The evening world. Newspaper, August 7, 1916, Page 1

ZOITION _PRioE ONE CENT. ‘NO SETTLEMENT,’ SAY CAR MAGN __PEACE PROPOSALS RATIFIED B' t et, 106, oe alte ay (* Circulation Books Open to am"| The Freee Pebtioning Vere Worta) NEW sone, MONDA HUGHES, IN FIRST CAMPAIGN SPEECH, MAKES PLEA FOR END OF STRIFE WITH LABOR Tells Manufacturers That the Workman Should Not Be a Mere Economic Unit. HE IS A FELLOW WORKER dress to Detroit Manufactur- ers Meets With Vigorous Applause. OIT, Mich., Aug. 7.—Repubil- Bominee Hughe: firat appeal ‘votes on his campaign tour for the was a plea for American- @xzpression of a hope of a get- ther spirit of co-operation be- » capital and labor, and en- it of @ national movement ‘Welfare of American workers. {Fhe nominee spoke the first of his ipaign talks in a stiflingly close feem of the Hotel Ponchartrain to- to a committee representing wel- workers of every big factory in roit. There were more than a Yu jundred persons who crowded in and their faces in the blistering between handclaps for the nomi- ot nee. It was quite a demonstration, con- ly unusual outpouring of the pub- Oo. P. re as he paraded through # in an automobile, “Democracy can't stand strife be- * Hughes told aspirant for Presidential rs nor capitalists,” he continued, @re all American citizens,” ‘The welfare workers were intro- ced to Hug! by J. M, Eaton of Cadillac Motor Company. “Detroit takes the lead in a great ny things, but there is nothing ‘n its advance is more important in this welfare work,” said hes, in responding. “There ‘s ing in which I personally take a r interest than this, The United was not founded for produc- it was founded for equal oppor- ity to all for life, liberty and the uit of happiness, It is an awful @ to think of the men through jone work the production is made ible as a mere unit of produc- and not as a human being. We all workers—I work as hard as body,” and so saying the Repub- standerd bearer mopped his piring brow and smiled while his ditors roared with laughter and jause. “In your welfare work,” he contin- “you are doing something that really worth while, But you are ttreasing democracy. After all, the human factor is the only real factor. ‘he man who works must feel that country is doing right by him. 9 entitled to be safe in his work, man should be placed in the posi- where his life, limb or health is bjected to risk, at's good ‘Americanism’ and It's 4 busin Hughes declared em- atically, while his audience ap- jauded vigorously. “After the war we've got to look out br ourselves if we are to maintain ur supremacy, I'm delighted with ery means to provide betterment of ing conditions for workmen so that ery one in the community who works d happy in the thought that he is ing taken care of." A few mfnutes later Mr. Hughes up of suffragists. The and the alr of the little room he received the manufacturers the suffragists almost stifling, ing the heat, and it followed a) early in the morning to greet the) the | th his hands can Ko to work seeure | ith his wife at his side spoke to a} day was| PARALYSIS DEATH LIST GROWS HIGHER; NEW CASES FEWER Sinindalbaei Fatalities for Day Number 44, but Spread of Epidemic Is Decreased. An increase of eleven in the num- ber of deaths from infantile paraly- sis, with a gratifying falling off in the number of cases, was reported by the Health Department to-day. Forty-four deaths were recorded, against 883 yesterday. There were 145 new cases to-day. The number yes- terday was 192. A big increase was noted In the deaths in Brooklyn, 24 being reported to-day, against only nine yesterday. The Evening World's Help Your Neighbor campaign for a general cleaning up of the city, with the idea of getting at the root of contagious diseases before they were able to de- | velop, met with a hearty response from householders throughout the city | this morning. Parents on the lower east side made | to-day a “clean-up day,” and aiding them in the work were children, who | Warned pushcart peddlers and soda water vendors against dirt in or near their stands, This work was done by squads of boys and girls belonging to the Juvenile Police Force of the lower east side, The youngsters wore uni- forms. Following are the Health Depart- ment’s figures for to-day on the deaths and new cases of infantile paralysis ATHS. Boroughs. To-day, Yesterday. Brooklyn .. + & 9 Manhattan 9 12 Bronx .... 