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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-20
BUSINESS TROUBLES
Bankruptcy Petitions

y 4 PAUL COMPANY. shoe dealer al 80
Church st.. has filed peution. Win Liabilities
81 O2g and assets $1,000 consisting ~ stock,
$1,000: fixtures $3.50. accounts Sl.7OS and cash
In bank $500. The largest creditor IS David II.
Prosuz. S9.0,5 II was started In 1903 and incor-
porated OF February a.. 1910. with capital stock
So 600 Norman A Paul vas president and Louis
" Chembers treasurer. hr. PTosnitz obtained a
Judgment on January II. 1917. Maurice p David
SON was appointed receiver by Judge MsntOn. who
authorized him to continue business five days.
cY-tA G. IiANvIILE Of 1876 West 72d ST.. has
eIed petition with liabilities sl2.336 aud no
assets Fred T. Lindeman obtained Judgment
against her Oh January II Tor <Z.2zO and supple
day. but Judge Manton restrained them Tor year'
other creditors arc the waldorf Astoria uoiel'
Si2i: Delmonico's Ns6. A. H. Balcoln. $500 Lch-
tenstein Millinery Company. Sjij. and Miss Lakes
school for Girls. S30s.
BENJAMIN PEARLNAN. dealer In dress goods
at +, East llith st.. has made an assignment to
b sedersten. A petition In bankruptcy was filed
against him BY Mdrel Rittenberg for $500
CHARLES ROBERTSON, salesman, Of 312 West
I2Oth st. has filed petition. with liabilities $2l56
and assets $3.50.
Receiver Appointed
GREATER NEW YORK FURNITURE CON.
PANY-,Iames A. Foley has been appointed receiver
Tor tbe Greater New YORK Furniture Company. Of
1851 Third av Liabilities are $4,000 and assets
Bankruptcy Schedule,
JOHN J. SCHWARTZ COMPANY-schedues Of
John j. Schwsrtz Company, Manufacturers 81
Gi S showing liabilities sl27s5 and assets 81 $50.
NJ ZIMMERMAN COMPANH-At meeting O
creditors Of NJ. zimmerman 10 WhhhA a'tuiFI ~
saussgss AT 3lS East Houston s., held Al the once
of Rrferee Coke yesterday. A. r. GOtthOid. the re
celyrr. vas elected trustee Liabilities wcrr
SG32 900.
Assignment
LOUIS IOBET. iobbcr In lares At l02 EldHdgs
St. made au assignment yesterday 10 Benjamin
iIyinc.
Discharges from Bankruptcy
Judge Manton. oi the United states District
Court YESTERDAY granted discharges TO these bank.
tupts. Anton IefkowitL. tobacco and cigar. AZ
1872 Madison ay George Davis, FoughEccleie.
Isaac Fugleman Poughkeepsie. joseph Viola. White
Plairrs. Df Aio-cs KatA Noukefs. Frederick X.
DO,,nes r. professional dancer. ~ West I'D ST.,
MAY Hcrrlan 10 East l0Nth a.. 4. Abraham !. Meyer.
drug clerk 45I East lGl,t st.. ]. Morrison Gil
mo1r clerk West loth a.. Louis Schrrksrz.
1853 rrauy Plare John g. Wolf. salesman. $3.50
Amsterdam ay Robert morse. chauffeur. 80 East
s0th 4: LGsnn Wahlstadter i0i East 9Th 50.
Moses Nydlz salesman. 81 loss Simpson av.. trad
Iug az tho Alaska Fur Company at salt Lake Citg.
and vonafra Brothers. 1868 st. Peters av.. IVES
Chester.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-20
Republican Club Adopts
Resolution Favoring
Convention System
REQUEST FOR CHANGE
MADE TOLEGISLATURE
Submits Plan for Selec-
ton of Representatives
by Election Districts

