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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-06
GIRL FRESHIES REMOVE PAINT.
Teachers College SOphOmOrcs Jn-
aisted Rocks Face he Clean.

Diplomatic relations between the soph-
IGNORES and freshmen at the Teachers
College. Amsterdam avenue and l2oth
street, were strained almost TO the break
inc point Thursday when the Fophomorcs
awoke to find sophomore Rock" deco
rated with tho numerals 1919 in glaring
green aud yellow. the colors Of the fresh
man class.
After an indignation meeting Marian
H1gadoT, president of the upper class,
wrote an ultimatum to Ellen Cochran.
president Of the freshmen, demanding
that tho rock hc cruhb"d c,.an by noon
Yesterday under a penalty Of disbarring
the offenders from the reception tn tho
dean This fall.
The freshmen capitulntod, Nj ycSt"r-
daN morning six stHlWart men were busy
with soap and water restoring tine rock
10 its proper uncmbcllishcd baroness
while the freshmen. accompanied hy
their allies. the juniors, stood around and
sang their class songs to show thai al
thouCh they had been forced to lIcld the
point their spirit remained %undauuted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-06
SIX POLICEMEN IN PARADE
TO-DAY GET HERO MEDALS
Each Risked His Life in Line of Duty-Mitchel, Wood
and Army and Navy Officers Will Review
the Thousands of Marchers.

lam williams. a b~oatswain's mate at
tached to the L. :. :. Wasp. fell into the
North River. which also was choked with
ice. Policeman Franklin =. Travcr OF the
West 1o3d street station heard the
drowning sailors cries and plunged into
the river. Traver got the sailor and
swan with him to the Wasp. wherefore
Policeman Traver will get the Peter w.
Meyer medal.
Get. Automobile club Medal.
The Automobile club medal will 20 to
Policeman Edward +. Doyle OF the
Charles street station. There was an
ammonia explosion in the Manhattan Re
fning Company's plant in West street on
April 20, 1918. Despite warnings that
a second explosion was imminent Police
mar Doyle entered the basement and
brought out an unconscious workman.
Again Doyle was about to dash back
into the basement when the second ex-
plosion happened, AS predicted, and
Doyle was hurled backward so badly
burned and smashed that he was laid up
for many weeks.
Policeman George r Iagerty OF the
Fifth avenue station, Brooklyn. was on
duty in Hicks street on the night OF
July 20. 1915, when the sound of two
shots came from the adjoining post.
Hagerty ran in the direction of the shoot
ing and found a man lying OF the side
walk who had been shot twice. The
wounded man pointed in the direction his
assailant had run and Hagerty took after
the armed fugitive.
The man. running with revolver drawn.
darted into "A doorway and locked the
door. Policeman Hagerty smashed in
the door. entered the pltch back hallway
and after a bloody tussle in the dark
dragged the man to the station house.
Consequently Brooklyn and the Police
Department believe that Policeman
Hagerty has about the best right to the
Brooklyn Citizens medal and the Mayor
will pin 1t upon him to-day.
During the parade the buses OF the
Firth Avenue Coach Company will be
compelled to change their regular route.
Between ! and 4 o'clock the Fifth, Sew
enth and 81. Nicholas avenue lines will
turn In at Eighty-second street from
Fifth avenue and run down Park avenue
II Forty-slXth street, thence run via
Madison and Fourth avenues to Nine
teenth street and thence in Fifth avenue
To Washington Square
The Riverside Drive line will run from
Columbus circle through Eighth avenue
To- Fourteenth street to FIfth avenue to
the Arch.
Before and after the parade they VIII
travcrs" their regular routes,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-06
WESTINGHOUSE HEAD
BALKS AT MEDIATORS
President Herr Objects to
Strikers COmmittcc-Makc>
Counter Proposal.