4 3 Queens ... 7 1 Richmond , + 0 a TOtAls sissecesee 44 83 NEW CASES. Boroughs. To-day. Yesterday, Brooklyn + 0 93 Manhattan 38 45 Bronx . 5 19 Queens . 19 a4 Richmond 4 1 Totals «+... 145 Total deaths to date..... + 1143 Total cases to date... + 5,168 On Wednesday 2,000 insurance men, with a host of volunteer and official visitors, will begin the twice-a-week house-to-house canvass recommended by the recent experts’ conference. The object of this is a more thorough clean-up of the entire ofty. On Wed- nesday also Commissioner Emerson hopes to announce a detailed pro- gramme for the after care of children who are already being dismissed from the hospitals in large numbers, The Health Department announces that #o far there scoms no reason to believe that the disease ts spread (Continued on Second Page.) Mr. Hughes reiterated in his dress to the suffragists his de: tion in New York that the suff: question should be settled sp edily by giving the vote to women all over the country. He added that he had formed this opinion long ago, before GERMANS REGAIN. A SOMME TRENCH FROM THE BRITISH peer tae French Claim Success at Thiau- mont and in the Vaux and Chapitre Woods. L BADER IN SPORTING WORLD FOR YEA DEAD AT AGE OF 43, |ANZACS NEAR BAPAUME. Crest of a Ridge West of Mar- tinpuich Now Firmly in Their Hands. BERLIN, Aug. 7. (via London).— | German troops have recaptured por- | inn ttn sewers QEORGE CONSIDINE DIES: LONG LEADING FIGURE the Somme front, it was officially an- nounced to-day by German Army Headquarters, Following is the text of to-day report from the German War Office: “Near Pozieres a counter attack recovered trench sections tem- Porarily gained by the English. Since last night enragements have been going on in the region of Thiepval and Bazentin-le-Petit, north of Monacu farm (just north of the Somme) a weak French attack last evening and a very strong French attack this morning were completely repulsed. “The engagements on Thiaumont ridge (northwest of Verdun) have halted without success for tho enemy. On the east ridge of the mountain forest a French attack was repulsed. Several attacks by flyers on the terrain behind our front were without special effect. Famous Plunger and Stake- holder Succumbs to Attack of Mastoiditi George Francis Considine, known tn sporting circles the world over, died last night in St. Luke's Hospital after a brief attack of mastolditis. ‘Ue was only forty-three years old and consequently his death came as a sur- | prise to his friends, As proprietor of the old Hotel Metro- pole, at Broadway and Forty-sevond cists Were vapeRteaIn THEIR Oc Birest whary all the theatrical and Metz (capital of Alsace-Lorraine) |®POFtInE celebrities of the years be- TaUAiNE sorah daane? tween 1901 and 1910 used to congre- poi) Ae gate, George Considine became one of ATTACKS AT VERDUN the sot prominent figures in the ARE ALL REPULSED, world of sport. He was an intimate AYS PARIS REPORT friend and a protege of “Big Tim” Sullivan, Of late he had had an in- terest In the Havre de Grace track in Maryland, When his lease on the old Hotel Motropole expired Considine was not PARIS, ‘The of| German attacks at Thiaumont and in| the Vaux and Chapitre Woods, in the Aug. 7. repulse 7 " happy until he had acquired new Verdun sector, is announced in the] property on Forty-third Street, just oMclal statement tssued by the/east of Broadway, wher in May, 1910, he began the new Metropole. e retained his Interest in that hotel until the shooting of Herman Rosen- thal in July, 1912, when he gave It up because of the notoriety that crime gave to the place Considine went to the Polo Grounds last Saturday and complained of feel- ing {11 when he returned to dinner at his home in the Pasadena, No, 10 West Sixty-first Street. He went to a motion picture show In the evening, however, Yesterday he became so Ill that his physician, Dr. Miller, of No. | 17 West Fifty-fourth Street, ordered him to the hospital French Office this afternoon, Following 