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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-18
New Head of French
Theatre Welcomed
Jacques Copcau to Make House
in Paris His Model

The board OF directors Of the new
French Theatre held reception yes
;erdav afternoon in the foyer OF the
Metropolitan Opera House IN honor OF
Jacques Copeau. the general director
recently appointed to manage the inca
tire. Mr.. Copeau is to call the theatre
after the one he founded in Paris. the
Theatre du Nieux Colombier. and IN
short address he described his inten-
tons.
"The Theatre du Nieux Colombler
will be exactly the same as its pred
ocessor in Paris. as | shall bring over
the company. the costumes and the
settings exactly as they existed before
the war. My theatre was little theatre,
and because of this IT has renamed
unaffected by the cataclysm OF mate
rialism- which has swept the worId,
You will find it will reproduce all
except things low and gross. nope u
will express the real France. and not
the France of the theatre IN when the
n enage trois reigns supreme
Besides VI. Copcau. the speakers were
Nicholas Murray Butler and Augustus
Thomas. Consul General LleDcrt also
made a short address.
Present at the reception were QUO
II. Kahn, Mrs Gertrude Atherton, MIS-
Philip LydiC. Ernest Block, kurt
SCHNEIDER. Miss Elsie De Wolfe, Nine
Gilda Darthy. Edgar Becman and Nine
Frances Aida.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-18
War on Mustache
Opens in Hoboken
One City Employe Removes
Germ Shelter from Lip

Nav II. 1917, will do down in the
annals Of Hobokcn as the day when Or.
Joseph Stack. chief of the Health De
partment. began his war upon mus
taches. Yesterday he signed the ukase
destined to destroy the home OF many
an innocent germ.
Every little whisker has microbe
all its own" is the burden of the warn
ing sent out by DR.. Stack. He CON
tirues by pointing TO the present
healthy condition of Hoboken, and urg-
ing that all with the city's welfare at
heart. and mustaches on their lips, sac
rifce the latter TO the former.
City employees. he suggests. should
lead in this movement by hewing away
all facial shelters in which germs may
lurk.
By nightfall one city employe had
sacrificed his mustache for the sake OF
the municipality. He is Michael
Whalen, a truant officer. He looked at
Dr. Stacks manifesto, stroked his lip
awning. and then wandered away to a
barber shop.
"My one regret is that have but one
rnustache to give for Hoboken," he said
in a calm voice as he sank into a chair.
So moved was Dr. Stack by the news
Of Whalen's sacrifice that he announced
that he would shave off his own mus
tache at once. Great struggles are
going on in the consciences of those
Hobokenites who possess civic pride
and hareliDs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-18
Blank Shortage
Bars Aliens from
Becoming Citizens

The naturalization bureaus in this
city are unable TO accept the applica-
tons of aliens who wish to become
of official blanks is exhausted.
Bureau of the County Clerks Office
sixty-fve blanks. These did not last
through the day and twenty or thirty
applicants for first papers were turned
away. Although there still remains
supply of blanks for second papers.
this, said County Clerk Schneider, will
not last longer than to July I.
County Clerk Schneider, who has is
sued daily about 100 first papers since
the declaration of war, sent hurry
call to Washington for blanks. He
received reply from the Department
OF Labor that the Bureau OF Printing
and Engraving has been busy with
other matters and has been unable to
print them. The department does not
permit the use Of blanks other than
those supplied from Washington.
The same condition exists in other
counties Of New York City. Mr..
Schneider sent requests to other coun-
ties for blanks. but was uDable TO OBJ
tain any. Neither could he obtain any
from Hudson County. New Jersey.
The bureau will continue TO accept
applications for second papers as long
as the blanks Of that kind hold out
In the meantime, the machinery Of the
once, so far as first papers are con-
cerned, will be clogged because Of the
in Washington.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-18
More Bogus British Officers
Make Feminine Hearts Flutter
With Piccadiy Accent and Craustark" Outfits Five Glib
Youths Play Lieutenant Commander
Suart's" Game Here

