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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-07
Prize Poem Contest
To Coax Smiles to
Plattsburg Faces
Pershings Call for Laughs
Needed; Fighters Records
To Be Looked Up
LIZ r.,er-nnh u n. Trihnr. !

Plattsburg, July 6.-Candidates for
officers commissions here who have
been boasting Of lsurels won with the
Allied forces in France and who de-
mand special favors in view Of their
experience may soon be knocked from
the pedestals on which their comrades
have placed them. An order received
to-day from the War Department re-
quires that all men who claim 70 have
seen service abroad cable their names
at once to General Pershing.
The records Of the men affected are
to be carefully investigated before they
are awarded commissions. Three names
have been handed in thus far.
That American boys are the worst
disciplined in the world is the opinion
Of Captain J. ". Walling, chief mess
officer, who, after unending difficulties
due 70 the temperament Of the 500
mess boys employed at camp, has IN
stituted a form OF the padrone system.
Sixty boys Of Erasmus High School,
in Brooklyn, were the latest 20 an
nounce their departure, though they
agreed 70 stay until July IS.
In preparing 10 I'LL the vacancies
Captain Walling desires 20 get IN touch
with organizations which can guaran-
tee the stability Of the boys sent. One
hundred and twenty boys arrived to-
day from the Catholic Protectory at
Wes.chester. Thew will be under the
supervision OF brothers" who also will
be placed on the payroll. Ihirty-iye
Others. the sons OF Brooklyn Rapid
Transit employees. arrived to-day.
In line with General Pershlng's sug-
restion that men Of the new army need
something 20 make them laugh prize
roen, contest was announced to-day by
the authorities. The offerings accepted
will be printed in book form under the
title "Rookie Rhymes" Newspaper
correspondents at the camp, after de-
claring their ignorance OF poetry were
selected as judges.
The following New Workers leave
Monday for the aviation school AZ bos-
ton: Stephen Bousal. jr, 81 Wander
bilt Avenue: Louis F. Plummer, Ne"
Rochelle: Arthur L. TAFT, 434 Riverslce
Drive: Walter y. Chalaire, lZt0 Lex
ington Avenue; J. Z. Dunlap, lr., East .,
Tbirtv-niutn Street; Gerald '. Caro-. ],
10 West Is3d Street; J. ". Guard, -
Broadway. and the following from
Krooklvn: Lieutenant Edwin Mott, ga
Fast Twenty-second Street; Roy. Pa
20, 10 Seventy-ninth Street; \: r..
Seayer. fO3s Eighty-third Street; +. A.
CriRtbs. AIS Degraw Street and r. 4
Tostrand. asa Fifty-hfth street. -
New Englanders include Burr W.
Leyson, Albert J. Downey and Arthur
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-07
Court Dismisses
Actions Against
IS Coal Firms
Judge Grub Gives Jury Naca-
ton and Hears Motions OF
Defendants

