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Boys 21 Since June 5 Must; Enrol Aug. 24 Crowder Issues Call for New Registration of Youths for Army Work or Fight Rule Opposed by Gompers Primaries Will Prevent List¬ ing of Men Under Pend¬ ing Bill on Sept. 5 WASHINGTON, Aug. It. Registra¬ tion on Saturday, August |24, of all youths who have reached the age of twenty-one since the registration on June 5 was ordered to-day by Provost Marshal General Crowder under a proc-j lamation by the President. The pur- pose is to add quickly to the almost exhausted Class I, to meet army draft calls in September. About 150,000 young men will regis-1 ter. Most of them will qualify for! Class 1, and therefore will join the; army probably within a month after their names are recorded. Organized labor's emphatic opposi¬ tion to any "work or fight' provision! in the new man power bill extending the draft ages is expressed in a letter! from Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, received to-day by members o!" the Senate Mili¬ tary Committee. Telegraphic orders to local authori¬ ties to arrange for the registration have already been distributed. Presi¬ dent Wilson's proclamation excepta the territories of Alaska, Hawaii and Porto! Rico from the registration temporarily, but a later day will be fixed for these. It was pointed out at the provost marshal general's office that this registration would be distinct from the registration that will be necessary shortly when the draft ages are ex- tended, and it also was announced the suggested date, September T>, would not be the day for the registration of men from eighteen to forty-five, even if Congress passes the bill in time, because several of the largest states in the T.'nion hold primary elections on that day. Men Needed at Once The provost marshal general has no intention, it was said, of creating registration dates for men reaching twenty-one throughout the year, but the present registration was made necessary by the approaching defi¬ ciency of man-power. There will be no new drawing to es¬ tablish the order of liability of the new registrants. The provost marshal general s office announced to-night that the 1,200 numbers drawn for the June 5 registrants would be sufficient to cover the August 2-1 registrants in the largest district in the country. Mr. Gompers's letter referred particu¬ larly to an amendment proposed by Senator Thomas, of Colorado, proposing to withdraw deferred classification given for industrial reasons where men are absent from their work for more than five days without cause. The pro- vision, as added to the bill yesterday by committee, was a modification by; Senator Reed, of Missouri, eliminating the five-day limit. "In my judgment," Mr. Gompe.'s wrote of the Thomas amendment, "no measure could be enacted with more injurious consequences to continuous production than such a measure. The workmen in the I'nited States are do- mg their full share of service and duty. They are whole-heatedly supporting the war programme; they are giving them- seves. their sons, their brothers and other blood relations on the tiring line. They arc producing more per man and more to the aggregate than any man or gioup of men in any other country on! the face of the globe. "Here and there may be one or a few -vho may have failed to perform their whole duty, but I submit, sir, to your *f»rious consideration whether, if a hill were enacted into law which all the workers of our country would be justi- fied as interpreting ns a reflection >>pon th««ir service and their loyalty, it would not create a reaction most; unfavorable to our common purpose in service una in winning the war. "In F'.ngland, where the strenuous 'aw now obtains having provisions which it is said it is the purpose to offer for adoption by our Congress,' strikes, cessation of work have oc¬ curred in many instances, more in¬ stances than exist in the United States at the present time. "The men of labor »of our country are carrying on their work with but .he slightest interruption anywhere. They ar.> voluntarily surrendering rights they have enjoyed under the Constitution and the "laws and the «¦pirit Of our country. "I appeal to you not to attempt to take by the force of law what the men are so generously and patriotically vol¬ unteering. 