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New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
Works for Police 80 Years;
Pleads in Vain for Pension
Mother O'Melea, Keeper of Dormitory. After Two
Months Illness With Rheumatism, Wonders
if Law Cannot Be CHANGED

Mother" O'Melea is back at the Eliz-
aoeth Street Police Station, and life
IN that quiet backwater of Bowery
trafhc has resumed it's natural course.
for thirty-six years Mrs. Larry
o'Melea has been favorite with the
boys" of the precinct, serving them
IN the double capacity of mother con-
lessor and bed maker in the dormitory.
Mere cops" have grown into police
lleutenants, and lieutenants into COM
mlssioners, while Mother O'Melea"
has grown older and more rheumatic
each year. This spring, however, she
was actually incapacitated for the first
time in her long service, and after an
absence of two 4.ionths she came back.
haunted, for the first time, by the fear
of old age.
"1'm sixty-fve," she said "and Ican,t
expect to keep a'goin' much longer. If
could only get an old age pension |
wouldn't complain about the rheuma-
tlsm. You can't expect to be very gay
at siXty-ive.
Wouldn't Want Much
II hear there's lots of rich ladies
that pension the old police horses. Do
you suppose any of them would help
me out? l wouldn't ask much-just
maybe twenty dollars a month or so.
This is such big city, and there is a
big pension fund for the police, and
IT seems hard that l can't have a
little"
Mrs. OMelea entered the service of
the Elizabeth Street station when her
husband died, thirty-six years ago.
leaving her with three little children
to support. He was a policeman who
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
Drama
By Haywood Broun

Bert Williams, fine and original
performer, who has not been seen
hereabouts recently, is now with the
liegfeld Midnight Frolic. His first
appearance Monday night was wildly
applauded. He has capital war story
and few songs. Two of these would
be no more than Indifferent if it were
for not the comedians ability to build
them up and add values of his own.
lhe third, however is a catchy, lifting
melody which tells about the negro
troops in France.
Several other additions have crept
INTO the performance since the first
night. There is now tankful of
chorus girls for the audience to shoot
at with ping pong balls and several
song numbers by an animated but not
too talented young woman named Bee
Palmer Frisco, the dancer, is still a
delight and the six Brown Brothers
are other valuable factors in the enter
tanment.
AS usual, the New Amsterdam Roof
show possesses merry pace and an
intriguing atmosphere of intimacy. Our
Coal Supply, as imperson onated in the
patriotic number called Victory" is
still overly large to be convincing to
US.
The most elaborate number on the
present bill at the Palace is Mile
Dazie and her company, who dance
with spirit, abandon and occasional
grace. The best portion of the pro-
gramme is contributed by Anna
Wheaton and Harry Carroll. Miss
Wheaton dances and sings as we'll as
she did in ooh Boy" Fradkin, the
violinist, plays we'll, and Miss Jean
Tell sings between numbers. Other
acts in a good bill are Walter Brewer,
Andrew Tombes and Rena Parker,
Charlie Ahearn. and war playlet with
songs, called Somewhere III France
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
Benefit at Packard Home
Amateur Comedy Club Will
Give Two Plays

The Amateur Comedy Club, OF New
York, will give two plays at Wood
Manse, the country place of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward w. Packard, in Greenwich,
Conn. on Tuesday evening. for the
benefit of the Fatherless Children of
France and for the Sailors Entertain
ment Fund A short vaudeville en-
tertainment, given by the soldiers from
Fort Slocum, will follow and later there
will be dancing with music by the Fort
Slocum band
The affair is under the patronage of
CASTOR Liebert, the French Consul
General in New York; Mrs. Samuel F.
Pryor, Mrs. William G. Rockefeller,
Mrs. George F. Dominick, jr., Mrs. John
D. Barrett, Mrs. Edmund C. Converse,
Miss Luisita Leland and the Rev. DR..
Henry Van Dyke, former Ambassador
to Holland.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
Bishop Cusack Buried
Catholic Ceremonials
Marked Funeral at ALBANY


ALBANY, July 1.-THE funeral to-
day of Bishop Thomas F. Cusack, of the
Albany diocese, was attended with all
the honors and stately ceremonials of
the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinal
John H. Farley gave the last absolu-
ton, the requiem mass was celebrated
by Bishop Joseph H. Conroy, of Og-
densburg, and Bishop Thomas F
Hickey, of Rochester, delivered the
funeral sermon.
The services were attended by a
throng that filled to overfowing the
Cath hedral of the Immaculate Concep-
ton. Governor Whitman and several
other state officials were present. The
clergy at the service included nine
bishops, twenty-one monsignori and
more than 300 priests.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
Quits Assembly for Navy

