The evening world. Newspaper, May 2, 1917, Page 3

y » | ae a : { i { qT i - Want to Know MW {Why Clerk * the city and whose sentence was post- * @ppenses. YORAND DGE AM EXPLANATIONS N LEWIS'S CASE LETTER 0 RUSSIA Advises the Russians to Be Moderate and Wise in Stole City’s Funds Still | | Victory. Works for City. = Mitchel to-day viquaaad| Commissioner of Accounts Wallstein for @ full report of all the facts in the case of Joseph Lewis, a clerk in the Water Department, who has Pleaded guilty to stealing funds of ‘The following letter ts to-day sent by Theodore Roosevelt to the Rus- sian people through Count Ilya Tol- throughout the United States. A few days ago Count Tolstoy in- dorsed the suggestion made by The Evening World to send Roosevelt to Russia and said President was better known fn that country than any other Amerio&n poned that he might aid in an inves- tigation of the Water Department. At tho same time Judge Rosalsky ordered a full investigation of the case, and Deputy Attorney General! Leonard Obermeier, who appeared as) eounsel for Lewis, stated that he did #0 because he was convinced Lewis @ould expose widespread corruption fm the Water Department. “Lewis informed me that the City of New York was losing thousands of dollars a pear through a corruption which prevailed in the Water| As the Colonel ts hopeful of head- artment.” Mr, Obermeter said,|ing an army to fight in France, the and he is at work verifying hundreds| letter 1s sent in the mean time to of books and papers which will sub-|urge moderation on the part of the stantiate his statements and will in-| radical element in control of the Rus- volve many men who have worked to | stan Government. secure water exemptions for wealthy| In the event of Col. real estate owners. “Tho city 1s losing an amount equiv alent to the interest on millions every year, and I believe everybody con-|the plan of going to Russia, Rected with the system will in due| This 1s Col. Roosevelt's time be exposed. Many large build. | fll: inga in this city which should be pay- | “M4 ‘tear Count Tolstoy ting water for very little because hes to the men who have led im the books of the Water Depart- Russian peop in this great) mént they aro listed as buildings of the people in @ sound democratic government, and induce them to stand solidly against a separate peace. meeting of the Colonel and the Count to discuss the matter, which was ar- ranged at the Langdon Hotel last Monday on the arrival of Col. Root velt from Chicago. Roosevelt rance, his friends will try to prevail upon him a further consideration of letter in my most and good wi the t for democratic freedom. but * : m us a fellow democrat & fow stories in height and no |sbcak to them oa a felyhen 1 urge Boter.is attached for their service. |them, for the sake of the ultimate ‘Lewis charges—and I believe his, story can be substantiated—that men acti) ~ as go-betweens, for a consil- erat; and through political inuence, have 1d largo hotels anc rtments which should be subjected to meter. age charges listed as small buildings, “I deny absolutely that any sinister Mfuence has been at work to keep Lewis out of jail and to keep him emshe city payroll, I believe he said Welfare of the mass of the people of Russia, to see that their striking vi tory is used with such moderation and wisdom as to prevent all possi y of reaction. have the keenest sympathy with your programme for religious, politt- fal and industrial freedom ‘for. all, and for equality of opportunity for all. It ts not a very easy thing to carry through such a programme; and in any such great movement as yours, the danger, at the point you have reached, comes almost as much from well meaning, unbalanced ¢ tremists Who favor the revolution C actionaries t t torch of ¢ that he vas getting a small amount for him than I originally acted for because I knew him for more twenty years, but I continue public duty when [| finally he ry story, I do not believe his sp tions amount to $75,000. I have en| asked to call on Judge Kt in} Prance this matternad I whall lay all t and: thant facts before him.” rror, Ail no believe in 1 industri ng Commissioner of Accounts Wuall- stein refused the information whi Lewis is said to have given him anc would not state that any verification |f no >» Russia; ul and w only ake BY COUNT TOLSTOY atoy, who is leaving for his native land after a visit of several months | that the former) and would stimulate the Interest of) The