15,000 Here Expected To Register on Aug. 24 It is estimated that about 15,000 will register under the amended draft act in N'ew York City <*n August 24. The registration will be conducted by the local exemption boards at their various headquarters. Martin Conboy, director of the draft, has warned the local boards not to permit this preliminary registration to interfere in any way with the prepara¬ tions to handle the largo registration 'hat will come with the passage of the new draft bill. glinilllllllllllllillllHIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli 1 Announcement \ ¡ LEBOLT and COMPANY \ ¡ 532 FLFTFI AVENUE = = have no connection with any = | other house in New York, and = = are announcing this to protect = = themselves from any possible = = wrong impression in their trade. E 5 * E "',llillllllllillllllllll!llllill|Jllllllllllinil!llllllll!IIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllll|||||||||||7 The Casualty List WASHINGTON, Au«?. 14..Casualties among the American forces in France reported to-day by the War Department for the army and the Navy Department for the Marine Corps totalled 179. The army lists contained ,;r» names. There were ten marine casualties reported. The lists follow: New York City and Vicinity [Name* tmihout rank given are those of privates. Those of com¬ missioned officers are in italics.] ARMY Killed in Action CORBETT, William Y., r.1'6 West Thir¬ tieth Street. New York City. GORMAN, Thomas J., CÎ11 East Twenty- fifth Street, New fork. GREEN, James J., 2." Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn. N. V. JONES, Alfred P., Base Hospital, Camp Merritt. N. J. KING. William F., 207 West Ninety-fifth Street, New Y^rk. KLAIBER, Albert A.. North Hackensaek, N. J. MBSTKIN, Alfred, 4*00 Third Avenue, Brooklyn. N. Y. PIUGGI, Joseph, 401 East 100th Street. New York. TILLY, William E. Roslyn, L. I. VANEK, Mikle, 113 MadLson Street, Ho- boken. N. J. WISKESKI, I rank, mechanic-, Rockaway Park, N. Y. WELSH, John, 341 Hamilton Avenue, Brooklyn. N. Y. Died of Wounds WARME, Arthur W. 390 Second Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. WORDEMANN, Kaymond L., corp!., fono Hudson Street, Hoboken, N. J. WAGONER, Henry, 80". Second Avenue, New York. iMNKO, Albert B., 128 Fourth Street. Pas.saic, N. J. Wounded Severely ASHWORTH, Harry T., 074 West 101s« Street, New York City. JAMES. William J., corp., 167 West 231ht Street. New York City. SCHNEIDER, Harry, (¡60 Gatea Avenue, Brooklyn. Missing in Action GORDON, James, corp., 1022 Laura Street, Elizabeth, .M. J. MAKERA, William sgt, 1220 Thirty -eighth Street, Brooklyn. Elsewhere Character of casualties is indicated as follows: (K) killed in action; (W) wounded; (D A) died of accident or other causes; (D W) died of wounds; (D D) died of disease; (M) missing; (P) r%rî*r\nmv- ARMY ALABAMA: JORPAX, Mortimer 11., rapt., Birming¬ ham (K). REAMES, John W., Goodwater (Kl. ARKANSAS: DI XON, Elbert E., Halladay (K). M'KINNEY, Herbert E., Texarkana (W). THOMAS, Arthur L., corp., Bauxite (W). ARIZONA: TAYLOR. Arthur F., egt. Ajo (D A). CALIFORNIA: LITTLE, Stanley H., wagoner, Taft iK). COLORADO: OAKLEY, Albert H., Rye (Kl. CONNECTICUT: SQUIRES, John J.. Willimantic (DDi. GEORGIA: HOLLIS, Thomas W., Forsyth (K). M'WII.LIAMS, Ernest P., Maçon (Kl. WEBB, William P., sgt., Smyrna (Kl. ILLINOIS; ALLEX, John. Mt. Prospect (K). ENGELHART. Henry H., Alton <K>. GILBERT, Harvey E., corpl., Mt. Ver- non (Kl. HELDMAN. Claude E., R. F. D. f., Aniboy (K). JASKL John, Hainesville (K). NORDMAN, Walter G., sgt., Chicago (K). TAYLOR, Lee A., Carilon (K). THOMAS, Ralph W.. Pittsneid (Kl. BERAN, James J., Chicago (K). COMER, Clyde. Carmi (ML HALTNER, Robert, Aurora (WL RICHARDSON. R. A., Mound City (W). SUTLER, Henry G., Harre! (K). INDIANA: BARR, Chauncey W., Edwardsport (K). CUNION, George N., Fort Wayne (K). MINN1LAR, Herbert C, Bluffton (K). IOWA: BAKER. George H.. Crestón (K). HEIFNER, Rolpfe E.. corpl., Titonka (K). READOUT. George E., Liscomb (K). STEPHENS, Clare S., Nevada (K). KANSAS: LOWERY, William R.. Gross (K). TRONT, Richard. Desota (K). KENTUCKY. ANDDABY, Ernett, corpl., Louisville (K). NOLAN, Johnnie, Bear Creek (K). CLAYPOOL. Elia H.. Bowling Green (K). M'MINN, David, sgt_, Newport <W». GLYNN, Thomas P., Paducah (W). CRANE, Edward P., Covington (W). MOORE, Thomas P.. Climax (WL MAINE: MARSTON, Wilder E., Canton (W). MARYLAND: BROWN, Barby IV., lieut., Baltimore (K). MASSACHUSETTS: BASBILE, Charles B., Waltham (K). BONNEY, Joseph W., Dorchester (K). FLAHERTY, John T.. Woburn (K). FOGEL, Albert T.. Dorchester '(K). LANGDON. Arthur E.. Cambridge (K). M'ENELLY, Thomas F., Marlboro (K). CAPATOSTA, Ralph, South Lowell (W). C1R1NO, Joe, Roxbury (K). KADINSKI, John, Pittsfield (K). NORTON. Charles S., South Chelsea (K). KALOURMISS1S, P. E., Haverhill iW). MICHIGANS I GERONX, .lohn, Wakefield (K). GRAPPIN, Bert B., Linwood ( K ). MINNESOTA: 1RODL, Vincent F., corpl., Jonesville IK).1 LARSON, Gilbert J., Ellsworth (KL PETERSON, Carl E.. Cambridge (K). CLEMENTS, Frank N., Minneapolis (W). MISSOURI: HASH, John IL, Elwood iK). REED, Edwin A., corp., Des Arc (W>. HOLLEN, Ernest IL, corp., Milan (WL MONTANA: 1'ARFITT, Thomas R., Fhillipsburg (K). NEW HAMPSHIRE: MICKEY. Frederick J.. Keenc (K). NEW JERSEY: KOCHER, Harl F.. sgt., Phillipsburg 'Kl. MALES/KO, Wladyslaw, Harrison (K). KONUL1S. John, Edison (Ki. NEW YORK: COLE, Sidney T., lieut.. Corning (K). BE1.MORE, L. D., St. Regis Falls (DA). CAPARULLO, Anthony, Ho.nell (Kl. CLARK, Ira W., Ludlowville (K). LAl'RIN, Floyd J., Durhamville (KL O'SULLIVAN, M. D., Binghamton (K). ORR. Clarence J., Hudson Falls (K). SNYDER, Leonard C, Batavia (K). DOLAN. Edward M. corp., Boston (K). AVER1LL, Howard, Ellistown (W). NORTH CAROLINA: CORPEN1NG, Albert C, Lenoir (K). LAWRENCE, Joseph R.. Como (K). FARMER. Joshua B., Wilson (K). NORTH DAKOTA: DORKKEN, Thomas T., Erie IK). HAFNER. John M., Corp., Wahpeton (Kl, FOREMAN, Louis, Fried (Kl. OHIO: LEAVER. Joe, Cleveland <K). MILLER, George C, Lancaster (K). O NAIL. Homer, Orbison (K>. CRABTREE, Perry W., Columbus (K). OKLAHOMA: GRAY, Morrislav, Fexola IK). WOODWAR, Laoie S., sgt.. Muldrow IK). OREGON : DAWSON, R. A. G., Salem (W). MILLER, Everett. Joseph (W). PENNSYLVANIA: BROWN, William B., lient., Moscow (K). KEEPER. William, sgt., Pittsburgh (K). STA/.WICKY, George, Muylield (K). SPEECE, (baríes E., New Brighton <K). STULSKYS, Darni, Easton (Kl. KENNEDY, Leander W., Beaver (Kl. BAXTER, John 1"., Scranton (Kl. HEAL. Jar-.,h a., Meyersdale (K). FARLEY, Vincent, Minersville (Kl. GRIFFITH. William, .Icrmyn (Ki. (¡KIMM, Orth, Turtle Creek <K>. HODGE. Matthew, Patton (Kl. KNELLY, Henry F., Oneida (Ki. BRANT, Kenneth M., sgt. Meyerville (W). HUMMEL, IL IL, sgt.. Pine Grove (K). LOUGHBRIDGE, James H., corp., Sellers- ville (W). BREWER, Harold E., New Brighton (Kl. KNAPP, Harold A.. Edgewood Park (K)> WiLLYOUNG, Fred. B., Franklin (K). LOVE, James E.. Girardville iWi. PIETOWSKY, Joseph, Dinsmore (WL MOSEHOLDER, R. O, Meyersdale <W). PHILLIPS, Thomas D., Philadelphia. SOUTH CAROLINA: TOML1NSON, Clyde, New /.ion (W). TENNESSEE: ^ FULCHER,' William Is., Memphis (Kl. TIMOTHY, Christ. S.. Chattanooga (K). SHUMATE, William, Trenton (K). TEXAS: O/.KMENT. William, Rockland <K). LIMERICK, Louis IL, Dallas (W). VIRGINIA: LAN, Bedford C, Covlngton (KL WASHINGTON: SNOWDEN, Stanley. Seattle <K>. EATON. William, Ellonsburg (W). WEST VIRGINIA: SHILLINGBURG, T. W.. Mountstone (K). D1SHONG, James R. Elk Garden (K). WISCONSIN : BABICK, Tony T., Corp., Berlin (Kl. GORDON, Clyde A.. Chotek (K). SL1NING, Ole, New Auburn (K). CITERON, Frank, Kenosha (W). DOSCH, G., Clermont, Milwaukee (K). CANADA : GEROW, Clyde A., Hailberry (KL WAGNER, Alton D., Nova Scotia (K). ENGLAND: BURGESS, A. E., sgt., Elphan, Kent (WL ITALY: COPPOLA. Gaspare, Alean, Taapni (KL CARDILLO, Antonio, Anonia (K). CAPELLUPO, Frank, Magacino Province (ML MINCCI, Dominick, Viesta (Kl. RUSSIA: DEC, Tony, Nuwski, Lublin (ML STANORSKI, Alex., Newadaway (K). NO ADDRESS: BALASK1, William ,(KL Marines CONNECTICUT: KLEBES. Herbert G., Sharon (Kl. INDIANA: M'KEE, Harry C, Fort Wayne (W). OHIO: DARBY, Allen P., Vermilion (K). EVERETT, Thomas L., New Madison (M). OREGON: DODGE, William A., Molalla (W). PENNSYLVANIA: MULLIN, Samuel C, Pittsburgh (Ml. ROBINSON, Gco. M., Conshohocton (WL STARK, J. D., corp.. West Pittston (KL SONDER, Herman IL, Philadelphia (Ki. WASHINGTON: BELLES, Edwin C, Wallula (W). Army Casualties Summary Reported Total. August 11. to date. Killed in action .118 4.070 Died of disease. 1 1,046 Died of accident. 2 I'm!! Lost at sea. 291 Total deaths.130 7,080 Wounded (all degrees). 26 0,168 Missing (including prisoners). 13 1,515 Totals .169 17,700 Marine Casualties Summary Deaths . ¦! 837 Wounded . 4 1,830 In hands of enemy.- B Missing . 2 SS Totals . 1" 2,TOO Army Sets Health Record Deaths From Disease Reported at Only 1.9 a Thousand WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. American troops at home and overseas are set- ting world records for health and low death rates. In announcing to-day that deaths from disease among the soldiers for the week ended July '2t> were at the rate of 1.9 a thousand a year, Sur- ' gon General Gorgas said such a record never had been surpassed by any mili- tary establishment. In past wars the best rate was 20 per thousand, during the Russo-Japanese War, showing the tremendous prog- ress made in military sanitation. At- I tention was called to the fact that the annual death rate among civilians of military age is 6.7 a thousand. TIRES.CARS.BODIES Buy Tires Now.Save Money Buy anil buy all you ran for futuro usr; j output cut In half! Price« must Inevitably