationwide Consolidation
of Producers Effected;
Artists May Take Strike
Vote at the Astor To-day

A nation wide merger of theatrical
vaudeville, burlesque and motion pict-
ure Manager, effected yesterday for
the purpose oi giving battle TO the
Actors Equity Association and kindred
organizations which have affiliated
with the American Federation of La
Dor, caused an actors strike to loom
as strong probability.
The Equity viii mcet n the Hotc
Astor this afternoon, at which time /
strike vote may be taken. Officers OF
the Equity showed no inclination last
night to back down from ihe.. e@-
p,ands that their association be re =.
nzcd by the producing managers and
that the questions in dispute be sub
mitted to arbitration.
After announcing the managers ac-
tion in joining forces with the motion
picture, vaudeville and burlesque in
the Producing Managers Association
said:
"This means war if the Equity wants
war. OF course, we are not looking
for fight"
Replying to this. Frank Gilmore
secretary of the Equity. said he would
not venture to predict just wnat course
would be decided upon at to-day s
meeting, but he made it plain that
there was no disposition on the part
of his association to recede from the
attitude it has taken since receiving Its
charter from organized labor.
Should the Equity vote to strike. II
is predicted an effort will be made to
call out the union stage mechanics,
stage electricians and musicians.
William A. Brady presided over the
joint conference Of committees repre-
senting the theatrical, moving picture
vaudeville and burlesque managers
The place Of the meeting was not made
public
A resolution adopted was given out
at the office of Conan & Harris. 1t
stated the purpose of the merger was
"to aid in protecting the actors of the
stage and screen from ineauitable and
Unfair contracts, and to assure to the
employers thereof a continuation OF
the privilege to deal with them indi-
vldually as artists
THE managers band themselves to-
gether. but they want to deal with the
actors as individuals" was My. Gill
more's comment on this.
Earlier in the afternoon commit
tee from the Equity conferred with
Mr.. Harris in the latter's Office.
Neither side would tell what trans
pired. but it was apparent that the
confab broke up with the disputants
as far apart as they were SIX weeks
ago.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
Newburger Backed
By Citizens Union
For Reelection
In His Behalf Organization
Forms Its Own Campaign
Committee to Preserve
Independent judiciary

The rejection Of Supreme Court JUS
tice Joseph e. Newburger by Charles
F. Murphy, in favor of the young son
of Samuel Untermyer, for Supreme
Court Justice, has prompted the Citi-
zens Union to take more active part
in the coming campaign than it in
tended Already the union is engaged
in forming large campaign committee
to help re-elcct Justice Newburger The
justice, q Democrat, has been designated
by the Republicans for reelection.
William Jay Schieffelin. chairman Of
the Citizens Union, said last night:
There are principles involved in the
contest that transcend III Importance
the fate Of any individual or Of any
political party. In defence Of these
principles the Citizens Union was or
ganzed score or more years ago
and for these principles it has always
stood. Foremost among the issues
presented is the maintenance Of the in
dependence of the judiciary from tho
selfish Vaccinations of partisan polt-
ical bosses.
"A justice Of the Supreme Court
alter serving on tnc benCn WIN HoilOl
and rcpute for more than a generation
has been cashered politically by the
party to which he belongs on the sim
istcr statement that his place was
wanted for a younger man. The Stu
alton presented in this attempt to re-
tire Justice Newburgcr is the same as
that presented by the attempt to retire
Justice Daily twentyone years ago. The
political organizat ton that then sought
to accomplish the result is likewise the
same 1t is for the voters Of New iork,
who are justly proud of their courts,
to see that the attempt is punished in
1919 as it was in 1898.
During the years that have elapsed
since the assault on Justice Daily party
leaders have appeared to have a whole
some respect for the principle that
good judge deserved to be retained on
the bench irrespective of political con-
siderations. New '!ork seemed to be
making real progress in the direction
of non partisan judiciary. There was
less tendency to consider judgeships
as political 'plums' Good judges were
largely relieved of the necessity of
making partisan fights for reelection.
The Citizens Union, which has CON
tended for the principle of elections
based on merit for local legislative and
executive officers, has assumed that the
principle was recognized by all parties
in so far as the judiciary is concerned
Now when this principle is threatened
the union is compelled to enter agar
into the political arena and play a
more active part there than it has for
some years."
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
Turks Ask U. S. Friendship
Visit of American Commission
to SYRIA Welcomed

CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 6 (By The
Associated Press). The newspaper
"Ikdam," dealing with the recent visit
Of the American commission to SYRIA,
Palestine and Adana. to ascertain the
views of the people of those former
Iurkish provinces with regard to posi-
BILE mandates, advocates the political
and economic independence Of Turkey
with the support and friendship of the
United States.
The calendar" declares that Great
Britain is the only power which under
stands the Turks and is capable of exc
cutting the mandate. The newspaper
says Turkish aspirations may be
summed up as follows: Maintenance of
the integrity of the empire and the
application Of President Wilson's prin-
ciples to the territories now governed
by Bulgaria and Greece and those ocoa-
pied by the Entente
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
Maine Hreuocably Dry,
Supreme Court Holds

