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New-York tribune., 1918-01-24
Did Flo, Conductress, Faint Away?
Oh, Well, She sBack at Work Today
Il Only Had Dizzy Spell and Things Grew Dark anc
Then Fell Thursday Sure, Without Slip, I'll
Ring Up Fares Along the Trip

ing ten thousand cares that come with
watching DER the flock that travels on
their rolling stock.
"We're able" was her tcrse reply
to run car or swim or fly as we'll
as any common man. WcIl do just
anything they can. The trouble is,
we've made it plain, that's why they're
cracking meath the strain. That's why
they think we ought to 70. Our ad-
vent was an awful blow"
Or. to Put 1t in Prose
ihus lorenzo Smith, q demure miss
OF 20, dismissed, as she stood in the
hallway of her home, q West oSth
street, yesterday, an ntimation that
she tainted al her post at the fare box
OF Broadway car last night because
Of long hours and the intense cold.
Il didn't faint" insisted Miss Smith.
Il hadn't been feeling we'll all day
and | simply grew dizzy. I went to
work against the advice Of the startc +
at the barn, Seventh Avenue and Fit
tleth Street, and it was my own fault.
the l1:56 run tomorrow morning, as
usual
Il don't know what the men want.
The whole story that tied up traffic
forty minutes by fainting at Broadway
and Forty seventh Street was inspired
by them. We have joined their union
and are doing good work. Why"--and
here snc showed pardonable pride
the other day we had an accident
and | got the names Of thirteen wit
nesscs. My motorman got only three
That doesn't show such incompe-
tcncy."
As to long hours, Miss Smith insists
that the company doesn't permit it's
'conductoresses" to work in long
shifts and that it takes care of them
"just wonderfully" She was visited
Nv company physician yesterday and
he sanctioned her return to work this
New-York tribune., 1918-01-24
To Drop Unfit u. S. Officers
Special Boards to Hear Gases
for Removal

WASHINGTON. Jan. c3.-The pro
cedure through which inefficient oiIicers
OF National Guard or National Army
troops are to be removed is set forth
day in regulations published by the
War Department. Dirisi onal command
ers and higher officers are given au-
;hority TO order before special board :
such officers as may be considered un-
IL for the commands they are holding
The reports OF these boards must be
made to the War Department, which
will render the final decision
In each case the examining board
will be composed, so far as is prac
tlcable. OF officers OF the same arm as
the officer ordered before it.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-24
Drive Pacihst From Town
Mitchell, S. D., Men Ordered
Peace Advocate AWAY

MITCHELL, S. D., Jan. 23.-William
c. Eempfcr, executive secretary of the
South Dakota branch of the Peoples
Council of America for Democracy and
Terms Of Peace, was seized by group
of unknown men to-day, placed In an
automobile and taken to point four
miles from here, where he was released
on the prairie. with instructions not to
return to Mitchell.
Tie action. il is said, was based on
reports that Rcmpfer attempted to in
Socialist party convention here, to
which he was q delegate. The conven-
ton was broken up by the police short
" before the expulsion OF Rempfcr,
whose home is in Parkestown, S. D.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-24

Mere man received an awful jolt, was
branded an unworthy dolt, when pretty
Florence Smith was sccn~thc girl con-
ductor, Flo, we mean-the lass who
tainted in her car, and left the safety
gate ajar, in mid Broadway on Tues
day night, the while the car was in
mad flight.
81 didn't faint" fair Flo declared,
"aAd neither was badly scared.
had little dizzy spell, and things
grew dark and then fell. But I'm as
strong AS any man, III prove it as a
woman can. never was worthless
shlrk, and am going back to work
Tomorrow morning III resume my cry
of Lively, please! Make room!'"
A Modern Girl in Lies Mad Whirl
And Florence IS modern girl, an
Amazon in lifes mad swirl She dons
the mufti every day and rides the cars
along Broadway. For two long weeks,
without slip, she's taken fares, and
on each trip maintained calm re-
sourceful grace, and kept the public in
its place.
$50 Why" she rises now to ask,
"should critics small take me to task,
because | had one dizzy spell and
things grew dark ard then ! fell? I'm
not cut glass rattle prize, nor bric-a-
brac in any wise. I'm just a human
being, see. and men fall i'll the same
as me-"
Size stood with eyes fair flashing
hate, this working girl of modern date,
when She was asked to answer back
her men co-workcrs' harsh attack. in
which they said conductor girls were
much too dainty for the whirls Of ring
ing up Il thousand fares and shoulder
New-York tribune., 1918-01-24
Blast Hurts 3, Scares 1000
Explosion in Pyrene Plant
Starts Rumors of a Bomb

