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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
lheEastern, Oldest T otelinState.
loPass lntoH history After95 Years
Hosiery for the Refined" Which Housed Robert Futon
Daniel Webster Jenny Lind, Commodore Vanderbilt
and Other Personages to Make Way for
Modern Structure

The old Eastern Hotel, which had
stood Tor nearly ninety-tive years at
the corner of South and Whitehall
streets, is about to go the way of most
OF the buildings in New York that
are spared long enough to become
known as "landmarks."
George Hahn, attorney for John Bit
ner, proprietor Of the institution, an
nounced yesterday that his client had
purchased Che property and would tear
down the building and erect in it's place
a modern hotel with 200 rooms.
So the Eastern Hotel, with solid
mahogany beams and flooring, with its
memories of Robert Fulton, Daniel
Webster, Jenny Lind. Commodore Van
derbilt and other personages down to
the more modern Florrie Sullivan and
NICK Muller, is to pass into that VAL
halla to which the Aston House. the
Fifth Avenue Hotel and other hostile
rles have preceded it.
Oldest Hotel in State
The ancient institution boats of be-
ing the oldss active hotel in the state.
1t was founded IN 1922 by Frank Foot.
a hotel man of Washington who had
been driven from the capital when the
British burned the city in 1912.
He purchased an old warehouse at
South and Whitehall streets, and after
much remodclliug and reconstruction
announced that the Eagle Hotel, "a hos
tlery for the retined," was open for
business. For years thereafter this
was one of the centres Of the city's
social activity.
The floors of the rooms were of
mahogany. The heavy timbers that
formed the beams were Of the same
valuable wood, brought as ballast on
a clipper ship from the Indies and pur-
chased for the hotel for song.
First among those who patronized
the new "hostlery for the refined" was
the family of Robert Fulton. who then
lived at 2 State Street. Commodore
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
Asks McAdoo for Train

MAIOPAC, N. Y, Jan. 26. Edward
S. Agor, living in Mahopac Falls, has
no intention Of permitting communica-
ton between that community and Bald
win Place to be sundcred just because
the New York Central Railroad is un-
der government control The two
places are connected by the Mahopac
Falls Railroad.
Seven times since leasing the line,
years ago, the Central has sought to
suspend operations upon it, but each
time Mr.. Agor's arguments have pre-
vailed with the Public Service Commits
sion. Learning that the Central was
again contemplating closing the line,
Mr.. Agor has written to Director Cen
eral McAdoo. The Mahopac Falls Rail
road is two miles long and, according
to New York Central officials, carries
three passengers day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
Uncle Sam Finds Swedish Nephew
Is Really a Blond Haired Niece
Emlgrant Girl Doomed Trousers to Dodge Savers anc
linen round hem So Comfortable That She Wore
Them Until Held for disappearing

"A board of special inquiry sitting to-
morrow on Ellis Island will decide tho
case of Annie Lahti, who had s56 in
hcr trousers pocket, which she had
saved from her own earnings. when de-
'cctlvcs arrested her in l25th Street
several days ago. Magistrate Corrican
discharged her after hearing her story
pu1 inc immigration authorit
bounced upon her not because of hor
trousers, but because of her own ad-
mission that she entered the country
on fraudulent passport.
Otflclals are not winking at INV in
fractions of the rules concerning pass
ports nowadays, and Miss Lahti's tear
'u' explanation that she had to cut her
name to match her trousers. so to
speak, failed to conceal the obvious
,acs That when Uncle Sam thought he
" ""H se..ing prospective nephew the
oid gentleman really was INVITING 81
plond- haired, capable girl of ninctccn
table. ''ue VI INC
May Be Dcported
80 inc young Swedish girl, now wcar-
ing skirts instead of trousers. is VIII
ing 10 hear tomorrow whether hcr
Crlmc IS one Of such moral turnitudc-
mat she must be dcportcd. The moral
purpose with which she donned the
trousers s[, was beyond criticism When
"nc 1 uec'ued TO come to America and
seek her fortune Miss Lahti had ra.J
OF the white slavcrs' gang that lurkcd
hnout the Aquarium. and she had y
shrewd suspicion, too. that TRAVELLING
MGutu DC safer in trousers than in
,,a Shc wore them. therefore. when she
Tor New York. Her rarb nro,,snd '' -
suspicion there or during tho tr; In
across the Atlantic Nor did tho MIX; nix
1' authorities find anything un 10
usua, IN the case of the Scandinavian
strrlpII1,ng coming to America. 80 !" Il
,- 9---- IN masculine clothing, Miss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27

