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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-06
NAVAL RESERVE
WIG-WAGS VAIN
New Jersey Lays in Aiding
Repulse of Invading
Foreign WarShips.

German fleet sighted of Sandy
Hook"
The red and white flags dipped right
and left, spelling out latter by letter
the news that New YORK narbor would
be bombarded in an hour. white-clad
sailor. standing erect. with binoculars
10 his eyes. gazed across the Hudson
from the soldiers and sailors monu-
ment on Riverside Drive. In the haze
and drizzle he waited, minute by min
ute. for an answering wigwag from
the Jersey shore.
None came. The signaller and the lit
tie knot of bronzed men in navy uni
form behind him waited in vain yes-
terday afternoon for the boom of guns
from Fort Lee, and the news they
flashed did not stir a single Jerseyman
to arms.
The United States Naval Reserve.
which is training any one with the
price of a blue or white uniform to pro-
tect his country from foreign invaders,
hopes for better luck next Sunday. 1t
viii have another corps of wigwaggers
browning the Palisades and taking down
uncensOTed war news transmitted -
more or less accurately by the anna
teurs on this side. But yesterdays
manUuvres were only practice for
sterner stuff TO come.
The reserve had forty eight members
at 3 p. m. yesterday. 1t was organized
last week in the Pulitzer Building by
Lieutenant Charles VI. Steinert, for
merly Of the New York naval militia,
and Ensigns Raymond Hall and Robert
G. Horsman. Rear Admiral Adolph
Mark is another sponsor.
Ensign Horsman went to Washington
yesterday morning to see Secretary
Daniels, who will be asked to recognize
chine guns and navy cutter next
spring.
I'VE want to provide a place for the
man who can't put in five years with
the naval militia said Lieutenant
Steinert. "He can sign up with us for
year, and will have to buy uniform
that's all. Drills will be held once a
week. We expect to have the use OF
some high school building, where the
men will learn to knot and splice and
receive elementary instruction in gun
merry. In the spring we can begin drill
with motor boats and cutters"
The signal detachment has Park Com
missioner Wards O. X. TO meet every
Sunday afternoon in Riverside Park and
wigwag 10 IFS hearts content-so long
rs the shrubbery is uninjured. The flag
wavers will be reinforced by the LIST
Torpedo Boat Division. a Brooklyn or
ganization which has taken up signal
ling under the direction of S. G.. Davis,
a veteran Of the Spanish war.
Despite the rain. about thirty APP
peared for practice yesterday.
-. . -. ~ u
marked l. +. Raft. commander Of the
Sd Division of the naval militia, as he
gazed ont OF the cabin windows of the
L. 6. :. Granite State, at the foot of
Ninety-third Street, yesterday after
noon. Those fellows look like the
fifth wheel Of wagon 70 me- We've
got sixty signallers in the naval mill
tia's detachment, and that's more than
the government regulations call for.
Il guess they've got violent attack
Of patriotism" said he.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-06
URGES WAGE SCALE
FOR CITY EMPLOYEES
Bureau of Standards Deals with
Professional Service in
First Report.

The first report of the Bureau Of
Standards of the Board of Estimate.
which suggests tentative wage scales
for city employees, was made public
yesterday. The bureau expects TO
make sixteen reports, one on each Of
the various services into which the
city's work is divided.
The list Of services includes execu-
tive. legislative, judicial, professional,
investigational, social and educational,
sub professional, inspectional, clerical,
custodial, police, fire, street cleaning.
institutional. skilled trades and labor
The report made public yesterday has
70 do with the professional services
and contains n suggestive schedule for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-06
Woman Badly Hurt, Many
Bruised in Trolley Crash

One woman was seriously injured,
eight others bruised and many shaken
IN. when a crowded WestchcSter Ave
nue. car crashed into the rear Of a
Clason Point car at Jackson Avenue,
The Bronx. late yesterday afternoon.
Men who stood on the running boards
were thrown TO the street, and glass
,howered upon the passengers inside.
Mrs. Mary Newman. ffty-four. Of 2l9
East Seventy-siXth Street, was taken
TO the Lebanon Hospital. The others
who reported injuries. but refused
medical aid. were: Margaret Jones,
Of $40 East l35th Street; Minnie
Graver. Of 20S5 Lexington Avenue;
Mrs. Mary Grlirenstein and DAUGHTER
Helen. of 3ls East Fifty-second Street;
Lena Finkelstein. of 800 East l20th
Street; Ethel Drain. of SO Harriet
Street. Yonkers. and jeanette Gerard,
Of a s. Mary's Street. YonkerS.
According to the police. the motor
man Of the WcStchester Avenue car
miScalculated the distance between his
car and the Clason Point car. which
was standing az the Jackson Avenue
crossing. Traffic was held up for an
hour
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-06
Trimmed ROCKIES
QUIT WAR SCHOOL
Casualties in "CorpOra
tons" Heavy, but Men
Are Proud of Loss.