The Republican Club at closed
meeting last night in its clubhouse
81 West Fortieth Street, repudiated the
direct primary law as unsatisfactory.
After several hours of debate a resolu-
ton was adopted declaring in favor OF
a return to the convention system OF
choosing candidates for office. Inc
resolution reads:
"The special committee appointed 10
investigate and report on the adVis-
ability of restoring the convention sys-
tenn has reported practically unani-
nous demand upon the part oil the
electorate of New York for return 70
such a system, and that the advocacy
of such return can best be united
behind the measure framed on the
lines indicated in the following resolu-
ton:
Therefore be it resolved, That the
Legislature of New York State is re-
spectfully requested to repeal the pres
ent direct primary law and enact IN Its
place a law providing, among other
things which may be necessary for its
perfection, the following:
"The official enrolment and primary
to be retained by political parties.
"The election district to be the unit
of representation.
every political party to elect repre-
sentatives from the election districts,
or they may be elected according to an
apportionment based on the party vote
for Governor, but such apportionment
should be at a ratio 10 keep the repre-
sentation down to two or three.
"These representatives to constitute
the party convention in the Aldermanic,
Assembly, Senate, Congress and Mu-
nicipal Court districts, boroughs and
counties. They would nominate all the
candidates of the party for those polit-
ical divisions.
"They would also constitute the
county committee.
"The Assembly district conventions
to select from their own number dele
gates TO the city judicial districts and
state conventions, apportioned accord
ing to the party vote for Governor.
ample time to be provided after the
party convention to allow for indepen-
dent nomination by petition"
The following nominating committee
was chosen for the selection of candi-
dates for club officers for 1918: Will
lam NJ. Calder, George Cromwell, Emil
L. Fuchs, Henry w. Goddard, Merritt
f. Haviland, Thomas NJ. Moore, j.
Van Vechten Olcott, Edward j. Rowe
and A. L. Squiers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-20
New York Troops Will
Be First to Quit Bprd..

San Antonio, Tex. Feb. ls.-or,,.,
cations Of the irsr contingent. Of vii,
tia are preparing to depart inn !,
border within few days, accordir. a'
headquarters. T"
Among the first to leave will n. 4.
1st New York Cavalry. the Ia,N Is
fantry and Brigade Headquartsrs -,
Battery c, New Jersey Field Artihs@n'
In the second group, which viii M ~ :!
leased later, will be tho 6srb Nc re
York Infantry and the Sd Field Az rss
lery.
Troops of the border states. c.,..,
Funston announced, will be the l.,. :
be released.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-20
HER HUMILIATION REDUCES
FINE FOR RECKLESS DRIVER
Mrs. Carley st. John, Who Hit Trolley
After Cocktail, Must Pay 500

After saying that he had taken into
consideration the humiliation she al
ready had suffered, Justice Kernochan,
in the Court Of Special Sessions, Brook
Ign, yesterday imposed a fine Of 500
on Mrs Carley St. John. of 3S Lincoln
Road, Brooklyn, on a charge Of driving
an automobile when intoxicated. She
was convicted on February 9. The fine
was paid by her husband, cotton
broker, with Offices at 236 Church
Street.
Mrs. ST. Jonn was arrested on De-
cember q, after her automobile had
collided with a streetcar at Flatbush
Avenue and Church Avenue, Brooklyn.
Mrs. St. John said she had taken only
one cocktail and a little hot gin, as
she was feeling ill.,
A special plea Tor leniency was made
By her lawyer. lie said that she had
driven the machine $4,000 miles in the
last four years without once having an
accident.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-20
EMPLOYEES TO SHARE PROFIT
Cluett. Peabody and Company An
nounce Plan Effective from Jan.