soar! Firsts, Also Blemished Shoes THE LARGEST STOCK IN N. Y. ! Save You X^- 30'Í to 50% Als.) nil the odd and scare«' sizes which will not bo ntirainabli' shortly We Meet and Brat All Prices. Some Good Used Tires Cheap THOUSANDS OP TURKS 50 DISCOUNT. Big Sale.Winter Autos Wise buyers purchase their fall und Win- 1er Cars now; they'll he scarce next Winter Don't Hesitate! We have some "Dandlsa" Démonstrations given, easy payments arranged automobiles traded. Cadillacs (Sedans, Merlin«, Lundaulettes, Limousines) Saniels "Eight" Towncar, Berlin; Nationals (Landaulottes, Sedans); Marmon Limousines Packard Towncars; Merer Limousines; Liberty. Oldsmobllo and Maxwell Town- cars; other Closed Cars; Prices "Right." Also it Good Line of Open i'Hr«, Hunubout«, Touring, of All liest Makes, at "Competition" Prices New Arrival« Ihiilv Everything as Represented, Jandorf Automobile Co., "Thi IteHublt Kctmumy llouai " Bat. IS11 1763 Broadway, Near 57th St. Mroni » id Wenlelu '.. ¡ inlotn-ril ,-.rt-l m ill It HKO.N'X TIKE MTOKK (Hnin.lu. ¡¡42Í Orand Coneoun n< at 187 Si ULY TU Birr AM) W, 8. ». HT AMI'S Death List Shows New York Boys in Thick of Battle Lieut. Col. Liebmann of 105th Infantry Is Killed in Action Lieut. Street Wounded Passaic, N. J., Boy Loses Life After Three Years With American Army Evidence that the 27th Division, for¬ merly- the New York National Guard, has seen some lively fighting on the Flanders front was to be found yester- day in the cfficial casualty list and in reports of soldiers' deaths received in advance of publication. Men from the 107th Infantry, formerly the 7th Regi¬ ment; the 106th, formerly the 23d, and the 105th, formerly the 2d, are men¬ tioned. Lieutenant Colonel Morris N. Lleb- mann of the 105th Infantry, of which he was acting commanding officer, was killed in action, official notice of his death having been received by his father, Morris Liebmann, of 111 West Eighty-fourth Street. He was killed August 8. He was a veteran of the Spanish War and formerly was lieu¬ tenant colonel of the 23d Regiment. He was a graduate of the University of Nebraska, and after the Spanish War, in which he served in a Western regiment, he came to Now York, be¬ coming vice-president and secretary of Foot«-, Pierson & Co , electrical manu¬ facturers, at 100 Duane Street. In 1901 he enlisted as a private in the 23d Regiment, and when the regiment went to the Mexican border in 1916 he was captain of Company I. In May, 1917, he became lieutenant, colonel. While the 27th was at Camp Wadsworth he was transferred to the 105th Infantry, of which he was acting commander dur¬ ing most of the training period. He was engaged to be married to Miss Evelyn Van Home, of 594 Park Place, Brooklyn. Lieutenant Harold II. Street, of the 107th Infantry, has been slightly wounded, he announced in a cable message to his father, Quincy B. Street, of 30 Chestnut, Street, Flushing. He is twenty-fight years old and joined the 7th Regiment when the United States declared war, having previously served in the 22d Engineers, the 23d Regiment and the 10th Regiment of the National Guard. Private John Welsh, of Company I, 106th Infantry, was killed in action on July 30. He was eighteen years old and lived with his parents at. 343 Ham¬ ilton Avenue, Brooklyn. He enlisted in the 14th Regiment when he was seven¬ teen years old and was transferred to the 106th. Before enlisting he was em¬ ployed by the Crane Shipyard Com¬ pany. Private Arthur Worme, of Company L, 106th Infantry, died from wounds July 31. He was twenty-two years old and' was a clerk in a brokerage firm when he enlisted in 101«. He lived with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Worme, at .i'JO Second Street, Brooklyn. Sergeant Eugene P. Traitelor, of the 106th Infantry, who is reported as se¬ verely wounded, is the son of Mrs. Julia Traitelor, of 43 Hudson Avenue, Brooklyn. Private Theodore C. Conway, of Com¬ pany L, 106th Infantry, was severely wounded August 1, according to word received by his mother, Mrs. I, ('. ( on- way, of 500 Greene Avenue, Brooklyn. He was formerly head of the mailing department of the Metropolitan Trust Company. Private Peter H. Kendall, of Com¬ pany I, lOrith Infantry, was severely wounded July 31. He is nineteen vears old, the son of Mrs. Rebecca Kendall, of Glenhead, Long Island. Private Joseph Becker, of Company A. 9th Infantry, has beer, reported miss- ing in action. He was transferred to the r'th Infantry from the 106th. He is the son of Mrs. Loretta Roessler. ol 10S High Street, College Point, Queens. Private Thomas J. Gorman, of the 105th Infantry, was killed in action July 31. Ho was nineteen years old. the son of Mrs. Delia Gorman, of oil East Twenty-fifth Street, and was an employe of the tuberculosis clinic at Bellevue Hospital. Private Joseph Piuggi, who was killed in action, had been in France with the expeditionary forces for more than a vear. He was killed July 1*. He for¬ merly lived with a cousin, Mrs. Maggi Piuggi, at 4(H East 100th Street. Private Albert S. Danko, of Passaic, X. J., who was killed in action, was a member of an artillery regiment and1 had been nearly three years in the, service, having enlisted \*en seven¬ teen. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Danko. U. S. Denies Report Of British Alliance Washington Says America Will Not Abandon Tra- ditional Attitude LONDON', Aug. 14..According to "The Evening News," Lord Reading,; the British Ambassador to the United1 States, now here on a visit, will dis¬ cuss with Premier Lloyd George and Arthur J. Balfour, Minister of Foreign Affairs, certain proposals for closer; Anglo-American cooperation, both dur-, ing the war and afterward. The news¬ paper states that the proposals involve an offensive and defensive alliance in which the cooperation of other demo-1 cratic nations will be welcomed. Lord Reading's visit, however, has ! mainly to do with certain financial re¬ adjustments connected with the as¬ sumption by the United States of responsibility for loans to allied na- tions heretofore (¡orne by Great Brit- ain, "The Evening News" says, and with the conclusion of negotiations fort certain further loans in which the United States, Great Britain and France are to participate. WASHINGTON. Aug. 14..It was stated authoritatively to-day that the subject of a British-American offensive and defensive alliance never has been discussed or even suggested. The un¬ derstanding here is that Lord Reading's visit to London is to report personally, upon his work in the United States and to acquaint himself fully with develop-] ments at home. Any sort of political alliance with a, foreign nation would be contrary to American traditions and officials of! President. Wilson's Administration have been careful always to emphasize that nothing of the kind is involved in the participation of the United States in the world war as a co-belligerent of the nations lighting Prussian auto¬ cracy. More Commissioned By War Department (Special Dispatch to The Tribune) WASHINGTON, Aug. 11..The fol¬ lowing commissions were announced] to-day by the War Department: Captains, engineer- George D. Kellogg. Al- bany, N. Y. Charles P. Mclntyre, 240 West1 Fifteenth Street, New York : Fred Neubauer, 924 Kelly Street. New York Bertram R. WolfT, Cooper and Ridgewood Avenues, Glen- dale, Long Island. N. Y. Hans H. Wolff, 40 Renwick Street, New York. First lieutenants, engineer Homer C. Def- fenhaugh. 2ÍI West Thirty-ninth Street, New York Edward A. Evans, South Amboy, N. J. .Major, infnntry Henry A. Wise, 15 Will-j ¡am Street, New York. i First lieutenant, infantry- John W. Hoi- ton. 7H4 Seventh Street. Húrtalo, N. Y. Second lieutenant, infantry Walter E. Sheaffer, Palmyra. N. Y. Captain, quartermaster I-Iarrv B. Joyce, Pin East Fifteenth Street, New York. Second lieutenants, quartermaster John F. Council, Camp Dix, N. J. Thomas E. Drake, Sf, Ambition Avenue, New York William V. Levison, Fort Hancock, N. J Edward A. McGinn, 248 Emerson Place.' Brooklyn. N. Y. ; Arthur !.. Naylor, 255. Mercer Street, Trenton, N. J. Second lieutenant, chemical. Warfare Ser¬ vice John K. Holmes, L920 East Genesee Street, Syracuse, N. Y. Second lieutenants. Sanitary Corps Otto E. Kretohmer, ;¡4 Millington Avenue, New¬ ark, N. J. ; George M. Rittenhouse, jr.. 41 Sandford Avenue, Plainfleld, N. J. John D. Sims, Fort Slocum, N. Y. First lieutenant, Air Service, production- Herbert S. Mabry, 7') Broad Street, Newark, N. J. Second lieutenants, Air Service, aeronau¬ tics- Richard M. Carr, ;ir>2 Pratt Street, Ful- ton, N. Y. David Entwistlc. 20 Storms Ave- nue, Jersey City. N. J. Wallace M. Fay. Fort Covington, N. Y. : Charles H. Plait, 52 Hinckley Place. Brooklyn, N. Y. ; John W. Skerratt, t>3 Monitor Avenue, Jersey City N. J. Harry W. Stelle, jr., 2568 Bedford' I Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. MexicoDenies Right Of England to Make Protest at Oil Tax i Power of Nation to Raise Funds in Its Own Way Upheld in Note MEXICO CITY. Aug. 14..Replying; to a protest from Great Britain against the provisions of the oil decree of Feb-1 ruary 22, which was declared to bo con- fiscatory and in violation of the rights of English companies holding oil claims, the Mexican government has! declared that it does not recognize the! right of any foreign government to protest against decrees of this nature, The text of the Mexican reply fol-j lows : "Without judging the exactness orj inexactness of the qualifications of es¬ tablished taxes, the Mexican govern¬ ment can only express the surprise caused bv the note and the protest of his Britannic Majesty, for, in the ca¬ pacity of an independent nation in the légitimât.