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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Rush to Marry
Goes On Despite
Friday, the 18Th
ZIG Get Licenses in Muniei-
pal Building; Eighty.nine
Couples Welded
Some Not Stacker.
Scores of Young Men, How.
ever, Wear Flowers, Not q
Flag, in Lapel.

Friday the thirteenth might a, vel,
have been wiped OFT the calendar =.
far as its effect on the war marine.
rush was concerned. There were ga
licenses issued during the day and
eighty-nine marriages performed IN
the little chapel in the Municipal
Building. The whole Koran Of Super.
stition, from the first sentence to N.
last, was defed by couples ready to
brave any danger Of tradition "a
evade, if possible, fighting for III.
country.
Clerks in the Marriage Bureau Who
compute all sorts OF odd record.
found that the highest number Of
licenses heretofore granted on Friday
the thirteenth was sixty The aver.
age number, they declared. was thirt,
The greatest number of marriass
ceremonies performed on this fatefgl
date was twenty-five. But there wa,
no hesitation abroad in the Ci,y
Clerks Office yesterday. Scores and
scores Of young men clad in their
Sunday best, with fiOwers-not flags %
in their coat lspels, and with young
women clinging to their arms, waited
to buy licenses. They were all
patriots, too. so they said. ready 70
serve their country, il need be. They
were not getting married in the hop.
Of escaping military service-nothins
like that.
However. whether slackers Or
patriots, Of the young men Who hw.
been married by hundreds ever since
Congress declared war, so per cent Of
them are, according TO the NsrrIsss
Bureau records, between the ages ..
nineteen and twenty-five.
However. all the boys getting mar
ried now are not slackers. One an.
swered ficrcely. when asbsa yesterday
if he was marryi.s 10 dodge fighting.
He war Emmanuel z. Lewis, aged
thirty-cwo, an insurance broker, Of
573 HOLSTER Avenue, Bridgeport. His
bride was Miss Maude E. Macbeth
thirty-two years old, of Ridgewood
y. J.
81 am getting married to-day" h
said. because it's my last chance toi
Lord knows how long. My regimeni
has been called out for tomorrow, snt
I'll be on hand. This is regular ws'
marriage"
Frank J. Goodwin. first deputy city
clerk. did the marrying yesterday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
War Poisoned His Pen
Letter Writer Who Accused
Neighbor Is Arrested

The feud that has ragged between the
families Of Lszar Fried and Louis
Reinach for several months past
reached its climax in the Yorkville
Court yesterday, to the confusion Of
the Reinachs.
Louis and his daughter. Mrs. Anna
GoetZ. were in court in answer 20 a com
plant made out by Fried. After Mag
lstrate Nolan had read letter which
they are supposed TO have written 70
Fried, accusing him of being an Aus
trian secret agent, he ordered Reinach's
arrest.
A moment later Mrs Goetz was also
arrested. for, indignant at the victory
Of her adversary, she had endeavored
TO turn the tide Of legal conflict by as
saulting Fried and punching him in
tho eye.
The letter which brought about the
downfall of the Renachs was typewrit-
ten and accused Fried Of saying that
he was going to organize an Austrian
regiment here TO fight against the
United States. Relnach was released
on 5000 bail, but his daughter was held
In $500 bail for trial
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14

Sunday drew more tears at his after
neon meeting than he has done at any
other time since he came here. lie
preached on personal Work" taking
his text from Proverbs xi, 80, "He that
winneth souls IS wise
Fifty-five hundred persons, mostly
women-as is usual in the afternoons
shook with mirth as he told the story
of "a little houn' dog that became a
nublic nuisance barking for food as It
starved 70 DEATH" while every one
"passed the buck" saying, "He amt
nv dawg." Then Billy became serious.
accusing them as church members OF
assembling when they saw their neigh
Dor "headed for hell" by eXcusing in
action with some paraphrase Of HE
amt my dawg."
There are untold thousands of peo-
pie in New York to-day" he told them,
"who can be won for Christ if you'll
only lift a finger, say word to save
them. But you sit and sit and sigh
and sigh Here he regarded his
audience with infinite scorn. You're
the deadest bunch this side of the
cemetery" he remarked.
lie told one Of his favorite stories, a
"sure fire" point maker-one that never
fails TO wiring tears from many eyes.
It recited how DR.. Proughton, evan
gelizing in Iowa. encountered COM
munity which was "mildewed and
wormy, the people being so hidebounG
that they couldn't sweat" Appeal
after appeal failed TO bring any re
cruits to Christ except one small boy
who was mot overly bright" but who
converted his grandfather. who had
"blasphemed God for sixty years and
was too rotten even 70 approach the
backward Of heaven in his own opinion"
How the boy finally induced his father
10 give I'D the saloon business and
started a revival which remade the
town was told by Sunday with charac-
teristic fervor and appeal. Before he
/ had finished many eyes were wet and
Auttering Observation-Disclosures on
sea of faces-appeared in all parts
of the vast structure.
"Half of our Sunday School teachers
are card players, beer guzzlers and
theatregoers. They don't know any
thing about Jesus; no wonder our
Youths are running wild.
az it is beneath your dignity to do
personal work, then you are above your
Master, and II you nre not willing to
do what He did then don't call Him
ycur Lord. Get down on your knees
and confess Multitudes Of people
say: We'll, give US the Sermon on the
Mount and the Decalogue, minus the
parts we don't like Multitudes will
rot do things unless they personally
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14