,n,a,nderbllt was also a frequent guest
:" men the New York Yacht Club was
holding its races in the harbor it was
ms custom to hire an entire floor of
the hotel so that he and his guests
might watch the speeding schooners
and sloops from the windows
Webster Frequent Visitor
Daniel Webster was also a frequent
visitor. When the great man was -,
inc city politicians focked to the Ear;e
TO pay their homage. Surrounded bv
an d, admlrlng circle, he would hold court
lradlton says that it was in the lobby
vi .. Inc Eagle that he first said:
lhere never was a law made that a
man could not drive a camel through -
For years, while New York Was
creeping slowly northward to the will!
derness that is now Twenty-third
Street, the Eagle Hotel was rallvinr
point TOR the wit and beauty of the
city. Phaetons clattered over the
stones of South Street, where truck :
now rumble, and women in crinolina
and men In swallow tailed coats strolled
back and forth through a district nov
given over to stevedores and warehouse
employees %
Jenny Lind, when she sang in Castle
Garden, made her Headquarters at the
hotel. After her first performance she
was carried upon the shoulders of her
adm!rers across Bowling Green to the
hosiery. '''N
+. /. Barnum, whose museum then
f1ourished at Park Row and Ann Street
was also often at the hotel
Name Changed During War
At the time of the Civil War the
hotel was purchased by John Belts and
It's name changed to the Eastern. m
honor Of the steamship Great Eastern.
Under Betts's regime the place be-
came resort for captains of clipper
ships that locked along South Street.
The bowsprits of the vessels often
stretched across the Thoroughbred and
reached the windows. Sailors of vcs
sells anxious to reach their supcriors
often used this means of entering the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
To Show French War Pictures

An official exhibition Of French war
pictures will be given at the Theatre
the benefit OF LA Protection du r.
forme.. No. - organized in Paris to
care for 100000 French soldiers in
vallded home and not in the pension
class. The pictures, in their natural
colors, were made on the various bat
tiehelds by the distinguished artist NJ.
1ervals- Courtellemont, who will lect-
ure on the pictures this evening.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-17
Christian EndeavoT Notes

A sleigh ride and social for the
young people of the church and.
congregation is arranged for next
Saturday evening, Jan 10. Bring
10 cents and meet at the Davidson
homeon 3rd street at $50. The
ride will terminate at the home of
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Martin
where refreshments and jolly good
time will be provided.
The Endeavor society has decided
to help conserve fuel by holding its
Sunday evening meetin G S
in the ON es instead of
the church. The meeting last
Sunday evening was held at
the home of Mrs. A. P. Weld. There
was good attendance and an in
Spring consecfasion service, Next
Sunday the society meets at the
home of Miss Evelyn Davidson,
Third street, at $50 o'clock.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-17

The merchants of Saltwater are
firm believers in that grand old slo-
gan, safety first" They do not in
tend to be caught mapping in re-
gard to daylight robberies or bank
hold-ups. Mayor Kolliner decided
that rifle and shotgun ASSOCIATION
would be a good idea and now the
business houses in the downtown
portion of the city, are wei! stocked
with sawed off rifles and shotguns
which have been placed in the Sc
cond and t bird stories. Should a
hold up occur,1 the guns can be
brought into instant use from the
upper windows, thus preventing a
quick getaway of would-be bandits
by auto or other route
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-17
High School Notes