Joseph L. Hurley, member of the New
Jersey Assembly from Jersey City,
father of the state boxing law, told his
friends yesterday that he intended to
resign from the Assembly and enlist
as third class yeoman in the overseas
transportation depot of the United
States Naval Auxiliary Reserve. Mr..
Hurley passed the required examina-
tion several weeks ago.
In order to change his present posi-
ton for a s41a-month government job
Mr.. Hurley waived two possible claims
for exemption-on the ground of hav-
ing dependents and membership in the
state Legislature.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
r. S. Armstrong, Marine
Engineer, Dead at Age of 43

Robert S. Armstrong, we'll known as
o shipbuilding engineer, died at Will
mington, N. c., where he had gone
eight days ago to assume charge Of the
Carolina Steamship Company yards.
He was forty-three years old.
Mr.. Armstrong was born in Hamil-
ton, Ont, and came to New York
eighteen years ago. He was for some
years in charge Of the shipbuilding
yards of Milliken Brothers. Staten
Island. He was q member of the Free
Masons and the Shriners, and is sur
vived by his widow, mother, one sis
ter and q brother.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
Many Actors Attend Funeral
OF Comedian "Joe" Welch

The funeral of "Joe" Welch, the we'll
known actor, who died on Monday, was
held yesterday. Many prominent stage
folk who had worked with the quaint
comedian attended special services,
held in the Masonic Temple, Twenty
fourth Street and Sixth Avenue, in the
morning.
Previously, in the presence of his
family and few close friends, the sim
pie Jewish rites for the dead had been
said over the body in his late home,
sol West 158th Street. Dr. Clifton n.
Levy otficiated at the Masonic Temple.
Interment was in Washington Gene
terry, Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
K. of c., in Convention, to
Receive S5.OOO.OOO Check

A check for s5,00o,OOo, representing
Fund drive in New York City, will be
presented to the knights of Columbus
at the Victory Convention of the order,
which is to be held in the Waldorf
Astoria here on August and 7. James
A Flaherty, supreme knight of the
order, will receive the check for the
knights. Presentation will be made
by a Church dignitary.
Delegates from all parts Of the coun-
try will DE at the convention. Part
of the sessions will be devoted to the
development of plans for the raising
and expending Of s50,000,000 for war
work in the next year. The Knights
OF Columbus plan to send 1000 ad-
ditional secretaries to Europe before
the end of the year.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
Kenneth Cowan Marries
Mrs. Marie M. Harkness

GREENWICH, Conn.,, July 17.-Mrs
Marie Marbeck Harkness. former wife
of Harry S. Harkness, of New York,
and Kenneth Cowan, of New York, were
married here to-day. The ceremony
was performed at the residence of c.
r. Sherlock, of Hillside Road, and was
attended only by relatives and init
mate friends.
band in 1906 They were divorced in
1915. Mr.. Hardness married a second
time in November of last year. his
bride being Mrs. Florence Steuber
Gaines, of Erie, Penn. She had d-
vorced her first husband the preceding
month.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
Would Revive Comic Operas

public meeting in the interest of
the revival of light and comic opera
will be held to-day at Aeolian Hall at
8 o'clock under the auspices of the
Comm Opera Association
Speakers will be Dudley Field Malone
Raymond Hitchcock, Anna Fitziu, Clar-
ence Whitehill, De Wolf Hopper, Flor
ence Easton and Francesca Peralta.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
719 Men Leave for Slocum

East Harlem and The Bronx bade
lighthearted $50 long" yesterday to 719
new National Army men, who entrained
at the Harlem station of the New York,
New Haven g. Hartford Railroad for
Fort Slocum.
The informal committee on depart
ure numbered about ten thousand per
sons. The Harlem delegations came
with three bands. Firemen Halligan.
Of Engine Company 8S. and James
Woods, of Hook and Ladder Company
AZ, were honored by their mates,
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
Acquitted in Draft Case

Emanuel Bullard. lawyer and real
estate operator of Queens, and his wife.
Louise, charged with having falsitied
the age of their son, Lawrence, in CON
nection with his registration in the
selective draft, were aquitted by a
jury before Judge Garvin, in the Fed
eral court, Brooklyn, last night The
jury was out an hour and q half
The Billiards live at 455 Bedford
Avenue, Richmond Hill The couple
correct age Of their son, but claimed
it was an honest mistake.
The son has now disappeared. They
said they did not in any way advise
Lawrence to evade registration.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
Miss Anna Grove Decker
To Wed at Newport To-day