A profit sharing plan, which CIuett,
Peabody & Co, Inc, has had under con
sideration for many months, and in
which all Of the employees of both the
manufacturing and sales departments
will share, will be made public on
April 10, according TO an announce
ment issued yesterday.
The plan will be effective from jan
uary ], 1917. All that remains to be
done is the working out Of few minor
details Of the plan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-20
Alumni at Dinner Are Told
of Contributions to
Preparedness
RADIO IMPROVEMENT
TO BE GIVEN TO u. 5.
Prof. Michael Pupin, In
yentOr of Device, Is
Guest of Honor

Mayor Mitchell last night acted as
postmaster at a dinner held at Del
monicos by Columbia alumni to cele-
brate their university's contributions
TO science and engineering. Michael
Idvorski Pupin, Serbian Consul General
and professor in the department Of
electrical engineering, who has been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-20
DEFENDS MODERN.
SCHOOL METHODS
Dean Russell Says 1t IS
Not Trying to Over
throw Principles

DR.. James Z. Russell, dean Of Teach
ers College, speaking last night at the
City Club on the experimental school
to be opened in the fall under his su-
pervision by the Rockefeller General
Education Board, declared that its
founders were not attempting to over
threw the principles of classical edu-
cation.
They are seeking. he said, only to
improve the methods OF instruction in
vogue in the modern American school
and TO do away with that part Of the
conventional curriculum which expert
nent would show could be discarded.
In the place of rejected subjects new
ones would be introduced.
Latin, DR.. Russell said, was of great
value to some pupils. The problem
was to ascertain which pupils should
study Latin and TO exclude others.
School Handicapped
"The American school is handicapped
in three ways" he continued. "In the
first place, taking into consideration
the whole year, the child spends only
one hour of every five he is awake at
school. Time is too short for the
teaching to give the best results.
Teachers in the public schools are
underpaid, often inadequately trained
and frequently only little older than
some of the pupils they teach. Finally,
the administration of the school system
is too often in the hands of men who
L. oh lie ~
educational methods, and who carry
little responsibility for their acts Of
administration.
despite handicaps, the public schools
of New York City have done amazingly
well, but ] believe better results can
be obtained. A hit or miss principle is
the basis of American education.
Pupils are not told which parts of their
lessons are new and which old. Every
thing is new to them, and in home
work they simply experiment or manip-
ulate, according to what they have al
ready learned, until they chance on the
right conclusion. They should be
the goal.
Must Face the World
= DeleVe lnlS NIT or miss pflnClple
has aided the United States to become
what it is to-day, because the Amer
lean has been ready, as its result, TO
tackle any problem, whether he knew
anything about it. But the days when
such principles will succeed are gone.
We are called upon to face the world,
not just continent. Our educational
methods must be placedbn a scientific
basis"
DR.. Russell said that he was by no
means confident Of the success of the
experiment When the new school is
started, at Park Avenue and Sixty
sixth Street, the curriculum, he said,
probably would be conventional.
ANY departure would have to be
justified" he continued. 81 am afraid
consequently that in few years we
will have only a conventional school.
In any case. it will take fifteen or TWEEN
ty years to tell the exact value of our
methods. We do not expect to reyolu-
tionize American educational principles
through this one school"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-20

the desire OF every ritizex, a..
but not peace IL American Ky peaee,
ideals are infrirged upon. ' sa@
4hn Vt 6eI,,u may Be unpreDaredshe ~
what problems we may aid n
ments of the nation, state ana svsefn-
Professor Pupin deser;heJ NJ
Mitchell as "the greatest Ma Mayor
! landed at Castle Garden 'ra.s nnes
years ago" lie reviewed the 'sss.ares
ments of Columbia. Sn'sss-
About 500 alumni attended A.
ner. Among them were U NM ein.
Paul d. Crayath, Charles q SCs.ael,
j. j.. Carly. c. F. Chandler. -r,. .,ufts,
emeritus Of chemistry; WiIEsnS S'
lett Parsons, Professor John n D. r'
Willard d. Straight and Henrv me me,
field Osborn. fail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-20
PORTER HANGS HIMSELF
Knots Line About Neck and Jumps
from Second Floor