Plattsburg, y. Y. Sept 5.-The Blue
and the Red armies. which have been
battling" in this section for the last
nine days, returned to this city this
morning. after mannuvre march
which covered more than one hundred
miles.
The men broke camp ut West Platts-
burg at $50 o'clock and. with Major
General Leonard Wood leading on
horseback. started on the last leg OF
their Journey. The columns of khaki
clad soldiers swung through the princi-
pal streets Of Plattsburg at o'clock a.
m. and the uI-r proceeded to the parade
Ground at the post. where General
Wood and Major GeLeral Dougherty,
senior officer Of the Pennsylvania Ma
tional Guard. reviewed them.
Colonel Frank T. Mccoy, brigade
commander, and his staff were in the
van, followed by the provisional regi-
ment Of citizens. The rockies lost all
sign Of fatigue as they marched past
the commander of the Department Of
the East in columns of companies. Fol-
lowing the citizen soldiers came the
regulars. The bands Of the Both and Sd
Infantry and the I'd Cavalry played the
column by.
hike TO the camp of instruction. With
surprising speed the equipment lent by
TIE government was turned in and the
men arranged their baggage for the
trip home. The greater portion of the
rockies left camp tonight, and the
others will entrain on specials to-mor-
row morning. Mayor John Purroy
Mitchell was among those TO leave for
Now York this evening.
The regular army officers command
irg each company were presented with
1emembrances by the men they had
taught the trade of soldering. These
presents ranged from field glasses.
sporting rifles and silver salvers to
gold cigarette cases.
The armored auto cars left here to-
day for Chicago, where they will be
part Of the camp 10 be established at
Fort Sheridan on September 20. The
army biplane was shipped to Garden
City tonight.
Many of the men, after they had dis
carded the field uniform for civilian
clothes, found that they had lost much
girth. Perfectly we'll fitting tailored
suits sagged where formerly neat cor
porations were prominent. The men
were quite proud of the reductions, and
IL was case OF some OF the more en-
vious drawing in breath to compete
with others in the comparisons in COM
pany streets.
Private Samuel J. Rosensohn, Of
Company c, in private life Counsellor
Rosensohn, of the Corporation Coun-
sells office, has lost more than twenty
pounds. Private \. J. Slicklen, of the
same company, a New York lawyer,
who was vieing with Rosensohn for re-
duction honors, won out. He lost TWEEN
ty-one pounds and a beautiful blond
mustache
The third camp of instruction had six
hundred approved applications on its
roster to-day, and it is expected the
number will reach eight hundred be-
fore Captain Dorey calls the roll on
Wednesday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-06
Plattsburg Rockies Back
as Civilians This Morning

While thousands of workers and
business and professional men will
leave the city to-day, there will be sew
eral hundred new arrivals here after
1926 this morning. And they will be
bronzed with marching in sun and rain
at the Plattsburg training camp. They
will include bankers and clubmen and
ex-soldiers and policemen, and if they
are not militaristic in spirit they will
come primed with arguments on the
value of military preparedness.
The proposed parade of the citizen
soldiers from the Grand Central termi-
nal to the Battery has been abandoned,
according to United States army Off
GERS at Governors Island. The plan
died from hamilton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-06
Girl and Two Men Victims
of TreacherOus Tide in
the ROCkaWayS.
WOMAN RESCUED,
DIES FROM SHOCK
Park Police Captains Daughter
Dives to Death in Hudson
Chauffeur Also Sinks.

