The evening world. Newspaper, December 14, 1918, Page 5

THE EVENING WOR Fe COMPLAINTS ONY MC. “SS228oS2% Fa « Christmas Stocking cheats edicwnce @eean"" For a Soldier or a Sailor; | ‘Our plan is to supply recreation in| all its branches for the able-bodied | "| AARBOR TRAFFIC TIED UP BY EARLY MORNING FOG Many Ferryboats AUTO STRIKES A Johns Met Mert by The Rev. John McCampbell, seventy- seven, of No, 160 West 59th Street, 9 retired minister, while crossing Sixth Rev. Surrenders toTeseuul : Cancel Trips, 5 ry ° i Tescum Powders for brenking up the i ‘ge ace race! § © Make It a Victory Holiday)” ves aon over |swz 2s sat nt nl tanem torte ahnganite | Gaeask Gee daeanion orn. \ Schedule. American Railway Express Company | whiskey, ale, beer, or other aleoholie tinuing its canteens.” The Evening World's ship news re-|0P@rated by George Damsel of No. 106 | stimulants, as thousands of wives and ‘What does he mean by “stands to clergyman had truck with his Jose"? 1 thought the money they are using was a gift of the American peo- ple to use to provide recreation and comforts to our boys overseas; there- fore why call it a loss when every onv expected this money to be expended for just such purpose In the recent United War Fund sara. Wert Street. The aged walked in front of the umbrella raised. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital, here it was found he had received Evening World Proposes Plan That Will Bring Yuletide Cheer to 10,000 of Our Boys Unable to Spend Day With Kin. porter called tip the office this morning and said it ‘was foggy down by the Battery and all around. It was forsy also around the golden dome of the/firiit injuries and multiple contusions Pulttser Building. and was in « serious condition. The Harbor traMec was pretty badly tied | driver was not arrested, up during most of the night. The fer- — Christmas is not going to be wholly cheerless for the 10,000 heroes in'ries to Governor's Island and Ellis | mothers can testify. It is a simple home treatment that can be given secretly and is sold under « steel | bound, money-refund guarantee by lall up to date druggists. —Advt. ~ BRING DENIALS BY OFFICERS behaved so badly and there was #0 More Letters Come In Alleg- ign the Y, M. C. A land were out of business until after rf tone fp the docummnding’ fal tor depicting © father ee Me: bs gr khaki in New York—not if The Evening World can help it, With every le o'clock this morning. Other ferries ing Overcharging of Will ySu be so kind to investigate Worker giving an exhausted dough-|troopship bringing back hundreds of soldiers and sailors from France 4l-| -.7 on 9 one-third achedule basis, ‘The why they sold us a can of American salmon, which is sold in United ates for 16 cents, for three shillings (72 cents.) I am sure they did not pay any duty on it and 1 doubt if they paid any freight. They havo charged us twopence for cakes, which in confectionery st of Liverpool are sold for onepene: For Piedmont cigarettes, which the boy a mug of coffee, Your Boy and My Boy.” ing this coffe entitled “For Was he seti- ? The point I am try- ing to get at is, why does the Y. M C. A. sell to the boys tobacco, &c. t an increased charge to meet the cost of transportation, duty, &c,, when all such losses incurred should ba met! by the millions of dollars contributed by the people for just such purposes? most daily there will be fully that number in New York on Christmas Day: | steamship Highlander could not make Through the co-operation of the New York War Camp Community Ser- her trips from bs Bates to srootere vice The Evening World announces a plan which will cheer the hearts of Teland rae Ge ta erything i. the heroes of Messines, Verdun, Champagne, Chateau-Thierry and many ae With Meek “orbs moved slow: other places along the French front from which they ousted the German “— From quarantine reports came that invaders, and did it so thoroughly that their praises will ring through no incoming ships were in sight, but history for all time. Boys in Army. SHIP CAPTAIN’S DENIAL. Secretary Hibbard Again Ex- plains What the