davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
Rosner Case Solved
By 13-Year-Old Girl
Mary Gilbert Found Baby Cry.
ing and Then Learned
fter Name

1T was the sagacity OF thirteen.
year-old' girl that reunited Mrs Ie.ts
Rosner and her daughter Lille. who
was. Kidnapped last Tuesday By Mrs
Sophie Berg
Mary Gilbert is the Observing miss
She is the daughter OF Mrs. Della Gil
bert. who conducts the rooming house
at 101 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, in
which Lille was found.
Earlier reports Of the manner in
which the hiding place of the BERG
woman was discovered gave credit for
the disclosures to Miss Marie Tay. a
cousin of Mary, who lives in the same
house. But her sole part in the discov.
cry was to inform the authorities
Mary found Lille.
.Mrs. Berg rented her room in the
Gilbert home last Tuesday On Wednes.
day Lille was crying and Mary gave
her bread anc butter to quiet her, she
said last night. She asked. Lille her
name and the child replicd:
Lille Rosner'
SO. on Saturday, when Miss Fay
who is employed by a Brooklyn dentist,
came home and spoke of the kidnan.
/ ping. Mary asked her what the lost
oaby's name was. Miss Fay told her
and Mary shouted:
She's here! She's here."
"A little later. when Mrs. Berg went
out and left Lille with Mrs. Gilbert
Mary's deduction proved correc.. The
child verified the name and said she
! ilved way uptown in big house" II
was then decided to tell the police of
inc discovery the next day. That is how
MIS-. berg's arrest was brought about.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
Thomas Woodward

TOCkAHoE, n. V, Feb. 5.-1homas
Woodward, fos many years member
OF the firm of Thomas Woodward &.
Son, salt fish dealers. at Coenties Sin
and Front Street, New York. died to-.
day at his home here. The firm was one
oI 81 the oldest in New York. 1t was
founded in 1922, when the East R;var
front was indented by numerous ;nlcts
INTO which fishing sloops ran with
-, Mr. Woodward was the son Of
Thomas and Elizabeth Cromwell Wood.
ward. His mother traced her ancestry
70 Z, the Lord Protector Of England. Nr.
Woodward was born in New Yoyk
Sgseventy-one years ago. He entered
.1aVefio,d College at the age of TWEEN.
order to enter business. AZ
ne Is survived by wife. son and
two brothers S'' an q
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
By BRIGGS

other roads. The Delaware {: Hudson
Railway officials in Montreal sent a
dispatch to the New York Central yes
terday morning stating that the Mont
real Express, due to leave Montreal
last night at midnight, would not start
at all on account Of snow. On the
New Haven, the Boston Express, due at
O'Clock yesterday morning.; was five
hours late, and the Boston train leav
ing that city at 40 o'clock Monday
night did not get to New York till 8
O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
Freight Stalled Everywhere
Freight trains by the score, if not
| hundreds. were stalled on all,the roads
cast of Chicago. Livestock was in dan :.
ger of perishing from cold on trains
that we're stuck between Chicago and
New York. Critical reports poured into
! Regional Director Smiths Office from
points in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania
! and West Virginia. 1t was stated that
railway conditions in Michigan were
just about as bad as they could get,
with transportation practically sus-
pended, and the temperature ranging
from Is to 35 below zero.
The added congestion on the East
crn railways began to be reflected in
the reports Of stalled freight cass
There were 56,367 castbound loaded
freight cars reported stuck on sidirgs
and in yards yesterday morning, show
ing an increase OF $3.50 cars during
twenty-tour hours. This number will
be doubled or tripled in to-morrow's re-
ports, according to railroad mein: The
number OF eastbound cmpties stalled
was 1l,2O6. an increase Of 1888 cars.
while the wcstbound loaded cars stuck
numbered 3b,S47, and the westbound
emptles 1912. showing an increase OF
2,04O and 995 cars, respectively.
Aside from blocked lines, the rail-
reads had to contend with frozen water
tanks and water pipes, icc-jamed
switches and signal apparatus. In
scores OF instances fires had to be
drawn from engines because it was i'm
/ possible to get water for the boilers.
! The power plant at Thorndalc. the
princ!pal coaling station on the Phila-
dclpsia division of the Pennsylvania,
went out of commission yesterday be-
cause of frozen water pipes. This
: knocked out the compressor nlsnt
which supplied air service wherewith
to operate the interlocking station that
controls the automatic signal system.
The net result was hours of DELAY in
train movements.
Coal Movement Bad
Coal movement is being cut down
terribly by the cold wave. Nevcrthc-
less, 1,4S4 cars of anthracite and 986
cars Of bituminous coal we're dumped
into bargcs and coal pockets at tide
water points during the twcnty-fcur
hours ended yesterday morning. Dur
ing the same period seventy-siX bargcs
with 32,19i tons of antracite and forty
seven bargcs with 23,94S tons bf BIZ
luminous coal we're towed from tide
water points. Seven steamers were
bunkered during the day with 6,400
tons of coal, leaving seventeen ships
awaiting fuel. Harbor navigation was
impedcd by ice in Staten Island Sound,
while slips are once more freezing up
all along the waterfront.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
Shoes and Ships
And Sealing Wax

