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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04
Murderer Frees
Wife by Decree
In Death House
Schuster Grants Divorce so
Bride in Russia May
Wed Again
By BRIGGS

Alexander Schuster, convicted of
murder. gave his wife Il divorce in the
old death house at Sing Sing yesterday
so that. according to the Jewish law,
she may be able TO marry again after
he dies in the chair.
Schuster's wife lives in Grodno, Rus
STA. She was a bride Of six weeks when
he left her four years ago to establish
a home in America.
Schuster took to drinking anu, while
intoxicated. shot and killed Mrs. Rose
Zamk. Of Brooklyn, who had bcfriend-
ed him when he was without work. At
Schuster's request the divorce proceed
ings were arranged, and Justice Irving
Lehman issued a Supreme Court order
for that purpose. Otherwise, Mrs
Schuster, having no child, would be
forbidden by Jewish rites from marry
ing again.
Shortly after l o'clock three rabbs
from New York and DR.. Samuel Buch-
Ter. the Jewish chaplain, gathered in
the dingy, whitewashed room OF the
death house. A moment later Schus-
ter entered, tears cOursing down his
cheeks. Two guards stationed them
selves on either side of the door. The
doomed man stretched out his arms in
appeal TO the patriarchs.
"Rabbis," he cried, 81 want you to
know that, though am not innocent
of the crime for which | must pay the
penalty the woman | killed contrib
uted much"
/ DR.. Buchler informed the condemned
. man that. even though the appeal now
before the higher court should result
successfully, the divorce would remain
in force.
II understand" replied Schuster. 81
want TO do this last act for my poor
bride. She must not suffer on my ac-
count
The rabbis handed to Schuster the
parchment on which the release was
to be written.
even if you fail a hundred times.
he said. according to the ritual. you
must write and write and write, until
there is no flaw. Here is the document.
Consider your actions my actions, your
will my will, your mouth my mouth
For nearly an hour the learned men
labored over the sheet. The reader
carefully drew the Hebrew script. The
other rabbis bent over his shoulder,
searching for the slightest flaw. Schus-
ter stood through the proceedings, his
shoulders dropping and his head touch
ing his chest Finally the document
was ready. 1t was handed to Schuster
~ give this 20 my wife, Esther, in
Grodno." he said
With that the first divorce proceed
ings ever held in prison in this state
were ended.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04
Rotary Club Learns
Of City's Big asks
Activities Of Marks's Depart
ments Described in Rapid
Fire Talks

Members of the Rotary Club. after
luncheon yesterday at the McAlpine,
heard in a rapid-fre series Of two
minute talks what IS being accom-
rlshed by the deparJments under the
juri sdiction of Marcus ~. Marks. Pres
ident &C the Borough of Manhattan.
They learned. Tor example, that
every year the Department of Public
Works must repair an area Of pave
ment equal to road thirty feet wide
from the Battery to the
northerly line of Yonkers. They
learned that the people of the Dor
ough took last year 100000 baths in
the city's permanent baths and $780,
600 in its floating baths: that the city
has the biggest and best municipal
asphalt plant IN the world. and that
1t. Col Frank II. Hines of the Second
Field Artillery. \. G.. y. Y, who is
also Superintendent Of Public Build
ings and Offices. is responsible for
the care of property valued at ST.
COS 800. on which he spends Sl.56l 900
d year, and employs 800 men and
women.
In the absence OF Borough President
Marks, who had been called to Wash
ington at the head of large delega-
tion in support Of daylight saving
Ralph Folks. Commissioner of Public
Works. presided. Among the first
speakers was r. W. Stern, chief en-
gineer in charge of highways of Mr..
Folks department, who said he had
found nothing permanent about pave
ments. except their need of repairs.
He put the average life Of a pavement
At fifteen years. which made necessary
the renewal of $4,000 900 worth OF
pavement every year. For this, how
ever. The city appropriated only
81 .OOO,O 900.
Arthur Esslng. secretary Of the De-
partment Of Public Works. John II.
Boschcn. deputy commissioner of Pub
lie Works; j. W. Adams. secretary of
the Borough of Manhattan; Col.
Hines; {. II. Pinckney. first assistant
engineer in the Bureau of Highways,
and william A. Van Horn. supervisor
of the Municipal Asphalt Plant. were
some Of the other speakers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04
Gary Plan Urged
For City Schools
By Business Men
Chamber Of Commerce
Committee Finds Present
System Inefficient