Associa- three transports with soldiers were due. M ‘The police boat Patrol was waking to tion Is Doing. In the issue of Dec. 10 The Evening World printed several statements from returned soldiers, in which they complained of the treatment they had | Red Cross gave us free,'the Y 3. A. charged us one shilling a pack- age. English cigarettes they have sold at a high profit. They even sold us Bull Durham tobacco, for which I am sure they did not pay. Matches, furnished by cigarette and other companies to give away with cigarettes, they sold to us. ‘The boys’ monthly pay after deduct- ing allotments, instirance, &c., aver- ages $7 or $8, and every nickel counts, I do not criticise them for selling: tobacco, &c., in their canteens in the back areas and rest camps at a price considered reasonable by the dough- boys. The doughboy prefers to spend Fill a stocking for a soldier of a sailor! ‘When the soldier boy, weak and wan upon his cot In one of the Mag improvised hospitals in and around New York, awakes on Chrietenas y; he will see a slight token of the esteem of his countrymen in the enepe a well filled stocking—something just like his own mother, wife, sister r sweetheart might hang for him on Christmas Eve. or Stvery man who spends Christmas Eve in a unit of the New York fo and meet the soldiers with @ glee club and a band and women police reserves. ———— Ten Per Cont. Bonus to Staft. ‘The Italian Discount and Trust Com- War Camp Community Service will awake in the morning to pone bag hy hear eae ad san Christmas sock at the head of his bed. Judging from the number pit 4 patria: Apollo wounded soldiers who wilt be es at that time, this will be bead frome Sy i caarics pene akon Slaus will have to do this year, based tmas celebration for each of these masons ny: rena haces, js joining with the War Camp, and asks that its auspices of the Banca Italiana di Seonto f Rome, Italy, the Guaranty Trust readers share their Christmas with the boys who left their homes, to mee Company pg R his money, but he hates to feel he is being gouged. But in battle such cot forts should be distributed gratis far as humanly possible. The mor was contributed for this purpose. ‘tho Salvation Army, Red Cross and the K. of C. are doing it. Why not the Y, M. CA? A DISPLEASED CONTRIBUTOR. ‘They have tried to make the can- teens self-supporting, they say. Then what became of those millions of} dollars people contributed? If secretaries were working 18 hours | a day, as they say, why did we wait three hours at dinner time for the} canteen to open? They never open before 8 A. M., and close at 10 and received overseas at the hands of Y. M. C. A, Secretaries. These state- ments were given to Mr. C. V. Hib- bard, Associate General Secretary in charge of overseas work of the Y. M.C, A. Mr. Hibbard took up each point in the letters and attempted to oP. M. Pe je here th: Y. M. Rochelle Park, N, J, this the Victory Christmas. we c anawer them satisfactorily. ‘The Eve-|C, A. is all right, beonuaa they a6 " The Evening World aske that its readers a Gay “wnt have the ning World printed his refutation of | not sell anything’ in the United| Commander of the & c ity Service, No. 15 West 4 +» 80 he Defends | Community : ir bit toward making some soldier or the ‘charges. Apparentt States, but furnish entertainments, he ¥. M. ©. Aso feeling that they did their nl wee, Apparently there are) oscodt probably at Field Wo. 3, at the ¥. M. C. A. on Ship. pleasure of feeling still some people who have alleged grievances, and their letters follow: Soores of ¥. M. C. ‘A. Secretaries Who Do Nothing, To the Editor of The Brening World: Complaints by soldiers concerning Y. M. C. A. doings overseas, as ap- on Christmas Day. aaer tr nay months’ experience, The Evening World and the War Camp know what will please the men best, and those sending socks are urged to fill them =e the following iy 1918, under the heading “Y, M. Two or three packages of cigar Answers Charges of Angry Soldiers,” One shaving stick or tube of shaving paste. the following statement: “The Eve- ning World reporter at