Solomon Katz, Of Boston, owes his
wife, 1S2 loaves of bread alimony, ac-
cording to Mrs. Katz's statement before
Judge Waite yesterday. She also al
leges that he owes her $50 cash in ad-
dition. Three months ago Katz was or
dered to pay his wife two loaves of
bread daily and SO week. He claims
that he is not earning enough to buy
one loaf day for himself.
There are some people who are pray
ing that the present zero weather lasts
forever. They are, the men who are
running jitney service between Nyack
and Tarrytown, over the course ferry
takes in summer.
Just rs soon as Draft Board 20 fur
nishes William J. Coughlin with q
badge, or medal, or ribbon or similar
decoration that will explain to all be-
holders that he is not Stacker, it can
| take up again in peace its work of
classifying registrants.
William, seaman, has not yet been
called to the colors, but nevertheless
some energetic woman who had been
reading English war novels pinned a
white feather on him in a Broadway
surface car the other day, with appro-
pirate remarks
Williams rejoinder was also appro-
pirate. The conductorette blushed, and
then he travelled up to The Bronx and
repeated it, with Celebrations, to his
local board. Since tncn the board has
learned it all by heart.
You who think that you know mis-
fortune, consider the case Of William
Throckmorton, Of Pompton Township,
n. j., who spent all day thawing out
his water pipes and then discovered
! that the water wouldn't run because
tho tank was empty!
Mrs. Beatrice Weitz, of 24l South
Fourth. Street, Williamsburg, reported
to the police Of the Bedford Avenue
station, Brooklyn, yesterday that her
| husband and a mink neck and shoulder
piece she valued at $500 had disap-
peared on Sunday last.
Mrs. Weitz asked the police TO bend
every effort to recover the fur piece.
Alarmed by the fires and burglaries
. that have resulted since Port Washing-
ton, l.. L., was deprived Of its police
department through the resignation of
, Isaac Smith, the city fathers held
, council yesterday. Police Department
Smith is back on the job again now
and insurance risks are dropping
rapidly.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
and Illinois. Chicago registered IL be-
low during the day. and in New Eng