Judge Grub. presiding at the trial
in the United States District Court o.
coal operators and companies charged
with conspiring to FIX prices, gave MS
Jury a vacation yesterday, and devoted
the entire day 10 hearing motions Tor
dismissal OF indictments. When the
session ended. eight individuals and
thir;y-fve companies had obtained DIS
missals, leaving forty-three men ana
sixty.fve concerns against whom the
charges will stand.
The trial itself will be resumed on
Monday. and the defence will occupy
only two days after that. By the emo
Of the week the trial Will prooaoly DC
over. .harcos
we're dismissed are Robert d. fatter-
son. ! Frank Grimet. William Lee&,e'
" y Holland. jr.. s. ". Patterson, W.
9 Stenhenson. John T. Wilson and W.
T Williams. The government may AZ
tempt 20 replace Nh Williams on 'hS
list Of defendants.
Concerns whose dismissal the govern
uent may contest are the Ashland oA1
and Coke Company. Flat Top Goa! MIN
ing Company. Iroquols Coal Mlhlns
COMPANY. CRYSTAL Coal and Coke Com
many Drv Fork Colliery Company, NC
DoweU Coal and Coke Company, NIL
creek Coal and Coke Company, Fen,
horton Coal and Coke Company ana
Thomas Coal and Coke Company.
Those released without contest are
The Aileen Coal Company, Arlington
Coal and Coke Company. Bailey-W ood
Coal Company. Nichol Colllery COM
many Black Wolf Coal and Coke Com
nanv Rooth Owen Coal and Coke Com
nany, Bottom Greek Coal and CoAe
COMPANY. Buckeye Coal and Coke Com
rqnv. Cirrus Coal and Coke company,
Export Coal Company. William Coal
and Coke Company. Kecney's Creek Col
lierv Company. Kimball Pocohontas
Coal Company, Michigan Coal Company,
Newlvn Coal Company, Oregon Coal
COMPANY. :. J. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Companv. shawnee Coal and Coke Com
many Pemberton Fuel Company, stone
wall Coal and Coke Company, stone
cliff Coal and Coke Company. Turkey
Knob Coal Company. United Pocahon-
tas Coal Company. West Virginia Poca--
hontas Coal Company, WeyanoAe Coal
and Coke Company and Balllnger Coal
Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-07
Society
Lieut.. B. A. Day to Wed Miss
Elizabeth D. Jones This
Afternoon

The marriage Of Miss Elizabeth Dill
worth Jones, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Llewellyn ap Roger Jones, Of Summit,
y. J., 20 Lieutenant Breckenridge At
water Day, L. s. A, will take place at
1880 this afternoon in Calvary Church,
Summit, y. J. The wedding will be
very quiet one, with only relatives and a
few intimate friends present.
Miss Grace Louise Birdseys will be
married at noon to-day at the home Of
her aunt, Mrs. John u. Chapman. Rock
ledge Road, Montclair, y. j., to Arthur
Hardcastle Mason. Of Madison, \. J..
Miss Birdseye formerly lived in Nsdi-
son. and il a niece OF Mr. and Mrs.
Charles VI. Shaw, Of that place. Mr.
Mason is a son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
3. Mason, OF Madison.
Miss Ruth Gardiner. daughter % the
late Dr. Sidney II. Gardiner. will be
married at noon today in the Church
Of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, 20 John
Tilney Carpenter, youngest son Of Pro-
fessor William II. Carpenter, provost
OF Columbia University. Mr.. Carpen-
ter is a graduate Of Amherst and OF the
Columbia Law School.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. 3. Shaen. of s27 Car
roll Street. Brooklyn. announce the en-
gagemcnt Of their daughter, Miss Ethel
VI. Shaen, 20 Harold Coville Parsons,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic 7. Par
sons, Of Brooklyn and Douglaston, Long
Island. Miss Shaen is grandniece OF
Admiral Sir William King Hall, K. c. B.,
who carried the declaration Of war Of
Great Britain against Russia on his
majesty's ship the Bull Dog in 1854.
Mrs. Melville f. ingalls, and Mr.. and
Mrs. VI. Z. ingalls,, jr., have arrived in
town from Atlantic City, where they
spent a fortnight, and are at the Ritz
Carlton.
Mrs. Joel Ellis Fisher has gone TO
Narragansett Pier, R. l., for short
stay.
Mrs. Ogden Goelet has opened Ochre
Court, her villa at Newport, for the
season.
M and Mrs. Dave Hennen Morris
have gone 20 Bar Harbor, Ne, for the
summer.
Mrs James G. K. Lawrence and her
daughter. Miss Eleanor lie Roy Law
renee, are at the Imperial Hotel, Nara
gausett Pier.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. y. Gambrill,
who were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Giraud
Foster, in Lenox, have gone 70 Newport.
have gone % Newport 20 remain until
September.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Wolcott Griswold
are guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Z.
IUrnure in LenoX.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-07
NJ. Blumenthal, Ex.Mayor
Of Colmar, Comes to
Plead Their Cause
Was Reichsta gMember
At Start Of War He Escaped
Imprisonment by Germans
and Fled to Paris

