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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1919
Page
2
The War Department announced that victory ribbons sold by private dealers are suspected imitations with no authorized U S government ribbon in the American market. Soldiers are advised against purchasing these counterfeit awards as officials verify their lack of official status.
Will iam F. Broening of Baltimore was chosen as supreme dictator of the Loyal Order of Moose during the thirty first annual convention near Aurora Illinois. The event took place as ribbon manufacturers in the United States failed to reproduce the French sample intended for Allied pattern use.
John J. Kelly of Philadelphia slept in Pennsylvania Station with only $20 and feared missing Broadway. He decided to enlist Monday at 461 Eighth Avenue after meeting a recruiting officer, joining amid 289 applicants in New York.
Nationwide Monday enlistments total 659, the best day yet in peace time. Two hundred ninety recruits will be sent to Hawaii and the Philippines, with 93 air service and 98 motor transport corps in Hawaii and 19 ordnance and 60 motor transport corps in the Philippines. Martin Vogel will address a recruiting meeting from the Sub-Treasury steps, with Major Wickersham, Major Adams, and Clifford Grove as speakers. Veterans escort the speakers as two army bands provide music.
Frank T. Thompson, founder of the Millionaires Club, pleads guilty to grand larceny and is granted a suspended sentence by Judge Rosalsky. He vows to pursue legitimate business and claims he can again amass $100,000 within a year, despite prison and prior wealth of over $500,000 in Atlantic City and Pittsburgh real estate. Thompson must report monthly to the probation office and remain under police surveillance. State Senator James J. Walker and attorney Robert M. Moore request leniency and offer support.
Ossining June 24 An indictment charging jail breaking was handed down against John McAllister burglar artist expert dummy maker and Sing Sing convict now of parts unknown. He fled Sing Sing a few nights ago leaving behind an effigy so exact that three keepers counted it all night thinking it was the convict. Westchester County grand jury returned the indictment.
War Department reports 289,016 total American Expeditionary Forces casualties including 125,896 wounded in action and 75,662 missing, with two casualty lists listing many names from New York City and vicinity. The first list covers killed, wounded, and missing. the second lists additional names and statuses.
Mayor Hylan signed two housing bills enacted by the Legislature to ease the housing shortage. One bill requires a landlord to give twenty days notice before eviction. the other allows a twenty day extension from a municipal or justice court. During hearings critics urged against the forty day period, and a heated exchange occurred between Edward P. Doyle and George G. Hallock as Hallock was reminded of a past indictment. The Mayor defended the measures as reasonable.
Robert D. Williams of New York City was elected Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar State of New York at the 106th annual conclave in Ithaca New York. Other officers named include Deputy Grand Commander Robert A. Greenfield Grand Generalissimos George H. Hanford Grand Captain General Stuart H. Walker Grand Senior Warden Allan J. Hastings Grand Junior Warden Ernest W. Lovejoy Grand Prelate G Sherman Burrows Grand Treasurer George A. Newell Grand Recorder John J. Bonnington Grand Standard Bearer Cyrus L. Barber Grand Sword Bearer Emil H. Schmidt and Grand Warden Willard W. El
Sixteen year old Jimmie Daley was arrested in Garden City Long Island on a complaint by a Garden City hotel proprietor. Detectives Fitzpatrick and Appel say he worked briefly at the Monticello Hotel and left the day jewelry valued at about 1 000 disappeared. Daley allegedly sold pieces to Max Goldberg a pawnbroker clerk who is charged with criminally receiving stolen goods. The jewelry has been recovered and Daley faces robbery charges with connections to the St Francis Hotel case in East Orange New Jersey.
Edward H. Butler Jr four year old son of Edward H. Butler editor of The Buffalo Evening News died last Saturday night. Charles G Storms eighty two founder and incorporator of Dobbs Ferry died today at his homestead Broadway and Ashford Avenue survived by widow four sons and three daughters. He was the first slave and postmaster at Dobbs Ferry and supervisor Greensburg for two years. He handled J P Morgan estate for twenty years and helped develop Mohegan Park with a son. He was Home Insurance Company agent for fifty six years and a member of Diamond Lodge Masons.
James Scanlon fifty eight served twenty three years as an attendant in Brooklyn County Court and in St. Anthony's Hospital. He lived at 4 Ridgewood Avenue Brooklyn. He represented the 26th Ward Republican in 1894 and 1895, now the 22nd Assembly District. In 1896 he was appointed county court attendant by Supreme Court Justice Rppinall, then county judge.
Prominent New Yorkers and hundreds attended the funeral of former New York Police Chief William S. Devery at his Far Rockaway home. The procession featured a 100 piece Police Band, a 550 strong escort, and a solemn Requiem Mass at Church of Mary Star of the Sea. Interment followed at Calvary Cemetery with Taps by Patrolman George Kretschman. Major William H. Langley, 79, head of W. H. Langley & Co., died in Los Angeles per a telegram to Brooklyn friends. he owned a country home in Bellport called Old Kentucky.
Luigi Serteri sixty nine opera singer who sang opening song at Madison Square Garden died yesterday after a long illness. Born and educated in Italy he performed with leading companies and sang until ill health forced retirement. Funeral tomorrow under the Astor Fund of Amen sponsorship.
William G. Ford, 57, a prominent Brooklyn consulting engineer and former president of the Brooklyn Engineers Club, died Monday night at Roevelt Hospital. He helped organize the 2d Naval Battalion and was active in the Brooklyn Engineers and Masters Engineers' Club, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Lawyers' and Municipal clubs.
A fragmented obituary list notes the deaths of multiple figures including D Mundy of Big Mundy Shoe Mfg Co in Lenwick New Jersey and Samuel McQuilliane once of Norwich Connecticut. Also listed are William Mathews Harry Radin Benjamin Glenn Jr John Duncan Clara Fagereng Charles Biggs John Hirsuchhe Moses Lemdigin William White and others with brief associations and last addresses in Brooklyn and nearby areas.
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