The rhetorical program last Mon
day was very interesting to all pres
ent.
The school is planning on serv-
ice flag in honor of Mr.. Snelder and
Burnett Nichols.
The Service club is working in or
der to have all the shovels tagged
the 30th day of January.
The next game will be with our
old rivals, the Ellsworth quintet on
our floor, Friday. $3.50 p. m.
William Quinn, the only member
Of last years team, was elected cap
tain and he will ably fill the place.
There was meeting Wednesday
of ali the principals Of the county in
regard to boys working on the
farms.
Letters from Mr.. Sneider and
Howard George have been received.
Mr.. Sneider writes of his life in
training and Howard George of his
work at Dunwoody.
The Clear Lake game proved as
easy victory for the boys as the
Hudson game had before Christmas.
The scores were: Hudson IA, r. F.
H. s. 80, Clear Lake Is, R. F. H. S.
70. V
The H. S. have the following
schedules:
January 18 Ellsworth here
Feb. . there
Feb. Is New Richmond there
Feb. % Clear Lake
March / New Richmond here
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-17
TO RAE 100 VILLAGES
Hindenburg Orders Destruction
of French Towns.
Two Hundred Thousand BeIgians Held
In Germany-French Sortie Wrecks
Mile of Foe Front.

Paris, Jan. 'o.-Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg has ordered 100 villages
behind the western front, mostly in
The St. Quentin region, RACED to af-
ford better opportunity for defense
Of German lines to the rear, says the
Rome correspondent of the Matin, &C
cording to reliable information reach
ing here.
Notwithstanding denials, the cor
respondent adds, only one-third o.
100000 Belgians deported to Ger
many have been permitted to return
to their homes.
French Raid Foe Lines.
French troops in the Wcevre have
enlivened virtual inactivity on the
western front by successfully COM
pleting a sortie into the German lines
east CT st. Mihiel. German positions
on a one-mile front were penetrated
and lis prisoners and some machine
guns captured. After destroying de-
lenses and shelters tie French re-
turned to their own lines.
Two Thrusts Checked.
French troops also made an at
tempt against enemy lines near Am
merzweller in Alsace, according to
Berlin, which claims tle thrusts wer3
repulsed Paris announces checking
Of German attempts in the region Of
Mont Teton and in Champagne.
Meanwhile the artillery duel northeast
Of Verdun and in upper Alsace con
tinues active.
British Take Prisoners.
German troops in local attack
east of Bullecourt in the Cambria
zone entered British trenches, but
counterattack elected the enemy.
who left Is prisoners in the hands OF
the British. Berlin reports failure Of
British thrust on the Boesinghe-
Stade railway, northeast of Ypres.
German artillery is still active in the
Ypres sector.
Bad Weather on italian Front.
Bad weather on the Italian front
has reduced infantry operations to a
minimum, but the artillery is busy on
the northern line between Asiago and
the Piave.
Germany has extended her subma-
rine barred zone to include the Cape
Verde islands and Madeira, off the
northeastern coast of Africa, ard
part of the coast of French Senegal.
The islands and the region about Da-
kar are alleged to be enemy sup
porting points"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-17
Red Cross Notes

The friends of Red Cross in Plum
City are organizing a Branch there.
This will be the ninth in the coun-
ty.
The reports are not all in yet for
the local campaign for 1918 mem
bers. River Falls now has over
$1,000 worth of memberships. Elm
wood leads the Branches SO far with
500. Prescott and Spring Valley
have not reported yet.
If those who have old linen,
sheets, bed spreads, ETC., will bring
or send them to the sewing room,
the committee will be pleased The
Friday afternoon meetings will still
be held at the City Hall where knit
ted goods will be received and yarn
given out.
Through the generosity of the
Tubbs Medicine Co. the ladies Of
the Red Cross in River Falls now
have very suitable quarters for
work. The room is heated and well
lighted and is very conveniently To-
Gated on Main street. The ladies
are certainly very grateful to Mr..
Tubs.
After Monday. Jan. 81, the sew
ing room will be open six days in
the week from 9 a. m. to p. m. A
lady will be in charge and everyone
who can possibly find time TO sew
for the Red Cross if only for an
hour or two is earnestly requested
to come to the room. Enter by the
stairway which leads TO the office
of the Tubbs Medicine Co. Con-
valescent robes, hospital bed shirts
and pajamas will be cut out ready
for sewing. AS soon as material
can be obtained for making ban
dages and surgical dressings
this work will be taken up in the
sewing room. Heretofore this has
been done only by the girls at the
Normal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-17

