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New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
nj Madison Avenue.

eighth Street and Madison Avenue.
Hundreds of school boys, competing for
Uncle Sans prizes to those who make
the best War Savings Booth, will march
the park, carrying the topside boards
of their booths, which will be branded
with the name of the maker and q
w. S. S. monogram.
This contest was organized by the
w. S. S. committee, which needs 500
booths by May. Two hundred and fifty
prizes, will be awarded to the boys who
make the best sales booths.
The Tribune War Thrift Club began
q war savings drive sixteen weeks ago
and since then approximately $1,000
worth of stamps has ben sold to the
club members. The club yesterday an
nounced a weekly sale Of nearly S1OO.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Observation-Disclosures

Another wedding yesterday was that
of Miss Henrietta Haines, daughter of
E. II. Haines, of this city, to A. Girls
void Herreshoff, son of Nathaniel G.
Herreshoff, of Bristol, R. l., at 8 o'clock
last evening in the home of her aunt,
Miss Mary Hettrick, 42O Riverside
Drive. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Dr. A. Edwin Keigwin.
Mrs: Robert Armstrong, of Valley,
England, was the brides only attend
ant. Clarence Herreshoff served as his
brothers best man. Mr.. and Mrs.
Herreshoff will live at 315 West Ninety
fourth Street.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Plays and Players

Jane cowl and Jane Murhn have
completed their third play, "Informa-
tion,. Please" which Selwyn &. Co.
consider of such superior calibre that
they will open their new Selwyn The
atre with it early in September. The
piece is comedy, and Jane Cowl, who
will star in it. will have no tears to
weep. it is said, having shed the sup
and "Lilac Time" anyway The play
was written this winter during the
run of Lilac Time" in Chicago, and
party of eighteen very especial friends
Of Mrs. Murfn and Miss Cowl. includ-
ing husbands of both, saw private re-
hearsal, which exhausted all the COM
plimentary adjectives in eighteen
vocabularies
Dorothy Brunton, whose name is
alleged to be household word in
Australia, will shortly make her Amer
lean debut with Donald Brian in a new
Klaw & Erlanger production. Miss
Brunton was merely passing though
America and anxious to reach London
when her presence became known, and
it was with the usual difficulty she was
persuaded to accept contract.
Clifton Crawford. William Hodge
and AL Jolson, three Shubert stars, are
giving up their ante-prandial hour
these days to rushing about the tea
rooms of the larger hotels in quest of
Liberty bond buyers Even the lounge
lizards do not resist their eloquence,
and many who have so far tried to do
have pledged themselves to pay at Jeast
dollar week on their bond, even if
they have to do without tea, caramels
and matinecs for the next year.
Edith Wynne Matthison will probably
take "The Servant in the House," now
playing at the Vieux Colomber, to
London at the termination of her New
York engagement. Anyway, she has
been invited to do so by no less a per-
son than Sir Alfred Butt, famous Lon
don manager.
The chorus girls of "Jack o. Lantern"
made no end of fuss yesterday over
William Miller. one of the Globe The
atre ushers. William decided to fol.
low the twenty-five other members of
the Globe staff who have enlisted for
overseas service. When he reached the
theatre last night William found him
self hero and could scarcely attend
to his ushering for opening all the
packages OF sweaters, socks and shaw
ing soap that the girls had brought
him. 1t is prophesied that soon none
but girl ushers will be found at the
Globe.
1t is also important to take note of
the 300th performance of "Jack O. Lam
tern" for this musical comedy has
established a record in America, hav-
ing played to full capacity of the the
atre at every performance.
The Treasurers' Club of America
wish it to be known that an annual
benefit performance will be held at the
Hudson Theatre Sunday evening. The
members of the club are box office men
of the city's theatres. Stars now ap-
pearing along Broadway will give their
services.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Salvation Army Praised