and Illinois. Chicago registered II be-
low during the day, and in New Eng
land the thermometer registered from
to IS below zero.
Under such conditions recovery from
the tic-up which began on Monday be-
! came impossible. 1t was likewise i'm
possible to prevent An addition to the
congestion. Passenger trains were late
osl every road from one to ten hours.
The generally fast limited express
trains entering New York City we're
held up in the open country, stuck in
snowdrifts between stations. Snow
ploughs operated all day long on every
railroad division Of the East, but the
high winds filled up the tracks as fast
as they were cleared.
Three cast-bound freight trains be-
came stuck in snow drifts last Monday
vest vest. Of o. Syracuse. They were still
out to clear the tracks between Utica
and Syracuse became stuck in tight
ly. packed drift, and last night a score
OF men had been working for several
hours to dig it out
Among the passenger trains that
were reported late yesterday we're the
Wolvrine of the New York Cntral, due
at 9:4o IN the morning, which did not
arrive; till ?. m.;.thc Twentieth Cent
u,,ry, due at 9:4O a. n., six hours late;
the Dctroiter and No. 6 from Chicago,
both seven hours behind schedule.
Two Expresses Joined
The New York Central's Chicago FIX.
press, due here at 5:25 a. m. Monday
afternoon, and the st. Louis Express.
OF the same line, due here at o'clock
yesterday morning, met in one Of the
snow TRENCHES west Of Pittsburgh
without ,colliding, and Joined forces to
reach their joint destination. They
formed one of the longest and most
ppopu,lous trains that ever entered New
York City, and they got here under the
power OF two giant engines at 1920
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, four and
eighteen hours late, respectively. The
passengers, on tun,bling out of the
coaches here, announced that they had
all the wartime travel they cared to
do for while.
Passenger schedules on the ,Pcnnsvl-
vania We're likewise knocked to pieces.
fhe Manhattan Limited from Chicaro
was eight hours behind time. The r.,
| stone Express from Pittsburgh W.
nine hours late. The New Yorl Ia' ~
press from Pittsburgh was more +hsn
SIX hours behind schedule. and the
seaboard Express. from the South. tlne
az q, S:o., was reported seven hours and
thlrty minutes. late. Other trains were
from tour to five hours behind time
Inc same conditions prevailed ON
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
Tartar Forces Advance
On Sebastopol, Russian
Naval Base on Black N

PETROGRAD. Feb. 2.-Tartar ioHs
have occupied Yalta, in the governing. I.
OF Taurlda. and are advancing on = :
bastopoi. Russia's chief fortress Y. y.
naval base on the Black Sea, accoreas
20 dispatch received by the feas
grad Evening Post" from Sebassor y
The dispatch adds that the is1sS,, g.,
are dealing mercilessly with Nv
Guards, sailors and soldiers.
Troops of the revolutionary army
Mlnsk hare captured the town OF ~ "s
jim. They are now marching on A"7
In the Crimea and the Canea:ss,
regions of Russia. according 70 = !.
latest available statistics. there rss, =
nearly 1000, 600 Turko- Tartars. I:.s ~
are descendants of the Tartar wsfis, ~,
who. III the Middle Ages. swePs ~
Asia under the leadership OF 'epsss rssr.
Khan and threatened Europe, .rss. .ns
has been much intermarriage pew srl
the Tartars and Turks, CossaeAs
other raceS
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
More Newsstands
Ope1, for Business
Backbone Of Strike Broken,
Is Opinion of the
Publishers