the Southern states were lined up
solidly against it, based on the old
question of the negro vote in the
South. The Presidents proposition
brought over several additional North
ern Democrats with the remarkable
result of 274 votes for the resolution
and 1876 votes against. Remembering
that two-thirds vote is required to
carry constitutional amendments, it
will not take long to figure out how
many votes could have been spared.
The Amendment now goes to the Sen
ate and if passed by that body by the
required number, it will go to the
states for ratification. In other words,
at this particular time, the Senate is
by far the most attractive part of the
Capitol for hundreds of women who
are working for the Amendment.
Whether it passes now or later, it is
a foregone conclusion that in the near
future equal suffrage will be the law
Of the land.
Billy Sunday, the Evangelist, at
present conducting revival in a
tabernacle built near the union depot,
delivered an invocation for the House
on the day of the Suffrage debate and
vote. Sundays words came with the
force and rapidity of machine guns
fire, SO that the official reporter who
took down the prayer says it averaged
230 words a minute. Anyone wishing
to test that speed may be timed with
a watch for three minutes and thereby
ascertain the speed necessary to keep
up with Mr.. Sunday on Thursday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-17

New Richmond received visit
last week from a sixteen year old
girl shoplifter who endeavored to
get away with bunch Of merchan-
disc from one of the stores. She
was caught red handed but not held
for prosecution. Says t h e News:
1T was stated that the girl expects
to be married in the spring, n d
evidently she was getting ready for
the event. New Richmond is be-
coming more and citified every day.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-17

Fellow Citizens Young and Old:
That starry banner which floats
SO majestically above our heads is
your flag and my flag. 1t is the
flag of more than 100, 100000 free
people. There are sacred memoir
les in every fold; the blood Of pa
triots has consecrated every stripe
and every star. It has been borne
on many a battlefield, but always
on the side of human freedom, al
ways in defense of the right OF the
people to govern themselves, and
please God-it always will be.
1t is our privilege and our duty
to honor, love, and revere it, to be
loyal to it in thought, word, and
deed, now and always, and to give
our lives for it if need be, because
it represents the best and noblest
ideals of human life and govern
ment. Judge Winslow.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-17
Falls, Jan 4th, 1918.

Falls, Jan 4th, 1918.
Adjourned meeting of the Com
men Council.
Council convened at o'clock ?
m Mayor Dunn presiding.
On roll call the following alder
m answered present: Browell,
Carisch, AID Ostuess, Sutherland
absent.
Bill of the Cast Stone Construc-
ton Co for estimate to Jan 1st, IS,
sewer amounting to $1497.36.
From this bill we deduct for pow
er and incidentals furnished the Co
the sum of 1854 SIS leaving balance
of $9l2Sl.
The bill of 1912 81 allowed and
an order issued to pay the same.
Browell Carisch and Ostness
voting aye.
On motion voted to adjourn.
F V Williams, City Clerk.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-17
Washington Letter
(By James A. Frear, M. CO.