ute to the efficiency Of the Salvation
Army at the battlefront yesterday at a
luncheon of the War Work Commit
tee of the Army, which is conducting a
campaign to raise s25O,0Oo here for the
continuance of its activities abroad.
Lieutenant P. w. Shill, of the Cana
dian army, gave high praise to the work
that the organization was carrying on
behind the trenches, and Sergeant S. P.
Barre, of the 18th United States In
fantry, said that the members of the
Salvation Army in France seemed cable
to get nearer and closer to the hearts
of the rank and file of the army than
almost any other organization"
II. NJ. Spaulding outlined the work
and methods by which it is hoped to
raise Now York Citys quota to the ma
tional fund
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Palestine Has High Hopes

When peace returns to the world
Palestine will have we'll organized
framework upon which to rear the
structure of future nation, according
to cablegram received here yester-
day by the American Alliance for La
Dor and Democracy from the Zionist
commission in Palestine
Palestine has lost large proportion
of its Jewish people since the war be-
gan" the cablegram said. some are
IN Egypt, some are in Turkish prisons,
some are exiles and many arc dead.
Jerusalem lost two-thirds of it's Jew
lsh population by exile, typhus and
starvation during the days wnen the
city was awaiting deliverance at the
hands of the British under General
Allenby. In the rural sections of the
country the conditions are better, but
the people there did not escape the
by the Turks"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
St. Michaers Protestant
Episcopal Church Receives
Half That Sum
Art Works to Museum
Daughter of Late w. p. Fur
Miss Makes No Mention
of Niece and Nephew

About 100000 is left to public in
stitutions by the will of Mrs. Margaret
+. Zimmerman, which was filed in the
Surrogates' Court yesterday. Mrs.
zimmerman, who was the widow of
John E. Zimmerman, died on March JIG.
Her father was the late William Pom
sonby Furniss, who ran a line of
clipper ships between the United
States and the West Indies.
The largest beneficiary is st. Mich
ael's Protestant Episcopal Church, at
Amsterdam Avenue and Ninoty-ninth
Street. which receives the residuary
estate, estimated at about Sl,OOO,00O,
and a specific bequest of $50,0O0 The
Metropolitan Museum of Art receives
a collection of rare laces and works
OF art, including statuary. To the
Diocesan Missionary and Church En-
tension Society Of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church the testatrix left $780,
600 and 166 acres at Haverstraw, N.
Y. the income from the money to be
used for the maintenance of chapel
in Haverstraw and the continuation of
missionary work for the benefit of the
residents in that district. Mrs. Zin,-
norman established this fund in mem
ory of her husband.
Other Public Bequests
Other public bequests were: Lathe-
dral of St. John the Divine, $4,000,
to establish a school for girls; Shell
tering Arms Society, 100000. for the
Furniss Cottage, in memory of Sophia
r. c. Furniss, sister; New York
Nurses and Children's Hospital, $780,
600 in memory of the decedent's
father; Society for the Relief of Des-
titute Children of Seamen, s50,000;
General Memorial Hospital. s5o,ooo;
Society for Promoting the Gospel
Among Seamen. $4,000; General
Clergy Fund of the Protestant Church,
$4,000. To each of the following $1O,-
600: Seamen's Institute, American
Church Institute for Negroes, Shelter
for Respectable Girls, House of Rest
for Consumptives, Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and
the National Child Labor Committee.
The following receive $4,000 each:
National Indian Association, Children's
Aid Society, ST. Johns Guild, Prison
Association Of New York, and the New
York Association for the Blind.
Mrs. Zimmerman left to Henry De
Forest Baldwin, Warren Cruikshank
and Lucius II. Beers, executors of her
will, $4,000 each for valuable SER
vices rendered by them in her finan-
cial affairs. Mrs. Anna Elizabeth 1sa-
bella Won Hemort, niece, receives
$4,000, and Mrs. Margaret Damrosch,
q friend, $4,000.
No Mention of Niece
No mention is made in the will of
Miss Grace Livingston Turniss, the
playwright, who is niece of the tes-
tatrix, or Of William Ponsonby Fur
Miss, nephew. The niece and nephew
brought an action few years ago to
compel Mrs. Zimmerman to account for
trust fund created by her father,
under which they eventually would be-
come the beneiciaries. Mrs. thinner
man said in her will that, under the
will of her father, she was given the
power of disposition over certain
property, which she declined to exer-
else. Part of this property probably
will go to Miss Furniss and her
brother.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Anna Held Resting Easily,
But Condition Is Serious

