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New-York tribune., 1918-05-28
Marshal Mccarthy
AT Auction Sn7oshes
kaisey's Gold Gun

More than 5000 persons who had
crowded into the Metropolitan Opera
House last night for the Red Cross
concert conducted by the Allied The
atHcal and Motion Picture Team
jumped to their feet when United
States Marshal Thomas Mccarthy
doubled his first and struck from it's
pedestal shiny, glittering gold cup,
offered as prize in 1905 by the
Kaiser. AS the thing fell to the floor
of the stage with crash, one arm
of the figure of a woman which
adorned the cup was broken off and
rolled to the footlights.
The incident came at the end of
more than half an hour of enthusiastic
auctioning.
Glow many will?" asked the big
marshal.
In an instant every person in the
huge auditorium was on his or her
feet. But the suggestion Of the woman
was not followed out. The marshal de-
clared the cup would do more good on
the auction block, and then, in acknowl-
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28

edgment of the spirit of the audience,
he knocked it to the floor.
Before the marshal took up the role
of auctioneer James W. Gerard auc-
toned a gold master plate of General
Pershing's voice. 1t was purchased by
George M. Cohan for s2,7OO on condi-
tlon that one record might be made
from it and that it would then be pre-
sented to President Wilson for pres
ervation.
The original Red Cross poster drawn
hy Harrison Fisher, was sold to Sam
Harris for 81 800, and programmes and
souvenirs were sold for lesser sums.
The committee in charge of the af-
fair estimated that when the final re-
turns were in more than 100000 would
have been added to the Red Cross total
Among those who contributed their
services We're Enrico Caruso, Adamo
Didur, Andreas de Segurola, Pasquale
Amato., Anna Fitziu, Sophie Braslau,
Antonio Scotti, Frances Aida and sew
eral others.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28
Brooklyn Exceeds
Red Cross Quota
By Over $500, 900

quota of s2o0o,O00 in the Red Cross
drive, according to figures issued late
last night by Darwin R. James, chair
man of the Brooklyn Red Cross Com
mlttee. The total so far is S2,364.-
2b0.I5 Late subscriptions will swell
this substantially.
Late last night, in the Imperial res
taurant, heads of the various campaign
committees gathered and announced
the total of the subscriptions they had
gathered. Captain w. +. Taylor, of
;hc industrial division, reported the
highest total. He and his associates
co'lected $l,2oo00 more than $500 900
Of which was subscribed Yesterday
The corporations division came next
with S137,677.S1. The women's div-
sion reported S151.424O1. and the the
atrlcaI division, 77,5s5.20
Were going over said Chairman
James last night, "and much of the
credit IS due the men and women who
work IN the factories, stores, drydock
yards and industrial plants of Brook
lyn.
,"Brooklyn should not have been
asked to raise more than $1,000 900.
The quota should have been based nm
on the borough's financial resources g
rather than it's population. 1t wasn't
fair, because a large number of bust
ness men who live in Brooklyn make
their contributions in Manhattan"
Members of the Brooklyn executive
committee said several wealthy resi-
dents of Brooklyn had refused to con-
tribute in the borough because they
had made large donations in Manhat-
tan.
At noon the executive commit
tee apparently faced fajlure Cbo;r
man James marshaled an army of
workers and sent them into the field.
Flower girls, canteen collectors, collie
dogs with saddle bags, soldiers and
sailors were used in the last lap of
the drive.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28
County Giues
$447, 1924 to Red Cross

HEMPsTEAD, N. Y, May 27.-With
the results of to-day's canvass still to
be heard from, Nassau County has gone
far over the top in the Red Cross drive.
The quota for the county was 100000
and the returns up to Sunday night
were $447,924.46. with strong chance
of reaching s50O,000.
Colonel Roosevelt is chairman of the
county committee, and at the opening
of the drive, he made speeches in a
number of the villages. The largest
collection was made in Woodmere
where $84,593.07 was given. Westbury
went three times over her quota.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28
Red Cross Dog Finds Basket
OF Coin at End of Dream
Biy's Snooze Fifth Avenue Nets Fund $25-Woman
Who Had Fiance Until Last Week" Gives
Engagement Ring

