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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-09
Pierre Marches with Pershing,
But Family Here Is in Need
Doing His Bit for America and France, and Cheerful,
Although Wife and Three Children Have Been Hungry;
Letters Reveal Pathetic Tale Of Patriotism

Pierre marches with Pershing buoy
antly, as becomes one who has him
self certified for the records that he
hasn't a care, nor responsibility, nor
a dependent in the world.
But if music conjures up pictures
for Pierre, the carefree, he can't be
particularly happy soldier when the
flies are shrilling "The Girl | Left Be-
hind Ne"
There are times nowadays, as Pierre
knows only too WELL when Adrienns
and Maurice and Madeline empty the
jam jar and clean off the bread plate
long before their small stomachs are
filled. A landlord whose war cry is
Business as Usual" is in the offing with
a bill for two months rent. The gas
supply is threatened, the insurance in
jeopardy. and Ada, Pierre's wife, is a,
her wits end for means to hold the
family together. She spends the morn
ings looking after her own home and
the children. In the afternoons she
works out" but what she is able to
earn falls far short of measuring up
70 expenses.
Needed Need of His Family
Pierre felt the trenchward urge first
back in 1914, when France called her
sons to the colors. He had come to the
United States shortly before that as
a chauffeur in private service, and had
established a home here. But in the
French law it is written, Once a
Frenchman always Frenchman."
France still had the call. Pierre fought
il out with himself then. The needs
Of the wife and the two little girls and
the boy doomed up greater than the
needs Of the motherland.
81 won't 60" said Pierre. Perhaps
il will be over in a few weeks"
The few weeks passed, and n few
months, until it was too late for Pierre
10 take his place in the ranks of the
poilus. And when II was too late
Pierre wasn't so sure that his had been
the right course. In the role OF
Stacker he seemed a changed man,
heavy hearted. abrupt.
81 should have gone" he kept saying.
And then, when the United States de-
clared war and chance offered TO
serve France and the adopted country
at the same time:
81 will go!"
Pierre tried the aviation service
first. lie passed the examinations, but
when he reported for duty they told
him he wasn't wanted. Some one had
visited his home and found out about
the wife and the three children.
Enrolled as n Sergeant
He tried again. This time his wife
was ready with a story. Should any
one call TO investigate she should tell
them she was possessed Of independent
means. Thus protected, Pierre was
taken into the army as a sergeant.
They told him he would probably have
a month or two in which TO arrange his
affairs, and in that time he hoped 70
make provision for his family out of
the generous earnings OF his trade
That was the middle of May. Before
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-09
Tobacco
Gift to TroopsLeads
ToPermanentFund
Officers Daughter Saved Ex
peditionary Force from
Tobaccoless Voyage

How a girl through her own efforts
supplied tobacco to the American SOL
d,ers who formed the first expedition
arv force TO France was disclosed yes
terday with the announcement that to-
dav "An Army Girls Transport To-
bscco Fund" will be incorporated. Of
fees are TO be opened at 25 Pine Street
and contributions are TO be solicited
through posters showing an army girl
handing a package Of tobacco TO SOL
der on the deck Of ship. The pur-
nose is to see that all transports sail
ing for Europe are sufficiently sup
piled with tobacco.
II was because the first expedition to
France came near sailing without any
tobacco for the troops that the fund
was organized. Who the girl is' other
than that she is the daughter OF a
prominent army officer, is being kept a
secret, but a hacker of the fund yes
tcrday thus explained its inception:
"a few hours before the transport
sailed one of the officers of the troops
got word TO the daughter of promi-
nent army officer that in the rush and
secrecy which necessarily attended the
preparations for sailing there had been
nc opportunity or means for the men
10 provide tobacco for themselves for
the sea voyage.
"No tobacco and not allowed to go
ashore before sailing-a sea voyage
with nothing TO smoke. What are we
going to do% This remark, made by
enc Of the United States regulars, had
been overheard by the officer, who re-
peated il to this young woman. She,
realizing what serious matter this
would be for Uncle Sans soldiers, act
ed quickly and decisively. There was
no time to 90 about collecting funds
or to deal with red tape. She found a
patriotic banker, who secured for her
credit with the American Tobacco Com
pany, the result being that in the
course of a few hours enough tobacco
was put aboard for every man in the
first expedition to France.
when word spread through the
chips that through the resourcefulness
of an army girl the expedition had been
saved from putting to sea tobaccoless
something OF the JOY OF the troops can
be imagined"
The incorporators of the fund are R.
L. Bigelow, Captain Edward B. Close,
Edwin Arden, who will act as general
manager; Miss NJ. S. Carson, secretary,
and Major Ernest X. Coulter, treas
urer, 25 Pine Street, to whom contribu-
tons should be sent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-09
Mrs. Belmont
Defends ickets
AT White House
Women Who Give Sons to War
Have a Right to Democracy,
Says Suffrage Leader