1s the text of to-day French War Office report: orth of the Somme and in the region of Chaulnes there was in- tense artillery fighting, “On the right bank of the Meuse (Verdun front) after artillery preparation the Germans delivered an attack at Thiaumont Works, Checked by our curtain of fire, the enemy was not able to ad- vance, being thrown back on leav- ing his trenches. In the Vaux- Chapitre Woods an attack was de. livered by the enemy at about He became unconscious before bh 7.80 o'clock last night; after a |ing placed on the operating table, heavy bombardment it was broken | where Prof. Boslosky made a vain by the fire of our artillery and |effort to save his Itfe, machine guns, and falled com- Though the illness which caused pletely, On the remainder of the | Considine's death had be front the night was calm, only within the last few days, it was “On the Somme front our avi- ee ators engaged in numerous com- bats. Three German machines were brought down, one near Rolglise, the second in the vicinity of Omiécourt, the third north of Nasle, Three other enemy ma- chines were damaged seriously and compelled to land behind their own apparent to those who knew bim that he had been suffering from som malady for at least six months. that time he lost fully sixty pounds had not seen him meanwhile scarcely knew him, He attributed the lows weight to a diet he was following and swimming, lines, Finally two captive balloons George Considine was married first were destroyed, to a Miss Walton of Bay City, Mich ‘On the night of Aug. 6-7 |'There was a divorce, and in 1006 he French aerial squadrons carried married Aimee Angeles, « well known . She and a d lar » by his frat wif viving members of his im : \ily. His brother, William, also sur vives him. out the following operations suc- cessfully: Twenty bombs were dropped on the railway station at Meta-Sablons; thirty on the rail- resident Back in W (Continued on Fourth Page.) | —— he thought that the time would ever come when he would have to an nounce his position publicly, ai WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 TUE WORLD TRAVEL BuRwAD, | Wilson returned early to-day from a ‘Arcade pry ‘World building, week-end down the Potomac aboard LB a the naval yacht Mayflower. He was the White House. IN SPORTING WORLD, in and was so changed that friends who} Y, AUGUST 7, 1916, 12 PA f “Cire ulation Rooks ‘Open to All.” ] D ST RIFE OF LABOR AND CAPITAL, SAYS HUGHES — WEATHER—Cioudy, probably showers ¢ EDITION PRICE ONE CENT. ATES; UNION BELMONT AND COMMITTEE CONFER Boastfui Statements of President Mahon and Organizer Fitzgerald, of the Carmen’s Union, Said to Be the Cause of the Hitch in Negotiations. Facts About the Car Strike | afeee along s | the New York Railways directors adjourned and an- | nounced no settlement of the strike had been effected. The directors appointed a committee to confer with the Mayor. The striking employees met at the same time and ratified the proposals. The Third Avenue H directors gave General Manager Maher full power to act. In spite of peace steps, threats and intimidation by strikers continued, according to reports to the police..by New York Railways officials, Ten cases were complained of. |On Staten Island the strike spread to-day, where 300 barn- men and other employees joined the 400 motormen | and conductors. In what amounted to an official announcement from the | B. R, T, it was said the wages of all its employees would be increased. The company is now formulating a new scale. Only 305 cars were kept in operation on the green lines. The highest number at any time during the day was’ 365. All the cars were running under heavy guard, TEN-CENT LOAF OF BREAD IS NOW THE PROSPECT Boss Bakers in Convention Make This Their Theme—Price of Wheat Is Going Up. | ion discussing the Mitchel-Straus peace plan, Wo SUBMARINES SEEN BY LOOKOUT SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug, 7. | With 10-cent bread an issue, the nineteenth annual convention of th | National Association of Master Bakers Big Ohe, ‘Then Lith Little Orie, He | Mahe areieetay.: AbeNt 1:t60 were Says—No U. S, Undersea CHICAGO, Aug. 7.