« exercise of her sovereignty, Mexico issued a decree against; which the only recourse that Mexican laws concede is when they judge oner- ous and confiscatory taxes decreed by public power. "The surprise of the Mexican gov¬ ernment is legitimate, as would be that, of any other government of a free! country, including that of His Britan¬ nic Majesty, if it fourni that acts of, interior legislation such as the right, of imposing contributions were called into question by the diplomatic pro¬ tests of the countries of subjects af¬ fected by the imposition. "The Mexican government is- sure| that the government of His Majesty! would not permit diplomatic protests' against the high contributions that the, war has caused him to decree in all his dominions and which should weigh! equally not only upon British subjects' and subjects of conquered nations, or! those subjected in any form to his do¬ minion, but upon foreigners alike. "In virtue of its freedom of fiscal! legislation, it is opportune to declare that the Mexican government does not; recognize the right of any foreign; country to protest against acts of this nature coming from the right to oxer- eise interior sovereignty, and in con-1 sequence cannot accept the responsi-i bility which it is pretended will bei charged to her account as supposed damages as a consequence of this leg¬ islation. "The course to be taken by foreign¬ ers and nationals alike to free them¬ selves from impositions which are deemed confiscatory consists in substi¬ tuting the case before tribunals, which are always found ready to administer justice, applying the law, which justly guarantees individuals against confis¬ cation of property. Furthermore, it is generally admitted that diplomatic representation should be the last re¬ course taken and only when the last resources have bren exhausted. "Esteeming that it is the best guar¬ antee it can impart, the Mexican gov¬ ernment cannot see a way to accept the diplomatic protests from His Britannic Majesty, which would have the effect of giving English citizens unequal preference over Mexican nationals." New Haven Aviator Killed In Action at Berdenal NEW HAVEN, Aug. 14. Lieutenant. Gilbert N. Jerome, of the American aviation service abroad reported last week as missing in action, was killed in battle Julyl2, according to a message received by 'his mother here to-day from the American Red Cross. He fell at Rêrdenal, the message said, and was buried at Blamont. He was graduated from Sheffield Scientific School, Yale, in HMO and was known in the state for Boy Scout ac¬ tivities. Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., Enters The Naval Aviation Corps ST. LOUIS, Aug. 14. According to a difipatch from Washington, Joseph Pulitzer, jr., of St. Louis, editor of "The St. Louis Post-Dispatch," has en¬ rolled there in the naval aviation corps, ground service, after being rejected in the flying service on account of poor vision. lie will report to the Great Lakes training station about September 1. Are You Going Overseas? IF you expect to go "over there" you will find much helpful information in our booklet "War Time Service Over There," which we shall be glad to send you on request. It tells .how you can carry ready funds abroad with safety and convenience. .how you can open a bank account "over there," and its advantages. .how your checks on your home bank can be cashed in France. .how your affairs can be taken care of by our Trust Department through a safekeeping account or a voluntary trust. -what other financial arrangements you can make. Our Overseas Service Division gives special attention to the bank¬ ing requirements of Americans "over there." We will welcome any inquiries as to the arrangements best adapted to your needs. Guaranty Trust Company of New York 140 Broadway FIFTH AVE. OFFICE MADISON AVE. OFFICE LONDON OFFICE PARIS OFFICE Fifth At«. A 43rd St. Maditon Are. A 60th St. 32 Lombard St., E.C. R a« de« Italien«, I A3 Capital and Surplus $50,000,000 Resources more than $600,000,000 TJ-ie Thursday, August 15, 1918 This department is engaged in separating the sheep of advertising, and of the service which backs up advertising, from the goats.and hanging a bell on the goats. It invites letters describing experiences.pleasant or unpleasant.with advertisers, whether they be