Two heavy explosions yesterday on
the eighth floor OF the nine story build
Street caused rumors Of bomb out .
rage, TO spread through the neichbor
hood and startled passersby with a
shower Of glass that fell from broke n
pancs. The origin of the blast was
the drying ovens Of the Pyrene Manu.
featuring Company. fire extinguisher
makers.
This concern employs 1000 men and
women, who we're thrown into con-
fusion b. the noise. A panic was
quickly queiled. A fire alarm wss
turned IN at once. but no blaze fol-
loved the blast. The walls Of the dr..
ing room were badly cracked. Three
persons were lacerated with glass 50
severely that they were taken to Belle
Vue; None OF them is seriously hurt
The drying ovens. it is unde vstood
&C used to finish brackets holding the
fire eXtingushers manufactured bv tho
COMPANY.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-24
Harold Content Quits
u. S. Attorneys Staff
Prosecutor of Berkrnan and
Emma Goldman Resigns
After Alteration

Harold A. Content, since 1913 an
Assistant United States District Attor-
ney, has resigned his position. The
request for his resignation followed
an altercation with another member
of the Federal prosecutors staff.
Mr.. Content was the youngest man
selected by II. S;nowden Marshall to
assist him when he became United
States District Attorney, being but
twenty-five when he was appointed,
lie had previously been prominent in
Columbia College as an athlete and
in Democratic rolitics, twice standing
for the Assembly in the old 10Th
Assembly District. Under Mr.. Marshall
he had charge Of mann notable cases,
among them those of Alexander Berk-
man and Emma Goldman, whom he
convicted of draft plot charges. This
conviction was cnly last week upheld
by the United States Supreme Court.
He also figured prominently in the
prosecution OF other draft law vio-
lators and in the suppression Of dis
lOyal MEETINGS.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-24
Hudson Tube Blocked
Downtown Traffic Tied Up by
Short Circuit

Downtown traffic in the Hudson tube
right by short circuit at Nineteenth
Street and Sixth Avenue. The accident
flied the tube with smoke. A traffic
policeman guided passengers from the
train which caused the accident, to the
Twenty-third Street station.
AS the passengers CROPPED their way
through the dense smoke n shower OF
sparks fell about them, and it was with
difficulty, the police say. that they were
restrained from making a break for
the station alone. Uptown trains kept
running and at a:15 o'clock, little
more than an hour after the accident
occurred, the schedule Was resumed.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-24
! Scalded to Death.
Z Injured, on Tug
lowboat Workers Vainly Try to
Save Fireman When Steam
Pipe Bursts

1hrec men fought for their lives in
the hold of tugboat in New Yor,, Har-
Dor last night, when main steam tube
in the engine room exploded. One.
Martin Huston. thirty years old, fire
man, was so badly scalded that he died
within :. few minutes.
ne others. also workers on the craft.
tugboat NO. 10, of The New York. Now
Haven & Hartford Railroad. are in the
house OF Relief, recovering from severe
burns of the hands and face. Thew are
Peter Lockowltz, twenty-five. an oiler.
who made his home aboard the tug. and
Salvador Corro, forty eight, fireman.
OF ood Greenwich Street.
Lockowitz and Corro had annie time
When the pipe burst to escape without
injury. but they elected instead to res
cue their shipmate. He shouted TO
them to so back, but they ignored his
warming, and nearly lost their lives.
Tie tug had taken a tow down the
bay and was making for port, when. off
the Statue of Liberty, an explosion
shook the little craft from stem to
stern. Captain William Kelly immedi-
ateiy stopped and summoned the other
members OF the crew to the rescue
They managed to get the three men ont
of the engine room, but Huston was
dead Lockowitz and Corro were in
agony. Kelly hoisted distress signals
and blew his whistle for AID.
inc SUMMONS was answered by Cap
tam tdwin Don .t Of the Old Dominion
Line tugboat William Roland WI
great difficulty, because Of tho h;r;,
wind and rough water. the dead and e.,
jured We're transferred to the Pol.na
and race for Pier A followed I,,,n. ,mu'
arrival there Dr. McGovern. Of ~. ~.
House OF Relief. cared for Corro anS ,l.I
l.ockowtz. Huston's body wes taken 4n ~
the Greenwich Street police station W
New-York tribune., 1918-01-24
News in Brief