A statement defending the suffrage
sentinels who have been picketing the
White House at Washington was issued
yesterday by Mrs o. II. P. Belmont,
chairman of the New York branch Of
the National Woman's Party. Mrs. Bel
mont said she issued the statement in
answer 10 many letters which she has
received from "eager and intelligent
men and women" inquiring into the
reasons for such militant action.
american women have been impris-
oned for holding at the gates Of the
White House banners demanding de-
mocracy at the hands Of n Democratic
administration" the statement reads.
"They have committed no violence, but
have stood there quietly, peacefully,
lawfully and gloriously. In return they
have been attacked by the police and
their property destroyed.
defenders Of democracy abroad be-
come outraged that American women
should continue TO demand democracy
at home. In Italy and France. and even
in Germany, the demand by women for
participation in the government is
growing more powerful In new free
Russia women have already voted; in
England the bill is assured of passage,
and yet America, which has laid claim
TO leadership in world democracy, al
lows women 20 be unlawfully arrested
through its government at Washington
for merely doing their patriotic duty.
"The sentimental ladies and gentle
men who are so afraid lest We fatigue
the President are urged 10 remember
that we ourselves are very, very tired.
and perhaps the sentimentalists will
confer some pity on the faithful women
who have struggled for three quarters
OF a century for democracy in their
ou.p y,.to,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-09
Women May Police
Training Camp Towns
w. c. T. u. Plans Campaign
to Keep Environment of
Soldiers Clean

Boston. July s.-The appointment OF
women to aid in police work in towns
where army training camps are estaD-
lished is being considered by the Mas
sachusetts Christian Temperance Union
in connection with its plans for IN
creasing the usefulness of the organi-
zation during the war, 1t was an
nounced to-day.
The suggestion was made at con-
ference of the general officers Of the
union, members of the advisory board
ways and means committee and super
intendents Of welfare work. II was
asserted that the laws were never so
good for the protection of the army
from drink and vice evils as at the
present time and that local officials
have excellent equipment by which to
keep their towns clean.
Plans were laid for raising $4,000,
10 be used as a Women's Christian
Temperance Union war welfare fund.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-09
Back-to-Nature
Apparel Barred
By Coney Censor
One-Piece Bathing Suits
and Flesh Colored
Tights Forbidden

The heavy band of the law fell upon
the one-piece bathing suit and flesh
coored tights yesterday at all the
beaches, from Sheepshead Bay to Sea
Gate. As a result of number of COM
plants received in the last few days.
Captain Byron Sackett, of the COney
Island station, assigned Patrolmen
William Major and Charles Clerke to
act as censors of attire and conduct at
all Coney beaches.
Despite the cool, cloudy weather,
more than 100000 persons visited
Coney Island during the day, and an
unusually large number crowded the
lighthouses and beaches. Many COM
plants of the conduct of automobile
parties on the beaches along Manhat-
tan at dusk or after dark have also
been received, and the patrolmen were
ordered to keep auto parties on the
move along the sandy stretches Of
Manhattan Point. Captain Sackett an
nounced he would keep two police CEN
sors on duty at the beaches all sum-
mer.
Practically the entire Coney Island
police force was on the hunt during
the day for man who would appear
here and there just long enough to de-
liver a pro-German speech, denouncing
President Wilson, the United States,
and Coney Island in particular. ami
then lose himself in the crowds before
angry citizens could catch him. Once
in front of Luna Park, two soldiers
almost captured the man. but he man
aged to escape.
Captain Sackett was just racking his
brains for a means of trapping the
Teuton orator, when he heard a COM
motion outside his Office. Going 70
the door, he saw Frank Kasper. OF 1870
Second Avenue, Manhattan, standing
on the station steps, delivering his
Grafton. He was in the midst of a
violent attack on America when strong
arms dragged him inside. TO be held
in $1,000 bail for examination to-day.
Seven small boys, ranging in ages
from eight to eleven and armed with
scissors, were arrested by Detectives
Mulraney and Mahon at the West End
depot in Coney Island, where they
were circulating among the crowds
boarding the trains. Many complaints
have been received regarding pickpock.
cts, and the boys, all of whom live on
the East Side. are said to have con-
fessed that they brought the scissors
along for the purpose of shipping the
handles Of women's handbags. They
are being held for Juvenile delin-
uuency
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-09
Grandson of Chicago Mer'
chant Underwent Opera
ton Here Thursday
Welded Last February
Widow Is Niece Of Mrs.
Charles Dana Gibson and
Mrs. Waldorf Astor