The newspaper dealers strike is
waning.
Despite meeting of the strike
leaders yesterday at Manhattan Ly-
ceum, 66 East Fourth Street, where it
was voted to fight to finish, indica-
tons throughout the city yesterday
pointed to decided breakdown in the
determination of dealers to continue
the boycott.
Reports that all asrccmcn. had reen
reached with the strikers lEas denied
yesterday by the newspaper publishers.
Who asserted that the end OF the strike
was in sight and that. within a day or
so. so many of the dealers would re-
open for business that there would bo
no need Of any agreement will, those
that remained obdurate.
Police haze been ordered by Com
missroner Enright to fur1,isl, adequate
protection for all newstands against
attacks oy rickets. The Commissioners
order. which was sent yesterday to all
inspectors and captains. reads:
'lnformation has been received that
large number of newsst tand dealers
who were on strike are about to omen
their stands. Give special attention
and see that vhey are not interfered
with. Until further orders you will
keep two squalls in reserve until such
time as this strike is IN more set.
tied condition. Notify all newsstand
dealers in your nciglrborhood to cali
up precinct station house at once in
case. OF any evidence of trouble"
+ AllStaten Island dealers quit the
ranks of the strikers in a body yester,
day. Many others in Manhattan, Tho
Bronx and Brooklyn also deserted. I'm
rortant stands reopened included those
at | Wall Streat, Ill Broadway and
116th Street and Lemon Avenue.
In City Hall Park eight stands wer,
opened by former strikers. Several at
tempts at violence were frustrated b,
the police.
The United Newspaper Deliver,
/ Company opened nine additiona,
stands. making in all seventeen ir
the last. two days.
The stands. opened yesterday include
730 Lexington Avenue, 35b Greenwich
Street, 1876 Madison Avenue, 1S2 East
1Ieth Street, 1870 East Twenty
Street. 108 Sixth Avenue and 4O2 East
EOrdham Road
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06

Higher and higher it pointed, and
seemed about to go over the top, when
suddenly the port tread began skidding
in deep snow. The starboard tread,
maintaining its powerful traction,
twisted the tank sidewise, and an in
slant later it toppled over.
Hundreds of spectators thought at
first that the man9uvre was part of
the demonstration. Major Davis and
Captain Haigh, in charge of the tank,
were with division staff officers witch
ing it's work. They rushed forward and,
aided by military police, lifted the
stee! hatch. A dishevelled line of men
came crawling out. Two of them were
carrying Donaldson, who was semi
conscious.
Coolly Smokes Cigarettes
The plucky young Scotchman, who
was one of the original crew that, un-
scathed, piloted the tank across real
battlefield "Somewhere in France" re-
vived sufficiently to indicate to field
hospital surgeons who rushed to the
scene that his injuries were across his
hips and stomach. He called for a
cigarette, which one of his comrades
produced, lit and placed between his
lips, and he managed to get puff or
two before again losing consciousness.
A rushing ambulance added another
touch Of real battle environment to
the scene, and the injured man was
taken to the base hospital. Surgeons
said tonight he had narrowly escaped
a broken hip. They are yet unable to
determine the extent of internal inju-
rcs. Hasty inspection showed the big
tank was not badly damaged by the &C
cident. Under direction of Colonel E..
NJ. Markham, division engineer. the
303d Engineers with block and tackle
and big jacks managed to right the
monster this evening, and mechanicians
believe they can have it in shape to
continue it's demonstrations tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
Oysters in New Zealand

a very successful oyster season Tfss
closed in New Zealand, there having.
necn about 10000 sacks Of oysters
taken from the different beds about
The island, Of which 1O,3A5 sacks were
from the beds under the control of the
New Zealand government, the remain.
der being taken from the Forvcaux
strait oyster beds, which are not under
thc supervision Of the New Zealand
government.
During the coming SEASON a further
expenditure will be made in the direc-
ton of improving the oyster beds in
the Bay of Islands and near Whan-
garei. and it is anticipated that other
beds, which were planted during the
past year or two, will be available for
picking next season. The consumption
Of oysters seems to be increasing Of
late years.
The exports of oysters for 1915
amounted to 2S3,7S5 dozen, of which
5,00O dozen went to the United King
dom and 277,735 dozen 70 Australia.
No oysters were mported.-Fishing
Gazette
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
Hylan Is Attacked
BY Socialists for
Not Selling Coal
Aldermen Hint at Politics
in Mayors Inactivity
in Crisis