Hoboken, N. Hempstead, where they wait till Post Exchange closes and then sell fruit at big prices, ‘We were treated very nicely by the Government, by the Red Cross, and | by our officers, but the more We see of Y. M. C, A.'men, the more we be- come disgusted with them, U.S. 8. Sierra, Dec, 11, 1918, To tho Rdltor of The Evening World: r—LI note in your issue af Tho ning World of Tuesday, Dee. 10, ckage of chewing gum. Kondon’s will save 0 One pi peared in your paper of Dec, 10 Will you be so Kind to state in your|J., who met the hospital ship 8 | indy. Jeatifed wind then ae niare | paper, what ealaries Y. M, C. A. sec-| anid, after interviewine wena ee One-half pound of oaney. io buy the right sizes of socks, as the men . portectly Justified and there is some |retaries are paid overseas? Are they |that the Y.M. C.A. wave away meiie| ___ It will be quite necessary to buy the Tish Noe is and 18 are those eo - more charges can be added, I wish|furnished with uniforms? — How | ing but sheets of paper. Every maa| Will be glad to wear them after See ahigh pid ba Woes. OFS somebody would undertake an inves-|™Much money was raised altogether| had to pay for anything he got, and| most commonly worn, so mee lobo ne wie tho peir rolled Up and packed tigation and I am willing to testify as for ¥ M. ¢ A. Wa ioeet Ae, one there was absolutely nothing distrib-| sock should ve oueae ey bp giving the man @ present of @ pair of t self-sup) . ~| uted gratis,” e fille 5 well as men under me of my com- | came that money? I feet it absolutely my duty, in § pang? on seks as well as the Christmas goodies. . pany. I have always been a member of| tice to the Y. M. C. Ay to say that| “Oe SOCKS OA Seine soldiers and sailors, and in giving it, be sure it | There were ninety ¥. M. C. A. sec-| the Y. M. C. A. and have done all I\the statement mad Give a 2% Week! ! : nis reporte 3 parcel of the above itemized things. » retaries at Liverpool, could for that organization, In fact, his reporter| contains its mate, and also a generous pi | e oo ceiv . \is absolutely T . eel that the day has been mines receiving bis! am an honorary member of New Or-|a Ye Me GA ceecta ee ere es been | ‘hen all the readers of The Evening ven rg hs he eth Thoma to -agend ” salaries and nice uniforms, What|leans Y, M. C. Before I enlisted | this’ voasel ted On| well spent, for 10,000 sokiiers will not be ae — ‘ they were doing there, Lord knows. rmy I wanted to work for the| our first trip in July of year | Christmas with their own kin. Co & wt a 6 f : p this year and! Chri: . ‘They did not do anything for us ex »C. A. abroad, but from now! 1 can say for myself, for the officers, will have nothing to do with cept giving us postal cards and writ- ing paper. Just think that our mothers’ and sisters’ money went to support these men. At the American Rest Camp, five miles from Liverpool, there ‘were twenty secretaries, who did not do anything else but sell us different | goods at high profit. They are brag- and I am sure for practically all of the men on this ship, that life has been made @ great deal more worth’ living through the efforts of these ¥, M. C. A. secretaries, On this last trip, to which the re- porter evidently referred, the secr ary stationed aboard was Mr. T. nd I cannot imaging what could spired statements such as this for educational work, concerts and entertainments, movies and athlet and physical trating expenses. EA NO MORE GIVING WILL B PERSHING ORDER, IT'S SAID. Army “The leaders of the Salvation will admit it is not their policy to give away doughnuts. ‘They sell them RED CROSS CALLS WORKERS Employees of atrial Plants Asked to Join 0: ination. Workers in all industrial plants in the city will have an opporunity to join the Red Cross “Christmas Roll 1" mext week. Plant managers NAPOLEON DE REMONT, nl Photog: Init, Field 2, Hempstead, N. Y. Dec. 10, 1918. — of tre High Prices of the Y. M,C. A. