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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1918
Page
3
Postmaster Patten denies any charges against postal officers and asserts no action has been taken regarding an attack on Burleson. The official statement clarifies that no accusations or disciplinary steps have been initiated against the P O men.
Federation leaders and post office officials clashed publicly over charges said to have been filed against forty five New York postal clerks for posting bulletins about Thomas F Flaherty and Postmaster General Burleson. Lubin denied filing charges while federation officials blamed the department and cited overtime pay grievances.
About 4200 youths are slated to attend state cadet officers training tours at Camp Bluefields in Blauvelt Rockland County. The four week program opens Tuesday under the State Military Training Commission as part of compulsory military training for boys ages sixteen to nineteen. The state covers transportation maintenance and instruction costs. boys pay only for uniforms.
In Pompxton Lakes New Jersey on June 28 a raft capsized sending two girls to their deaths. Perethy Goodline aged fifteen and her sister Ruth aged nine were with Willem Meyers fifteen at the pond near the steel works. The girls were accompanied by their mother, a widow, employed at the Du Pont cap works.
Two entertainments canceled from last Saturday will run today for war relief. At Mrs John B Phipps Westbury Long Island a gymkhana and other feats will showcase Allied teams, while at Glen Cove Mr and Mrs George du Ponttratt host a garden fete with Opera stars Alda and Giuseppe de Luca and Isadora Duncan dance numbers. An open air Junior Red Cross show in Mount Kisco features children performing French songs and dances.
County Clerk William F. Schneider calls on Mayor Hylan and Interborough officials to consider a zone-based fare instead of a flat six-cent increase. He notes disparities in line profitability and argues for elastic zone charges to balance wages, service quality, and war-time costs while avoiding undue burden on riders. The New York Airways Company petition to defer fare decisions to the Public Service Commission is referred to a franchises committee.
AMSTERDAM June 28 Dr Peter Rosegger a popular Austrian author is dead. Born to poor peasants at Alpel near Krieglach Styria he left tailoring for literature after patrons funded his early works. His dialect poems tales and books such as Waldheimat Der Gottsucher and Die Schriften Hen Waldschulmeisters gained wide editions.
Dr Edward H Bradford longtime Harvard Medical School dean and orthopedic surgery authority resigns effective September 1 after thirty eight years on the teaching staff and six years as dean. He may join government service or private practice during a final phase of a career spanning Boston native.
City estimates board links raises for firemen and police to department work reorganization to save salaries. It calls for consolidating duties, transferring staff to fill vacancies, and barring Civil Service appointments without board consent. Police protests note current overload and demand adequate funds.
Roald Amundsen sails from Christiania aboard the Maude to reach the North Pole. He plans to follow the Siberian coast eastward, using crude oil fuel and two airplanes on board, aiming to complete the Arctic journey with the ship designed to resist ice. President Wilson sent best wishes via Secretary Lansing.
A second story floor at the Pride of the Kitchen Company plant 388 Smith Street Brooklyn collapsed trapping Philip Kramer and his son Herman Kramer. Beams saved them from crush and they were able to go home to 128 Metropolitan Avenue Brooklyn.
Dr. William Gordon Lyle wed Mira Leontine de Sabla in a quiet home ceremony performed by Rev. Dr. Samuel Lyle. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. de Sabla of San Mateo, wore white satin with old familial lace. Attendants included Agnes Shreve as maid of honor and Aileen Tobin as flower girl. W Averell Harriman served as best man. The couple plan a California and New York wedding trip and residence.
Miss Wealthy Avro Lewis daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard J Lewis will wed Lieutenant William Jennings Demorest Ordnance Department U S A at noon in Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church A reception at Hotel St Regis follows The bride has no attendants Beat man is Lieutenant William Ziegler Jr S R and ushers include Walter Viele U S N R William Albra C B Rogers and G Forrest Butterworth Also marrying today Miss Charlotte Atlee Black daughter of Mr and Mrs Irving Donard Black to Louis Livingston in Christ Church Winnetka TL Mr Livingston is son of Mrs Robert Cambridge Livingston Miss Marjorie Sillcocks daughter of Mr and Mrs Warren Sillcocks will wed Ensign Ralph Waldo Marshall U S N R this afternoon at St Thomas chantry Miss Henrietta Talcott brides maid and Ensign Newcombe Baker best man.