Miss Anna Grove Decker, daughter
OF Captain and Mrs. Benton C. Decker,
will be married to Captain Alfred Hall
Crossman, U. S. A. to-day in the United
Congregational Church, Newport. The
bride will be attended by her sister,
Miss Helen Van Wyck Decker, and by
the bridegroom's sister. Miss Ruth
Alden Crossman.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
Parents to Hold Memorial
Service for Lieutenant Lorie

In memory of their son, Lieutenant
Quentin Robertson Logic. Company K,
9th Uuited States Infantry, killed in
action in France on June 8, Mr.. and
Mrs. Logic will hold memorial SER
vice at p. m. Sunday, July 2l, at the
United Presbyterian Church, corner of
East 18TH Street and Tiebout Avenue.
The Bronx, the Rev. Thomas NJ. CAL
mers, pastor, officiating.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
Miss Margaret A. Young
To Wed Cavalry Officer

Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Young, of Nor
ristown, N. j., have announced the en-
gagement Of their daughter, Miss Mar
gsret A. Young, to Lieutenant Walter
Gunther, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith
Gunther, of Mendham, NJ J. Lieutenant
Gunther is attached to the 18th
United States Cavalry and is now in
Texas. He obtained his commission
last April when junior at Cornell.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund

Saturday. Tenafy. N. J................ so
Total 325
This will make total of 881 bows
and girls sent out for vacations during
the week
Contributions to the Tribune Fresh Air
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18

Contributions, preferably by check or
money order, should be sent to the
Tribune Fresh Air Fund, The Tribune,
New York
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
WAR RUILETEN,

w HPN
Through the courtesy of the
French High Commission. we are
privileged TO show the FRENCH
OFFICIAL WAR FILMS taken by
members OF the French Army
while in active service. A. Paul
Keith and E. F. Alhee have do
mated the use OF the COLONIAL
THEATRE, Bway and 62d St. for
this entire week. All seats Csc.
Saturday Evening. YNONNE DE
TREVILLE. the celebrated prima
donna of the Belgium Opera Co
inique, will sing the "Marseillaise'
and The Americans Come" &C
companied by the Composer Fay
Foster
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18

For the remainder of the week
parties are scheduled to go out as fol-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-01
A BARBER SHOP:

We'll, Will you pipe the dinin'
room chairs they use over here. Any
bird could be d barber over home if
this was all the layout that he need
ed. And not a white coat in the
joint They sure put plenty of lather
on YOU. And this birds got soap in
my nose, mouth and ears. He miss
ed both eyes That's the funniest
way to shave 1 ever heard of He
never rubbed my chops with his
fingers at all to soften my beard.
Now, what's he pointin' at that lit
tie bowl of water for? Amt he
goin TO wash the remains of the
lather off my puss? No, | guess he
wants me 10 do il. Poor bird. he
don't wanna get his hands wet.
That's right plenty of hair oil and
talcum powder and part it on the
side. only a nickel for a shave?
No wonder they won't bother TO get
their fins wet TOR a jituey, Two
cents for a tip? Whaddaya think
of that. he said 'Merci' for a two
cent tip Seven cents for a shave
and tip, Ia throw away my safety
if L was gonna stay over here"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-01
KIDNEY SUFFERERS HAVE
FEELING OF SECURITY

You naturally feel secure when
YOU know that the medicine YOU are
about TO take is absolutely pure and
contains no harmful or habit pro-
ducing drugs.
such "A medicine is DR.. Kilmer's
swamp Root. kidney, liver and blad-
der remedy
The same standard OF purity.
strength and excellence is maintain
ed In every bottle of swamp Root
swamp Root Is scientifically com
pounded from vegetable herbs.
IL Is not stlmulant and is taken
IN teaSpoonful doses
IL is not recommended for every
thing
According 20 verified testimony il
is natures great helper in relieving
and overcoming kidney, liver and
bladder troubles
4 sworn statement Of purity is
with every bottle OF Or. kilmer's
swamp Root
N you need a medicine YOU should
have the best
IL you are already convinced that
swamp Root Us what YOU need. YOU
will md 10 on sale at all drug stores
In bottles OF two sizes, medium and
large.
However, if YOU wish FIRST 10 Try
this great preparation send ten
cents 10 DR.. kumer & Co. Bling
hamtou. y. Y, for a sample bot
tie. When writing be sure and men
tion The South Bend Daily News
Times Adv.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-01
MISSING RECORDS IN
PERR0TT CASE FOUND