Anna Held, the actress, who was
forced to abandon her tour some weeks
ago because OF i'll health and who re-
Gently became so seriously i'll as to
arouse fears for her recovery, was re-
ported last night by her physicians to
be resting comfortably. Her condition
is still critical, however, they declared.
Miss Held has gradually wasted
away, her doctors said, until to-day
she weighs less than eighty five pounds.
An x-day is to be taken to-day to de-
termine If TRANSMISSION of blood is nee
essary,
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Publishers Urge
Cut in New Second
Class Mail Rates
Contend System Effective
July / Is Discriminatory
and Charges Excessive

WASHINGTON, April 30.-Represen-
tatives of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association protested to
the Senate Postotfice Committee to-day
against the second class mail postage
rates, which, under the war tax act, go
into effect July /, and urged a modifi-
cation of the plan in so far as it affects
newspapers.
The zone system, by which one rate
u to be charged for advertising mat
ter and separate rate for news sec
tons, the publishers contended, Is dis
cuminatory and excessive. In view Of
the war and the present print paper
situation, they asked that lower rate
be prescribed. Those appearing to-day
Rere George McAneny, of "The New
York Times" and Major f. B. Stahl-
man, Of "The Nashville (Tenn.) Ban
Z. Glass, Of "The Birmingham (Ala.)
News" president of the publishers as
aoeiation.
In presenting the witnesses Mr., Glass
read a resolution adopted by the asso-
cation at New York, in which the plan
vas pronounced as unworkable and urg-
sng that no plan of the kind be placed
operation without a scientific investi-
cation first.
The transportation of newspapers
sass year gave d profit to the govern
ment, Mr. McAneny said.
9he newspapers will meet the in
ssease, Mr.. McAneny said, by readjust-
Mg their subscription rates. No at
Tempt, he said, would be made to make
uup In increased advertising rates.
!, NJ. McAneny explained that owing to
.ae increased cost of print paper and
vtner expenses due to the war adver-
Using rates have been advanced as
8 ssuch as possible.
Advertising can't be forced to do
A9se than it is doing to-day" he said.
Mr. McAneny said the newspapers
-, - not making protest from fnan-
IN standpoint, but because Of the eff
sset y will have on their circulations.
~ soic OF a newspaper publisher who
= sending out renewal notices noti-
usd 400 subscribers that after July
saer subscription rates would be in
stsesed because of the law, while 400
s9:.,eas s':.,eas were sent to otker subscribers
nnout any reference to increased
es' .x' From the first set 100 subscrib-
sm replied that they did not desire to
ssaae~ .sae~ their subscriptions, but of the
stopped. WV u' 'A' paper
nat is the way this law is going
S q act be said.
~ order to increase the circulation
~ ss.tasW tnassWspapers SO the various official
eIrsrIassints rIasnts and notices can get wide
dnsss Canada, he said, has re-
) Al postal rates, while this country,
4 s,s.a s time when the circulation of the
sssss = needed" proposes to infiics
3 7ssa sas':s1lons. He declared this was
" ~. "a spite of the fact that the Post
2x 49, ocneral did not favor it.
||sssn. stahlman also favored the
&s11fs system. He said the publishers
-. gs 4 asking any favors, but want to
~ =. 'Is government what is due. He
sshled that any war was being
81 y. on magazine publishers.
year Major Stahlman said he
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Art
Mrs. Durant Rice Exhibits
Her Original Designs
in Pottery