Wider adoption Of the Gary plan in
New York's public school system and
the reduction of the membership Of
the Board of Education from forty-siX
to seven are urged in a report sub
mitted TO the Chamber Of Commerce
yesterday by Howard c. Smith. chair
man of the commercial education COM
mittee.
The report arraigns the present sys-
tenn as incompetent, Indifferent and in
efficient, and one Of ancient laws and
ancient customs. Not one of the 90, 900
teachers, it is pointed out, has been
dismissed for inefficiency in the last
ten years. and the rules make it almost
impossible for any employe, even a
janitor, TO be dismissed.
Your committees inquiries, both
among the teachers of the commercial
schools and among those employers
who desire to employ their product"
the report reads, were convincing that
the charge of general inefficiency
among the graduates was real and not
imaginary. The mass of graduates did
not have working knowledge of the
subjects taught and had lost or never
acquired those traits of personal habit
and character that are essential TO all
business and without which education
must fail. The traits referred TO are
truthfulness, accuracy, thoroughness,
promptness, cleanliness, politeness, re-
spoctfulness and the like.
zone principal told your committee
that out of 400-odd graduates from
his school he could not recommend a
single one for employment to fill the
lowest clerical job in banking house.
An employer of labor said that among
many high school graduates he had not
found one whose elemental knowledge
was good enough TO permit him to
qualify in his business. Employers
reported a most discouraging amount
of carelessness and error in the Gle
mentary topics of arithmetic, writing,
spelling and grammar, with indifFer-
ence to mistakes and with the good
qualities of personal characteristics
largely lacking"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04
Night Court Bill Vetoed
Mayor Says Discontinuance
Would Revive STRAW Bail"

Mayor Mitchell yesterday vetoed the
bill which passed both houses Of the
Legislature giving the Chief Magistrate
the power 30 discontinue the Women's
Night Court. The bill. however pro
vided that night sessions might be held
if necessity demanded
THE bill gives authority TO the cher
Magistrate TO direct that the separate
court for women be held either wholly
or partly in the daytime" said the
Mayor. 81 consider the power too great
10 III the facts presented. The Night
Court has been one Of the greatest
means Of lessening the bail bond evil
in THIS city, and fear that this meas
ure would in time break down the en-
tire Night Court system. A return 20
the cid bail bond system would be ad-
verse 10 the best city interest.
THE Police Commissioner advised me
that he would regard with great mis-
giving the abolition Of the Womcn's
Night Court II tho bill had given
power TO the Chief Magistrate 70 direct
that adjourned cases he tried IN a day
court, would very gladly have &C
cepted the proposed legislation for the
city"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04

Frederick j. Carbonate. the last survivor
OF Walker Nicaragua expedition in 1854
and the first Rhode ISLANDER TO enlist for the
Civil War. is dead in Elizabeth. ". j.
The wireless outht at me Gano Damn labO-
ratory Of the College of the City OF New
sort has been excepted from the order OF
the Navy Department that all wireless sta
tons must be closed
Lieutenant l.. H. Lima a.. chief censor at
AWHILE. Long Island. has gone 10 Galveston.
Tex, 10 censor cable messages for Central
and south America
Residents Of The Bronx intend % establish
a day nursery for babies whose mothers turn
10 war tasks. fund OF from 900 to
$50. 600 is 10 be raised
The College OF the City OF New York has
arranged with the Alliance Franchise 70 give
a course m conversational French FOR sailors
and soldiers.
Henry Martin Boem Clayland. Of $50
Hewe- street. Brooklyn. a Civil War veteran.
j. lea years and day old
fifteen hundred loaves Of bread were
brought IN moving van 20 that section OF
Newark that was hit by a bakers strike
Somebody tried 20 snatch a miniature flag
from the buttonhole OF Michael j. Kelly. a
subway guard. Kelly j. under 81 500 bail m
Brooklyn. but the man he hit is in a hospital
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04
News in Brief

Frank H. Hitchcock. who A. POstmasts
General turned an annual deficit into a
credit balance has been elected chairman Of
the directors and general counsel OF the
Nitagraph Company Of America.
Prisoner in the Westchester County Peni-
Tertiary will have 1000 hen, 10 care Tor. a.
well a. several acres OF vegetables. '. Everit
Macy. Correction Commissioner. already has
bought 200 hens.
Henry L. SANFORD. seventy years old. who
has survived tao wives, has a license TO
marry again. His bride j. 10 BE- Mrs. Anne
Elizabeth Darlington. She Is sixty nine
yearb old.
MeGowI's Pass Tavern. IN Central Park.
Is 20 be sold TO the highest bidder. The city
advertised 1t for use a Il restaurant. but re-
ceiyed 40 ofTers. The space probably will be
used for playground
Louis 4. Kat. cashier for Charles :.
liebeskind. broker. is arrested charged
" It'll the theft Of $500. which he Is said 20
have used in speculation Altogether the
broker j. out $780, 600.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04