are 10000 Of them. Do your best
whatever you do, and you will never
wear out shoe leather looking Tor a
lob nor become blind readln: walt
ads in o newspaper.
you can tell a young mans SIZE
bv what he is overcoming. Those VINO
borrow trouble never get chance to
nav il back. It's not necessary TO DE
in great place to become great,
Gettysburg was only blot on the
map until they fought a battle th mere
II know the size Of the young ouGs
that goes out and drinks and rr0l ;
into the house at a. M the teIio"
that goes around with c is. ~,
hanging from his lower lip: I've got
. .""s 'mn Of tho sissy girl that eats
f fudge gu' plays bridge, marcels her hair
and manicures her nails all day long;
blood in your veins, not PINK tea
49," $3.50 be fish on one side and flesh on
the other. Re human-be good and
be successful"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Revolutions Sons Allowed
To Mortgage Historic Inn

Justice Pendleton yesterday granted
the petition Of the Sons of the Revolu-
ton to mortgage Frances Tavern. at
Broad and Pearl Streets. the headquar-
ters Of George Washington in the
Revolutionary War. OF the $4,000
mortgage proposed, $4,000 will be used
20 pay off an existing mortgage and
$4,000 will be paid for 1ol and 1903
Broad Street, where the Sons of the
Revolution Will establish new quarters.
Frances Tavern, the ground floor Of
which is used for a restaurant, houses
many relics OF the Revolution. The
New York Chapter Of the organization
has a membership of 900. In the
petition to the court il stated that the
present quarters are too small TO ac-
commodate a well attended meeting
and 10 house the relics.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
DR.. SHERMAN Attacks
Marrying Slackers

Branding as towards the young men
who married to avoid consumption, Raool
Joseph Silverman in his sermon yester-
dav in Temple Emanuel urged patrl-
otto fathers and mothers to steel their
hearts and ask their sons to volunteer
Dir. Silvernan also called on the mem
bers of the Emergency League FOR
Peace to disband or TO change to the
emergency League for War"
1--WE have already had a sorry spec
tacle of piteous cowardice," said Dr.
Silverman Young men have taken
advantage of a technlcallty and have
gone to the marriage bureau 10 obtain
licenses TO avoid serving their country.
Anv such act is reasonable, to which
+ for one. will not be a party. | would
refuse, and | hope the ministers ana
magistrates of the country Will refuse.
10 perform @ marriage when | know the
Young man enters it to avoid conscrip-
tor.
"The need to-day is for the patriot
ism that will not answer the eountrys
call under pain of conscriptlon, out
which will answer the Presidents call
by forming a volunteer army OF 2,VOc'-
600 men. This is the time when every
vestige of class distinction must oe
extirpated from the body national. We
also need the spirit that makes for
economy. Let us be frugal and let the
money 90 where it is needed to the
families Of those who are on the firing
line"
Characterizing the world war as,
conflict between the united monsren!i
of Europe and the united democracy o.
the world, Dr. Silverman SAID that "
20 now pacifsm had been borne witf
patience, but that to-day neutrality ane
pacifsm were no longer virtues ou'
border on treason.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Coast Balloon Accepted
Usher Receives Aerial OBJ.
server from Aero Club