these men are injuring the standing Of
hundreds of genuine British officers
now in this country, and so far as it
is within its power the consulate is
discouraging their operations. But the
young men are clever, and borrowing
from an American ally is no crime, es-
pecially if it develops that ones uni
form is not exactly like the one worn
by a bonafide British soldier or sailor.
GuIled the Uninitiated
The deep blue that looked so well
upon Lieutenant Commander Stuart"
failed to impress British naval officers,
but it was enough to gull the unin-
lated. His clankilg sword, it was esti-
mated, cost about 81 in some Philadel-
phia emporium that outfits "Graustark"
companies for one-night stands; but it
cut wide swath along Broadway.
He flashed it for the admiration and
alarm of many group of friends, and
only once did an Ally take exception
TO the display. This was at Healy's,
where rude American fist crashed
into "Stuart's" eye and nearly caused
serious dissension among joint foes OF
Germany. He demanded and finally
secured an apology, after threatening
to make an international affair OF 1t
otherwise. it was learned yesterday.
Most Of the time. however. these
young men OF "Stuart's" profession arc
popular. They appear to have plenty
of money and a great willingness TO
spend it in light amusement and for
the pure JOY of good fellowship. There
was never a night at the Martinique,
it was said. when the young man. who
modestly claimed that he conveyed Mr..
Balfour to America. didn't collect an
admirng circle, to which he dispensed
hospitality and accounts of other ex-
PLOTS.
Easy to Keep Purses Full
His standing was not questioned by
the hotel management. nor by the
friends he made so rapidly. He OBJ
tanned entry to the Union League Club
and the New York Athletic Club, not
forgetting the Broadway Country Club,
of Flushing, where he achieved a swift
wooing of Miss Miller. His method of
keeping a full purse was to borrow once
and repay, borrow a second time and
forget.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-18
Finds His Bride
In Police Station
On Theft Charge
Former Employe of Chemical
Company Accused of
Stealing From 1t

Adolph Baltes, bridegroom OF two
weeks. got TO his home at / Franklin
Avenue, Harrison, \. j., last night 10
ind no dainty figure awaiting him at
the door and no welcoming aroma of
steak and onions. Gloom enshrouded
the apartment. The stove was cold.
The heart Of the bridegroom fickered
IN panic. He seized the telephone AVID
called the police station.
Yes. Mrs. Baltes was there. No. she
wasn't likely TO be coming home soon.
II he wanted TO see her he had better
come down.
Baltes was there in an incredibly
short time and discovered his wife.
Minnie. twenty years old, in tears on
a bench. while a rlan whom he recog-
nized as Bernard Kleinschmidt. preSi-
dent Of the kleinSchmidt Chemical
Company, for which Minnie had been
bookkeeper. talked confidentially with
the police lieutenant.
In daze. Baltes learned that Minnie
was accused Of stealing. After she had
left the Office TO be married, Mr.. Klein
schmidt had put an accountant en- the
books
Fifteen thousand dollars is the
rHViNdkts NNlh WI hAtlAoNhhiNN.
discovered that she was in the habit
Of helping herself TO $50 week or
more AZ brief intervals from 1913 until
the day she left our employ"
Its not so," cried the prisoner.
Don't you believe them. Adolph!"
Later according TO the police. the
young woman admitted she had taken
Sc or 81 a week. because her salary
was only 81 and she couldn't live on
il. They exhibited ten 500 hills and
1915 in smaller bills. which they said
she had taken from her blouse in proof
Of her statement that she mad net taken
$4,000.
She had been employed in the Office
OF the company. at 1923 East Sixty-fifth
Street. Manhattan. When the shortage
was reported to the police yesterday
detectives went 20 Harrison and ar
rested her. She was arraigned in police
court and held for extradition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-18
English Library
Worth 100000
Comes to America
Will Go to Henry E. Hunting
ton, Who Already Has Fin
est u. s. Collection