Simon Yoelker, porter, of go Gra-
ham Avenue, Brooklyn, hanged himself
last night from clothes pole in the
areawsy behind his home He was dis
covered an hour later by neighbors.
He had knotted clothesline about
his neck, tied the other end to the top
of the lO-foot pole and jumped from
the second story.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-20
SURROGATES NOTICES


STIMsoN. MARGAHET<--i az PJKss,'
suce OF an order OF Honorable JONI
Cohalau a Surrogate OF the .tpuhJ -
New York, notice IS hereOy gwen "
persons having claims against AN -.
S,imson. late OF the County ~ Ne" lols
J.c"ssed 10 preseut the same. with yoges.
ers thereof 20 the subscribers az VIZ g'1
place OF transacting business. 40 1" Vs. :,
Street in the City Of New VOTE VI
before the LIST day Of August lehl ,.,,.
Dated. New York. the lstn day o. JAW
d - ' ARTHUR IT, MAsrEH.
BEVERLEY r. EOBlNsoh,
II BARLOW FAIR. Attorney Cor vi y.
ecutors. No. 80 Wall street Ne" W W,
IN PURSUANCE OF Az ORDER OF bV =,
John P: ccohslSY9 W., a S so,ISs s h.r,u
givsn 10 all persons hayinE e sihls asf..
George Ley Pearce Butter ns i,,,
N'r0wn as George Ley Pearce vernon "a
Of the County Of New or =, ~, ,r--ysot /,
present the same, with FuuSh' ,ss,s.etlff
80 ,,,.,.,s 40 The Office u as aitorney' ~.
,,n' n BIymyer. No 40 wan sirees, ~ al
civ OF New York. on o. oeiofs Wv
dIy led 81 APE Dew York. the Srd day Of o'''
0ei' -'''' RAFAEL n. GOWN Executor
WILLIAM n. BLYMYER.
Attorney f0r Executor. ,.
40 wall street. Borough u IshhNs
yAI-cU. LEOPOLD B----Ip Pursssais
a. order Of Hon. John y .,oa YEA
s,sroEato Of the County NJ HeS ssr
Soiics is hereby given 70 az pS ya.es 10
INK claims against Leopyya - ssessseS. 9
- tre County OF New toiS. ~. ,b.rsot
present the same VIZ go Of trss'
70 me bn.i9ess at ihe once OF hs.Vc u
I No. IS Liberty street e.. 80; g az
!! PSX; "W York. on or before 'n' ''''
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pWS'SEy ROSETTA WAUGH. bAst ,or u.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-20
HELP WANTED
Male

A MIDDLE AGED couple. white. who appreciate
good home. will find immediate employment with
family of two residing al New Rochelle Scan
dinayans preferred Must furnish best references
Apply 10 A. j. Pagel Room 922 81 Broadway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-20
DOMESTIC SITUATIONS WANTED
emale

HOUSEWORKER Superior Englishwomsn: eucsp-
tionay competent. conscientious. small family
cts apartment: splendid references. SSj Call Ma
sons Agency I3l West i2d 81. Bryant 1888.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-20

HOU EWORKER.-E1cellent cook capable very
efficient: exceptionally good maid. Westchester Co.
preferred. splendid references So Call Mason's
Agency, l3i West i2d -.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-20
Battle Over Calendar

By a vote Of 81 to SO the congrega-
ton sustained the action Of the trus-
tees in abolishing the calendar. Then
Edmund j. Tinsdale, a lawyer, who has
contributed to the church for many
years, Immediately offered TO defray
the calendar expenses himself.
when William A. Walling rose to
move that Mr.. Tinsdale's offer be ac-
cepted he was greeted with a salvo Of
Kisses.
81 am a member Of this church. and
have right 20 speak here" he cried.
81 demand that the persons who arc
Kissing me be rebuked by the chair
man of the meeting"
Another man, seated toward the
front of the room, arose. offering
The money is one thing; giving IL is
another" he declared. 81 move that
the doncr either put up or shut up"
q resolution accepting Mr. Tinsdalc's
offer was finally carried. Just as the
vote was announced, the voice Of II
woman near the rear rang out:
awe don't want his money"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-20