The first observation balloon for use
along the Atlantic Coast has been pur-
chased by the Aero Club of America
and was yesterday accepted by Rear
Admiral Nathaniel r. Usher, command
ant of the Sd Naval District. He, in
turn, transmitted the offer to the Navy
Department.
The balloon. now under construction
at the plant of the Goodyear Rubber
Company, at Akron. Ohio, is so feet
long by 26 feet IN diameter. Il is SINH
lar in design to the kite balloons at the
aerostatic station a. Fort Omaha. Ne
braska.
Rear Admiral Usher purposes putting
the balloon into use Immediately upon
its delivery here. K vii be anchored
to a snip stationed OFF Sandy Hook, so
that the observer may command a view
of almost the entire channel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Shires Say Coodby to Boy
Who Pined for Humble Home
Chids Wstfu Longing for Poor Parents He Had Learned
TO owe in a Few Weeks Causes Rich Foster
Parents to Forego Adoption

Petsonk telephoned to US saying that
she had had several talks with the
mother. She had pointed out the IN
justice that she was doing to the child.
and she told us that the parents wished
TO return the child II US. inasmuch as
they had realized that he was a stranger
to them in manners and in language.
This friend of Mrs. PetsOnk's suggested
an interview with the parents. to which
I agreed. On the same day | went to
see them and | had a talk with the
father | informed him at that time
that we would be glad to take the child
back and adopt him legally.
a second meeting was arranged for
the following evening. At this meet
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Petsonk, the child,
their lady friend. my lawyer and
were present. Ny lawyer had pre-
pared a release paper and asked them
If they were willing 10 sign it. and
also appear in court for the final adop-
ton later. Before considering signing
the paper they insisted on certain con-
ditions which I refused 10 accede TO.
However, I took the child home with
me in order 10 see whether or not he
seemed contented with us. lie seemed
very unhappy at my home and cOntin-
ually asked to be taken back. 4 want
to be taken back to my mamma and my
brother Simon he said. In fact, he re-
fused to eat his breakfast in the morn
.ng, so returned him that morning TO
his parents. and the child appeared 70
be happy with them.
after this experience we feel that
the child would never be wholly our
own and contented permanently with
US. since he has blood relations who
live so near"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
White Ribbon May
Adorn Bull Moose
Progressives Approve Plans
for Union with Prohibi-
ton Party

81. Louis, April ia national con-
vention Of part Of the Progressive
party held here to-day Ousted the ma
tional committee that last summer in
dorsed Charles [. Hughes, the Repub
lican nominee for President, and named
a new national committee to carry ont
the plans for amalgamation with the
Prohibition party. Plans for this
amslgamation were approved this af-
ternoon by the convention.
Victor Murdoch, of Wichita. Kan.
who presided over the Progressive Ma
tional Convention in Chicago last June,
was elected chairman OF the executive
committee OF the party, and Matthew
Hale, Of Boston, was elected national
chairman. Other officers chosen were
F. II. Chase, New York, national sec
rotary; J. A. II. Hopkins. OF New Jer-
sey. national treasurer.
John VI. Parker, Of Louisiana. al
tackled the Socialists for their attitude
In the war with Germany. He spoke
in favor Of universal military training.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Operators Present
Coal Wage Increases
Insist That Miners Carry Out
Their Contract, Which
Has a Year to Run

Illinois coal operators blocked the
scale Yesterday at the conference be-
ing held at the Hotel McAlpin between
representatives Of the United Min.
Workers OF America and the mine
owners Of the central bitumlnOus
fields. They are insisting that the
miners be held TO the same rate OF
pay as called for in their 1916 agree
ment, which has another year to run.
When the conference went into eX-
ecutive session at O'Clock in the sf-
ternoon. President John P. White.
Vice-President Hayes and Secretary
Green OF the United Mine Workers
insisted upon minimum increase OF
% cents on the tonnage rates and
SO ID per cent on the day rates.
c. f. Maurer. of Cleveland. repre-
scnting the Ohio operators, and W. a.:
Field, president Of the Pittsburgh Coal
and Coke Company, representing the
operators Of Western Pennsylvania,
countered with an offer of a general
fat increase Of 10 per cent. The
Indiana operators were Eon-committal.
apparently awaiting a decision Of the
Illinois operstors. with whom they
have 70 compete.
I'VE find that the cost of living"
President White of the miners told
the operators, is no longer within the
reach of the wages the men are re-
ceiyiHg. The steps taken by our gov
eminent recently will entail hardships
4 i
before you without blushing and make
conditions" He added that the recog-
milton of the mems earning power
would make possible the greatest
amount of LOYALTY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Rosary Causes
Woman's Arrest
In Murder Case
Missing Chauffeur's Wife
Owned Beads Found Near
Sweeney's Body
By BRIGGS