The Bridgewater Library. the Oldest
and most extensive collection OF early
English literature. has been bought by
a New York dealer for more than ST.
co., coo and. for the most part. will be-
come the property of Henry Z. Hunt
ington. nephew OF the late Coils p
Huntington, whose library is already
said to be the finest ~ the country
Mr.. Huntington, II is said, is TO take
all the books and documents which are
rot now in mis- collection and all those
which he considers better than the
duplicates in his library.
Two steamships. neither of which
sustained any misfortune on the trip.
brought the collection from England
last week. There are 5000 books. more
than 200 manuscripts and more than
10000 historical documents and manu-
script letters. The collection was
started in Shakespeare's time. For
centuries il was in the custody of the
house of the Earl of Bridgewater. II
came into the hands of London firm
from the Earl of Ellesmere.
The gem of the collection is the
Ellesemere .Chaucer. the illuminated
manuscript from which the first
printed editions we're made. II is
valued at $4,000. II was written be-
tween 1900 and 1405 on vellum in large
Gothic characters. IL contains q pict.
ure of Chaucer. hooded figure on
horseback With the possible excep-
ton of Millions autograph manuscript
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-18
Columbia Teachers
Wife Takes Own Life

Mrs. William c. CLARK, of TenaAy,
n. j., whose husband is member of
the Columbia University faculty, was
found dead yesterday hanging from a
chandelier in front of mirror in the
Hotel Manhattan. She had shot her
self in the forehead. She explained in
a note that i'll health had driven her to
distraction. She was forty years old.
The mirror Of dressing table had
been tilted so that the electric light
fixture which Mrs. Clark used as glib
bet was reflected in the glass. She had
fastened short length of rope about
her neck and tied il TO the fixture.
Mrs. Clark's home was at Knicker-
booker Road and Sunset Lane, Tenafy.
She was the daughter Of the late DR..
Hardy NJ. Banks. Of Englewood. Her
sister was the wife of the late DR.. Ed
ward n. Clark, her husbands brother.
Hardy NJ. Banks, n brother, lives in
Englewood. y. j.
No reason other than that given in
Mrs. Clark's note was advanced by her
family for her act. She had son five
years old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-18

in the library of Trinity College. Cam
bridge, 1t is considered the greatest
monument of English literature in the
world.
There is also full set of four
Shakespeare folios, valued at $4,000
and manuscript of about 400 of John
Covers "Confcssio Amantis". on which
the same value is placed. A 10Th
century Book of Hours" valued at
$4,000. and 4 "Psalterium Latinum"
are other treasured bits Of the col
lection.
The Americana includes Bible
printed in l54l. which was given by
Sir Francis Drake to Richard Topliffe.
1t contains an autographed inscription
in the latter's writing, saying that the
book was taken" by Drake gin the
Indeas at St. Domingo. where he and
our Nation did wynne great fayme.'
Ii is valued at S25, 900 A similar value
is placed on Captain John Smiths
Description Of New England" printed
in 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-18
Nassau County Finds
A Barber-Detec
Makes Him Crime lnvas
gator at $1,000 Year

When Mike Williams was a lad be riS
trade 49,. !
In Hampstead village with razor 49,
And the farmers focked TO the osroo -
Where Mike held sway with his ses''"
strop. A.
lie stropped and no scissored so esraSx
Now he's Crime Investigator Of ~
Countee.
Michael Williams has forsskef
mysteries of the facial msssac.
more he administers the neV
OF the hair SINCE. festerds!
serted the white duck Jsekes !"
one knows how many dinesM a.,
guises. The razor with which n
shaved them clean has been soslS ss.r
for complete outfit Of false v', -,
For Michael Williams is no
just the proprietor OF hemp
most fourishing tonsorlai patty q
is Crime Investigator now. "a
pervisors of Nassau County 50!
Mike admits it. ..z,r
Since 1899. when Nassau frst -,
a county, il has boosted but on. III
detective TO track evildoers " N
lairs. Recently Carman rlsas y
present sleuth of the law, pee.
overworked that the superslse.. ~
cided to augment the force. fh .,ss
announced that the ne" ,s,ss
would be known as Crime .ssy|
gator Secondly, they ssia Ts,a5|
sal y would be $500 a year, ~
they announced that Nike ~ 20
chosen to bear both title and 80,
Occasionally, Williams ss's ,ssI.1|
not investigating especially 49,
crimes, he expects to do a ,'t.''
work, just to keep his hand IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-18
Munition Plot
Case in Hands
Of Jury To-day
Buchanan Points to His
Peace Record as Proof
of Innocence