rfrrsRvrG. May SIT was indicated
to-day tina, the Westinghouse strike.
which has rendered $4,000 persons idle.
l. far from settlement. when President
T. VI Herr of the company refused TO
meet the mediation selected
10y the striking employees for n confer
encc with him on the grievances which
brousht out the walkout
pisapproval az the personnel ~ the
strikers committee was the reason gwen
by MIR. Herr for his action. However.
President Horr's willingness to treat
in a counter proposal, IN which he sug
rcstcd a Nay OF meeting on common
grounds.
His propose, VAS for the strikers to
select FIVE men from a list OF employ ces
made W uy the company and the com
uauN officials 10 select fve men from a
list mad. up by the striking workmen.
The strikers will take action on the suc-
gcstton tomorrow
All saloons in New keusiuGtou have
been closed by order OF the county oi'i-
Gals following the strike yesterday OF
1000 employees or the ALUMINIUM ON
pany Of America and strikes to-day al
two plants of the American sheet and
TIN Plate company, Although there has
teen no disorder. the authorities fenr a
fresh outbreak should the men become
inftmcd with liquor
The general industrial situation In the
district is far from encouraging =
ever, instance wh"r. employees have
gone nj they are holding st"adfast, ~it
the exception Of "A few cases in which
their demands have been granted,
Big concerns like the Allied Wcsting-
house Companies. the Aluminium tuln-
pauV of America. the Pressed steel Car
Company, which employ nearly jo.n0r
men and whose employees have walked
"ut, have been shut down rather than
submit to the demands. This proves
ConClusivclN that the employers ~asSocia-
tlun. representing all IN" large manufaC-
I ,urers here. is now prepared To carry out
IT. threat 10 shut down every big plant
in the district rather than grant the
eight hour day. =.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-06
Hampstead LEASED
FOR FLYING SCHOOL
Wright Company Takes En-
/. tire Ficld-An Hangar
Holders to Leave.
GrARDSMEN WILL STAY

The Wright Aeroplanc Company, a
son. which bought the Wright patents
last November. has leased the entire
aviation field at Garden city, /" l., for
n term Of Ave years for an aviation
school. A Number OF small corporations
aud clubs now occupying the grounds
are TO leave. as their leases expire
ut the end OF this month, The Wright
Company. which a a capitalization of
5000 900. is expected TO make OF the
field one Of the best aviation centres In
the world.
There are eleven holders ~ leases
OF hangers at the Hampstead field. one
Of these is the New York National
Guard. which has a school there and
uses three hangers. The guardsmcN. 1t
IL understood. will be allowed to lease
space as In the past. and SO may some
of the others. A general notice has been
sent to all. however. by the Hemp
stead Plains Aviation Company. owners.
to the effect that leases cannot he re-
newed.
The field j. two and a half by three
and ;hr~ee-quarters miles in size and has
been the official field Of the Aero club
of America since 1912. Most OF the
license tests and practically all Of tho i'm
portant flying in the East have been done
there.
The users OF hangar who must leave
on May 81 are the General Aeronautic
Company, the New Jersey Aeroplane
Company. the Empire state Company.
the Aero Club of America. sidney +,
Beckw.th. the Ilvane Manufacturing
Company. the Interstate Aircraft Com
! pany and the NJ. r. L. Company. Lewis
g.. Young, who also has a hangar. has 4
lease that does not expire. il, is sad. unit.
next April.
Five or six OF the Wright company's
%aoroplanes viii he shipped tomorrow
from Augusta. Ga, the present Wright
school. About "A dozen more will arrive
OF June /.
Howard Rcinhart. who was ut one
time chief OF Villas aviation corps in
Mexico. is 10 start from augusta 10 New
York tomorrow in a Wright HIS type
biplanc. The distance il 900 miles. II
Eeinhart makes the flight without stop
as planned. II will establish "a new
American record He will leave the
Southern city at daybreak. and hopes e
arrive here after shutdown.
one Of tn. concerns that may profit
by the new Wright plans t. the Sleeps.
head BAY speedway Company II (,
expected that many Of The oustcd con.
Germs will establish hangers at Sleeps.
head Bay.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-06
CRAVEN JUSTIFIES
HIS $4,000 SALARY
Public Service Engineer Tc,,.
Thompson Committee Uc
Saved City 81 900 900.
GIVES - YEAR RECORD