Executors
IL BARLOW FAIR. Attorney io' yd,.
ecutors, No. 80 Wall street 70"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-20

INFANTS NURSE.-Capabie. reliable well rec
commended: city country: wages. $40 Colonial
Employment Agency - West 42d ST.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-20
DOMESTIC SITUATIONS WANTED

A-A-COOH Young Swede excellent city refer.
ences $3.50. c.. Miss Ho;mayer's Agency 10
East $50 ". 81 n1or. Teephole sglI Murray Inn
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-24
Make New Records in
Temple Girls Track Meet

Philadelphia, May 24.-Two Tenn
pie University girls set new Amer
lean track records in the annual in
terclass meet held yesterday at Ath-
letic Recreation Park. Miss Ethel
Dryer, a senior, lowered the mark
in the eighty-yard dash by one-fifth
second, covering the distance in ten
and four-fifth seconds. Miss Bessie
Cramer of the freshmen class, COW
cred twenty feet eleven inches in
the standing hop step and jump,
more than a foot better than the
former record.
S0-yard dash-Won by Miss Ethel
Dreyer, senior; second, Miss Bischoff,
freshman; third, Miss Mary Fisler,
senior. Time, 10 4-5 seconds.
Running high jump - Won by
Miss Amelia Porter senior; second,
Miss Agnes Hastings, senior; third,
Miss Laura Sharp, freshman. Height,
n. in.
Standing hop, step and jump -
Won by Miss Bessie Cramer, fresh
man; second, Miss Ethel Dreyer,
senior; third, Miss Minnie Schweiker,
freshman. Distance, 20 fl. IL in.
Hurting ball 6 lbs. with handle)
Won by Miss Blanch Voorhees,,
senior; second, Miss Helen Buzby,
senior; third, Miss Minnie Schweiker,
freshman, Distance 79 TT. 6 in.
Baseball throw (for distance) -
Won by Miss Lena Lewis, senior, 1856
IT.; second, Miss Louise Beker, fresh
man 17S ft.; third, Miss Anna
Brucker freshman, 165 TT.
440.yard relay race Ceight girls to
team Won by freshmen (Misses
Baker, Bischoff, Cramer, Mills,
Rambo Sharp, Schweiker and Phil
lips); second seniors misses Mild
red Burt, Helen Buzby, Lillian De
Puy, Ethel Dreyer Mary Fisler,
Amelia Porter, Blanche Voorhees,
and Winifred Horscroft).
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-24
LAW PREVENTS
SUNDAY GAMES:
NO BENEFITS

New York, May "a Sunday
baseball. even in the interest of the
Red Cross, or to aid military units,
is not a certainty with major
leagues. With a game arranged for
the Polo grounds on Sunday, June
10, between the Yankees and st.
Louis Browns as a leader, it was
hoped to stage special contests in
every city of the two big leagues, re-
ceipts from such contests to be
turned over to different war relief
funds.
Captain T. L. Huston, part owner
of the Yankees, who put the scheme
on foot here, proposed that proceeds
from such game should be turned
over to the New York engineers who
are expected to leave shortly for duty
in France. This contest is expected
to go o'through, although official sane
ton has no tyet been given. The
game of June IS has been moved
forward for this occasion. Elsewhere
the scheme is encountering insur-
mountable obstacles.
Boston Raises Kick
Boston authorities are quoted as
saying that that learned and erudite
city Will not permit the playing of
Sounday baseball even for such char
liable purposes. There is a law
against Sunday baseball in the Hub,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-24
Golf Clubs to Furnish
Ambulances For Red Cross; ;
Memorial Day BeniGt

