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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-15
NEW QUEENS TUBE
BORINGS COMPLETE
TWo Ends of Rapid Transit
Travel Joined.

With a deviation no greater than the
fraction of an inch the two ends Of the
rapid transit tunnel connecting Sixtieth
street, Manhattan. with Long Island
City, were brought together yesterday
aftern7 on ny blast fired by Mrs. Pat
rick McGovern. wife of the contractor,
from the shaft house at Sixt!eth street,
where officials of the Public Service
Commission had met to celebrate the &C.
Casion.
This tunnel Is 10 be used by the
Broadway line OF tho Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company. which reaches IL by
way If Fifty-nlntn street from Seventh
avenue. Emerging in Queens. the trains
VIII run into the big union station in the
Greensboro Bridge plaza and go from
there on elevated structures 10 Coron,
and Astoria. At some points the tunnel
runs under the surface OF the East Rive-
as deep as 100 feet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-15
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT
MANHATTAN.

Childhood and Youth" Cthiri ~ I.
course OF twelve lectures on review Of
T nGa'FP Php 'YBshoaGsy Ss T msS n 0S
18th street. west Of Seventh avenue
The Government of New York S'ais
.nlFa of course s Of ' Nathan ef,n
stein. Assistant Corporation CounsS
Public School SO. Fourth street, cas-, O.
"Guatemala," by DR.. Thoma. Iwa-.
Rotterdam, at Public School Sd. E.sh".
eighth street. cas-, OF First avenue. Si'r'
Russia. the Travail Of Freedom" ,;a.
third OF a course OF siy Lectures on -
war and the worlds tutureN. by LOUIS !.
Wilkinson. IItt D.. of Cambridg" Vn'w.
sity; at Public School 90. lt7th street. y"
dickens reaching OF the Romano .
Common Llfe" third OF a cours" Of Ht
Charlie. r Horne. Pr. D.. at Publ- sesosI
1872. iS2d street and Wadsworth av"rt.c.
George sand. the Idcalist" ,sscond o.
a course OF four lectures on French move.
ists). by Prof. Christian Gauss. Ph. u At
American Museum OF Sarursl Histo-". So
enty seventh street and Central Park West
The Great Pacific Northwest AT Y'.
lowstone" uaHt Of a course of tNr'" q.
lures on the Wonder.ands Of Amer.ca- ~
Robert q. Weyh. Jr, at Metropoiita7 Ten
pie, Seventh avenue and Fourteenth g'iee
Motion pictures.
war and Your Duty to Your County
by Col. Edwin \. Havers, a. Pubic mo-
100. Suffolk and RIvinEton streets. -!crs'
optican views.
THE BRONX.
Greece and tho War ~ John = lot
sakes. at Public School 2. l67th street H.-
tween Melrose and CourtlaRdt ayenIse
Stercoptiron views.
The Future Merchant Marin ~ 'f.
United States" by Silas n, AM" ~ luH.
lie school 81. l5Sth street, Ja,N..a ant
Trinity avenues.
Samson and Deliah' BY NJ. = %
FerencEy. at Public school 50. ..- 80
avenue. Freeman and Chisholm ...'''.
Mountaineering In the CANADA -
nv Dr. Andrew J. Gi'mnur. F n TO =,
at Public School Sc, 2o7th street aaa "i'
avenue, Tho Bronx,
France and The Great Wa" p, Ann
i. Peek, at tho New York CN''H.' IF0'
tectory, Van Nest Stereopticor .'"H
Alaska" BY the Hon. Franc's = "
at St. Anselm's Hal, linton Hv'-"t. H'N
l55th street. Stereopticon view
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-15
SCHOOL TEACHERS WANTED.
Examination To-day TO Fill Many
War Vacancies.

In addition to a shortage OF school
accommodations there is a great lack OF
teachers in this city. No complaints
have been heard from the boys and girls,
who seem satisfied TO run their own
classes and let their instructors go to
war. But the Board OF Education Is
worried and has sent out an urgent call
for substitute teachers. Applicants will
have a written examination to-day in
Education Hall at 80 o'clock
Some surprise has been expressed that
retired teachers. some OF whom would
be willing to work as substitutes. are not
utilized in this emergency. II Is ex-
planned that TO do so might jeopa rdi lie
their pensions or cause complications
Substitute teachers receive SO a day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-15
TRAFFIC HEARING TO-DAY.
DIRECTORS to New Rule VIII Have
Inning before EnriRht.