tsched to the quartermaster's department at
Camp Mills. was sentenced 10 rot less than
two and half years in Sing Sing. He
pleaded guilty to having taken iewcry from
the home of William Mcmahon, in Hemp
stead. with whom he boarded.
TARRYTCWN. n. Y-Supreme Court jus
tice Arthur s. Tompfins. as well as practi-
cally every one else who has occasion to
travel between Nyack and this side Of the
Hudson River. is making use of an excellent
roadway across the thick ice which fills the
river. Justice rompkins makes the trip twice
day, rs he is holding court at present in
White Plains.
MAYOR Hylan. accompanied by Mrs Hylan,
VIII break his rule not to attend social
functions during the war by leading the
grand march at the seventeenth annual re-
cratic Club, his home club. to be held tonight
at Arcadia Hall, Ilalscy Street. near Broad
way. Brooklyn.
1854 Eighth Avenue. expects to be in the
next draft. He thought his name inappro-
pirate for one about to 20 forth and fight the
Kaiser. so he has had it changed by court
order TO (,reepleaf
The Woman's Peace party Of New York
has sent cabiegram TO the women delegates
Of the recent British Labor Conference in
Nottingham, England congratuating the
british Labor party on its generous and in
ftsll'gentt statement of British peace terms
Ire cabegram also pledged the local or.
HanlzatIon to work with the British confer
enco for league of nations based on free
markets. Tree seas and General disarmament.
lhe safe arrival in France of the Misscs
". burner Edith Granger. Marie Merkland
ana iheodora Root who arc to do work io.
the Young Women's Christian Association
has been announced
small fire in the mai, building of tho
metropolitan Hospital OF Blackwell's Island
was caused by the tubing conected with a
gas stove used by worAmen becoming ig-
nited. There was little loss
George Iooney. who was arrested for on
ter'nF the office OF Mrs. Grace Humiston
armed with knife was committed to an
insane insane asylum by Magistrate Corrigan, in
Jefferson Market court.
Harry Morrsey. thirty two years old Of
115 East l2lst Street. who has been held
since last November without bail on a
charge Of homicide in connection with the
death OF his wife. Belle. vas DISCHARGED
from custody by MAGISTRATE Frothngham. in
the Harlem police court. There was insuf.
GGioOt eviinucA
New-York tribune., 1918-01-24
Fitzgerald Upholds Work
OF the War Department

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23-The White
House to-day gave out this telegram
received by the President from former
Representative John ]. Fitzgerald, who
was chairman of the House Appropra-
tious Committee:
''Investi igation during entire session
ending October 8 demonstrated Won
derful results accomplished by War
Department under great difficulty
Opening paragraph Northclffe's book
oil the war graphically pictures accom-
plishments. Officials desire and should
have encouragement and aympathy,
rather than be hampered by constant
nagging and criticism"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-24

eN officio member Of the Red Cross
war Council; James Jackson, manager
or the New England branch Of the Red
tross; Cornelius Bliss, jr., and the Rev.
drew's Methodist Episcopal Church,
west Seventy Street.
MIS-. Dawson and her son. r. Trubcc
lawson, recently injured in an avia-
ton accident on Long Island, occupied
one box. Major Murphy's family was
IN the other. Mrs. Leonard Wood. Mrs.
T.. II. Hartman. Mrs. Cornelius Bliss,
Ir.' Mrs. Cleveland Dodge, Mrs. ID. f.
Iomcroy. Mrs. Robert Bacon, Mrs.
bayard Cutting. Mrs. John Pratt, Mrs.
Willard Straight and many other
women prominent in war relief work
were in the audience of 1900 that at
tended the celebration.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-24
st. Louis Fur Prices High;
Sale Totals $4,000, wv

