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The sun., 1919-05-09
LAW GIVES RELIEF
TO DESERTED WIVES
Measure Signed by Governor
Also Assures Mothers Of
Quick Action.
NOT OBJECTS OF CHARITY
Chief Magistrate McAdoO Ar
ranges to Give Full Effect
to New Powers

1t was announced yesterday at the Of
flee OF william McAdoo, Chief City
Magistrate, that Gov. Alfred Smith had
signed the bill providing for slmpllfica-
ton OF the procedure nv the Domestic
Relations Court, and giving, among
other things. deserted wives and mothers
the power Of appealing directly to the
courts for relief. The measure was re-
turned to the Governor few days ago
with the approval OF Mayor John F..
Hylan II was drafted by Chief Magis-
trate McAdoo, and Magistrates Dooley
and koenig of the Domestic Relate ms
Court
The measure affects more than a
hundred employees OF the Department
or Charities, who are transferred to the
jurisdiction and authority of the court
IT amends Sections 6S4 and 6S5 of the
New York city charter and sets forth
clearly that deserted wives and chill
dren are entitled to support and protec-
ton as n matter of common Justice, al
though hitherto they had been forced to
apply through the Commissioner Of
CHARITIES before action could be started
in the courts
Speaking of the law last night the
Chief Magistrate said:
The new law. which is effective July
l, lsl9. and provides for the transfer
ence OF the alimony bureau of the De-
partment OF Charities to the family
court. Is In the interest Of the poor wo-
man and women and children who will
come under its operation. Under the
law to-day a deserted mother who seeks
support from her husband must make
application to the Department of Chart
ties under the theory that she Is not en-
titled to relief In the court unless she is
likely to become public charge
II have always believed that such wo-
men are entitled to support as n matter
OF Justice, and that they should not be
compelled to make application to the
charities department. These unfortunate
wives are certainly entitled to as speedy
access to the court as the woman who
complains that her neighbor called her
certain names in a quarrel for the pos
session OF a clothes line. day this is
not the case.
when We have thoroughly organized
the family court IN Brooklyn and in
Manhattan to operate under the new law
1t will be found that we will be able TO
give more kindly care to the unfortu-
nate families that find their way into
our courts. We shall make 1t as easy
for the wives and children as we can,
and az for the DESERVING husband we
shall insist that he fulfllls his moral and
legal obligations to his wife and chill
dren'
The sun., 1919-05-09
RAILWAY OFFICIALS
DINE GEN. THORNTON
Long Island Men Honor
Roads Former Official.

Major-Gen Sir Henry Thornton. who
arrived here recently from England,
where he had charge OF the railroads
during the war. was dined last night at
the Hotel Pennsylvania by the executive
star of the Long Island Railroad. OF
which ne was once general superin-
tendent.
Col. James A. McCrea, former general
manager of the Long Island Railroad
and more recently general manager Of
tho United States Army railroads in
France, also was a guest at the dinner.
Gen. Thornton was called to this
country by the illness of his mother who
resides at Newton. Pa. He is American
born but British subject and received
knighthood for mis- mana cement of
British railroad affairs after his enlist
ment in tho English army soon after
the start OF the war.
At the various tables were Gen.
George w. Wlngato, Ralph Pete-s. presi-
dent of the Long Island Railrt ad his
son, Lieut. Ralph Peters, Jr. ? Capt.
Charles f. McLaren, J. +. Fahnestock,
Federal treasurer OF the road; J. r.
Savage, general manager; Frank f..
Hoff. treasurer L. G. Morris, chief en-
gineer, and many others connected with
the company.
The sun., 1919-05-09
KILLED IN ODD ACCIDENT.
Steam From Bursting Hose Throw,
Fireman Under Truck,

John Walker, Passaic fireman. was
lifted twenty feet through the air by the
bursting OF a hose at n hydrant in that
city yesterday and was killed by falling
directly under a passing brewery truck
He had been n member of the depart
ment only two weeks and was recev-
ing instruction in making a siamese con-
nection by which three lines OF hose can
be run from one hydrant. He was just
completing the connection when one OF
the lines burst
Tho full force Of The water struck him
In the abdomen, hurting him backward
to the middle OF the street. The two
front wheels of the truck. which was
owned by the Kruger Brewing Company,
crushed in his chest. killing him in
stantly. He was 35, married. and leaves
a widow and two children.
The sun., 1919-05-09
REFUSES $250,O00 LEGACY.
Farmer Says It's Too Much
Might Bring Unhappiness.
Special Despatch 10 THE SUN