—Prospeets of a | Beneral Increase in the price of bread throughout the country were consid- ered to-day by Chicago bakers Boats in That Vicinity. MACHIASPORT, Mo, Aug. T= ne startling advance in the price Lowell W. Dunn, the lookout on| of flour ts responsible. Croas Island, later reported that he| “Flour has advanced $1.60 a barrel had alighted a@ Jar: bmarine early|in the last month,” said John W. to-day and later sighted a second one,| Eckhart, president of the J. W. Eck- hart Milling Company, taeday. “It is now selling for $6.25, against $4.75 a considerably smaller than the first “I was standing on the hill looking ing. AGAIN WITH MAYOR AND STRAUS Directors of Third Ayenue Line Give General Manager. Maher Full Power to Act—B. R. T. to Increase Pay of Employees— Few Cars ‘ Run in Manhattan. The progress of the peace negotiations between the striking carmen of the surface street car lines and tie companies was inierrupted this after- noon after the employees of the New York City Railways had voted for peace on the terms proposed by Mayor Mitchel an¢ Charman Straus of the Public Service Commission and the Third Avenue directors had given E. A. Maher, Vice President and general manager, fuli power to carry out aly agreement he had made with the Maycr. The directors of the New York City Railways Company, after a session beginning at 11 o'clock, tock a recess at a little icfore 3 o’colck. They authorized this statement; “There has heen no. settlement hetween the New York City Ballways Company ‘ahd its striking employees. The matter been utder consider: tion all day and a committee of the hoard is now waiting upon the Mayor (and Chairman Straus.” The committee—Kdward J. Berwind, coal magnate; August Belmont, Chairman of the Board; George B. Leighton and John C. Cobb, the latter two representing New England interests, went into conference with the Mayor, Mr. Straus and the latter's counsel, Julius Henry Cohen, at 3 o'clock. It was learned unofficially that opposition developed to acceptance of the terms of agreement to which President Shonts and Mr. Hedley gave their assent to the Mayor yesterday at the Bar Association. It was under- stood that Mr. Berwind and others took exception to what they termed the boastful language of President Mahon of the carmen's union and Organizer Fitzgeral4 as reported in the newspapers. They were reported as saying | tney could not conduct negotiations with persons who claimed a great and | storepalmins victory before peace negotiations were concluded. Loon Pepperman, assistant to @————$>$—$—>_$—$>_>$>>$>__$_—_——_— oe ident Shonts, one of the directors at once on the acceptance of three Present, was asked what the point of! conditions by the companies—which jdifference was in the board Over! are accepted by the employees: ‘reaching an agreement, 1—The right of the men to organize }"I don't kno~ anything." he replied. | into bodies administered by them- “I will not say a word, Whatever !8| seives is admitt said will be said by either the Presi- 2—An arbitraiton mmittee com: » Secretary.” dof representatives of the em- tors of the contpany are seh and of the companies shall August Helmont, Edward J. Berwin’. | take under consideration the matte John Candler Cobb, Thomas De Witt of wai i hi Howland, George | of Wages and of changes in working |Cuyler, Charles’ P, hours. In the event they shall B. Leighton, W. Leon Pepperman | corey ay qu. 20 # ee William H. Remick, Theodore P. three impartial citizene shell be ce- Shontas, Ric hard H, Swartout and fasted: whee srulbeation ssiemens Cornelius Vanderbilt, shall be fina 3—The com grievance commit ees at any time and selves not to intimidate, coeree o discharge members of such eommit- toes or of the bodies inting them or do anything to embarrass them, Nothing in the compact suggests All except Col, Vanderbilt, who ts in Texas with the militia, were pres- ent. General Manager Hedley also was present during most of the meet- THIRD AVENUE . EMPLOYEES ADJOURN, A meeting of the employees of the hird Avenue system, called at 2] ee ee a a | ae ff the signing of a blanket Jout to see through my glass,” said| month ag: o'clock to ratify the Mitchel-Straus| the alan ne a X serreroent Dunn, “and it was perfectly clear at| WINNEPE Manitoba, Aug. 7.