Henry Field, son Of the late Mar
shall Field. jr. of Chicago, ard joint
heir with his brother, Marshall Field
Sd. Of the large estate left by his
grandfather. Marshall Field, merchant
and fnancier, died suddenly yesterday
at the Presbyterian Hospital. Mr..
Field underwent an operation last
Thursday for an abscess, and 1t had
been announced that his condition was
satisfactory. So unexpected was his
relapse that many members Of the
family were not aware Of the serious
ness of his illness until 2ctifed of his
death.
Il was only last February that Mr..
Field. who was twenty-one years old
married Miss Nancy Kean Perkins,
niece of Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson
and Mrs. Waldorf Aston The wedding
took place at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
Gibson. at - East Seventy-third
Street. The bride was daughter Of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. T. Moncure Per-
kins, of Virginia. .,
MIR. Field was born in England and
was educated at Eton. Despite the
rumored ambitions of his mother, VINO,
after the death Of her first husband,
married Captain Maldwin A. Drum
mond. of the British army, that her
sons should marry titled European
women, both boys returned to the
United States upon reaching their
maiorities and chose American brides.
Marshall Field. Sd. now a sergeant in
the % Illinois Field Artillery, was mar
ried to Miss Evelyn Marshall, OF this
city. in 1914. His honeymoon was in
terrupted by the death Of Mrs. Drum
mond.
The bulk of the Field estate inherit
ed by the two grandsons of the "mer-
chant prince of Chicago had mar.
ket value in 1910 of more than S54,-
100000. Under the terms Of the will
il was TO be held in trust for the two
heirs until they reached the age OF
fifty. when Marshall Field, Sd, was TO
receive three-ffths and his brother
two-ffths. Il has been estimated that
the estate 40 that time would be worth
approximatclv S4OO.OOO000. Besides
this. Henry Field was 70 receive $780,
coo on every fifth birthday beginning
with his twonty-ffth.
In the event of the death of either
grandson. the will provided the sur
viving brother should receive the whole
estate. and by the death of his brother
Marshall. Sd, is said to have become
the wealthiest young man in the world.
At the outbreak of the European war,
and while his mother was still living,
Henry Field served for a time IN
France as an ambulance driver.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-09
News in Bret

On ~, hoay Of a man found . ~ =
River were two purses ana
a watch. made out % Ne"iaS ~, y.,s
Left alone in his hcne' 'I,,,y ysr ,
Street. Israel Sto.eF9n, ,.miB rs's'''
was dead in the tub. M -,
A New York Central w. AYES.
I'm rfs,ne Street % and and the Hudson S'''
ing his skull. .,J -
schools. There are 80 ~, an. eesnD a
'I Mr. '' Nichols ,s,Ss. R.Sos. s'; -
body Of Dominic lonn,s'vs, sy 70 CO..
Orange. N. J. lie Is ssl,s Nm ~ :
from his bedroom WINDOW
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-09
Citizens Also Implicat.d,.
Evidence in Hand, q,
Grand Jury
Cruger T esti6es Tod,
Motorcycle Squad "c,,..
and White Slavery Tras,
To Be investigated