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World Complarny or I will pay you did not they charge us one pence and| the overcharge made by the Y. M. pee, Wise, CO rae Teenel canteen. e fhwist- P ‘ half and two pence for a cup of cocoa|C. A. to soldiers, I have a brother Close touch with] however, have followed out a coHMS-| together at the noon hour to hear kept in very . M,C, A. activities on this ship times, and, aside from all the k that was done by Mr. Low in keeping the men cheered up by en- tertainments, é&c., 1 can state posi- tively that not one single article of without sugar and very little milk in it? They made 150 per cent. profit on that cocoa, At one Y. M. C. A. hut at the Liver- | pool Camp, a woman employed there ‘over there” who writes he has paid 75 cents for two eggs and potatoes; { 80 cents a can. He said the of giving things awa; addresses by Four Minute Men and by ling under General Orders) ating Red Cross literature. Hitherto workers have been ent policy specific rul ae ‘om Gen. Pershing, which : Croc Jan. 1, 1919, wih make all wat work organizations agents of the termaster’s Department and to FTER 29 years’ special study, 1: -, believe beyond a doubt that most winter-ills (like Colds, s and Salvation Army were actually giving the stuff away, but up to that date (five months ago) there Rott h ; ; : ‘ ¢ ott Qua Ryn Bn 4 had been no K. of C. or Salvation |®2Y Kind was sold by the Y. M. C. A.| So goods at Quartermaster’s prices. ek Coosa Guttons . . ,|on this ship, and [ ca al stat ‘a x \o in Paris,| T ja been set aside as Mothers! [ess agai | ag Malta Oe ela obi | hi bine erate the Ya | emaigots Rea ych eit aed Catarrh, etc.) are due to stopped- Va veae 2 im such as stationery, magazines and| Which Is ‘of 18,000 francs|be paid to the’ part workers ve { e JOHN J. FRUIN. | *00 gay sary CA, is run at @ loss p layed in the war. » Manhattan, Dec. 11, 1918, ape eid haar ara a month. We are trying to Carachtss it alae nh” up noses. 1 worth of candy and « with the soldier in making his p ; garrettes were supplied free by the Y¥. M. C, 1 feel that I can not only tru Supporting, Why Contribu- tions From the Peoplet ‘To the Editor of The Evening World; Your little one won't smile Tf ite liver’s full of bile. POISON KILLS COLUMBIAGIRL ’ chases. th docked sev- ‘Just betore the Slerra docked sey. y "JAMES D, WILLSON, “These charges by people are bound anhattan, Dec, 10, 1918, ana The Canadian Y. M. C. ' their ¢ ’ but that it is duty to . that, | eral men called from af N d 29 ‘ke Cascarets ect things right I read your article regarding the | as tar ship Js ‘conceracd, tho | to Mr. Low, th ¥. MC. A, Secre. Soctety in Binghamton. D during my years wor When kiddies’ tongues turn white, | Y. M. C. A., and wish to say that I| y been one of the|tary, and Lr yo Going the rounds| Florence Bartlett Smith, the Columbia kin Ki d », Cc t h 1 They bring relict and joy mat areal any? returning nthe nucctes of out [talk which had Been going the rounds] Fiereics ere udent who ero making Kondon’s Catarrha To constipated girl or boy. [are meldlere:, BNG Ney, Bay 8 tho morale of the/of the slip chy further said “the|tysol in her rooms at No. 603 West ‘ ; g me the same story of overc and troops is con-|all wrong te A sve a died late [- 4 ve n rew: Yy. raw Obildren think them dandy— }and ‘buying tobacco which was sup- ly true on| Y, M. C, A. ia'ail hg the Salvation ne vith bedi Hoepital was well ‘ % ‘They are mild cathartic candy, posed to be given to them free, Mr. brought home| “Many wonder fon lin Knicker \ led K bj v Hibbard says they endeavor to make |approx 1,900 ‘wounded officers | Army and the K. of C. have #1Ve®linown in Binghamton, where her e know ge that ‘ondon’s. : the canteens of the Y. M. C. A, self- {and men, am sure that no one,| things away, while ther taxe "y' Sr[mother, Mrs. Herbert Smith, t hi h d : supporting. If that is the case, why | unles ome ulterior motive,| ceived such things fro’ © Y. M.