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Feb. Il
Missing police records which we're
unsucceSsfullT sought in the Samuel
V. Perrott election fraud cases last
year are in the possession of former
Police Lieut.. Oscar A. Merrill and
VIII be produced Friday morning by
him as a witness in the case OF for
iner Mayor Joseph +. Bell and about
30 others charged with conspiracy
to violate election laws, now in
progress in the federal court here.
Wherea bouts Of the records was dis
closed Thursday by attorneys.
During the day Capt. Arthur r.
Robinson. now stationed at Camp
Taylor. KY. who was elected state
senator in 1914 when the election
frauds are alleged TO have occurred,
testified Thursday TO methods used
20 keep Negroes in the city from
registering or voting He said that
one Negro who attempted 10 regis
ter was told that if he insisted that
ne must take the consequences and
that when Samuel Y. Perrott. then
chief of police visited the ward. he
told officers 10 arrest the Negro
whether or not he registered.
Michael G. Glenn, a former city
detective. told how he bluffed Ne
groes in the third ward by showing
a bunch Of police warrants and as
sorting that someone was going "a
be arrested If he tried TO register. "
other witnesses during the DAY
i. cluded several Negroes arrested in
raids just prior to the 1914 cleo.
ton.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-01
OHIO RISING FAST
At CINCINNATI
Hundreds in Lower Sections
of City Driven Out
by Flood.

CINCINNATI, o., Feb. 1.-The
ice gorges below Cincinnati INmaiu-
ed fast Thursday night and the river
here continued raising at the rate of
about one-tenth of a foot an hour,
with 59.5 feet registered on the gov
eminent gauge This is 90 feet
above the danger line.
w. c. DevereauX, the local gov
eminent weather forecaster, said
Thursday night that if the gorges
held the river would continue ris-
ing for a time Thursday night, but
that he expected the water TO begin
falling early Friday morning.
The food water has forced hum
dreds of persons living in the low
lying sections of the city 10 move
from their homes, while merchants
along Race, Broadway, Front and
Second SITS. were busy Thursday
night moving merchandise from
lower floors to places of safety.
The water and ice caused further
damage to river craft during the
day when the passenger packet
Greenland was swept from the ma
Tine ways in the east end and car
ried down the river, and the big
towboat Val p. Collins was swept
cut among the ice foes at Seketan,
near North Bend, .. In addition
the steamers City of Louisville. City
of Cincinnati, and Lucinda, sunk
yesterday, were completely wreck
ed by the ice during the day.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-01
TIE CLAMPS ELYsEEs:

Greatest street in the world. It's
better than Broadway. New York.
or state street, Chicago. or Olive
street, 81. Louis, or Sixteenth street,
Denver. or Market street. san Fran
cisco, or any other main-stem I've
ever been on. But it's too wide.
You can't pipe of your friends on
the other side of the street. Must
be great here in the summer time.
Ell. cause I s'pose there's bands
playin lin those bandstands2 You
sure see a lot OF crippled men
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-01
ANY ELEVATOR:

so, we gotta work this thing
ourself. Ell? Well, now were in and
she amt mOvin' a bit oh, yes, we
go-ta press the button for the floor
we want That's right, the third.
Huh. she won't go. She's busted.
oh, maybe we must shut this in
side door. 90. Yeah. DO. that's
right; now she's off. Say we got
her in low speed sure. Here We are.
This doors stuck Well, l can't help
it if / do break it. I'm not goin to
stick in this bird cage all day"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-01
THE ARCH OF TRIUMPH:

Il remember the old Dewey Arch
at Broadway and 18th street. This
one is a good deal like it, only larg-
er and made of stone instead OF
laths and plaster, like the one in
New York Still this one will last
longer. I'll bet they go, anti-air-
craft guns and searchlights on top
TO welcome the Boches when their
air raiders come over"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-01
THE EIFFEE TOWER:

Down at Coney. in the Old days.
they had an observation tower just
like this one; remember it was near
the Elephant and you could see
all the way 10 ROCkaway from up,
top. That was when We used 10
go down TO the island 10 have pic
mics and real fun instead of tango
ing and one-stepping. And pipe
the wireless wires strung up 10 the
top. So they can talk to America
and TO Russia from there. Ell? I'll
bet you can talk further than that
from the top of the WoolwOrth
building in Broadway"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-01
THE TROCADERO.