New York. May 24.-"An ambulance
for every club in membership" is the
slogan which the officials of the Met
ropolitan Golf Association have adopt
ed in it's campaign for the benefit of
the American Red Cross. This looks
like a tall order seeing that there are
no fewer than eighty -four clubs in the
NJ G. A., but for all that the golfers
of New York city and district are out
to get what they have set their
minds on, and they hope to have the
whole matter cut and dried by Me-
mortal Day. On this day the Metro
politan Golf Association has ordered a
general Red Cross benefit competition.
Golfers will be out in force on every
links in the metropolitan district, and
before they have left their club that
night they will be expected to have
provided the money to purchase the
eighty-four ambulances.
The competition will be an eighteen
hole medal play affair, and the win
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-24
Don't Hit in Pinches
Is Order From Connie

Detroit, Mich, May 24.-For the
third successive time the weather
prevented ball game at Navin Field
yesterday.
This time it was a combination of
wet grounds and cold weather.
Either cause would nave been suffi-
cient to have warranted the post
ponement. AS the Athletics have
to return east Immediately after this
series, the game will have to be
played off as a double-header when
they next appear in Detroit in July.
Connie Mack had looked forward
to replenishing his Golfers here and
was much disappointed when 1t was
found impossible to play. He be-
lieyes that Detroiters will turn out
to look over his rem odeled club and
he promises to give them their mon
ey's worth. The lean tactician has
not been altogether satisfied with the
way his aggregation has been going
this season. Its hitting in pinches,
in particular, has disappointed him.
1--WE are getting enough hits, but
are not making them count, said
Mack. "In this respect imagine we
have a lot in common with the
Tigers. AS soon as we get men on
bases the batters seem TO fall down
on the job of rescuing them. l have
plenty of real sluggers, if they only
will start to work, however, and l
expect to see them get going almost
any time now"
Jennings has practically all mis-
pitchers available for duty against
the Mackmen, except Bernie Boland,
who is now on his honeymoon.
In all probability Howard Ehmke
will open against the Mackmen. Joe
Bush will oppose him.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-24
Lafayette Athletes Clean
Up in Meet With Lehigh

South Bethlehem. Pa, May "a. -
Lafayettes ctnder path men ran the
Lehigh trackmen literally off their
legs in the annual dual meet yester-
day, winning by 76 points to SO. La
fayette won first place in everything
but the pole vault, discus and ham
mer throw. In the latter two events
Lehigh took all the points. Lafayette
took every point in six events.
Bechtcl was the star of the meet
with three firsts and second to his
credit. Following him came Paulson
with two firsts and a second. Schuerr
was Lehigh's best point winner with
two firsts while Harrington came
next.
A surprise was the defeat of Her.
rineton. by Paulson In the high
jump.
There were no records broken dur
ing the meet. The S80-yard dash
furnished a good race for second
place between Russell, of Lafayette
and Downer of Lehigh. In the two
mile race Groves, of Lafayette, and
Fisher, of Lehigh, fought it out for
second place.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-24
NDERS START HOME SERIES WITH DETERMINATION TO HIT WINNING
[WELEYs& GoRNER

Harry Eyster. star athlete at
Tech and good point winner, is
out on account of sickness. He may
not be able to compete in the big
meet Saturday.
Central high athletes are moving
fast in order to get into winning
form for Saturdays big track and
field meet. Very little has been said
about the prospects for the Central
athletes but it is certain they are
going to come out with laurels.
Harrisburg's New York State
League aggregation is home. The
players were out early to-day to
warm up for the series with Syra-
cuse. Manager Cockill was on hand
and is determined to do his bit in
getting the team into a winning
stride. The weather was rather
chilly to-day but the Islanders went
at their work with lots of ginger.
Wilkes Barre is moving at a fast
pace. Yesterday Red" Calhoun's