That France will not make peace
until Alsace-Lorraine is reunited with
the republic is the message brought by
a commissioner she has sent here. Al
though he would not be quoted on his
errand, it is understood that Daniel
Blumenthal, former Mayor Of Colmar
and member Of the German Reichstag
from Alsace. has been charged 10 de-
liver such a message at Washington.
". B.umenthal arrived in New York
from Paris yesterday. lie will proceed
TO Washington within a few days to
confer with Ambassador Jusserand.
after which he will meet President
Wilson.
The new French commissioner will
act independently Of all other French
ENJOYS 10 the United States. His mis-
sion concerns the lost provinces only,
and he is expected 20 devote his time
TO cultivating sentiment in official
circles and elsewhere which will sup
port France in her demand for the
return of what she lost in 1871. VI.
Blumcnthal may embark on a lecture
tour in order 10 better acquaint the
American people with the situation in
Alsace-Lorraine. whose French heart
longs. the commissioner asserts, for
restoration 70 the motherlaud
The French republic looks to Amer
lea" said w. Blumenthal, ito strike
telling blows for the glorious common
cause of liberty. II was a great day
when American soldiers set foot on
French soil"
A unique and daring role in French
statecraft has been VI. BlumcnthaIs.
His public career in Alsace is a strik-
ing testimonial 20 the true feelings OF
the citizens Of that conquered land.
Though loyal 10 France, he has been
in public Office almost constantly for
the last twenty-five years. Although
the Kaiscr's agents dared not touch
MIN in time of peace, he had been
marked for Imprisonment the moment
war should be declared.
Counter espionage By the French APP
rrised II. Blumenthal that his name
headed the black list" Of Alsatians
loyal 20 France. and when war was
declared he fed from Coimar. After
many experiences he escaped over the
Swiss frontier in disguise and made
his way to Paris, where he was well
coined and attached TO the French gov
eminent.
Gustav Blumenthal, the commission
er's brother, who is an American cit
izen and a resident of New York, went
10 France 10 accompany the commits
sioner 20 America, and Will act as in-
terpreter for him here. VI. Blumenthal
also was accompanied by his daughters,
Iaannc and Lvdia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-07
Lloyd George Suggests the
Chief Secretary as Tenn
porary Chairman
Dublin Offers Buildings
Premier Acknowledges Pub
lie Spirit Shown; Nominal
tons Nearly Complete

London, July 6.-Premier Lloyd
George announced in the House OF
Commons this afternoon that the Irish
convention would meet July 25 70 deal
with preliminary business. including
the appointment Of chairman. Mr..
Lloyd George said the government had
suggested that HENRY +. Duke, Chief
Secretary for ireland, act as provisional
or temporary chairman.
The Premier added he thought IL OBJ
viously better that the choice OF
chairman should be with the conven-
ton. The first s.ttings OF the body will
be held in Dublin. Mr.. Lloyd George an
nouncei. The convention will he free
20 sit elsewhere, however, II it so de-
c.des.
The government. said the Premier,
Hoped that the arrangement proposed
would not involve the long absence OF
the Chief Secretary for Ireland from
his official duties.
The nominations for the convention.
the Premier stated. were not quite
complete. and until the government had
seen them all 10 was not IN position
20 make the government S nfteen nomi-
nations. although these had been pro-
yisiorally determined upon. As the
general body of members was so near
TO completion. however. he considered
that they were entitled 20 proceed.
The Premier said be was glad 10
acknowledge the admirable public spirit
displayed IN the offers OF many public
buildings in Dublin for the sittings OF
the convention, and he hoped soon TO
be In a position 70 make definite an
uouncement regarding this.
The government. the Premier de-
clared. would DO its utmost 20 assist
the convention.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-07
Ship Strike Stops
Work on Destroyers
400 Men at Elizabeth Yards
Ouit-New York Plants
Also Affected