AUGUSTA, Me-. Aug GA referen-
dunn vote cannot be taken in Maine on
the national prohibition amendment,
according to a decision by the State
Npreme Court to-day. Petitions signed
by more than $4,000 citizens, asking for
a referendum. had been received, and
Governor Milliken asked the court for
a ruling.
The court decided at the same time
giving women the privilege Of voting
for Presidential electors might be sub
mitted to the voters at a special cleo
ton.
The court found the ratification of
the national prohibition amendment
was complete, final and conclusive, as
far as the state of Maine was con-
cerned, when the Legislature passed
the ratification resolution.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
Rose Pastor Stokes
Runs for Alderman
In Socialist Fight
Out OH Bail, She Enters One
of Many Primary Contests
Between ''Moderate" and
Radical" Party Wings

The Right and Left wing Socialists
representing. respectively. the mod
crate and radical clemtnts in the or,
ganization, have emphasized the break
I in their organization last spring by
filing in Manhattan and BROOKLYN two
tickets for the fall primaries.
The local tickets nled do not cover
all OF the districts, but in those AS
semhly and aldermanic districts IN
which the Socialists when united have
been able 10 elect their candidates the
opposing factions had rival tickets.
The Right Wingers. or "moderates,
represented by the Rand School fol
lowers, have named city and a county
ticket as follows:
President of the Board of Aldermen
lanes Oneal, of "Thc New York
Call' staff.
Justices of the Supreme Court
;Adolph Warshaw and Irving Often
berg.
Judges Of the City Court Henry
Gilbe't, Jacob Hcnniiicld and David
Panticl.
Surrogate Isaac M. Sackin.
Justices Of the Municipal Court list
District, Mrs. Caroline NJ. Strobel, John
Sloan and Charles Wood; Cd District,
5: John Block, Alexander Kahn and
William karlin; Sd District john A.
Mansfield and Peter Bott 9th District.
1ullen f. Dietz; 9th District, Leon A.
Malklel; 9th District, Jacob Hillquit.
Following names, where two or more
arc grouped. are given only where there
is contest. The names Of the Right
Wing candidates arc first:
Aldermen - 1st District. Abraham
Fucker and Harry Winetzki; I'd Dis
trict Abraham Tuvin and Elias Mark :;
4th District Jacob Axelrod and Leo
Barfuss; 9Th District. Louis Walman
and Beris L;phschitz; 18th District
lsidore Poistcin and Fred Caioa.
In the 21st District Grace Campbell
colored, head of the Harlem Negro Set
tlement, is the candidate for member
Of Assembly,
Aldermen I'd Dstr CT. Mrs Rachel
Panken wife of Justice Panken, and
Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes. on bail after
her conviction in the Federal Court in
Kansas City; 4th District, Adolph Held
and Mrs. Rose Spanier; Sth District
Algernon 7. Lee and Carl Brodsky.
In the 18th District Mrs Bertha
Mailly, secretary Of the Rand School
is the candidate.
In Brooklyn the opposing Socialists
have made the following designations =:
NOuutN JNUScS OSeDn D. 6OunQln
George r. Maedel, Hyman Luyie and
Herman Rivkin.
Surrogate-Sarah +. Lindran and
Maurice Shuhman.
Sheriff Nicholas T. Herbst and H
w. Ladder.
County Clerk Nathan Hyatt and
Julius Lichtenfeld.
District Attorney Alexander A.
Doblin and Morris Wolfman.
Register Bessie R. Schetf and Sam
uel Glass
The Prohibitionists in Kings filed a
complete county ticket, but none for
municipal court judges. In most of
the districts they also designated for
members Of the Assembly and the
Board of Aldermen. The county ticket
is as follows:
|. County Judge, David A. Hcwell and
Harold d. Watson; Surrogate, Charles
A. Wilson, Sheriff, Robert z. Neidig;
County Clerk. Mrs. Ella A. Boolc, head
of the state W. G. T. L.; District At
torney, Walter G. Howell; Register,
Robert A. Stewart
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
Whites Face Riot Charges
With Negroes in Chicago
Grand Jury Calls for Evidence
Against Both Races; so
Cases Heard i'm October

CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-Action of the
special grand jury investigating the
race riots of last week in requesting
States Attorney Hoyne to-day to sub
NIT evidence against white men as we'll
as negroes caused a stir in the Crm-
nal Courts Building.
Mr.. Hoyne, in statement tonight
said that the majority Of cases pre-
pared for the grand jury had been sub
mittcd to him by the police, but that
others involving white men were being
prepared by his assistants. He had an
nounced to-day that fifty alleged riot
crs will be placed on trial in October.
Mr.. Hoyuc declared he was investi-
eating all complaints without regard
to the color of the persons accused.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
22O Miles i'm I27 Minutes

