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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1918
Page
15
A federal raid on a railway theft ring leads to 89 arrests and indictments. Yardmaster and numerous employees are among those charged in Toledo, with authorities alleging a coordinated scheme targeting trains and freight.
A federal grand jury in Toledo charged James J. Corbett and 98 railroad workers with long running car robberies that cost railroads and shippers about 10.9 million annually. arrests extended to Chicago Pittsburgh Detroit Jersey City and other cities. Corbett confessed and led the gang. many suspects arraigned as rail road protection prosecutions push for stiff sentences and warnings to others.
A dispatch reports Colombia’s Congress is in extraordinary session to establish a government monopoly on platinum. It warns of U S dependence and potential price gouging if Colombia sells to the highest bidder, possibly to German interests, amid wartime shortages. Russia’s platinum deliveries were small prior to 1917.
Jane Kehoe, a 19 year old bookkeeper, chased down a thief at Alfred A Cosse wholesale jewelry on West Forty sixth Street. The suspect, who claimed to be Harry Coden of 102nd Street, was tackled near Fifth Avenue and Park Place as police arrived. The thief shed four vanity cases valued at $4,000 in the fall and was held on grand larceny charges in Yoraville Police Court seeking $3,000 bail.
Ballston N Y June 4 Under the will of Jerse L Amoreaux former county judge who died here last night aged eighty his handsome residence and a dwelling adjoining together with a large maintaining endowment are bequeathed to the Presbyterian Church he will provides that the houses be used as a home for retired Presbyterian clergymen their wives and families
The War Industries Board announced the appointment of twenty directors to oversee war material production across regional industrial zones. Appointees include George E. Crawford Bridgeport William F. Morgan New York Ernest R. Trigg Philadelphia George Oliver Pittsburgh Harper Sibley Rochester Myron Herrick Cleveland Allen A Templeton Detroit Lucie Tetor Chicago A Clifford Shinklin Cincinnati Frank N Hoon Baltimore W J White Jr Birmingham Frank Crubbs Kansas City Jackson Johnson St Louis August Voxel Milwaukee Louis Kipsit Dallas Frederick J Koster San Francisco A J Rhodes Seattle Henry J Warriman Boston.
Washington June 4 many shippers ask modification of the freight increase as to provide for retention of differentials and to remove provisions discriminating against certain business interests or locales. Changes may be made before June 25 when higher rates become effective. Rail administrators will draft recommendations to eliminate injustices in intrastate rail rates. Western producers and livestock interests protested in person. Excursion rates for summer schools and fairs may be granted. The ICC issued orders implementing Secretary McAdoo's one cent a mile rate for furloughed soldiers.
Staten Island residents revolt against a municipal garbage plant whose odor prompts calls to close it. Sheriff Pitou reports over 1,000 complaints as homes seal doors and windows and values fall. The plant, run by Metropolitan By products Company, began last May and processes about sixteen tons of garbage daily from Manhattan, The Bronx and Brooklyn.
Mrs Anna Koffman accused Justice Spiegelberg of favoritism in the Fifth District Municipal Court while seeking to collect on a judgment. Her husband Frederick and an attorney supported the critique. Both were jailed at West 100th Street station for disorderly conduct after the exchange. They reside at 14 West Ninety-eighth Street. Mrs Hoffman was born in Austria.
The British-Canadian Recruiting Mission opens a station at 484 Claremont Parkway in The Bronx. Major C Bropman White states the move aims to recruit hundreds from the area for the Jewish battalion in Palestine. In nine weeks 1500 recruits have been enlisted at the Manhattan office 220 West Forty second Street.
May shipyards report a record output delivering 263571 tons in the month. A total of 44 vessels were completed and delivered including one wooden ship and 43 steel ships, reflecting strong activity in the maritime industry.
Washington dispatch reports American shipyards completed 43 steel and 1 wooden ships totaling 2,110,000 tons in May, a peak not seen since before the war. March was previously the best month with 21 ships at 172,011 tons, while prewar records show 12,126 tons in 1901. The Shipping Board issued orders to curb foreign registry transfers and to encourage US shipyard contracts for vessels 1,000 tons or less.
Alien Property Custodian A Mitch el Palmer urged Congress to expedite a bill under the trading with the enemy act. The proposal would vest title in the custodian for property seized from enemies or allies of enemies, including encumbrances, to simplify takings and disposal of German holdings.
Federal warrants charged John N. Vree land and his wife with sugar hoarding. The couple, assistant secretary of the Scottish Union and National Insurance Company, were released on their own recognizance and ordered to appear before United States Commissioner Richard F Carroll. Authorities reportedly held ninety five pounds of sugar in unopened cartons and seventy eight pounds in a tin, amid claims of excess beyond a three pounds per person monthly allowance. The Vreeland household included their son and a maid.
In Budapest Premier Alexander Wekerle announced plans to move a resolution at the next plenary session to restore the clause on woman suffrage to the franchise bill. The plan comes amid disputes regional and political tensions over voting rights.
A Swiss diplomatic dispatch reported that Prince von Buchau the commanding general of a Bavarian division was killed in the Marne fighting. The notice arrived in Washington and is dated June 4.