manufacturers, wholesale houses, retail stores or public service corporations. It will print those letter.» which seem to show most typically how »n advertiser'* deeds square with the words of his advertising. Only signed letters, giving the writer's address, will be read. The name will be printed or withheld, as preferred. Address: The Ad-Visor, Th« Tribune, New York. IT'S BEEN a long time since you have heard of Mary Murphy and the Wiechers. Mary Murphy, you may remember, paid the Wiechers S500 for a contract. She thought she was paying them $500 fora house; but as a matter of fact she was paying $500 for a scrap of paper and didn't even get that. The Wiechers still have it. It was all per. fectly legal. Unto him who had thousands of dollars was given the $5(19 oí a woman who had nothing else. Mary signed the contract, but failed to notice that, one of its obscure clauses provided that if she lapsed in lier payments the Wiechers could keep her $500 and take back their Louse. As Adolph the Elder used to say when he came into The Tribune office and tried to justify himself: "Pizness is piznessi" Then, you remember, thanks to the generosity of Tribune readers, (he Mary Murphy fund was started and the amount she had lost was collected for her; and so in the end the Wiechers were foiled and Marv wasn't out anything at all. The $500 collected for Mary was kept in trust for her by The Tribune's attorneys and the interest which it earned was forwarded to her regularly. Every now and then Mary would come in and shower us all with line old Irish blessings. One day about a year ago she came in with a man in tow. She announced that she was going to marry this gentleman and wanted to draw out her money. The money was given her at once, $448 ($60 had been deducted when the amount was collected to pay for Mary's first vaca¬ tion), including principal and interest, and Mary set out on the path of matrimony. Only a few days ago she paid us another visit, she looked well, was neatly dressed and seemed contented and happy. She told us how she was usitr«: only the interest on her money.that the principal remained untouched. But the talle wasn't all told even then. A second postscript has been added recently. It concerns Adolph Wiechers. Here is a portion of th« news item whi<?h appeared last week. ADCÎLPH WIECHERS MUST PAY WIFE SfiO WEEKLY Adolph Wiechers, who came to this city from Germany a poor man and now lives in a $40,000 home at Lake Ronkonkoma, L !.. has been ordered to pay his wife $60 a week alimony. She is suing for deser¬ tion. So while Mary is finishing off her honeymoon Adolph Wiechers is paying his wife alimony. Financially, the advantage may he Adolph's. it's something to, have enough money to pay $G0 a week alimony; but sentimentally the advantage is all with Mary. "Adolph Wiechers, who came to this city from Germany a poor man end now lives in a $40,000 home".it sounds like irony. It is just what was suggested in the Mary Murphy story: "Adolph Wiechers is presi¬ dent of the Wiechers Realty Company, wherein his son, Adolf Wiechers, ;r., is associated with him. Fat living has kept them sleek. Mary Murphy is one of the contributors to the living. She contributed S500." She contributed $500 to the Wiechers' sleek living.which includes the $40,000 home and the $60 a week alimony that is being paid Mrs. Wiechers. Looking at the matter purely from a financial point of view, it cer¬ tainly pays to insert obscure clauses in contracts which are to be signed by poor, ignorant folk. It must pay, since it has enabled a penniless 'ierman immigrant to rise to the possession of a $40,000 country home. It's hard on the Mary Murphys, of course; but as Adolph used "to say: "Pizness is pizness." Once in a while we get a letter like this: Ad-Visor, Gentlemen: It is with a feeling of utter 'n ^urficieney that I extend my feeling of appreciation and thanks for the services you have rendered me. If by some means I were able to make the pen- era] public aware of the sincerity of your policy the resulting popu¬ larity and prosperity of The Tribune would be no more than its due. Very gratefully, C. V. VOLCKHAUSKN. Ad-Visor: Has your information department any ¡ate information concerning R. P. Matches & Co., 1,834 Broadway, and the ''Ford" tractor swindle? I am a stockholder for a small amount, and because Matches has not answered three or four letters that have been sent him since December, I am anxious to know if anything has happened that 1 have not seen in the papers. Perhaps the indictments have come before the courts and the result was not pleasant to the stock manipulators Sworn statements as to business, present