Evening World also urged a) changing his plans as to going to| ROOSEVELT SENDS Suffragist Farmerettes | faigyt Tent iin 9 Fie avisiie ROOSEVELT URGES R WORLD, WBDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1917, USSIAN RADICALS TO BE MODERAT Form Unit for Service to Let Fa — They’re Girls Who Volun- teered for Agricultural Work to Aid Nation. ' WOMEN FOR we H 3 BANKS. | Hundreds of Them to Trained to Fill Places of Men, If Needed. Be|i Marguerite Mooers Marshail. The first farm unit of women, the first attempt by women to solve the |labor problem for the farmer the fleld and the farmer's wife in the kitchen, is now offered as @ part Suffrage Party of New York City, On Friday this week ten girls go to the 160. acre farm of Mrs, John Humphrey Watkins, Chairman of the Manhattan Borough branch of the party, to receive a thorough train- ing in farm work—the sort women have always done as well as the sort hitherto in the hands of men, The curriculum {is nicely balanced, includ- |ing cooking, ploughing, butter mak- |ing, planting, chicken raising, hoeing, milking and weeding. Tho farm is located miles from Mount Kisco. ot about scent, and their leaders are Miss |Grace Morunda and Miss Ethel Gins-| |berg. Mrs, Evelyn Aldrich, a mem- ber of the Suffrage Agricultural Com- mittee, a graduate of the Cornell Col | lege of Agriculture and with a re | of successful farm management, ¥ |act as captain and drill master of |the feminine f¢ unit. T cours is under the auspices of the Agricul- tural Committee of the w York City Woman Suffrage Party, and Miss Rena Glogan is Chairman of the | committee | The young farm | equipped for service by the Suitrase Comunittee heir working overalls, hats and sh them, as well "| Board and lodging will Wages starting at $4 a erettes v bs togs of & tools free, nth ves will be be and w m gradually work up to a maximum of su an us the workers becom y exe discouragemen with ¢ increase the ter their in a » kitchen wor time of full day, ‘They w ik with that in tne field This is the first farm unit to formed, but the Suffragists exp nd many more to the |schools, ‘The first « taken from the lists of the four! Most of! the farmerettes are of Belgian de-|} rm Boys Join Army} door of the financial world to wom- | Mrs. Wagstaff is registering the men for this class at the new head. | quarters of the league, No. 2 fon Avenue. ‘Th e-course is elit wi and the Instructor 18 Miss | pledged theinséives tc ‘National Leagye for Woman’ fice work, canteen cooking, agricul-| ture, nursing and other jobs at the! league's rally for the Vacation Asso- ciation in the Metropolitan Life In- rance Building last night. ‘There demonstrations of all the patriotic activities and by Miss Anne Morgan 4 Ambassador J has sent check National League vice, as his contribution to $100,000 fund the League expects to raise In two weeks, Mrs. The oo | Roosevelt, jr., has taken command of Ja team of women, pledging herself the of the war servic.| With the ald of teain, to help > | raise some of the money. Mr. Paul | of the Woman! piunkett py & Co. No. 115 inize Wall Street ntribution to the gue's war service, Francis Lynde Stetson has sent the women $100, and employees of the Martha Washington Hotel have sent | Broadw Most of the 7 women stars of the have sent Sir James Barrie lowing cable “We women of the stage who have been under the management of the late Charles Frohman, forming a com mittee representing the Stage Worh- en's War Relief, have the honor to in- rtlcularly bright New York stage the fol- vite you to witness the performance of your cycle of plays to be produced at the Emptre. Theatre, the profits of | which Mr, Alf Hayman kindly donates to our fund.” And the Viola Doro, Minnig M ; ‘erguson, Grace . Virginia Harned, fulla M Ann Murdock, | Irene enw Wynne Mathi- |son, Alla Annie Russell, Fe a Sanderso: pest, Hat- tie Willlams, Helen W To stimulate recruiting for the Ma- Corps during Naval Week, the as lent to th n the trenches Phey i Corp. Auguste who went through the ca Somme, ind Francois enbery! a Belgian from Bruges, who is hero with the special permission of King Albert, In connection with the work of the’ Duryea War Relief Fund . men in uniform are visiting the v ous recruiting nx in automo. biles loaned t nbers of the So- ciety and are ing appeals to the manhood of new American rston Willard Aid Society xty-ninth Ie tor truck, ss Maude Young end Rus- of his statements had been \% as, by courage | vice Committes's Enrollme servic “ a s e pu have ced at ¢ airty 1 should, tn this r “This man assured m wisdom | these, bei first’ young “A sige nh ti Pao would implicate men higher-ur Poekucrtiel Manes Rpelg Apa dete by the cxarmple ¢ Wallstein said, * ne can I nefits of | When ¢ 1 they wi fein ana: tienty meee * Wee | ; * out next year through the = periors inv and Fam goin Te Efe ahaa Went to inves ataecrale! here {# not the slihtost doubt of the | eee ee ene ee are PT 4 When. the Mt of Commnise [integrity of any officials of this de-|genee which "occupy “and tho] COMMON will INSPIRES aloner Wallstein was made known to | Partinet in my mind,” original far house, whieh is ple- " rl rT §.” f and Electricity Willian Williams said Low's , Appear before Him | coy eerie Tt havacat | ise that his investigation and that of As- | Jutee Rosalsiy sald age in which students can » housed | \Writes View Pre sident Marshall That aietant District Att kit There are so many rumors current {as well as in the farm house. While : “a ery Ysa cerning Li and his thefts that) Mra, Aldri ed for the Passage of Army Bill Is Rah disclosed no one in the thefts b ; daareo aabectatn Tor tavente | ork OF, ve planned for : ; nt Mr. W 0 r f jeferred | the use of the ballroom for dances, to . PE es eal erry . nposition of sentence on Lewis! which L Invite peoplo from the | WASHINGTON, Mf Vice ciel eae ai Nahin eau 1 14 1 t he. surroun: cour This is to b Marshall has received ane sail, “but 1 do net know . % the w to make farm : n Marshal Joffre declarin He has learned, ‘The system joks of the Water Department, well as how to train|the passage of the War Army Til permitted the Lowis theft 4 N am told that there is no ult } 8" ot eae ee ae meady been remedicd, and 1 ny the certaining the | From Staten Island, a at Inspires France and @ Bravo wrong to ” Wate ruth 1 intend to question eyery per- to be ¢ ered in The } Atos, Department in its entirety when ¢ < 1 notified the Re tn. 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It was announced definitely to-day that the memers of the French war commission will visit this elty next Wednes The Citizens’ Reception Committee, which completed the plans yesterday In Washington, announces they have been approved by the © Department, ‘There is nothing definite In the plans for the reception of the British war envoys, Former Premier Rene Viviant, Mar- shal Joffre and the members of the party will arrive at a point “some- where between Staten Island and Yonkers.” ‘They will be met either by A destroyer or a yacht which will convey them from their spectal train to the Battery. There Mayor Mitche! ‘and the members of the Citizens’ extend the official HAZE YOUNG euare a ERRcernes welcome. Mins Hazel Young Blins, daughter | A cavaleade of mounted police wii | Of the late Mr, and Mrs. Egerton | form the escort of honor and protec- | Ames Blilss, who will be married this tlon up Broadway. At City Hall the |¢¥e%ing at the St, Regis to Harold M. official welcome will be extended by | Roberts, had a dance given for her | the Mayor in behalf of the city, rt|!a%t evening by her brother-in-law! {s announced that the welcome will |2"4 sister, Dr. and Mrs, nrg trictly official,” \? at their home, No, 119 Wes {ctly official,” being limited to Fee en and members of the commit- Roberts © his bachelor din-| So gr are the precautions to ner last evening at the Yale Club, en- he taken, that it t# specifically an-| training his attendants, whom he wedhead:. thal NanAMHAtinis Will O88 ward took to the St, Regis, vat handshaking wil where there was a rehearsal of the s prohibited at the reception wedding before th | t French Ce to Hall reception the escorted Marshal Joffre, Marshal of France, as} ir from the people of New to Gen, a sou ssion will t Grant's Tomb, Thero Joffre will place a wreath on the sar- | York City, The World, which three cophagus of the leader of the Union | d ago suggested some special) | forces in the Civil War, token of regard for the famous The line of march between City Hall and Grant's Tomb will be announced later, so that every one will be given opportunity to see the “Hero of the Marne” and the ex-Premler of France, it has been decided that the line of march will include Union Square, so that the visitors may view the statues of Washington, Lincoln and Lafay- ette, On Thursday the visitors will go to Columbia University, where degrees will be conferred upon Marshal Joffre and