WEsTFoRD. Mass. May s.-"T'wo hun
bred and fifty thousand dollars Is too
much money, 1t might mako me I'M
happy and disconnected. If the sum was
800 might take It. I'm not going to
change my happiness for hell on earth"
This opinion was expressed to-day by
William ]. Parftt, farmer. Only a
few hours before he had refused to sign
his name TO legal papers which would
make him the owner Of n legacy OF
$4,000 left by his sister, who died in
Australia in January, 1918.
The papers were offered for Parfitt's
signature by Charles V. Knightly, well
fare secretary of the Boston Y. NJ. c. A
At tho request OF the Y. NJ. c. A. OF Mel
bourne Mr.. Knightly came here to tell
Parfltt he had inherited fortune. But
Parfltt refused to listen or accept.
The sun., 1919-05-09
FIND DEAD CROMWELL TWINS.
Authorities I'm France Bury Them
with Military Honors.

The bodies OF the Misses Gladys and
Dorothea Cromwell, twins, who while
suffering from the effects of war relief
work in France. leaped to dea.h from
the steamship La Lorraine at Bordeaux
as the liner was starting for New York
January "a. were recovered on March 20
and buried with full military honor, &C.
cording to cablegram made public yes
terday through the American Red Cross.
The message stated the bodies Of the
two young women. members OF prom
inent New York family, were found the
seine day. and that Gladys was buried
at La Rochelle and Dorothea at Paullac,
Gironde.
The sun., 1919-05-09
P. O. MEN IN ARMY LOSE JOBS.


WAsHINoroN, May S.--Orders issued
by Postmaster General Burleson for tho
immediate discharge from the postal
service OF all men who were still in
the military service will not operate 10
keep such men out of the postal servic.
when they are discharged from tho
army.
The Burleson discharge order was Ia
sued under instructions from the Comp
troller OF the Treasury, who held the
dual employment Illegal. The Postnas-
ter-General issued instructions to-day
that the men In the service discharged
in accordance with tho Comptrollers
ruling we're TO be reemployed az soon
as they were released by the military
authorities. They will receive such pro-
motions as they would have been en-
titled TO otherwise.
The sun., 1919-05-09
UNDERWRITERS GO ON STRIKE.
Hearses Scarce and PaIIbearers
Carry Cohins in Buenos Ayres,

BuENos AYREs. May S.--Employees OF
undertakers have gone on strike and
funeral procession as a result, have to
be made on foot. 1t is not unusual TO
see tired pallbearers resting the collins
on street corners
II hearse can be procured police
men act as guards for the hearse. while
mounted police precede and follow the
procession.
The sun., 1919-05-09
Salesman Drops Dead in Theatre.

Dowd O'Nell, So. salesman of $40
Manhattan avenue. fell out OF his seat
onto the floor of the Liberty Theatre in
232 West Forty-second street last night.
few minutes before the rising of the
curtain. DR.. L. v. Robertson. who was
In the audience, examined O'Neil and Inn
mediately sent for an ambulance from
the New York Hospital. When Dr. Gar
ZACH Of the hospital STAFF reached the
theatre ONeil was dead.
The sun., 1919-05-09
Broa d well Murder Case.

BARRE. VT, May S-No arrests have
been made in the murder case Of Mrs.
Harry z. Broadwell, aged 20 and the
mother Of three children, whose un-
clothed body was found in garden in
the centre OF the city Sunday morning;
The sun., 1919-05-09
Wilson Exercises CIemency.

WASHINGTON, May Son recommen-
dalton OF Attorney General Palmer
clemency has been granted by President
Wilson TO fifty moro men convicted
during the war OF violation Of the
espionage act
The sun., 1919-05-09
Call Issued for Volunteers.