A rosary. found near the body OF
George F. Sweeney in a rooming house
at 437 State Street, Brooklyn, last Tues
day night, led to the arrest yesterday
Of May Joyce, twenty-four years old,
who is being held as a material wit
ness. The Joyce girl, who says she is
the wife Of William Bristol. a chauf-
feur being sought in connection with
the murder, was confronted with the
prayer beads at II Prospect Place,
Brooklyn, and confessed ownership.
She later admitted TO District Attor-
ney Lewis that she saw Bristol or
Wednesday, the day after the murder
was discovered, and that she urged him
to leave town. She denied ever having
been in BristoPs room at the State
Street address, where the body was
found, or that she was acquainted with
Sweeney, a former real estate appraiser
for the Board Of Estimate and cousin
of Controller Prendergsst.
The police learned that Bristol and
the Joyce girl had been seen together
and traced her to the Prospect Place
address. She said she and Bristol were
married by justice Of the peace in
Portsmouth, Va, a short time ago
They came TO Brooklyn, she said, and
lived at a Schermerhorn Street address
until they were asked to leave. Bris.
toll, she said, rented the room in State
Street on March %, and notified the
landlord that he would bring his wife
there later.
Sweeney, who was a bachelor, was
last seen alive on April 2, when he left
his home. at 293 Sixth Street. Brooklyn
to deposit $50 in the Greater New Yorl
Savings Bank. When he was founc
dead in Brstops room, with his skull
crushed in. the money was missing. anC
so were his watch and $3.50 diamond
ring.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14

his fire against the cigarette habit
aAniline dyes are made out Of pine
tar. Cigarettes are made out OF the
ter. Listen TO me, boys. They VIII
60 Up g back alley and pick, up dirty
rag that a billy goat would pass by
like a pay car does q tramp. and they
will turn that dirty rag into glucose
turn that glucose into booze. that
booze into you and you into the pen
itortiary or tho electric chair. Keep
off cigarettes and whiskey, beer or
wire.
"And. boys. don't think the cities are
ell to the mustard. The trouble is that
most Of YOU would rather wear clean
shirt and white stiff collar and
patent leather shoes and work for
$40 and call it salary than put,
on pair Of cveralls and a flannel
shirt, take a dinner bucket and WORK
for s25 a week and call II wages
"Ninety-eight per cent of our crimi'
nails come from the cities. and there
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Home From War One Week,
He Is Committed to Bellevue

George A. Mitcheson, q member Of
the American Ambulance Corps in
France, was committed to the psyche
pathic ward Of Bellevue Hospital yes
tcrday. A charge of grand larceny had
been made in Jefferson Market police
court by Bertrand Uhran, of $40 Man
haitian Avenue. who accused Mitcheson
o. trying TO drive of i'm his automobile.
Mitcheson. who is twenty-five years
old. returned from France Saturday
and has been staying at tne Hotel Nc
Alpin. His home is in Marionette,
Wis, where his father is in the lumber
business. He was graduated from Law
rcnceville Academy in 1915 and ex-
pected 20 enter Yale next fall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Bay Shore Wondering
Who Set Evelyn Ahre
Auto and Aeroplane Suspected
in Ferryboat Blaze

Pay Shore, l. l., April l3.-The Ter
ryboat Evelyn caught fire in her win
ter quarters. near the mouth of West
Creek, to-day, and was burned to the
waters edge Now the question OF how
the blaze started has assumed the pro-
portions Of an international mystery.
Some of the amateur detectives who
have been investigating the fire hint
darkly at German plot. There was
light explosion before the flames we're
seen, and this, they say, was caused by
a bomb The boat was gasolene driven
and worth about $4,000. For time
to-day it was said that 10000 gallons
Of gasolene had been stored aboard
her. but this was denied by John A.
Wilbur, her owner.
1t is now said tina. an automobile
was seen speeding along the road near
the ferry just before the fire started.
Other volunteer secret service men in
sst that an acropane few over the
craft and caused the explosion by
dropping a bomb. No one as yet has
evolved the theory that submarine
crept in close 10 shore and torpedoed
her
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
School Set on Fire Twice
Two Attempts in Three Days;
Police Seek Incendiary