ST. LOUIS. jan. 93.~-Bidding At ,n' y.
annual fur sale continued lively 70. ~
day with crmine and red fox skins eV"
manding the highest prices. Latest W, "
tres on th.s Auctioa Show sales W.
lar have totalled oo,0oo. .oo j..
Sixty Thousand crmine brought ~
COO. and eleven thousand red fos,,: f,:'a "
which one thousand were .Austrai'a.s
brought sSoo.oJ0 Among the lsfsS
lots auctioned were $4,000 AUSTRIAN
cpossum, 10000 wolf, i,sn0 ring w. -"
opossum. 1900 lynx, and 10000 walis
by. Wolverine skins sold sixty p'
cent higher than in October.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-24
What Is Going On To-day

ial History. Metropolitan Museum Of. Ar. Art,
American Museum OF Safety and the Aquari,in,'
Motor Boat SHOW. Grand Central Palace
sii'er Society Cat slow. Hotel McAlrin.
Ad!gess by Thomas = Green at lnnchcn Of the
l-:lJ p. III. ' pii''
Al'Te,s ,,S, Y Mso- r,o GF.xson M.. Murphy ana u:
y"9gci Of M Mc;sha, Assocla'ie is ''s"'', Of kew
nrsa'ization day Of The Society Of New r,~,.,.,
Womcn Waidocf Astoria T. n ''" '"sald
Mes;ins Of tho Congress CT STATE. Societies. uo.e,
h Ethes Of tiii1eishr s'F'Ss ss,asssuS q Wiz n on
IS West Sky. eighth street. D. ln' ''o''''
Addresses ,by the ,Marclioncss OF AbertIcon ,,,a
ann others on Child saving Wo,k IN h,r. W.r
lnercaa me-" " an nfss pni,;sh under the auspices the
and Pre'eation OF Intsn. Mcrtality' Eitz '('i, Ia
Lecture rss by o,,'1 william o Winter Marine 1nsur
Dinner Of the Veterans Association o, Mc,ropo,,.
.an Life INSURANCE Company, Hoel McAlpn
Hcstias and Nsnilans Ensieers. s Hotel sly As,or e
Dime, q the Printers Supply Salesman cuo
soic! sicA pin. $50 p. m 'S'''"" 'uid'
h"Ic1a;n"snt q All Souls Church. Waldorf
.t,'''ii y. N. '
Reception. entertainment and sumner n, ,ho r..
madam Society OF New York Tor Sir Freler; a.
Back anu associate members ot the Brush war
mission Hotel Riltmore. p. nj. "A'
Meeting q the New YORK Credit Mems ,sso.,.
tiou Hotel Astor. p. ''' "a
1ochner and others The Real giTn ,eanjns noul, af
Russ a learc i'iorosaIs at luh. ,,. e IN
under the auspices ot the Collegiate IesI,, 80. o..
l'sSee. Harlem Casino. Lenox Avenue and Ile,h
Street. p. ~ Ai'''
Meeting OF the Sons o. the Revolution Delmo,,.o.,
) p. 10. o'''co >.
PUBLIC LEc17 RES OF THE BOARD OF rD1,-
CATION. SIS p NJ
MANHATTAN
The Eo.ohial Ferol In Latin Am,r,c, =, ,;.
sionV H.. Schuyles. Washing on Irviuo '',,iS' ,i.S
School, lrv.bs Place. Sixteenth and Srvso, s n'gn
How TO Buy pWhat to Buy Mis- El,,.,.,, :,
ho1h; rlp',c School 40. St. A.chola. Ayon,,. ~,
Why be Feeble Minded" l.e noy :, p.,u
ftb.c Sc',o T.. Hester. Essex ana 'SS'dn,a'i Sna1l
-. Riley Leclial." Charles S Kc,hs ,
ie'nrs' sou'h"ess concf fourteenth Sf-eo, 'auoI ,'
"scand,nazia and Tie scardinayiaps" ,o,,,
friedlanI. IN; d.. Young Woncn's usi~oan,S u,S >
ISOLATION. 81 Wcs llch Street 'so'c" A.
TIE BRoNX
tsGn slcrerna the p s'l,' ,ar,t S the nnie 1aom.
si1xAt slA Boston RoAd AA''" Schoe. lG0tL
Evening star., 1918-07-28