When little, below. Fifty-seventh
England and Montford began to thlcken.
Madly they galloped up and, down the
line calling for volunteer speakers TO
drop out. But the few who could speak
were saving themselves for points FUR
Their down town, apparently; anyhow.
excuses came thick and fast.
mercy, l can't speak'-"Dear me
no: I got a cold - Desperately and
eternly Ensign Mopttord issued orders TO
leave no sailors and soap boxes without
women to go with them.
1--WE left two sailors at the last corner
with no speaker. and they don't know
what to do. Don't let It happen again"
said he.
1t went better after that, though. The
officers decided to try the rough stuff
with the women. Here. madame, you
over there. drop right out and take this
corner. You don't kno wwhat to do?
Yes, you do; stop right here and talk
Victory bonds :"
And impressed by this masterfulness.
the women obeyed. There was only one
defaulter. A breathless sailor chased
the parade from Fortleth street and re-
ported that the lady in a light uniform
with n red band around her hat and
red A on her arm that was told off to
speak on MS soap DON had walked to tho
other side of the street to look mt some
hats In n window and then disappeared.
She was never located, nor was II known
who che was, except that the description
tailed with that of Miss Chittenden.
Miss Bernetta Miller and Mrs Francis
Rogers stopped in front Of the Metropon-
tan Opera House and had a great sue
cess Miss Miller had barely mounted
her soap box when n man in khaki
rushed up, saluted her by name and
bought bond. lie was one of the bows
of the Elghty-second, and often ate at
her canteen behind the front.
At Thirty-sccond street the parade
which by the way afforded much enter
tainment for the crowds on the sldn.
walks, sort Of broke up or melted away.
Colonel Mrs, Hungerford-she that
started the fashion before the war began
of putting girls in uniforms and training
them to march and shoot--appeared on
the scene and tried to organizes a meet
ing. but about that time everybody got
hungry and went away from there.
II was the last parade the Victory
Loan drivers will stage until to-morrow
when Big Bill Edwards Is going 10 lead
the babies OF New York in a grand
march. across the Shssp.saeadow in CEN
tral Park
New-York tribune., 1919-04-22
Home Is Where There's LIQUOR

(From The St Lo'sis Rcpubhc)
People who anxiously studying the
outlook for employment are counting on a
large emigration to Europe TO prevent un-
employment in this country. The proof that
many persons of European origin arc going
home as soon they can get there is album
dant. The steamship companies are be-
sieged by people desiring TO go. They wish
to sec New Europe and become part of IT
They wish to visit their homes. and find
their friends, many Of whom have droppcd
out Of sight and knowledge in the turmoil
Of war
There is another element in the desire
OF no inconsidcrable body Of people in thia
country which is inelining them to geek new
homes, and that is tho ndvent Of prohibi.
tion.
How extensively this motive will oocratc
cannot even be guessed, but it is q fact
that there are millions Of people IN this
country who have been accustomed 70 ,ho,,.
daily allowance of wine, beer or snirits
Many OF them are immigrants. and MANY of
them will be immigrants in some ofbo,
country when this country goes drv
New-York tribune., 1919-04-22
The New Felony
we must

Amid the changes of world in
transformation the hen, it appears, par
tcpates She shares in the general
uplft, has gained new status. Long
neglected, the law now throws around
her its protecting arms and it becomes
crime to abduct her.
For the first time in its long history
Sing Sing prison is to receive to-day
two chicken thieves, convicted in a
Duchess County court and sentenced to
spend not less than two and one-half
years or moro than five years in
durancc. Heretofore it has been the
practice to Judge the robbing of roosts
lenienty. The offence was joke, akin
to rining watermelon patch; at
worst it was but petit larceny. But
the cnraged poultcrers Duchess way
induced the grand jury to indlct for
burglary and grand larceny, and there
was a swift verdict.
The chicken is now weighed on jew
ellcrs' scales. Her chief product is sold
by the one and not by the dozen; Il
golden glory has departed from the
American breakfast table and the de-
lectable compound known as cake has
become the wiry, asbestos steel wool
substance, whose consumption is one of
the causes of European decadence. So
to preserve the Republic nothing too
much can be done to give the pullets
peace and quiet as they perform their
duty; to lift from their lives the shadow
of the fear of being yanled off perches
in dead of night and thrust into a
gunny sack. But the new policing
should carefully be done. South Of
Mason and Dixon line, for example,
it may not be we'll to hurry innova-
tons.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-22
The Left Wing
Advances