and future, were promised last Sep¬ tember, to come from the "president's office,"' but have nol reached me, nor have I seen anything in any of the papers I receive bearing on the company or Matches, Enlighten me if you can. J. W. R. The assumption is correct.something has*happened. Mr. Matches was jointly indicted with other defendants in the Emerson Motors case. He has been tried, convicted and sentenced to serve three years in a Federal prison. Mr. Matches was also indicted along with the other promoters of Ihe Ford Tractor Company. This case has not as yet reached the calen¬ dar for trial. In the meantime an effort has been made to reorganize the Ford Tractor Company. The plan of reorganization provides for the additional contribution by the present stockholders of an amount of money reasonably sufficient to carry the plan through. The company is now in the hands of a re¬ ceiver and it is the stated purpose of the reorganization committee to purchase the assets of the old company from the receiver with the funds s^ contributed. In the event of the failure of the reorganization c"W- mittee to collect sufficient funds to properly carry through and complete the reorganization, it is said, the stock of the old company shall be re¬ turned to the subscriber and that he snail receive the full amount of his subscription less his pro rata share of the expense of reorganization. but the question as to what is "sufficient money subscribed" is left to the judgment of the committee. Ad-Visor: I inclose herewith proofs of three advertisements sub- mitted to me by the Thomas Advertising Company, of Jacksonville. These are proposed for a pain relieving tablet I am pun-riff on the mar* ket. and knowing the high standard maintained by your advertising de¬ partment, and anticipating a desire to place some" advertising with you in the near future, I submit these to you and ask that you adv:.-e rne i. they are in any way objectionable to your policy, or if in your opinion they are extravagant in claims. The tablet i< proprietary non- secret, and the action of same may be confirmed by an examination 0' the I.'nited States Dispensatory, 20th edition, or by phy¡ cians n general, as the formula is prescribed very frequently. My claim is r,¡accd only on the fact that I have combined the formula in tiie most convenient form and made it distinctive in apnearar.ee and name, cacli runlet being light pink in color, wir.tergreen flavor and bearing the name in rai ed letters on the tablet, viz.: G I V on one side and E '/. 1.' ><¦'> the opposite. The formula for each tablet is as follows: Acetylsalicylic Acid r°Pu' larly known as Aspirin), 6 grains; Caffeia Citrate, te grain: Aromatic», q s. Thanking you for vour consideration of same. 1 am, HAROLD E. WILSON. The formula submitted is a fair equivalent, to aspirin. CafTe.n citrate and aromatics may be considered negligible. That acetylsaücy will give relief in certain types of headache is undoubtedly true. I« however, certainly does not justify the Giv-Eze concern in describí their product as "a new and better anti-pain remedy." Neither ¡s it . without very broad qualifications that acetylsalicylic acid "quickly¦r lieves pain from headache, neuralgia, rheumatism, diabetes and *»n causes," as the advertising would lead one to believe. ^¡j. We question whether there is not a moral problem involved in ^ iiig to the public under a non-descriptive name a product with v-'-'k.' ^ public is thoroughly familiar, but. which, in all human probability, ' no means of recognizing under the new name. Ad-Visor: 1 am inclosing a circular letter and order blank of tB Queen Rubber Company, which is located in your thriving und en. prising city. I assume this is another phase of the great ganie "bunk," but before taking any definite action, or advising any ° .ts. altiliated clubs, I will be very pleased to hear from vou regarding M FRED II. CALEY," Secretary, Cleveland Automobile « IU&- The Queen Rubber Company is one of a number of companies rated by E. P. Janes, of 2642 Broadway, New York City. This ^^^ sells the Queen tire. Mr. Janes also sells, or has sold, the (liant, Pop« *' the Worth-More, the Durable, the Akron, the Ironclad, the Mercury the Hercules tires. ,-torvi8 Mr. Janes and his dealings with the public wer.« covered in a s ^ The Tribune on December 2, 1917, dealing with the Hercules t;res. ^ story revealed the fact that the tires were old wornout standard ^rlitf which had been patched and covered with a thin veneer of ru n ^ material. Reprints were made of this story for distribution up* quest. We have a few left. {The next Ad-Visor will appear Thursday, August 2¿J