|orominent in society. el . d ure the people of this country asked |could have made such statements as]. A. In a emall Village, there 39 nat tina Smith "wan va sraduate, bt ihe has thousands an a 4 to give $100,000,000? I could repeat | were made to your reporter, having] room enough for more than o! + |tady Jal a <4 & number of stories that 1 have |secn the Y. M. C. A. secretary work=| Sometimes the Salvation Army gets Richard ‘Dp Witt, tive’ th ° thousands of people by in: heard, but will not take up your |ing da a pight, 1 onder that these the privile gomenes ha Sard py ths eee Nawtanantin the eviaten e ° cl n a time, 1 trust that you will make it/men should have their minds dis-|anq then again we may th trils cli |your business to find out if these | tracted from the discomforts of the the village. The main purpose of the cir nos car, ean a : H charges are true expose those | Tip. ey contributed to the Y. M. C. A. ‘hi ds charges ar ges) thowe | HE, cae that you wil give (hla etier| MERE omteamated, Ole ct areca: antiseptic. Thousands of letters = : I have been told of men paying as|@8 Much publicity as was given to the| Yur’ way whereby all charities will H . : : ee nigit'ag 60° conte fora Tovceat pack |stutement reg 18 | te sa ectinin day to. give. things ———t (which have come to me with--_: age of tobacco. paper of I + YOUrS!| away each week. " HERBERT SHIPLEY, |V°'y truly 4 2 *” ee ee os te or ee con JAMES B wrtagon, |, anaes ny. Meek with Dr out my asking) prove that: ma v9 58. 8. § i 4 : went through the same investigatio ive Tal ; Questions Honesty of “For Your|IMR. HIBBARD GIVES THE Y. M./we havo been under, and the Mon- La, Kondon’s does help folks to qBoy and My Boy” Y.M.C.A. Poster. C. A. SIDE OF IT, treal papers, afar Opts, ae 2 Se Apimply face will not embarrass you wary fo th Editor of he Ei eens = a os ore! bd "On page ib of The Evening World of|,,"E Baye read the above letters thor-| ation, clean Bilt of health. | When | gue, you, get a. peskags of dodge the dangers that threaten Tuesday, Dec. 10, you published an |OUshIY.” said Mr. C, V, Hit the troops who have n - | Dr. - article Beaded “¥, 3t'C. A. Omeiais [day at the War Work Councit head- | af and have ogen every Dhase of Y. shou pean to Gy peo beve when nostrils are not clear. yoy oe ER fe: | quarters, “and I fel that much of the| @, C. A. 5 takei tablets : A LIts. te eee ne Soldiers" |misunderstanding can be cleared up| tates of the good work done by ine| | Gleanse the blood, bowels and liver runded’ aclaing + py returning /}y stating the policy of tho Y. M.| association.” wards’ ‘ablets, Dalleation op te er eed C. A. at this time, To give service Perera successful substitute for calomel; there's "4 The Evening Sun published an article |‘ the soldier,” he said, “Is the prin-| GQTTON CONTROL CEASES. | no or pain after taking them, ty on Dec. 8 headed “A Canteen Girl in |“iPA! object, of the Young | Men's ——_— Dr. Edwi Olive Tablets the ; BP eg gee, n Girl in | Christian Associatio 8 overseas] — a aa likes é u ie ArfonnG” Guctiog. mieten res work, We do not attempt to feed the| Federal Gmsials u are. Ome FES Salone ces, oe Ms Mt If you will get fro yo g- m Sat Oe CORTON | y. The canteen which has been Cargoen tor nd. m ur dru ; # girl, who described her experiences |{7y , The FP pee ; orn. | Safe instead of severe and irritat Ghildren gladly take Oascarets when | welling hot cocoa to the boys under |iocan ‘untity by fiult?, we did met] pt INGTON: Dee. 14—All Govern: | SN, one who takes Olive Tablete gist a 30 cent tube of Kondon’s, - cross, feverish, bilious, constipated, be- | fire. She said in part: intend to use funds contributed for] ment, Tesulation affecting sew cotton ever cursed with “a dark brown ” cause Cascarets taste like candy. If| “Mrs. A. and I were sitting at our |e work for the canteen, The busi- {ended weaterany vi id dinwolution of | bad breath, a dull, listens “no = I ill g dly pay you your Four child has stented breath, coated |santean, counter, Which mag" ten ta |i "men “uno copuasa ‘thy ‘War |ihe Colton Ditriton Commie of th | Rta eta. ang ard ire bed will gladly pay. ; tongue or a cold—give Cascarets as | Cocoa, We retired to the dugout by thet the” Sn ust be wet rane | stood the officials no longer regarded 't woo bad DinY ae: oe ore a money back if it fails to do this directed on each 10 cent box. Then jadvico from