at Thirty-third Street yesterday for q
rest. Watch the ticket box for a min
ute, will ycu?" asked the ticket taker.
The porter's at his uncle's funeral and
have to do his work" Mrs. Lauer
Immediately volunteered to hold the
job all day. She did record business
making every one who passed match
the nickel for Mr.. Shonts with a last
one for the Red Cross.
big lithograph in glaring colors
faced one woman worker on Broadway
all week, until she came to know it
by heart So when Sidney Drew passed
her on the street yesterday she recog-
nlzed him at once as the man in the
picture. Mr.. Drew couldn't resist her
appeal when she told him that she al
ways went to see him in the movies
and contributed 81.
One mother confessed yesterday the
in the Red Cross drive. ~ just couldn't
leave my little girl at home" she said,
$50 | decided to make her a little cos
tune and take her with me. Now she
collects almost as much as l do and
I have no trouble whatever taking
care of her.
A certain number of men in the Elks'
Club has discovered a way of giving
it. too. But this time the cake is a
big white leghorn rooster. He was sent
to the club by farmer in the northern
part of the state and ratified off for $160
yesterday for the Red Cross War Fund.
The purchaser is now planning a
chicken dinner with dumplings," as a
celebration for the close of the drive.
Five little girls headed by Anna JEFF
fries, 233 West Sixty-eighth street.
came in just under the line yesterday
They brought with them $40 in
nickels. which they had taken in as
admission fees to play given in the
basement of an apartment house.
A little woman in brown, walking
down Broadway yesterday, decided to
add nail to the coffin which the Red
Cross was preparing for the Kaiser
"She didn't look strong" said the
man in charge. "but she almost
knocked out the side of the coffin she
hit so hard. 4 mean it, too,' she said
when she hit it. The nail? Well, no,
she missed that. but she certainly
gave a good blow
Five walters at the Hotel Wander
bilt could not resist the song of Red
Cross siren who went down the street
yesterday in big motor truck, Turing
people to the windows with her sweet
voice. Before leaving the front of the
hotel the singer had extracted from
the walters the amount which each
thought he would receive in tips last
night.
There is one man in New York who
until yesterday had not been asked
to donate to the Second Red Cross
War Fund and yet had been on the
streets every day. "It's my Clothes"
he told worker for the Red Cross.
Because I look shabby, am seldom
dressed ones"' And then he contrib
uted the largest sum the worker had
received that day.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28

Billy, who is going to enlist and be
his master, c. P. Christensen. can get
the necessary papers, qualified for the
service yesterday by raising money by
the basketful for the organization
Hiily's stunt was to lie down quietly
by his basket on the corner of Thirty
ninth Street and Fifth Avenue, put
his paw over the bills to hold them in
place and gently go to sleep, trusting
the good public to stoop down and put
their money in. The good, kind public
did. but if Billy, asleep, could raise
s25 in few hours, how much could
Billy, awake, have collected?
An Englishwoman, who shall be
rameless, appeared before Mrs. Linzee
Rlardon at Forty-second Street and
Fifth Avenue yesterday and handed her
a pearl solitaire ring.
at is my engagement ring" she said.
oh came the answer. Have you
a fance in the war;
The womans eyes filled.
"I did have" she replied, until last
week
William FIT, 11S Madison Street, a
chef in the Manhattan Hotel, after en-
listing in the Canadian army early in
the afternoon, passed the Liberty
Theatre" and offered the insurance Of
his wife, Ellen, whom he had buried
Saturday. The insurance amounted to
$4,000, and he said that he wanted to
give it TO the Red Cross because he
knew that his wife would rather that
her country got it than have a fine
tombstone" A silence followed his Of
fer, and then an outburst of applause.
His offer was refused.
On the East Side a scene typical Of
the spirit of that section took place
At the free dispensary at Monroe, JEFF
ferson and Cherry streets, when line
Of charity patients, waiting for their
treatment, gave gladly their ten cent
pieces which would admit them to the
clinic, in order to alleviate the suf-
fering of others. They were waiting
to be admitted into the consulting
room. when they overheard Mrs. L..
the dispensary, ask visiting physician
for donation. Here, Miss Red Cross
Nurse. please take my dime" one lit
tie fellow said, and he was followed
by most Of the others. AS they were
about to file away, they were called
back to be admitted without the Gus
tomary fee.
In the neighborhood of Public School
lat there was a slump in patronage
of the Penny Lunch" This was ex-
planned after school, when a box con-
tanning S253,45 in pennies was turned
in from Public School lat to Mrs. Sam
ael c. Lamport, in charge of the East
Side Red Cross drive. II learned from
the children that they had gone with
out their lunch to give this money to
the Red Cross" Mrs. Lamport said.
week of Red Cross driving is pretty
hard work when one is at it every day.
Mrs. Joseph Lauer, of 5O7 West 184th
Street, who hasn't been keeping union
hours, went into the subway station
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28
Miss Crosn1an Wins
Red Cross Dollars bv
Story of Her Soldiers

