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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1918
Page
8
New Jersey trolley workers returned to duty after unanimously agreeing to submit their wage demands to the War Labor Board. Car service resumed quickly across Newark Jersey City and Hoboken as workers ferried shipyard personnel home after their shift despite scattered unrest.
The Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes fails to rally full Bronx lines as about 900 workers quit. Disputes flare at West Farms over fights between strikers and workers, with schedules disrupted on Jerome Avenue and Kingsbridge. Company officials cite low turnout, say 2 cent raise posted, while strikers seek higher beginner and progression wages. City Island and Clason Point shipyards report access issues due to erratic trolley service.
Federal agents seized jewels valued at $350000 believed linked to the former Czar of Russia. In Hoboken two men, Montefiore G. Kahn and Vladimir Jogelsen, faced charges of smuggling after allegedly delivering $2,000,000 worth of Czarist jewels that had entered the U.S. through deceptive officials. Jogelsen and Kahn were held on bail while authorities weighed further actions.
James MacBride, once a close aide to Mayor Hylan and head of the Civil Service Commission, resigns to take a high post with the Fox Film Corporation. The move follows tense exchanges amid accusations over city health campaigns and film industry ties, marking a shift from public service to private cinema work.
Washington dispatch reports State Railroad commissioners seek a readjustment of intrastate rate increases and met with Charles A. Prouty of the Railroad Administration while McAdoo regrets not consulting earlier. He urges cooperation during wartime, stressing sacrifices to win the war and uphold justice.
The Council for War Service outlines a new drive to organize local civilian groups into assemblies across districts. The Section on Aliens will focus on Americanization and immigrant registration with police cooperation. Sixty war information centres will provide aid on risks, allotments, and rent matters under Civil Rights acts.
The Rockefeller Foundation allocated $25,000 as an initial step to demonstrate how care and entertainment for Black troops in war camp communities can be organized. The plan, led by Community Service chair Raymond Fosdick, aims to spur across the nation more funding and cooperation to improve welfare and recreation for Negro service members near training camps.
George E. Vincent announced a $35,000 appropriation to demonstrate a program of social hygiene in a typical war camp community. The plan involves cooperation between army and navy medical departments, State and Federal Health Services, the American Social Hygiene Association and related bodies. Communities for the two demonstrations were not announced.
Nelson Morris the Chicago packer has been transferred from Camp Grant to Washington as a refrigeration sergeant. The order arrived days ago and he is now on his way. In Nebraska the State Council of Defense urged the Non-Partisan League to cease operations, calling its war programs a treasonous scheme.
The House accepted the Smoothland amendment to the Increased Pension bill setting a minimum monthly pension of 30 dollars and a maximum of 40 dollars based on age and length of service. The amendment grades the pension upward from a lower rate. The House action followed months of debate in Washington.
Postmaster Thomas G. Patten, head of the New York and Long Branch Steamboat Co., sought a temporary receiver in Trenton. Edward B. Slocum Jr. of Long Branch appointed to operate the Patten Line boats Elberon Mary Patten and Thomas Patten with Little Silver to replace one taken by the government. The court will decide on a permanent receivership June 17, and Patten plans summer operation of the line while finances are resolved.
Secretary Daniels awarded a Medal of Honor and $10 gratuity to Frank Monroe Upton and Jesse Covington for heroic rescues after the Florence H. explosion on April 17, 1918. Upton of Denver and Covington of Grace Hunt Okla leaped from a destroyer during heavy wreckage to save survivors. A silver life saving medal was given to Frank Le Febvre for rescuing two people at Glenwood Landing New York on August 30 1917. Stove W. Stuley received a silver life saving medal for leaping aboard the Patapsco to aid a shipmate who fell overboard May 5 1917.
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