Fire Marshal Prial and detectives o.
he Fourth Branch Bureau are looSihs
for the person who has tried to pun
down Public School 10 twice in the iss'
rec DAYS. On Wednesday a hre wa
discovered beneath the platform IN me
auditorium Of the building. when IS
10th Street and ST. Nicholas A'enul
Yesterday = teacher noticed smoss
issuing from the store room on w
nth floor. 1t was az noon ana o on
$50 part time pupils were IN the ou.iu
ing. These marched out wnen "
alarm was sounded. The blaze was
tinguished before fremen arrived
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Mother Asks The Tribune
To Find Runaway Son

Mrs. Anna Booth, of 2O2 West Nine
ty-sixth Street. has appealed TO The
Tribune for aid in finding her boy
Richard. who ran away from home on
April 10. The lad had been playing
truant from high school and fed from
the wrath that followed the discovery
Of his delinquency.
The boy is feet inches in height
and weighs 100 pounds When he left
home on tuesday morning with s. his
mother had given him to purchase gro
ceries he wore blue sweater. gray
coat, brown short trousers and black
shoes and stockings. He has a pro-
nounced cast 10 his left eye.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Ward Brothers Accept
Terms of Union Bakers

Ward Brothers, bakers, and the %.
ers and Confectioners' lnternatons'
Union have settled their differences,
Yesterday all of the Ward plants oeSM
operating under union conditions. ps
tween five and six thousand men az
affected. a.,
Eight hours is to constitute ~
standard day. and all union requn.
ments as to shop conditions are COZ"
nlied with.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Wax Sent Back to Oregon Jail

Charles II. Wax, who was the most
important witness in the recent trial
of Rae Tanner for alleged perjury in
her breach of promise suit against
James W. Osborne, was turned over
yesterday 10 the custody of Sheriff
Louis Olson. Of Salem. Ore. and will
be taken back 20 the penitentiary there.
lie escaped while serving a fve-year
sentence and later confessed TO the
New York authorities that he was the
real "Oliver Osborne" in the Tanner
eaSa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Flag for Railroad President

j. b. Kerr, president Of the E ss,.
York, Ontario & Western Railroad ~.
mally accepted a flag yesterday ss.
was bought BY clerks in the raIIiv.II
Offices in the Grand Central Iernl'1 ,ss
The flag was raised to position on ", W.
wall of the Office while a Nauon's
Guard bugler sounded ITO the Color. a.
Letter carriers hoisted another, MS ~.
to the skylight of the downtown RS t.Ts.
Office while their band played IN.
Star-Spangled Banner The rag W..
bought by postal employees; PoSIn'
ter Patten and other officials SPOKE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Pay Income Tax Promptly
To Aid Nation, Asks Edwards

Citizens Of New York can show their
patriotism by prompt payment of in
com o taxes.
Payment is due July Is. but William
n. Edwards. collector Of the I'd District
of New York. has sent an appeal to the
taxpayers within mis- district, pointing
out that they will be helping the gov
ernment in a substantial way" by set
Ting us az once
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Hopkins Approved Option

Tho Tribune enormously reported
Floy ID. Hopkins. of
Westfhester County, as one of those
who voted against the Hll-Wheeler
Local Option bill on Wednesday. Mr.
Hopkins approved the bill and voted
for il. He telegraphed yesterday to
Albany and assured himself that his
vote HAD been recorded correctly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
u. S. Agents Arrest Sailor :.
Who Fled Liner Vaterlano

United States Secret Service age.;sss
last night arrested Louis Ham, sac
70 he a German subject and memoss
of the crew OF the steamship an,
land. The only information given ~.
was that Ham escaped arrest "ns'
the Vaterland was seized. cx,<h
He was locked up IN the 1reeh"
Street police station.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Warmed by School Yells, Billy Sunday
Gives Big Audience Milder Sermon
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
IN THE, SUNDAY REVIVAL

2PM-Servce the Tabernacle with sermon by Billy sunday
p MMiss Kinney, director of students work lof
the campaign will meet girl delegates from the heh Scoo
at the Sunday residence 1S4 Northern Avenue tear "eV
1s1st Street, and outline students work plans
1880 p M-Service the Tabernacle with sermon by Oily
Sunday
By Snndov. residence 1S4 Northern Avenue; telephone
ST. Nicholas $685. -
Chairman Of the executive committee Of the William A. Sun
o Eronoelsc Association James W. SpeerS, 81 South Noun"
tain Arenue Montcair N. j.; telephone, Montcar Ill.,
The Tabernacle Is Broadwav and 16Sth Street. telephone
Audubon 1O0S2
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14

These epigrammatic utteranccs were
mctswith great applause from the boys. /
Tho parents clappcd when Billy turned