1t was hot, tired crowd that Hen
rietta Crosman faced yesterday at the
Little Theatre, in front of the Public
Library, a crowd which had no idea of
giving up any more money to the Red
Cross and which was standing there
merely because it was too listless to
move on. But two minutes after the
actress had begun to speak pocket
books flashed open, hands flew to dig
out the money and coins and paper
bills raincd into the box that Miss
Florence Nash passed through the
crowd. For Miss Crosman is war
mother, and when she told in her
simply eloquent voice of the two stars
on her service flag at home that was
enough for her audience.
"This is the biggest theatre / have
ever played in" said Miss Crossman,
"and this is the biggest cause / ever
worked for. A young chap was getting
ready to go across the other day.
You're going to France said to him.
No, madam was his answer, Pm go
ing to Germany We are going to
Germany, not to tear down their
churches and kill their nurses and
cnlldren, but to teach them their much
needed lesson of peace and the brother
hood of man.
Perhaps you wonder whether we
women of the stage have any direct
connection with the war. We have,
ladies and gentlemen, because we have
sent our men there. My service flag
has two stars on it, and soon there will
be three, for have son too young for
the draft, and l can't hold on to his
coattails much longer"
A parade of the workers from the
Stage Women's War Relief workroom
preceded the afternoon programme at
;he Little Theatre yesterday, led by
Miss Frances Starr, who looked very
much like herself as Marie Odile. in
the nunlike costume of the S. w. W.
R.; Miss Rachel Crothers, Mrs. Josenh
r. Grismer, Mrs. Jacob Lift and Mrs.
Alma Clayburgh. Escorted by the Po-
lico Glee Club and the police band.
they marched from Columbus Circle to
tho little ivy-hung platform in front
OF the library for positively their last
appearance -- until another patriotic
campaign.
Tho rafting of squirming, soueal-
ing little pig was one of the events of
the afternoon. Edward Mordant, un-
derstudy to Mrs. Grismer in managing
the show at the Littls Theatre. held
up tbs unhappy animal, while Miss
Florence Deshon, of moving picture
1ane, got fancy price for him. Mrs.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28