Six drownings were reported at
watering places about the city yester-
day.
High seas ana powerful undertow
changed surf bathing from pleasure
TO peril at Rockaway. Life guards
along the beaches were unanimous IN
saving the sea was the highest and
heaviest Of the year. Comparatively
few visitors dared to brave the pound
ing rollers and the lurking current be-
meath, and of those who did three per
ishcd by venturing out too far. SO
strong was the back pull Of the tide
that none Of the bodies was recovered.
Arthur Meyer, twenty years old, OF
224 West l4Oth Street, Manhattan. was
drowned off East Forty-sixtn street,
Edgemere, yesterday morning. lie vas
caught by the undertow and his body
swept out TO sea.
Christian hatfield, twenty-nine years
old. of 1882 DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn,
was bathing of East Forty-hrst Street,
Edgemere, with his wife, mother and
fathcr-in-la law The tide sucked him un-
der ana he was drawn out Of sight be-
fore his father-in-law, Fred Kcerder,
of Borough Avenue, Winfield. l.. l.,
could go to his rescue.
Sixteen-year Ruth Henkeld, Of
32I Greenwich Street, Manhattan,
struck out too far from shore off
Brandreth Avenue, Rockaway Beach,
Yesterday afternoon, and was the third
victim Of the powerful undertow.
Octavia La Cue, twenty-four years
old, Of $50 West Hist STREET, Manhat-
tan, was bathing in the Salvation
Army grounds, off Atlantic Avenue,
Long Branch, y. j., yesterday when
she was caught by the undertow. With
her friend Ella Sheehan, of Jersey City,
she was drawn out to sea. Lifeguards
rescued the girls, but Miss La Cue died
on the way TO the hospital.
John Seckerman, thirty-seven years
old, n chauffeur, living at 225 East
l05th Street, Manhattan, was drowned
Yesterday morning while swimming in
the Hudson River at Fifty-ffth Street.
The body was recovered.
Johanna a. Conway, fourteen years
old, daughter OF Captain James Con-
way, Of the Interstate Park police, was
drowned in the Hudson yesterday af-
ternoon while bathing from the HaZ-
ard powder dock at Fort Lee. The
girl was good swimmer, and when
She sank no one paid attention, think
ing she had dived. The body was re-
covered
A full suit of clothes was found on
the shore of Overpeck Greek, near Lee
onia Bridge, Hackensack, y. j., yes
terday afternoon, and Game Warden
Small, of Englewood, is sure that a
man went in swimming and was
drowned. The clothes are at MINER
ly's boat house.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-06
800, PEEvED, RIOT
FOR SEATS In CAR
After 20-Minute Wait Gem
etery Crowd Pummel
Greedy Man.

The terminal of the Richmond Light
and Railroad Company at Richmond,
Staten Island, was the scene of riot
last evening in which three hundred
men, women and children took part
One man was seriously injured and
women and children were knocked down
and trampled on.
The reserves of the New Dorp police
station finally quelled the crowd. A
man and two women were arrested
Louis Monolsky, forty-nine years old,
of 2l43 Second Avenue, Manhattan. was
so badly injured that he was taken 20
the Smith Infrmary Hospital suffering
with internal injuries.
The riot started when the crowd ar
rived from the Jewish Cemetery to
take the cars back to Manhattan. Mrs.
Virginia Liberman, of Manhattan, had
been at the cemetery placing a stone
on her husbands grave, with the as
sistance Of Louis Burger and his wife.
After waiting twenty minutes troll
lev car pulled in. When il stopped
there was a rush TO get aboard. Stand
ing near Mr. and Mrs. Burger was
Monolsky. He boarded the car and in
sisted upon holding the whole seat for
his friends. Burger struck Monolsky
in the face. This ltarted a general
fight.
Monolsky threw Burger of the car.
Then Mrs. Burger and Mrs. Liberman
sailed into Monolsky. Then some one
cried Lynch him. Hang HIM"
This cry startled the entire crowd,
and they began fighting with each
other. Sticks and stones were hurled
and women and children were knocked
down and trampled on. A call was
sent to the police station, and four
men on bicycles came. When they ar
rived women and children were scream
ing. and many were lying on the
ground.
A cry came out of the crowd that
man was killed. The policemen forced
their way through and found Monol-
sky bleeding from wounds on his head,
face and body. He was sent TO the
hospital, and Burger and his wife and
Mrs. Liberman were picked out as Mo-
nolsky's assailants and arrested.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-06
81 GANGSTERS
In POLICE TOLLS
Two Detectives Rid West
Side of Social Clubs
After Nights Work.

