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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1918
Page
11
A. E. F. morale rises as Elsie Janis wowses tank towns in France with barnstorming tour. Alexander Woollcott chronicles the star’s reception by American engineers and doughboys, praising her lively performance and impact on frontline spirits.
Captain H. A. Higby of Melbourne earns the Military Cross after two years in France and six enemy aircraft crashes. He describes British American stamina, German pilots, and a near-fatal 16 000 foot crash on May 16 as he recalls frontline combat and nurses casualties.
The piece highlights Elsie’s versatility as she sings and imitates while performing acrobatics. Her French songs and barrack room ballads recall 1918 favorites. Audiences praise her energetic stage presence and athletic routines as among her best performances.
Miss Fannie Durack the Australian swimming champion may appear in New York to address her issues with the national A A U authorities. Sydney Cavill a fellow Australian and adviser says she plans to settle with the A A U and then compete in the East while Pacific Coast interest hardens against her. Developments are awaited.
Patrolman John Gil ron of West Forty-seventh Street Station was injured while stopping a runaway horse and empty runabout racing down Ninth Avenue at Fifty-sixth Street yesterday afternoon. He suffered arm and knee injuries after being thrown against an elevated railroad structure and was relieved from duty. The horse’s owner was named as Charles Isadore of 62 West Thirty-fourth Street.
The Strand screens Our Invincible Navy in natural color via the Prizma process, tracing naval history from training to battleship operations and torpedoes. Also reviewed are The Venus Model at Strand, Missing from Strand, Mount Lassen in Action at Rialto, Say Young Fellow at Rivoli, and other shorts including marine shots and travel pictures.
Florenz Ziegfeld vows a broad fight against ticket profiteering for the Follies Atlantic City engagement. He says all means will prevent brokers from hoarding seats and plans to require bonds not to resell above set prices.
The first Tank Corps charity performance in this city raised about 2000 dollars for the 903d Battalion Tank C of the National Army now in training at Camp Colt Gettysburg. Performers included Irene Linan, Burton Green, Merita Sylva, Billy B. Van, Dave Ferguson Morton, Walter Scanlon, James J. Bernie, Baker, and Valli Belasco Martin.
Richard Ordynski director of the Metropolitan Opera House leads the Polish sketch to be presented by the Entertainment Committee of Stage Women's War Relief at the Conservation Food Show in Grand Central Palace today Polish Day features Polish actress Maude Scheerer in the cast.
The piece mentions a Friars Club dinner for a comedian, a Patsy on the Wing production, and appearances by Pegsy O Neil Victor Moore Reginald Barlow and others in Shubert shows. It also notes a Tank Corps benefit performance, a recruiting scene, and a motion in training to be shown publicly.
A. H. Woods plans about eight new plays in New York in August and September. Most will feature war themes and star Louis Mann, Sam Bernard, Marjorie Rambeau, Effie Shannon, Sheila Hull, Fannie Brice, Avon Comedy Four, and George Sidney. Fourteen touring companies will tour with four shows each and three of several others.
The North Shore of Long Island Kennel Association will hold its first AKC show for the American Wounded Soldiers Fund at Douglaston S 1. on Saturday. About 500 dogs have been entered, with entries from leading East Coast owners. Cash prizes and trophies will be awarded, and train service from Pennsylvania Station plus a twenty minute motor trip via the Queensboro Bridge route will facilitate attendance.
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company seeks 1000 new workers for the Seventh Avenue and Lexington Avenue subways. Public Service Commissioners reviewed the labor shortfall after recent losses to drafts and higher wages. Age limits were raised to attract workers, with consideration of women in ticket roles despite opposition. Subways due by July 1, with 411 more cars needed beyond 1152 new cars already in use.
The Queensboro Kennel Club announces an all breed match to be held July 6 at Link's Casino Astoria Long Island. Entries accepted at the show before judging which begins at 1 P M. Event will feature athletic contests and other attractions with trophies and cash prizes. Committee members include Dr H Ruben John Chal Wallace Sickels George Tree Charles Merritt Samue Jr Sick Snow Jr and Dr C N Platt. Athletic committee consists of F G Snow chairman R J Donovan Dr Wal ela and Frank O Connor.
The Edgewood Kennel Club stages its first annual toy breed dog show in the Edgewood Inn grotto Greenwich on Saturday for the Emily Bruce Shelter benefit. Entries closed yesterday with more than one hundred registrations received.
The Lambs wrapped up two performances at the Hudson Theatre with proceeds benefiting the Lambs building fund and several charities. Receipts from five performances totaled about 24000, mostly for the building fund, with shares going to the Y M C A Red Cross Stage Women's War Relief and the Actors Fund.
A united conference of the United Synagogue and Jewish Women's League met at the Jewish Theological Seminary on West 123d Street. Over 30 delegates discussed fostering historical Judaism in America, heard reports on finances and growth, and planned a directory of kosher hotels and restaurants.
Miss Marie H. Quinlan a Toronto born Red Cross worker active in New York and London was found drowned off Marblehead after disappearing from 08 Fast Dane Street Beverly She had suffered nervous trouble since arriving from London six months ago and left a will in Toronto Her acts of charity extended across Canada the United States and Britain
Milton Meyer 15 of 21 Convent Avenue and Harry Zimmermann 19 of 735 East 168th Street drowned yesterday afternoon when a canoe overturned in the North River off 140th Street. Harbor squad swung the river for the bodies without success. Charles Kaps 19 of 1400 Amsterdam Avenue and George Fuchs 21 of 76 Manhattan Street were in the boat. Kaps said they belonged to the Joly Pals Club now camping opposite Fort Washington Point on the Jersey side.
Miners answered wartime demand with a record coal haul for the week ended June. Total mined reached 12,465,000 tons, meeting efforts led by J. Garfield to push weekly output higher.
The War Industries Board acts as fashion arbiter for 1919, restricting high women s shoes to eight inch max, coats with limited pockets and one vent, and other fabric usage limits to conserve leather and materials. Regulations target spring shoe styles, colors, and sample production amid war needs.
Charles Emil Stangeland, a political economist and former attaché, is held on a 5900 bail indictment under the Espionage Act. He was seized by Naval Intelligence and turned over to the Justice Department. He faces extradition to New York after interrogation by United States Commissioner Long. His roommate Gustav Lindgrin is accused of traveling on a forged passport to send information to Germany. Stangeland's wife Karin Michaelis Stangeland is in Copenhagen. He will be arraigned tomorrow at City Hall.
Stanley Owen aged five and two other boys at St Christopher's Home for Orphans ingested a molasses mixture from a bottle found in a storeroom of the former reception hospital. An autopsy points to irritant poison possibly wintergreen or carbolic acid. Coroner and local officials investigate the incident.
The New York State Bankers Association will hold its twenty fifth annual convention June 18 and 19 at the Hotel Traymers Atlantic City New Jersey The program includes meetings of rate and investment bankers sections national bank section State bank section trustee companies section and savings bank section Speakers include Deputy Governor Treman of the Federal Reserve Bank New York H Beach and other notable banking leaders from New York Philadelphia and Wesleyan University who will address sessions.
A severe protracted earthquake shock was felt in St. Vincent on Saturday morning. The tremor caused alarm across the island as residents reported strong shaking and lasting effects.
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