ISTAMPER and designer for art
needlework department; perma-
nent position and good salary.
Apply Superintendent, S. Kann
Sons Co.
Evening star., 1918-07-28

sTENOGRAPHERs
AND TYPEWRITERS
i am looking for sew
eral exceptionally capable
stenographers and typists
for regular employment,
also for evening employ
ment; a hrst-class typist
capable of cutting neat, ac-
curate stencils and ruling
elaborate stencil forms; a
=. conscientious file clerk
with a knowledge of typing
and some executive ability;
a good all-around clerk; a
clerk and .typist capable of
lining up and .tabulating
statistical data, and,a first
class man on a heavy mail
desk. Regular positions
will pay from $l,2OO to
$1,5OO to start: evening
employment, $50 per
month. These positions are
open to people who are
eager to do war work and
who are willing fo work
earnestly for advancement:
Give full details of your ex-
perience and initial educa-
tion in letter of application,
and state the salary you
will accept. Some of the
above positions are open
to female applicants. Post
Office Box 1908.
Evening star., 1918-07-28
FOUND.

DOGS-Persons naring lost dogs are asked td
apply to the Washington Animal Rescue
Lesgue. "a? Nd. s.w.
FOH-Marked Gen. John W. Horn" Owner
may have same by proving property. Cali
lI21 fst NV
Evening star., 1918-07-28

able; also one with some experience; large
old established ONCE. Address Box oslo.
Star office. 29s
Evening star., 1918-07-28
Star
Want Ad
Agencies

Where Cash Advertisements
May Be Left for lnsertion
NORTHWEST
North Capitol and Z. I. Ave-. Palksr's
Pharmacy.
end and Mass. Ave-. Hygeian Pharmacy,
erd and Indiana Ave-, Butler Field
7th and sts., criswell Pharmacy.
7th and K Sts.. Goldsnbsrg's (Tims
9th and q Sts.. Mcclure Pharmacy.
18th and Sts.. Day Pharmacy.
18th and Florida Ave-. Pearson Fhar-
21st and G sts.. ouisley Pharmacy.
25th and Pennsylvania Ave-. Herbst
Holmead and Otis Places. Holmsad
1901 L St.. Morrs Pharmacy.
NORTHEAST
North Capitol and Eye Sts.. Ksnsaly
Pharmacy.
End and Maryland Ave-. Taylor Phar-
7th and sts.. Buck L Gorsuoh.
18th and East Capitol sts.. Lincoln. :.
Park Pharmacy.
SOUTHEASTS
9Th and Eye Sts.. wsller's Pharmacy.
l1th and Pa. Ave-. Feasy's Pharmacy.
18th and Pa. Avs. Smyssr's Pharmacy.
GEORGETOWN
Wisconsin Ave. and II st.. o'Donnells
Pharmacy.
esth and P sts.. pr;de's Pharmacy.
s6th and II Sts.. wcller's Pharmacy.
Evening star., 1918-07-28

LABORERS wanted-4Uc per hour. time and a
half for overtime; good working conditions:
commissary and sleeping Accommodate Ap-
ply Irwin Leighton, Treas. annex, Pa. ave.
and Madison pl.
LABORERS and janitors wanted. at Bureau
of Standards. at $50 per month. Full particu-
lars by calling for interview.
Evening star., 1918-07-28

COLORED GIRL to run passenger elevator: g
per week; steady position. Apply National
Capital Press. -511 11th st. NV. -, :
Evening star., 1918-07-28