"Delenda est ganEsters,' Quoth Cap
tain John D. Ormsby, of the West
Forty-seventh Street station, or in
words to that effect. After having
paraphrascd the cider Cato 90 his own
satisfaction and the confusion Of his
subordina.es. re- and his men sailed
forth and brought destruction on the
gangs of the upper West Side, beside
which the sack of Carthage pales into
insignihcance.
For years Tenth Avenue and its ad
joining streets have been under the
sway of social clubs" of rowdies who
have lived by their wits and the free
use of blackjack Supreme ariSto-
orat among them mas been the Gopher
gang, of police court fame. Conditions
grew 10 be such that it was sure pre-
diction Of assault and battery if a
peace loving citizen went out after
dark with so cents ir his clothes.
Women have been insultcd and boys
and men beaten up with annoying reg
ularity. Few Of the victims dared TO
protest 80 the police for fear a worse
fate NIGH. bcfali them.
Captain Orms5y's long suffering
temper finally reached its limit. He
tried to catch the Gangsters with his
uniformed force. The Gophers popped
into their holes at the sight of brass
buttons. If captured each had a long
abb TO present in court.
Then the captain put into plain
clothes two young patrolmcn, not well
known TO the gangsters. Griffin and
HalliGan became innocent citizens and
wandered about the district. a tempt
ing halt for the rowdies. Having col
lected sufficient evidence they began
to make arrests. and continued TO make
then.
Saturday night ffty-seven crestfallen
GangsterS were marshallCd before the
captain and clapped into cells. Yester-
day morning they were escorted TO the
West Side court and arraicned before
Magistrate McOuade The shattered
remnants Of the gang had appealed TO
their politician protectors, many OF
whom also appeared 10 plead for their
protegts.
To all appeals Magistrate McQuade
turned deaf ear lie fined each OF
the prisoners two dollars and advised
each TO change his ways or else 20 far.
far away from the West Side and never
come back. If any one Of YOU ever
appears in this court again" he an
nounced. 1T will be six months on the
Island"
Griffin and Halligan did not stop.
Late last night they appeared in the
police station escorting eight more
captives. Thev explained that there
were more of them who should have
been arrested. but the could only
handle four apiece. They were locked
up. and Will be arraigncd before Mag
lsiraie McOnado In thn rnnrnirc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-06
CATHEDRAL TENT CLOSES
Dean Grosvenor Speaks at Final Ser.
vice-May Open Next Year.

The final service in the tent on the
grounds of the Cathedral Of ST. John
the Divine. Amsterdam Avenue and
10TH Street, was held last night. The
statement was given out that probably
the services would be continued next
season. The speakers last night in
cluded Dean Grosvenor, the Rev. Dr.
G.. A. Christensen. Rev. DR.. Anthony
and the Rev. W H. Weeks.
The services were projected by the
Churchmen's Association. The tent
was provided by the Evengelistic Com
mittee, and attendance was larger than
had been expected. Assistance was
given by choristers from a number OF
Episcopal parishes.
The National Bible Institute, carry
ing on during the season about 900
meetings of all kinds. will keep up its
efforts until October Tent Evangel.
Harlem, where attendance has broken
all records. closes on September l3.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-06
Fired

THE fiction which we read in our youth
L used to tell about the brave hearted
boys who worked for cruel, hard bosses
But what of the boss who is handicapped
by careless clerks and whose reputation
suffers from a discourteous word, exag-
geration, misrepresentation, or deliberate
living because it's easerl
It's the agreeable task of The
Tribunes Bureau Of Investigations to dis
cover whether the fault lies behind the
counter, in the aisle or beyond the frosted
glass of the private office. Sometimes an
honest boss finds crook on his payroll
and fires him. But more often he finds an
honest boy looking for job-and hires
him.
If you prefer to buy at stores where
honest employees are working for honest
bosses, make your shopping list from | he
Tribunes advertising columns. The
Tribunes guarantee is your insurance
against incompatibility of morals.
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First to Last-The Truth:
News-EditoriaLs- AdUertisen,ents
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-06

~ conditions peculiar 20 certain en-
pigments in city service, (3) the 81.
perience of the Municipal Civil Seri.,
Commission in examining and certify
ing for the positions in the city sers,
at the existing rates Of compensate,
"a the assumption that New Yus
City wishes to be a model employr
and t5) the theory that a range y
salary rather than a fixed rate shoul.
be established for the majority Of d,
positions in the city service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-06
MEMORIAL TO AVIATOR
Galbraith T. Rodgers 10 Have Monu-
ment in Pittsburgh.

Charles r. Lamb. artist-srchitect, is
designing memorial to Galbraith
Perry Rodgers, the aviator who made
the flight across the United States in
1911, starting from Sheepshead Bay and
arriving a. Pasadena Rodgers was
killed in a fall at Pasadena in April,
1912
The monument, which is 20 be erected
in Allegheny Cemetery. Pittsburgh. is
classic in design, deliberately carved in
stone. with two large pillars, cap and
base. and with a large inscription
panel. bearing, besides the personal
name and dates of birth and death,
Rodgerss record as an aviator
The main enrichment Of the monu-
ment is an altro relief in bronze. show
ing Mr.. Rodgers in fight across the
continent in his aeroplsne.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-06

the following professions: Accountant,
architect, bacteriologist, chaplain,
chemist, dentist, dietitian, engineer,
forester and entomologist, lawyer,
nurse, pathologst, pharmacist, ply
stefan and veterinarian.
In presenting the report George L:
Tirrell. director of the Bureau of
Standards, states that the basis for
the rates of compensation are de.
termined by CD the market value OF
the particular kind of work performed,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-06
GUESTS STAB ENTERTAINERS
Hilarious Evening Ends in Fatal right
Three Men Held.

