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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1918
Page
22
Governor Whitman seeks support from Colonel Theodore Roosevelt at a Republican Club dinner honoring Will Hays. Roosevelt plans a public appearance in New York before traveling to Omaha St Louis Indianapolis and Bloomington, with a return stop in Hartford.
A chaotic list of lost items includes tortoise bell, diamond pin, leather wallets, cross fox scarf, pearl scarfpin, eyeglasses and papers. Rewards offered for return or information. locations range from Riverside Drive to Broadway subways and 59th Street to Flatbush. Contacts include Edward M Kent and Cartier, with multiple addresses and phone references.
A coat lost at Grand Central Station New York is reported with owner I F Dow General Delivery New Haven. A purse owner at Pennsylvania Station may call mornings to identify the purse.
Governor Charles Whitman and Australian leaders plan to attend an auction at Anderson Galleries on Park Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street. The sale features hundreds of works donated to aid blind soldiers and sailors, including Ridgway Knight’s Battle of the Marne at the Paris Salon. A 5 ft 2 in by 4 ft 2 in reproduction will be shown on a lantern screen.
Seven Yale students were fined for minor offenses after a riot last week in which park benches were overturned and trolley cars halted. Names include John Henry Mitchell Jr. who paid $50 and Allan Hubbard Jr. $10 for sharp talk to police. other fines ranged from $0 to $100 for various acts including wrestling with officers and failure to disperse.
John Candler Cobb of the New York Railways Company urges night shutdown from 10 PM to 6 AM to cut losses and aid bondholders. Public Service Commission watches, warning against drastic cuts and noting a 6 cent fare plan as a rival objective.
Justice Giegerich ruled Mount Vernon lacked authority to ban sale of Hearst papers and restrained enforcement of the ordinance making such sales a misdemeanor. He cited the First Amendment and state liberty of speech provisions, saying restrictions should come from federal action, not local. Separately, Mrs. William Jay urged NYC theater managers to replace German language works with English to appeal to patriotic patrons, criticizing German influence. In Summit, N J, School Commissioner Nixon failed to rally the board to remove German from schools and to burn German propaganda papers by July 4.
Turner a Chicago stockbroker, drafted last week, was indicted for grand larceny based on a wife’s complaint claiming he diverted $385000 she gave or pledged as margin. She testified he sold bonds including City of Chicago and Omaha school issues to cover a margin shortfall. Charles Wesley.
Fifteen young women in a Palm Beach suite take over the Waldorf Astoria elevators in line with a federal directive to move men to war work. The displaced men will find other positions at the hotel until they secure suitable war-related employment. The electric elevators offer comfortable seating for the operators, following a previously tested approach at the Hotel Claridge, which reportedly improved service.
The Long Island Automobile Club provided cars for 1500 orphans from Brooklyn and Jamaica for a day at Coney Island. After a drive around the island the group visited Luna Park with attractions open for them. Bands from St John s Home St Vincent s Home Hebrew Orphan Asylum of Brooklyn and Ottilie Orphan Asylum of Jamaica accompanied the children.
Several hundred Caldwell residents gathered on the town green to back a Militia Reserves resolution urging the recall or barring of Hearst newspapers. Captain Lewis Patton led the protest citing past editorials, while Phineas A. Matthews moved to adopt the ban amid calls for suppressing the papers. The West Essex Security League asked the Postmaster General to forbid Hearst mailings.
The Uruguayan Government plans to purchase the British owned Central Uruguay Railway funded by an internal bond issue. The concession covered Montevideo to the Rio Negro over 165 miles and later extensions included Western Northern and Eastern branches. The total mileage under control nears ninety eight miles with prior reorganizations and a northern bank line completion.
Commissioner Enright has directed patrolmen to stop young men on the street and demand draft cards. Those unable to prove registration are brought to Local Board 100 at 490 Hudson Street for examination. Those who failed to register will be prosecuted and sent to the State Adjutant General. About 200 men were picked up citywide as the drive intensified.
Madison June 4 Philip La Follette youngest son of Senator Robert M La Follette is among 126 University of Wisconsin men to report for training at Fort Sheridan for the summer course starting yesterday and ending July 3.
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