Alfred Craven, chief engineer n, ~,
Public Service Commission. whose ,.i..,
Of s2o,oo0 has seemed 80 annoy -.
Thompson legislative committee
dressed a letter to Senator Tborn.o.
yesterday To he read INTO The COMMIT.
tees record. II IL q chronological 81,
view of his activities as an cupiroe, H.
forty-fve years.
II Will add 10y way of psrcp,bc,.
wrote Mr.. Craven. "tha, | do not, cons,d..
the question of whether | receive 4; oc.
or 100000 a year has any material b.a
ing on my position. for | would gy.
proper attention to the obligations ,b,,
I have undertake. whatever my saa-
might be. | have followed the pro,.s.
sion Of ensiueering now for somo,lp.
over forty-hvc wears. and iuy care.
has been an honorable ure. Rhi h
have been proud of
For fifteen years. Mi 'ra,o''s Lotto
stated. he was AN engineer OH mimi.
work In California AMI Nevada and #,
1884 was called To- New Nurt 20 Ds
a division engineer under the Cro'a.
Aqucduct commission Mh'u 'to r,r
was completed. he said. = Wa. fnI,t
there had been q great deal n ,or,
defective work done by 'hc ,or,,,oo-.
and the Fassctt investigating curr.,
tee succeeded in getting 4 new comm
sion appointed. Mr.. craven was ono ~
the few engineers retained ny tic res
commission. and II Was generally rec,c.
nized. he wrote, Ia his work IN coz.
nectior with the completion II tho cor
tracts saved the city some SIX Or egs'
million dollars.
Mr.. Craven also related his connect ~
with the Jerome Park reservoir. lead I.
to his resignation because c1ndi'ia, .
arose in which he refused 70 ho,or
involved. II was after that. In 400
that he became \ division eng neer W.,
the Rapid Transit Commission. ana Oh.
several stages attaiucd tn" position %
chief engineer of III. Pubic Sery -
Commission.
II wish TO emphasize tho fact" h.. n
tinucd. THAT during the entire rs'nl
of my employm"r' with the city. fror
1854 to the present time. 7 r"y'" ask.
for any advancement I'm position o-
salary"
Mr.. craven also pointed 80 s,v'e
Of S%i7.O00.0 00 which he cTer'sl -
changes in the subway plans I' .
had lone nothing moro. De state. %
thinl;s u can be reasonably stated '-a'
his 100000 salary Is fully justified 10
charged that ~" uuju~, ard l''t
Tor attacks upon him by tho commit =
hav" been Tin the nature NJ 4 h-l',
attempt to assas~Inatc my Cia-trs
| resent II, as any honest man 'oIi
resent il"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-06
SONS DEATH KILLS MRS. stage.
Fast Orange woman Frustrated nv

Fast ORANGE. y J., May a-ShoCk
caused by the killing Of her son. Clinton
u. Stacg, moving picture scenario writer.
in an automobile accident in California
l. believed to have caused the death to-
day OF Mrs. william T.. StagG in her
home. 81 Meadow street. She was found
dead In bed by her husband.
Mrs, Stagg, who had been III. rccci, ed
news oi ncr sous Il, aiii Yesterday, rlus-
tra,ion followed and all night she was
under medical attention. Mrs. Stasg was
~ years of age and n native of Orange.
1t is probable hat "A double funeral
will he held.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-06
TELEGRAPHERS TO
ARBITRATE DISPUTES
New York Central Officers and
Employees Believe Strike
Will Be Avertpd.
L. :. MEDIATORS TO ACT