John Doherty, Of pa Franklin Street
Williamsburg. was stabbed 20 death az
his home last night in a night with
three friends whom ne had been enter
tanning. o,c.
The police have arrested John q ron
nor. Of the same address, VINO, IL Is Pc
licved. welded the knife, and Nike NC,
Carthy, Of 1855 Manhattan Avenue a.u
Chris McCauley. Of 43 India Street, both
If whom are said to have taken part in
the struggle. r..
Doherty was fifty-two years Ola lie
was stabbed through the heart and IN
the abdomen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-06
GAS ORPHANS SIX CHILDREN
Out of Work Since wife Died, Father
Ends Life.

Six little children. from two 90 twelve
years old, were left homeless, penni-
less and parentless yesterday, when
their father Charles Metzger. fifty
years old, turned on the gas in his
bedroom in Yonkcrs
Metzgers wife died three months
ago, and he has been unable 10 get
employment.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-01-28
HAYES

Mrs. Lee Long is visiting her
father in Texas. Mrs. Frank Schneid-
er of Abilene accompanied her.
H. e. Sollenberger's children have
been having the humps.
G. M. loves spent Sunday with
Mrs. A. Anderson of Sutphen.
Miss Charlotte Stillie of Chapman
is helping Mrs. l.. H. Long.
Earl Lowe and Harry Sampson
called on friends south of the river
Wednesday evening.
G. w. Kelley's took Sunday din
ner at A. H. Longs.
Miss Pearl Marts of Junction City
spent the week end with her cousin,
Miss Nina Sampson.
Mrs. R. A. Baker and Mrs. M. A.
Woodson, who have been quite SICK
are both somewhat improved.
Will Mayer and sons were visitors
at the Woodson home Sunday.
A. D. Gross, who has been SICK
the past two weeks, is improving.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-01-28
Department OF Labor Will BE Fed
eral Employment Bureau
POSTAL DEPARTMENT TO HELF
Secretary Wilson Starts Movement
to Keep Labor Informed of
Opportunities for EN-
plOyment

Washington, Jan. 27.-Formal an
nouncement of the Inauguration OF
a great federal employment bureau
by the department Of labor, with the
assistance of the postoffice and ag-
ricultural departments, was made by
Secretary Wilson. Through a circu-
lar letter, sent to all sections of the
country, the secretary called the at
tention, OF the public to the govern
ment movement to bring the man
less job and the jobless man" to-
gether.
Agents of the agricultural and
postoffice departments have been
provided with blanks so that en-
ployers and employment seekers In
almost any part Of the United States
may make their applications with
out waiting to communicate with
Washington.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-01-28
SOUTH DICKINSON

The funeral services Of Jacof
Shank were held at Navarro Wed
nesday morning, conducted by Bish'
op ]. N. Engle.
Revival meetings are in progress
at the M. E. church ct Navarro, con-
Quoted by Rev. Gazzell of Woodbine
and Rev. McCulloh of Enterprise.
w. c. Grigg transacted business
in Abilene Tuesday.
Miss Mary Engle returned to her
home at Abilene after spending a
week with Mrs. Homer Hoffman.
Mrs. Albert Mauchley and Misses
Edith and Oneto Mauchley OF Atchi-
son were here to attend the funeral
of Mr.. Shank.
Miss Frances Davidson, a return
ed missionary from South Africa,
will talk at the Belle Springs church
next Sunday evening.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-01-28
MANN SAYS WILSON is
BUILDING UP A MACHINE

Washington, Jan. 2b.-President
Wilson was charged with seeking to
build up a personal machine to get
denomination and also with viola
ton of the platform pledges of his
party by Representative Mann in an
address In the house.
81 notice on every side" said MT.
Mann, that the distinguished gen.
tleman who is president is building
up q personal machine for as far as
he can to secure his denomination.
with such eminent officeholders
as Judge Folk and Mr.. Davies (com-
missioner of competitions and men
toned for the federal trade COM
mission) in prominent positions.
mainly engaged in trying to build mp
a personal organization for the pres
ident; with the president Quarre!ing
with the joint appointment power at
the other end OF the capitol and con-
stantly refusing to listen to ad"ice
from Democratic members OF the
house unless they agree to what re
wants, ask you gentlemen whether
you think he Is following the pledge
of the Democratic convention in re-
spect to the people of one term"