The shipyard strike hit new govern
ment work last night, when the men
employed on two torpedo boat destroy
ers in the yards of Samuel Moore e.
Sons, Elizabeth, y. j., quit work 70
enforce their demands for a $3.50 day.
About four hundred men are out, the
only artisans remaining in the yard
being the moulders.
Besides the two torpedo boat de-
stroyers. for which the keels were re-
Gently laid, there are three wooden
steamers under construction IN the
yard.
The strike followed a conference be-
tween employees in the yard and a
member Of the firm, who refused 70
consider the demands.
Earlier in the day the Quintard Iron
Works. in East Twelfth Street, and the
Kennedy Iron Works Company, IN
West Twenty-seconf Street were
struck. about $50 men quitting the two
plants.
William J. Kennedy, Of the Kennedy
plant, while refusing 20 grant the &C.
mands of the men, asserted that they
were not asking too much.
II am going 20 stand pat" he said.
"and await developments. This thing
should be put squareiy up 20 Secre-
tary Wilson and let him decide IL, so
that the men can get the just wage 20
wa.ch they are entitled. would be
glad 70 pay the rate Il the owners for
whom work would be willing 70 pay
the higher prices for repairs that such
wages would make necessary"
AS an Offset TO these troubles, i was
announced that another yard had met
the demands OF the men, leaving eight
shops. employing about 5000 men,
working under strike conditions. So
far. according TO an Official estimate,
$500 men have received the increase
10 50 cents an hour asked for.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-07
Knopf Joins Kaiser's Foes
tuberculosis Expert to Work
for German Republic

Dr. S. Adolphus Knopf. specialist in
tuberculosis and now a captain IN tho
United States army. has enrolled with
tire Friends Of the. German Republic
here, who are working 20 abolish autoc-
racy and foster democracy in the
Fatherland
I'VE are busy building up an organ
ization," J. Koettgen. the organizing
secretary. said yesterday. "When we
have built up n strong body here We
viii get into communication with reyo-
lutionists In Europe FOR the purpose Of
international action 90 accelerate the
German revolution.
"Dr. Knopf comes % old revolution
airy stock. His ancestors in l843 suf-
fered the penalty Of talking too freely.
DR.. Knopf writes, I am heart and soul
with your movement. Many other
prominent persons, Germans and Amer
leans, have written in the same VEIN"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-07
100000 Broadway Deal
Herbert Du Puy Buys Build
ing Used by Saks Store

Herbert Du Puy, president OF the
Crucible steel Company. yesterday
sdSed 10 his extensive Manhattan real
estate holdings by the purchase OF the
Saks department store property a
Zen story structure, covering the en-
tire frontage on Broadway from l nj mr.
tv-third to Thirty-fourth Street; me
soller 81 the property was the Herald
square Realty Company, which erected
80 bic department store in 1908 for
saks & Co. under long term lease.
In part payment Mr.. Du Puy gave
the National Building. an eleven story
freproof structure, az the northeast
oorper Of Twelfth Street and Broad
way; a block front OF lots on -lI,n
street. between Broadway and Amster-
Am az. and four Pittsburgh parcels.
T. J. Phillips & Co. negotiated the
trsnsaction. with James c. Ewing act
inc for Mr.. Du Puy. Robert r. simon
foT the selling company, announced ina,
-. value Of the properties in the deal
wss about 100000. .--
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-07
Mrs. Stoner Will Take
Teaching Corps Abroad