De Haviland biplane. piloted by
lieutenant F. John Plumb, made the
flight from q point over the White
House. IN Washington. to the Brooklyn
Bridge in 127 minutes. against a strong
head wind, on Tuesday. it was officially
announced yesterday. The total dis
tance is 220 miles.
After passing under the Brooklyn
Bridge the machine proceeded to Ha-
zelhurst Field, Long Island, making
the rest of the fight, approximately
twenty miles. in eleven minutes.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
Grey May Be British Envoy
Rumor That Viscount Nav
Receive Washington Post

LONDON, Aug. e.-viscount Grey to-
day was unofficially added to the list Of
possibilities for appointment to the post
OF British Ambassador to the United
States. Notwithstanding the fact that
viscount Grey's eyesight is failing rap
circles to couple to-days report with
the statement Of Andrew Bonar Law tho
governments spokesman, in the House
OF Commons yesterday istimating that a
person who is or had been high in DO
lititeal life would be offered the post
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
Washington Heights Post Meets

Members of the Washington Heights
Post of the American Legion will meet
tonight at s:l5 in the branch library
at SOB West l46th Street. Henry S.
Miller, New York lawyer. chairman
of the post, will preside. The Wash
ington Heights Post will discuss the
case Of "Hardboiled" Smith and also
the problem Of unsmploymeut
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
$4,000 Plane Bonfire
Charged by Y.M.C.A. Man
Pastor Just Back States Army
Men in ireland Said Equip.
ment Would Be Obsolete

SCRANTON, Penn, Aug. 6.-The
Rev. Evore Evans. who returned to this
city to-day after two ana a half wears
service as a Y. NJ. c. A. worker in italy.
Turkey and Ireland. says that while he
was stationed at the American naval
base at Wexford. Ireland, he saw thir-
teen hydroplanes, valued at $4,000.
burned, by order of the commanding
officer. He was told the reason for the
apparent waste was due to the rapid
progress aviation was making; that the
planes would be obsolete and of no
value within q few months time.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
i.4OO Attend Fashion Show
Short Skirts Prevail at Exhibi
ton in AstOr Ballroom

The fifth annual fashion show OF
autumn promenade of the Retail Mil
llnery Association took place last night
IN the grand ballroom of the Hotel
Astor. There were ten exhibits and
twenty exhibitors. About 400 persons
We're there. including buyers from the
United States. Canada. Australia and
New Zealand. The show indicated that
short skirts would be in the ascend
ancy.
Harry s. Bernhard, president of the
association, said it was the most sue
cesstul fashion show that had been
held
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
Merchant Killed on Truck

QUOGUE, L. l.. Aug. 6.-Bruce T.
Carter, a coal merchant, who was rid
ing as helper on one of his delivery
trucks, was killed this afternoon when
a Long Island Railroad train struck the
truck outside the coal yard. Charles
Goodale, the driver. also was killed.
Mr. Carter volunteered to act as Good
ale's helper because T.! the scarcity of
labor. He leaves widow and several
children
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
Women Candidates in Dutci,ess

POUGHKEEPSlE, n. Y, Aug. 6. For
the first time in the history Of Dutch
ess County women have been desig-
mated for Office by political parties.
Miss Kate Griffin, Of Mllerton. has
been designated for the Assembly. Is.
District. by the Democrats Miss Rose
Clark is to make the run for Repu5-
lican Supervisor from fhe Isl War1.
Poughkeepsie. Miss Mary McCable.
Democrat. is candidate for SuDer-
visor from the Sd Ward Of Beacon.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
Canadians Ask Lower Tariff

OTTAWA, Aug. 6-A platform call
Ing for tariff reduction on wheat -four
and principal food products, as we'll as
farm machinery, dressed lumber, fertli-
Ter and similar articles, was adopted
at the National Liberal party conven-
tion here to-day.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
tviaior Makes Nor 'ipp Filth,
o', Santiago 10 Buenos .vr..

HJENOS hNRKs, hrcep.Ina A., .
~ making his non f;op a.rs7,-
hight from Santiago. Chile. ~ -.
CT. yesterday IN : hours and IN -.
ates. Lieutensnt Locateiii. he -
aviator, averaged approximate,v s',..
miles an hour. u s. greatest -,
was abou. lT.J00 fret ''
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
2 900 Silopmen Vote to Strike

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Aug. Shop
men of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad in Connecticut, num-
bering more than 1000. voted at mass
meeti,g late tonight to strike at 9
o'clock tomorrow Snorning
New-York tribune., 1919-08-07

"ep'0"s0d oy the American Meat cersAs Association