A hearing on the new Police Depart
ment traffic rules Will he held at 2
o'clock to-day by Commissioner Enrlght
in the headquarters Of the Merchants
Association. 2S3 Broadway. The rules
set aside certain thoroughfares for bust
ness vehicles and others for passenger
COuveyances.
Persons who object to the proposed
regulations are invited TO state their OBJ
jections. Suggestions for amendments
will bc considered by the Commissioner
The meeting was called at the request
of the Merchants Association in re-
Spouse To complaints by its members that
the proposed segregation Of traffic would
impose hardship upon them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-15

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
United States Coast and Geodetic survy-
Standard Time.
Sun rises......T.07 AM sun sets.....,ei;Pk
Moon sets....i54 AN
HIGH WATER THIS DAY.
Sandy Hook. .4:oI A NJ Gov Island. .4;.GAN
Hell Gate......6:o2 AM
LOW WATER THIS DAY.
Sandy Hook. 10 n A N Gov. Island 10 81 AN
Hell Gate....l2l m
Note-The foregoing table has been corrected
TO conform to the new artificial time"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-15
Grip Patient Jumps to Death.

George Ciochile. 81. a laborer. OF 1877
East Thirty-fourth street. jumped from
window of the Kings County Hospital,
Brooklyn. last night and was killed.
Ciochile was admitted to the hospital a
few days ago suffering with influenza.
His act was committed while the nurse
In charge was absent from the room.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-15
Lieut.. johnston Die. of Grin.

OTTAWA, Oct. 14.-Lieut. Robert s.
Johnston. 81. q civil engineer, lent to the
Canadian Government by the United
States for duties In the naval air service,
died at the residence OF Admiral Kings
mill here to-day OF influenza. He was
native Of 1reton, Ia. and the body win
be taken there.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-15
EPIDEMICS MEDAL
FOR MRS. WILLARD
French Honor Organizer of
Dressings Work.

tAHlS, OCt. Ito MTS. mary t1htci'
willard president and organizer of the
Surgical Dressing Committee of New
York. the French Government has
awarded the gold medal for fighting
epidemics.
Mrs. Willard is proprietor of the
Home Bureau Medical House, SO West
Thirty-ninth street. Nurses are regis
tered there and L diet kitchen provides
food for invalids In 1914 Mrs. Willard
established the Surgical Dressing Com
mittee, which became national organi-
cation. She at first begged linen from
her friends and made dressings for the
French and British hospitals in a limited
way She aroused interest in the work
among many women and eventually the
scope of the organization became tre-
'mendous. especially after the United
States entered the war. In order to
facilitate shipment. the Surgical Dress
ing Committee was merged with the Red
Cross last May
Six weeks ago Mrs. Willard went to
Paris on special mission connected
with the distribution OF dressings.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-15
Influenza Delay. G. O. p. session.

Boston, Oct. 1+.-Postponement OF the
Republican State convention until Octo-
Der 26 was announced tonight by George
A. Bacon. chairman of the State COM
mittee. The convention. already post
poned once. was scheduled for Saturday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-15
PottsviIIe Calls for Help.

The Mayor Of Pottsvllle, Pa, +. Pierce
Mortimer wired to the Mayor OF this
city yesterday pleading for fifty nurses
Immediately to care for the 20, 600 cases
In that town. He described conditions
as terrible" Unfortunately New York
could not respond because OF It's short
age. But II nurses In other localities
can, the Mayor Of Pottsyllle asks that
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-15

Highest temperature, 81, at . y. ~
Lowest temperature, 80, at 10 J. N.
Average temperature, IS.
Observations yesterday by the United sts's,
weather Bureau stations showing atmos
pheric conditions in the various cities.
Temperat AZURE. Veloc-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-15

DEATHS.

Totals. ...... z23 2t5
Total deaths Monday, ts7.
Total deaths Sunday, asa.
Increase. 50.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-15
Yesterdays Fires.