Mayor Hylan was made the target
e1 strong criticism yesterday by the
socialist members of the Board of AL
dermen because Of his "inactivity" in
regard to the coal situation. The So
c!alist aldermen reminded the board
that with the city in the grip of an
other severe cold wave and with coal
still scarce, there had been no action
on the resolution empowering the
Mayor to seize and sell surplus coal
found within the city limits. They in
scrrcd that some one was playing
politics.
Alderman Barnet Wolf, Brooklyn
socialist, introduced resolution de-
manding that the Mayor tell what he
had done in reference to the resolution
empowering him to seize and sell coal.
The Democratic majority rallied to the
Mayors defence. The Tammany men
accused the socialists of trying to put
the Mayor "in hole
We want to know" said Alderman
Wolf, "if this measure was meant to
furnish fuel to the people of the city
or for the next gubcrnatorial cam
psign. The Mayor, OH January 22,
asked the board to pass constructive
coal legislation. The board can take
no intelligent action without knowl-
edge as to the progress made by the
Mayor or his agents under the seizure
ordinance. We arc, therefore, demand
ing this information from the Mayor"
Alderman Wolf asked that the reso-
luton be sent to the Committee on
General Welfare, but Vice Chairman
Moran objected, saying that it should
be referred to special committee of
the board appointed by the Committee
on Rules. This was done.
Alderman j. ". Friedman offered a
resolution, which was referred to the
Committee on Legislation, requesting
the Legislature to enact laws creating
department of milk supply and dis
trlbutlon, whereby the city will have
power to purchase raw milk direct
from the producer, pasteurizcd under
the proper Health Department super
vision and be the sole distributor of
raw and pasteurized milk in the city.
The resolution declared that, being the
sole distributor, the city can be divided
into sections, and but one milk wagon
round on a block, instead of three or
four, as under present conditions. The
city would sell the milk at cost, plus
the handling expenses, and give the
consumer the benefit of low prices
when the price of the producer is low.
Inc board adjourned when Chair
man AL Smith announced that the al
dermen's pay checks We're ready in the
adjoining room. The next meeting will
ha held on February Is, as next Tues
day is Lincoln's Birthday.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
British Tank Turns Turtle
At Camp Dix; 8 of Crew Hurt
Monster, That Boches Failed to Halt, Is Stopped
by Jersey Snow Drift-Injured Scot Smokes
Before He Faints

CAMP DIX, N. j., Feb. 5.--One man
was badly injured end seven fellow
members of the crew of the famous
English tank "Miss Britannia" were
severely shaken and bruised when the
steel monster turned turtle this after
noon while attempting to climb out Of
q gravel pit during it's initial demon
stration before Camp Dix troops.
4 little New Jersey snowbank did
what Boche shells have failed to ac-
complish and hurled the thirty-ton hulk
on it's side into the bottom of the
gravel hole, The accident is said to be
without parallel in the brief but strenu-
ous history of the land ships.
AS the tank fell upon its port SIDE the
gun turret, which had been fastened by
a single bolt, was forced in, and crushed
Private Donaldson, of Scotland, one Of
the crew, against the gasolene tank.
ether members Of the crew were hurled
about inside the big steel box. They
were Sergeants Blunt and Burnside,
Corporal Jaeger. Lance Corporal Burn
ram and privates SaviNe, Bailey and
Olderman.
Thousands See Tank in Action
Thousands of soldiers in training
icrc had assembled by regiments to
witness tho work of the tank. The
rough ground, including deep gravel
pit, put in front of the, Y. w. c. A..
hostess house, was chosen for. the chief
demonstration. The tank ambled across
from the quartermaster's truck section,
crossed ditch, knocked down tree or
TWO and climbed steep hill7to get to
the central arena.
Here the pilot essayed to climb the
perpendicular siX-foot bank oe the
gravel pit.
The great caterpillar treads Of the
monster bit into the bank and the land
ship pointed its bow skyward
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
Probing Diaz Land Grants

A special commission in Mexico has
been appointed under the direction Of
Secretary Rouaix of the Department
Of Fomcnto for the purpose Of investi-
eating various concessions granted
nnder the Diaz regime for the purpose
Of ascertainins if their terms have
leen fulfilled. If not, the lands will
revert 70 the government. An especial
instance is that OF grant of 5000
hectares one and a quarter million
acres> in the State of chihuahua for
alleged colonization purposes. Mexi-
can News Bullctin.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
Labor Men to Hear Daniels