authority. It grew jporting, Contributors, they felt, would necessary to control distribution, now AT A a oS y ; os i Jmer after awhile and we emerged, |resent giving money to any organiza- | ¢ “A 1a kets have been re- e e. dont rer. Conary werk Uk tea a hrm: Ae nas [Sata anion yea ht hy cond mata Mave on |i fou Wil how tem by el for you:— ener: anc 3 our new dugout, Then the excite- | supporting canteen. It was necessary, Shipping Board alloted two shi jive 4 tonto» Vittle stomach, liver and bow ment started up again and I sat there | however, 1o alter this policy later on. | The, Shipping Board alle > ships | Dr. Edwards spent among pa- d wade jwondering what to do, It secmed | “Hy. "'st. C. A. Sccretarics overseas | of 21.200 tons for the cotton carrying | gents afflicted with liver and bowel 1. Keep your head clear ——— | puerile to keep running in and out |receive from $85 to $125 a month, our| trade to-day. One was ordered te tial complains, and Olive gis a the a of the dugout, and the latter was too |}uf which they pay their ex. | vain o glish ports. immensel; fective result.’ h ' Muller's Antisoptio ih Keown ao | Starioed to bell satiotectarliy’ there o tney causary allowance ta 004 cargoes for Bnsllan ports eres Cre Te ak 2. Relieve catarr. ry Half a dozen boys came up to buy |inade for dependents — See much better you feel and look. while I was still cogitating and just Hundreds of returning soldiers}! For More Pay for U. §. Judges. how Snake Oil Then bie fellow burst over our heads | trom Wistand ‘on the. Madtetania| WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—iy a vote | W08,8M4 286 per bom All druggiat 3. Help you sleep better = =| the praises of the Y. M. C. A./of 492 to 79 the House last night passed | =! St ld * th A laried, nicely uniformed secro-| $1,500 a year for each of the 131 'P 7 » RO FHRY /WSPO iD MAY er ROG! ges oO: Ji J District Will Positively Kelleve Pain in Few ; 5 Gattes OF tocar with tile and caear| Judges of the United States 1 Minutes Sister's fellow was served in Liverpool at 4 cents ent Courts and the Court of - || told ma girls the cg, Cakes ooilt te corchaasd District and Court of Claims 147) . Kenyon, ner iy MEAN Ben or Fett and swotten | dont have +o for the same price as charged in the! ind Cireult Judges § 5 ree meas- JEIMts, pains (8 the Beet, eee ee eb cook now. Sis Ia stewitinn a Wiebe 00 ts " ; : pain usually disappears aa if by magic. — | feeds him John J. Fruin and Herbert Ship- ACHE AN PAL CA ally for Cough . 4, ch for commodities, I will say} ‘This oil Is conceded to be the moat pene- | the canteen were purchaacd abroad at QUICKLY RELIEVED trating” remedy known, | Its ‘and | 1s cnn baen work, Durenane Bhised Be | erates ties , | Were compelled to ch a renee een Fixternal aches, stiffness, soreness, . MINNEAPOLIS, fected parts at o jalacent wit th aneene aay Yiane! cramped muscles, strained | sinews, roi eather eivand thi + notion that A. Pisples fieht of the musica” qualities of AN “Lort_and Found” articteg -— fF err e2F fF FF Pewee FB | = stance through and thro ributor toch Park, N.| os" ae . ‘edvertised in The World or report : that Sloan's Liniment, Clean, conyentent mila ata |. says: ‘I thought the money that ? | greet! go substitute ory crate lars they ¢Y. M,C. A) aro using wos economical, 80c, 60c, $1.20. 208, World Building, wi —_ - re a m en am p e nleed——h0e, 60c and $1> a. bottio-—or gift of the American people to use to money refunded. Get it at your druggist provide recreation and comf« to wy ; 5 : and Held, Yeomans f Cublt, 1 Rin tne oS Be aire it le ma Found” sdveri A tin (large enough for 20 applications) will be mailed to you free of charge Bis Alex, Hudnut Pharmacy, 1030, or recroation and comforts, But there Aavertisine “Agencien. or) cam. be on receipt of your name and address. poidyn: “at, “8 (Delicious corn flakes) A tabasco. Fe PA WaHAeraank ae Liniment Cal? 4000 stoskman, New York, of re tumpkine, Broad gperations mnt July 1818, they Kills Pain Brooklyn Office, 4100 Mata, wey and Grevue.—Advt, | ue a spent ¢ « 140 656,826 | . y —_ we, - o“* - . neon