—| agreement as the red car line men had) Petween companies and the em- the time, while the water was smooth, | Bakers will to-morrow start ix cents| ratified it, was kept marking time] Ployees’ organization, The first of the two submarines ap-| for the one pound loaf of bread us-|and finally adjourned until 8 o'el MAHER PRESIDES AT THIRD peared from peneath the surface at| Ually sold for five cents, Phey blame | to-niicht The meeting of elas AVENUE MEETING. about 8.25 o'clock and | should judge | 80aring wheat prices: ie Service ¢ sion. BY woutd | Besides Mr. Maher, who presided in that her hull wax ten or twelve feet way hoped the peace settlement would | any abgonce in’ Europe of President mit of water twugh she was at’ BRONX CAR STRIKER eee ines day. | Whitridge, there were present at the 4 distance of tr n five milen off eee eee aca of the ‘Thiet Avenue | TMrd Avenue directors’ meeting Adri. seemed to be a nall toWer in the Namuhalt hours: Maha ntral ‘Trust | Yon, H uipman, A. W. Scholle, middle of the vesse! — < ae Sa WwW sat cave W, Patten, direc and Alfred A. 4) > ‘company at No, 54 Wall Street gave “L watched her for a few minutes} Kelly Hurled Rock at Car and In- Vice President an@ General Manayer | COOK, general attorney. ‘The directors hd phen,*shifting my glasses, I saw jured One Strike-Breaking KE. A. Maher full authority to act in| !s8ued this statement after the meet- another smaller submarine a mile Motorman. the negotiations, Mfr. Maher is un: | inwt ahead of her, Both were bound to the F derstood to have assented to the| “The Board of Directors of the westward, The vessel in the lead soon] Joseph Kelly, twenty-five years old.) wayor's plain. Third Avenue Railway Company feel submerged and thre four minutes | of No. 468 st One Hundred and) “phe striking motormen and condue- | that they should say that Mr. Whit- after T turned to take another look | Highty-aixth Street, @ striking motor-ltorg of the New York City Railways] ridge left the city with their full at the big one she, tor, went below | man of the Union Railways Company.|company, in seaston at Lyceum Hall. | knowledge, and at the time of his | n@ submarines were travelling ar| Who shent three of the last ten days in|phird Avenue and Bighty-#ixth|teaving had no reason to anticipate th e of ten velve miles an| t yn Hospital recovering. tr | Street, unanimous and uproariously|trouble on any of the lines of the our, Tam po the ve sels wer | effects of @ clout fre we dete Ss aceepted Ve Mitchel- Straus pease ln 1 Avenue Railway system, submarines, f swers were) club and the ren * 8 In} prow th ftern The em a plainly visible | jf) awalting trial, was to-day sen eine Thitd Avenue Rattrbad | "TR® wages of the men of the | Mt Wag thought that the larger ves. | tencad to two montis in the workhony | Ployecs OF tie Mae Gvauue er Tvonkers Railway and Westchester vel might be the German submarine | hy Magistrate MeQuade in Morrisania We regurded ne certa elias © | Bloctric had bee: lee. ice | Bremen. Court on a charge of di rly con-|same a on when they went Into a| Plectric had been raised twice during | WASHING Navy off-| duet Ineeting at the same place with Presi. [the last six months, The leaders of _ | cers maid erioan subs] f was arrested on July 28 by t Mahon and Organizer Fitzgorald | te labor organizations for the men of marines known in Sheridan of the Head those lines had directed the pay- vicinity Cross | quarters squad during an attack by}of the Amalgamated Association of (Pree hy celles on thet | thought atrikers on a number of cars stalled in reet and Electric Railways, mastera no 0 pay the men e st might t -| Westchester Avenug, near Jackson | qe plan, as outlined to the strikers | crease in wages, mersib| Avenue, the Bronx, According to the : ‘ eh % ward voyage, or her sis Detective Kelly hurled a paving block|>¥ President’ Mahon, covered these Notwithstanding this direction, Bremen, bound in for Jat one of the cars and injured al points all the men of the Yonkers Railway States. | strikebreaking motorman. All employees shall return to work and Westchester Electric took their y