A. NJ.
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5I5-4Oth II. ana 90 sv, Sato.
mobile; Fleischman Rak"r'. sig"
1o:5o-33l h. 74th ST. owner a". ...-.,
Il:tS-il3 Il. saith st. IRE In sire.
City Of New York.. -.... -hS
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Murphy ...,.,,.,......',.'.' -"
i:oo--Split Rock rd.. near the Sew
Haven Il. X, bridge nr' ~ ,.n
automobile; Ellis dIomin", ~"
1857 Z. 18th st. fann'-- AM
4:00--iti W. ian st, automohl.r 80,
O.is Elevator C0............. ..0
tl5-l62 ". So IT: john Carroll '.'
6,iO--pi"r 10. Barclay st II
ana ", r, ..,,..r.,.,. V
6;2c--l76 FnrsSthr st Los'l -,
shapiro ,,,..,,,........,.,,-
G'41--PvIuyto0 and MangIu r,s
Department street Cleaning 1.-Two
9:c0--?2j T., Giih st; floam" .-.
Muller ..r-... ..,t..... .r.r.. '
ll33O--.s T.. lOth ST. Hasfmu ,,
rr!tzmnn n 60 ,,,..,.,,,- '''.."'
llG50--256th st. and Pslisad" av., To" $50.
Bronx. Babcock estate.....' .'H'-'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-15
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS

The temperature In this city yes,etda
as recorded by the official thermometer
shown In the annexed table:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-15
INFLuENzA--NEw CAS-

they come at once and "to save no
expense"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-15

patrol has caused raids by enemy sur
face craft to be not only fruitless but
very dangerous. the position and the i'm
portance Of the German naval bases on /,
the Flanders coast has changed.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-05-16
7. R..TO Get SHELL
THAT HIT HIS son
Captain Roosevelt, Who Was In Hos
pital, Lauds Red Cross.

Capt. Archibald Roosevelt, who re-
Gently was injuredsand nurseds back to
health. in a Red Cross hospital, in
speaking of the Red Cross work, is re-
ported as having said:
"The Red Cross is doing everything
possible for us. l cannot say too much
in appreciation of their efforts, which
make us feel as if we were back home.
1t is a great comfort to us fellows in
hospitals, and if our folks could see
the way we are being taken care of
they would stop worrying"
The Red Cross chaplain in this par
ticular hospital happens to be Doctor
Billings of Groton, Mass, who taught
Captain Roosevelt at the Groton
school. The Red Cross shopping serv-
ice in the hospital has been commits
stoned by Captain Roosevelt to obtain
a new uniform for him to replace the
one which was torn to pieces when he
was wounded by fragments of a Ger
man shell. sz
The piece of shrapnel which wound
ed Captain Roosevelt will be present
ed to Captain Roosevelt's father, Col.
Theodore Roosevelt
The daily morning oasis., 1918-05-16
PATAGONIA's GOOD WORK
Patriotic Town Starts Red Cross
Drive with Enjoyable and
Successful Ball.

An account of the Red Cross
benefit dance at Patagonia last
Saturday evening has been a bit
late in reaching this office, new
ertheless it is of real interest so
it is given place this morning.
The dance was one of the most
successful functions ever given
in Patagonia. In addition to the
patriotic object of the occasion,
the Fort Huachuca orchestra,
which donated it's services, was
a great drawing card, and a rec
ord crowd from all parts of Santa
Cruz county responded. Twenty
cars went up from Nogales,
while every district in Santa
Cruz county was represented |;
and a party from Rosemont, i'll
Pima county, was also there.
At II o'clock dancing was sus-
pended for thirty minutes and
The daily morning oasis., 1918-05-16
WHAT HOME SERVICE
HAS DONE FOR ME-"

My husband enlisted over a year
ago. Shortly after he went away our
twelve-year-old boy had the measles.
After his recovery his school teacher
complained about his conduct. At
home he was nervous and irritable
When called at the Red Cross to find
out how / could secure an increase in
allowance because Of our newly born
babe l told them of my trouble with
Harry. On their advice took him to
an oculist, who said glasses were need
ed Immediately because of the weak
ened condition of the eyes following
measles. He no longer causes trouble
at home or at school.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-05-16