There was a parting of the throngs
about Madison Square Garden last
night, sweeping away OF lines Of po-
licemen, and thin line OF battle
SCARED French blue jackets and sailors
moved into the auditorium and before
the crowds that filled it to the doors.
For a minute there was not a sound
but the falling of feet as 1900 pairs
of eyes were turned upon the little
men who had helped to push back the
Hindenburg line and keep the German
hordes from Paris.
Then bedlam broke loose. United
States marines, soldiers, civilians and
base attaches of the building clam
bered upon seats and clung to girders
as they shouted welcome TO the
guests OF the city. They shouted them
selves hoarse, and then shouted some
more. And all the time the little
French fighting men grinned sheepish-
~, clutched their Krag-J orgensens or
sabres and tried TO look at ease.
The sailors were the crews of the three
French battleships that brought the
French mission to the United States,
and the Madison Square Garden festi-
val was the result oil an eleventh hour
decision of Mayor Mitchels recruiting
committee TO entertain them during
their brief shore leave. Billy Sunday 5
Tabernacle would have been far too
small to accommodate the crowds that
struggled TO get within range of the
sailors 10 greet them. As il was, be
tween 1900 and 10000 men and women
were turned away from the Garden al
ter the seats and all available standing
room had been taken.
Sight of Frenchmen Enough
For the visiting Frenchmen a typical
war time entertainment, ranging from
singing and dancing to boxing and
wrestling, had been provided. For the
rest OF the crowds in the building the
sight Of the marines fusillers marins,
TO be eXact-was sufficient entertain
mcnt.
But the climax Of the evening was
provided by one Of the sailors. Lieu
tenant Andrew Leroy. who blushed
more than any member Of his nervous
command. had permitted himself TO
be led into the roped square IN which
the athletic contests had been staged.
lie was not treasured when. after an
introduction by Dudley Field Malone,
he was greeted with storm Of ap-
plausc
Finally he succeeded in restoring
order with a wave OF his hand and he
began 20 speak in broken English
I'VE have 20 thank you Americans
for all the things America Is 10 do
row for the cause OF liberty and free
dom" he said I'VE were perfectly
sure all along that the hour would
come when America would come into
the war with Us. War is 4 terrible
thing have seen terrible things in
France that hope you will be spared
from seeing here. But now that you
are in the war. il will only be a mat
ter Of time when. lighting together,
We will make Germany bow her knee"
Swords and ia Marseillaise"
With the final words he suddenly
erasped his sword. drew il from the
scabbard and held II over his head<sse-
Meath the blazing white arc lights That
Illuminated the white platform. A il
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04
Governor Will Welcome
Frenchmen at Newburph

\ reception TO the French war mission by
Governor Whitman and staff at Washing
tons Headquarters in Newburgh on Friday
was added yesterday to the plans for the en-.
tertanment Of the mission while the men,
hers are the guests of the city next week
The reception will take place about noon.
and the party will 30 10 Newburgh first,
then return 10 West Point a. guests Of New
ton d. Baker. Secretary OF War
Governor Whitman has appointed the fol-
lowing reception committee: Colonel Charlie,
u Sheriff.. chairman: Mrs. Charles B. Alex
auder. Edmund J.. Baylies. August Belmont.
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. Mrs John r.
'reNel. Mrs. +. II. Hartman. Major Franl.
Hoppin. Miss Hewitt Ms Reginald lie
hoven, Clarence Mackay. Miss Anne Morgan
and Colonel Cornelius Vanderbilt b. y. Odeil
Is chairman Of the Ncwburyh local com
mittee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04
Senate Passes Bill to Cut
Board of Education

Albany. May 3.The Senate passed to-day
the Iockw God bill limiting boards of educs-
ton 10 seven members. except in cities hav-
ing boards Of only nine members. New
York Citys Board If the Assembly passes
the bill tomorrow, will be cut from forty
Elk members.
The bill provides for the appointment Of
the New York City Board by the Mayor.
The appointments are 10 be 50 arranged As
to permit one member 20 retire IN May.
1919. and one each succeeding year, their
successors TO serve seven-year terms.
A bill backed by the New York State Real
Estate Association providing for the levy
ing Of a l per cent tax on incomes above
$4,000 was introduce today by Senator
Emerson chairman OF the Committee on
Taxation and Retrenchment. Emerson said
the proposed tax would yield revenue OF
between $50 900, 900 and 100000.
The Whitney bill making II Illegal TO is
sue marriage certificates unless the appli-
cation is accompanied by the sworn state
ment Of The contracting parties that they
are free from certain diseases was passed by
the Assembly and sent TO the Governor to-
daV
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04
Brown Submits
To Governor on
Local Option Bill
Majority Leader Has Sen
ate Kill Amendments
Opposed by Whitman