Mrs. Winifred Sackville Stoner,
founder Of the Stoner natural educa-
ton system, arrived in New York on
Thursday 20 begin the training Of
twenty teachers she will take with her
% assist in establishing a school for
French and Belgian children in France
this fall. In cooperation with DR.. Ny
ror r. scudder. Of the Scudder School,
w, Storer will begin the course on
rulv q. The French public scnocl au-
.Lori-fcs rave been in touch Win JiIs.
c-o7er. and all but fnal details nave
hoan settled. Mrs. Stoner Will use me
rlarts and equipment already IN me
Trorch schools as far as possible, olt
will be allowed 10 introduce her speclaI
equipment as well.
"i'm going over 20 teach those war
stricken babies lessons OF peace ana
love and patriotism as vel! as Espe..,
ranto. solid geometry and astronomy
aid Mrs. Stoner last night. The GER
nan children have been taught 70 hate
I'm these years and now we have the
war When the war first broke out
some schools in Europe were closed and
the buildings used as armories. But /
plead FOR open schools in wartime. Ed
rcating the young 50 that they can 90
sorething when the war is over is one
Of the most constructive ways in which
we can meet the post-bellum confusion
that is sure 70 come"
Mrs. Stoner ia also interested in in
s,ruction for disabled soldiers upon
their return from the war. and under
her direction classes in all kinds Of
vocational training will be given in
New York as soon as the occasion de-
mand.,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-07
F ather-in-Law Favored
Double Standard,
Says Mrs. Osgood
She Asserts Railway President
Defended His Sons
Escapades

According to an affidavit fled by Mrs.
Loretta Coleman Osgood in a suit for
4 separation from DR.. Charles Osgood'
which was settled yesterday IN the Su-
nreme Court, her father-in-law, Charles
Henry Osgood, Of Norwich, Conn, mill
ionaire president OF the New London q
Northern Railroad, is a stanch believer
in the double standard
The separation suit was based on an
enisode al the Osgood apartment, at Ok
Central Park West. on the evening OF
Nav % last. when Mrs. Osgood says
she secreted herself in a guest room
and saw her husband exchanging Kisses
with Peggy Baker. a pretty young nurse
maid who had been employed 20 care
for their baby. Mrs. Osgood says she
slipped into her husbands room,
snapped on the light and was greeted
by a feminine cry.
When she went 20 talk over her mari
tai difficulties with her father-ln-law,
she says the railroad president told
her that there were different rules gov
crning the conduct Of men and women.
In this regard the affidavit says:
OR. Osgood's father said TO me: In
a man a thing like you tell Of ny
son ought 20 be forgiven. There IS an
entire.v different Law for men and
women He stated that if had done
what the doctor did II would be unfor-
givable and that he would advise MS
son then to leave me and would aid
him in every way that he could, but
that 1t was entirely different in the case
where the man erred
Mrs. Osgood asked for 5000 a week
alimony and $500 for counsel fees.
The terms Of the settlement were not
learned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-07
Army Recruiting
To Go On; % Men
Join the Colors
Deny Report That Con
scription Is to Supplant
Volunteering

A statement was issued yesterday By
the Mayors Committee on National De-
fence correcting the erroneous report
circulated TO the effect that recruiting
for the army will be abandoned and
that the remaining quota Of men need
ed to bring the regular military force
up to war strength will be obtained
through conscription. officers in
charge Of the recruiting stations en-
phatically denied that any word had
been received from Washington dis
continuing voluntary enlistments. On
the contrary, ninety-eight applications
we're accepted yesterday.
"Our programme has not been
changed" said Colonel R. D. Walsh, in
charge Of recruiting. I've are still
enjoying the active cooperation Of the
Mayors Committee on National De-
fence. We need men, and none should
hold back because of rumors that vol
unteers are no longer needed"
Army officers also denied having
criticised the policy Of the War De-
partment in ordering the secret de-
parture Of troops for France and IN
rot allowing public parades Of the men
about 20 20 abroad.
Brigadier General ". A. White. in
charge Of British recruiting at 2S0
Broadway. received a telegram yester-
dav from General Biggar. director gem
eral Of supply and transport, at Ottawa,
announcing the safe arrival IN London
Of the first contingent Of 80 men re-
cruited here. Il was just a month ago
that the British recruiting Offices were
thrown open and the first enlistments
accepted.
Two hundred more recruits went for
ward last night from this city TO Can
ada.
While ". T. Wetmore, chairman Of
the meeting Of the Midday Minute Men
AZ 81 Chambers Street, was urging
Young men 10 hit the trail TOT Uncle
Sam" man in the crowd exclaimed:
81 am the father OF twelve sons and
two daughters. and every one OF them
r. ready 10 do his or her bit for Uncle
sam. Nv Oldest boy is IN the navy ana
nv second son has applied for admls-
sion 10 the army. The rest are gong
in as soon as they are old enough.
When questioned concerning MS
Youthful appearance, the man sara ne
was Just past forty years DID, having
married az the age OF nineteen.
"And the wife doesn't look more tnah
twenty-five" he added.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-07
Navy EnIistments l2S,3S9
Fewer than %, 1000 Now Needed
- Reach Authorized Strength