M, Viviani, After this ceremony the visitors will go to Brooklyn, where hey will take part in the unvelling of the Lafayette memorial monument t the Ninth Street entrance to Pros- et Park ‘he. plans for Thursday night con- Frenchman, fund of $523.48, As desired, a large part came in small subscriptions, ‘The statue, of elghteen-carat Amer- lean gold, will be 7% inches in height, solid silver, and will be made by Tif- fany & Co. Bolow the name ot Mar- shal Joffe will be ‘fhe Hero of the Marne.” On another side will’ be given four dates—1776, signifying the Declaration of Independence by t United States; 1789, the Fail of thi tastille; 1914, the Battle of the Marne, and 1917, the entrance of the United States into the European War, On another side will be an inscription covering the presentation of the sou- venir to Marshal Joffre by the people | of New York City, through The World ieiasnculiliianenio SWEDES WANT MORE FOOD. templated up to date include a re- ception the Public Library, which will be given by the French resi- | Hetter Conditions Demanded tn Dig | dents of this elty ay, Mar- dtealihalin AOR entions Ba ee ene i at Point, | LONDON, May 2.—A Stockholm dos- On the saine day M. Vivianl will be | Patch says that the greatest Soctalist given a luncheon’ by the lawyers of | em ash ever ween In Scundinayis fits city. "on Friday evening there athroughout Sweden jon May will be an oMclal banquet the of “Stockholm ‘carrying banners Waldort in charge of tho Citizens'| With. Inscriptions demain more food and better conditions of life Hundreds of children with peace ban- ners participated and order was main- tained by special police appointed by the workers. Reception ¢ ail Laat GOLD LIBERTY TY STATUE WILL BE GIFT 10 JOFFRE World Readers to Present It as Token of Nation's Regard for Hero of Marne. —__—~<»—— Right Rev, Willlam D, ishop of Western N.Y Domed, BUFFALO, N. Y¥., May 2.—The Right Roy, Willlam D, Walker, D. D., 1 Bishop of the iscopal Church of Went. ern New York, died at his home here to-day after a brief tness, Ile was born In New York City une 20, * and was @ graduate of and the General Theological Semi- Walker, A of the miniature reproduction tn gold Statue of Liberty Is to be given nary. 7 Pieridae Special See \4-Price Sale had to-day received a! mounted on a 6%-inch pedestal of | land by German submarines. crews were saved. Norway has been one of the eat sufferers from the German stricted U boat campaign. D March she was second to Great tain in number and tonnage of destroyed. The torpedoing of an armed Norwegiin steamship the lons of twenty-nine lives April enraged the people of the country evoked bitter coriments from press. The Shipping Gazette of don said at that time that the aitt tion with respect to Norway worse than if the yaa were a@- tually at war, LLOYD GEORGE WRITING HIS ANSWER ON {i9E Premier Explains His ir Home Rule to U. S. Cong man Who Appealed to Hiny LONDON, May 2.-Premier Tio} George's answer to the cable fromh Congressmen of the United States urging Home Rule @r Ireland, was announced by his secretary to be im preparation to-day NORWAY NEAR WAR; TOOF HER VESSELS SUNK LAST MONTH Trying to Induce Sweden and Denmark to Join the Allies Also. CHRISTIANIA, Norway, May 2— Seventy-flve Norwegian vessels were sunk by German submarines tn April and more than 100 sailors lost their lives. If such a monthly loss was maintained Norway’r merchant navy would be destroyed in a year and a halt. LONDON, May 2—Relationa be- tween Norway und Germany are rap- {dly approaching the breaking point, according to information received from Christiania, In Norwegian Gov- ernment circles the opinion prevails bs ~ maritime situation has be-| Henial that Foreign Secretary Bal+ ee almost intolerable. | four had reported from Washington orway is trying to induce Sweden | that President Wilson had expressed and Denmark to join her in suspend-| the opinion that a speedy |'ng all intercourse with Germany and | 0f the Iris problem “woul jentering the war on the side of the | pany (bars any cs My Alle | According to the Central News, the | Norwegian Foreign OMice has an- | nounced the recent sinking of the Nor- | reply t wegian steamers Hectoria and Lang-! ist. mer OPPENHEIM, CLLINS & G 34th Street—New York Clearance Sale Thursday To Close Out 200 Women’s Trimmed Hats About 200 Hats taken from the regular stock, including dressy and smart street models. 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