The fate of Captain Franz Rintelen
and his six codefendants, on trial in
the United States District Court for
conspiring to stop the shipment Of mu-
nitions to the Allies, will be in the
hands of the jury to-day.
The defence put its last witness save
one on the stand last night. All the
defendants except Rintelen have been
on the stand Former Representative
Frank Buchanan took the witness chair
for a few minutes just before court
adjourned at o'clock last night.
Buchanan declared that nearly all
the aims of Labor's National Peace
Council. of which he was president,
had been his for years prior to the
European war. Among the purposes OF
this organization, which the govern
ment alleged was financed by German
gold, was the manufacture of all the
means and munitions OF war by the
government so as to take the rrofit
from armor plate men, shipbuilders
and munition manufacturers. he
pointed to his speeches in the House
against wars two to four years before
the outbreak of the European conflict.
He denied knowing the organization
was on record in favor of causing
strikes to stop the shipment of NUM-
tions to the Allies.
Buchanan was preceded on the stand
by ex-Representative II. Robert Fowler,
Of Illinois. Fowler admitted receiving
money from Henry B. Martin, Lamar's
friend, but insisted it was for work as
attorney to Labor's National Peace
Council. He denied knowing the money
came from Lamar, or knowing of La
mars connection with the organization.
Lamar, the government showed, got it
from Rintelen.
Jacob L. Taylor, the East Orange
cigarmaker, who succeeded Buchanan
as president of Labor's National Peace
Council, denied that the organization
was used to foment strikes or was. so
far as he knew. tool of Captain Rim
telen. He declared that he was solely
in the organization for what good he
could do for "the brotherhood Of man. ,
On cross-examination, Isaac +.
Oleand, special government prosecutor,
established the fact that Labor's Ma
tional Peace Council dissolved a few
days after Rintelen sailed for Germany
only to be seized at Kirkwall On Au-
gust Is, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-18

No longer does the glittering SWORD
of Lieutenant Commander George
Ellis Stuart. OF the British Commits
sion" dull the gilt of Broadway caba-
rets. No longer do feminine hearts skip
beat at sight of his natty uniform OF
deep, deep blue. But there are other
swords and other uniforms.
At least five glib young men remain
in New York to pursue the game 'ha'
Stuart" played so successfully until
tho announcement of his engagement
10 Miss Katherine Miller, of Flushing.
Long Island. attracted the attention OF
the British Consulate and revealed tnat
he was an impostor. One of these, an
English naval officer said yesterday, !.
now paying court TO young woman o.
high social standing.
These ingratiating visitors IN near
Pritish uniforms and genuine BRITISH
accents are cashing IN on the nospi,,
tality Of new ally while British ana
American officials can only look on ana
scowl. The Secret Service or Depart
ment of Justice can instantly arrest the
impostor in the uniform OF an onicer
of the United States army or navy, but
there is no law that permits them to
put a firm hand in the collar of mas
querader in the blue or khaki Of Eng
land.
British Officials Helpless
British officials are equally helpless.
When the impostor becomes involved
after the fashion of Stuart" and there
by becomes known TO British agents he
can be effectively disposed Of by ex-
posture. But while he remains gentle
and elusive CRATER. who courts no IN
due publicity while he works his way
into clubs and borrows from friendly
allies. he is perfectly safe.
So far as Stuart" is concerned. 1t
was learned, his sole indictable offence
was against the Hotel Martinique,
which has only a sword, made in Phil
adelphia, and blue uniform to offset
a bill Of 1920. The hotel management,
it is understood, is not making any ef-
fort to apprehend him. and so he is free
to wear a new uniform and new arma-
ment in some other city.
The British consulate realizes that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-18
County C. o. P. Enrols
Committee Offers Use of Party
Machinery to Aid War

The Republican County Committee
met last night and appointed a "war
aid committee of 500" to cooperate with
the Federal and state authorities.
Charles d. Hilles, former Republican
National Chairman, was made chair
man. The whole organization machin-
cry. clubhouses, election inspectors and
clerks. was offered TO the government
to facilitate recruiting, the military
census, conscript registration, and for
see fit TO use it for war purposes.
The committee passed a resolution
profoundly deploring" the death of Jo-
seph II. Choate. A copy of the resolu-
tions was sent to the bereaved family
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-18
All Plattsburg
Cheers Training
Regiments on Hike
Country Swarms with Men
in Uniform When Thirty
two Companies March