Quick verifcation came of the pre-
diction made in these letters several
weeks ago, that Congress would have
more important matters to handle this
session than during any other. The
declaration of war against Germany,
made last April, was second to none in
importance but it takes much legiSla-
ton to support the Governments
fighting program. This session start
ed off in, December with a declaration
of war against Austria as a necessary
sequel of the declaration last April,
and closely following came the Presi-
dents message stating that all the
railways of the country had been taken
over by the Government. Before this
important proposition had been fully
grasped by the public mind, a third
message, one Of the most significant of
all was given as to our war aims.
X
In this last message given last week,
the President set forth specific condi-
tons as a basis of peace arguments,
all Of which were more definite than
any offered by the spokesman of other
countries. One, most closely read
throughout the world, is to the effect
that adequate guarantees given and
taken must be that national arma-
ments will be reduced to the lowest
point consistent with domestic safety.
In this he voiced particularly the same
condition mentioned by Lloyd George
of England and the German Chancel-
lor, both Of whom gave out statements
at the same time. Another condition
contained in President Wilson's mes
sage is that "a general association of
nations must be formed under specific
covenants for the purpose of forming
mutual guarantees Of political indie
pendence and territorial integrity to
great and small states alike"
X
The President declared we were
fighting for a lasting peace and we
wished at its conclusion to have Ger
many take a place of equality among
the peoples Of the world instead of a
plan of mastery. The message was
firm in it's insistence on terms that
would permanently settle territorial
boundaries and the peace of the world.
1t was received with frequent out
bursts of approval. Following his adj
dress, the Serbian Commission was in
troduced to the House by Speaker
Clark, who said that for almost 500
wears tba SnrhianS and MOntenQprinS
have been driving back the Turks who
| formerly overrun Europe to the walls
of Vienna. The Commission is tour
| ing this country.
| Interspersed with three far-reaching
Presidential messages were two con-
stitutional ornaments that have oc-
cupied the center of the country's po-
litical stage for the last dozen years.
The Prohibition Amendment first
passed by the Senate was put through
the House by over two-thirds vote and
now goes to the states for the necces-
sary three-fourths of all the states
Following the disposal Of that prob
lem, the House again squared itself
last Thursday, this time for the Won
ans Suffrage Amendment. Wednes-
day night, President Wilson gave out
ia statement declaring his support Of
the Amendment. Prior to that time
a large majority of the Republicans
had announced themselves in favor o.
the Amendment, while a number O.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-17

The sympathy of the entire news
paper fraternity is extended Ned
Easton, junior editor of the Still
water Gazette, in the death of his
young wife recently.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-17

Editor Welch is m king things
hum in the Messenger office at Still
water. He is now installing limo
graph typesetting machine in his
plant and we'll look for another
daily in saltwater before long
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-17

The "dry spell" hasn't seemed to
effect the village Of Spring Valley.
The Sun & Leader reports business
the best ever and also states thatthe
city bastile was in use last week for
the first time since last July. A no.
bo sought Accommodations at the Ho-
Eel de Gink.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-17
Cart; Of Thanks

To the friends who so kindly as
sisted us and for the beautiful flor
al gifts and especially those VINO
took active part in the burial SER
vices of our departed husband and
father.
Mrs. w. Reinertz and Children.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-17
EZEKIEL LUTHERAN
CONGREGATIONAL

Regular preaching and Conmu-
MON Services at 1880 a. m.
Sunday School at 1l:45 a. m.
Christian Endeavor at $50 p. m.
Evening service at 7:30.
Rev. Benson of Madison will con-
duct the services.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-17
American KHIed in France.

Dion, France, Jan. -~-A motor
iorry driven by an American skidded
and fell into a ravine near Nolay. The
driver was killed and two other Amer
!cans in the lorry were seriously in
jured.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-17
SWEDISH MISSION

SWEDISH MISSION
Service in Mann Valley church at
200 q. m, and in the City church at
10:45 a. m.
Wednesday evening 7:30 prayer
meeting.
All Scandinavians cordially in.
vited.
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METHODIST CHURCH

METHODIST CHURCH
10:00-Class Meeting.
1O:30-Regular Preaching service
11:45-Sunday school
7:OO--Epworth League
8:O0--Usual Evening Service.
EEK TI1L LUTHERAN
Sunday evening at 1880, Rev. J..
Ordal. :. q.
Sunday school at HAS o'clock.
Classes in English and Norwegian.
All are welcome.
Rev. n. L. Blomholm, pastor
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-17
Used Cars for Sale

l Overland Touring Car
l Ford Touring Car
l Ford Runabout
Popon,. Into n,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-17
Tuesday Club

Annual business meeting
Hostess, Mrs Ashley
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-17
BAPTIST CHURCH

Hours of worship-11 a. N. and
7:3O p. m,
Sunday school-l0 a. m. b Y.
P. U. $50 p. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday eve.
ming at 7:30.
Morning Subject-Making it Easier
to do Right.
Evening Supject--He Come to Save.
Rev, Preston.
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At The Churches
HOLY TRINITY

Ist Sunday after Epephany
Evening prayer and sermon 7:30
T. G. EGLIN. Pastor
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Council Chamber City of River