Wellington. July 6.-The navy added
o,, --.-a ,,,en 20 its enlisted personnel
ysrdsy and GGoqs !ss5 its f Fe%er t s5aa
o.. ooo - coded 20 bring nc enlisted
800 -.ss,.oso,Tel Of the navy up 70 is author
led strength OF 10000.
lzT W;,b ne el6 recruits secured yester-
day the enlisted stteng t5 Of the the Marine raTS
CoIps - this service. including com
s ,ri'sio1ed and enlisted personnel Is
29,l36. 49,. ..;,uo. siow
nrocess. yesterdays report 5ho"'Gns ~, a
tecrcose over the previous day. only
no ote rccruits were secured for the reg,
La, ~ a nm yesterday, bringing the total
oor,iistme1ts since April 1 70 1887. or
stili more than $1,000 short Of the Ell nun I'M
D, ~ tbe country, As usual. IN the
dav's enlistments. reporting 200 re-
crultA -.a-.s --.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-07
Madison Cadets Study Guns
Training with Heavy Field
Artillery Is Begun

Madison Barracks, y. Y, July s.
The companies Of artillery students
here nave embarked upon their course
of practical training with we heavy
IL. The horses have not yet arrived
fut the cadets are receiving instruc-
tons in the complicated mechanism.
Secretary Of War Baker will be in
Syracuse within a few days 70 review
the troops modified there. 1t IS ex-
uected that he will visit this camp.
Secretary of State Lansing will ar
rive Saturday at his summer home
Henderson Harbor. which Is only few
niles from here. He also may visit the
officers training school.
OF the 100 Watertown schoolooys
brought here last week 20 serve as
ross helm only few remain. Many Of
the boys became dissatisfied, and others
were released because Of their juvenile
irclinations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-07
Ferguson, City Record
Supervisor, Resigns

Mayor Mitchell yesterday received the
resignation of David Ferguson, Super
visor Of the City Record. The Mayor
said that he reluctantly accepted Mr..
Fergus resignation, but that the
latter had been in poor health for some
time and insisted on relieving himself
of his duties
Mr. Ferguson was appointed 70 the
position, which carries salary Of
$4,000 a year. by Mayor Gaynor. June
%, 1910 His work has received con-
siderable commentator for both eff
cheney and economy. Each year the
budget for bis department has de-
creased. The Mayor said he had no
one in mind yet for Mr. Ferguson's
place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-07
Fresh Air Funds Little Wards
Long for Country in Summer
Children from Tenements, Who Had Winter Outing at
Devereux Home in the Catskills, Plead
To Be Sent Back

like 70 come back again in the sum
mer Give my best regards 70 all
the teachers. From your little
friend, SADIE SMITH.
The sixth BY the old saw is wittiest
OF all the writer's:
Dear Sir: When We came home
our teachers were very glad 20 see
us so nice and rosy. | am very
lonesome for Devereux Home. May
come out there in the summer?
l. will be so delightful 70 think
YOU will allow ne.
RUTH SPARROW.
Have you discovered the key sem
tence? Can you tell what was the
unpermost thought in the mind Of each
OF these little correspondents when she
got back TO her dismal city home! Is
the key sentence the key TO your
heart?
You have the key 20 the country in
your pocket. VIII you take II out and
help these girls through the door? The
key is S.. Put i in an envelope and
send il 20 the custodian of the poor
ch.ld's country, The Tribune Fresh Air
Fund.
IN The Tribune Fresh Air