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Newspaper
Orange County Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1915
Page
7
Montgomery Schuyler, long time diplomat and relief organizer, plans to return to Petrograd early in the new year. He has served in Ecuador and Mexico and helped manage American relief funds for German and Austrian residents in Petrograd.
The Middletown county board discussed extending taxes on county rolls and executing warrants, while committees reported bills totaling 220.14 for charities and 203.17 for county officers. A proposal to take in delirium tremens patients at Orange Farm was adopted, and coroners accounts totaling 1122.00 were approved for drafts pending legality review. The meeting adjourned with the county tax rate to follow.
Hathaway announces Triangle Moving Picture Service to Middletown with two weekly programs. The bill includes The Lamb directed by Griffith starring Douglas Fairbanks and a Sonnet comedy My Wallet starring Raymond Hitchcock with Mabel Normand. Bay State Ladies' Orchestra will accompany the program at the Stratton.
Walden New York December meeting of Walden Cutlery Handle and Manufacturing Co. sold its East Main street building and equipment to Schrade Cutlery Works for 5625, 75 percent of the original value. Schrade will install blade grinding and expand operations as an annex, using bone and etag knife handles only. Company organized in 1914 with capital 15000. directors then were Dominick Wooster Schrade. current officers Dominick president Wooster treasurer Fowler secretary.
Ulsterville reports Mrs C H Witte return from New York and Frank Ivory injures his right foot in a milk truck accident at Bush. James McKaig and brother Robert attend Kingston on business. Fred Witte returns from New York. School closes for holidays. A baby boy is born to Mr and Mrs LB Bineden after a fall from a hay loft hazards.
In Rock Tavern on December 22 Mr and Mrs W H Horton celebrate a daughter. James VanKuran is ill under Dr Reed in Washingtonville. Thomas Mulligan visits relatives in New York City. Raymond Mulligan's 35 friends surprise him at home Friday. Molly Casey returns from four weeks in New York. Mrs Raymond Pemrose and her daughter visit Goshen parents. Miriam Weed spends vacation with her parents.
Washington reports a November trade of 300 million dollars and 5 billion for the year, with exports making up about two thirds of the total. The figures mark an unparalleled level of American commerce for the month and for the year ending in November.
Berlin replies to U S inquiry on surrendering passengers and crew to open lifeboats. Analysis centers on indemnity and treaty interpretation in the Frye case. Germany’s note is being examined by Counselor Polk with Secretary Lansing holding back public release.
Carloads of wheat piled near Moses Wilber’s home were sent to Buffalo to be cleaned and disposed. Several freight cars were damaged and eight carloads previously sent to Buffalo, five more today. Two locomotives wrecked were moved to Port Jervis shops for repairs. Injured workers recovered enough to leave Thrall Hospital. Wreckage cleared by late afternoon.
The North Street Congregational Church junior and primary departments staged a Christmas program on Thursday evening December 28 at 7 30. The program featured obert Budd Chester Gardner Theil Wallace Edwin Davison and many others in recitations songs and choruses including Bethlehem's Beautiful Star Rock a Bye and This is Happy Christmas.
Albany December report shows Gov. Dix commission spent 16700 with no operations. It lists 200 feeble minded individuals for sterilization at 10 dollars daily plus expenses, costing 835 per name, likely unused. Dr. Cobb questions sterilization, while the commission continues at state expense. Governor Whitman defends reasonable needs for inmate welfare.
Washington December 23 Colonel E M House a close friend of President Wilson is appointed a special paid agent of the state department. He will travel on a special passport and the purpose of his trip to bellicose capitals was explained by Secretary Lansing.
The Middletown Rifle Club held its first shoot for the War Department national trophy. Five top scorers named are Joseph Conendlt Erherson H. Rose Richard W. Canfield A W Corwin and F K Gaffney. The club counts about 35 members with plans to split the year-end prizes among the ten highest shooters.
An epidemic of grip cold and pneumonia spreads through northern and central regions. Illinois Wisconsin Pennsylvania New Jersey Michigan report rapid spread with schools closed and clerks absent. Chicago 17000 of 85000 students out sick. Philadelphia and Camden deaths rise hospitals report 600 plus cases.
Passes of East Orange and Clifton hunted the Garrett Mountains yesterday on a tip that Antonio Federici, the slayer of East Orange detectives and gunman who wounded two Cedar Grove officers, camped in the area. Jacob Totten of Albion Place reported seeing a man matching Federici’s description by a fire and briefly speaking before he vanished into the woods. Federici, a former deputy sheriff of Essex County and Bloomfield resident, has been a fugitive since September.
Friends of Warden Osborne circulate a petition to Governor Whitman urging his retention at Ossining. The document notes high regard for Osborne's character and achievements amid opposition.
Henry A Wise Wood, a naval consultant and preparedness advocate, resigns from the naval consulting board in New York amid Secretary Daniels refusal to publish the general board's recommendations. He cites fear of a dangerously weak naval and military policy under the president and vows future criticism.
Daniel Gerard Elliot zoologist and explorer is dead at age eighty in New York. The obituary notes his prominent career and travels.
Athens reports Premier Skou loudis convening an extraordinary cabinet meeting to decide on major military matters amid Austro German troop concentrations near the Greek frontier and Solonika. An Athens dispatch says he will resign soon, with ex Premier Gomatra named to succeed. Martial law is slated to be declared in Greece tomorrow.
Incoming administration plans charter reform including a Commissioner of Charities to run poor department services and abolition of the Superintendent of Poor office. Life lease terms for City Clerk posts won’t be adopted. Radical changes target the Board of Relatives and apportionment, shifting to a three headed commission of Mayor, Common Council President, and Board of Education President. Health Officer seats to be filled by Dr J L Hanmer or Dr Thomas S Gillson. two vehicles exist in the Office of Health beginning with doctor Shelley’s term.
A dispatch from the Hague states Emperor William is seriously ill with a high fever and confined to bed despite official Berlin updates suggesting only a minor illness. The report cites private advices received in The Hague.
The mirror attached to the portrait photographer’s camera allows the patron to see the framing before the image is captured. This modification enables real time feedback and adjustments to expressions and composition during sittings.
William B. Phillips Jr son of O W station agent at Crystal Run has taken a clerical job at the Colonial Hotel Nassau Island Bahamas. He sailed from New York on the Morrow Castle at noon accompanied by Roland Green and others. The Colonial Hotel is a winter resort accommodating 550 guests.
New York political tension erupts as Governor Whitman is pressed to appoint John C. Clark to the supreme court bench vacancy created by Justice Ingraham. Republicans fear Clark's selection plus a Democrat appointee could alienate the party and affect control of the bench.
New York Dec 23 State Chairman Frederick Tanner George G Aldrich William Ward and others of the Republican state committee met at the Biltmore to discuss changes for the fire grants meeting of the state committee A call for a state convention where delegates at large and alternates to the national convention will be chosen was scheduled for January 7 The intention is to move the date to January 4 6 to avoid conflicting with the legislature’s opening on January 6 or 7.
White Plains N Y December 23 Justice Morachauser set aside a 74 dollar verdict in a case against the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The plaintiff Pried injured by contact with high power wires while employed by Peakend 1014. The trial has dragged through the court with repeated delays.
Red Bank New Jersey December 23 Mrs Grace Litt of West Lane Branch and George Lukes a Deal contractor were loudly injured when the scene they rode in was struck by a Pennsylvania train at the Broad Street crossing. The car was thrown about several feet.
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