Albany, May 3.-Senator Brown
majority leader of the Senate, capitu-
lated TO Governor Whitman to-day Oh
the Hill-Wheeler local option bill
After a talk with the Governor he
called conference Of Republican Sen
ators and they decided to withdraw all
the amendments introduced yesterday
The bill is now in its original form
except that New York City is to have
double referendum permitting it to
decide first whether it wants TO come
under the proposed local option law,
Governor Whitman and the Assembly
have agreed TO this amendment.
The principal stumbling block in the
amendments offered yesterday was the
making of the double referendum feat
ure apply TO the whole state. Both
Governor Whitman and Speaker Sweet
declared they would not stand for this
proposal, and an extra session probably
would have been called had it been
made feature Of the bill.
Senator Brown, however, intends to
make fight on the floor of the Senate
for his amendment to have only one
question. whether a city shall be wet
or "dry" submitted TO the voters in
stead Of the four questions in the
present bill. The local option bill will
be made special order for tomorrow
when Senator Brown will offer this
amendment. He said tonight that he
had a clear majority for il, while
Senator Hill. the introducer of the
measure feels confident that he can
beat il. 1t is believed that the As
sembly will accept this amendment
should it be inserted.
Although disposal of the local option
measure is expected to hasten the end
Of the session, legislative leaders to-
day expressed the belief that final adj
iournment will not come before next
| Wednesday or Thursday. The differ
ences over the Brown bill increasing
the liquor tax fees generally and add
ing IA new volume tax, have practically
all been ironed out, and this measure
may also be passed by the Senate To-
morrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04
Fletcher's Will Gives
$1,000, 900 to Museum
Paintings, Rugs and Pearls In
cluded in Biggest Beque"
to METROPOLITAN

Perhaps the largest outright 90
ever made to the metropolitan huss.-
of Art is contained in the will Of ii'''
Dudley Fletcher. II amounts 10 PRIV
ably more than S7,0OO,OOO.
Included in this bequest. when 9.
sists of the residuary estate, are ps,.'
ings estimated at 81 ,0OO,OOOi russ ~
ued at 100000; pottery and sIs 80.
valued at 100000; a collection o. ~
elry that belonged 70 his late WHY ~.
valued at about 100000, and SV"l'
ton Of pearls of similar value. ~ -
collection of paintings, which IS &C. b..
posed chiefly Of works BY inc
bizan painters, are canyases sisV
Gainsborough. Rubens and otns'
masters. a.,
Mr.. Fletcher was president o. =
Barrett Manufacturing Company. -
brother is Howard Fletcher, OF f.'s :,
erized food fame. His will had no. ~
been filed for probate, but its eeh.s .s.
were made public yesterday by a.;
VI. Hitchcock, United States Co""
sioner, who drew the instrument ,,...,
According 10 Commissioner niI 4,
cock. the Metropolitan Museum o. % :,
will receive all the estate with me
ception of about 100000. whien 80
queathed by Mr.. Fletcher to indivooI,
and Institutions. Jefferson DT,
Fletcher, a professor at Columbus 70 !,
versity, a stepson of the testaton,s.a
ceiyes the largest amount-SI,Vv M
The pearls that the Metropolltan =,
scum will get took Mr.. Fletcne :,
years 20 collect. They have bee. ,saS
praised By experts a, as much as 80 -,
900 because of their rare periese'ss..,,
color and match. Some of the ART ",
ures were collected over a per''a
about forty years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04
What Is Going on To-Day

Free almislr. 20 tar American Museum OF MAJ
uIal H,toft. the New York BIOLOGICAL PARK tie
Van tor aldt Park Museum. the American
Museum ~ safety and the AQUARIUM
Exhibition oi the Society u independent Artists
Grand central Palace
Cur0rtioy of the New Yors Cts Federation .
Women. clubs. Hotel Aston. 10
Meeting of ihe Guidon Club. Hotel Aston go
= Oh.
Meeting OF thc Congress OF states Societies Hotel
Ag0r. go . m.
Reception and dinner N the Dartmouth Alumni
Association % New York Hotel McApin o NJ
PUBLIC LECTURES on THE BOARD OF EDU-
CATION. SIS =. VI
MANHATTAN
Modern French Paintings 20 the Metropolitan
Louis Weinberg Wadieigh High School. 18TH
street wcs: ~ Seventh Avenue
The Establishment Of tho Independence Of tho
Western Hemisphere The Monroe Doctrine " Ar
thur NJ Wofson. Pm - Public school ~
SuToA AMI Risingou streets
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04
o-day s Programme
In the Sunday Revival