meeting, and after bidding by William
Cleveland VI. Dodge 5y Joseph P. Day
for $4,000.
At midnight squad of navy boys
visited the houses Of Mr.. Breed and
Henry P. Dawson with two huge cleo
trio signs, which they placed in front
OF their homes, while serenades were
played by the Metropolitan Life band.
collection of paintings on view at
the Ritz-Carlton will be sold later in
the week
There were the usual rallies in City
hall Park and in front of ST Paul's
chapel and numerous other lively
points throughout the city
In order that the triumph of the
campaign may be known to every one
m the greater city, every factory whis-
tie, church bell and auto siren will
screech and ring out the tidings at
noon to-day and will continue for five
minutes.
At the guest table at the Waldorf
astoria were William C. Breed, Henry
P; Dawson, Ethan Allen, Cornelius
Bliss, jr, John w. Prentiss, Seward
Prosser. Supreme Court Justice Clar-
eence J. Shearn, Felix Warburg, Morgan
J. O'Bren, Ivy Lee, Leon Arnstein, the
Rev. Henry Coffin, Cleveland H. Dodge,
Albert w. Staub, Mrs. August Belmont,
Mrs. James A. Burden, jr, Mrs. Will
lam X. Draper, Mrs. II 2 Dawson and
Miss Ruth Twombly
All told there were more than 75O
Red Cross workers present. Mr.. Breed
chairman of the greater New York Red
cross drive, presided at the meeting.
whlch began Immediately at the CON
clusion of the dinner.
Mr. Breed told the big assemblage
mat the campaign just ending was
pound TO be memorable in the history
OF New York, because it represented an
occasion when the patriotic spirit of
tne people of the whole city seemed
10 have risen to height which made
US all proud to call ourselves New
iorkers. The chairman then said he
wished to thank the entire press of
New York for the way they had han
aied the Red Cross campaign.
More than two million people, he
SAID, had contributed to the second
drive, as against $4,000 in the previ-
Gus campaign.
DAWSON Praises Breed
Henry P. Dawson, as he rose to
speak, asked every one present to drink
toast to Cornelius Bliss, jr. He then
paid a. tribute to Chairman Breed, who
he said, had filled his trying position
so acceptably. He said he regarded
Mr.. Breeds work as having been oil
most brilliant order
"You have demanded" said Mr.
DAWSON. that we go on with the
fight. and we are going on.
THE most insidious propaganda is
being carried on by our enemy--lyina
deceit, yes, every conceivable con.
temptiblc art is employed on their
side. On our side we are carrying
on the fight with implements which
provide for the welfare, the health and
the moral uplift of human kind, and
II Is expended by hand Of mercy and
Of justice, and so long as there is a
God In Heaven we will win that fight
Proclamation Brings $55,ooo
Following a brief address by Seward
z. Proeser, president OF the bankers
Trust Company, the original Red Cross
Proclamation was auctioned off by Jo-
esph +. Day. and was finally knocked
down for $4,000 to Mr.. Dodge, at whose
!hors the President had dinner when
ne was IN New York recently.
The first bid was for $500 and in
nelx . minute this was run up to $l0.-
~ William K. Fox. taeatrica. man,
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28

brought the great audience to it's feet
by bidding $4,000. The band then
played Onward, Christian Soldiers" +"
few seconds later Mr.. Dodge's bid
Of $55,000 was accepted by the en-
thusiastic auctioneer.
Mr.. Dodge was visibly pleased at his
success in obtaining the priced docu-
ment. He said his grandchildren in
the years to come, he felt certain
would value the proclamation at a
million dollars.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28

chalantly up the rest of the front.
now and then waving to the throng be-
low and sending a thrill over the
watchers with some antic of his feet
or hands.
AS soon as he reached the street
Gardner was escorted to the Red
Cross stand, south of the Postoffice
S25, his trousers for $25, his hat for
S15 and his shoes for $40. He then
addressed the huge assemblage in be-
half of the mercy fund.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28

Northwestern (s2.sso.
Sl,s48,95O Oregon. s7l5.SSs; Idaho. 1854.
1888; Alaska, $51. 1873.
Pacific fs4; ;s95. California, s4.4s7..
7o7 Nevada, sss,524 Arizona, $4s.527.
S13.500.0oo; Delaware. S2.ooO.000.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28

Ohio. s7,37S $780, Kentucky, S1,222,664.
Mountain ($2,135, 24D-Wycming, S199,
OLA: Utah. s4i5,595 Colorado. 81 1858. .433 :;
New Mexico, S126.399.
Minnesota. $6S2.337; North Dakota $500,
600; South Dakota. s340,OO0.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28
Nevark Exceeds Red Cross
Quota BY Half a Million

The people of Newark have oversub-
scribed their Red Cross quota by al
most half million dollars. Before
final returns are tabulated the corr
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28

Mitchell Hall, promoter of the "Have
Little Pig in Your Home" movement,
was alleged to have bought the pig
through an agent, but she would not
confirm the renort
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-02-07
]. N. HARPER