The New Fork Central Railroad Com
pany and the Order Of Railroad Telegra-
pliers have agreed to submit their diff
ferences 70 the United States Board
of Mediation. Both sides believe that
a strike will he avcrted. wallace W.
Hangar Of the Mediation Board will
manage tho negotiations In private ses-
sions.
II. y. Perham. president OF the ,eleg-
raphers' union, said yesterday that the
weeks. He added
The Order of Railroad Photographers
Is anxious to maintain Its reputation for
avoiding strikes. I feel that the crisis
will eventually be reached. The ,eleg-
raphers had a fund OF $500. 900 In readi-
ness for n strike and ] believe the rail
road company spent a least $500. 900
In strike breaking arrangements"
Weinstein Bros. OF IL East twenty
third street. one Of the largest cloak and
suit firms in New York. signed yester-
day an agreement granting all the de-
hands Of the international Ladies' Gar
ment Workers Union. Their 500 en-
ployees will return to work on Mon
day Max Weinstein said
we hav not had any labor troubles
with our employees In ten years. Even
the present difficulties affecting the
whole industry have not in any way dis
rup,ed these friendly relations"
other manufacturers who settled with
the garment workers union yesterday
were Dillon & Zimmerman of 80 West
ThIrty-second street. and Lesser & Ro-
gan Of I West Thirtieth street. Both
firms resigned from the Cloak and Suit
Manufacturers Association when the
lockout was declared. President Schles
niger OF the union says about forty
manufacturer have signed the new
agreement and that 1000 cloak makers
will return TO work on Monday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-06
l6, SHE WEEDS TO DODGE ARREST
Mothers Charge Fails. Girl PROV
Inn IN Court she's 70 Bride.

When Helen Ruskin. ~ wears old. oi
sos Kent avenue. Williamsburg. was
taken before Magistrate Steers Ncster-
day on her mothers complaint ~ dis
orderly conduct, the girl nourished a
marriage certificate, showing that She
was the bride of Gerald dunno. ~ Years
old. when the mother MAS in court
seeking a warrant Helen communicated
with her sweetheart. the two got n
license AT the Rrooklyn bureau and wcr,
married later in a Presbyterian church
parsonag. IN Williamsburg.
Magistrate Steers dismissed the case
Tho girls mother said she would hsvs
'Che marriage annulled.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-06
SALVATION ARMY
PRAYER WINS GIFT
OF HUGE BUILDING
Structure Covering q Blocks
I'm Jersey city Presented
by Thomas Hill.
DONOR TELLS HOW
SPIRIT RULED HIN