From stan Correspondent Of The Thbunel
Plattsburg, n. Y, May 17.-After
three hours Of drill and semaphore sig
mailing practice the 1st and I'd Pro-
visional Training regiments took their
first hike to-day. They tramped off four
miles in an hour without arms, when
is a stiff gait to maintain over these
sandy roads, and then put back TO camp
for noon mess and five more hours on
the drill field.
The entire country roundabout was
thick with soldiers during the hike, as
the ffirty-two companies marched in
dependently and by various routes. Sew
eral passed through the town. and al!
Plattsburg turned out 10 cheer them,
which was a pretty compliment, since
Plattsburg has been garrison town
for twenty-three years.
One more man withdrew from the
New England camp to-day. and Lleuten-
ant Colonel Paul A. Wolf, the com
mandant. announced that the canton
ment lists have been closed for good
Men who have written in TO claim the
places vacated by men who have oeeh
sent home will receive notices mat no
moro applications will be considered.
For the information of those inqulring
as to future camps this memorandum
has been issued: -,
There is no information to date
that another training camp will be
established at the close of the pres
ent one. All such inquiries should be
addressed to the adjutant OF the
army.
The student officers are beginning 70
= al. la "a nv lOrp which
is not to be found in the service
manuals. For example, there is the
matter of shaving with cold water and
without a mirror. To place a looking
glass before an old soldier is only to
confuse him. lie deity passes his
old style razor over his counte-
nance with one hand while he rolls the
matutinal brown paper cigarette. with
the other. But the recruits are learn
ing. and some Of them bear few
scars as reminders of the lesson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-18
DR.. Flexner Resigns
Too Busy to Keep School
Board Post, Wilcox Explains

DR.. Abraham Flexner, often assailed
as the representative Of the Rockefel-
Ter interests on the Board Of Educa-
ton, has sent his resignation TO the
Mayor, whose champion he was in the
fight made last year in the board
against Thomas W. Churchill as presi-
dent. The Mayor has not yet accepted
the resignation. William G. Wilcox
president Of the board said last night
that DR.. Flexner's reason for resign
ing was that he was too busy otherwise
to give the necessary time to the work
of the board.
DR.. Flexner is assistant secretary of
the Rockefeller General Education
Board. Raymond d. Fosdick. another
member of the board. whose name also
was coupled by critics with that of
Rockefeller. resigned several months
ago. Tammany Hall and organized
labor were among the powers that had
complained of the Rockefeller infu-
ence in the Board of Education.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-18
Eighteen Testify
In Favor of Swami
Deny His Aids Coerced Those
He Knew Would Appear
Against Him

Firhteen witnesses, lnclUdIng law
vers. stenographers, court interpreters,
detectives and prison keepers, testified
for District Attorney Swami at his
trial Yesterday before Commissioner
lngraham. All refuted the charge
that Mr.. Swanns assistants had in
undated or bribed witnesses who he
knew would testify against him.
Commissioner Ingraham excluded
evidence tending to show that two OF
the men indicted for perjury who later
accused Mr.. Swann's assistants OF
forcing them to make confessions had
admitted to their lawyer that they
were guilty of perjury. In sustaining
the City Clubs objection to the law
ver's testimony 10 that effect Commis-
sioner Ingraham said:
"These witnesses for the prosecu-
ton have sworn to almost everything.
What one or two of them may have
said when they were not under oath is
of no importance 70 me-
Detective John Cunnif testified that
Isidore Weisberg had told him on
February q that everything would
turn out right for the fellows who
didn't confess they had sworn falsely
against the union officials because
certain big lawyers downtown were
going to put District Attorney Swami
out of Office and put Judge Delehanty
in Judge Mclntyre's place and every
thing was going to be pretty soft"
"Weisberg said" continued Cunnif,
"that il was q great joke Swann's TAX
ing statements from the indicted wit
nesses because these big lawyers down
town were taking contradictory state
ments from them at the same time"
Counsel for the City Club did not cross
examine the witness.
Charles r. White. head keeper Of the
jefferson Market prison. and his as
sistants, James Shanahan and Felix
Quinn, testified that Benjamin Polar.
one OF the recanting perjurers. lied
when he said that he was thrown into
cell reeking with filth and vermin
and that Shanahan had punched him in
the face.