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Middletown Times Press

Location

Middletown, New York, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1917

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Regiment Is Ordered to Be Prepared

The First Infantry headquarters ordered subdivision commanders to be ready for rapid movement. No unit relief is indicated, but teams must be capable of quick relocation to any district the officers direct. Company E moved from home station with full equipment. Major Cookingham inspected Company H. Report of a March 5 return for Company I proved unreliable. Officers were told to keep commands prepared for swift movement, not necessarily homeward.

Binghamton Furst Seid Hone Cookingham Peekskill Pleasantville Times- Press

Poet Scout John Crawford Dies in Brooklyn Home

Brooklyn obituary notes Captain Jack Crawford a noted Indian fighter and writer of plays stories and poems dies at his Brooklyn residence after long illness. The piece mentions his city prominence and public interest in flag display standards and a reader letter about how the flag should be shown.

Scout Brooklyn New York John Wallace Captain Jack) Crawford Times-Press

Trustee's Wife Pleads Guilty To Assault on School Teacher

Goshen Feb 28 Mrs Brown wife of a school trustee pleaded guilty to assault in the third degree in the case involving Mrs Helen Rourke a schoolteacher. She received a reprimand from Justice Morschauser and was to be publicly lectured, with the note printed in school papers. The trial also covered a separate Erie Railroad personal injury suit and a Maybrook raid probe.

Annie Brown Morschauser Brown Helen Rourke J. Dd. Wilson, Jr Hirschberg Wilson Zoaki Bean Ars Rourke William McNeill Justice _Morschauser Jirs. Rourke Afr. Brown Cease August Jachbmann Erie Railroad Company R. H. Barnett Plameur Watts, Oakes & Bright Mr. Barnett Jachmann Greycourt John Ditty Jones Jackmann Elbert N. Oakes Maybrook Grand

Maybrook Evidence Before Two Courts

Arraigned in Montgomery before Justice Herbert F. Cox, Harry Smith charged with rambling with dice. exam adjourned to Friday. Smith’s companion Arizona held in Goshen jail awaiting grand jury action. Grand jury examined many witnesses about conditions fed by counts in Maybrook before the raid. indictments expected soon.

Justice of the Peace Herbert F. Cox Montgomery Hary Smith Maytrock Smith Zon Goshen Jaw Srend Winnessey Goshen Maybrook

Food Probe Bill Passed by House

The House approved by a vote of 227 to 10158 the sundry civil appropriation bill including $400,060 for a Federal Trade Commission probe into the high cost of living. Albany reports a New York bill proposing $1 million to aid the foods and markets commissioner to ease a food emergency. The sundry civil bill totals $138,000,000 with $460,000 for the price of living investigation.

Internationalews Service Washington House Federal Trade Commission Albany Cotilio New York Commissioner of Foods and Market

Tighe to Take Erie Post as Land and Tax Agent

William L Tighe formerly with William T Cassidy law office for five years will tomorrow join the Erie Railroad Company as Land and Tax Agent for New York and surrounding counties including Rockland Orange Sullivan Broome and New York City area He is a Newburgh Academy graduate class of 1960 and earned six first place medals in the 1910 Orange County Interscholastic meet He is a son of Michael and Delia Tighe both deceased and will reside in New York. The Rev Dr Robert Watson of the Scotch Presbyterian Church New York spoke at the First Presbyterian Men’s Club dinner and was a former pastor in Cincinnati Ohio where Rev Dr Kirkwood also held a large pastorate.

Tims Newburgh William L. Tighe William T. Cassidy Erie Railroad Company Tighe Newburgh Academy Orange County Michael Delia Tighe New York New Yor Rockland Orange Sullivan and Broome Robert Watson Scotch Presbyterian Church First Presbyterian Church Cincinnati Kirkwood

City's Health Report Satisfactory Despite Gaps

Regular Board of Health meeting presided by Vice-President Elliott in Mayor Thompson's absence discusses license for Charles Chambers ice cream operation at 65 North Street. Officials note minor sanitary steps needed. milk samples show improvement and city reports show births 235 and deaths 49 for the past month. Two scarlet fever cases remain. no diphtheria.

Thompson Elliott Board of Health First Presbyterian Church Charles Chambers North Street Greene City Bull Chambers Hanmer Stanton State Hospital Thrall Hospital

Wilsons power to be restricted in final bill draft

International News Service reports during a february Washington briefing that President Wilson faces limits on powers in a final bill draft as tensions with Germany rise over the sinking of ships and the fate of Yarrowdale prisoners. Ambassadors and officials maneuver to align action with war readiness and diplomatic cautions.

Wilson International News Service Washington Ucuttad Spa von Bethmann-Hollweg United States Siven Yarrowdale Air Bryan Austria Penfield Viena Spain Vienna Louse Foreign Affairs Committee War Risk Insurance Bureau St. Held London Germany Berlin State Department Lyman M. Law William Joenings Congress Sion

Sudden Death of William B Howland in New York

William Bailey Howland, 68, president of the Independent Corporation publishers of the Independent Harper's Weekly and the Countryside Magazine, died suddenly at his No. 119 West Fortieth Street office of angina pecitoris. He had long been a publisher and editor, notably of Outlook and Outing Magazine, and owned Breeze Hill summer home near Denton to Johnson. He leaves a wife and two sons Karl V. S. Howland and Harold J. Howland.

New York Wiliam Bailey Howland The Independent Corporation Independent Harper's Weelth the Countryside Magazine West Fortieth Street Howland Momnmeg J. Witham Alen West Twelfth Street

Harry Green Claimed by Death at Home on South Street

Harry Green died peacefully at his home on South Street on Wednesday afternoon after a six month illness. A Mid dletown High School graduate and member of Byrne & McDonald in New York City, he was 25 South Street resident. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Bring, brother William D. Green and sister Bessie Brink. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at the late home, burial at Howells.

Harry Green South Street Middletown High School Byrne & McDonald Oo Broadway New York City Sleddietown Wate, B. PG. E Airs Charles J. Bring William D. Green Bessie 1 Brink Howells

Bluejackets Quell Cuban Disturbance Near Guantanamo

Two American bluejackets squads were dispatched from Caimanera naval station to quell a small riot in Guantanamo and protect foreigners and property if needed. Order was restored without violence and the sailors returned to base.

Associated Press Washington Caimanera Cuba Guantanamo Navy Department

Vengeance Call from Hoy Over Laconia Sinking

A Washington cablegram from Austin Hoy demands action against Germany to avenge the deaths of his mother Mary Hoy and sister Elizabeth Hoy aboard the torpedoed Laconia. He appeals to President Wilson and warns he will fight Germany under another flag if the U S does not act.

Washington Austin United States Mary Hoy Elizabeth Hoy London Wilson Germany Senate House Judiciary Committee Amsterdam Laconia Bree U. S Turkey Berlin Austria-Hungary State Department South America

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Jack Crawford Capt Crawford Geo. Russell Weldon FL Weston Ralph J. Weston Assemblyman Coffey F. F. Gs WM. L. Tighe Erie Post America Hague Hiner Kristiansafjer Christiana Halifax Treasury WM. B. Howland Breeze Hill Denton Johnson Mahton Tyrrell Bluejackets N Pwarira
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