Miss Edna Otten daughter of Mrs Anna Otten of 1383 Pacifc Street Brooklyn wed Lieutenant Porter Kenneth Crooks Coast Artillery U S A yesterday morning at Ambrose Chapel Cathedral of St dutn The ceremony was by Rev Robert Kilia Jones with Florence Gunnison ward of honor Louis Auger best man and ushers Frank Allen and Frank Sart A wedding breakfast followed at Hotel Majestic Lieutenant Crooks is son of Dr James Crooks Paterson N J
Midland Beach carnival opened with a parade from Dongen Mills to the gates. Borough President Galvin D. Van Name was grand marshal as hundreds of Boy Scouts and naval groups joined performers and athletes. Noted entertainers Marjorie Rambeau, Willard Mack, Pauline Frederick and others appeared, with a two day event aiding the Richmond County Red Cross base hospital, canteen and ambulance service.
The Delta Kappa Epsilon Alumni Association of Great Britain was organized in London to serve as the hub for American college fraternity members in Europe. Robert F. Colline was elected president and Howard Harrington secretary treasurer. The group aims to preserve fraternity interests among members in Europe and connect American university ties.
Readings detail a July Fourth loyalty procession in New York with 34 nations represented. Italian, Hungarian, German and Irish divisions, Native American tributes, and a 100000-strong march parade. Brigadier General Dyer and Mayor Hylan prominent organizers. The event aims to show inter racial unity and support for the President. Also noted is a $30,000 Cornell bequest from Dr. W. M. Polk for the John Metcalf Polk scholarship and the residue of his estate left to Counsellor Frank L. Polk.
Message from Dr Chaim Weizmann head of the Jewish Administrative Commission in Jerusalem greets Zionists in Pittsburgh urging American Zionists to aid Palestine colonies. He notes British support, aims for harmony with Arab neighbors, and calls for funds to convert debts into long term loans to rebuild Jerusalem Jaffa and Hebron after wartime disruption.
Methodist leaders from the United States and Canada meet at Junaluska North Carolina to plan a world betterment program. Bishop W F McCurry urges more church work for foreigners in the South. D D Foraythe calls solving how to reach unchurched masses in cities the greatest problem. Rev Luther E Todd elected secretary of the board of finance and new appointees named to the world programme committee.
Abraham Shuman’s will bequeaths nearly $250,000 to Boston educational institutions and charity groups. Funds include $100,000 to the city of Boston for a convalescent home and the estate valued at several million dollars. Probate proceedings begin with the distribution among recipients here.
Commissioner Jonathan Day testifies in Supreme Court affidavit detailing how the Markets Department aided the poor by enabling lower price purchases for food and fuel. He claims a wartime shortage and alleged price gouging by vendors spurred the program and that funds were handled through a city trust, with a $150,000 bond posted.
A 1916 clash erupts as Mrs Julian Heath refuses to resign from the National Housewives League after Attorney General Merton E Lewis asks her to step down. The case, revived from a 1916 action charging league endorsements for advertising, involves Frank C McKinney and alleges blameless acts tainted by a single officer. Florence Yokum and other League figures are cited, with public interest framed around pure food and honest advertising.
London reports a new American Red Cross convalescent home No 1 opened at Lingford Surrey to serve American officers. Mrs H H Spencer Clay, daughter of Baron Astor, donated the country house. the facility will hold 100 patients with twelve already transferred from London hospitals. Two additional convalescent homes for enlisted men and nurses will follow.
The Board of City Magistrates voted yesterday to substitute a women's day court for the women's night court as soon courtroom could be found. Negotiations are under way to obtain the Municipal Court room above Jefferson Market police court, which is said to be little used. Albert Creelman and Charles An thes were appointed for a four year term.
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