]. ". HARPER valuable com.
modify as labor. It must not be vast
cd. Now is not the time to employ
labor to clean ont fence corners, and
60. do other kinds Of the less produc.
tive work There must be no lost mo-
tion. Every lick must be made to
count in answering the call OF our ma
ton and her allies, who are calling out
toathe farmer give us bread! Give us
cIofAing!"
The best way t. ecOnomize labor
on the farm today ID to produce more
Der aeFe. The sautheTA farmer will
act NEST uAwisely II he tries to Guilt
VAta toe much land with the present
Supply 81 labsr. A better plan woNld
ba not TO increase the acreage devoted
TO cultivated crwps, bat to produce
naare per acre. W the use - fcrtiliz-
~, naamuFs. gosd seaa and iMprevad
machinery. I'll u whScA will save j..
boz.
One ton OF good fertiliEer will do
more work il growing CROPS than viii
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-02-07
THREE HUSKY FELLOWS READY TO
HELP OUT IN THE LABOR SHORTAGE

six times this amount OF money ex-
pended in labor. For example, one
ton Of good fertilizer will now cost
about $4,000. The plant food In this
quantity when applied to three acres
Of land will give an increase Of about
75O pounds Of lint cotton and 1900
pounds Of seed. The lint at zoe per
pound amounts to S225.OO, and the
seed at $4,000 per ton amounts to
$4,000, making a total Of $285.O0.
Few business concerns net so per
cent increase on money invested in
labor, but, granting that the farmer
will net 100 per cent on his invest
ment in labor, and supposing that he
pays $1.00 per day for labor, the
$3.50 invested In fertilizer, when in
vested in labor, would net him $3.50;
whereas, when invested in fertilizer, it
gives him a net increase Of $23S.00
Thus 1t can bo Reea the tremendous
advantage Of supRlamenting labor
with liberal applications Of plant food
Likewise an Improved piece OF ma
chinery that makes 1t possible to 0Ul-
tlvate an acre efA cotton or corn with
perhaps half the lAber ordinarily en-
ploysd, and cultivate IL better, nhoald
be looked to At tbs tlane as = source
Of help in faCim@ the labor shortage.
Good seed ag . strata known to %
well in q comMnalky viii 4 mush t.
ward interchangeable without An IN
cFeasa Of acrsa@e,
Is thiS not 8 1leAe whAn the farnAer
should be aHaS - 80 tAess three srep
makers, to the agMkt extent, to on
set the labor shS Bs?
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-02-07
Cheap Shoe Counter in
Bargain Basement

Odds and ends in ladies' and mis-
fairly good run of sizes. Choice
on this
counter of bargains ...........
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-02-07
CHURCH LEADERS
TO HOLD CONFERENCE HERE

The following is the program of
the mid-year meeting Of the board
of missions, presiding eledrs, con-
ference and district leaders of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
which is to be held at this place on
March IL and 13:
Tuesday Evening, March IL
7:15--0pening Word.
| Devotional, Rev. j. N. Pickens.
7:30-Opening sermon, Rev. W. w.
Armstrong.
Wednesday Morning, March Is
Conference Missions
/ S:S0-DevotiOnal Address, DR., A.
B. Jones.
S46- Adequate Support of Pastors
on Mission Charges, Prof. j. A. Rob-
bins and Rev. W. A. Freeman.
| 9:S0-Requirements for Successful
Missionary Pastors, Rev. w. w. Ad-
ans and Mr.. C. S. Waller.
IO;00--Specials for Conference Mis-
sions, Rev. T. E. Sharp and L. NJ.
Stratton.
1890 Report Of Committee on
Employment of Conference Mission
airy Secretary, R. w. Hood, W. A.
Freeman and R. A. Clark.
11:00-The Centennial Of American
Methodist Missions, Rev. w. D. Beau
champ, d. D.
12:00--Lunch.
Wednesday Afternoon
:30-Divisional Meetings.
2:15-Devotional Address, Rev. w.
D. jenkins.
Special Foreign Missions
9;S0-Foreign Mission Specials by
the Individual Charge, Rev. j. 7.
Myers and R. A. Clark.
3:00-F Foreign Missions in the Sun |
day School, Mr.. A. J. Barbee.
3:20-Mission Special in the Ep-
worth League, E. d. Clerc and Rev.
T. w. Lewis.
3;45-Army Camp Pastors, Rev w.
A. Russell and DR.. A. B. Jones.
4:15-The Laymen's Need Of a /
Missionary Vision, ] B. harmon and
J. " Freeman.
Evening Session
7;SO- Devotional Address, Rev. L.
D. Hamilton.
7:45-W omanls Missionary Work, /
Mrs. r. N. PAipps and Hrs. JAMES
Purcell.
Closing Prayer, Rev. n C. Wsersg /
Benedictien, DR. A. b. Jones. 4
Z
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-02-07
PERSONAL MENTION