ten-minute talks were MADE on
Red Cross work.
Mr.. E. H. Evans described
what Patagonia had done in the
past, and told what it wants to
do in the future.
DR.. A. L. Gustetter of No
gales spoke from a county stand
point; and Rev. George e. Cold
en- devoted his remarks to the
accomplishments lin Red Cross
work of the American people as
a nation.
A large, handsomely costumed
doll, donated by Mr.. E. E. Beth
ell, was ratified ana was won by
MISS Oafan Flofco.
At 1890 the ladies of the Red
Cross served a light lunch of
sandwiches, cakes ana coffee,
after which dancing Twas re-
sumed.
Financially the affair was a
great success, and with the snm
raised serving as a nucleus there
is no doubt that Patagonia will
go over the top in the coming
Red Cross drive.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-05-16
NURSES PRETTY
Red Cross Hospital Uniform
J. Most Becoming in His
tory Of World.

In a recent news letter from the
front the war correspondent Of the
Philadelphia North American helps to
explain the song, "rm in Love With
Beautiful Nurse"
"There are 62 Red Cross nurses at
this place." says the dispatch. "They
are cheerful, obedient, brave and COM
petent. And those who weren't pretty
to begin with became so the moment
they donned the uniform that is the
most becoming in all the long history
Of costumes devised for the mystifica-
tion and beguiling of men.
SIN the officers ward was colonel
with bronchitis I've seen them in the
Philippines, and I've seen them in Chi
na,' he told me. I suppose I've seen
about all the existing types, but nev-
er yet saw one that swasn't pretty in
side of "a hours
"He reminded me of an Irish Tom
my, who, so his major told me, woke
up in hospital in 1916 and, seeing the
nurses in the ward, exclaimed, May
the howly Virgin bless us, but the an
gels have come down to the Somme r"
Hundreds Of Red Cross nurses, how
ever, are doing work abroad In which
their looks are less eagerly considered.
Finding and caring for war orphaned
babies, fighting tuberculosis. re-estab-'
fishing homes in shell wrecked villages
these are some Of the big tasks of
mercy which, thanks to American con-
tributions, the Red Cross sets for it's
nurses.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-05-16

shipments. He simply dumps them in
Eyian, on the French-Swiss border.
!. If it were not for the American Red
Cross the task Of caring for these
starved, ragged, sick, homeless, ter
rorized men, women and children
would be more than the French govern
ment could handle. But our american
Red Cross is making heroic efforts to
defeat the Kaiser's aim to fill France
with consumptives. Trained Red Cross
workers are at the receiving station at
Evian. They first separate those
showing signs of tuberculosis from
those who are only starving or have
some other disease.
1t is just like the tender care Of
our Red Cross to give particular at
tenticn to the babies and children to
whom the kindly Kaiser has fed con-
The daily morning oasis., 1918-05-16
ROMANCE GONE
Efficiency Kills Sentiment as
Machine Makes Socks
in Is Minutes.
BY RUTH DUNBAR.

"How snowy white your fingers look
against the scarlet woolr was the
favorite speech of grandfather when
he was paying suit to grandmother,
who. II history is correct, never al
lowed little things like love and court
ship to distract her mind one minute
from her knitting.
The modern young man is robbed of
any opportunity to make these pretty
speeches, for the wool Is no longer
scarlet but khaki. Worse yet, the
maiden sits before cold, steel ma.
chine and grinds of socks in as many
minutes as it takes hours to knit them.
This Is what efficiency does to ro-
nance.
In the various Red Cross workrooms
Of the New York County Chapter there
are nearfy seyenfy-f1ve sock machines.
Eight of these are In the model work
room at 20 East Thirty-eighth street and
others that have been ordered are held
up by. traffic conditions. Here instruc-
tors teach the use Of the machine to
Red Cross workers.
A complete pair of socks can be
made on the machine in 25 minutes.
The machine looks like a crosE between
fishing tackle and a pile driver. The
worker threads it through the arm and
carrier on to the threader. The body
Of the machine is circle of needles
bent at the ends like crochet hooks.
Sweaters also are made on the sock
machine, the strips sewed together and
shs ribbing at top and bottom knitted
on by hand.
Besides the machines in the Red
Cross workrooms there are many
owned by private individuals or groups
who work at home and donate the re-
suits to the. Red Cross. In family
hetel. for instance, four or five women
can club together and buy q machine
The daily morning oasis., 1918-05-16
one WAY The RED CROSS HAS TAKEN
ssa TO DEFEAT THE KAISER'S GAME
1000 Ragged, Sick and Homeless People Are
Daily Dumped at Evian.