Mrs. Durant Rice is showing origf-
nal designs in pottery in her exhibi-
tion rooms, the Durant Kilns, Is West
Fifty-sixth Street. A group of Chinese
yellow crackle wear is good, and is
simple in design Another group is
In Persian turquoise, few of the
bowls have aubergine exteriors with a
giided base, making a charming color
combination. Very interesting is the
entire table decoration made Of a
white glaze over pink clay. the result
being an Italian majolica with a faint
bloom. Other pottery designed and
made in the Durant Kilns is iridescent
lustre, apple green and Egyptian
sapphire blue.
The Daniel Galleries are exhibiting
a collection of water colors of more
or less modernistic tendencies An in
depreciation of trees and foliage by
Man Ray has rhythm. The paintings
by Charles Demuth also have good
qualities and show keen observation
OF human life, though seen through
the somewhat distorted vision of
cubism. A group Of water colors by
Haley Lever are handled with spirit
and vibrate with movement and light,
refreshing the senses with their sim
cerity and appreciation of the great
out of doors.
Other artists exhibiting are Marin,
zorach, Myers, Halpert, Merton, Dick
enson, FISK and Benn Benn
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Paper Industry To Be Put
On War-Conseyvatior Basis

WASHINGTON, April 30.-Reorgani
zation of the paper industry OF the
United States to put it on a war con-
servation basis is planned by the gov
eminent. Curtailment of certain of the
less essential paper manufactures is
said to be more than probable. One
of the chief purposes Is to conserve
materials for newsprint paper, the pub
lication Of newspapers being recognized
as essential to the conduct Of the war.
The first move in the plan was made
to-day when representatives Of more
than rs per cent of the school textbook
publishing business of the country met
P. B. Noyes, Director of Conservation
of the fuel administration, and A. d.
Shaw, chairman of the commercial
economy committee of the War In
dustries Board.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Dewey Denies He Resigned
Columbia Professor Merely
on Years Vacation

Reports that DR.. John Dewey, pro-
fessor of philosophy at Columbia Uni
versity, has resigned because OF dis
agreement with President Butler, were
denied yesterday by DR.. Dewey and by
Frank Diehl Fackenthal, secretary to
the president.
1t was explained, however, that DR..
Dewey had requested his Sabbatical
leave of absence, usually accorded to
teachers of the university every seven
years. He was granted the leave for
one year, beginning in September. DR..
Dewey will deliver series Of lectures
at the University of California.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01

maids were Miss Katherine Pomeroy,
another sister; Miss Annette Wash
burne, sister of the bridegroom, and
his cousin, Mrs. John Coleman, jr.
Katherine and Louise Anne Weston,
nieces of the bride, acted as flower
girls.
Lieutenant Hampstead Washburne
served as his brothers best man. Ow-
ing to the recent death of the bride
groom's father, Hampstead Washburne,
the wedding was small and quiet. The
ceremony was followed by a small re-
ception and dinner. After their we'd
ding trip Mr.. and Mrs. Washburne will
live in Chicago,
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Police Hunt Missing Girls
Three School Children Run
Away To Be Movie Stars

Filled with the belief, the police say,
that destiny had chosen them as the
great film stars of the age, three little
Italian girls started on Tuesday from
their homes, in Thirty-ninth Street,
Brooklyn, en- route for Los Angeles or
some other motion picture centre.
Ostensibly they set out for school,
but other pupils of Public School 131
say they met them going in the oppo-
three had become tried of humdrum
home life and were going into the
movies. A general alarm has been
sent out for Lucy Maturando, four
teen, of 1908 Thirty-ninth Street;
Milly Pagano, thirteen, of 1860 Thirty
ninth Street, and Liberata Zabola,
of 1909 Thirty-ninth Street.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Dinner To Be Given
"Masses" Defendants