n p m. to p. m Ten-ccnt luncheon FOR
business women iu tho bricN Ilcuy
tcrian Church Fifth Avenue and Thrift
seventh street Meetings every half hour
from, N .20 until I.f5. Miss Frances +.
Miller. director OF business women d"
work. speaker.
y a. m. 20 II .8J a m Meetings. IN 'he
girls assembly. Of Julia Richmond High
School pupils Miss Stella Miner. speaker.
10 noon and 10 y. M. Meetings for inc
Urls Of Morris High School IN the First
Morriosnis congregational Ihurch. J. o.
est Avenue and East l66th Street, Inc
Bronx Miss Florence Kinney. director q
students work. speaker.
IL noon Open air meeting at Twelfth Ave-
nue. and Fifty-ffth Street. Dr. George
W. Arms, speaker.
70 noon Meeting for business men. IN the
John Street Church 50 John street
A. h. Macdonald. Of the Sunday party
speaker
80 p. M Meeting for employees OF the
Persian Rug Company, lll2 Brook Ave
nue. The Bronx. Mr.. William Asher
director Of extension work. speaker
p. Service in the Tabernacle. Sermon
by Billy Sunday.
p. M Bible study class, conducted by Miss
Grace SAKE. OF the Sunday party. on the
Tabernacle choir platform.
80 p. M Meeting for the girls Of Public
school 60. at The Bronx Y. W. {. A.,
500 East 10th Street Miss kinney
speaker.
$50 p. m.-Boys' and girls meeting AZ the
Woodlawn Heights Presbyterian Church
Martha Avenue and 24oth Street The
Bronx Miss Alice NJ Gamlln. director
Of boys and girls work, speaker.
80 p. m.-Biy Sunday will preach in the
Tabernacle at a special service for col
lcge students.
.. NJ Bible study class and prayer meet
ine rally, led by Miss Jean b. Lamont
assistant Bible TEACHER in the AleNandcr
Avenue Baptist Church. at l4lst street
The Bronx.
S p. m. Meeting for prayer meeting work
crs and persons interested in Bible study
in Hope Baptist Church. Broadway and
l04th Street Miss SAKE, speaker.
SD. Evangelistic meeting in the Madison
Square Church House 432 Third Avenue.
Mr.. Macdonald and Al Saunders speak
CTS.
Biz SUNDAYS residence. 1s4 Northern Are-
rue; telephone. St Nicholas 1880.
Chairman Of the erccutre committee Of the
Wilh0,n A Sunday ErGnOeliSfic A5SocG-
ton. james N SpcerS, 81 South Noun
tniu avenue. HOrtclGir, y. j.; telephone,
Mortcloir IA.
The Tabernacle e AZ BTondirGD and 1850
street; telephone, Audubon lO0S2.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04
DR.. Charles E. Simmons

Dr. Charles +. Simmons. Commissioner OF
Charities and Correction from 1885 TO 1895.
died yesterday at his home. a. East Sixty
sixth Street DR.. Simmons was born IN
Troy in lsi0 and was graduated from Will
Jams College in 1860 He was graduated
from the medical department OF the Univer.
sity OF G0ttingen, Germany, in 1852. aud
from the College Of Physicians and Surgeons
two years later. lie came TO New YORK in
sos. In 1865 DR.. Simmons married Miss
Ruby Gould. OF Rochester. who survives him.
lie also leaves three children Edward De
Forest Simmons. Mrs. Henry X. Browning
and Miss Ruby Gould Simmons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04

Harrisburg. Penn. May al. Denny
ONeil. State Insurance Commissioner,
tonight said that Clarence Birdseye.
charged with conspiracy to defraud the
Pittsburgh Life and Trust Company.
had agreed TO give himself up to the
authorities in Pittsburgh on Monday
This promise. Mr. O'Neil said. was
made in New York 20 Deputy Attorney
General Horace W. Davis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04

Collections continue 20 disappolnt
the Sunday party On Wednesday
Si1is.97 was taken. compared with
Si.26l.22 the corresponding day last
week. Tuesdays amount was $685..
agAinst 81 ,304il the previous Tuesday.
-Four thousand heard the evangelist's
rermon on 1.-The Value Of Prayer" yes
tsrdsy afternoon. There were 42i trail
AAAss&
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-06
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a drying-out process in the oven.
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Moist meat cuts, for serving with
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Cook chops and outlets in crumb
batter.