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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1918
Page
8
Y M C A workers killed in France during heavy bombardment reported by the Times Press. Halliday Smith of Nyack and Gediey H. Cooper of Piermont, both Y M C A secretaries, died after gas shells were used. They remained with wounded soldiers in a dugout.
A fragmented price note shows a neck of the line item for reign skin cloth priced at six dollars and fifty cents alongside another price tag of four dollars and fifty cents, suggesting a discounted or alternative listing.
Ebenezer Wisher was sentenced by Justice Tompkins in the Supreme Court to 20 years and 6 months for robbery with a prior peat larceny conviction, with possible commutation. The report also notes a sharp day in Goshen with an officer aiding a bloody incident, and lists local draft registrations, military inductions, and community notes about cartoonist visits, horse shipments, and church devotions.
Warne L. Crosby of Goshen and William J. Newnan of Port Jervis left the local recruiting station for Fort Slocum to join the Quartermaster Corps and infantry. William S. Tiel, 21, of Troy Prospect Avenue, applied for Coast Artillery enlistment but was told to arrive by 6 pm. Jim M. Tiel, his father, arranged to drive him to Poughkeepsie. William E. Dodd of Port Jervis also sought enlistment in the Engineers aided by the father’s car.
Port closures seal New England coast as U boat threats persist. Two more American ships, Hattie Dunn and Samuel W Hathaway, reported sunk.
Spartanburg is hosting New York draft men as officers praise their appearance and spirit. About 1,009 to 2,500 daily arrive, with one third from New York City and the rest from upstate. They undergo two weeks of quarantine and a battery of medical and mental tests before final acceptance for service.
Brigadier General Guy Carleton, commanding the provisional depot, lauded the First Pioneer infantry formerly the First New York infantry led by Colonel James S. Boyer. The regiment aided skeletonizing efforts to bolster the Twenty-seventh division toward full war strength as Middletown and Orange County men were stationed at Wadsworth.
Much work completed by organizers as notable speakers are secured for the convention. Canton A. Keeler notes pledges and planning by finance and program committees. The event opens Monday evening July 1 with sessions through the week led by Rev. Dr. E. Van Dyke Wight and speakers like Francis S. Clark, S Parkes Cadman, Robert E. Speer, and Walter M. Chandler expected for the evening program.
Reports from the Amiens front say French forces struck and repelled three German counterattacks. French units reportedly recaptured Longpont Corer and Troesnes as Gen. Foch’s reserves punctured the German advance in three spots. Kaiser William near Rheims observed the fighting and received battlefield reports as German official statements differed from Allied claims. An alleged Franco American depot near Fere-en-Tardenois is viewed by army men as a likely French depot used by Allied troops, not a major base shipment from the United States.
Washington June 3 Control over ice distribution this summer with an equalized supply to all communities as far as possible to prevent shortage has been undertaken by the Federal Food Administration. The withdrawal of many men from the ice trade for service in the army or War munitions plants and the danger of loss of meats and vegetables through insufficient icing prompted action. A nationwide survey of ice factories and their maximum output capacity is under way and will be compiled from reports by state food administrators.
The Orange County News Company, recently incorporated in New York, began operations June 2 with headquarters at 44 James Street. Officers are John D. Boun president Abram Kresno vice president and secretary and Philip Morowitz treasurer. It will handle bulk sale of news in Fronte Sule van Rockland and parts of Ulster and Sussex counties New Jersey, with a new auto to deliver papers and soon motorbikes added. Middletown News Co remains at 34 James Street handling retail and deliveries via motorcycles while other dealers only manage their own stores. Sunday deliveries to customers used motorcycles.
Peter Mabie Johnson, Civil War veteran, died at his home 37 Linden avenue Sundar after one week illness. He was 77, born July 31, 1848, Spar EM, son of Mr and Mrs John V B Johnson. He married Alice Sears Petherbridge in December 1899 at Highland. For 30 years he lived in this city and worked as a stone cutter. He belonged to First Congregational Church and Captain Jackson Post G A R. Survived by wife and sisters Mary C Pease Ellen Jane Evelyn D and brother William Arthur Johnson.
A timber about 1% feet long and 340 pounds fell from the Poughkeepsie Bridge Saturday afternoon, piercing a house at 6 Cateness Avenue and burying itself in the cellar bottom. Mrs. Stephen Dupitka, resident, was present in the home during the incident. The fallen timber dropped 260 feet from the bridge and caused structural damage.
A tin hit the roof and pierced three stories of a house after slipping from workmen on a bridge. Mrs. Duplita searched for her two children as neighbors aided the effort. The children were found safe in a neighbor’s yard about an hour later.
Coal costs to the public rise as freight rates increase. After June 5 the consumer will pay about 75 cents per 2 tons more than Fuel Administration figures. The director general McAdoo’s freight increase will be borne by buyers as prices move toward $10 a ton in many districts, with typical coal cost near $9 a ton.
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