.HIGH-CLASS MAN : Experi
enced in handling men. women
office force: salesman; eXpe-;
lenced publicity, advertising ant
newspaper man: best OF refer
ences. Address Box 2o8-C, Sta,
Office.
Evening star., 1918-07-28

LABORERS for warehouse
work; $3.o3 per day. Apply to
Timekeeper, American Railway
Express Co., I'd and l Sts. ne.
Evening star., 1918-07-28

COOK-Colored. at $1,000
per month; also a colored
house girl at $500 per
month; in the sububs. Ap-
ply to T. E. Cox, o34 New
York ave. NV. Franklin
55o3.
Evening star., 1918-07-28

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES debit. Apply 8 am.
or ) Pm, Room 217 Columbian bldg, as 5th
at. S9s
Evening star., 1918-07-28

EXPERIENCED saleswomen at
once for laces and embroideries !;
permanent position, with good
salary. Apply Superintendent,
S, Kann Sons Co.
Evening star., 1918-07-28

FEMALE DOMESTIC.
CHA NJ B E MAID - Also
cleaner. Apply Housekeeper,
Dewey Hotel.
CHAMBERMAID and waitress. 1888 18th st.
n oSs
CHTLDREN'S NURSE, white. $40; go mountain
resort; ages 5 and 9; large number other
places Ladies' Exchange, S01 Vermont ave.
CoLoRED NURSE. $50: child Z years; other
nurses; also chambermaids,> mattresses, cooks:
best wages. Ladies' Exchange, SUI Vermont
ave.
COOK 1white), $45; familE in suburbs: i've
other cooks. Ladies' Exchange, s0T Vermont
ave.
COOK for boarding house; kitchen helper and
chamberp,aid. and waitress. 11aS 18th st. NV.
29s
COOK at 1911 4 st. NV. 2ss
CUOk-Small family; good wages. 4O7 ne.
cSs
COOK-Three in family. 2l3 A st. s.e. 2s'
Evening star., 1918-07-28

iSODA DISPENSERS Two
young men over 1o to work
!evenings and Sundays at foun-
tain Lambs Drug Store, 1lth
and E. Capitol SITS.
Evening star., 1918-07-28

OILER, experienced; hours Apply Home
Ice Co.. Eth and NV.
OPTOMETRISTS-Must be ex-
perts; good salary to right
people
CLAFLIN. oO7 F St.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-09-21
COUNTY OFFICIALS

States Attorney,
MACLAY HOYNE
County Treasurer,
HENRY sTUCKART.
Recorder Of Deeds,
JOSEPH +. HAAS.
Sheriff,
JOHN Il. TRAEGER.
County Judge,
THOMAS f. SCULLY.
County Clerk,
ROBERT M. SWEITZER,
Probate Judge,
HENRY HORNER.
Probate Clerk,
JOHN A. CERVENKA.
Criminal Court Clerk.
' FRANK J. WALSH.
Superior Court Clerk,
1 JOHN HIGHLANDER.
Circuit Court Clerk,
AUGUST MILLER.
Coroner,
PETER NJ. HOFFMAN.
President County Board,
PETER REINBERG.
Board Of Review.
FRANK 8. RYAN,
FRED w. BlOCkl,
EDWARD r. LirziNGER.
Board Of Assessors.
WILLIAM n. WEBER,
ADAM WOLF,
GEORGE X. SCHMIDT,
CHARLES RINGER,
MICHAEL X. SHERIDAN.
~A
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-09-21
BUSINESS NOTES

The Oliver typewriter is growing in
popularity. 1t is the best on the mar.
ket.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-09-21

The New Roma restaurant at lit
North Clark street is attracting atten.
ton by its fine bill Of fare and its
splendid cooking. Mr.. l. Pellegrini. tho
well.known restaurateur. 10 the man
ager.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-09-21

One Of the very nest Aldermen In
the City Council. 10 Edward r. Cutler.
ton. He has been longest In the public
service OF any member Of the City
Council and his usefulness to the peo
pie has been demonstrated over end
over again.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-09-21

The Beaver Electric Construction
Company OF 80 North La Sale street
stands high among the contracting en-.
gineers of the country. The work OF
this company and its engineers 10
praised everywhere.