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir Either Mr.. Raymond Robins has two
minds, one accessible to the wel-to-d do and
one to the labor unions, or else he knows
nothing about the situation in Russia
nothing about any connection between the
Sovets and the Bolshevik. To one audience
he says, ~ am opposed to Bolshevism.' But
on the other hand the retiring president of
the new, openly Boshevik Illinois Labor
party has said according to the special
correspondent of The Tribune), Raymond
Robins told me that the only thing repre-
senting deccncy and the hope of humanity
in Russia the Soviets."
Those who are so keenly appreciative Of
government by Soviets will note with
pleasure that not only the coming Labor
party" but the Socialists as a body as we'll
are making rapid progress toward the views
Of the dominant Russians The Left Wing
has already captured the party in a nun
bcr Of cities -Philadclpha Boston, Detroit
and Cleveland among them. Their mani
fcsto as adopted, for instance, nt II recent
meeting Of the Queens County Socialists.
states tbat "thc Socialist party Of Amcrica
must rcorganizc itself, must prepare to come
to grips with the master class, must preach
revolutionary industrial unionism' There
is no mincing Of words in this. Further res
olutions adopted by the Queens County
Socialists were Of this tenor:
"Whcrcas, we desire to place ourselves
clearly OH record for, and openly and ac-
lively align ourselves with, the revolution
airy prolctariat the world over, as at pres
ent expressed by the policies and tactics
Of the communist party Of Russia (Bolshc-
vikD, the Communist Labor party of Ger
many (Spartacans), and other parties in
harmony with them, be it.
"Resovcd, That we pledge both financial
and moral support to the Left Wing propa
ganda, working to the end that the national
organization conforms with the policies OF
this programme"
The lenders of the Lawrence strike are
said to be about to make New York, with
| its Socialstic East Side, tho centre Of their
efforts to break up. if possible or at least
to limit the usefulness Of the Federation OF
New-York tribune., 1919-04-22
| |


TE%HE German is not accustomed to trou-
bic of any kind. day, just as he
did before the war and during the
war, he expects ordcrincss and ncatness
in every part of his life. He expects tho
government to do most things for him or
TO tell him what, to do. He does not cN-
pcct to think for himself or to act for HIM
self in any important particular. Ho mas
long been accustomed to absolute safety
in his going about and, il he happens to be
rich. to be shown large measure of re-
spcct day he cannot understand why
things are not as they were before. Tie
does not understand why there is no police,
why railway stations arc dirty or why
streets are not cleaned with absolute regu-
larity. He cannot grasp the meaning OF
workmcn and soldiers strolling about pub
lie Offices with putting cigars, and it seems
monstrous thing to him to have large
bodies of workmen asking for higher and
higher wages and striking if they do not
get them. And because the old order IS
part of the German nature, any departure
from it even in the slightest degree IS
taken as a sign of revolution. Every change
from the old order is step toward Sparta
New-York tribune., 1919-04-22
Spare and Spoil
(Frorn The London Ti,aesJ

tf rom me London Ilfacsj
The report OF special committee which
was appointed by the Glasgow Corporation
to inquire into the question Of ,he proba
ton Of offenders VIII be presented TO the
council at its meeting Tomorrow
The committee expresses the opinion that
the four chief causes Of the alarming in
crease in juvenile crime and offences in
Glasgow and throughout the country were
due to the slackenng Of parental control
the lack Of moral and religious training and
dlscphne, the want Of innocent outlets foi
youthful energy, and the absence Of home
attractions and the mode aud surrounding
OF lie IN poor and overcrowded houses.
One Of the most striking points brought
out by the inquiry states the report, wa'
the opinion Of the judges Of the High
Court. sheriff and other authorities as to
the pontiyc harm done by not dealing more
severely #ifh offenders IN the ffai ts"ss
pf their career, whom There WAS SOME hope
'hai stern meaaurcs might convince them
and their aeeociatcs That crime did uo' pay
and the committee, therefore. surgesis 'ha.
the only real deterrent for n certain clas'
Of Young lads was either a sentence q
whipping or committal to an industrial
school or rcformat6ry Whipping Nigh
with advantage be specially adopted 70
second offences. and if this were general.
expected it would undoubtedly have grea
effect as n deterrent
Birching should be more resortod to b,
magistrates in dealing with rngleadcrs o.
youthful gangs, and the age during whicl
this method of punishment could be iuAlct
ed should be raised to sixteen, The Secrc
tary for Scotland should be urged to amen,
the children act, 1908. so that boys VII.
had been birched, If again brought befor,
a court should be sent to an industria
school or training ship 1t was only by thc
removal from bad companionship and en-
vironment that in many cases any perms
nent Improvement could be expected
New-York tribune., 1919-04-22
&c ermany To-day