Secretary Of the Navy Daniels will
open New Iork's observation of Labor
Loyalty Week with speech at the
Manhattan Opera House W Sunday
eNvening, FEBRUARY 10. 1t is expected
from the Administration,
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
5 Submarines Built In
Italv Delivered to SP"

WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.--The Itsi'i,
government has just delivers ut,
Spain, it was learned to-day. tnI!e II
submarines built in Italy. Sps.a;d a;dass
said to have acquired forln'S
submarine fotilla d.ring the Tai. us
1t is understood that the mels,l q.
IN the construction Of the vesss's
acquired from Spain.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
Garfield and McAdoo
Abolish Plan to End
Heatless MONDAYS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-With the
East facing the most acute coal short
age OF the winter and in the grip >of
the coldeSt weather in a generation.
the government decided o-day that the
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
Weather Bureau Prom;...
Rise Above 80 Degree.
by Night
Steady Upward Trend
Thaw by Tomorrow Exp...
ed to Open Harbor for
Coal Shipments

A warm wave is rushing out af ).
Northwest to the relief of su,F..;-
New York.
No later than this evening. tn.
Weather Bureau announced last ~. -
the mercury will have risen 4. :.
freezing point, or 80 degrees 49,
zero. What is more pertinent "a ~
shivering people Of .his city, the ~.
mometer will continue to rise. and 9
Weather Bureau is convinced tha, !.
Thursday a thaw will set in and h,.-.
lip the ice-ch oxen rivers an dharHo,.
The prediction is based upon III. g..
that an area Of low barometer h.-;.'
its centre in Minnesota and ex.erd;-s
as far South as the Gulf States. !, -
its way toward the Atlantic seaboa,d -
i A comparison of thermometer ,.,a
lngs in cities of the Middle West -.
terday morning at O'Clock with ,.ss
ings last night at O'Clock substan;.,..
the forecast. They are as fo,io,..
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1918-01-17
RAISE MORE HOGS

AS an additional effort in
the nationwide campaign t. Sc
cure at least a fifteen per cent
increase in the number of hogs
the u. S. Food Administration
is supplying libraries with cop
les of two recent official bull
letins for general distribution.
One of these publications en-
titled Hogs and Corn Rations"
contains a report ola committee
of practical livestock farmers
appointed by the Food Admin
istration to study means of in
creasing pork production and
placing the hog industry on a
sound basis.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1918-01-17
CAPITAL CITY is
HIT BY BLIZZARD

Continued from front page)
opened at all. Churches re-
NAMED closed on Sundays. Au-
tomobiles wheezed along de-
serted streets or stuck up in
snow-drifts. Office forces
shivered around disappearing
gas stoves in downtown offic-
es, and then trudged home
through the snow to SILVER.
Everything seemed to bear out
the plant of the pessimist that
the world was out of joint any
how.
A majority of the people of
Little Rock depend on natural
gas from Louisiana for heating
and cooking, and in a season
like this the pressure is too low
to supply the gretly increased
demand, even with the indus
trials shut off.
The gas company has been
advising the people to put in an
emergency supply of other
fuel, but few of them did so,
and anyway, coal and wood
are about as difficult to get as
gas, and the prices are beyond
the reach of the poor uan.
What is the answer?
There has been much suffer-
ing among the poor people Of
the city who are unable to Sc
cure fuel. Many have actu-
ally been forced to GO to bed to
keep warm.
The people are not prepared
Tor Sucn weather.
Arkansas is one of the great
est coal and timber states of
the Union, and there is enough
wood rotting within five miles
of the city to supply all the
fuel needed for everybody.
But there is nobody to cut it
and no way to deliver it.
So in the midst of plenty we
suffer, and take out our spite
on the gas company, the coal
dealers, the street railways and
the city administration.