Yep. it's bigger than Madison
Square Garden in way. but il
amt got such a good location. Why
it'd take all night 10 empty that
joint after a big night or the last
night of the siX-day bike race. And
then half the fans would have To
sleep in the park. So those wires
are the wireless reaching across the
Seine river from the top of the Elf
Eel tower. Ell? I'll bet they could
talk TO the North Pole if Doe Cook
left "A wireless outht up there and
blonde Eskimo for an operator "
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-01
PREPARE TO FIGHT ICE
JAM NEAR EVANSVILLE

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb Il
The ice gorge in Creep river which
has been running since Sunday. was
steadily moving towards SpOttsville
Thursday night where several large
Evansville packets are mOored.
Crews Of wOrkmen are stationed on
the boats, the ice has been chopped
from around them and steam has
been raised with the intention OF
ughting of the ice.
The head Of the gorge was pass
iBg Bluff City. Ky, n distance Of
about four miles frOm where the
roats are anchored, at $50 o'clock
Thursday night and il is expected
% reach Spottsville about midnight.
Lock No I is located at this point.
span OF the l.. II. and st. l.. rail
road bridge below Spottsville was
braced 10 withstand the strain.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-01

LONDON.-The derelict and half
submerged schooner Diana OF Den
mark. victim OF q submarine attack
two years ago. has been roughly re-
paired hoated and sold by auction
at an Irish port Of s2O.250 An ex-
pert asserts her value when new
would be only 5000.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-01
SPANISH SHIPS
HELD Up BY j. 8.
Embargo by Spain on PERISH
ing Orders Starts Retail
iatory Moves.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Quick
retaliatory measures were forecast
here Thursday night as the answer
OF the United States and the allies
20 SPANS interference with the
shipment Of goods across her from
tier into France. In fact certain
Spanish ships now in American
ports ready TO sail are being held
up pending a clearing Of the situa-
ton. although the war trade board
In a formal statement Thursday
night denied that vessels under the
Spanish flag generally were being
kept in port.
The American government is par
ticularly concerned in the situation
because Of large orders placed in
Spain by Gen. Pershing for supplies
for the American army. II holds.
too. the chief weapon TO force a
lifting OF an embargo placed by
Spain. since Spain draws heavily on
the United States for foodstuffs
The war trade board. which is
sued export licenses and licenses for
bunker coal. in its statement said:
1t is not correct that Spanish
ships are being generally held up
by means OF refusing bunkers or
otherwise. It Is expected fur
Their clearances will be granted.
Each case is dealt with on its own
facts. and in a few cases bunker
licenses have been withheld as
where a ship has been loaded in
whole or in part with commodities
as 10 which export licenses could
not be allowed under the policy
OF the war trade board"
Spain Netties Allies.
No comment other than this state
ment was 10 be had officially at the
war trade board offices concerning
tire Spanish situation. Allied Of
hclals have been given no end Of
perplexity by Spair. Although not
so situated geographically as to
ship supplies readily into Germany,
charges have been made that goods
from Spanish Morocco have gone
through the Swiss port of entry in
France into Switzerland and thence
into Germany. Charges also have
been made that the German spy
system mas used wireless equipment
in Spain 20 communicate with the
central powers.
A considerable element in the
Spanish government. IL is we'll
known. IS German in its leanings
and officials in Washington express
no hesitation in intimating that this
element is in a large measure re-
sponsible for the present trouble.
The official reason given for the
blocking OF Gen. Pershing's orders
is said 70 be that the Spanish rail
road system has broken down and
that it is impossible 10 handle
goods destined for France.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-01
THE METRO:

4 III VI = 4 w.
who ever thought of the idea Of
havin first and second-class tickets
on the subway? Cute little cars
and say, 1 get the difference be-
tween these cars and those in the
states You can't 90 from one car
to another here. You gotta stay in
the one you get in. These birds all
observe the speed limit right
enough"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-01
THE INVALIDES:

Napoleon has got a better lay
out than Gen. Grant has on River
side Drive, but he has beer dead
longer. And what a bunch OF can
mons the Frenchmen have taken
from the Germans, / guess Fritz
needed those guns he captured
from the Italians"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-01
NoTRE DAME CHURCH:

1T looks as though all the stone
masons and carvers in the world
have had a steady job on the out
side of this place for the last million
years Wouldn't some OF the Boche
sunners like 10 get few tries at
a target like this -
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-01

GOTHENBURG-A local ship
$4,000 crowns for a small bark
which still stood in his name in the
ship list investigation of his books
disclosed that he had sold the bark
in March. 1914. for $4,000 crowns.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-01
THE OPERA:

Some big joint, all right, but I'll
bet the peanut heaven is so far
back that you couldn't see the stage
with a pair of field glasses. And
the stage entrance is bigger than
the main gate in the opera house
in my town."