der the momentum of the former regime,
and that momentum is rapidly spending
No government officer is sure of what he Is
doing. For instance, a foreigner can vio-
late almost any rule by making terrific
row and insisting that the old law 10 not
now in force. The native obeys the old
rules by force of habit but the few who do
not have the habit may do about what they
like. The mass of the population are as
flock of sheep without their shepherd; they
stand huddod together and blcating. they
are afraid Of some namcless thing and, for
want Of a better term they have called
the thing Spartacism.
The German fear of tomorrow IL
pathetic 1t is almost impossible to con
ccive how abject and fearsomc the people
arc. They dread everything and without
thought of resistance Where the Holland
crs are ready to receive the first symptoms
of Bolshevism with bullets the Germans
looked for protection solely from the out
side. 1t is this palsy of fear which makes
it possible for very small group of
Spartacists to bulk large. In Hamburg, for
instance. the original revolutionary group
consisted Of thirty sailors from klel. Ihey
dsarmcd whole regiment and took over
the government of the city for few days.
An even smaller number took Dusseldorf,
and, with the exception of Berlin, at no
time could | find that the various revolts
were started by more than fifty people, al
though in each case a larger number of
citizens was impressed into service. The
ordinary police force in each district, had
it been functionng, would have been more
than sufficient to restore order, or even to
prevent disorder. But the police are just
as much afraid of their shadows as are the
populace, and if Spartacist happens to
walk into police headquarters and an
nounce that the organization is disbanded,
the police disband without word.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-22
Councils Kept Order

In the days of the revolution it was ex-
tremely easy for Spartacists to gain power
and to appoint Soldiers and Workers
Councils but these very councils, instead
of putting the proletariat into power and
destroying capital, became the strongest
forces for order, and I have been assured
everywhere that the appointment of these
councils was all that prevented vast Grim
inal outbreak. Now, most of the councils
are controlled by the Majority Socialists,
and it is proposed to merge them into
large scheme of industrial organization
somewhat on the lines of the proposed
joint industrial councils of England.
The people themselves want nothing of
Bolshevism. For instance, the great gen
eral strike in Leipzig which was called for
the express purpose of breaking down cap
ital collapsed when the bourgeoisie also
struck in reply. The whole strike passed
off absolutely without disorder. First the
workers went out and were joined by the
railway people, while the leaders got out
handbills to the general effect that the mil
lennium had arrived But Leipzig is made
up of number Of rather canny merchants,
and they got together and called a strike
of the bourgeoisie. Clerks deserted their
Offices, doctors refused to attend patients
and banks refused to pay money. The
proletarian leaders protested, but the bour-
geois answer was that they, too, recognized
the right to live without labor and were
going to have a try at it. The railway
people quickly decided that they had some
what misunderstood the theory of the
strike, and went back to work; other work
ers followed and within few days the
4 strike leaders found themselves alone, and
forthwith decamped. That was the end OF
the widely advertised Saxony strike which
was to spread throughout Germany
What has actually happened and what is
New-York tribune., 1919-04-22
That Thermometer

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Again this morning Darling sbows
"o~ m'e a q e"''oon can tell volumes a' glance.
'o"e .. ,ne pest things yet done on the sub
ieo. oi 'ne peace conference, its best point
10 ,"' representation of our own President
WIN thermometer, watching carefully the
WORN OF inc others and All the while fearful
lest the "bawth' will be so hot il will scald
INC oru'o for whom it is being prepared.
New York, April 10, 1919 Cpn