The failure Of the jury to agree on
verdict in "The Masses" case is to
be made the occasion of "a testimonial
dinner" to be given to tho indicted men
at Central Opera House, Sixty-seventh
Street and Third Avenue, on the night
of May 8. The guests are to be Max
Eastman, editor Of @The Masses;
Floyd Dell, managing editor; Merrill
Rogers, business manager, and Arthur
Young, a cartoonist, who are charged
with conspiracy to obstruct enlistment
and recruiting, and John Reed, So
cialist writer, who, as co-defendant,
will be tried when the case is reheard
in June.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Green-Lewis

Miss Agnes Lewis, daughter of Mr.
ana ana Mrs Samuel Lewis, of 78O West
Jacques H. Green, U. S. M. c., yester-
day afternoon at the home of her
parents. The ceremony was performed d
by the Rev. DR.. Eiseman, and a small
reception followed. Miss Grace Lewis
was her sisters maid of honor and
only attendant, and Harold G. Green
served as his brothers best man. Lieu
tenant Green is stationed at Atlanta.
lie is son of Mr.. and Mrs. M. A.
Green, of Waterbury, Conn.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Washburne-Pomerov

The marriage of Miss Eleanor Pome-
roy, daughter of Theodore L. Pomeroy,
OF Greenwich. Conn, to Clarke Wash
burne, son of Mrs. Hampstead Wash
burne, of Chicago, was solemnized at
4:3O o'clock yesterday afternoon at the
Hotel St. Regis. Monsignor Carroll, of
ST. Patrick's Cathedral officiated. Mrs.
Philip Weston, sister of the bride, was
the matron of honor, and the brides
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Stephenson-Flugel

Miss Marie Flugel, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Wolfram Flugel, was married
to Kennard S. Stephenson yesterday
afternoon in the chantry of st. Bar
tholomew's Church. The ceremony was
followed by reception at the Hotel
Biltmore
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01

Annette Markoe, to Lieutenant William
S. A., son of Mr.. and Mrs. william jaw
Schieffelin, of 5 East Sixty-sixth Street.
Lieutenant Schieffelin is graduate of
Yale, class IA. His mother was Miss
NJ. Louisa Shepard, granddaughter of
the late William H. Vanderbilt. He is
descendant of John Jay, the first
Chief Justice of the United States,
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Archbishop Ireland Improving

ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 3o-The con-
dition of the Most Rev. John Ireland,
Ron..a Catholic archbishop of st. Paul,
again vas announced as improved to-
day. The physicians said they were
beginning to hope the archbishop might
recover.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
By Theodore M. Knappen

DETROIT, April 3o.-Opposed to
urs,aredness, Henry Ford unwittingly
..onared for war when he inaugurated
sas famous profit sharing scheme in
rsnuary. 1914. Because of the fruits
- that scheme, now that he is making
,-e.ruments of warfare, he enjoys in
snxtrial peace in his great establish
ments.
thanks to it, even the most insistcnt
.sorts of other manufacturers to
,srnt his skilled men away from him
Nd the effects of the draft and the
,s.harge Of some enemy aliens have
:. made his annual turnover" of en-
-,,ves more than 90 per cent. Before
and it's varied attractions and dis
..s..ions stirred them up. the annual
'.:s.;no was only about 16 per cent.
nssore the new era. it was 800 per cent.
:, most factories it is to-day from 100
TO 200 per cent
In the last year Of the old dispensa-
+;on Ford discharged 5000 men. In
,a15 few quit and only twenty eight
m.re discharged arnong some thirty
.ho,sand. A square deal seems to ap-
,ssI 10 the most Ignorant and wretch
~ And the Ford forces are not alto
..,ber recruited from rational, edu-
sss.ad Americans, fair, considerate and
ssaIi d;sposed. More than half of these
ss.a.Say men are the product of count
Isss centuries of incessant tyranny.
Many Do Not Even
Speak English
swarms of them are from the
pslkans and the Levant. Many of them
IN not vet speak Englsh; nearly half
~ them are unnaturalized. The native
Imerjcans constitute less than half the
whole force.
an abomlnation OF mans inhumanity
N man as Southeastern Europe and
Asia Minor have been for untold cen
tur;es is far from meaning the sunE
yiyal of the best.
Tbev buy Liberty bonds at rate
that puts the most patriotic capitalist
to blush. They know why. Henry
Ford has made the America of fact
the America of their dreams. They
uerceve the full significance of Bar
tholdis colossal statue.
II isn't that profit sharing feature
alone which makes the minimum daily
income of every grown man in the
place SIS that has made them happy
and content. Ford not only gave them
the indispensable means Of attaining to
higher standard of living and bet
ter life, but he actually provided them
with better conditions and a richer
life. 1t sounds little patriarchal and
very paternalistic for this individual
istic, independent age, but Ford-who
calls it fraternalistic-has found it
possible to probe deeply the intimate
life Of sill his employees.
Ford's Human Process
Is Proving Success
He is a man of deep sentiment, but
he finds that taking thought Tor his
employesspays just as much as taking
care of his machines. He found that
1t cost him $40 to hire man and get
him we'll started in his work. Looking
at it in the most brutal way, it was
costing him s2.o0o,00o to "scrap" q
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01