Evidence proving conclusiy.l,
members of the Police Depar,r.,. y
several citizens assisted Alfred -
TO hide and escape after the n,,.
Ruth Cruger is in the hand, !,
grand jury. This was admitted Va.
day by a member Of District l,,.-
Swann's staff, who also said a.,
least fifty more witnesses wo,u :
called and that the investigate, -
continue until Angus. /, and p,,,,Y
longer.
District Attorney Swami va, Al, -,
the city yesterday, but his ,,dr,.'
were preparing evidence for pr,...'
ton TO the grand jury.
Cruger to Tell of Police BlunS.,,
The grand jury will reconye,. -,
a. m. to-day and probably viii :.
tinue in session until p. N. ~.
d. Cruger, father of the murd.r5s.
is expected to be the only witr,n !
the day. He will describe the inSs.
ence and skepticism with which ,s,s
lice met suggestions that his d,u,.,.
was the victim Of foul play.
On Tuesday, If Mr. Crugers ~
mony has all been heard, ii. ~,
Jury will turn its attention to th,-,
iral police laundering in ii, AZ
listening TO the testimony o, mar,
Of the Fourth Branch Detective Bra.
and other members Of the fore. ~
failed 70 reveal the crime when i,Ir
was reported that Miss Crug.r ~
missing.
Witnesses 70 be called include Par,
man Theodore Miller. Lieutensn, VI
lam Browne, Lieutenants Steirh.l
and Flannelly, Detectives Lag,r,r,
Niece and Dillon, Of the ,Fm.
Branch Bureau, and Captain AlOrn
Cooper, its former head.
Following its inquiry into the c.s
ton Of police negligence or eomplss
the grand jury will take up the nsx
of graft" in the motorcycle sQust /,
TINS connection tney Will Try 70 lear I.
Cocchi acted as a go-between fs n
motorcycle policemen.
"White Slave" Inquiry
The last phase of the lnves,ins-
will be an inquiry into the white slil
traffic. in which evidence supplied !
Mrs. Grace Humiston, whose sctiN.s
led 20 the discovery Of the ClF
crime. and Miss Consuelo La Rue, 4,
styled victim Of a vast lnterstca
white slave syndicate who d,tis
she has conclusive proof Of the Te
ence Of "a most iniquifous an! TO-
strous traffic" will be consident
"The investigation is pr,rtat
fast" said Assistant District s1szr
James A. Talley yesterday Wees
already confident that definite nsi1
will be obtained"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-09
Mrs. Carter to Go West
Will Not Visit Daughter Who
Married G.. j. Gould, Jr.
IBy Telegraph to TIE Trlbanel

Boston, July s.-Mrs. Marguerite
Carter. mother of Laura VI. Carter.
who married George j. Gould, jr., has
changed her plans and will not visit
her daughter or the Goulds in New
York.
Laura need not worry that I will
push myself upon her or her husbands
family" says Mrs. Carter. II expect TO
go to my sisters home in California in
the fall and may make my home there
for good. The Goulds will never see
me unless they come TO my home so
long as they tfeat my daughter fairly.
But when they fail. whether | be in
Boston or California, | shall 90 to her
At once
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-09
Morris Hillquit
Named for Mayor
By Socialist Party
Platform Pledges Him to
Oppose Draft
Law

Morris Hillquit, socialist leader.
lecturer and former aspirant TO Con-
gress. is to be the candidate Of his
party for the next Mayor of New York.
He will run on a platform pledging
him to avoid encouraging city en-
ployes TO neglect their duties by at
tending military camps to establish
a union scale Of wages and hours for
city employees and a taxation system
which should appropriate unearned
income and readjust present inequali-
ties in wealth"
All this was arranged yesterday By
the delegates TO the Socialist party
convention. held in the Labor Forum,
243 East Eighty-fourth Street. Be
tween roll calls the delegates got out
the party steam roller and ran IT on
high gear over all the social lnequall-
ties they desire 20 level. The war and
the American war party" came IN for
abuse. finally vented in resolution
condemning "ruffians and rowdies IN
uniform, to whom we will not bow
down"
Magistrates Condemned
Other resolutions condemned certain
magistrates as towards" and derldec
the attitude taken by Colonel Roose-
Welt on the East st. Louis race riots.
During the discussion of the latter
resolution one speaker declared that
President Wilson is now in the White
House because the Democratic party
stood for the misuse Of negroes
Frank A. Sieberman, who was nomi-
mated for Controller, won the applause
of the delegates when, in presiding
over the convention. he laid down the
following dictum: NO one can cal.
himself a socialist if he hesitates TO
prefer the stripes 70 a uniform"
Edward.F. Cassidy, OF Typographical
Union No. 6, was nominated for Pros
ident of the Board Of Aldermen. He
declined the honor, hut was "conscript-
ed by reclamation.
Repeal of Draft Law Urged
At the close of the convention Con-
gresham Meyer London was appealed
to by telegraph "to Immediately intro
duce a bill in Congress repealing the
Consumption act" Another last-minute
resolution called the attention of the
Federal government 10 the present
high cost Of living"
In a statement William Karlin, chair
nan of the resolutions committee and
vice-chairman of the convention, said:
Eve predict vote OF 100000 for
Eillquit because of the dissatisfaction
on the part of many people with the
war, which they consider unnecessary.
Dissatisfaction with conscription on
the part of people who do not like the
idea of their sons being drafted will
also increase the vote, together with
the dissatisfaction with the state
military census, compelling people 10
tell all of their private affairs. The
Socialist party is .he only party against
the Administration, and has adopted an
anti-military stand all along the line"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-09
Boston Welcomes Elks
Big Delegations Assembling
for National Convention