Mr. Fred Wood, Of Quito, was a
visitor in Coyington Friday.
Mr. Allie Hill, Of Memphis, came
up Monday morning on visit
Mr.. H. L Davidson, Of Milan, was
among the visitors here Saturday
Mr.. J. C. Walker, Of Atoka, was
among the visitors in the city Fri
day.
Mr.. Walter MeCollum and wife, Of
the Henning vicinity, were visitors
here Friday.
Mr. w. L. Brumley, Of the Camp
ground neighborhood, was among the
visitors in this city Friday.
Mr.. W. F. Flowers returned Friday
from visit of several days to Trim
BILE, Tenn.
Mrs. Matte Leslie, of Friendship,
Tenn, came down Friday on a visit
to her sister, Mrs. W. A. Brown,
Mr.. w. A. Drumwright, of Nut
bush, Haywood county, was a visitor
in COvington Monday.
Mr.. Talley Rose, of Memphis, who
is now with the Van Vleet-Mansfield
Drug Co., was in the city Monday.
Messrs. W. L. and Ben G. Shelton
left Saturday night for a business
trip to st. Louis.
Mrs. W. W. Tutwiler, Of Chicago,
arrived here Friday night on a visit
to her sister, Mrs. L, A. Yarbrough.
Miss Ruby Bringle returned Friday
morning from a weeks visit to her
sister, Mrs. E. L. Vaughan, at Hen
ming.
Mr.. T. M. Frizzell and family, of
the Detroit neighborhood, left Fri
day night for visit to ThaxtOn,
Miss.
Mrs. ]. b. Winsett, of Martin,
Tenn, arrived Wednesday on a visit
to her daughter, Mrs. Clarence L.
Watkins, in the Clopton vicinity.
Mr.. Jesse Northcott and wife, of
Crockett Mills, after a visit to rel
atives in the 3rd district, returned
to their home Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Haskins re-
turned Monday morning from brief
visit to Memphis, and were accom-
panied by Miss Foy Hanna.
Miss Vera Haynie, after spending
the weekend with homefolks in this
city, returned to her home in Mem
phis Monday.
Mr.. Kent Whittier spent Sunday
with relatives in this city. His wife
has been in the city on a visit to
relatives for several days.
Mr.. ]. H. Brown, Of Hickory Flat,
Miss, came over Saturday on a visit
to the family Of his uncle, Mr.. w,
A. Brown.
Profs. +. N. Woodsoa and H. B.
Sandlin left today for Memphis,
where they will undergo an exan-
inatiOn for army service.
Miss Eva Johnston, Of Ripley, stop
ped over on her return to her home,
and spent the night with her sister,
Mrs. A. G. Strayhorn last Thursday,
\ Mr.. W. P. Jaquess, of Yum YUM.
Fayette county, came ever Saturday
on visit to relatives He was ac-
eompanied by Mrs. Claud JaquesE,
whs had been visiting there.
Mr.. Bryant Blankenship, whO is
now with the North Memphis Savings
Bank, Memphis, came up Saturday
and remained over until Monday with
homefolks.
Rev. r. P. Walker went to Mem
phis Monday to attend his wife's
bedside in st. Joseph's Hospital, and
remained over to attend the Home
Mission Board meeting Tuesday.
Misses Golden Stockton and Mary
Tnman, after a visit Of several days
to Mrs. George Davis, in this city,
returned to their home in Newbern
Friday.