Mrs. Milholland Gives Luncheon

Mrs. John e. Milholland, of 247
Fifth Avenue, entertained General
Gugliamonti, one of the representa-
tives of the Italian army in shis coun-
try. at luncheon yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01

Senator Gatti-Casazza was born at
Mantua, seventy-eight years ago. He
was a lieutenant colonel of cavalry in
the reserve and participated as vol
unteer in the war of 1859 against Aus
tria. He was one of Garibaldi's IA
nous "Thousand," who landed at Mar
seilles for the liberation of Sicily from
the Bourbons. He was appointed SEN
ator in March 1912.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Senator Gatti-Casazza

BOLOGNA, Italy, April Ex-senator
Stefano Gatti-Casazza, father of Giu-
lilo Gatti- Casazza, general manager OF
the Metropolitan Opera House In New
York, died to-day at Ferrara.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Miss Annette Markoe to Wed

DR. and Mrs James w. Markoe. Of ~
West Fifty-fifth Street, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01

The Treasurers' Club of America
Hudson Theatre Sunday evening. The
members of the club are box office men
of the city's theatres. Stars now ap-
pearing along Broadway will give their
services
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01

1t is also important to take note of
the 300th performance of "Jack O. Lam
tern" for this musical comedy has
established record in America, hav-
ing played to full capacity of the the
atre at every performance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-22
DAY WILL
Be ACTIVE one
Special Committee is Appointed to
Aid in Collecting Clothes for
Belgian Relief Work.
MRS. {. H. CAsTETTER CHIEF
Expect Closing VIII Find Large
Amount Of Material on Hand
10 Ship to Sufferers.

Tomorrow is TO be a day of great
activity for Belgian relief in Rock
Island.
Being the closing day OF the cam
paign for securing clothes for suf-
fering Belgians, the local commit
tee will endeavor TO make it the
best in point of returns of the week.
Boy Scouts. girls of the social
service department of the Woman S
club and members of the Young
WOmanS Christian association
have been made members of the
collection committee. of which Mrs.
C H. Castetter is chairman. and
tomorrow they will assist in gath
aring the clothing.
The Committee.
Appended is the list Of those
comprising the committee: Mrs. S.
c.. Taylor, Mrs B. D. Connolly, Mrs.
Hugh Curtis, Miss Clara Kenwor-
thy, Mrs A. J. Riess, Mrs. Morris
Heagy, Mrs. Presley Greenawalt.
Mrs. ". A. Tehan, Mrs R. NJ.
Pearce. Mrs ]. Paul Duffin. Mrs.
J. W. Sweeney, Mrs Hugh Craw-
ford, Mrs. William Paulsen, Mrs.