Thomas Hin, y Jersey city wagon
Manufactured. who looks so much like
the Laird Of Skibo' that men say
''Thcrc COOS Carnegie every time he
walks along Bruadway, has presented TO
the Salvation Army n building with a
frontage at >, and =? Newark avenue.
Jersey city. occupying six city blocks.
The building was designed by Mr.. Hill.
although he never took u lesson in
draughting. and was constructed under
his immediate supervision by days work.
although he IL not a builder.
The glft-thc structure cost Mr. Hill
more than s9j. 00O-ls believed by Major
Wallace Winche,l, superintendent OF the
Salvation Army Industrial lone in Ter
sey city. to he an answer to prayer. and
Mr.. Hin says nc is Of the opinion that
the Major Is absolutely right.
The building was constructed by piece
meal OF the finest granite, columns and
pieces Of stone. salvaged from big struc.
lures RACED in New York to make way
for skyscrapers. II is probably the most
solidly built structure ever erected in
Jersey City and stands on a foundation
that will sustain the weight Of sixteen
stories. although the building itself IL
only three stories high. 1t has a style
OF architecture peculiarly its own and
Il would be difficult for even an archi-
tsct to describe II.
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Public SCHOOL 10, The Bronx. observed
Arhor Day by planting a tree II -.
Mary's Park, 4 sturdy young elm was
dedicated to Edmund Bronx Southwick.
The exercises included a scene from
'"rhc Tempest" several folk dances and
a pantonimc, The Awakening OF
Spring,' Nj, S%onthwirh was for thirty
nine years the official e~ntumu,ugist Of
the Park Department aud is the origi-
nator Of the celebrated Shakespeare gar
den In Central Park.
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Each one Of YOU light up a good
fire ordered Cameron. and keep Z
going brightly. That win hold the deer
hack If they try to sneak past to-
night in tho shallow water"
Tomorrow morning mighty early,
come rain or shine. the Conservation
COMMISSIONS BRISK lads will start at the
very tip OF Mashomack Point and drive
the deer back over the trail they took
this afternoon--drive them If posslbl.
NJ against the now strongly fenced line
Of posts through which the scared wild
tAings raced to-day, Just II opening
will he left IN the tall fenced line. and
that opening. rather c~lcvcrly masked by
transplanted young pine and cedar. leads
straight into a corral built strongly OF
wire and timber.
Here will be the grand opportunity of
the Rogers boy, Roping a deer In
water Is apt to he = gentle psstime com
pared with roping aud holding a leaplng,
pluneing thing which has the goo,
ground under its feet.
I'm goin' to try, sure goin' to try
said WIN. But ropin' tho huckinest old
bronc that ever tried to bite the cheer.
fuincss out OF n cowboy was a picnic
compared to this"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-06
Fog That Burned the Rrer,r.

as the deer appeared briefly. THEN
whhte flags showing clear in the dark
thickets. one heard the approaching
chorus OF the peaceful hunt. the jumbl.
of shrill cries and heavy bellowings, aud
away back the first few beaters showed
themselves, AS they came in sight
something like n gray streak passed over
the ridge. darted seward. turned. and
was gone like a flash through the row
OF stockade poles and into the Masho.
mack woods.
Fox 80 yelled the Rogers boy. Fox
And he shore did burn the breeze -
And then came Cameron and tho
whole long line to admire the four dee,
roped from the sea. to get "A few good
hrcaths after the Furnishing four mile
tramp. 10 count noses and to get read,
for the immediate business OF stretch.
ing wire fencing along the line of ter
foot stockadc posts. Cameron callot
for volunteers from tho wardens and
twenty men tackled the fencing job
which had to be done by nichtfall. Two
men were assigned to guard the heacr
Al the cNtrcnsties OF the stockade line
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Things Will he turned eround every
which way at noon to-day, for the Com
mon People will block the sidewalks as
much as they please. whereas the ci,y's
Finest will he ordered to move on"
Down Fifth avenue will march the
blucclad cops In the annual police
parade. with Mayor Mitchell, Police Com
missioner Woods and his deputy COM
miss oners, army and navy officers and
other distinguished folk banked high
upon the reviewing stand on the FIfih
avenue side of Madison Square to watch
he blue lines sweep by.
The regiments of the Finest will begin
to pound the pavements in the Fifth
avenue and Fffty-nin,h street neighbour
hood not long after the moor hour. or
in time to pass the reviewing stand
about . o'clock. out upon The asphalt
IN front OF the reviewing stand then six
among the thousands ~ policemen in
line will come TO attention: and the
Mayo VIII shake hands with them
and pin medals upon them because each
of the six on some daylight. rather
during the year 1915 had walked right
up to death unafraid. or II afnid
walked right up Just the same.
The first one. Policeman John +. Nc
carren Of the Fifth street station. will re-
ceive the Police Department medal be-
cause OF the night OF October 2S. 1915.
he chased u burglar up the Bowery. and
although the burglar shot McCarren
| through the CHEST. the shoulder and tine
abdomen McCarren ran on until ne had
captured his man.
shot by Cocaine Fiends.
Policeman John &. Caspers OF the
Third inspection. or Tenderloin, district
waded into a gang OF cocaine users at
lO1th street and Fifth avenue on the
night of June ~, 1915. one OF the gang
turned and shot Caspers twice. through
the thigh and the lower leg. Caspers
Kept up the chase. however. until lie
tu!nbled in "A heap, unconscious. He will
ieceive the Rhinelander medal
The Isaac Bell medal Will be pinned
upon Sergt. Alexander &. Anderson of the
Old slip station because on December %.
1915. Sergt. Anderson jumped In among
cakes OF floating ice in the East River
and grabbed Angus Nelson. an ESCAPED
prisoner. The policeman had to swim
some distance in the ley water while
struggling with Nelson. but finally man.
aged to get his man ashore.
On the night OF January 10. 1915. VIII.
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but getting him securely tied and in
side the boat was something else again.
slowly. very slowly, 81 as not to choke
the breath out of his slender throat.
he was drawn to the stern OF the boat.
Rogers and Hildreth and Carpenter lifted
his head high out Of the water. flung
his body sharply sidewise and grippcd
his plunging feet--the little polished. let
black feet that would have cut To tho
bone had they landed OF face. body or
arm. A minute later the buck, painting.
snorting and thoroughly dissatisfied with
life. was lying in the boat. half bitches
%plnioning his feet. a coffee sack mutning
his head.
The deer came fast after that. pnnpiug
from woods and brush and bayberry tam
gle. sometimes singly. sometimes by twos
n throes. As they passed over the
crest of a low ridge rising between the
country AT their back and the sea sands
they paused for a quick. nervous survey
~ the landscape. then went on. mos.
OF them with wonderful curviug bounds
which carried them lightly as a bra
would fly over six foot fences. fire black
ened gullies and treacherous hogs.
Several In their panic dashed to the
sea and plunged In. TIT men from the
olNe lassoed a second young buck. and
over vi the other side of Gibson's Beach
Deputy Chief Charles Il Stapley OF
Gencseo captured two fne fat bucks
which were trying TO swim to Sag Har-
Dor.
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Just Couldn't Resist.