Boston, July s.-The Benevolent and
Protective Order of Ellis, represented
by leading members from all parts of
the country, assembled here to-day.
Big delegations from distant states ar
rived, and the royal purple of the
order was in evidence throughout the
city.
The first formal event of the con-
vention programme was held tonight,
when the Rev. DR.. Alexander Mann
conducted a special service a. Trinity
Church.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-09

rant 10 the street and necessitated the
assistance Of the rescue squad in gas
masks before it finally was cxtin-
guished.
Gallagher accidentally set fire to a
can Of sulphuric acid which he was
sprinkling about III. floor, and clouds
OF thick. pungent smoke began pouring
up through the building. Firemen were
unable 10 enter tho basement until
they donned smoke helmets. They
finally found the can and threw it into
the street L
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-09
$4,000 Tug Sunk in East River

The tugboat John +. McAllister,
owned by McAllister Brothers. Of "a
State Street. and valued al 10000. was
sunk yesterday in the East River when
she struck submerged rock al the
southern point Of Blackwelrs Island.
Captain Connoll, his wife and two chill
dren, the engineer. deckhand and two
hremen saved themselves by leaping 70
barge which the tug had in tow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-09
Blaze Follows Fight
With Army Of Fleas
Janitor Sets Fire to Acid and Six
Families Are Driven Out

An attempt by Peter Gallagher, a
janitor, TO rout an army Of feas from
the basement OF five story building
at West Twenty-e.ghth Street yester-
DAY resulted in fire which drove six
families and the patrons Of Q restau.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-09
Letter Arrives, but No Money


81 will write you again from Paris
with all the details that can possibly
give without displeasing the censor
This means that | won't be able to give
you any at ALL"
The letter came, but the money did
not. Sergeant Pierre found that IL
would cost half of il to send the rest
Finally money order came through by
mail. but in the mean time there were
several days when the only meal that
passed the children's lips was a potato
taken home from the place where their
mother worked. The little midtown fiat
was clean, but il was also empty.
81 have now in hand Sc left from nv
husbands money and SIS of my own
earnings since he went away" said the
mother yesterday. 81 owe the rent for
May and June and the July rent is due,
and besides | have 10 pay S14 for my
husbands insurance within the mex,
week, and ! don't want to lose il. 7
am quite alone in this country, and I
don't know who 10 turn 70 for HELM. I
am trying 20 get some one 10 share my
apartment, but the rooms want clean
ing before any one would come, and my
landlord won't clean them till he gets
at least one months rent"
The children were bending over a
table on which lay the photograph of a
soldier in uniform. Pierre's face. in
spite of his anxiety for the loved ones
at home, was smiling. At last, after
three long years of waiting. he was
doing his bit-a bit for France and a
bit for America, too. There was a
postscript 70 his last letter, which read :
Don't fail TO let me know at once
that you got the money safely. | ex.
pect we are going tonight or to-mor.
row"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-09

the end of the month he was on trans
port, bound for England.
His solicitude for those he had left
behind showed in his letters from the
other side.
ave have not had our money yet"
the first one ran, but will get it to-
morrow, so | will send you the sum
by wire-about S13, less wire cost. Of
course, you will have had it by the
time this letter reaches you.
1--WE had a splendid passage-sea as
smooth as a Lakeland sighted no sub
marines. We were escorted by Ameri-
can destroyers for two days before
landing Here in London We are lodged
at the Tower at the expense of the
British government. We got a splen-
did welcome that made almost tears
come to our eyes. They certainly are
pleased America joined.
"Now, how are you getting along?
have been worried all along, knowing
how little money you had, and they had
to be so long paying US. too. | do hope
you will manage well enough for a
month or two. In the mean time hope
| will soon get high rank and be able
to send you more money monthly.
How are the children behaving? Is
Addy a good little girl and has she
stopped asking for pennies and nickels :?
Tell them 10 be sure and be good SOL
dier's children and be kind and respect
full to their mother, and so help in the
general duty that falls to everybody in
time OF war.