At the nrst onslaught of the Huns,
before the French were able to with
stand their invasion, the Kaiser Sc
cured q goodly section Of France.
With the captured cities and villages
he acquired many thousands Of French
men. ,..sssz. g..ss
True to all the rules of Teutonic
eficiency, the noble German worked
and starved these French close to the
point of death. then saw to it that an
impressive number Of them caught"
tuberculosis and finally sent these poor
wrecks back to burden France.
It has taken the Kaiser from two to
three years to suck the healthy blood
from the veins of these sturdy rural
French, but now he Is sending them
back at the rate of about 1000 a day.
The Kaiser never announces these
The daily morning oasis., 1918-05-16

sumptive germs. We havesa hospital
of 80 beds for children in Evian. These
are reserved for the children who are
too i'll to take farther. Then our Red
Cross has cOnvalescent hospital out
side the town and yet another in a
nearby village. 1t also keeps six am
balances busy Transporting sick wom-
en- and children. Yet even then the
strain upon our workers is so great
that for eight long months one Ameri-
can nurse has had to look after 120
beds.
We, through, our American Red
Gross, are doing great things toward
defeating the Kaiser in his efforts to
turn France into graveyard, but we
have just started, and our duty de-
mands that we work fast and without
ceaSing.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-05-16

There are 13 divisions of the Red
Cross in the United States. There is
complete organization at each divi-
sion, with a great warehouse for the
collection and shipment Of all kinds Of
Red Cross supplie&
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-19
IDAHO DEFENSE COUNCIL
 WANTS ALL WEN ID WORK
(By Associated Press)

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 19-"When the nation is at war. no mans time is his own. It belongs to the government"
 With this statement the Idaho state council of defense has appealed to the people of the state to see that the loafers and idlers, rich as we'll as poor, be put to some useful employment.
 'If there is no state law to reach this class which is not contributing to the nations needs, the first act of the legislature, in the event that it is called into special session, should be to place one on the statute books, '' says statement issued by the council. It recommends that the municipaIi- lties pass ordinances to meet the situ- ation until the legislature can act, and that census of the idle men in the state be taken at once.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-19

good enough to defeat Fulton he's cer- tainly good enough for a bust at Will lard.
 After Moran and Fulton pull of their muss down New Orleans way 1t will be time enough to talk about a Dempsey-Fulton bout, for Moran, de crepit as he is, is just the man to put knockout over on Fulton should one of his wild swings land by chance.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-19
A New Jack Dempsey

After all it may not be Fred Fulton who gets a crack at Jess Willard s bothersome title.
 There's guy from the far, far West wandering around mussing up the Hheavyweights, and he's having so much luck at it that he's actually getting some consideration as a probable op- ponent for the pacifist champion.
 Jack Dempsey is his name, and it's a good old monicker, recollecting that the famous "Nonpareil" toted it with him when he was considered the very best of all middleweights. Jack has had oodles and bodies of fights with alleged heayyweights and has taken their measure with some ease. In ad- dition he has clashed with one or two real good boys. so-called, and has man. aged to escape without annihilation.
 Dempsey's latest stunt was to polish off Homer Smith, mid-western gent Of the ring, and he did it in the first round of what had been scheduled to be whole evenings entertainment He made tremendous hit with his work and immediately they began say ing that here was the man who should meet Fulton and really prove whether or not the Minnesotan is the lad to meet big Jess.
 Ill the course of his battling Demp- sey has defeated Al Norton. a veteran ot the ring; Bob McAlister, Charley Miller, George Christian, Carl Morris, Guneoat Smith, Willie Meehan, twice; anu Homer Smith. He also has met Andre Anderson and Battling Jim Johhson, going ten rounds with each of these accredited beef exhibits with out danger to himself.
 Dempsey's experience would be against him in scrap with either Full ton or Willard. Fulton, despite criti- cisms, Is the best heavyweight in the country, with the possible exception of .he champion himself. If Dempsey is
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-19

plicity of the game and the readiness with which one may find some of equal ability with whom to play that tennis and golf are proving so popular of late"