$50 | began to reflect in this way
that II ! were 1t man strictly religious II,
would require II from my hand. Ye,
He owns everything. He certainly owns
81 and >? Newark avenue. Jersey city,
and lie shall have II. 50 became
quietly obedicnt to what ! believe now
va. the voice Of the better spirit, Maju,
WincIcll being the principal messenger
in the Transaction, as God always works
by means. And now am just learn
Ing why the property never pruspered
with me ii was because 1t properly be.
louged 10 God and He wanted I, COR His
people ~ the salvation Army. and |.
loving HIM, could not be disobedient IL
the voice of the better spirit"
Mr.. llill. who was born in Englanl
and * more English than Scotch, as lie
says, despite his looks, was personally
acquainted with Gen. william Booth and
his wife before they founded the Saliva
ton Army. lie has always liked the
Army's way or doing things and was
the first man in jersey city to give the
Salyationists aid when they started
work there. He gave them the old
Foundry Mission in Railroad avenue
rent free for three years and it was
there the first corps was established bS
Adjutant Sarah Wray. Col, Patty Wat.
kins also held sway there before she be.
came Mrs. Lindsay.
Although Mr.. lin says he doesn',
want any credit for his gift. Najoi
Winchell insists that "A bronze table,
shall h. placed in the new salvation
Army building and MIR. Hill has con.
scented that the inscription on IL shall
read AS follows THE lin Memorial
Building to Gen. William Booth and His
Wife
wv" haven't decided just what use
Will Lee made of the Gift" M.i,i
WlnChcll said. 1T VIII probably b,
converted into a social institution Wit
q great meeting hall. II may also h,
used as al adjunct to our industrial
hoine and perhaps We will also have II
IL a cheap hotel for men, II is big anC
hne enough for many purposes
The property Is clear except for &
$4,000 mortgage. Title will be passet
about June l..