In London Sir Robert Kindersley cites War Savings totals as 8405,820,000 over six months. He predicts stronger results in the next half year. Lord High Chancellor Finlay argues German bombing and murder reflect desperation and that Allied victory nears as America aids the balance.
Washington June 4 The Federal Trade Commission cites inequities in the canning industry after a full investigation urging regulation and possible legislation. It finds average profits around 82 percent in 1917 with nine percent the prior year and notes late price adjustments failed to prevent high margins on tomatoes and corn. The report highlights influence of large packing houses and names Swift & Co Libby McNeill Libby Armour Co and others as major players shaping prices and competition.
Draft Board No 65 chief clerk Joan B Shaw of Brooklyn was held on $10000 bail by US Commissioner Reifschneider on charges of annoying a draft registrant's wife. The case cites a plea for reclassification in exchange for favors, followed by an attempted kiss during a meeting at her apartment. Shaw, 54, married, denies guilt. examination set for June.
Health Commissioner Copeland led a conference with Joseph R. Phelps chief of the sanitary division of the surgeon general s department and Dr JG Wilson assistant surgeon of the United States Public Health Service to plan city support for wounded soldiers. City hospitals both private and public are available including the Sea View Hospital on Staten Island.
A world record for rapid lighter construction was set at Baldwinsville Emergency Shipyards as Liberty Lighter No. 17 launched in three and a half days after keel laying. The previous record was nine days. Yards plan to launch four light ers weekly and expect all contracted lighters complete by August 1, with four already bound for the Atlantic coast via the barge canal.
An official telegram from Zurich details mutinies by Slav troops in the Austrian army. Reports say revolts began with the Slovene Union and a Czech contingent at Pilsen, with actions across frontier areas until authorities quelled them. Diplomatic notes from Corfu praise US sympathy for Jugoslav aims.
The Atlantic division of the American Red Cross began a ten day drive to meet a 25000 nurse quota for the Army and Navy this year. Trained nurses will be enrolled without state registration exams to speed enlistment. Tomorrow about eighty booths will open in New York with posters and cards urging enrollment. Committees will canvass training schools as hospitals release nurses for war work and replacements are sought. Miss Jane A. Delano notes the effort serves the same wartime purpose as military service.
Country Milk Company formed by upstate farmers plans to offer Grade A milk at 7 cents a quart in New York City. Bulk milk sells 10 to 11 cents, with a new price of 2.80 per 40 quart can for bulk. cream to 54 cents a quart at stores. Promoters include N A Van Lou and John J Dillon, former state foods chief, who has pursued the plan for three years.
Test of a state law forcing Charles Strathmann and associates to challenge restrictions on traveling the Speedway led to his arrest by Magistrate Groehl. The group sought arrest to test the highway ban and was given a defense deadline of June 22 at Washington Heights police court.
The Young Men’s Christian Association outlined its national drive for a $100,000,000 war fund with regional quotas. The Eastern district including New York would provide 44 percent, Central 34, Northeastern 10, Western 5, Southeastern 4, and Southwestern 7 percent. George W. Parks of New York was named committee chairman.
Paris was bombarded again by long-range German guns. In Parliament, Bonar Law stated that Germany breached its pledge to the Vatican by attacking Paris on Corpus Christi day, promising the yellow will not be forgotten in future such appeals.
Belgian veterans led by Major Osterreich marched along Fifth Avenue from Central Park to the American Galleries as Major General Danich Appleton and Allied officers reviewed them from the Union League Club grandstand. The procession included Namur’s veterans of 1914 and Belgian Motor Corps who fought in Belgium Archangel and Russia, then Siberia to Vladivostok. A reception followed at Mast Twenty-third Street with Depew among hosts, and women presented silk flags to Belgians and French Blue Devils as crowds cheered Brabancong.
A note from Havre to the Belgium Legation describes intensified German artillery activity in the last week around Nieuport Dixmude Merkour and Boesinghio. The report cites Belgian units facing heavy bombardment as they defend key coastal positions.
Mrs Lyela Turner widow of Hugo Brandeis testified before the grand jury that her husband Charles Wesley Turner a broker in the national army at Spartanburg South Carolina stole about 40000 from her including 5000 she gave to buy Liberty bonds. Turner indicted on two counts for land larceny and held on $2000 bond while drafted to Camp Wadsworth.
About 30 nationalities are represented at a City Hall meeting to plan a Fourth of July pageant parade under the Mayors National Defence Committee. Speakers include Mayor Hy, B. Newton, Cayton Whitwell, A. Somers, Henry Macdorfeld, Dr. Katz, Major Brooman White, and leaders from the Greek, Cuban, German and other communities. General Dyer to be grand marshal. parade to honor diverse groups with air and ground displays. anticipated 79,000 marchers.
Woman munition workers urged Samuel Gompers to press immediate passage of the suffrage amendment, arguing wartime roles demand equal rights. Nine workers from Bartlett-Haywood in Baltimore joined Delaware colleagues in Washington to seek action, citing discrimination and unequal pay. Gompers pledged influence, with senators and President Wilson pressed to support enfranchisement as part of the war labor program.
First Deputy vomiscclener Lendl reserved decision in Brooklyn yesterday in the case of Patrolman Peter Kraft charged with making disloyal remarks at a local draft board headquarters. He allegedly said it is in the United States interest for Germany to win and that England is a traitor in this war.
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